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MUS 354: Music Theory I 3 credits
Examines elements of Tonal Harmony through the study of chord structures, chord types, and voice leading. Melodic organization, modulation, chord structures, chord types, and voice leading. Melodic organization, modulation, ear training, sight singing and seventh chords are also covered. The class uses computer assisted instruction. Offered even Fall.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 200 .
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MUS 400: History of Jazz 3 credits
Covers the major styles of jazz: Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing, Be-Bop, Cool, Free and Fusion. The major figures and extra-musical factors influencing these trends will also be studied. Listening skills and aural recognition are emphasized. Offered odd Springs.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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MUS 416: Teaching of Music
Using the guidelines developed by the State of Maine Learning Results, we will begin to learn the skills involved in music so we can integrate music into a classroom curriculum.
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MUS 420: Music Technology 3 credits
The goal of this course is to experience and understand three areas of Music Technology: 1) Music Notation Programs 2) Audio Sampling and Editing software, and 3) Mixing. Offered even Spring.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 200 .
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Non-English Language |
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NEL 100: Non-English Language I
Any foreign language or sign language that is current and can be counted toward the Non-English language requirements of UMFK General Education.
Usage Example: ITL 100 ITALIAN I = NEL 100 Non-English Language I
Used for transfer credit and degree progress reports only.
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NEL 101: Non-English Language II
Any foreign language or sign language that is current and can be counted toward the Non-English language requirements of UMFK General Education.
Usage Example: ITL 101 ITALIAN II = NEL 101 Non-English Language II
Used for transfer credit and degree progress reports only.
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Nursing |
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NUR 160: Medical Terminology 1 credits
This course will provide basic information on medical terminology. Students will learn how to spell, pronounce, and define common medical terms. An emphasis will be placed on common forms, suffixes, and prefixes used in healthcare.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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NUR 200: Introduction to Professional Nursing 2 credits
Introduces the student to concepts of professional nursing, career and employment opportunities, history and scope of nursing, communication, theories and theorists, critical thinking, the nursing process, as well as legal and ethical issues inherent in nursing practice. Provides students with opportunities to practice professional nursing skills and to participate in professional nursing activities. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 201L or NUR 202L , or NUR 212L .
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NUR 201L: Fundamentals of Nursing Lab I 1 credits
This nursing skills lab assists students to develop the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to nurse the adult client in an acute or long term care setting. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): > 2.5 GPA.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 202L: Fundamentals of Nursing Lab II 1 credits
This nursing skills lab assists students to develop the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to nurse the adult client in an acute or long term care setting. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA, NUR 201L .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 212L: Fundamentals of Nursing Skills Lab 1 credits
This nursing skills lab assists students with demonstrated CNA certification to develop the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to nurse the adult client in an acute or long term care setting. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; proof of current Maine CNA certification.
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NUR 230: Promoting Personal Health and Wellness 3 credits
This course enables students to be informed, responsible, respectful, and capable when making decisions affecting their own wellbeing of that or their patients. The multiple dimensions of health and wellness (e.g., personal, social, economic, environmental, political) are examined. Personal and professional activities promoting health and preventing illness for oneself and the public, based on theoretical and evidencebased practice, are also included. Values and principles central to legal and ethical nursing practice are considered as is the importance of self-care to promote ethical and legal nursing practice. Personal and public values related to health and wellness are also discussed. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 201L or NUR 202L , or NUR 212L .
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NUR 240: Special Topics in Nursing
Special Topics in Nursing
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NUR 250: Directed Study in Nursing (Lower-level) Variable credits
Directed Study provides students with the opportunity to pursue special areas of study under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Directed Study differs from Independent Study in that the faculty sponsor provides the direction for the student’s work. The interested student and faculty member complete Directed Study proposal form, which includes learning outcomes, work to be completed, and methods of evaluation. Proposal is then submitted to Division Chair for approval. Student begins and completes project during the regular academic term. Directed Study is open to all students meeting the following minimum requirements: Students must be either juniors or seniors in baccalaureate programs or sophomores in associate programs.Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Additional information concerning Directed Study is available from the Registrar or Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Prerequisite(s): Approval from Faculty Sponsor and Division Chair.
