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EMSA 305 - Foundations of EMS Systems
Credits: 3
An overview of the design and operation of EMS systems, delivery of services, and the echelons of care. The history of EMS, the interface of public and private organizations, and review of the various personnel who comprise these systems will be examined in relation to their impact on the health care delivery system. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0297)
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EMSA 307 - EMS Risk Management & Safety
Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to the risk management principles of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency. Emphasis is on safety from the perspective of the field provider. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0241)
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EMSA 309 - EMS Communications Management
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in the management of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) communications system. This course introduces the EMS professional to the communications systems and methodologies available to governmental and private EMS providers. Students explore issues in EMS communications technology, software, data management, and physical plant considerations. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0242)
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EMSA 311 - Management of Emergency Medical Services
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in the practice and principles of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems management and the processes that contribute to the effectiveness of day-to-day operations within an EMS organization. This course introduces the EMS professional to topics that include government structure, strategic planning, injury prevention, risk management and safety, customer service, human resources management, financial management, fleet management, career development, quality management, data collection and research, labor relations, and special operations. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0244)
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EMSA 313 - Legal, Political & Regulatory Environment of EMS
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in the field of legal, political and regulatory environment of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This course introduces the EMS professional to the legal aspects of EMS. Students explore issues in malpractice, consent and refusal of treatment, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), employment issues, and risk management. EMS students gain insights into the legal liabilities in EMS. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0245)
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EMSA 315 - EMS Education
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) education. This course introduces the EMS professional to the education system as it relates to EMS education. Students explore issues in curriculum development, teaching, program direction, and development. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0240)
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EMSA 317 - EMS Quality Management
Credits: 3
This course will provide the critical components, background and principles associated with the implementation, or enhancement, of a department’s Quality Management Program. The course teaches students how to create, implement and maintain a Quality Management Program including historical examples, current models, and best practices of quality assurance and improvement, process improvement, data collection and analysis. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0247)
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EMSA 405 - Finance of EMS Systems
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in the practice and principles of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems finance and budget and the processes that contribute to assets and liabilities of an EMS system. This course introduces the EMS professional to topics that include but are not limited to budgeting, auditing, billing, risk-financing and internal auditing. FESHE course code: (C0243)
Prerequisites: EMSA 311 Management of Emergency Medical Services . Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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EMSA 407 - EMS Public Information & Community Relations
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in public information and community relations in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This course introduces the EMS professional to benefits of community information and community relations. Students explore issues in marketing, crafting the message, identifying the audience, developing programs, and creating press releases. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0245)
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EMSA 411 - Analytical Approaches to EMS
Credits: 3
This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in the practice and principles of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems management and the processes that contribute to the effectiveness of day-to-day operations within an EMS organization. This course introduces the EMS professional to topics that include introduction and purpose of analysis; analysis in parallel professions; problem identification; foundational analysis; data collection; financial analysis; cost-benefit analysis; policy and impact analysis; and project development. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0247)
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EMSA 413 - Management of Transport Services
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the application of management principles to the provision of transport services. It includes an analysis of the economic, geographic, temporal, and clinical characteristics of ambulance demand, the key processes for providing transport services, and an evaluation of industry best practices. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0251)
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EMSA 415 - Community Risk Reduction - EMS
Credits: 3
(Capstone) This is an upper-level baccalaureate course for students interested in public health and community relations in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This course introduces the EMS professional to benefits of community risk analysis, program development, and ongoing program analysis. Students explore issues in identifying and communicating risk, crafting appropriate risk-reduction programs, building appropriate response guides, developing recovery procedures, and creating press releases. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0298)
Course Attributes: C,UWR
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Undergraduate English |
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ENGL 110 - Selected Topics
Credits: 1-6
Topics designed to meet current needs of students.
Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing skills.
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ENGL 136 - Themes*AEH
Credits: 4
Study of a literary theme with emphasis on literary concepts and aesthetic reading strategies. Repeatable with different themes.
Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing skills.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,COMM,CRIT,INQ
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ENGL 195 - Introduction To Film*AEH
Credits: 4
An introductory course in the aesthetics of film, which focuses on film as an art form. Students will study representative films to understand the compositional elements of production, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scene, and sound in primarily narrative films.
Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing skills.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT
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ENGL 199 - World Cinema*AEH
Credits: 4
A sampling of classic and contemporary films from around the world. The course emphasizes critical understanding of international cinematic themes and forms.
Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing skills.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT
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ENGL 201 - Shakespeare*AEH
Credits: 4
Study of selected comedies, tragedies, and historical plays.
Prerequisites: WR 121 . Any 100-level English course highly recommended.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,INQ,UWR
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ENGL 207 - Applied Film Criticism
Credits: 3
An introduction to a wide range of critical traditions, including popular journalistic and academic film criticism.
Prerequisites: ENGL 195 or ENGL 199 , and College-level reading and writing skills.
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ENGL 209 - Practicum
Credits: 1-5
Practicum projects designed for either classroom or work experiences.
Prerequisites: WR 121 . Any 100-level English course highly recommended.
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ENGL 210 - Special Topics
Credits: 1-6
Topics designed to meet current needs of students.
Prerequisites: WR 121 . Any 100-level English course highly recommended.
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ENGL 257 - Indigenous American Lit/Film*AEH
Credits: 4
An intensive study of Indigenous American literature and/or film.
Prerequisites: 100-level literature and WR 121
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH, DPD, UWR
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ENGL 310 - Selected Topics
Credits: 1-6
Topics designed to meet current needs of students.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
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ENGL 315 - Intro Applied Linguistics*AEH
Credits: 4
Introduction to the study of language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) with special emphasis on the differences between spoken and written discourse. Discussion topics include the relation of linguistics to the composing process, the difference between prescriptive and linguistic notions of grammar, and the application of linguistics to the study of literature.
Prerequisites: Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT,UWR
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ENGL 316 - Approaches Grammar*AEH
Credits: 4
Study of various traditional and nontraditional approaches to grammar with specific applications to and illustrations from the field of composition. Special consideration will be given to the linguistic and rhetorical theories that inform the study of grammar.
Prerequisites: Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT,UWR
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ENGL 322 - Historical Literature/Film
Credits: 4
Intensive study of one historical period of literature or film. Individual courses will focus on periods such as classical, medieval, Renaissance, 18th century British literature, Victorian literature, 20th century literature before 1950, or a period of film. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 339 - Literary/Cinematic Genres*AEH
Credits: 2-4
Intensive study of one literary or cinematic genre. Individual courses will focus on genres such as novel, short story, poetry, drama, film, autobiography, tragedy, comedy, epic, or essay. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,UWR
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ENGL 371 - British Lit Before 1800
Credits: 4
A study of writers of the British Isles before 1800 with particular attention to the “cultural work” performed by literature in response to an increasingly scientific, democratic, capitalist, and literate culture.
Prerequisites: WR 121 and one 100-level English course.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 372 - British Lit After 1800
Credits: 4
A study of writers of the British Isles after 1800 with particular attention to literature as an aesthetic response to changing concepts of the real.
Prerequisites: WR 121 and one 100-level English course.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 381 - American Lit Before 1865
Credits: 4
This course begins with an examination of American literature with the early narratives of exploration and discovery of the Americas and concludes with texts written just prior to the Civil War.
Prerequisites: WR 121 and one 100-level English course.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 382 - American Lit After 1865
Credits: 4
This course will: survey major trends and writers in American literature from the end of the Civil War to the present; examine the shift in the late 19th century from Romanticism to Realism and Naturalism and the 20th century experiments of Modernism and Post-Modernism; and explore how the alternative voices of Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants, and others intersect with these movements and offer other views of the definition and uses of “American literature”.
Prerequisites: WR 121 and one 100-level English course.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 390 - Multicultural Lit/Film*AEH
Credits: 2-4
Intensive study of one or more of the following: women, minority, or regional writers; popular or folk texts; literature in translation; film. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,DPD,UWR
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ENGL 395 - Gender In Lit/Film*AEH
Credits: 2-4
Intensive study of gender theories in relation to the production and interpretation of literary texts and/or film. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,DPD,UWR
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ENGL 401 - Research
Credits: 1-5
Research projects. Repeatable for credit with different projects.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
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ENGL 409 - Practicum
Credits: 1-5
Selected students gain practical, supervised experience in working on the newspapers, literary magazines, or assisting students with course work in the area of ENGL/WR.
