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Course Descriptions


 
 

Mechatronics Engineering
  

  • EMEC 311 - Digital Systems Design

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): EMEC 200  
    Description: Introduces students to the design of digital systems using hardware description languages. The student will use computer-aided design tools to design, simulate, prototype, and verify complex digital systems using programmable logic devices and field- programmable gate arrays
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 315 - Modeling of Mechatronics Systems

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 350  
    Description: Introduces students to modeling techniques and analysis of mechatronic systems. Topics such as state-space and transfer function representation, linearization, and frequency domain analysis are covered. Simulation software will be utilized to quantify and visualize system performance
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 316 - Sensors and Measurements

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): EMEC 310  / PHYS 310   and COMP 151  
    Description: Basic measurements with standard laboratory instruments and common sensor interfaces are introduced. topics include the calibration, transient responses, and statistical characterization of common sensors used in mechanization systems
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 325 - Engineering Design

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing
    Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision-making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written. Introduces ethical, economical, and professional responsibilities related to the engineering design process. This course has a substantial focus on technical writing.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • EMEC 401 - Fluid Mechanics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in Mechatronics major
    Description: Principal concepts and methods of fluid mechanics are introduced. Students will learn to apply these concepts and methods to the design of fluid systems.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 462 - Embedded Systems (Cross-listed as COMP 462)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hour lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 362  or Consent of Instructor
    Covers the design of embedded systems. This includes the analysis of small, computer systems designed for robotic mechanisms and common appliances, such as cell phones and other hand-held devices. Topics include the design, implementation, and testing of software used in such systems with special attention paid to maximizing the use of limited, computational resources and the need for event-driven, real-time, system responses.
    Lab Fee $25
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 462  
  

  • EMEC 463 - Feedback Control Systems

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 240   and MATH 350  
    Description: Analysis and design of feedback control systems. Topics include representing dynamical systems with transfer functions and state variables, stability and dynamic analysis using techniques from both the time and frequency domains, the design of feedback regulators and controllers, and computer aided design and analysis.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 470 - Mobile Robotics (Cross-listed as COMP 470)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 362  and MATH 240 ; or Consent of Instructor
    Introduces students to the design, construction, and programming of mobile robots. Included are traditional topics of robot architecture, sensors, actuators, robot kinematics and dynamics. In addition, topics such as adaptive control and human-robot interaction will also be studied. Students will have the opportunity to design and build their own robot, and to program it to perform some useful task.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 470  
  

  • EMEC 491 - Capstone Preparation

    Units: 1
    One hour seminar per week
    Prerequisite(s):  Senior Standing in Mechatronics Major
    Description: Research and develop a proposal for a significant Mechatronics project under faculty supervision.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 499 - Capstone

    Units: 3
    Five hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing in Mechatronics Major
    Description: Design, implement and present a significant Mechatronics project under faculty supervision.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Nursing
  

  • NRS 200 - Introduction To Professional Nursing Practice

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program
    Corequisite(s): NRS 201   and NRS 303  
    Description: This course provides the entry level nursing student with an overview of the art and science of nursing, including the philosophy, organizing theory, and desired outcomes of the nursing program. Introduces program concepts of patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics, professionalism, communication, systems based practice, and patient education. Develops introductory knowledge, skills, and attitudes utilizing a holistic approach to recognize patient needs. An introduction to the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model provides a decision-making framework to assist students in developing effective clinical judgment skills. Describes the dimensions of the professional role as provider of care, teacher, advocate, coordinator of care, and member of the profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 201 - Introduction To Professional Nursing Practice Lab

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program
    Corequisite(s): NRS 200   and NRS 303  
    Description: This course provides the opportunity for the entry-level nursing student to apply assessment skills and basic therapeutic nursing interventions in a long-term or rehabilitation care setting. Introduces program concepts of patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics, professionalism, communication, systems based practice, and patient education. Develops introductory knowledge, skills, and attitudes utilizing a holistic approach to recognize patient needs using the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. The use of information management systems in the collection, management, and communication of patient data as well as the maintenance of patient privacy and confidentiality is highly stressed. Demonstrates the beginning level of the professional role as provider of care, teacher, advocate, coordinator of care, and member of the profession with adult and geriatric patients. The lab practicum precedes clinical practicum to enable the introduction of skills focusing on assessment and functional care of the patient.
    Lab Fee $105
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 220 - Nursing Care Of Adults With Acute And Chronic Illness I

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  and NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 221  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: integumentary, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory systems, as well as perioperative and end-of-life care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, communication, leadership, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 221 - Nursing Care Of Adults With Acute And Chronic Illness Lab I

    Units: 3
    Nine hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200 , NRS 201 , NRS 303  and NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 220  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: integumentary, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory systems, as well as perioperative and end-of-life care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, communication, leadership, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and deliver safe patient care in the acute care setting. The lab practicum provides the student an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a simulated environment.
    Lab Fee $140
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 222 - Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness II