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NUR 301: Promoting Healthy Communities 3 credits
Introduces students to the concepts and principles of community-based nursing, wherein the nurse promotes the optimum wellness of individuals, families, and communities to live and work in healthy environments. Provides an evidence and practice-based perspective to examine current and emerging issues in population health. The preferences, values, needs and culture of the community-as-client are considered to ensure safe, competent, and effective care. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): > 2.5 GPA; NUR 302 , NUR 330 .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 301R: Promoting Healthy Communities 3 credits
Introduces students to the concepts and principles of community-based nursing, wherein the nurse promotes the optimum wellness of individuals, families, and communities to live and work in healthy environments. Provides an evidence and practice-based perspective to examine current and emerging issues in population health. The preferences, values, needs and culture of the community-as-client are considered to ensure safe, competent, and effective care. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): > 2.5 GPA; NUR 302 , NUR 330 .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 302: Pharmacology 3 credits
Provides students with knowledge about general principles of drug actions along with nursing responsibilities and accountability in the administration of medication over the lifespan. Using the nursing process, numerous pharmacologic classifications will be discussed including mechanisms of drug actions, key adverse effects, and drug interactions. Genetic and genomic considerations will be examined. Students will develop skills needed for safe practice including calculating dosages and administering various medications. HESI testing fee required. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA, BIO 220 , BIO 221 ; or admitted student in the accelerated nursing program; or instructor’s permission.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 304: Transitions to Professional Nursing 3 credits
This course is an introduction to evidence based practice, theoretical frameworks in professional nursing, and health policy issues which affect the safe delivery of health care. Students will learn and apply the nursing process to a case study and develop a care plan and teaching plan. Students work to enhance professional communication skills in a variety of roles and situations and to adapt those skills to meet different professional demands. Students become familiar with historic figures in nursing, nursing theories and theorists, as well as legal and ethical issues. Further, the course provides students with opportunities to practice professional nursing skills and to participate in professional nursing activities.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have GPA of 2.5 or higher.
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NUR 304L: Conceptual Issues of Professional Nursing Lab 2 credits
This course assists the adult learner to develop cognitive and psychomotor skills for nursing the clients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on fundamental nursing skills, including nursing process, critical thinking, and patient care skills. Offered Summer.
Prerequisite(s): Admitted as a student in the accelerated program.
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NUR 309: Holistic Health Assessment 3 credits
Prepares students with the knowledge, attitude, and skill needed to complete a detailed health history interview and comprehensive health assessment. With a focus on wellness, individual adult health status will be assessed, including physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual factors, from which appropriate nursing diagnoses may be derived. NOTE: Online version available to Accelerated Nursing and RN to BSN students only. Offered Summer.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; admitted student in the accelerated nursing or RN to BSN program, or instructor’s permission.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 309L .
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NUR 309L: Holistic Health Assessment Lab 1 credits
Allows students the opportunity to develop their role as provider of safe and effective patient-centered care by building the knowledge attitude, and skills required of health assessment and analysis of health findings. Offered Fall and Spring.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 309
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NUR 309R: Holistic Health Assessment 3 credits
Prepares students with the knowledge, attitude, and skill needed to complete a detailed health history interview and comprehensive health assessment. With a focus on wellness, individual adult health status will be assessed, including physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual factors, from which appropriate nursing diagnoses may be derived. NOTE: Online version available to Accelerated Nursing and RN to BSN students only. Offered Summer.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; admitted student in the accelerated nursing or RN to BSN program, or instructor’s permission.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 309L .
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NUR 312: Conceptual Issues of Professional Nursing 3 credits
Promotes the development of professional knowledge, attitudes, and skills as foundational to professional nursing. Students will be introduced to selected concepts, themes, and theories that deepen an understanding of the historical, legal, ethical, and contemporary context of nursing practice. Offered Fall and Summer term.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; Admitted as student in the RN-BSN program.
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NUR 314: Nursing Core Competency 29 credit hours; additional credit may be awarded under articulation agreements between nursing programs and UMFK. credits
Credit awarded for prior learning, demonstrated by graduation from an accredited nursing institution and proof of a valid U.S. or Canadian RN license.
Prerequisite(s): Student in the RN-BSN program.
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NUR 330: Adult Health I: Caring for Individuals/Families with Acute Alterations in Health 4 credits
LECTURE
Expands students’ knowledge of safe, quality nursing care as requisite to meeting the needs of individuals and their families with acute alterations in health. Emphasis is on the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health along with their impact on the individual and the family.
CLINICAL COMPONENT Utilizes therapeutic nursing interventions in the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health of individuals and families experiencing acute alterations in health. Students learn to apply clinical reasoning skills and to refine their application of the nursing process, communication, and nursing skills in a variety of settings. Lecture 2 credit hours. Clinical 2 credit hours. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; BIO 353 or BIO 368 ; PSY 308 , or admitted student in the accelerated nursing program.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 330L . Students are required to have taken or be currently enrolled in BIO 401 , NUR 302 and NUR 309 .
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NUR 330L: Adult Health I Lab 1 credits
Lab sessions will continue to build on the development of fundamental psychomotor skills necessary in clinical practice. Offered Fall.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 330 .
