Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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NOTE: Management, Marketing, Finance, and Economics courses that qualify as Business Electives are marked (E). Additional electives include approved Accounting and Business Education classes. For Management majors, selected leadership classes (Leadership Management I, Leadership Management II, Leadership Seminar I, and Leadership Seminar II) offered in Military Sciences can qualify as business elective courses.
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F = Offered in Fall Semester;
SP = Offered in Spring Semester; and
S = Offered in Summer
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NURN 3313 - Nursing Transition Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Admission to the RN-to-BSN program.
Corequisites: Co-requisite: NURN 3314 .
This course builds on the RN’s education and experience and allows students to identify, reflect, and examine skills needed to enhance professional nursing practice. Current trends, political, and ethical issues in practice are explored. The course also introduces students to standards and concepts of professional practice based on the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice.
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NURN 3314 - Health Promotion and Assessment for RN Nursing Practice Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-to-BSN program.
Corequisites: Co-requisite: NURN 3313
This course builds on the registered nurses clinical experience and assessment skills. The nurse expands knowledge of physical assessment, abnormal findings, and application of principles of evidence based practice in promoting health and performing health assessment for clients across the lifespan.
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NURN 3315 - Informatics for Registered Nurses Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3313 , NURN 3314 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 3316 , NURN 3209 , NURN 3317
This course advances the RN’s skill in the use of information technology in health care environments. The course explores IT methods being used by health care professionals and future trends.
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NURN 3316 - Nursing Concepts I: Community Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3313 , NURN 3314 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 3315 , NURN 3209 , NURN 3317
This course focuses on the analysis of nursing roles and their relationship to providing community health nursing. Application of knowledge from professional nursing and public health science is applied to promoting and preserving the health of diverse individuals, groups, communities and populations across the lifespan.
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NURN 3317 - Research Methodology Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3313 , NURN 3314 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 3315 , NURN 3316 , NURN 3209
This course is designed for registered nurses. The focus is on the process of scientific inquiry, practical, and ethical issues involved in conducting research. Course activities emphasize understanding research methodology, statistical methods, and evaluating scientific integrity of nursing literature.
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NURN 4214 - Professional Practice II: Leadership and Management Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3315 , NURN 3316 , NURN 3209 , NURN 3317 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 4316 , NURN 4317 .
This course is the practice component to NURN 4317 and requires 90 hours of practical and/or project based practicum experiences in exploration of the role of the clinical nurse manager. RN students apply current practice skills to expand knowledge of the role of the nurse as leader and manager in health care environments.
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NURN 4316 - Healthcare Economics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3315 , NURN 3316 , NURN 3209 , NURN 3317 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 4317 , NURN 4214
This course is designed for registered nurses. The focus is on the process of economic analysis of health care. This course teaches RN’s the basic principles of economics and how to use those principles when addressing health care policy issues; Medical care costs; physician and hospital behavior; cost containment; production of health; demand for health care and insurance; health services personnel; review and evaluation of public programs.
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NURN 4317 - Nursing Concepts II: Leadership and Management Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 3315 , NURN 3316 , NURN 3209 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURN 4316 , NURN 4214
This course integrates leadership and management theories and concepts with the role of the professional nurse. Organizational structure and health care economic policies are used to explore health care delivery, access, quality improvement and strategies for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of health care delivery systems.
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NURN 4318 - Nursing Concepts III: Ethics & Theory Integration Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 4316 , NURN 4317 , NURN 4214 .
Corequisites: Co-requisite: NURN 4319
This course assists the RN student with total integration of baccalaureate nursing education concepts and theories with present practice roles. Ethical and other issues affecting the practice of nursing in the 21st Century are discussed. The RN student explores new practice roles in the practicum component of this class NURN 4215.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURN 4319 - Professional Practice III: Ethics & Role Integration Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURN 4316 , NURN 4317 , NURN 4214 .
Corequisites: Co-requisite: NURN 4318
This course is the practicum component to NURN 4318 and provides the RN student with opportunity to synthesize and apply their expanded knowledge gained within the BSN curriculum. This course requires RN students to develop a portfolio demonstrating how previous theory and practical/project based curricular activities allowed for meeting the program Goals. Course practicum activities will incorporate different settings that affect health care delivery such as the legislature and nursing organizations. These will result in development of new ways of solving healthcare problems through application of knowledge and concepts learned throughout the program. This course must be completed successfully to pass NURN 4318 . If either the theory component or the practicum component results in a failing grade, the student will fail both components of Nursing Concepts: Theory Integration and Professional Practice III: Role Integration. Both components will have to be repeated concurrently.
