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ACC 5010 Summer Accounting Institute
9-15 Hours
Prerequisites: for non-accounting undergraduate degree holders needing special accounting knowledge prior to beginning regular MACC courses.
This course content includes financial, and intermediate accounting fundamentals as well as audit and tax. The course is given over a 10-week period in the summer. The class meets two evenings per week (6:15-9:00) and all day Saturday (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.).
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ACC 6010 Management Accounting & Control Systems
2 Hours
This course provides accounting students with knowledge needed for understanding business processes, controls, enterprise systems, and managerial accounting concepts. By understanding how operational and financial information is created from business processes and the relevant risks and controls, students will have a framework for identifying and analyzing decision alternatives and performance. This course is required for Summer Accounting Institute students and should be taken in their first fall semester.
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ACC 6200 Leadership and Ethics in the Profession
2 Hours
This course focuses on changes within the accounting profession and the leadership of individuals who are driving such changes. The course will assist students in understanding how to develop into a leader in their chosen profession. In addition, ethical issues that are faced by the accounting professional will be addressed. Industry leaders are used throughout the course to expose students to real leaders that can address common ethical dilemmas encountered by accountants.
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ACC 6250 Accounting Theory - Accounting Standard Setting
2 Hours
This course presents a study of accounting theory with the focus on the history of accounting standard setting, the standard setting process today and the controversies surrounding the process. The course will include a detailed study of the FASB Conceptual Framework and current issues in standard setting.
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ACC 6260 Applied Financial Accounting Theory
2 Hours
This course presents study of the development of accounting theory, accounting research areas and major research contributions to accounting theory. The course will review theoretical issues associated with the financial statements, segment reporting, disclosures and ethical issues.
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ACC 6300 Advanced Accounting
2 Hours
This course presents a study of the issues concerning consolidated financial statements, legal reorganizations and liquidations, foreign currency transactions and the use of derivatives to hedge foreign exchange risk, and translation of foreign currency financial statements. Strong emphasis will be placed on corporate financial reporting for mergers and acquisitions.
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ACC 6350 International Accounting and Taxation
2 Hours
This course presents a study of international accounting and taxation. In the accounting half of the course an emphasis will be placed on the International Accounting Standards Board and global harmonization of accounting standards. Issues such as price changes and inflation, and foreign currency transactions and translation will be discussed. In the tax half of the course, the tax consequences of inbound and outbound transactions will be explored. In addition, export incentives as well as the tax status of controlled foreign corporations will be examined.
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ACC 6400 Accounting Information Systems
2 Hours
This course provides accounting students with knowledge needed for understanding and using information technologies and for knowing how an AIS gathers and transforms data into useful decision-making information.
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ACC 6450 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
2 Hours
This course focuses on fund accounting for state and local governments and other not-for-profit institutions, including health care organizations. One half of the course is devoted to fund accounting with the other half focused on the unique cost accounting and reimbursement aspects encountered in the health care industry.
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ACC 6470 Health Care Managerial Accounting
2 Hours
This course examines the managerial accounting practices and issues of the various components of the health care industry, including private practice groups, hospitals, Medicare, managed care and others that are emerging as the health care market changes. In addition, application of financial management techniques to decision making for healthcare providers is covered.
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ACC 6480 Corporate Financial and Managerial Accounting
2 Hours
This course addresses the three main purposes for which managers use accounting: (1) accounting information allows managers to understand, and learn from, the effect of past decisions; (2) managers use accounting to communicate with external constituents; and (3) managers use accounting to communicate plans and goals to subordinates and to monitor their performance over time. The course illustrates the use of financial reports to communicate a view of the firm to outside parties. Students will explore the benefits of financial reports as well as their limitations. The course also addresses some difficulties managers and accountants face in measuring and describing the economic substance of an organization. The course develops an understanding of how formal management systems can be used as levers to implement strategy and demonstrates how accounting data can be used to control operating performance.
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ACC 6500 External Auditing
2 Hours
This course is designed to be an in-depth study of external auditing issues. The objectives of the course are to enhance the students’ verbal and written communications skills, critical thinking capability, and to provide a significant level of preparation for the auditing portion of the CPA exam. Students will analyze cases involving accounting and auditing issues, determine the relevant issues and questions, consult the proper standards and literature, and choose the proper alternative course of action.
