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GEOG 5540 - Enabling Business Intelligence Using Enterprise GIS 3 hours
Focus on the computational infrastructure needed to gather geospatial and business intelligence. Develop solutions to clarify, streamline, and/or improve processes for the collection, management, and utilization of geospatial data.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Meets with GEOG 4540.
May not receive credit for both GEOG 5540 and GEOG 4540.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5550 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 hours (1;2)
Advanced spatial analysis and database development through the use of specialized software and the design and implementation of GIS applications. Includes GIS data models, project planning, raster-based data manipulation and analysis, 3-dimensional (3D) analysis, network analysis and other advanced topics in spatial analysis. In addition to laboratory exercises, students design and implement a complete GIS project and gain advanced GIS application skills in an area pertinent to the student’s interests. A comprehensive written report demonstrating research and a problem-solving proficiency using GIS is required.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
Meets with GEOG 4550.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5560 - Application Development with Python Programming 3 hours
Developing customized computer applications for efficiently processing and managing data is vital to fulfill needs that are not met by existing, off-the-shelf software. Examines Python programming concepts, input and output, logic structures, data structures, and object-oriented programming. Python applications are developed through a series of mini-projects covering a variety of tasks including data extraction from online sources, data manipulation and management in relational database management systems, and graphing and visualization.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Meets with GEOG 4560.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5570 - Special Topics in GIS 3 hours
Advanced examination of selected topics and techniques in Geographic Information Systems. Course content reflects current trends in GIS research and the job market. Examples include multiuser geospatial data management, web-based GIS implementation and customization, GIS programming, advanced topics in spatial analysis and spatial statistics, applications for specific career fields, and other topics. Students must complete an independent research paper.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 3500 or GEOG 5510 or consent of department.
Meets with GEOG 4570.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5580 - Advanced GIS Methods in Health 3 hours
Focuses on the application of spatial analysis and geographic information system (GIS) methods in public health. Disease mapping methods including kernel density estimation and other geostatistical approaches; cluster detection methods; location modeling approaches for evaluating placement of facilities; the spatial analysis of environmental risk factors; and GIS approaches in public health surveillance.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5590 - Advanced GIS Programming 3 hours
Methods of creating new applications and improving productivity in GIS through computer programming. Culminates in an advanced-level programming project. Topics include accessing maps and data layers, querying and selecting features, updating databases, and accessing raster and TIN/Terrain layers.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 5560 or consent of department.
Meets with GEOG 4590.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5680 - Epidemiological Applications of GIScience 3 hours
Focuses on the application of emerging methods in Geographic Information Science (GISc) to extract spatial and temporal trends in health data. Students will learn to use various statistical methods and tools, including cluster and hotspot analysis, geographically weighted regression, and a variety of other exploratory and confirmatory spatial analysis tests.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 5580 .
Meets with GEOG 4680.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5700 - Global Environmental Change 3 hours (2;2)
Explores current scientific and policy perspectives on key issues of global environmental change. Topics include climate change, land-use and land cover-change, terrestrial and ocean acidification, and water pollution. Critically examines scientific evidence for these phenomena and attendant consequences for Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems. Involves comparisons and assessments of policy responses.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 1710 or GEOL 1610, or equivalent, or consent of department.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5710 - Ecosystem Science: Principles and Applications 3 hours
General principles governing the flow of water, energy, and nutrients through ecological systems. Examines the interactions between organisms and their physical environment within ecosystems. Applies ecosystem structure, function, and linkages to urban environmental problems and resource management issues through case studies and projects.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Meets with GEOG 4710, may not receive credit for both GEOG 4710 and GEOG 5710.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5750 - Surface Water Hydrology 3 hours
Study of hydrological processes with emphasis on the hydrological cycle; soil moisture and infiltration; watersheds and drainage systems; flow mechanics, sediment transportation and deposition; and river response to climatic change and other impacts of human activity. Requires completion of an individual research project on a topic in surface water hydrology.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
Meets with GEOG 4750.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5800 - Research Design and Geographic Applications 3 hours
Themes in geographical research, application of scientific method in spatial problem-solving and analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Research by graduate students in fields of special interest.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5920 - Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis 3 hours
Research-based independent study. Problem must be approved by major professor. Requires submission of research report.
Prerequisite(s): Must have completed 12 additional hours toward the Master of Science degree in applied geography, or consent of department.