Practicum: Practicum: 9 hours per week
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NURS 3203 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 3309 , NURS 3, NURS 3301 , and NURS 3312 .
This course is designed to introduce beginning nursing students to the concepts and psychomotor skills needed to provide nursing care to individuals in acute and chronic health delivery systems. The nursing process, drug math calculations, and psychomotor skills are integrated within the course content. This course is the practicum component of NURS 3309 and must be taken concurrently. If either component of Fundamentals of Nursing results in a failure, a failing grade will be reported for both theory and practicum components. This is a 15 week, 2 semester credit hour course. Students complete 90 contact hours.
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NURS 3204 - Professional Development II: Roles and Ethics Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Successful completion of NURS 3318 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , and NURS 3312 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3307 , NURS 3308 , NURS 3208 , NURS 3304 and NURS 3207 .
This course is designed to explore the three roles of the baccalaureate generalist and expanded practice roles in providing direct and indirect client care. Emphasis is placed on the foundational relevance of ethics to the practice of professional nursing in varying roles. This course helps students determine when they and others are experiencing moral and ethical conflicts, and helps them develop pathways of reflective thinking and communicating related to ethical challenges in nursing practice. Students will explore the ANA Code of Ethics and begin incorporating its provisions as a compass for developing professional practice from health promotion to death with the assured preservation of dignity of clients.
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NURS 3207 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care I Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3309 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3203 , NURS 3312 and NURS 3201.
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 3307 , NURS 3204 , NURS 3308 , NURS 3304 and NURS 3208 .
This course builds on the nursing skills covered in Fundamentals I Theory and Practicum. It requires the completion of 90 clinical hours and is a pass/fail course. This course emphasizes disease management and development of a safe caring environment for adult and geriatric clients. The nursing process of client assessment, needs identification, intervention, implementation and evaluation, and pharmacology are reinforced through assigned client experiences focused on these populations. This course is a pass/fail course and is the practicum component of NURS 3307 and must be taken concurrently.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.
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NURS 3208 - Care of the Childbearing Family Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3318 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , , and NURS 3312 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses:, NURS 3304 ,NURS 3308 , NURS 3204 , NURS 3307 , NURS 3207 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 3308 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family (Theory). This course requires the completion of 90 clinical. Both the theory component and the practicum component must be successfully completed. If either the theory or practicum results in failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated concurrently.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.
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NURS 3301 - Health Assessment Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3318 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , and NURS 3312 .
This course is designed to prepare students to complete a physical and health assessment of infant, pediatric, adult, and geriatric clients. Students will acquire knowledge and skills in history taking and performing physical and health assessments to promote the critical analysis of normal and abnormal data. Emphasis is placed on utilization of accurate medical terminology and nursing documentation in the process of history taking and the nursing process. The student will learn to apply the basic skills of observation, inspection, palpitation, and auscultation in the head to toe assessment. Variation of culture in the health assessment procedure is also emphasized in providing caring, competent nursing interventions. This 3 hours course is made up of 2 credits of didactics and 1 credit hour of laboratory skills = 3 hours of laboratory time. Thus, for a 15 week semester, this course will be 2 hours theory = 30 clock hours and 1 hour credit lab = 30 clock hours.
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NURS 3304 - Pharmacology for Nursing Practice Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3204 , NURS 3307 , NURS 3207 , NURS 3308 and NURS 3208 .
This course focuses on establishing a knowledge base for pharmacotherapeutics and use of therapeutic drugs when caring for clients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process, drug safety, legal, cultural and ethical aspects of pharmacology and client education. Students will understand rationales for drugs prescribed and intended therapeutic effects.- 45 contact hours.
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NURS 3307 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care I Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3318 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , and NURS 3312
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 3204 , NURS 3207 , NURS 3308 , NURS 3304 and NURS 3208 .
The course builds on skills covered in Fundamentals Theory and Practicum. This course emphasizes wellness, disease management and development of a safe and caring environment for adult and geriatric clients. The nursing process and concepts of pharmacology are reinforced.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week
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NURS 3308 - Care of the Childbearing Family Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3201, NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , and NURS 3312 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 3208 , NURS 3204 , NURS 3307 , NURS 3304 and NURS 3207 .
The focus of this course is the nurse’s role in caring for women experiencing health issues associated with pregnancy and reproductive health. The focus shifts from the individual to the family as the unit of care. Clinical reasoning skills are enhanced by providing care to culturally diverse families in acute and community-based settings.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 3309 - Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3318 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3203 and NURS 3312 .