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ACC 6560 Computer Security and Audit
2 Hours
Discusses information systems security, auditing/assurance, and information system risk and control issues. The course examines risk, security and control issues in the context of conducting assurance and auditing services.
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ACC 6600 Advanced Managerial Accounting
2 Hours
This course takes a user-oriented approach to the design of management accounting procedures and systems. The course also emphasizes the challenges and opportunities from new information technology and the new technology of modern operating and service processes. The course features the innovative management accounting developments that leading companies around the world are using, including activity-based costing and management, kaizen and target costing and the Balanced Scorecard.
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ACC 6810 Corporate Taxation
2 Hours
A study of Federal taxation as it applies to corporate formation, capital structure, operations, distributions, and liquidations. Also covered are the corporate topics of related party transactions, subsidiaries, and reorganizations. Other taxation topics may also be included.
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ACC 6820 Partnership and S Corporation Taxation
2 Hours
This course examines the taxation of partnerships and S corporations as pass-through entities. The formation, special elections, operations, distributions, and liquidations of these entities are some of the topics covered. Other taxation topics may also be included.
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ACC 6840 Federal Taxes and Management Decisions
2 Hours
A look at taxation from the perspective of a business manager. This course is designed to help the manager identify tax issues that are important in common business activities and decisions. Topics include an overview of business and family taxation, the various forms of tax entities, compensation planning, taxation of property transactions, corporate mergers, acquisitions, and liquidations. Other timely taxation topics will be included.
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ACC 6850 Tax Research
2 Hours
A thorough examination and analysis of the various tax authorities and sources used in Federal tax law. Web-based and other electronically available tax research tools are used extensively. This course requires many written assignments, and may cover other tax topics such as tax policy.
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ACC 6860 State and Local Taxation
2 Hours
An analysis of state and local taxation. Topics for this course include both business and personal taxation under the tax laws of various state and local governments. Taxes studied include sales and use taxes, income taxes, and other excise taxes. Constitutional clauses studied include the dormant Commerce Clause, the Foreign Commerce Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.
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ACC 6880 Tax Procedure and Policy
2 Hours
An in-depth analysis of the rules and regulations of representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service. Topics include audits of returns, appeal procedures, statute of limitations concerns, and referring a case to the judicial system. An examination of Federal tax policy and the constitutional process of creating tax laws will also be included.
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ACC 6900 Accounting Internship
2 Hours
Students are given the opportunity to earn elective credit through an intensive internship with an area accounting firm or private business. Interns are engaged in specific accounting type projects within the organization. A final paper is produced for review by the accounting faculty. An assigned professor must oversee the student’s internship. Prior approval of the directing professor and coordinator of the accounting program is required.
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ACC 6990 Independent Study
2 Hours
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Audio Engineering |
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AET 5010 Acoustic and Electro-acoustic Measurement and Design
3 Hours
This course is an advanced study of sound production and transmission, electro-acoustic measurement techniques, and architectural acoustics. An overview is provided for studio and concert hall design, virtual acoustics, and musical instrument acoustics.
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AET 5030 Studio Systems & Operations
3 Hours
This course is a study of recording studio systems and operations protocols as related to audio engineering, sound recording, and music production.
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AET 5040 Sound Reinforcement and Concert Mixing
3 Hours
A practicum based study of concert sound reinforcement. Students gain hands-on experience with sound reinforcement systems, live mixing execution, monitor equalization, and areas related to the management of a live sound systems in professional concert situations.
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AET 5050 Critical Listening for Audio & Music Production
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Senior undergraduate status and AET, MBA or MM majors only.
The study and practice of ear training as it relates to the identification, manipulation, and perception of sound. This course provides a concentrated study utilizing exercises designed to develop specific listening skills in audio and music production.
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AET 5060 Sound Design for Mixed Media
3 Hours
A study of sound design, including the historical analysis of sound for image, audio post-production process for film and video, aesthetic and technical considerations in sound design, visual and auditory synchronization, and final mix-delivery formats. Practical skills will include field recording, sound library development, and the management of dialog, sound effects, music editing, and final mix preparation.
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AET 5070 Mastering and Applied Critical Evaluation
2 Hours
A study of the process of preparing audio for distribution. Topics include audio playback standards, playback system optimization, audio signal analysis, signal processing, media restoration, archival standards, and product delivery standards.