Prerequisites: ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 ; one British or American survey course. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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ENGL 410 - Selected Topics
Credits: 1-6
Topics designed to meet current needs of students.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
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ENGL 436 - Literary/Film Themes
Credits: 2-4
In-depth study of a major theme in one or more genres, historical periods, or authors. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 446 - Critical Theory
Credits: 4
A study of selected principles underlying literary criticism and analysis, with focus on both historical and contemporary theorists. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
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ENGL 448 - Major Authors/Auteurs
Credits: 2-5
Detailed study of one or more major writers or directors including critical analyses of selected major works. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: WR 121 , one 100-level ENGL course, and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes: UWR
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ENGL 505 - Research
Credits: 1-15
Individual projects at the graduate level.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and an English minor or equivalent.
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ENGL 507 - Seminar
Credits: 1-15
Seminar projects at the graduate level.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and an English minor or equivalent.
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ENGL 511 - Teaching College-Level Lit
Credits: 4
Instructional methods for teaching college-level literature. Students must have graduate standing to register for this course.
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ENGL 525 - Contemporary Literature
Credits: 2-5
In-depth study of selected works, themes, and recent developments in contemporary American, English, or world literature or film.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and an English minor or equivalent.
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ENGL 536 - Literary/Film Themes
Credits: 4
In-depth study of a major theme in one or more genres, historical periods, or authors. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites: Acceptance to MFA program.
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Exercise Science |
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EXS 311 - Sport Psychology
Credits: 3
Study of psychological factors affecting sport performance and exercise participation. Specific attention will be given to techniques for effectively coaching athletes and teaching physical education classes. Topics include motivation, arousal, psychological skill training, goal setting, and group dynamics. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
Course Attributes: UWR
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EXS 321 - Applied Anatomy w/Lab
Credits: 4
Study of the musculoskeletal structure of the living human body; bones and their specific articulations; segments and their movements; muscles and their attachments and actions. Special emphasis is placed on musculoskeletal analysis of basic exercise and movement patterns.
Prerequisites: BIOL 231 and BIOL 232 , or consent of instructor. Student must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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EXS 321L - Applied Anatomy Lab
Credits: 0
On-campus only. Must be taken concurrently with EXS 321 .
Prerequisites: Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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EXS 322 - Biomechanics w/Lab
Credits: 4
Integration of skeletal and neuromuscular anatomy with mechanical principles of human motion. Analysis of sports skills for performance improvement.
Prerequisites: EXS 321 or consent of instructor. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 322L - Biomechanics Lab
Credits: 0
On-campus only. Must be taken concurrently with EXS 322 .
Prerequisites: Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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EXS 323 - Physiology of Exercise w/Lab
Credits: 4
Investigation of the relationship between physical activity and physiological processes. Special emphasis on energy metabolism, neuromuscular structures and functions, cardiorespiratory responses to exercise, environmental stress and exercise and training principles. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
Prerequisites: BIOL 231 and BIOL 232, or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes: SLCB, UWR
Course Outcomes: Service Based Learning
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EXS 323L - Physiology of Exercise Lab
Credits: 0
On-campus only. Must be taken concurrently with EXS 323 . Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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EXS 333 - Environmental Exercise Physiology
Credits: 3
In this course we will be investigating physical activity, physiological processes, nutrition, and how these are affected by environmental conditions. The human body undergoes acute and long term physiologic changes in response to changes in environmental conditions. These can include exposure to heat, cold, altitude, and other physical demands required for outdoor recreation and expeditions. These physiological changes lend insight in the processes critical for the maintenance of homeostasis and adaptation.
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EXS 423 - Sport Skill Analysis (Capstone)
Credits: 3
In this course, students will apply anatomical and biomechanical principles to the assessment of human movement. Students will acquire observational and evaluation skills necessary to provide assessment and intervention to improve movement performance. Practical experience under a variety of scenarios will be required as part of the course.
Prerequisites: EXS 321 and EXS 322
Course Attributes: C
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EXS 440 - Motor Development
Credits: 3
A study, critique, and analysis of human motor growth and development and skill acquisition in regular populations. Topics include performance assessment and remediation, and adaptation of activities for individuals throughout the lifespan of development, with an emphasis on early childhood and older adults.