This course introduces the history, concepts, and theories of contemporary professional nursing. The UAPB Nursing Department of Nursing Conceptual framework is introduced. The course emphasizes these tenants and their role in assisting beginning students to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. The nursing process and the principles of evidence based practice are introduced as a foundational basis for professional nursing practice.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 3312 - Nursing Informatics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3318 , NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , and NURS 3203 .
This course explores the use of information technology in nursing practice and its role in enhancing client care. Issues related to privacy protection, confidentiality, security of information in health care environments, and the potential use of social networking tools in communication of health care information are discussed.
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NURS 3318 - Professional Development I: Nursing Essentials Credits: 3
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 3301 , NURS 3309 , NURS 3203 , and NURS 3312 .
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division Nursing.
This course introduces students to foundational requisites for successful nursing practice. Concepts of medical terminology, application of math for medication and administration, and therapeutic communication skills are emphasized.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 3506 - Fundamentals of Nursing Credits: 5
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program.
Corequisites: NURS 3301 NURS 3312 NURS 3318
This course combines theory, lab and clinical practice to introduce beginning nursing students to the concepts and psychomotor skills needed to provide nursing care to individuals with compromised health problems across the life span. The nursing process, drug math calculations, and basic psychomotor skills are presented and used to guide development of nursing roles and professional practice. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours. This course meets the mission and philosophy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Department of Nursing by establishing a foundation on which additional knowledge can be developed.
Term Offered: Fall
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NURS 3507 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care I Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NURS 3301 NURS 3312 NURS 3318 NURS 3506
Corequisites: NURS 3204 NURS 3304 NURS 3508
This course builds on theoretical concepts and skill proficiency achieved by students in Fundamentals of Nursing. This course emphasizes wellness, disease management and development of a safe and caring environment for adult and geriatric clients. The nursing process and concepts of pharmacology are reinforced through theory and clinical practice. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Spring
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NURS 3508 - Care of the Childbearing Family Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NURS 3301 NURS 3312 NURS 3318 NURS 3506
Corequisites: NURS 3204 NURS 3304 NURS 3507
This course focuses on the development of the professional nurse’s role in caring for women experiencing health issues associated with pregnancy and reproductive health. The focus shifts from the individual to the family as the unit of care as students apply the nursing process and clinical reasoning skills while providing care to culturally diverse families in acute and community-based settings. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Spring
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NURS 4111 - Integration Seminar Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4313 , NURS 4207 , NURS 4306 , NURS 4209 , NURS 4206 , and NURS 4202 .
Integration seminar provides a review of the course content for all courses in the nursing program with the exception of course co-requisites. During the course students are required to demonstrate readiness for success on the NCLEX-RN through obtaining the required readiness predictor score on a nationally normed exam determined by the department. A satisfactory grade is required on the NCLEX readiness to pass the course. Failure of this course will result in non-matriculation.
Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week.
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NURS 4202 - Professional Development III: Leadership and Management Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4313 , NURS 4207 , NURS 4306 , NURS 4209 , NURS 4111 , NURS 4206 , and NURS 4202.
This course is the practicum component to NURS 4206 Professional Development III: Leadership and Management (Theory) and emphasizes the role of nurse manager in various health care settings. This course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours. Both the theory component and the practicum component must be successfully completed. If the theory or practicum results in a failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated concurrently.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week (90 clinical hours).
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NURS 4203 - Nursing Care of Children Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4509 and NURS 4210
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 4304 Nursing Care of Children (Theory). This course provides clinical experience which requires students to incorporate evidence-based assessment and interventions in care in providing holistic care for pediatric clients in various settings. Both the theory component and the practicum component must be successfully completed. If either the theory or practicum results in failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated concurrently. This course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.
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NURS 4205 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care II Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4509 and NURS 4210 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , and NURS 4203 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 4309 Medical Surgical Nursing Care II. This course provides clinical experience for implementation of the nursing process and evidence based practice in caring for assigned adult and geriatric clients in various healthcare settings. This course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours If either the theory or practicum results in failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.
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NURS 4206 - Professional Development III: Leadership and Management Theory Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4202 , NURS 4313 , NURS 4207 , NURS 4306 , NURS 4209 , and NURS 4111 .
This course is designed to emphasize the foundational relevance of quality leadership and management knowledge and skills necessary for the practice of professional nursing. This course helps the student to determine strategies and rationales for effective leadership and management as a nurse generalist. The student reads landmark documents that are summaries of research and evidence based recommendations for best quality care, considers best approaches, and develops core competencies to insure the implementation of best practices for better health care outcomes.
Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week.
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NURS 4207 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care III Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4313 , NURS 4306 , NURS 4209 , and NURS 4111 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 4313 Medical Surgical Nursing Care III Theory. Students are assigned clinical experience in acute and critical care areas. Students also spend time in the Emergency department. Both the theory component and the practicum component must be successfully completed. If either the theory or practicum results in a failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated concurrently. This is a pass/fail course and requires completion of 90 clinical hours.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.
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NURS 4209 - Nursing Care of Communities and Populations Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4313 , NURS 4207 , NURS 4306 , NURS 4111 , NURS 4206 , and NURS 4202 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 4306 Nursing Care of Communities and Population (Theory). Students engage in evidence based practice activities focused on health promotion and wellness of communities and populations. This course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours. If either theory or practicum results in failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated concurrently.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week (90 clinical hours).
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NURS 4210 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Care Practicum Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3204 , NURS 3307 , NURS 3207 , NURS 3308 , and NURS 3208 .
Corequisites: Co-requisite: NURS 4509 .
This course is the practicum component of NURS 4509 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Care Theory. These courses are taught Co-requisitely to insure that the student integrates theoretical concepts of compassion and performs competent care for clients facing mental health challenges. This course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours. Both the theory component and the practicum component must be completed Co-requisitely and successfully. If either the theory or practicum results in a failing grade, a failing grade will be recorded for both theory and practicum and both courses will have to be repeated Co-requisitely.
Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week
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NURS 4304 - Nursing Care of Children Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite Courses: NURS 4509 and NURS 4210 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 4310 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
This course focuses on the holistic care of pediatric clients and their families. Aiming toward health restoration and health promotion the student gains knowledge to employ evidence based practice to providing high quality care to pediatric clients experiencing various health issues. The student will develop therapeutic communication skills when caring for the pediatric clients during childhood and through adolescence. Knowledge gained in this course will provide the student with a foundation that will allow for competent care of the pediatric client.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week
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NURS 4306 - Nursing Care of Communities and Populations Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4313 , NURS 4207 , NURS 4209 , NURS 4111 , NURS 4206 , and NURS 4202 .
This course focuses on public health promotion by applying prevention, detection, and rehabilitation concepts to individuals, families, and communities. The course emphasizes the continued changes within the public health system that are needed for future decline in death, illness and disability related to preventable causes and factors. The course will focus on the goals and Goals of Healthy People 2020 targeting social, economic, and environmental factors that impact healthy communities, individuals, families, communities, and populations across the life span.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 4309 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care II Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4509 and NURS 4210 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 4205 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4304 and NURS 4310 .
This course is a level three course that builds on knowledge and skills developed in the Fundamentals of Nursing and Medical Surgical Nursing Care I. Senior nursing students are prepared to care for adults and generic clients with chronic medical surgical health problems in the acute setting.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 4310 - Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: NURS 4314 and NURS 4210.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: NURS 4304, NURS 4203, NURS 4309, and NURS 4205.
This course prepares students for scholarly excellence in future nursing roles. Students acquire skill in reading and critiquing qualitative and quantitative research which includes quality improvement, communication techniques, clinical judgment, and nursing interventions with diverse populations. Students learn to apply ethical principles when critiquing research involving human subjects. Student develop evidence-based research utilization posters, through which they derive nursing implications based on best practices. Leadership, clinical judgment and communication skills are enhanced through dissemination of their posters in class and if possible during the University’s Annual Research Forum.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 4313 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care III Theory Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 4310 , NURS 4304 , NURS 4203 , NURS 4309 , and NURS 4205 .
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 4306 , NURS 4209 , NURS 4111 , NURS 4206 , NURS 4207 , and NURS 4202 .
Medical Surgical Nursing Care III Theory is a Level four (4) course that builds on knowledge and skills developed in Fundamentals in Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing Care I, and Medical Surgical Nursing Care II. Senior nursing students are introduced to foundation of critical care and emergency nursing concepts. This course prepares students to care for individuals and families throughout the life span experiencing acute and complex medical surgical health problems.
Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
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NURS 4401 - Professional Development III: Leadership and Management Credits: 4
Prerequisites: NURS 4310 NURS 4510 NURS 4511
Corequisites: NURS 4512 NURS 4513 NURS 4111
This course is designed to emphasize the foundational relevance of quality leadership and management knowledge and skills necessary for the role of the professional nurse. This course helps the student to assimilate strategies and rationales for effective leadership and management in the professional nursing practice. Students read landmark documents that summarize research and evidence based recommendations for best quality care, consider best approaches, and develop core competencies to insure the implementation of best practices for better health care. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Spring
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NURS 4509 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Care Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NURS 3204 NURS 3304 NURS 3507 NURS 3508
This course provides the theoretical and practicum basis for professional nursing practice with clients who have psychosocial and mental health needs. Emphasis is on the therapeutic relationship and its potential to assist affected individuals and families. Application of theoretical and practicum concepts guide professional nursing practice in in-patient and out-patient clinical settings. Concepts related to treatment modalities, such as milieu therapy, crisis intervention, and psychopharmacology, designed for health promotion, maintenance, and restoration throughout the lifespan guide practicum experiences. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Summer
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NURS 4509 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Care Theory & Practicum Credits: Semester Credit hours: 5
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3204 , NURS 3307 , NURS 3207 , NURS 3308 , and NURS 3208 .
This course provides the theoretical and practicum basis for professional nursing practice with clients who have psycho-social and mental health needs. Emphasis is on the therapeutic relationship and its potential to assist affected individuals and families. Application of theoretical and practicum concepts guide professional nursing practice in in-patient and outpatient clinical settings. Concepts related to treatment modalities, such as milieu therapy, crisis intervention, and psychopharmacology, designed for health promotion, maintenance, and restoration throughout the life- span guide practicum experiences. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours. This course replaces: NURS 4314 and NURS 4210.
Term Offered: Summer I
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NURS 4510 - Nursing Care of Children Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NURS 4509
Corequisites: NURS 4510 NURS 4511
This course provides the theoretical basis and clinical practice experiences for development of professional nurse roles in providing developmentally appropriate holistic care for children and their family. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, maintenance, and restoration during childhood through adolescence. Knowledge is acquired to allow the professional nurse to use evidence based practice to provide high quality care to pediatric clients facing a vast variety of health issues. Knowledge gained in this course will provide the foundation required for competent care of the pediatric client. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Fall
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NURS 4511 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care II Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NURS 4509
Corequisites: NURS 4310 NURS 4510
This course further develops the professional nurse role through integrations and furthering knowledge and skills developed in the Fundamentals of Nursing and Medical Surgical Nursing Care I courses. Students are prepared to care for adults and geriatric clients with chronic medical surgical health problems in the acute setting. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Fall
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NURS 4512 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care III Credits: 5
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program. NURS 4310 NURS 4510 NURS 4511
Corequisites: NURS 4111 NURS 4401 NURS 4513
Medical Surgical Nursing Care III builds on knowledge and skills developed in Fundamentals of Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing Care I, and Medical Surgical Nursing Care II. Senior nursing students are introduced to foundation of critical care and emergency nursing concepts. The professional nurse role is developed further as students care for individuals and families throughout the life span experiencing acute and complex medical surgical health problems. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Spring
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NURS 4513 - Nursing Care of Communities and Populations Credits: 5
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program. NURS 4310 NURS 4510 NURS 4511
Corequisites: NURS 4111 NURS 4401 NURS 4512
This course focuses on public health promotion by applying prevention, detection, and rehabilitation concepts to individuals, families, and communities. Since the development of public policy, there is more of a focus on health promotion, lifestyle factors, and disease prevention. The course emphasizes continued changes needed within the public health system for future decline in death, illness and disability rates. The goals and objectives of Healthy People 2020 which target social, economic, and environmental factors impacting healthy communities, individuals, families, communities, and populations across the life span are explored. In addition to theory, this course requires the completion of 90 clinical hours.
Term Offered: Spring
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PHYS 1145 - Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory (ACTS PHYS 1204; PHYS 1345 Co-Requisite) Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Corequisites: PHYS 1345
Materials for the introductory level investigation of the nature and kinds of heavenly objects, the creation and evolution of the universe, early astronomy, laws of physics, the solar system, the outer worlds, stellar and galactic astronomy, and cosmology. Approved as an alternate for Physical Science.
Laboratory: This course requires 3 hours lab per week.
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PHYS 1155 - Climate Change Lab Credits: 1
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: PHYS 1355
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite PHYS 1355
This course provides the students with background information on Earth’s climate system, the scientific principles that govern climate, climate variability and climate change with the implications for society. Also covered are adaption and mitigation strategies aimed at countering negative impacts of global climate change, as well as the special role energy usage plays in affecting climate. The ultimate goal is to promote climate science literacy at all levels of formal and informal education; climate science literacy is defined as “an understanding of the climate’s influence on you and society and your influence on climate.”