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AET 5230 Auditory Perception and Hearing Science
3 Hours
Prerequisites: Senior undergraduate status and AET, MBA or MM graduate majors only.
This course is a research-oriented study of auditory perception, psychoacoustics, and hearing science as it relates to audio engineering, sound recording, and music production.
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AET 5390 Internship
1-2 Hours
A student may gain practical experience in audio engineering by working in a related business. This work/learning arrangement is approved and overseen by supervisory faculty in order to achieve learning objectives; may be repeated for maximum of 2 credit hours.
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AET 5410 Digital Audio, Computer Programming, and Signal Analysis
3 Hours
A technical study of the use of computers for analyzing digital audio signals. This course provides an overview of sampling theory, signal visualizations, and data analysis.
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AET 5420 Audio Signal Processing
3 Hours
A study of the implementation and application of audio effects processing. This course provides an overview of transfer functions, impulse responses, convolution, the Fourier Transform, and multi-band processing as used within the design of temporal, spectral, and dynamic effects.
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AET 5500 Research Design and Methods
3 Hours
An overview of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research including the philosophical underpinnings of inquiry through the application of the scientific method, the research question and objectives, and the collection and analysis of data.
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AET 5510 Advanced Concepts in Sonic Blending
2 Hours
Through focused listening critiques, students expand their proficiency with sonic theories and principles as applied to contemporary audio production.
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AET 5600 Applied Practice Review
1-3 Hours
The applied cumulative project allows the student to focus in a chosen area such as media production techniques, signal processing, and electro-acoustic design. The cumulative project is a documentation of the student’s mastery of past and current procedures, practices, and techniques utilized in the art and craft of his/her chosen area. The final product will examine and document prior and current art through original representative samples with detailed annotation and analyses of how the chosen techniques were created and used in commercial or artistic endeavors. The outcome of the Applied Practice Review is a formal written report with an associated portfolio and a public presentation demonstrating the student’s mastery of the subject area. Pass/fail grade. Repeatable course.
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AET 5700 Thesis Practicum
1-3 Hours
Faculty guided independent study leading to the development and writing of a capstone thesis focused on either theoretical or applied research. Taken each semester, students develop and apply academic and practitioner research proficiencies. Repeated for a total of six credit hours, this course culminates in the submission of the thesis document with an oral defense.
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AET 5895 Special Topics
1-3 Hours
Repeatable course
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AET 5990 Independent Study
1-3 Hours
The option of independent study with an AET graduate instructor is available to students who may need additional instruction in audio engineering content not covered by other courses in the major. Students must complete a Request for Independent Study which will be reviewed by the program chair and approved by the Office of the Dean.
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AET 5991 Directed Study
1-3 Hours
Individual or group based study or coursework intended to advance the student’s knowledge and skills, to improve an area of weakness, or develop specific areas of interest. Course may be repeated.
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AET 6025 Historical Master Recording Techniques
2 Hours
A study of the history, influence, and application of recording technology to music production for today’s media. Through critical listening analysis, combined with an in-depth study of analog and digital recording methods, students will explore and discover recording techniques through the re-creation of historically significant master recordings.
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Art |
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ART 5200 Introduction To Art Education
3 Hours
Graduate students will be introduced to the historical foundations and contemporary practice of art education. Special emphasis will be given to the development of conceptual understandings and skills in aesthetics, art criticism, art history, visual culture, and art production, including digital media and computer technologies. Students will investigate fundamental issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and will explore career opportunities in both school and community art settings through field observations. Introduction to Art Education serves as a prerequisite for further study in the Art Education major.
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ART 5250 Elementary Art Education
3 Hours
Prerequisites: ART 5200 Introduction To Art Education (3).
Graduate students will investigate the elementary school culture and the practical application of child development theories to the development of the elementary art curriculum. In a studio setting, students will explore age-appropriate materials and processes, investigate instructional and assessment strategies, and develop thematic units of study as a basis for micro-teaching in local elementary schools.
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ART 5260 Secondary Art Education
3 Hours
Prerequisites: ART 5200 Introduction To Art Education (3).
Graduate students will investigate middle and high school cultures and the practical application of adolescent learning theories to the development of the secondary art curriculum. In studio settings, students will explore media and processes appropriate for the secondary student, investigate instructional and assessment strategies, and develop comprehensive units of study as a basis for micro-teaching in local secondary schools.