Prerequisites: PSY 311 recommended. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 444 - Adapted Physical Activity
Credits: 3
Investigations of the historical aspects of providing adapted/special physical education programs for special populations including implications of Federal Legislation; practice in the development and implementation of Individual Education Programs (I.E.P.) including assessment, program planning and evaluation; practicum experience provided.
Prerequisites: EXS 440 or consent of instructor. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 451 - Physiology of Exercise II W/Lab
Credits: 4
Advanced principles of exercise metabolism, including exercise energetics, and cardiovascular dynamics. Particular emphasis on body adaptations to exercise stress under normal and altered environmental conditions. This course is not to be a considered a repeat of EXS 451 Scientific Basis of Sports Conditioning.
Prerequisites: EXS 323 . Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 451L - Physiology of Exercise II Lab
Credits: 0
On-campus only. Must be taken concurrently with EXS 451 . Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 452 - Physical Activity in Disease Prevention
Credits: 3
Application of scientific theory and findings to understand and analyze the role of physical activity in chronic disease prevention and treatment. The following diseases or conditions will be reviewed: coronary heart disease - high blood pressure, blood cholesterol, high lipids, stroke, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and asthma.
Prerequisites: EXS 323 or consent of the instructor. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 453 - Motor Learning and Control w/Lab
Credits: 4
Study of the neurological basis for movement. Course content will include central and peripheral neurologic control, reflexes, motor theory, and the relationship between control of movement and acquisition of motor skills. Both theoretical and hands on approaches to motor control and learning will be utilized. This course is not to be considered a repeat of EXS 453 Nutrition and Sport Performance.
Prerequisites: EXS 323 or consent of instructor. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 453L - Motor Learning & Control Lab
Credits: 0
On-campus only. Must be taken concurrently with EXS 453 . Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
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EXS 455 - Applied Exercise Programming (Capstone)
Credits: 3
This course provides the opportunity for the integration and application of physiological, anatomical, biomechanical principles to the design and implementation of a training regimen to enhance movement performance. All levels of physical performance will be addressed from activities of daily living to elite sport. Topics and application incorporate experiences necessary for preparation for national certification as an applied exercise physiologist (or similar).
Prerequisites: EXS 323, EXS 451 and CH 325
Course Attributes: C
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Fire Services Administration |
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FSA 202 - Principles of Emergency Services
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview to fire protection and emergency services; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; culture and history of emergency services; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as a part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics; life safety initiatives. FESHE course code: (C0273). Students must have at least sophomore standing.
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FSA 204 - Fire Protection Systems
Credits: 3
This course provides information relating to the features of design and operation of fire alarm systems, water-based fire suppression systems, special hazard fire suppression systems, water supply for fire protection and portable fire extinguishers. FESHE course code: (C0288). Students must have at least sophomore standing.
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FSA 206 - Fire Behavior and Combustion
Credits: 3
This course explores the theories and fundamentals of how and why fires start, spread, and are controlled. FESHE course code: (C0276). Students must have at least sophomore standing.
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FSA 208 - Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply
Credits: 3
This course provides a foundation of theoretical knowledge in order to understand the principles of the use of water in fire protection and to apply hydraulic principles to analyze and solve water supply problems.
Prerequisites: MATH 070 . Students must have at least sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0277)
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FSA 210 - Fire Strategy and Tactics
Credits: 3
This course provides the principles of fire ground control through utilization of personnel, equipment, and extinguishing agents. Students must have at least sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0279).
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FSA 212 - Fire Prevention
Credits: 3
This course provides fundamental knowledge relating to the field of fire prevention. Topics include: history and philosophy of fire prevention; organization and operation of fire prevention bureau; use and application of codes and standards; plans review; fire inspections; fire and life safety education; and fire investigation. FESHE course code: (C0286). Students must have at least sophomore standing.
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FSA 214 - Building Construction for Fire Protection
Credits: 3
This course provides the components of building constriction related to firefighter and life safety. The elements of construction and design of structures are shown to be key factors when inspecting buildings, preplanning fire operations and operating at emergencies. FESHE course code: (C0275).
Prerequisites: Students must have at least sophomore standing. FSA 202 Principles of Emergency Services .