Term Offered: Fall (as needed by demand) Lecture: PHYS 1355 Climate Change Lecture/Lab: Lecture PHYS 1355
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PHYS 1345 - Introduction to Astronomy Lecture (ACTS PHYS 1204) Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Corequisites: PHYS 1145
Materials for the introductory level investigation of the nature and kinds of heavenly objects, the creation and evolution of the universe, early astronomy, laws of physics, the solar system, the outer worlds, stellar and galactic astronomy, and cosmology. Approved as an alternate for Physical Science.
Lecture: Lecture requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 1355 - Climate Change Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: PHYS 1155 Climate Change Lab
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: PHYS 1155 Climate Change Lab
This course provides the students with background information on Earth’s climate system, the scientific principles that govern climate, climate variability and climate change with the implications for society. Also covered are adaption and mitigation strategies aimed at countering negative impacts of global climate change, as well as the special role energy usage plays in affecting climate. The ultimate goal is to promote climate science literacy at all levels of formal and informal education; climate science literacy is defined as “an understanding of the climate’s influence on you and society and your influence on climate.”
Term Offered: Fall (as needed by demand) Lecture: 3 Laboratory: PHYS 1155 Lecture/Lab: PHYS 1155 Climate Change Lab
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PHYS 2110 - General Physics I Laboratory (ACTS PHYS 2014; PHYS 2310 Co-Requisite) Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1330 .
Corequisites: PHYS 2310
A non-calculus lab course which covers rectilinear motion, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, power, conservation laws of energy and momentum, circular and rotational motion, wave motion, SHM, elasticity, equilibrium, gravitation, satellites, fluids, heat, temperature, thermal expansion, thermodynamics and sound.
Laboratory: This course requires 3 hours lab per week.
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PHYS 2120 - General Physics II Laboratory (ACTS PHYS 2024; Co-Requisite PHYS 2320) Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2310 and PHYS 2110 .
This course is a continuation of PHYS 2110 . Topics are electrostatics, electric force, field, and potential, DC circuits, magnetism, Faraday’s law, AC circuits; reflection, refraction, dispersion, polarization, interference, and diffraction of light, special relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics.
Laboratory: This course requires 3 hours lab per week.
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PHYS 2310 - General Physics I Lecture (ACTS PHYS 2014) Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1330.
Corequisites: PHYS 2110
A non-calculus lab course which covers rectilinear motion, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, power, conservation laws of energy and momentum, circular and rotational motion, wave motion, SHM, elasticity, equilibrium, gravitation, satellites, fluids, heat, temperature, thermal expansion, thermodynamics and sound.
Lecture: Lecture requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 2320 - General Physics II Lecture (ACTS PHYS 2024) Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2310 and PHYS 2110 .
This course is a continuation of PHYS 2310 and PHYS 2110 . Topics are electrostatics, electric force, field, and potential, DC circuits, magnetism, Faraday’s law, AC circuits; reflection, refraction, dispersion, polarization, interference, and diffraction of light, special relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics.
Lecture: Lecture requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 2400 - Physics in Nursing Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: admission to Nursing School and Chair’s consent.
An introductory course in systems of measurement, density, specific gravity, force, pressure, motion, work, energy and power, machines, heat, temperature, audible and ultrasound, electrotherapy, radioactivity and radiation damages.
Lecture: 3 hours of lecture Laboratory: 2 hours lab per week.
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PHYS 3110 - University Physics I Laboratory Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisites University Physics I (PHYS 3310 ).
Laboratory experiments of general Physics I consists of Vector, Motion in One and Two Dimension, Friction, Work Energy, Fluid and Fluid Dynamics, Properties of Matter, Waves & Acoustics and Thermodynamics.
Laboratory: Laboratory requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 3120 - University Physics II Laboratory Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: University Physics I and II PHYS 3310 and PHYS 3320 , respectively.
Laboratory experiments consist of Electric Field Mapping, Ohms Law, Wheatstone Bridge, Series & Parallel combination, Capacitance, RC Circuit, RLC Circuit, Amperes Law, Geometrical Optics and Physical Optics.
Laboratory: Laboratory requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 3310 - University Physics I Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites Calculus.
A calculus based physics course that focuses on equation of motion in one and two dimension, vector, force, work, energy, and gravity, properties of material, simple harmonic motion, acoustics, fluid dynamics, density and thermodynamics.
Lecture: Lecture requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 3320 - University Physics II Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: University Physics I (PHYS 3310 ).