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ART 5270 Contemporary Issues In Art Education
3 Hours
Graduate students will pursue an in-depth examination of a topic selected by the instructor, including issues related to curriculum, instruction, assessment, student learning, and approaches to art education in museums and other non-school contexts.
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ART 5300 Student Teaching Seminar
3 Hours
This seminar deals with practical issues associated with the student teaching experience, and is taken concurrently. Students will meet with their student teaching seminar to discuss classroom practice and procedures for seeking employment.
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ART 5310 Student Teaching
3 Hours
This laboratory course gives the graduate MAT student experience in teaching and classroom management under the direct supervision of an experienced teacher. This course requires satisfactory presentation of a professional portfolio and includes a seminar which meets periodically during the full-time student teaching experience. $325 course fee.
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ART 5990 Independent Study In Art Education
3 Hours
Graduate students preparing to teach art education in grades K-12 will conduct an-depth investigation of a topic of special interest. Topic must meet academic needs of the student and be approved by the instructor. The curriculum for this course will be based on readings and research in art education selected by the instructor.
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Business Systems Analytics |
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BSA 6210 Healthcare Informatics and Technology Management
2 Hours
This course prepares graduate healthcare management students to interact with providers and IT personnel to manage information and information systems for integrated health care delivery. Topics include characteristics of health care data including standards; healthcare workflows as they relate to healthcare IT; major types of information systems in healthcare; the health care IT legislative environment; issues in health care interoperability including Health Information Exchanges; E -health and E-business in health care; the link between financial arrangements and HIT capabilities; issues of privacy, security and disaster recovery in health care, implementation and change management in health care settings including aspects of project management; and IT in the health care strategic planning process.
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BSA 6550 Management of Technology
2 Hours
This course develops an understanding of the key information technologies that are used in organizations and provides an overview of the key concepts, theories, and themes of information science. Both existing and new, emerging technologies will be studied to provide students with an awareness of these technologies and their associated capabilities. Students will consider the various technologies that may be used to promote managing and improving organizational strategy and effectiveness. The objective of the course is to prepare students to provide leadership in managing the use of information and information technology. While some of the material may be technical in nature, the perspective taken will be that of the manager.
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BSA 6820 Predictive Analytics
2 Hours
This course provides students a practical, hands-on learning environment focusing on data mining and predictive analytics to solve business problems. Students will prepare data, create and validate predictive models, and deploy those models to predict future events and uncover hidden patterns of behavior. Students will examine how data analysis technologies can be used to improve decision-making by studying the fundamental principles and techniques of data mining to develop data-analytic thinking.
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BSA 6930 Database Modeling, Design and Analysis
2 Hours
This course will provide students with skills that will facilitate the effective use of datebase management systems. Key components of this course include relational date modeling along with database design, development and implementation. Students will query and analyze data using SQL.
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BSA 6990 Independent Study
2 Hours
Under some circumstances, an independent study may be available in any area of the program, such as accounting, finance, management, etc. An instructor in that area must agree to oversee the study. Prior approval of the directing professor and the Associate Dean is required.
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CTM Mental Health Counseling |
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CTM 5011 Foundations of Clinical Practice
3 Hours
This course is an advanced survey of the practice of clinical psychotherapy. The purpose of the course is to orient students to the contemporary field of clinical psychotherapy and prepare them to engage in direct clinical care of persons. The course will explore the roots of contemporary psychotherapy in the Western cure of souls tradition. Also, students will be exposed to a range of psychological and theological resources applicable in the clinical encounter. These resources will include understandings of what it means to be human, theories of human development and the dynamics of relational systems, the diagnosis of mental and relational dysfunction, and approaches to clinical intervention and treatment. This will all occur in the context of understanding the formation of the professional self of the psychotherapist.
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CTM 5012 Theories of Personality
3 Hours
An advanced survey of contemporary personality theory. Attention will be given to the historical development and key theorists in the area of personality studies. Examples of theories to be covered include psychoanalytic, behavioral, Jungian, interpersonal, transpersonal, etc. Attention will also be given to the ways in which a clinician’s theory of personality impacts case formulation and treatment selection.
