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CAPS 201 - Prior Learning Assessment: Portfolio Foundations
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the concept of prior learning assessment (PLA), how learning gained from work and life experiences could potentially earn college credit. PLA options that can lead to college credit at Friends University, and provides step-by-step instruction for portfolio development. Students analyze their own background and experiences to determine whether pursing PLA fits their goals and knowledge. *Successful completion of this course is required for all initial portfolio submissions.
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GNST 101 - Career Planning and Development
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to assist students in the process of career planning, including: self assessment, access to and organization of career information, identification of career constraints, decision-making, and job-search strategy. Students will be given the opportunity to gain career and life-planning skills to be used in the world of work. The focus of the course is on specific career planning tasks achieved through class participation and relative assignments.
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GNST 105 - Moodle Basics
Credit Hours: 1
This course introduces students to the components of the course management tool, Moodle. Students will achieve mastery in several areas including but not limited to online collaboration, uploading papers as attachments, participation in Discussion Board, taking online exams, participating in virtual classroom, and utilizing email from within Moodle. (Pass/Fail).
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GNST 110 - Friends Experience
Credit Hours: 2
Co-requisites: Different sections of this course may require a co-requisite. This will be identified by the instructor and shared with the Registrar’s office at the time of course scheduling.
First-Year Philosophy: Transition new students to the university community, paying special attention to issues of academic success, growth, faith, acceptance, and connection.
This course will be either theme-based or linked to common courses. Each section of this course number may have a different course title. It is designed to acclimate new students to Friends University as well as to provide an introduction to what is the Friends Experience. Students will select a cohort-based on their interests or major. Assignments will be completed through various means, including but not limited to: course readings, speakers, activities, or attendance at campus functions.
Meets General Education Goal 1: Intellectual and Practical Skills.
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GNST 111 - Friends Experience
Credit Hours: 1
Meets General Education Goal 1: Intellectual and Practical Skills.
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GNST 198 - Professional/Technical Credit
Credit Hours: 1 - 12 variable
Given for lower-level (100-200 level) verifiable experiences outside of the college classroom. The subject code of the course may be assigned to either General Studies or the discipline appropriate to the work completed. Confer with the Credit for Prior Learning Operations Coordinator for procedures.
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GNST 201 - Resident Assistant Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
Designed to assist students in the role of being a Resident Assistant. Topics include residence hall history, student development theory, peer counseling, conflict mediation and various student developmental issues. The focus of the course is to extend the hands-on experience gained as a Resident Assistant to a learning environment that provides a deeper appreciation and understanding of the issues facing today’s Resident Assistants.
Class is required for students employed as Resident Assistant; other students admitted with instructor approval.
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GNST 298 - Experiential Learning
Credit Hours: 1 - 12 variable
Credit conferred after assessment of learning apart from college enrollment. The subject code of the course may be assigned to either General Studies or the discipline appropriate to the work completed. Confer with the Director of Prior Learning and Assessment in the College of Adult and Professional Studies for procedures.
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GNST 311 - Honors Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
Reading and discussion of significant works representing a variety of academic disciplines.
Limited to students who have been accepted into the Honors Program.
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GNST 398 - Professional/Technical Credit
Credit Hours: 1 - 12 variable
TEST Given for upper-level (300-400 level) verifiable experiences outside of the college classroom. The subject code of the course may be assigned to either General Studies or the discipline appropriate to the work completed. Confer with the Credit for Prior Learning Operations Coordinator for procedures.
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GNST 416 - Honors Senior Project
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Senior in Honors Program and/or Instructor Approval
Independent work culminating in a project, which deepens appreciation and understanding of the student’s major field.
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GNST 449 - Readings
Credit Hours: 1 - 12 variable
Designed to serve qualified students who secure advance approval of instructor under whom the reading is to be taken.
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GNST 490 - Seminar
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Normally conducted by a division for majors in the field (usually seniors). Required in many major programs for 1-2 hours. Required of all Human Services/Psychology majors for 3 hours. Consult major requirements under appropriate division headings.
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GNST 491 - Special Problems
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Designed to serve students exploring problems of special interest in area of concentration. Approval of instructor required.
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GNST 493 - Internship 1
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Very basic, faculty-supervised, practical experience in a discipline (or cross-divisional).
May be volunteer or paid employment.
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GNST 494 - Internship 2
Credit Hours: 1 - 6 variable
More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in a discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise, a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
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GNST 495 - Independent Study Research
Credit Hours: 1 - 6 variable
For off-campus semester of superior junior or senior students. Requires approval of advisor, Division Chair, and College Dean or Vice President of Academic Affairs.
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GNST 498 - Studies Abroad Workshop
Credit Hours: 1 - 12 variable
Prerequisites: Current passport with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates required for international travel. F-1 international students will also be required to provide Visa with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates.
Provides registration for credit in Friends’ international study projects such as comparative government, languages and cultures. Needs advance written approval from the Academic Dean or Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Meets General Education Goal 5: Culture and Diversity.