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NUR 335: Family Health I - Maternal/Infant 4.5 credits
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This course explores family-centered nursing care and the health promotion of women with focused attention on the childbearing process: puberty, conception, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care. The course emphasizes the natural physiological and psychological phases of these events. High risk conditions and nursing care of the newborn and postpartum family are also taught. Cultural, hereditary, and environmental influences are presented. HESI testing fee required.
CLINICAL COMPONENT
Provides for the application of nursing skills that facilitate optimum functioning, wellness, and maintenance of individuals and families. The focus is on maternal and infant health. Occurs in structured settings, homes, and community settings. Students must provide own transportation. Lecture 2 credit hours. Clinical 2 credit hours. Lab: 0.5 credit hours. Offered Fall and Spring
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; BIO 353 ; BIO 363 or BIO 368 ; PSY 308 , or admitted student in the accelerated nursing program. Students are required to have taken or be currently enrolled in BIO 401 , NUR 302 and NUR 309 .
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NUR 342: Health Promotion 3 credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to health promotion and health promotion strategies that can be utilized to improve or enhance health for individuals and families in a variety of settings. The use of evidence-based practice and prominent nursing theories will be explored to aid in the development of practical and relevant interventions for persons from different socioeconomic, cultural, and social backgrounds. Broad course content will include how the biological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, and environmental domains influence physical activity, nutrition, and stress management across the lifespan.
Prerequisite(s): RN license or international equivalent, or instructor permission.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 360: Adult Health II: Caring for Individuals/Families with Chronic Alterations in Health 4 credits
LECTURE
Expands the student’s knowledge of safe, quality nursing care required to meet the needs of the individual and their families with chronic alterations in health. Emphasizes the development of skill as part of patient-centered care that promotes, restores, and maintains the health of individuals and families.
CLINICAL COMPONENT
Utilizes therapeutic nursing interventions in the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health of individuals and families experiencing chronic alterations in health. Students will have opportunities to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning and decision-making skills in a variety of structured clinical settings. Lecture 2 credits. Clinical 2 credits. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; BIO 401 ; NUR 302 , NUR 309 , NUR 330 .
Co-requisite(s): NUR 360L .
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NUR 360L: Adult Health II: Caring For Individuals/Families With Chronic Alterations In Health Lab 1 credits
Lab sessions assist students to develop advanced knowledge, attitude, and psychomotor skills necessary in clinical practice. Offered Spring.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 360 .
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NUR 365: Family Health II: Pediatrics 4.5 credits
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This course explores family-centered nursing care and the health promotion and care of children in all care settings. Child human growth and developmental theorists, cultural, hereditary, and environmental influences are also explored. Emphasis is on the nursing process and critical thinking skills required to enable families and their children to secure optimum wellness. HESI testing fee required.
CLINICAL COMPONENT
Provides for the application of nursing skills that facilitate safe, effective outcomes of care, including optimum function, wellness, and maintenance of individuals and families. The focus is child health within the context of family. Students will have opportunities to develop communication, clinical reasoning, and assessment skills. Occurs in structured settings, homes, and community settings. Students must provide own transportation. Lecture 2.0 credits. Clinical 2.0 credits. Lab 0.5 credits Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; BIO 353 or BIO 368 , PSY 308 , or admitted student in the accelerated nursing program. Students are required to have taken or be currently enrolled in BIO 401 , NUR 302 and NUR 309 .
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NUR 365C: Family Health II - Pediatrics Clinical 2 credits
Provides for the application of nursing skills that facilitate safe, effective outcomes of care, including optimum function, wellness, and maintenance of individuals and families. The focus is child health within the context of family. Students will have opportunities to develop communication, clinical reasoning, and assessment skills. Occurs in structured settings, homes, and community settings. Students must provide own transportation. Offered Fall and Spring.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 365 .
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NUR 380: Transcultural Care In Nursing 3 credits
Addresses the impact that social, political, cultural, spiritual, gender, age, and lifestyle factors have upon the health of individuals and communities. Provides students with evidence-based learning related to the complementary therapies and approaches used by the public and available to nurses that can be used in culturally-appropriate ways to treat illness, prevent disease, and promote well-being. Identifies personally held beliefs and values and responds to the diversity and uniqueness of individuals and populations to provide culturally-sensitive, safe, and effective care. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; Second semester junior standing in nursing major or RN to BSN major or instructor permission.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 384: Global Health & Humanitarianism
Provides an opportunity for students to develop personally and professionally as global citizens by applying their knowledge and skills to examine and address social, economic, political, and environmental factors that influence global health and healthcare challenges through a framework of humanitarianism and service. Introduces students to health disparities that exist in the world and developing countries around the world and fosters student critical thinking and discussion about healthcare and humanitarianism efforts within a global environment. This practicum course satisfies the university general education requirements for global awareness and learning for citizenship, and for nursing students in lieu of NUR 380: Transcultural Care In Nursing . This course is closely tied to the International Medical Relief or related international service programs.