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CTM 5013 Christian Perspectives on Psychopathology & Human Suffering
3 Hours
This course is an introductory survey of the phenomenon of psychopathology from the perspective of a Christian theological world view. What are the various forms psychopathology takes and how are they accounted for from a contemporary scientific perspective? How is this “soul suffering” accounted for from a spiritual/religious world view? How can this form of human suffering be addressed and/or ameliorated? These questions will be explored both historically as well as cross culturally.
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CTM 5014 Diagnosis & Treatment of Mental Disorders
3 Hours
This course is an introduction to the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM shall be understood in the historical context of the “cure of souls” tradition. Students will explore the history, development and current iteration of the APA’s diagnostic system. Students will also correlate the process of diagnosis with the development of treatment plans.
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CTM 5015 Spirituality & Theories of Human Development
3 Hours
This course is an exploration of the nature of spiritual/religious experience across the life-cycle. Students will be introduced to a variety of theories of human development and the interface of those theories with the shape of moral, religious and spiritual experience at various points of the life-cycle. The course will explore the relationship between biological and environmental influences on the structuring of character and personality and how this influences the formation of individual, family and group spirituality.
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CTM 5016 Diversity & Social Justice in the Clinical Encounter
3 Hours
This seminar explores ways of understanding the cultural context of relationships and institutions as they contribute to complex social identities in individuals and disclose the necessity of analytical and clinical skills for addressing an increasingly complex society. The range of issues to be explored includes: race, ethnicity, class, age, gender, sexual orientation, cognitive and physical characteristics, and religion.
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CTM 5017 Christian Ethics in the Clinical Encounter
3 Hours
This course is an exploration of the moral dimensions of, and the ethical and professional issues relevant to, clinical mental health practice. Codes of professional ethics and state laws pertaining to the practice of professional counseling, marriage & family therapy, and clinical pastoral therapy will be examined. Through the use of case studies, students will explore the complex moral and ethical dynamics that emerge in the course of clinical practice.
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CTM 5018 Theories & Methods of Psychotherapy Research
3 Hours
This course seeks to introduce students to the process of research both through and about psychotherapy. Students will explore the history of research about psychotherapy and how this research can inform the formation and maintenance of caring relationships. Students will also be introduced to processes through which the actual practice of psychotherapy may be the source of new knowledge for and about the discipline. Ethical guidelines for research in psychotherapy will be addressed.
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CTM 5019 Techniques of Counseling & Psychotherapy
3 Hours
A fundamental skills and techniques course for master’s level counseling students. The purpose of the course is to provide students with their initial counseling experiences under supervised conditions and for the student to experience a didactic and experimental training with the focus of the course on the development of basic counseling skills which include invitational skills, reflection skills, summarization skills, challenging skills, goal setting skills, assessment skills, application of a theoretical orientation and application of therapeutic technique. The course will include interactive lecture, demonstration, discussion, participation in skills practice, student to student role playing, student video demonstration of skills, and individual supervision.
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CTM 5020 Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy
3 Hours
This course is a survey of contemporary theories of counseling and psychotherapy. Students will explore psychodynamic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, feminist, and neuroscience theories, among others. A major focus of the course will be on exploring the meaning of spiritually integrated counseling and psychotherapy.
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CTM 5110 Aging in the Family & Society
3 Hours
This course is an exploration of the meaning and process of aging in our society. The course will look at the physical processes of aging, the meaning of aging in/for families, communities and society. Of particular interest will be the ways in which aging affects mental and emotional health, relational functioning and the spiritual life.
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CTM 5120 Diagnosis & Treatment of Addictions
3 Hours
This course is an exploration of the nature of addiction as a human phenomenon, its diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice. Students will be introduces to contemporary theories regarding the nature and origin of addiction in general. Students will also be introduced to the range of ways in which addiction is manifest, including substance addictions such as drugs and alcohol as well as process addictions such as gambling, food, sex or work. The course will also explore the ways in which addictions are being treated, including 12-step approaches, residential treatments, psychoanalytic approaches as well as newer cognitive-behavioral approaches.
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CTM 5130 Family Therapy: Skills & Practice
3 Hours
This course is a study of the practice of family therapy. Students will be introduced to the various aspects of clinical practice including diagnosis and treatment through the lens of family systems theory. Schools of family therapy such as strategic, structural, Bowenian, etc. will be reviewed. Ethical issues of family therapy will be reviewed.