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 220   and NRS 221  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 223  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: hematology, renal and genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological systems, as well as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and oncology care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, leadership, systems-based practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 223 - Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness Lab II

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 220   and NRS 221  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 222   Theory is exercised in corequisite courses
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: hematology, renal and genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, as well as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and oncology care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, informatics, safety, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, leadership, systems-based practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and deliver safe patient care in the acute care setting. The lab practicum provides the student an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a simulated environment.
    Lab Fee $140
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 230 - Nursing Care Of Mothers, Infants, And Women

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  , NRS 304  , NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 231  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of mothers, infants, and women. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, normal and high-risk pregnancies, family dynamics, and the promotion of healthy behaviors. Focus is on the care of families during childbearing years. Emphasis is on health promotion and growth and development, using the nursing process while applying Neuman’s Model.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 231 - Nursing Care Of Mothers, Infants, And Women Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200 , NRS 201 , NRS 303 , NRS 304  and NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 230  
    Description: This course provides opportunities for application of an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of mothers, infants, and women. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, normal and high-risk pregnancies, family dynamics and the promotion of healthy behaviors. Focus is on the care of families during childbearing years, including both normal, and high-risk conditions. Integration of health promotion and growth and development, using the nursing process while applying Neuman Systems Model is explored. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient centered care to mothers, infants, and women in simulated and selected patient care settings.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 232 - Nursing Care Of Children And Families

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200 , NRS 201 , NRS 303 , NRS 304  and NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 233  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, patient centered family approach to the care of children from infancy through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, family dynamics, common pediatric disorders, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in patients and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Focuses on children and adolescents with normal health needs, high risk conditions, common acute illnesses, including family well-being using evidence based practice.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 233 - Nursing Care Of Children And Families Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200 , NRS 201 , NRS 303 , NRS 304 , and NRS 306  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 232  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of children from infancy through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, family dynamics, common pediatric disorders, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in patients and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Focuses on children and adolescents with normal health needs, high risk conditions, common acute illnesses, including family well-being. Lab practicum and clinical experiences provide the student with an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient-centered care to children and families (simulated and real situations).
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 240 - Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200  , NRS 201  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 241  
    Description: This course focuses on the care of patients across the lifespan experiencing cognitive, mental, and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on management of patients facing emotional and psychological stressors, as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Concepts of therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, management of mental health disorders, and coping skills are integrated throughout the course
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 241 - Psychiatric And Mental Health Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 200  , NRS 201  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 240  
    Description: Focuses on the care of patients across the lifespan experiencing cognitive, mental, and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on management of patients facing emotional and psychological stressors, as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Concepts of therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, management of mental health disorders, and coping skills are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient centered care in selected mental health settings, including acute care settings and community sites.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 303 - Pharmacology of Nursing Practice I

    Units: 1.5
    One hour lecture and 1.5 hours of lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing program
    Corequisite(s): NRS 200   and NRS 201  
    Description: This course provides an introduction to the principles of pharmacology, including: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, medication interactions and potential adverse medication reactions. Emphasis is placed on an overview of basic medication principles, pharmacological classification, and drug therapy across the lifespan, drug regulations, nutrition and dietary supplements, and drug levels and toxicology. The laboratory content focuses on the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to calculate and administer medications in a simulated setting to achieve safe and professional nursing practice. Changed from NRS 204 effective F17.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 304 - Pharmacology Of Nursing Practice II

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 303  
    Description: This course covers the basic principles of pharmacology with a focus on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and related therapeutic implications within drug classifications. Emphasis is placed on drugs affecting the peripheral nervous system; central nervous system; fluid and electrolyte balance; cardiovascular system; endocrine system; women’s and men’s health anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and immunological issues; bone and joint disorders; respiratory system; gastrointestinal system; and chemotherapeutic drugs. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 306 - Pathophysiology

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSN Nursing Program
    Focuses on the altered processes of human physiology. An emphasis is placed on exploring changes of biological process of the body and the effects on homeostasis throughout the lifespan. Alterations of health problems are studied along with the associated clinical manifestations and treatments. Provides rationale for inter-professional interventions in common health care problems involving integumentary, sensory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, hematological, renal/genitourinary, and neurological body systems.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 310 - Professional Role Transition for the Transfer Student

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN or RN to B.S.N. Nursing program, or Consent of Instructor
    Corequisite(s): None
    Provides returning RN and/or transfer student with conceptual base for practice of nursing, built around core of theories and related concepts which will facilitate transition of student into baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Introduces student to AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate for Professional Nursing Practice, Neuman Systems Model, and reinforces Quality and Safety in Nursing Education Competencies (qsen.org). Focus is on roles of professional nurse generalist as provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer/coordinator of care, and member of profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 311 - Professional Role Transition Seminar