Non-thesis option only.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5950 - Master’s Thesis 3 or 6 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOG 5960 - Geography Institute 3 hours
For students accepted by the university as participants in special institute courses.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOL 5630 - Soils Geomorphology 4 hours (3;3)
Methods and applications of soils and landform analysis. Soils classification, formation processes and relationships to landforms and vegetation are stressed. Methods of soils description, mapping and physical-chemical analysis are taught, and applications to study of landscape changes and land-use planning are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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GEOL 5850 - Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology 3 hours
Topics include principles of groundwater flow; aquifer properties and characteristics; geology of groundwater occurrence; groundwater development and methods of assessing and remediating ground water contamination. Students independently acquire, evaluate and interpret hydrogeological data and report the results in a research paper.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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Health Promotion |
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HLTH 5100 - Research Perspectives in Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation 3 hours
Research techniques and their application to the research process in kinesiology, health promotion and recreation.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Same as KINE 5100 . Same as RESM 5100 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5110 - Critical Analysis of Professional Literature 3 hours
Analysis and philosophical criticism of the literature in the student’s major area and other related fields. Extensive reading assignments and discussion of published and unpublished research.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5131 - Exercise and Health Psychology 3 hours
Introduces students to health, leisure and exercise behavior change strategies, and provides knowledge and skills necessary to improve the initiation and adherence of lifetime health and physical activity behaviors among individuals and groups. Offers a comprehensive inquiry into individual behaviors and lifestyles that affect physical and mental health from health promotion, exercise science and psychological perspectives. Topics include enhancement of health, identification of health risk factors, prevention and treatment of disease, improvement of the health care system and shaping of public opinion with regard to health and physical activity.
Prerequisite(s): A course in sport psychology or consent of department.
Same as KINE 6131 . Same as PSYC 6135 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5170 - Critical Health Issues 3 hours
Health aspects and health promotion implications of current health issues. Exploration of health problems currently found in society; role of health educators in terms of preparation, planning, instruction and evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5290 - Human Sexuality Education 3 hours
Basic human aspects that influence the development of the individual’s total sexuality. The philosophy, content, methods, resources and evaluation that relate specifically to the teaching of human sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5300 - Health Promotion: Advanced Concepts and Theories 3 hours
Analysis of the growing body of knowledge concerning health promotion and education. Concepts of theory, research and practice are discussed, analyzed and used as a framework for investigative study.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5310 - Health Promotion Workshop 3 hours
Workshop for teachers, nurses, principals, superintendents and community leaders with opportunities to concentrate on individual and group problems. Activities based upon the problems, needs and interests of participants. Consultants from most areas of health are utilized.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): HLTH 5320 is taken in conjunction with HLTH 5310.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5320 - Health Promotion Workshop 3 hours
Workshop for teachers, nurses, principals, superintendents and community leaders with opportunities to concentrate on individual and group problems. Activities based upon the problems, needs and interests of participants. Consultants from most areas of health are utilized.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): HLTH 5320 is taken in conjunction with HLTH 5310 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5510 - Stress Management for the Health Professional 3 hours
Environmental, organizational, interpersonal and individual patterns of stress with reference to the role of the health professional. Prevention and intervention strategies are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Same as KINE 5510 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5600 - Health Promotion in a Multicultural Context 3 hours
Explores ethnic and cultural factors influencing disease prevention and health promotion among ethnic-cultural groups. Students will be able to design, implement and evaluate health promotion programs targeting multiethnic and multicultural groups.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5800 - Studies in Health Promotion 1–3 hours
Organized classes to satisfy program needs.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
Limited-offering basis; may be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5850 - Graduate Internship 3 hours
Graduate internship affiliated with an approved community health promotion agency. Emphasis is on application of knowledge and skills to job roles, professional responsibilities, and program development and evaluation. The internship will involve a minimum of 320 consecutive hours to be completed within a term/semester.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of a minimum of 18 graduate hours in health promotion.
Required of all graduate students without a minimum of 1 year experience in a community health agency.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and developed through conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5910 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and developed through conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLTH 5950 - Master’s Thesis 3 or 6 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HLSC 6400 - Health Sciences: Theory and Practice 3 hours
Focuses on critically evaluating health theories and models, and strategies for improving the health, wellbeing, and resilience of communities. Students explore ethical and legal responsibilities related to healthcare.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6410 - Health Disparities and Social Justice 3 hours
In-depth examination and discussion of the theories of justice, social determinants of health and disability, and learn about community-based participatory research and narrative methods that may be used to address social injustices and public health inequities in health services research doctoral programs.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6500 - Research Methods and Design 3 hours
Focuses on social science policy and applications research for community and health services. Covers conceptualization and operationalization, research and evaluation design, sampling, survey design, data collection, data analysis, evaluating significance and hypothesis testing, and reporting of findings.