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FSA 216 - Principles of Emergency Services, Safety and Survival
Credits: 3
This course introduces the basic principles and history related to the national firefighter life safety initiatives, focusing on the need for cultural and behavior change throughout the emergency services. FESHE course code: (C0281). Students must have at least sophomore standing.
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FSA 305 - Fire & Emergency Services Administration
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. The course demonstrates the importance of the following skills that are necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: Persuasion and influence, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems. A central part of the course focuses on how the leadership of a fire and emergency services department develops internal and external cooperation to create a coordinated approach to achieving the department’s mission. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0271)
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FSA 309 - Fire Investigation & Analysis
Credits: 3
This course examines the technical, investigative, legal, and social aspects of arson, including principles of incendiary fire analysis and detection, environmental and psychological factors of arson, legal considerations, intervention, and mitigation strategies. Must have at least Sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0285)
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FSA 313 - Personnel Management for Fire & Emergency Services
Credits: 3
This course examines relationships and issues in personnel administration and human resource development within the context of fire-related organizations, including personnel management, organizational development, productivity, recruitment and selection, performance management systems, discipline, and collective bargaining. Must have at least Sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0266)
Course Attributes: UWR
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FSA 317 - Fiscal Management in Fire Protection
Credits: 3
The budget process, taxation and assessment, operations planning, financial aid and grant programs, allotment of resources, analysis of expenditures and productivity; management information systems. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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FSA 319 - Political & Legal Foundations of Fire Protection
Credits: 3
This course examines the legal aspects of the fire service and the political and social impacts of legal issues. This course includes a review of the American legal system and in-depth coverage of legal and political issues involving employment and personnel matters, administrative and operational matters, planning and code enforcement, and legislative and political processes with regard to the fire service. Must have at least Sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0258)
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FSA 326 - Fire Prevention Organization & Management
Credits: 3
This course examines the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education, codes and standards, inspection and plans review, fire investigation, research, master planning, various types of influences, and strategies. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0264)
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FSA 331 - Community Risk Reduction for the Fire & Emergency Services
Credits: 3
This course provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of the ethical, sociological, organizational, political, and legal components of community risk reduction, and a methodology for the development of a comprehensive community risk education plan. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0287)
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FSA 336 - Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials
Credits: 3
This course presents current issues in management of a department-wide hazardous materials program. It includes issues that are pertinent to officers and managers in public safety departments, including regulations and requirements for hazardous materials preparedness, response, storage, transportation, handling and use, and the emergency response to terrorism threat/incident. Subjects covered include state, local, and federal emergency response planning, personnel and training, and operational considerations such as determining strategic goals and tactical objectives. Must have at least Sophomore standing. FESHE course code: (C0274)
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FSA 339 - Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection
Credits: 3
This course examines the tools and techniques of rational decision-making in fire and emergency services agencies, including data collection, statistics, probability, decision analysis, utility modeling, resource allocation, and cost-benefit analysis. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0265)
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FSA 340 - Fire Dynamics
Credits: 3
This course examines the underlying principles in structural fire protection systems and building furnishings, as well as fire protections systems including water-based fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, and smoke management systems. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0257)
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FSA 341 - Disaster Planning and Control
Credits: 3
This course examines concepts and principles of community risk assessment planning, and response to fires and natural disasters, including the National Incident Management System-Incident Command Systems (NIMS ICS) mutual aid and automatic response, training and preparedness, communication, civil disturbances, terrorist threats/incidents, hazardous materials planning, mass casualty incidents, earthquake preparedness, and disaster mitigation and recovery. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0296)
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FSA 345 - Multiculturalism in Emergency Services
Credits: 4
This course examines how multiculturalism affects every aspect of our society and its impact on the emergency services workforce. This course provides an extensive familiarization with communication styles, customs, language and behavior patterns of various cultures, ethnic groups, and other dimensions of diversity. The course addresses cultural competency relevant to emergency services operations and administration. Students taking this class will analyze effective workforce multicultural and diversity strategies in decision making and daily activities as it relates to groups employed by and encountered by emergency service professions. Must have at least Sophomore standing.