    Units: 2
    Four hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admitted to the Track II Nursing Program or Consent of the Instructor.
    Corequisite(s): NRS 310  
    Provides the returning RN an opportunity to apply and discuss the nursing process and the delivery of nursing care based on current professional scope of practice, AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate for Professional Nursing Practice, the Neuman Systems Model, and reinforcing Quality and Safety in Nursing Education Competencies related to nursing practice in institutional and community settings. The seminar will focus on groups’ discussions of the implementation of the roles of the professional nurse generalist as a provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer and coordinator of care and member of the profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 331 - Nutrition and Culture (Cross-listed as HLTH 331)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Cultural issues and considerations in nutrition and health: Analysis, discussion, and evaluation of cultural, physiological, economic, and environmental factors as they apply to food management plans and healthy nutrition choices for individuals, groups, and families.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: HLTH 331
  

  • NRS 342 - Complementary and Alternative Health (Cross-listed as PSY 342)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines alternatives to conventional health approaches such as acupressure, herbal remedies, relaxation, therapeutic massage, naturopathy, qigong, and yoga. Emphasis on individual and social lifestyle approaches, legal and ethical barriers, governmental status and support.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PSY 342  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 343 - Health Issues in the Latina/o Community (Cross-listed as CHS 343, HLTH 343)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the health issues affecting the Latina/o community and considers interventions, public health policies, and health promotion programs used to improve the health status of the Latina/o community.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: CHS 343  , HLTH 343  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • NRS 348 - Healthy Aging (Cross-listed as HLTH 348)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Explores physical, cultural, and psychosocial factors influencing health issues during the elderly years of life. Topics include aging stereotypes, cultural and family influences on the elderly, physiology of aging, lifestyles choices associated with healthy aging, and end of life care. Changed from NRS/PSY/SOC 348 effective F17.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: HLTH 348  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 350 - Nursing Research

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Nursing Major
    Promotes utlization of evidence in patient care settings including in designing, implementing, and evaluating initiatives to improve patient safety and improve quality. Introduces students to the nursing research process and develops skills in reading, analyzing, and critiquing research to promote an understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice. Exploration of ethical considerations in research and evidence-based practice. This is a writing intensive course.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • NRS 352 - Health Promotion and Patient Education Strategies

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 221 , NRS 222   for generic students and admission into Track II nursing program.
    Description: This course applies the concepts related to health education and health promotion for patients, families and groups across the lifespan. Examination of educational theories and use of evidence based practice in patient education is integrated. This course explores the effects of developmental, motivational, and sociocultural factors on patient teaching, health education and health promotion. Construction of an evidence based teaching plan based on clients learning needs, capabilities, and limitations are addressed.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 354 - Cultural Competence in Health Care

    Units: 4
    Two hours lecture and four hours field studies per week
    Study of culturally competent care for students who will work with health care consumers. Assists student to utilize an inter-cultural competency model (e.g. Campinha-Bacote model) to work with diverse populations with health care needs.
  

  • NRS 356 - Vulnerable Populations

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Assists the learner to evaluate multicultural (including Chicana/o, Latina/o, and other communities of color in the U.S.) and psychosocial factors that create vulnerable populations, and understand health care issues resulting from vulnerability. Presents concepts of vulnerable populations: health indicators, health determinants, and health disparities. Explores vulnerable populations from global, national, and local perspectives. Implications for research, practice, and policy are examined.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 370 - Innovation and Technology in Healthcare

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Description: This online course presents an overview of information technology in healthcare, while developing students’ knowledge and skills in system and patient care technologies. Technology in healthcare is rapidly changing, however the need to understand healthcare as business while providing timely, affordable, quality patient care continues to be a challenge. Online activities, discussions, and projects will guide the course content through concepts such as understanding the integration of technology across health care, critiquing and analyzing web-based information, inter-professional communication, electronic health records, digital literacy, and creating workflow solutions using technology. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 391 - Transition to Practice

    Units: 2
    Six hours clinical lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 222 , NRS 223  
    Description: This course provides the student the opportunity to function as a contributing member of the interprofessional team and collectively apply the knowledge, skill, and attitudes gained through previous courses. Students will be given the opportunity to provide care to a caseload of patients that is safe, evidence-based, patient-centered, and focused on promoting optimal outcomes. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating professional behaviors, time management and organizational skills, communication that supports information exchange, effective use of informatics, interprofessional collaboration and conflict mediation, ethical behavior, leadership skills, and integration of quality indicators. Clinical experiences enable the student to apply theoretical concepts, implement safe care, and managing care of patients with multiple needs holistically.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 401 - Advanced Clinical Assessment Lab