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NUR 390: Nursing Internship 3 credits
This elective course provides students with a concentrated clinical experience to expand and apply knowledge from the liberal arts and nursing curricula within client based care settings. Students will be mentored and supervised by a Registered Nurse to maximize clinical learning opportunities within a safe and structured environment. Students will complete 90 hours one-on-one with the RN Mentor. UMFK faculty will liaison with the clinical facility, the Registered Nurse mentor, and collaborate with the student to evaluate the student’s progress and performance. Offered Summer.
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NUR 395: Application of Clinical Concepts in Nursing 3 credits
This course provides the nursing student with additional opportunity to integrate nursing knowledge with clinical reasoning in the delivery of patient-centered care that is safe, competent, ethical and compassionate. Students also demonstrate the values and attributes expected of a professional nurse. Under the supervision of an assigned faculty and the direction of an experienced registered nurse in an acute, chronic, long term, or community care environment, the student works towards greater mastery of the 11 outcomes of the nursing program. Offered Fall and Spring.
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NUR 397: Nursing Externship 4 credits
This elective course provides students with a concentrated clinical experience to expand and apply knowledge from the liberal arts and nursing curricula within client based care settings. Students will be mentored and supervised by a Registered Nurse to maximize clinical learning opportunities within a safe and structured environment. Students will complete 240 hours one-on-one with the RN Mentor. UMFK faculty will act as liaison with the clinical facility, the Registered Nurse mentor, and collaborate with the student to evaluate the student’s progress and performance. Offered Summer.
Prerequisite(s): successful completion of NUR 330 , NUR 335 , NUR 360 , and NUR 365 .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 397L: Nursing Externship Lab - NCLEX Preparation
This course provides nursing students the opportunity to develop a specific study plan that systematically goes over each body system and nursing specialty area including: Fundamentals, OB, Pediatrics, Mental Health, Pharmacology, and Med/Surg to prepare for NCLEX.
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NUR 401: Health Related Research and Evidence-Based Practice 3 credits
Introduces students to the conduct of research; research sources, utilization, and dissemination; as well as concepts and principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a way to improve nursing practice and healthcare outcomes. Focus of the course is on developing clinical EBP questions; conducting a literature review; and to appraise and apply current, reliable research findings n clinical practice. Standards for the conduct of ethical research in qualitative and quantitative research designs are also reviewed. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; College level statistics course.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 413: Healthcare Ethics and the Law 3 credits
The focus of the course includes examining ethical and legal issues in the context of nursing and healthcare practice. Students explore the principles of ethical reasoning and decision-making to resolve of ethical dilemmas present in healthcare. Students analyze the ethical obligations, policies, and laws that guide healthcare delivery. Students examine current ethical issues. Offered Summer and Fall.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; junior standing or admitted to RN-BSN program.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 425: Adult Health III: Caring For Individuals/Families With Complex Alterations In Health 7 credits
LECTURE
Expands the student’s knowledge, attitude, and skill required to provide safe, quality, patient-centered care for individuals with complex or multiple alterations in health. Emphasis is on illness and disease management along with the impact of catastrophic illness on the individual and the family. HESI testing fees required.
CLINICAL COMPONENT
Utilizes therapeutic nursing interventions in the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health of individuals and families experiencing complex alterations in health. Students will have opportunities to refine previously learned skills as a care provider along with the development of new roles such as care coordinator and collaborator in a variety of structured and unstructured clinical settings. Lab sessions will continue to develop more advanced psychomotor skills necessary in clinical practice. Lecture 3 credits. Clinical 4 credits. Offered Summer and Fall.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; NUR 335 , NUR 360 , NUR 365 .
Co-requisite(s): NUR 425L .
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NUR 425L: Adult Health III: Caring For Individuals/Families With Complex Alterations In Health Lab 1 credits
Lab sessions assist students to develop advanced knowledge, attitude, and psychomotor skills necessary in clinical practice. Offered Summer and Fall.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 425 .
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NUR 435R: Advanced Clinical Concepts in Pathophysiology 3 credits
Examines normal and abnormal human physiologic and pathological processes encountered in clinical practice. Emphasis is placed on the integration of knowledge of pathology, genetic, pharmacologic, and biochemical concepts and disease symptomatology into the delivery of nursing care.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 401 or Valid RN license or (for international students) approval to practice nursing in your jurisdiction or instructor permission.