Prerequisite(s): Should be taken during the first year of doctoral studies.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6510 - Health Sciences: Statistical Research Methods I 3 hours
Introductory course in statistics for students interested in doing research in the health sciences. Students develop skills in conducting basic quantitative statistical analyses using statistical software, such as SPSS, interpreting the output and drawing appropriate conclusions, and reporting the results in a narrative format. Students are introduced to epidemiology and the use of statistical methods for determining the distribution and determinants of health-related states in populations.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program in health sciences or related doctoral program; or consent of instructor.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6520 - Health Sciences: Statistical Research Methods II 3 hours
Advanced course in statistics for students interested in doing research in the health sciences. Students apply the knowledge gained in previous research design and statistical analysis courses and develop skills in conducting health care research by applying complex research designs and using advanced statistical techniques. Students learn qualitative and mixed-methods research procedures, as well as various data collection methods.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program in health sciences or related doctoral program; or consent of instructor.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation 3–9 hours
Twelve credit hours required. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing the qualifying examination for admission to candidacy.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5300 - Information Systems for Healthcare Management 3 hours
Overview of entire subject of computer and data applications in clinical and integrated services. Examination of management and electronic information systems across the continuum of long-term care and larger systems of care, plus their interface with complex regulatory and reimbursement systems. Primary issues include data security, storage and retrieval, management analysis, reporting, and transmission and interfacing.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5400 - Health Delivery Systems 3 hours
Cross-cultural overview of health delivery systems followed by an extensive consideration of all aspects of the health delivery system in the United States; government and private sector involvement in delivery of health services to the aged is emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5450 - Health Services Administration 3 hours
With the help of case studies, reviews the evolution of management in the healthcare industry, and provides management theory, principles, methods and tools for managers in a variety of healthcare delivery settings. Explores key roles in healthcare organizations, as well as project planning and execution, managing change, personnel management and ethics in the healthcare environment.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5500 - Healthcare Quality Management 3 hours
Provides a framework, strategies and practical approaches to help healthcare leaders to learn, teach and lead quality improvement efforts. In four progressive stages, focuses first on the foundation of quality improvement in the healthcare industry. Next, on quality improvement tools measures and their application; third on quality culture and leadership; and finally, emerging trends in healthcare quality management. Considers the statistical tools for quality improvement, the role of the physician in quality improvement, health information technology as a quality improvement asset, medication safety, value-based insurance and purchasing, and quality care delivery in population health.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5550 - Health Insurance and Managed Care 3 hours
Understanding the health insurance sector is essential to understanding the business side of U.S. healthcare. This course provides an overview of the issues related to the management, design, regulation and evaluation of managed care plans. Covers both private and public insurance plans, such as Medicare and Medicaid. Describes the many changes to health insurance markets that have resulted from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Other topics include: the history of managed care, health benefits coverage, provider networks, utilization management and quality management.
Prerequisite(s): HLSV 5400 or 6 hours of HLSV classes.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5710 - Theories and Measures for Health and Wellness 1-3 hours
Examines commonly used population health and wellness definitions, constructs and indicators. Age-related changes in health in the lifecycle and macro and micro theories of health are included. Economic consequences and implications for public policy are also discussed.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5720 - Human Resources Management 3 hours
Addresses the complexities of managing human resources in the dynamic healthcare environment. Students are exposed to key concepts, laws and issues related to human resources management. Topics covered include: workforce planning, job analysis and design, workforce diversity, performance management, compensation practices and employee benefits.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5730 - Healthcare Policy and the Regulated Marketplace 3 hours
Provides an overview of health policy and its impact on the healthcare marketplace. Students examine how health policy affects the triple aim of cost, quality and access. Comparisons are made across states to demonstrate where each state resides on a continuum of free markets vs. regulatory oversight, as well as the number of uninsured. Students examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on increasing access to care and preventive medicine. In every case, the impact of these policies is illustrated through clinical vignettes.