    Units: 1
    Three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing program.
    Corequisite(s): Track I: NRS 420 , NRS 421 ; Track II: None
    Description: This course provides an overview of advanced practice in clinical assessment including history taking, physical examination and documentation of findings, interpretation of physical and diagnostic testing, psychosocial assessment techniques, and health status assessment. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of more complex patient-centered care, safety, evidence-based practice, informatics, systems-based practice, teamwork and collaboration, communication, and patient education in a simulated environment. This includes the integration of nursing care implications in monitoring and managing the care of complex medical-surgical health issues with advanced technical interventions.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 420 - Nursing Care Of The Complex Adult Patient

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program, NRS 222 , NRS 223 , NRS 310  and for Track I, NRS 391  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 421    
    Description: This course focuses on principles of nursing care delivery for patients experiencing more complex medical-surgical, multi-system alterations in health. Enhancement of knowledge in managing the care of patients in the acute care setting and/or in the community in order to maintain maximum levels of function, manage systems, analyze nurse sensitive indicators, and increase quality of life. Focus on care planning for the complex patient utilizing the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Emphasis is placed on nursing case management models, roles and strategies used for managing high-risk vulnerable populations, provided comprehensive care coordination within the interdisciplinary team, leadership roles, patient-centered care, patient education, informatics, quality improvement, discharge planning, patient/family advocacy, and inter-professional interventions for the complex patient.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 421 - Nursing Care Of The Complex Adult Patient Lab

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program, NRS 222  , NRS 223  , NRS 310   and for Track I: NRS 391  
    Corequisite(s):  NRS 420  
    Description: This course focuses on principles of nursing care delivery for patients experiencing more complex medical-surgical, multisystem alterations in health. Enhancement of knowledge in managing the care of patients in the acute care setting and/or in the community in order to maintain maximum levels of function, manage systems, analyze nurse sensitive indicators, and increase quality of life. Focus on care planning for the complex patient utilizing the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Emphasis is placed on nursing case management models, roles and strategies used for managing high-risk vulnerable populations, providing comprehensive care coordination within the interdisciplinary team, leadership roles, patient-centered care, patient education, informatics, quality improvement, discharge planning, patient/family advocacy, and inter-professional interventions for the complex patient. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, cost-effectiveness, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, and comprehensive care coordination are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to patients in the acute care setting.
    Lab Fee $140
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 441 - Health Communication (Cross-listed as COMM 441)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Explores the evolution of health as a major topic in communication studies. Focuses on conversations between health practitioners and patients, as well as public health campaigns.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMM 441  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 452 - Community Health Nursing

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): ANTH 443  or NRS 348  / HLTH 348  and BIOL 432  and Admission to the Nursing Program
    Corequisite(s): NRS 453  
    Description: This course is intended to introduce students to nursing care of individuals, families, aggregates, communities, and populations across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds on the principles and practices of community health. Emphasis is placed on assessing factors that influence the health of populations, identifying vulnerable populations, identifying community preferences and the implementation of evidence-based practices in the delivery of care. Emphasis is on spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and disease prevention interventions with the application of Neuman Systems Model. The role of the nurse as advocate for social justice is explored.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 453 - Community Health Nursing Lab

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program, BIOL 432   and ANTH 443   or NRS 348  /HLTH 348  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 452  
    Description: This course is intended to introduce students to nursing care of individuals, families, aggregates, communities, and populations on the principles and practices of community health, while exploring contemporary public health problems and working collaboratively with the community as part of the inter-professional team. Emphasis is placed on assessment factors that influence the health of populations, identifying vulnerable populations, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in the delivery of spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and disease prevention interventions. The role of the nurse as advocate for social justice is explored. Emphasis is on the health of the population based on nursing process as defined by the Neuman System Model. The course assists the student in developing skills of community assessment, program planning and practice interventions to help identify vulnerable populations within the community to maintain their optimal health.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 460 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Issues

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350   and NRS 352  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 461  
    Description: This course focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to be a nursing leader who can function as a contributing member of the interprofessional team. The development of transformational leadership skills, organizational theory, and management techniques needed to coordinate the provision of safe, quality patient-centered are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on professional behaviors communication that supports information exchange collaboration and conflict mediation health care delivery issues ethical comportment and the establishment and provision of evidence based practice.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 461 - Nursing Leadership Lab

    Units: 2.5
    Seven and one-half hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 350  and NRS 352  
    Corequisite(s): NRS 460  
    Description: This course focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to be a nursing leader who can function as a contributing member of the inter-professional team. The development of transformational leadership skills, organizational theory, and management techniques needed to coordinate the provision of safe, quality patient-centered care are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on professional behaviors, communication that supports information exchange, collaboration and conflict mediation, health care delivery issues, ethical comportment, and the establishment and provision of evidence based practice. Integration of QSEN competencies in patient centered care, evidence based practice, teamwork and collaboration, quality improvement, safety, and informatics are stressed. Clinical experiences in a variety of settings provide the students an opportunity to explore the role of the nurse leader as a change agent in the delivery of care to patient groups and/or the community within complex and diverse health care settings.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 488 - Preparation For Professional Licensure