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CTM 5140 History & Theology of Marriage & the Family
3 Hours
This course is an historical survey of marriage and family life in theological perspective. The course will be particularly concerned with the historical development of these social institutions in the Western tradition. Students will explore from a critical theological perspective the relationship between the development of culture and the transformation of the institutions of marriage and family. The intent of the course is to aid the student in understanding the historical and cultural dynamics that have contributed to the current state of marriage and family life.
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CTM 5150 Marital & Couples Therapy
3 Hours
This course is an introduction to the practice of marital or couple therapy. Students will explore contemporary approaches to the practice of couple therapy. What is the etiology and symptomatology of marital dysfunction from the perspective of these different theories and how are these addressed?
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CTM 5160 Psychological & Theological Perspectives on Human Sexuality
3 Hours
Sexuality is a dimension of human existence that is inescapable. As human beings we do not merely act sexually, rather, we are sexual as living beings. This course will seek to explore this dimension of human existence through the lenses of both psychology and theology. Students will be exposed to the historical understandings of human sexuality that we have inherited from our traditions as well as contemporary scientific and theological understandings.
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CTM 5170 Vocational Discernment and Counseling
3 Hours
This course is a study of the nature and theological meaning of vocation in human life with a particular emphasis on discernment and guidance in the discovery and disclosure of one’s vocation and career development. Students will be exposed to methods and tools used in assessing interests and strengths. Discernment as a process of normal life development, job loss, mid-life transition, etc. will be explored.
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CTM 5210 Group Dynamics & Therapy
3 Hours
This course is an advanced introduction to the theory and practice of group psychotherapy. Students will explore the types of psychotherapy groups from on-going open process groups to time-limited psychoeducational groups. The course will cover aspects of selection of candidates for group therapy, framework for group process, development of group dynamics, disruption in groups and termination from group therapy.
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CTM 5220 Therapy with Children & Adolescents
3 Hours
This course is a survey of the issues and techniques specific to clinical psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents. Disorders of focus in clinical work with children and adolescents will be explored as well as approaches to treatment. Techniques for assessment specifically designed for work with children, management and use of family in treatment will be explored. How does treatment need to be designed so as to match the developmental resources and strengths of children and adolescents? Special ethical considerations in working with children and adolescents will be explored.
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CTM 5310 Psychometrics and Assessment
3 Hours
This is an introductory course in the process, methods and instruments used in assessing and understanding individual differences in clinical practice. The course will introduce students to basic instruments, measures and statistical methods used in this process. In addition, students will also be introduced to the realm of spiritual assessment in clinical practice. Concepts such as reliability and validity as well as areas of assessment such as intelligence and personality characteristics will be covered. Attention will also be given to ethical concerns in psychological assessment.
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CTM 5410 Family Systems Theory
3 Hours
This course is an introduction to family systems theory. Students will be exposed to the history and current range of family systems theories. The course will also explore normal family functioning as a basis for understanding family dysfunction. The family life-cycle, diversity of family forms and styles, contemporary social issues relating to family life, the role of spirituality, etc, will be explored.
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CTM 5510 Clinical Hermeneutics & the Healing Dialogue in Psychotherapy
3 Hours
This is an advanced course in the practice of psychotherapy. Its focus is on utilizing the clinical encounter between therapist and client(s) to facilitate healing through empathetic and ethical engagement. The course will seek to introduce students to the philosophical work of persons such as Buber, Gadamer, Ricouer and Levinas and aid in the integration of their thought into the theory and practice of psychotherapy.
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CTM 5520 Diagnosis & Treatment of Personality Disorders
3 Hours
This course is an introduction to the diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders. Students will be introduced to models based on the phenomenological approach of the DSM V and a contemporary psychoanalytic approach. Students will be expected to draw upon their own clinical experience in understanding the diagnosis and treatment approaches.
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CTM 5530 History of the Cure of Souls Tradition
3 Hours
This course is an historical introduction to the care of souls tradition in Western Christianity. Students will explore the role of pastoral care in the early church, the patristic period, the Medieval church, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Modern and contemporary periods. Particular attention will be paid to how the human predicament is formulated and prescriptions for its amelioration, what we currently refer to as “diagnosis and treatment.” The theological rationale for these formulations will also be explored.