Prerequisite(s): HLSV 5400 or 6 hours of HLSV classes.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5740 - Financial Issues in Health Services Administration 3 hours
Presents a broad overview of healthcare finance and focuses on tasks that are essential to the operational management of healthcare services, including estimating costs and profits, planning and budgeting, analyzing new equipment purchases, using metrics to monitor operations, and working with financial statements. Designed for individuals seeking basic skills in healthcare financial management.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5820 - Marketing Health Services 3 hours
Reviews the legal, regulatory and economic forces that shape the marketing of health services in today’s environment. With the integration of real work organizational examples, students explore the evolution of healthcare marketing from strategies based on advertising and promotion to current strategies that incorporate research, education, and the responsibility to understand the market in which healthcare organizations operate, the customers served by such organizations, and the customer’s needs, wants, behaviors and motivations.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5860 - Healthcare Economics 3 hours
Introduces the concepts and tools of microeconomics, such as supply and demand, production functions, and risk management. These economics tools and theories can be applied in a multitude of contexts, such as to explain physician decision-making, consumer behavior, and the formulation of health policy at both the Federal and state level. Also examines the “triple aim”—of patient experience, population health, and cost—and the inherent tradeoffs among them. Emphasis is on those economic tools and concepts that are most useful and relevant to healthcare managers and executives.
Prerequisite(s): HLSV 5400 or 6 hours of HLSV classes.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5880 - Healthcare Law and Ethics 3 hours
Provides an overview of the contemporary legal and ethical issues facing healthcare organizations today. Examination of the legal foundations of decision making in the healthcare arena and exploration of the ethical management of complex dilemmas in the delivery of patient care. Primary issues explored include the differences between state and federal legal systems; healthcare providers as legal entities; government regulations that impact public health, the quality of care, cost containment and the privacy of personal health information; the laws associated with government payment programs like Medicare and Medicaid and the determination of fraud and abuse; and legal issues associated with emergency treatment, the right to refuse care and physician assisted suicide.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSV 5940 - HLSV Capstone 3 hours
Satisfactory course completion requires a comprehensive research project covering the student’s field of specialization. The project is designed to demonstrate the student’s mastery of the discipline and ability to apply knowledge acquired throughout the program to solve a real-world problem in the student’s area of specialization under faculty supervision.
Prerequisite(s): Should be taken in one of the final two semesters of the program after all other Health Services Administration core courses have been completed.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6760 - Grant Proposal Writing in Community Development 3 hours
The process for community development requires many strategies for evoking desired changes. Grant proposal writing is increasingly associated with new paradigms for creating changes in our environmental, technical, governmental, and social capacities and relationships. Applications extend to problem-solving in a development context in pursuit of the common good. This course provides the skills needed to conceive, prepare and submit successful proposals for external funding of innovative human service projects. As part of the course, each student develops a proposal designed to help a community program respond to a specific population need.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6880 - Analysis and Writing for Reporting and Publication 3 hours
Advanced research class featuring interpretation and reporting of research. Emphasizes detailed interpretation of findings, hypothesis testing and dealing with hypotheses not supported, further analysis suggested by preliminary findings, presenting research findings (in written or oral format), drawing conclusions, detailing implications for practice or policy, and considering requirements of a reporting or publication venue. Student activity includes hands-on follow-up of a pre-existing research or evaluation project.
Prerequisite(s): HLSC 6500 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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HLSC 6900 - Special Problems in Health Sciences 1-3 hours
Research by doctoral students in an area of special interest. Includes supervised projects, research studies and field-based data collection.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary for a maximum of 6 hours.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $18.40
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EDHE 5100 - Introduction to Effective College Teaching 3 hours
Application of current research, theory and practice to course design and teaching methods. Development of skills in course design, development of assessment tools and instructional delivery methods.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5110 - Foundations of Student Development Administration 3 hours
Principles and techniques of administration applied to the student development subsystem of higher education institutions. Applications to both senior and community college institutions.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5120 - Student Development Programming Administration 3 hours
Principles and techniques of creating, analyzing and administering student development programming to meet the needs of heterogeneous college student groups in the areas of academic, social, community and personal development in higher education. Applications to both senior and community college institutions.