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Corequisite(s): NRS 420  and NRS 421 ; or NRS 460  and NRS 461  
    Description: Reviews the essentials of assessment, nursing diagnosis, goal setting, implementation and evaluation in multiple health deviations and across the life span. Assessment of the student’s basic nursing knowledge will be performed using a standardized nursing examination practice tests. Clinical decision-making practice will be discussed through a variety of patient care situations and case scenarios with emphasis on the steps of the nursing process. Focus will be on test preparation and practice with NCLEX style questions. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 497 - Directed Study

    Units: 1 - 3
    Three to nine hours independent study per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
    Description: Individual contracted study on topics or research selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeat 9 times up to 9 units.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 500 - Advanced Health Assessment and Promotion

    Units: 3
    Two hour lecture and three hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Master’s or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Provides a comprehensive overview of primary care health analysis, including the role of risk factors and health promotion strategies in adults and children across the lifespan with a focus on vulnerable, culturally diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on functional implications. Interpretation of data for the purpose of differentiating typical from atypical presentation, and recognizing actual and potential health problems. The problem-oriented system of organizing and recording data is utilized.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 502 - Advanced Pathophysiology

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Master’s or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Builds on foundation of baccalaureate level nursing practice to prepare nurses for clinical decision making at APRN level with advanced physiologic concepts related to physiology and pathophysiology. A systems-based approach is utilized to examine homeostatic relationship of physiology and pathophysiology across lifespan. Course will explore pathophysiology of frequently encountered primary care conditions across life span and special populations. Pathophysiological theories and evidence-based research as a basis for advanced practice nursing will also be covered.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 504 - Advanced Pharmacology

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Master’s or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Focuses on advanced knowledge about pharmacological agents useful in management of a variety of common clinical situations. Physiological approach utilized in course allows greater understanding of effect of common drugs utilized across lifespan. Ethical/legal issues and standardized procedures will be covered.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 506 - Theoretical Frameworks and Professional Roles

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN program or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Examines multiple theories and conceptual frameworks from nursing and relevant fields in healthcare. Relationships between theoretical frameworks, nursing practice, and research are evaluated as integrated components of evidence-based care. Essential to optimal outcomes in healthcare is identifying roles of advanced nursing practice and how use of relevant theoretical frameworks, leadership skills, and interprofessional collaboration can improve understanding, delivery processes, and outcomes in clients of diverse backgrounds with selected diseases or identified need for prevention of disease. Ethical, legal, economic, and business consideration related to scope of practice in affecting care delivery are examined.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 508 - Evidence-based Practice and Quality Improvement

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to M.S. in Nursing Program and Consent of Instructor
    Integrates quality improvement strategies and principles of evidence-based practice, so advanced practice nurses can develop interventions to improve health outcomes, maintain health status, and assure patient safety in a variety of care settings. Effective use of evidence-based practice requires an understanding of research methodologies, while focusing on providing patient-centered care. This is a writing intensive course. Fulfills the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 510 - Healthcare Policy and Nursing Issues

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN program or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Provides requisite knowledge and skills for master’s-prepared nurses to promote health, help shape health delivery system by assuming leadership roles, and advance values like social justice through policy processes and advocacy. Topics include health care delivery and financing, policy process, critical policy issues, and role of nursing in health policy and health care financing.

    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 512 - Informatics in Advanced Nursing Practice

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN program or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program.
    Presents an overview of information technology in healthcare, organizational systems, and impact of informatics on timely, affordable, quality care. Understanding concepts of informatics better supports decision making in areas of nursing such as clinical, administrative, research, quality and safety, health policy, and education. By synthesizing and integrating nursing science, with computer, information, and cognitive science, graduates will be competent in basic nursing informatics skills to provide safe, quality, holistic health care.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 520 - Advanced Concepts of Health Across the Lifespan I

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 500   and NRS 502   and NRS 504   with grades of C or better
    Introduces nurse practitioner students to pathophysiology, presentation, preventative health maintenance, differential diagnoses, and management of common conditions encountered in primary care settings across lifespan.  Course will also prepare students to meet changing needs of health care system in providing quality, cost-effective care to populations with an emphasis on vulnerable, culturally diverse individuals, families, communities, and populations including LGBTQ, migrants, and veterans in a wide variety of settings.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 522 - Advanced Concepts of Reproductive and Women’s Health

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 520  
    Provides comprehensive overview of women’s and reproductive health issues in primary care. Course content will focus on assessment and management of common reproductive health problems in adolescents and adults. Emphasis is placed on delivery of culturally competent care, gender roles, and vulnerable populations such as LGBTQ, veterans, and migrant populations.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 524 - Advanced Concepts of Pediatric Primary Care