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CTM 5540 Pastoral Theological Method
3 Hours
This course introduces students to various theological methods that are useful in the integrative discipline of pastoral counseling. Students will explore the historical and theological foundations for the ministry of pastoral counseling, its grounding in congregational and specialized ministry, and its critical relationship to behavioral and other sciences. The course will frame the approach to methodological issues historically, allowing students to locate various methods in relating to the long history of this discipline including contemporary and intercultural contexts. Methods for critical reflection and decision-making will be presented and implemented through case studies and examination of problems and procedures in counseling.
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CTM 5550 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
3 Hours
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The course will review the historical development of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory from Freud through self-psychology and psychoanalytic intersubjectivity theory. The focus of the course will be on the actual practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy and cover subjects such as assessment and diagnosis, establishing a framework, developing a therapeutic alliance, interventions and interpretations, working with transference and countertransference, and termination.
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CTM 5560 Biblical Hermeneutics & Pastoral Care
3 Hours
An introductory survey of the practice of biblical interpretation for specialists in pastoral care and counseling. The course will explore the range of interpretive practices from the Allegorical to the Halakic to Historical Critical Method to Literary and Social Scientific Methods. Students will be exposed to the breadth of the literature of ancient Israel and the early church. Throughout, students will seek to gain an understanding of how the biblical literature and its interpretation may inform and be used in the process of pastoral care and counseling.
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CTM 5570 Human Transformation & Change in the Bible
3 Hours
This course is an exploration of the implicit and explicit theories of human transformation and change in the literature of ancient Israel and the early Christian community. Students will explore biblical understandings on the nature of human being and the presence of suffering and evil. Theories of transformation and change from the Pentateuch to the Deuteronomist to the prophets to the apocalyptic literature to the gospels and early Christian literature will be explored.
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CTM 6010 Practicum in Mental Health Counseling
3 Hours
The practicum is an introductory exposure to the setting of clinical mental health counseling. Students will participate in counseling related activities such as staff meetings, case conferences, record keeping, individual clinical supervision as well as direct client contact in assessment, co-counseling and counseling activities. Students will also participate in a weekly group supervision session under the leadership of program faculty.
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CTM 6110 Internship in Mental Health Counseling I
3 Hours
The internship is a more intense exposure to and engagement in the setting of clinical mental health counseling. Students will participate in counseling related activities such as staff meetings, case conferences, record keeping, individual clinical supervision as well as direct client contact in assessment, co-counseling and counseling activities. Students will also participate in a weekly group supervision session under the leadership of program faculty. Students are expected to work approximately 20 hours per week in the clinical setting.
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CTM 6210 Internship in Mental Health Counseling II
3 Hours
A continuation of Internship in Mental Health Counseling; I. Exposure to and engagement in the setting of clinical mental health counseling. Students will participate in counseling related activities such as staff meetings, case conferences, record keeping, individual clinical supervision as well as direct client contact in assessment, co-counseling and counseling activities. Students will also participate in a weekly group supervision session under the leadership of program faculty. Students are expected to work approximately 20 hours per week in the clinical setting.
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ECO 6250 Healthcare Economics
2 Hours
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the Healthcare Management MBA Program.
This course provides an overview of microeconomic theory as it applies to the healthcare industry with a particular focus on the implications for managerial decision making. The course presents an economic analysis of the incentives facing the various stakeholders in the market for healthcare (patients, providers, and payers). Concepts to be covered include the unique nature of the healthcare as a commodity, medical inflation, market failures and the potential roles for the public sector, the market for pharmaceuticals, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, and the economics of insurance and managed care.
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EDL Teacher Leaders (Area-Focused) |
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EDL 6010 Education Policy and Advocacy
3 Hours
The development of leadership skills and abilities and the dynamics of team functioning, including decision-making models and processes, problem-solving techniques, communication skills, conflict management, and self-improvement. The legal framework of compliance in education, the civil liberties of teachers, curriculum content, and academic freedom. Teacher’s rights, duties, and responsibilities to the education process are also explored.
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EDL 6020 Collaboration and Engagement with Families and Communities
3 Hours
Provides students with a foundation for professional development. Emphasis on belief systems, teaching styles and teachers-as learners; intra- and inter-personal communication skills needed in leadership roles; functioning in a multicultural/pluralistic society. Develops an understanding of potential structures and effective principles of school/community relations.