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NUR 452: Mental Health Nursing 5 credits
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Introduces concepts and principles of mental health nursing across the lifespan. Interdisciplinary aspects of holistic care delivery are explored. Specific theories, therapeutic communication approaches, disorders of human behavior, evidence-based treatment modalities, and the nursing process are utilized to promote patient-centered care that is culturally appropriate, safe, and effective. HESI testing fee required.l.
CLINICAL COMPONENT
Explores holistic mental health nursing interventions in a variety of settings. The nursing process is utilized and interventions focus on the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of optimal wellness. Students must provide own transportation. . Lecture 3 credits. Clinical 2 credits. Offered Summer and Fall.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; NUR 335 , NUR 360 , NUR 365 ; PSY 308 .
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NUR 456: Integrated Nursing Practice 3 credits
This practicum provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and management abilities by assessing, planning, conducting, and evaluating a community based nursing intervention. This course assists the RN to BSN student to transition to baccalaureate level proficiency in to include competency development in systems-based organizations, evidence-based practice, interprofessional collaboration and communication, and clinical prevention and population health. The community as client is emphasized. Students will integrate prior learning and experiences. The student will conduct original work. This course also includes a portfolio requirement. The portfolio should be a reflection of the nursing student’s accumulated works supporting the achievement of the ten program outcomes for baccalaureate prepared nurses graduating from UMFK. Please see the Portfolio Guidelines link at the end of this syllabus. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; NUR 301R .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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NUR 497: Senior Capstone 3 credits
Capstone review of knowledge gained from prior nursing core courses to include adult, maternal, infant, child, and mental health nursing. Focuses on use of the nursing process to care for individuals, families, and communities. Emphasis is on problem solving, clinical reasoning, computer-assisted instruction, as well as NCLEX test-taking strategies as preparation for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; Second semester senior standing in nursing major with successful completion of all clinical nursing courses and all standardized specialty and Exit exams. Students may apply for a waiver to the Division of Nursing.
Co-requisite(s): NUR 497C .
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NUR 497C: Senior Preceptorship Practicum 4 credits
Directed clinical practicum experience in which students apply knowledge, attitude, and skills gained from all prior semesters to provide safe, quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care of individuals, families, and communities that simultaneously demonstrates professionalism, leadership, and collaboration with members of the health care team. HESI testing fee required. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; Second semester senior standing in nursing major with successful completion of all clinical nursing courses and all standardized specialty exams.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 124: Coaching Basketball 3 credits
This course is designed for students who want a better understanding of basketball. Students will learn the rules and organization of basketball and they will understand fundamentals of basketball. Students will be learning the relationships between rules of NCAA, NAIA, and how title IX affects the sport. Students will examine the theories of high school, college, and professional level and other theories of how basketball is played.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 149: Coaching Baseball/Softball 1 credits
This course is designed for students who want a better understanding of baseball/softball. Students will learn the rules and organization of baseball/softball and they will understand the fundamentals of baseball/softball. Students will be learning the relationships between rules of NCAA, NAIA, and how Title IX affects the sport. Students will examine the theories of high school, college, and professional level and other theories of how baseball/softball is played.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 163: Principles of Coaching 3 credits
Provides an appreciation and background in the art of coaching. Deals with the complex problems facing those that accept the challenge of handling our youth of today in a sport setting. The complete role of the effectiveness of the coach will be surveyed. Field trips to study experienced coaches required. Students may earn a coaching license through U.S. soccer D license curriculum. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 166: Coaching Soccer 3 credits
This course is designed for students who want a better understanding of soccer. Students will learn the rules and organization of soccer and they will understand the fundamentals of soccer. Students will be learning the relationships between rules of NCAA, NAIA, and how title IX affects the sport. Students will examine the theories of high school, college, and professional level and other theories of how soccer is played.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 167: Coaching Volleyball 1 credits
This course is designed for students who want a better understanding of volleyball. Students will learn the rules and organization of volleyball and they will understand fundamentals of volleyball. Students will be learning the relationships between rules of NCAA, NAIA, and how title IX affects the sport. Students will examine the theories of high school, college, and professional level and other theories of how volleyball is played.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 168: Coaching Cross Country 1 credits
This course is designed for students who want a better understanding of cross country programs. Students will learn the rules and organization of cross country and they will understand fundamentals of crosscountry. Students will be learning the relationships between rules of NCAA, NAIA, and how title IX affects the sport. Students will examine the theories of high school, college, and professional level and other theories of how cross country is played.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 210: Yoga for Human Excellence 3 credits
Through a concentrated study of Yoga asanas (postures), mantras (sacred chants), meditation techniques, pranayama (breath control) and philosophical and religious scriptures, students will engage in questioning, analysis, and application of Yoga. The course will cover both studio action and theory.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 211: Yoga for Human Excellence: Instruction Practicum 3 credits
Through concentrated study, students will learn instruction techniques for Yoga asanas (postures), mantras (sacred chants), meditation techniques, pranayama (breath control) and philosophical and religious scriptures. Studio and theory.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 215: Stress Management Using Meditation 2 credits
Using Yoga asamas (postures), mantras (sacred chants), meditation techniques, and pranayama (breath control), students will apply meditation techniques to manage and relieve stress. This is a studio course.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 240: Special Topics in Physical Education
Courses are occasionally offered on a one-time basis. The topic varies from semester to semester. The specific topic and course description are found in the schedule of classes.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.