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 520  
    Introduces nurse practitioner students to pathophysiology, presentation, preventative health maintenance, differential diagnoses, and management of common conditions encountered with pediatric clients. Course will also prepare students to meet changing needs of health care system in providing quality, cost-effective care to diverse pediatric populations and their families in wide variety of settings with emphasis on vulnerable, culturally diverse populations.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 525 - Laboratory and Clinical Procedures for Advanced Practice

    Units: 1
    Three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 500   and NRS 502   and NRS 504   with grades of C or better
    Provides foundational knowledge of multifaceted role of Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) in primary care setting by addressing selected advanced practice procedures diagnostic competencies, procedures, and test analysis of APN as member of multidisciplinary healthcare team. A mandatory face-to-face, one-week session is required, which will be held at California State University Channel Islands campus.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 526 - Advanced Concepts of Health Across the Lifespan II

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 520   andNRS 522   and NRS 524   with grades of C or better
    Students will utilize theoretical foundations from pathophysiology, health assessment, and pharmacology to develop differential diagnoses and manage common conditions encountered across lifespan with an emphasis on vulnerable populations including LGBTQ, migrants, and veterans in a variety of healthcare settings. Course will also prepare students to meet changing needs of health care system in providing quality, cost-effective care to diverse populations in wide variety of settings. 
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 527 - Clinical Practicum: Advanced Concepts of Health Across the Lifespan III

    Units: Variable 1-3
    Variable hours per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 500   and NRS 502   and NRS 504   and NRS 520   (may be concurrently enrolled in NRS 520  )
    Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) practicum experience provides student with opportunity to assume responsibility for primary healthcare services of individuals and families across life span under supervision of established nurse practitioner and/or physician preceptor. Role of FNP in health individual and family assessment, health maintenance, promotion, and teaching. Collaboration with health professionals is emphasized through clinical preceptorship, while assuming increased responsibility for directing care, managing therapeutic processes, documenting and evaluating outcomes of care. Course is repeatable and units are variable (1-3). Total of 12 units must be completed. Repeat up to 12 times
    Graded: Crd/No Crd
  

  • NRS 532 - Concepts of Adult Learning

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN or Post-Master’s Nurse Educator Certificate Program
    Examines multiple theories and conceptual frameworks from nursing and relevant fields related to adult learner in varied settings. Examination of adult educational theories using evidence-based practice is integrated. Explores effects of developmental, motivational, and sociocultural factors on teaching and learning. Culminates with development of an effective teaching strategy with individuals, families, or groups.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 534 - Curriculum and Program Development and Evaluation for Nurse Educators

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 532  
    Designed so graduate nursing students explore curriculum development and evaluation in both academic and practice settings. Students will utilize curriculum development and evaluation strategies, as well as program evaluation models. Includes integration of theories and research into curriculum development and evaluation to assess learner and program outcomes.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 536 - Innovations in Teaching and Learning

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Rapid ongoing advancements in science and technology have created paradigm shifts in nursing education delivery, innovation, and research. Course will explore current trends in 21st century teaching and learning. Students will evaluate role of nurse educator and examine integration of innovative educational strategies and tools. Trends in higher education, health informatics, and open educational resources will be explored.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 537 - Nurse Educator Practicum I

    Units: Variable 1-3
    Variable hours per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 500   and NRS 502   and NRS 504 ; or Consent of Instructor
    Application of advanced practice nursing knowledge and skills in healthcare setting. Emphasis on integrating core advanced practice knowledge in pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment in provision of nursing care to target population. Operationalization of theoretical concepts in quality improvement, evidenced-based practice, teamwork and collaboration, informatics, leadership, and patient safety to address health needs of selected population.
    Graded: Crd/No Crd
  

  • NRS 539 - Nurse Educator Practicum II

    Units: Variable 1-3
    Variable hours per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 532   and NRS 534  
    Offers student opportunity to operationalize teaching and learning strategies, curriculum development, and program evaluation in academic or clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on designing appropriate educational materials, developing appropriate teaching and learning strategies for different student groups, assessing performance, providing learner feedback, and evaluation outcomes of teaching. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units
    Graded: Crd/No Crd
  

  • NRS 540 - Culminating Experience

    Units: Variable 1-3
    One to three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite(s): NRS 500   and NRS 502   and NRS 504   and NRS 506   and NRS 510   and NRS 512  ; or Consent of Instructor
    Demonstrate synthesis of graduate program learning outcomes using systemic and scholarly approach. Culminating experience draws upon knowledge generated from previous course work, and reflects growth in knowledge and skills required of master’s prepared nurse.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Performing Arts
  

  • PA 101 - Introduction to the Performing Arts

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Overview of the history of performance, cultural traditions, and artistic assumptions in theatre, music, and dance. Requires some involvement in local or campus productions.
    GenEd: A1, C1
  