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EDL 6030 Leading Professional Learning in Educational Organizations
3 Hours
Understanding self and others, and professional development. Emphasis on skill acquisition in the areas of personality data; consultation processes; and designing, implementing professional development programs for teachers. Provides the opportunity for analysis of one’s teaching through an exploration of models of instruction, critical theory related to teaching, and a variety of mentoring models.
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EDL 6050 Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
3 Hours
With the focus on the assessment of students and the evaluation of instruction management, this course is an exploration of theory, contemporary thinking, and fundamental questions and decisions relative to the management and continual improvement of instructional processes and outcomes. A major focus is the current findings on research-based instructional practices. Selected theories of learning and their value to instructional practices will be examined. Emphasis will be given to the relationships among learning theories, learner characteristics, motivational theories, and instructional practices.
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EDL 6060 Assessments and Data for School Improvements
3 Hours
Introduction to educational statistics and appraisal techniques that will be useful in today’s schools. Emphasis will be placed on how to understand and use research data. Specific attention will be given to the use of data available to Tennessee schools with particular emphasis on how to use this data for school improvement.
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EDL 6602 Applied Learning in Leadership and Communities
3 Hours
Experience in the public, private, or not-for-profit setting provides for substantial growth in the understanding of organizational leadership and communication. Students are expected to synthesize and integrate the conceptual and theoretical knowledge and understanding acquired in the curriculum. Borrowing from entrepreneurship studies, the student will develop an “organizational framework” that incorporates development in leadership, communication, and learning. Students may choose their own organizations or complete at least 175 practicum hours in an approved setting to complete the applied project.
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EDL 6900 Thesis/Project
3 Hours
This course is the Thesis for the Master of Education (Teacher Leaders).
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Education |
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EDU 5010 Contemporary Issues in Education
3 Hours
Prerequisites: (20 hours field experience required).
Contemporary issues in education will be examined against a backdrop of historical and philosophical issues addressed in American education.Candidates will receive skills in advocacy for families and children, instruction in uncovering unconscious bias, and practice in using data to inform myths that exist about American education. (Approximately 20 hours of practicum required, which may be within the scheduled time of the class.)
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EDU 5020 Literacy I
3 Hours
This course focuses upon theories and methods of literacy instruction from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. The effective components of effective classroom reading programs are emphasized. Attention is given to research- based strategies and assessments. Practicum required.
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EDU 5021 Applied Linguistics
3 Hours
This course examine the development of the English language and explores the sociocultural linguistic, neuro-linguistic, and psycholinguist approaches to the development of language acquisitions, particularly that of second language acquisition. Students explore the history and development of the English language in order to understand the sound systems, forms, structures, and lexicon of English and other languages.
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EDU 5025 Literacy, Culture & Community
3 Hours
This course examines literacy from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed upon how community and nonprofits and social organizations enhance opportunities for literacy development and how literacy workers build collaboration among such providers to address the needs of the child, family and community.
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EDU 5030 Literacy II
3 Hours
This class extends the theory, research, and methods of Literacy 1 with attention given to reading in the content areas, writing, and special needs in pre-kindergarten through grade 8. Practicum is required.
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EDU 5040 Literature for Children and Adolescents
3 Hours
This course is a survey of classic and contemporary children’s and adolescent literature. Various methods for using these books in the classroom are covered.
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EDU 5050 Educational Research
3 Hours
This course provides an introduction to the practice of both quantitative and qualitative inquiry in the study of educational problems. The course will cover issues and strategies involved in identifying a research question; planning and designing a study to answer that question; and analyzing, interpreting and presenting the results in a manner that contributes to the knowledge and practice in education. Students will become familiar with software available for qualitative and quantitative analysis. The major emphasis of the course is the writing of a research proposal, including the review of the literature.
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EDU 5110 Advanced Educational Psychology
3 Hours
This course addresses those issues which arise in the development of children and youth in the context of education. It includes learning theories, human growth and development, motivation, classroom management and discipline, testing and evaluation. The course has a practicum component. (Approximately 20 hours of practicum required, which may be within the scheduled time of the class.)
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EDU 5120 Educational Tests and Measurements
3 Hours
A study of educational measuring devices including test construction and standardization, as well as test data interpretation and application. Students will also examine the research about test development and the relationship between testing and student achievement.
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