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PHE 264: Basic Athletic Injuries 3 credits
This course will give students an opportunity to see how the human body reacts to injury. Students will take away from this course basic training to recognize injuries to the body and what they can do to assist. Students will learn American Red Cross first aid and CPR. Students will also learn how to wrap, tape, and stretch areas of injury.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 341: Sports Management 3 credits
Principles of program building in curricular and extracurricular programs; risk management, organizing, administering, and supervising physical education, health, intramural, and interscholastic programs. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHE 342: Exercise Physiology 3 credits
This course is designed to show how the human body reacts to exercise. There will be an understanding of what the body’s needs are for the entire day. The course will explore the body’s adaptations to exercise. We explore how certain human bodies adapt well while others cannot adapt at all. We will see how the body’s needs change with environment, climate, and seasons. We will see how age affects exercise and body. Students will learn how exercise will enhance performance using theory-based studies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHI 100: Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to philosophical thinking though a variety of shorter, yet intriguing and diverse texts from different historical periods and regions of the world. The topics addressed in the course concern the history of philosophy, self-knowledge, the question of good and evil, power and justice, and the nature of truth. The course aspires to offer an introduction to philosophy from the Socrato-Platonic perspective. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PHO 102: Introduction to Digital Photography 3 credits
Students will learn how to use their digital cameras, organize and safely store their digital images files, fine tune image quality with a computer, and print photographs. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHS 100: Physical Science I 4 credits
Explores basic scientific phenomena through experimentation and inquiry. Emphasizes the fundamental theories in physics and chemistry. Includes motion and forces, energy, heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, nuclear science, atomic structure, chemical bonding, families of elements, chemical reactions, acids, bases, and carbon compounds. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours labs. Offered even Falls.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHS 100L: Physical Science I Lab
Co-requisite(s): Must be taken concurrently with PHS 100
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PHS 101: Physical Science II 4 credits
Application of physics and chemistry in other sciences. Develops concepts from astronomy, geology and meteorology. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHS 210: Earth Science 4 credits
This course explores in a holistic fashion the major components of the earth sciences, including Geology, Astronomy, Oceanography, and Meteorology. Special emphasis is given to looking at the earth in a holistic fashion, stressing the inter relationships of earth processes. Offered Winter and Summer.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHY 100: Physics I 4 credits
Upon completing this course, students will have discovered the basic laws of physics pertaining to Mechanics (motion of large objects: its causes and effects, energy and momentum) and be able to create models of these concepts. They will be able to use their models to solve problems. Three hours lecture, two hours lab. Offered Fall and Spring.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 128 or instructor’s permission.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHY 100L: Physics I Lab
Co-requisite(s): Must be taken concurrently with PHY 100
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PHY 101: Physics II 4 credits
A continuation of PHY 100 with emphasis on electricity (forces, fields, circuits), magnetism and light. The students will be able to create models of these concepts and use their models to solve problems. Offered odd Springs.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 100 or instructor’s permission.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PHY 101L: Physics II Lab
Co-requisite(s): Must be taken concurrently with PHY 101
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PHY 240: Special Topics in Physics
Special Topics in Physics
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POS 100: Political Science 3 credits
Introduces principles and practices of political science. Explores functions of politics, analyzes political behavior. Offered every Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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POS 111: Parliamentary Procedure and Government 3 credits
Describes fundamentals of parliamentary procedure and its role in government at all levels. Includes actual uses of parliamentary procedure and exemplifies various methods. Offered odd Falls.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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POS 302: Political Parties 3 credits
Analyzes origin and development of political parties. Offered odd Springs.
Prerequisite(s): GOV 200.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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POS 320: Environmental Policy 3 credits
This is a course designed to examine governmental policy in the area of environmental issues. It will explore the reasons for policy development that impact government decisions. It will attempt to illustrate the struggle that individuals face in the development of environmental policy. Offered even Springs.