Prerequisite(s): EDHE 5110 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5210 - Student Demographics 3 hours
Designed to increase knowledge and learning in the area of college student demographics and current student issues. Provides a comprehensive examination of the demographics and collegiate experiences of today’s postsecondary education student populations in light of current conceptualizations, perspectives and research. Topics include characteristics of entering students and student subcultures.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5220 - Cultural Pluralism in Higher Education 3 hours
Examines the role of cultural pluralism in U.S. higher education. Focuses on issues of race, ethnicity and gender, and their implications for the change processes of colleges and universities.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5250 - Programming for Conferences, Seminars, Workshops 3 hours
Examination of theory and practice for the development and operation of brief learning activities for education, training and development.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5610 - Finance and Budgeting in Higher Education 3 hours
Introduction to major elements of budgeting and finance in higher education. Designed to comprehensively address the budget process in colleges and universities, as well as the impact of budget activities on all areas of planning and operations within a higher education institution.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5620 - Student Risk Management in Higher Education 3 hours
Legal aspects and risk management of student-related issues in higher education. Topics include, but are not limited to, federal and state laws and their legal implications as they relate to areas such as student rights and responsibilities, privacy, freedom of speech, academic freedom, due process and harassment.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5710 - Trends and Issues in Adult/Continuing Education 3 hours
Introduction to adult/continuing education that includes a review and analysis of its historical development, social context, current practice and problems, and research.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and approved in advance by the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Open only to resident students.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6000 - Proseminar in Higher Education 3 hours
Orients entering doctoral students to the study of higher education. Acquaints graduate students with higher education as an interdisciplinary field of study that bridges practice, theory, and empirical research. Enhances students’ abilities of critical reading, critical thinking and analysis, writing, and inquiry.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6030 - Practicum, Field Problem or Internship 3–6 hours
Supervised professional activities in post-secondary teaching, research or administration.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Registration is on an individual basis.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6050 - Learning Theory in Higher Education 3 hours
Study of major learning theories with applications to postsecondary instruction. Includes an examination of the learning processes and current research on learning.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6060 - History and Philosophy of the Community College 3 hours
Exploration of the development and the evolution of the community college as an innovation in U.S. higher education. Factors that influenced its creation and development, the historical and philosophical roots and the mission and function of community colleges.
Prerequisite(s): None.
This should be the first course taken in the sequence when beginning the community college cognate.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6065 - Community College Administration 3 hours
Examination of the context for and operation of community college administration with emphasis on governance and administration at the local and state levels.
Prerequisite(s): EDHE 6060 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6070 - The Effective College Instructor 3 hours
Review of research, theory and profiles of effective college instructors and best practices in college teaching. Comparative analysis of research on skill requirements of instructors in community colleges and senior institutions.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6075 - Economic Development and Higher Education 3 hours
Exploration of the role of higher education institutions in economic development. Examines basic aspects of human capital theory along with local, state and federal resource development policy and the intersections with educational training, as well as the impact of educational institutions on the economy.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6080 - Community College Leadership 3 hours
Examination of the theory and practice of leadership as these apply to the comprehensive community college. Topics include motivational theory, communications, group decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational theory, and career planning and development.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6085 - Contemporary Issues in the Community College 3 hours
Exploration of key contemporary issues in the community college as these relate to the areas of developmental education, leadership and governance, state support, federal student aid, federal policies affecting higher education and community colleges, evaluation and accountability, professional development, leadership development, diversity and access.
Prerequisite(s): EDHE 6060 .
This should be the last course taken in the sequence when finishing the community college cognate.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6120 - Seminar in Higher Education Research I 3 hours
Review and critique of research in higher education. Students develop and execute a research project. Topics are selected by faculty and vary each term/semester.
Prerequisite(s): EPSY 6010 , EPSY 6020 . 30 hours completed course work in higher education.
Required in the semester immediately preceding EDHE 6540 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6500 - Essentials of Academic Publishing in Higher Education 3 hours
Deals extensively and intensively with major issues and problems affecting academic publishing. Topics treated include copyrights, book reviews, journal articles, policies and practices of professional journals, researching journals, publishing contacts and contracts, and book publishing.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6510 - History and Philosophy of Higher Education 3 hours
Study of the development of higher education in the United States, including the forces that have shaped institutions and institutional culture and practice. Identification of the significant events and philosophies that have influenced the evolution of higher education institutions and analysis of the implications of these for practice and for the future of higher education.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6520 - Students in Higher Education 3 hours
Links theories about college student development and research methodology on the study of college student outcomes. Specifically addressed are the conditions and kinds of effects that college attendance has on students. The course considers topics of interest to both practitioners and researchers.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6530 - Research on Higher Education 3 hours
Critical review and analysis of the research literature on higher education and of designs used to conduct research in the field of higher education and on higher education in general.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6540 - Seminar in Higher Education Research II 3 hours
Designed to familiarize doctoral students with the various genres of acceptable qualitative and quantitative research in higher education. Emphasis is on research needed in higher education, the psychology and economics of dissertation research and the importance of publishing completed research. Differences between EdD and PhD dissertations are considered.