Course Attributes: DPD,UWR
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FSA 360 - Aviation Management in Fire Suppression
Credits: 3
This course examines aviation resource use in the wildland/urban interface environment, hazard/risk analysis and mitigation techniques, multiagency aviation resource acquisition and deployment planning, aviation asset utilization in suppressing wildfire, multiagency Incident Command System, basic fire behavior, dispatching of aviation resources, multiagency aviation policies, procedures and implementation of aviation assets, analysis of aviation programs within the fire community, aviation communication techniques and procedures, command/control dynamics, strategic and tactical considerations, support and supervision procedures, and aviation program evaluation.
Prerequisites: FSA program admission or consent of instructor. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.
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FSA 405 - Fire Service Ethics
Credits: 3
This course examines the basic principles of ethics as related to fire service operations and management with special attention given to current issues in the fire service. FESHE course code: (C0303)
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FSA 409 - Practicum
Credits: 1-15
A practical internship with local/regional partners in work related to the Fire Service, EMS, or Emergency Management. Students will gain practical experience while also completing a scholarly component agreed to between the student, practicum advisor, and the student’s field supervisor.
Prerequisites: FSA program admission or consent of instructor.
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FSA 410 - Selected Topics
Credits: 1-6
An in-depth review of a current issue in Fire Service Administration, EMS Administration, or Emergency Management intended to enhance a student’s knowledge and understanding of relevant current events.
Prerequisites: FSA program admission or consent of instructor. Repeatable.
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FSA 413 - Fire Related Human Behavior
Credits: 3
This course presents a study of human behavior in fire and other emergency situations. Students will examine current and past research on human behavior systems models, life safety education, and building design to determine the interactions of these areas in emergency situations. Students will develop an understanding of a best-practice building life-safety system as one that combines knowledge in the areas of psychology and sociology, joined with engineering and education to produce the best possible outcomes in terms of survivability in an emergency. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0263)
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FSA 415 - Local Government Administration and Community Politics (Capstone)
Credits: 3
This course provides students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of local government in the United States by examining the legal, political, social and economic factors influencing local policies and relationships with communities of interest. The role of citizens, films, states, and federal authorities in shaping the public agenda are critically examined to gain an understanding of decision making processes. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
Course Attributes: C
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FSA 419 - Advanced Legal Aspects of Fire Protection (Capstone)
Credits: 3
Overview of the U.S. Constitution and its relation to state laws; the nature of torts against fire services agencies and individuals; a fire department’s responsibilities based upon state laws; court cases which have impacted department operations and their effects upon such operations; fire department compliance with hazardous materials right-to-know legislation; and identification of five current legal issues which could impact fire department operations (such as sexual discrimination and privacy issues). Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
Course Attributes: C,UWR
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FSA 421 - Advanced Fire Service Master Planning (Capstone)
Credits: 3
This course covers the processes and steps used to develop a cost effective delivery system of public services. This delivery system is designed to provide the level of service/protection that a community desires and is based upon acceptable risks and costs.
Prerequisites: Must be professional firefighters, fire-related emergency services professionals, or have the major of FSA. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
Course Attributes: C
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FSA 423 - Labor Management Relations (Capstone)
Credits: 3
A labor relation’s course that will introduce the student to the complex world of collective bargaining. It will review the history of the labor movement in the United States and give diligent consideration to the National Labor Relations Act. Additionally, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Railway Labor Act and Public Sector Labor cases will be studied. Must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
Course Attributes: C
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FSA 440 - Fire Protection Structures & Systems Design
Credits: 3
This course examines the underlying principles in structural fire protection systems and building furnishings, as well as fire protections systems including water-based fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, and smoke management systems. This course is related to, and builds upon, FSA 340 - Fire Dynamics . Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course. FESHE course code: (C0265)
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FSA 460 - Advanced Aviation Management in Fire Suppression
Credits: 3
This course examines aviation program management in the wildland/urban interface environment, aviation policy development and requirements, development of flight operational standards and procedures, the use of “Restricted” category aircraft, aviation life support equipment and use, identification and implementation of established maintenance standards, development of standards for an “approval” process for aviation assets, development of user training and standards, development of a decision making process for program management, identify and develop acquisition methods and the implementation of contracting assets, identify and develop a safety culture in aviation, hazard/risk analysis and mitigation techniques, multiagency aviation resource acquisition and deployment planning, aviation asset utilization in suppressing wildfire, aviation program infrastructure development, multiagency cooperation, working within budgetary constraints of an aviation program, multiagency aviation policies, procedures and implementation of aviation assets, analysis of aviation programs within the fire community, command/control dynamics, strategic and tactical program considerations, program support and supervision procedures, and aviation program evaluation. Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course.