Prerequisite(s): GOV 200 or POS 100 .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 100: Introduction to Public Safety Administration 3 credits
This introductory course provides an overview of local governmental operations for small and mid-sized communities with emphasis on Public Safety administration. The course will address the challenges that lie ahead in Public Safety administration, with emphasis given to Rural America in the 21st Century. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 122: GIS & GPS for Public Safety Administration 3 credits
This course provides an introduction to the theory and application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for public safety officials, introducing geographic theory, terminology and primary concepts, as well as software use. Students should know Windows operating systems and file management. Satisfies requirements in Emergency Management, PSA, and FOR programs. Offered odd Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PSA 212: Introduction to Corrections 3 credits
Course focuses on the nature and form of correction in America. Special emphasis is placed on the historical perspective and the theoretical constructs which have led to the formation of the correction system as it exists today. Issues of the day will be examined from a policy and practice framework. Offered even Springs.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 217: Jail Operations 3 credits
This course is meant to provide the student with an introductory level of understanding of jail management and operations. In addition, the student will be introduced to current and critical issues in the broader field of corrections. Offered odd Springs.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 221: Ethics And Community 3 credits
(cross-listed under BUS 260 ) PSA students may take either PSA 221 or BUS 260: Business Ethics to satisfy the major requirement. This course is designed as an introduction to ethics, to the quest for the good, i.e., the search for the truth. The particular emphasis will be placed on the ethical and moral questions pertaining to the concerns and issues raised with a view to the system of public safety and criminal justice. Students will be encouraged to explore their own moral and ethical value systems as well as the codes they work from in order to cultivate an informed ethical understanding and to make sound moral and ethical judgments. Offered Summer and odd Falls.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 222: Terrorism 3 credits
This course will provide a comprehensive examination and discussion of terrorism with emphasis on its modern and contemporary characteristics and manifestations. The study of terrorism in this course will be multidisciplinary in its approach. Students will learn about the nature and sources of terrorists’ beliefs, actions, goals, worldviews, and states of mind. Our analyses of terrorism will include insights from the fields of criminology, culture, economics, history, law, the media, literature, religion, philosophy, political economy, political science, psychology, sociology and technology. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 230: Wilderness First Aid 1 credits
Students will earn certification from Wilderness Medical Associates. The course will provide training in basic outdoor emergency medical care. The course will teach patient assessment, physiology, injury prevention and treatment, and victim stabilization. All students who successfully complete the Wilderness First Aid course will receive a certification card from Wilderness Medical Associates*. This certification is valid for three years. Adult CPR certification from WMA is included. Offered Fall (over one weekend).
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 231: Search & Rescue Fundamentals 2 credits
This course provides knowledge concerning the general responsibilities, skills, abilities, and the equipment needed by persons who are assigned to field operations during a SAR mission. It also provides the student with practical exercises in the field during daylight and nighttime operations. The course content includes topics in three major areas: survival and support, search, and rescue. This course is based around the rural and wilderness environments but the material is recommended as a basis for all SAR environments. The course is also designed to prepare the student for Basic Ground Searcher Certification, based on the standards of the Maine Association of Search and Rescue (MASAR) and Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Requires several Saturday field trips and one late evening exercise. Offered even Fall (Saturdays for 8 wks).
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 232: Wilderness EMT 3 credits
Wilderness medicine differs significantly from conventional EMS courses and other programs that are oriented towards the normal urban environment. Rural ambulance crews and wilderness rescue teams face challenges that are unknown to the inner city provider. In this course we address the special problems associated with prolonged patient care (>2 hours), severe environments, and improvised equipment. This is the definitive medical course for rural EMS providers, USAR, FEMA and wilderness rescue team members. All students who successfully complete the WFR course will receive a WFR certification card, an Anaphylaxis certification card and a BLS-CPR certification card from Wilderness Medical Associates*. These certifications remain valid for three years. Offered even Falls.
Prerequisite(s): Current EMT license.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 260: Media Relations 3 credits
The students will learn the role of the reporter as an information gatherer; understand the media as a powerful force in society; identify vocabulary related to media relations; improve coping skills needed when responding to media relations. Offered Summer term.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 270: Disaster Management 3 credits
The course will stress the critical importance of prior planning for disasters of any sort, especially in Rural America and having a workable plan ready when the event does occur, if ever, in any jurisdiction. Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of periodic practice and updating of the information within the plan. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 300: Public Finance 3 credits
This course addresses financial and managerial issues within the framework of all three major areas of the public sector. It provides the fundamentals of financial management for those pursuing careers in government, for non-profit, and health organizations that lack a financial background. The students are presented the rules specific to the public sector, which will provide them the framework to access and apply financial information more effectively. Offered odd Falls.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 301: Emergency Medical Technician 3-6 credits
Addresses the management of airway and respiratory problems, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, techniques of oxygen therapy, bleeding control and treatment for shock, soft tissue injuries and fracture care, principles of spinal immobilization, fundamentals of triage and transportation of the sick injured, and treatment modalities for a range of medical, obstetrical, pediatric, environmental and behavioral emergencies. This course offers an introduction to patient assessment skills and includes training in the application of MAST, basic pharmacology, use of Automated External Defibrillators, as required for licensure at the EMTBasic level in the State of Maine. This course curriculum is in accordance with the state of Maine as meeting the prerequisite for state practical and written testing for licensure. Offered Springs.