This course acquaints students both with the concepts and quantitative knowledge of physical quantities related to electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. This course is designed for physical, biological, agricultural, regulatory science, and technical sciences, and science education majors whose highest level of requirement of mathematics is college algebra/college trigonometry.
Lecture: Lecture requires 3-contact hours per week.
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PHYS 3331 - Basic Electronics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2420 or PHYS 3420.
An introductory course in electronics. Ohm’s law, junction law, loop law, Norton’s theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, reciprocal theorem, AC circuits, RC, LC and RLC circuits, semiconductors, diodes, transistors, filters, rectification, various amplifier circuits and electro-optics devices.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 3411 - Laboratory Techniques and Report Writing Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1321 and PHYS 3420.
An introduction to precise laboratory techniques for the measurement of physical quantities and the formal presentation of experimental results. Selected experiments from the areas of heat, mechanics, sound, electricity and electromagnetic radiation.
Lecture/Lab: 3 hours lecture and 2 hour lab per week.
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PHYS 4210 - Physics Research I Credits: 2
Senior physics majors can sign up for research in topics of their interests after discussion with their advisors.
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PHYS 4220 - Physics Research II Credits: 2
It is the continuation of PHYS 4210 Physics Research.
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PHYS 4221 - Physics Seminar Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Consent of the advisor.
A seminar for seniors that discusses modern physical theories and topics not covered in the standard elementary physics courses. Also, students have to attend lectures given by guest speakers. Besides, students make presentations of their research projects:
Lecture: 2 hours a week.
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PHYS 4311 - Electricity and Magnetism I Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 3320 and 4311.
This course explores intermediate materials in electrostatics, magneto statics, dielectrics and electromagnetic field theory.
Lecture: Requires 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4312 - Electricity and Magnetism II Credits: 3
It is a continuation of PHYS 4311 Electricity and Magnetism I.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4314 - Electrical Measurements Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite or corequisite: PHYS 2320 or PHYS 3320 .
A laboratory course in which resistance, current, voltage, inductance, capacitance, power, frequency and other electrical quantities are measured with high precision.
Laboratory: 6 hours lab per week.
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PHYS 4321 - Analytical Mechanics I Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite PHYS 2310 or PHYS 3310 and PHYS 4311 .
An intermediate course in mechanics which covers calculus-based treatments of rectilinear motion of a particle, oscillations, motion in three dimensions, gravitation and central force problems, dynamics of system of particles, motion of rigid bodies, Lagrangian mechanics, and Hamiltonian formulation.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4322 - Analytical Mechanics II Credits: 3
It is a continuation of PHYS 4321 Analytical Mechanics I.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4331 - Modern Physics I Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite or co-requisite: PHYS 4311 .
This is an exploratory course in theoretical and experimental features of modern physics, including atomic structure and spectra, special relativity, solid state, quantum theory, nuclear and elementary particle physics.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4332 - Modern Physics II Credits: 3
It is a continuation course of PHYS 4331 Modern Physics I.
Lecture: Requires 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4341 - Thermodynamics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
Emphasizes the laws of thermodynamics, transformation of heat, and the relationships between heat, work and entropy.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4342 - Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
This basic course in nuclear physics covers nuclear properties, nuclear potential well, deuteron, alpha decay, nuclear models, nuclear reactions, detectors, and accelerators.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4345 - Optics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
This intermediate course applies geometrical and physical optics covering lenses, fiber optics, aberrations, polarization, interference, diffraction, and Fourier optics.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4346 - Space Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Presentation of space environment; the physics of geospace; techniques for observing geospace; the neutral atmosphere; solar wind and the magnetosphere; principles of the ionosphere at middle, low and high latitudes; magnetosphere waves; and technological application of geospace space.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4347 - Quantum Mechanics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
This is a basic course in quantum mechanics. It covers postulates of quantum mechanics, operators, wave function, probability function, one dimensional potential barriers and potential wells, perturbation theory, and hydrogen atom.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4348 - Introduction to Astrophysics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
This introductory level course covers celestial mechanics and the solar system, electromagnetic radiation and matter, telescopes and detectors, stellar astrophysics, galactic astrophysics, large scale structure of the universe, active galaxies and quasars, the Big Bang and beyond.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4350 - Advanced Laboratory I Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite or co-requisite: PHYS 4331 .
Experiments emphasizing modern physical techniques and requiring considerable independent reading and investigation. Among the available experiments are magnetic resonance, nuclear counting, Frank-Hertz, charge/mass, spectroscopy, electronic systems, and Millikan Oil Droplet.
Laboratory: Requires eight (8) hours lab per week.