  • PA 202 - Integrating Dance, Music and Theatre

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Investigation and application of methods and philosophies of performance integrating dance, music, and theatre.
    GenEd: A1, C1
  

  • PA 210 - Understanding Dance and Music for Elementary Education

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Will prepare the elementary educator to analyze, understand, and identify elements of music and dance. Foundational concepts will be infused with historical, cultural, and global perspectives.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PA 292 - Internship for Performing Arts

    Units: 1-3
    Two to six hours of activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
    Students with no experience in the Performing Arts will have the opportunity for community involvement with an arts organization. Supervised by a Performing Arts faculty member. Repeatable up to 3 units
  

  • PA 294 - Independent Study

    Units: 1
    One to three hours independent study per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor and Program Approval
    Performing Arts faculty supervised, lower division study of a performing arts subject area of interest to the student. Repeatability:  2 completions allowed. Repeatable up to 6 units, 2 completions allowed.
  

  • PA 303 - Advanced Collaboration Workshop

    Units: 3
    Six hours of activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or consent of instructor
    Description: Advanced investigation of methods and philosophies of collaborative performance. Students will apply their creative abilities in dance, music, or theater to collaborative performing arts projects. Each students will also craft a digital identity as a performing artist Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PA 335 - Business and the Performing Arts (Cross-listed as BUS 335)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Exploration of the business elements in the performing arts, including planning, management, and financial activities. Uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on performing arts as a creative activity and as a business activity. Uses case studies to analyze a comprehensive view of performing arts organizations.
    Same as: BUS 335  
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PA 350 - Audience and Performance Studies

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Interdisciplinary exploration of performance as an art form, with particular attention to how audience response shapes live performances. History, development, and theory of performance will be integrated with new research on audience-performer interaction to provide the student with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary vision of performance. Students will both study performance and design community-based projects in which they will perform.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • PA 352 - Aztec Dance and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 352)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Any CHS or PA or PADA course and Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines fundamental techniques, styles, rhythms, and choreographs of Aztec Dance, along with its history, cultural symbols, Pan-Indian/Intertribal relationships, study of various instruments, regalia, and deciphering the Aztec Calendar. Lectures about the history of Aztec Dance in Mexico and the United States.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: CHS 352
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PA 360 - Musical Theatre

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Survey of the American musical as an art form in performance and production, integrating the three performing arts of theatre, dance, and music. Considers the development of American musical theatre from diverse cultural, historical, and theoretical perspectives using one or more themes. Students have the opportunity to do practical work in the areas of acting, dancing, and singing in their analysis of musical theatre.
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • PA 383 - Scenic Design (Cross-listed as ART 383)

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    A studio/activities course utilizing artistic techniques involved in the development of scenic design for theatrical, musical and dance productions. Script analysis, scenery sketching, drafting ground plans, elements of set construction and scenic painting will be covered in a series of studio projects.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ART 383
  

  • PA 384 - Costume Design (Cross-listed as ART 384)

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    A studio/activities course in which students develop costume designs through a process of character and script analysis. Period research, visual design, rendering and fabrication skills are achieved through practical exercises. Basic costume construction, including drafting and draping, result in the creation of costumes for theatrical, musical and dance productions. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ART 384
  

  • PA 387 - Street and Performance Art (Cross-listed as ART 387)

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Consent of Instructor
    Topics explore the creation of non-traditional public performances and displays of art, such as flash mob performances and guerilla art exhibitions. Projects focus on how to organize and advertise public performances, integrating aesthetic concepts and the use of emerging forms of artistic information dissemination, such as new media, social networking, mobile computing platforms, as well as traditional news and media outlets. Includes hands on experience in making and presenting public art and performance. Repeatable up to 6 units.
    Same as: ART 387
  

  • PA 390 - Events

    Units: 3
    One hour lecture and four hours of activity
    Description: Students work in groups to identify, research, plan, and implement multiple projects in support of Performing Arts and other campus events. Projects are specific to each term and may include marketing research, writing publicity copy, design of publicity materials, design and implementation of publicity campaigns, outreach to the local community, topical research in support of specific performances, logistical support, liasing with on-and-off campus vendors and event management, among others. Repeat 4 times up to 12 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PA 391 - Production (Cross-listed as ART 391)

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
    Description: Performing, designing, implementing technical projects, or assisting in a CSU Channel Island Performing Arts production. Topics vary by semester and section and may focus on dance, music, or theatre, or integrate multiple performing and visual arts. Repeat 4 times up to 12 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ART 391  
  

  • PA 466 - Screenwriting (Cross-listed as ENGL 466)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: The writing of screenplays is the focus of this class. The seminar format allows students the opportunity to talk about their writing and to receive critiques from their peers as well as the instructor. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ENGL 466  
  

  • PA 490 - Special Topics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing
    Various topics related to performing arts. Repeatable by topic for up to 6 units.
  