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PSA 310: Introduction to Public Management 3 credits
This course will provide the students with a solid conceptual foundation in public administration. Important issues in public administration and management will encourage the students to think critically about the nature of public administration today. The course will present unique vignettes with real life excerpts and quotations, which will further engage students and reinforce the narrative presented. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 311: Homeland Security & Emergency Management 3 credits
This course will provide students with an overview of policies, programs and agencies involved in homeland security, emergency management and public safety administration. Students will review the traditional structure and developing roles of federal, state and local government and enforcement agencies. Additionally, new ideas, approaches and issues will be presented concerning the administration and operation of the many law enforcement agencies involved in homeland security and emergency management. Offered Spring.
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PSA 312: Grant Writing 3 credits
The overall objective of this course is to give students the tools to help their organizations, schools, non-profit agencies, community service groups, and businesses successfully compete for grant funds. Individuals working on professional development proposals will gain the skills and knowledge to successfully propose research and study plans. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 315: Public Policy 3 credits
The course is to provide students with concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies. It focuses on what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue what they do, and what are the consequences of these policies. Offered even Springs
Prerequisite(s): PSA 100 or instructor’s permission.
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PSA 316: Public Administration & Emergency Management 3 credits
This is a course in emergency management from a public administration perspective. The focus is on managing public and nongovernmental organizations involved in managing hazards and dealing with disasters and working within the networks of public, private, and nonprofit and volunteer organizations that constitutes the nation’s emergency management system. Offered Fall.
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PSA 326: Introduction to Forensic Science 3 credits
An introduction to the field of forensics, providing an overview of various forensic sciences and their relation to the presentation of evidence and problems of law. Covers major areas including crime scene investigation, fingerprinting, blood stain analysis, and lab and field collection techniques and analysis. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 327: Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behaviors 3 credits
A further look into how people have deviated sexually to commit crimes- involving rape, prostitution, pornography, obscenity and such. This class will provide insight into sex crimes, deviance, and criminal behavior theory and analysis. This text provides information on psychological profiling of sex offenders, the crimes they commit, the effects on their victims, and attempted treatments. Examining a wide range of sex crimes ranging from non-violent offenses such as exhibitionism, voyeurism and obscene telephone calls to serial rapes and lust murders, this class, along with this book, will give the student the ability to uncover the roots and causes of these behaviors and to aid in the understanding of sex offenders and their crimes. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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PSA 330: Criminal Profiling 3 credits
In this course, students will learn to classify and predict behavior patterns in such criminals as men and women serial killers, filicide, serial rapists, arsonists and pedophiles. Students will finish the course with a theoretical and practical understanding of profiling. Offered Spring.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission.
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PSA 332: Wilderness First Responder 3 credits
A 72-hour program for the outdoor or public safety professional or backcountry enthusiast wanting advanced competency in wilderness medicine. This program emphasizes the importance of leadership, assessment skills, decision-making and early problem recognition. The course highlights common problems of backcountry emergencies and covers advanced medical situations: patient assessment, body systems, equipment improvisation, trauma, environmental medicine, toxins, and wilderness rescue. This course is intense and very practical, emphasizing hands-on practice. Mornings are devoted to lectures and exams. Afternoons are devoted to practical hands-on sessions and rescue simulations. Expect multiple rescue simulations with made-up victims and stage blood that will be video taped for enhanced learning. Offered odd Springs.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 333: National Incident Management Systems 3 credits
The purpose of the course is to examine the evolution of incident management systems in responding to domestic disaster events. The course examines the broad emergency management context of incident management, the creation of FEMA’s National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and how NIMS is structured and works. The course includes a lab segment that compliments the presentation and discussions conducted in the course sessions. Offered odd Summer.
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PSA 341: Restorative Justice 3 credits
This course is designed to cover the historical, theoretical, and theological origins of the restorative justice model. Current practices used during the past two centuries and case studies will be reviewed and analyzed to help students better understand the relationship between offenders and victims. Offered Fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Co-requisite(s): None.
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PSA 343: Human Resources Management 3 credits
Examines the activites in managing humans. Included topics are: assessment of human resources needs at present and in the future, and recruitment, training, and development of personnel. Offered Spring and Summer.
Prerequisite(s): PSA 310 or BUS 211 .
Co-requisite(s): None.
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