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PHYS 4352 - Introduction to Solid State Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 4311 .
This introductory level course includes crystal structure, x-ray diffraction, lattice vibration, band theory, free electron model, semiconductor, superconductor, and electromagnetic properties.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4356 - Plasma Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PHYS 3320 PHYS 3120
Corequisites: None
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS 3320 PHYS 3120
Definition of plasma; Applications in physics and technology; Debye screening; Single-particle motions in electromagnetic fields and adiabatic invariants; Fluid models of plasma; Waves in plasmas; Wave propagation, group velocity, cut-off and resonance; Collisions, resistivity and diffusion; Equilibrium and plasma instabilities; Elements of kinetic description of plasma and Landau damping; Electron and ion sources and beams; DC and RF - discharges as plasma sources
Term Offered: Spring
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PHYS 4361 - Mathematical Methods in Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2520 .
Mathematical techniques applied to physics covering vectors, matrices, series, partial differentiation, Fourier series, function of complex variables, integral transform, multiple integrals and numerical techniques.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4362 - Mathematical Methods in Physics II Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2520 .
A continuation course of PHYS 4361 covering ordinary partial differential equations, special functions, and equation.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 4365 - Environmental Science Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor.
In a semi-quantitative way, the course presents the earth’s atmosphere, basic physical and chemical principles, evolution of the earth, local and regional pollution issues, earth’s climate machine, greenhouse warming, ozone layer depletion, and global environmental engineering.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture a week.
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PHYS 5331 - Advanced Physics Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
It is a graduate level course in physics for Science Education majors. It covers laws of planetary motion, kinetic theory of gases, special theory of relativity, electromagnetism, fiber optics, wave mechanics, quantum theory, atomic structure, nuclear structure, particle physics, and solid state physics.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PHYS 5345 - Lasers/Optics and Applications Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Modern optics, quantum theory of light, semi-quantitative approach to the basic principles of lasers, laser sources, laser cavities, fiber optics, laser absorption in different materials, applications of lasers in medicine, industry, and scientific investigations.
Lecture: 3 hours lecture per week.
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PSCI 2300 - Introduction to Political Science Credits: 3
Introduction to the study of political science. Emphasis on development of political science as a discipline, its role in society and the fundamental problems of politics.
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PSCI 2309 - Arkansas Government Credits: 3
Study of Arkansas government, including relationship with federal and local governments.
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PSCI 2311 - Law as a Career Credits: 3
Provides students with the first real glimpse of the legal profession and its diagnostic testing.
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PSCI 2312 - American Government (ACTS PLSC 2003) Credits: 3
Study of the national government, including relationships among federal, state and local governments.
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PSCI 2313 - State and Local Governments (ACTS PLSC 2103) Credits: 3
Study of the state governments in the United States.
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PSCI 3321 - Major Governments of Western Europe Credits: 3
A comparative study of Western European governments in terms of national character, political cultures, forms, constitutions and political practices.
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PSCI 3322 - Political Systems of The Far East Credits: 3
A critical analysis of the political philosophy, ideology, politics and governments of the People’s Republic of China and Japan.
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PSCI 3323 - Politics of Developing Nations Credits: 3
A structural-functional analysis of the problems of nation-building, modernization, integrative movements, nationalism, revolution and foreign relations of the nation-states in Black Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
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PSCI 3324 - The Law School Experience Credits: 3
Introduces the student to the Socratic method of instruction commonly used in law schools. Not a lecture course: instructor assigns readings on issues in American politics and questions student on the readings. The student must be prepared for oral recitation.
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PSCI 3331 - Political Parties Credits: 3
The origin, organization, development, functions, and methods of political parties.
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PSCI 3341 - Constitutional Law I Credits: 3
A study of the relation of the judicial process and constitutional law to the political process in the United States.
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PSCI 3342 - Developing Black African Nations Credits: 3
Traces the evolutionary, domestic and international political developments of black African nations since 1945.
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PSCI 3343 - Constitutional Law II Credits: 3
An analysis of civil liberties, civil rights, due process and equal protection of the laws.
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PSCI 3350 - Seminar in Political Theory Credits: 3
Surveys some of the principal ideas among prominent political thinkers from classical Greeks to Utilitarian’s.
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PSCI 3385 - Urban Government Credits: 3
Focuses on the history of urban civilization in this century; points up some of the problem areas, i.e., derivation of revenue, determination of priorities.
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PSCI 3390 - Public Administration Credits: 3
Surveys some of the tenets and practices of public administration: fiscal policies, personnel management, record keeping, reporting and organization.
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