Prerequisites: FSA program admission or consent of instructor.
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FSA 490 - Applications Of Fire Research
Credits: 3
This course examines the basic principles of research and methodology for analyzing current fire-related research. The course also provides a framework for conducting and evaluating independent research in the following areas: fire dynamics, fire test standards and codes, fire safety, fire modeling, structural fire safety, life-safety, firefighter health and safety, automatic detection and suppression, transportation fire hazards, risk analysis and loss control, fire service applied research and new trends in fire related research.
Prerequisites: Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course and completion of a minimum of 30 upper-division credits with FSA prefix. FESHE course code: (C0260)
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GEOG 105 - Cultural Geography*SSC
Credits: 5
This course is a survey of themes, questions, and issues discussed by cultural geographers. It introduces the student to the concept of culture in spatial terms and defines theories of culture emergence, how culture diffuses, and the relationship of humans and their impact on the environment. Topics considered within the course include environmentalism, the evolution of culture, population, migration, communications, economic and urban landscapes, gender, religion, agriculture, and contemporary social culture.
General Education Core: Social Sciences
Course Attributes: SSC
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GEOG 106 - Physical Geography*SMI
Credits: 5
An introduction to physical geography and its approach to the analysis and understanding of the physical environment. The course covers the atmosphere: weather and climate; the lithosphere: geomorphology, landforms and soils, and the hydrosphere, oceans and oceanic coastal forms. Tectonics and the basic geodesy of the earth is covered. Examples of environmental issues and how geography treats these questions and problems are emphasized in the course.
General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
Course Attributes: SMI
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GEOG 201 - Introduction to GIS*SMI
Credits: 4
Introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) fundamentals with an emphasis on natural resource applications. Students will be introduced to the basic structure of GIS data and geographic concepts important to interpretation and use of digital maps. Outcomes will be technical competence in the use of ArcGIS, proficiency in the language and concepts of GIS, and an understanding of how GIS is used in the management of natural resources. Topics covered include basic data models, structures, data sources, maps and scale, geodesy and map projections, spatial and tabular data analyses, spatial modeling, and data quality and standards. Laboratory exercises provide practical experiences that complement the theory covered in lecture.
General Education Core: Natural, Math & Info Sciences
Course Attributes: INQ,SMI
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GEOG 210 - Selected Topic
Credits: 1-6
Various topics.
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HCA 410 - Selected Topics in Healthcare
Credits: 3
This course offers engaging and diverse special contemporary topics in health care that learners benefit from opportunities to hone skills, gain competence, and grow professionally in ways that may be immediately applied to individual practice and system improvement. Format includes lectures, readings, presentations and discussions in an area of special interest to students and faculty. Cutting-edge information is presented on healthcare delivery, clinical practice, medical research, quality improvements and more to help health and allied health professionals best serve patients.
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HCA 471 - Public Policy/Law in Healthcare
Credits: 3
Employing real life scenarios, this course presents the ethical and legal challenges, precedence and implications of healthcare administration. The unique legal aspects encountered in the provision of health services are analyzed including access, affordability, health care interventions and human rights are interfaced with legal and ethical issues challenging the provision of health care services.
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HCA 472 - Health Care Financial Mgmt
Credits: 3
This course is an application of financial management techniques to decision making for health care professionals. This course examines aspects of modern hospital and health care organizational financial management to prepare all students for supervisory and management roles in the future. This course addresses the systems and uses of accounting and financial planning in healthcare organizations; including planning and control or cost factors in the healthcare industry.
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HCA 473 - Health Policy and Economics
Credits: 3
This course examines the fragmented structure of the U.S. health care system and its economic implications. We will study how people make decisions regarding their health insurance and health care, and the relationship between these decisions and the structure of the insurance and health care delivery markets. We will also examine the theoretical reasons for government intervention in these markets and the effects of these policies on health insurance and health care delivery. The broad objectives of the class are to understand and appreciate the difficulties of making health insurance and health care decisions in the U.S. health care system, and how these decisions are impacted by insurance and health care provider market structure as well as government policy.
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