  • PA 491 - Lecture Series in Entertainment Industry (Cross-listed as ART 491, BUS 491)

    Units: 1
    Two hours lecture bi-weekly
    Bi-weekly series of guest lectures focusing on a variety of issues pertinent to the entertainment industry. Entertainment professionals will address topics that cover but are not limited to aspects of management, marketing, production, performance and entertainment-related technologies. Repeatable by topic up to 3 units.
    Same as: ART 491 , BUS 491  
  

  • PA 492 - Internship in Performing Arts

    Units: 1-3
    Two to six hours activity per week.
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor and Program Approval
    Students with previous experience in Performing Arts work will have the opportunity for advanced community involvement in an arts organization. Repeatable twice. Repeatable up to 6 units.
  

  • PA 494 - Independent Study

    Units: 1-3
    One to three hours independent study per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
    Performing Arts faculty supervised, advanced, in-depth study of a subject area of interest to the student. Repeatable twice. Repeatable up to 6 units.
  

  • PA 499 - Performing Arts Capstone

    Units: 3
    Three units lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): PA 303   and Senior Standing
    Description: Research and performance in a student’s area of emphasis in the performing arts program.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Performing Arts Dance
  

  • PADA 151 - Conditioning for Dancers

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Utilizes techniques (stretching, yoga, pilates) and principles of conditioning (strength, flexibility, and endurance) to prevent injuries stemming from muscular imbalances, structural problems, postural deviations, improper mechanics or movements. Students will develop individualized conditioning programs to prevent injuries. Repeatable up to 8 units.
    GenEd: E
  

  • PADA 232 - Early Dance History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: Explores the development of dance in various parts of the world, from early origins in antiquity through the 18th century. Considers the ritual, educational, and communicative aspects of dance with special attention to the historical, cultural, and political contexts of major dance movements, artists, and conventions. Requires attending, or participating in, a dance performance
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: C1
  

  • PADA 250 - Advanced Conditioning for Dancers

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 151  
    Students will follow an approach combining somatics, kinesthetic awareness, dance specific strength and flexibility training, along with an understanding of functional anatomy to maximize physical learning and outcomes in both functional and expressive movement Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 251 - Cirque Elements In Dance

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 151  
    Description: Provides students with an overview of basic cirque elements as incorporated into dance and performing arts. Includes an introduction to various cirque disciplines, rigging safety, and skill acquisition methods. Students will work towards developing appropriate strength and technique to safely execute basic acrobatic elements. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 252 - Advanced Conditioning for Dancers

    Units: 2
    Fours hours activity per week
    Prerequisite(s): PADA 151  
    Description: Students will follow an approach combining somatics, kinesthetic awareness, dance specific strength and flexibility training, along with an understanding of functional anatomy to maximize physical learning and outcomes in both functional and expressive movement. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 253 - Jazz Dance I

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Description: Activities designed to develop basic jazz dance technique accompanied by historical information relevant to the dance form. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: E
  

  • PADA 254 - Modern Dance I

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Beginning modern dance techniques based on major dance pioneers, major points in dance history and language of Modern Dance. Repeatable up to 4 units.
    GenEd: C1, E
  

  • PADA 255 - Dance Composition and Improvisation

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    This course will explore dance composition and improvisation as a tool for building and understanding creative and expressive choreography. Students will investigate potential movement resources of the individual for performance and choreography. Freedom of movement will be encouraged and its relation to choreography will be explored. In this course students will become familiar and proficient in the selection of various musical forms to enhance or guide choreography. Students will also implement choreographic tools in conjunction with the spoken word and in silence. Repeatable up to 6 units.
  

  • PADA 256 - Hip Hop I

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Activities designed to develop Hip Hop dance technique within the historical context of its roots and culture. Repeat 3 times up to 6 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 257 - Tap

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Activities designed to develop tap dance technique within the historical context of its roots and culture.   Repeat 2 times up to 4 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 259 - Ballet

    Units: 2
    Four hours activity per week
    Activities designed to develop Ballet dance technique within the historical context of its roots and culture.   Repeat 2 times up to 4 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • PADA 332 - Dance in History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    The history of dance in relation to historical, social, and political influences, in the global and western traditions, as well as the history of dance productions. Includes formal productions and performances as well as other types of dance, such as ballroom, ceremonial, or folk dancing. Dance in history is contextualized within multicultural perspectives.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • PADA 343 - Teaching Dance to Children

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and two hours activity
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Students will prepare to teach the art of dance and implement dance as a module for learning by engaging in spatial, rhythmic, improvisational, and other dance-centric activities. Cultural, historical, and theatrical forms of dance will be explored along with developing applications of dance in education. A review of current research connecting physical activity, dance, movement, and brain development will be covered.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: UDGE-C
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
 

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