Prerequisite(s): EDHE 6120 .
Required in the semester immediately following EDHE 6120 .
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6550 - Policy Studies in Higher Education 3 hours
Studies in the development, implementation and enforcement of policies by institutions of higher education, state higher education coordinating and governing boards and the federal government. Measurements of the impacts of policies on educational outcomes and institutional management also are examined.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6560 - Comparative International Higher Education Systems 3 hours
Survey of the history and organizational concepts, approaches and educational philosophies utilized by selected nations around the world in the development of higher education systems. Attention also is given to the professional literature and research methods used in comparative higher education studies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6570 - The Professoriate in Higher Education 3 hours
Investigates the American professoriate and the relative importance of teaching, research and service. Includes in-depth investigations of the conditions of the professoriate within the range of Carnegie institutional classifications.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6640 - The Adult Learner and Adult Learning 3 hours
Review and analysis with applications to practice of theory and research on adult learners and adult learning.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6660 - Seminar in College Student Personnel Work 3 hours
Intensive study of special topics and problems in the organization, practices and administration of college student personnel services.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6700 - Role of Higher Education in a Democracy 3 hours
Examination of the roles, goals, purposes and problems of a diverse pluralistic system of higher education in the unique context of American democracy.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6710 - Organization and Administration of Higher Education 3 hours
Examination of the theoretical principles of organizational behavior, leadership and institutional culture applied to a functional examination of administrative roles in higher education.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6720 - Academic Administration in Higher Education 3 hours
Functions of administrators of academic programs in institutions of higher education. Emphasis given to philosophy, objectives and curriculum development in academic programs. Both junior and senior college problems are considered.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6730 - Organization and Administration of Student Affairs 3 hours
Principles and techniques of organization and administration applied to the student affairs subsystem of higher education institutions. Designed to provide knowledge and proficiency in theories of organization and administration applied to the institutional level of the chief student affairs administrator; the effects of organizations on individual and group behavior; and specific administrative skills applied to the student affairs subsystem and to the programming needs of the institution. Applications to the chief student affairs officers at both 4-year universities and community colleges.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6740 - Planning and Analytical Systems in Higher Education 3 hours
Systems theory; goals and objectives; management information systems; simulation models and planning, programming, budgeting systems (PPBS); evaluation of educational outcomes; and the institutional research function in higher education.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6750 - Human Resource Development in Higher Education 3 hours
Examination of research and practice, including principles and techniques for the development, management and evaluation of faculty and staff, in colleges and universities.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6760 - Higher Education Finance 3 hours
Examines the sources of revenues, types of expenditures, budgeting and accounting practices, tuition and financial aid policies, cost containment strategies, and the effects of the economy and state and federal funding on the financing of both private and public institutions of higher education.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6780 - Educational Resource Development in Higher Education 3 hours
Designed to provide the administrator in higher education with knowledge and skills in educational resource development. Specific areas to be studied are identification and translation of institutional objectives into support programs and goals, program organization and management, and traditional and non-traditional sources of educational income.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6790 - Legal Aspects of Higher Education 3 hours
Legal aspects and issues affecting institutions of higher learning and their administrations, faculties and students. Analyses of decisions rendered by the federal and state courts concerning procedural and substantive due process, civil rights, and the operation and function of higher education.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6850 - Studies in Higher/Adult Education 1–3 hours
Short courses and/or workshops organized on a limited-offering basis, to be repeated only upon demand.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Research by doctoral students in fields of special interest. Includes project research studies and intensive reading programs. Conferences with professors in the fields also are included.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6910 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Research by doctoral students in fields of special interest. Includes project research studies and intensive reading programs. Conferences with professors in the fields also are included.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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EDHE 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation 3, 6 or 9 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate school. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30
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HIST 5010 - Studies in Ancient History 3 hours
Extensive readings and study in the social, religious, political and military history of ancient Egypt, Israel, Greece or Rome.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated as topics vary.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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HIST 5020 - Seminar in Ancient History 3 hours
Research seminar in selected themes in ancient history.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 5010 or consent of department.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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HIST 5040 - Studies in Modern European History 3 hours
Extensive readings and study in one of the topical areas of modern European history.
Prerequisite(s): None.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $11.10
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