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GNST 499 - General Education Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
A senior-level course designed to encourage students to integrate the various components of the general education experience as a basis for analyzing contemporary issues facing the human community.
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GEOL 110 - Geology
Credit Hours: 3
Study of the basic processes of the earth, including mineral and rock formation and identification, volcanism, paleontology, and atmospheric science. Special emphasis given to demonstration and use of lab and field techniques.
Course includes a lab component.
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GRFX 150 - Computer Print Technologies
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ART 101
This is a survey course in publishing from the computer. Students will learn, create and manipulate bit-mapped images, vectored images and page layout documents for print media.
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GRFX 161 - Graphic Design Studio 1
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ART 101.
This course is an introduction to basic visual communications in the field of graphic design. Students will cover graphic design topics and information ranging from typographic terminology and design principles to methods of visual organization. Assignments will explore aspects of graphic imagery, typography, and layout. This course emphasizes the design process, developing an idea from a thumbnail sketch, through roughs, to a comprehensive design. Students will produce a portfolio of their work.
Spring semester
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GRFX 250 - Photography Design 1
Credit Hours: 3
This is an entry-level course in photography with an emphasis on formal order and art criticism. Students will learn the basics of the camera and its operations, image processing, print processing and photo print presentation.
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GRFX 251 - Photography 2
Credit Hours: 3
This class focuses on content as it relates to visual expression. Students will choose content, select an appropriate imagery, produce a body of photographs and present the essay for critique. Students will also learn to communicate ideas through the photographic series.
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GRFX 261 - Graphic Design Studio 2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: GRFX 161, 150
This course is designed as continuation of skills and concepts introduced in Graphic Design I. This course focuses on identifying graphic styles and brainstorming techniques. Students will develop and prepare projects using various technology and software for the printing process. Students will produce a portfolio of their work.
Fall semester
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GRFX 280 - Computer Video Technology
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ART 101 and ART 150
Students will examine the creative process of digital video production and non-linear post-production via computer with an emphasis upon the aural and visual storytelling skills essential to produce video segments for various multi-media applications. Students will conceptualize, create and produce selected original materials for exhibition (or simulation).
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GRFX 361 - Graphic Design Studio 3
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: GRFX 261
This technology-based course emphasizes research, identifying specific graphic design needs for a business, logo design, and maintaining continuity while working with multiple colors, sizes and materials. It includes in-depth studies of the relationship of type, layout and color in graphic design projects.
Spring semester
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GRFX 370 - Web Design
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: GRFX 261
This is a survey course in interactive multimedia with a focus on creative problem-solving process as it applies to graphic communication. Students will apply design concepts to the interactive interface to design, prepare files and assemble images as it applies to the creation of Web pages and interactive CDs.
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GRFX 461 - Graphic Design Studio 4
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: GRFX 361
This technology-based course focuses on logo design and identity systems. In this course students will create design solutions to communicate client and product image through logos, brochures, folders, package design, signage as well as magazine and newspaper ads using computer technology. Students will develop an understanding of research and marketing. Students will produce a portfolio of their work.
Fall semester
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GRFX 480 - Web Design 2
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: GRFX 370
This is an advanced-level elective in web design, user experience (UX), usability and website development for the communications and computer graphics programs. Students will use the computer to design and code attractive and useful web sites.
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GRFX 491 - Advanced Studies
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty advisor. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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GRFX 493 - Internship I
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
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GRFX 494 - Internship 2
Credit Hours: 1 - 6 variable
More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in the computer graphics discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees, up to 6 hours to associate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
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GRFX 495 - Advanced Studies: Within Emphasis
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2, GRFX 491 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty adviser. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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GRFX 496 - Advanced Studies
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2, ART 491 , ART 495 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty adviser. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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GRFX 497 - Advanced Studies
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2, ART 491 , ART 495 , ART 496 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty adviser. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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GRFX 498 - Advanced Studies
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2, ART 491 , ART 495 , ART 496 , ART 497 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty adviser. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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GRFX 499 - Advanced Studies
Credit Hours: 1 - 3 variable
Prerequisites: Level 2, ART 491 , ART 495 , ART 496 , ART 497 , ART 498 in area of study.
This course gives the student the opportunity to explore a specific problem(s) in the student’s area of concentration, carried out independently with a faculty adviser. A schedule of conferences is established at the beginning of the semester.
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HLCL 512 - Leadership Excellence in Health Care
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on organizational structures and systems, leading change and innovation, development of values based cultures, the art of successful acquisition approaches, centralized and decentralized management, and leadership styles.
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HLCL 514 - Management Information Systems in Health Care
Credit Hours: 3
This course investigates information technology and its managerial applications in health care organizations. The course discusses management of the systems development process, the organizational flow of information, database management concepts, evaluation, governance, selection and strategic uses of information systems. Health care specific assignments will be used to address contemporary issues related to health care reform.
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HLCL 518 - Financial Management
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the fundamental tools and concepts of finance in health care. The class will cover insurance reimbursements. Additionally, ratio analysis, financing vehicles, cash management, and controlling costs in a managed care environment are addressed. Contrasting views between profit and nonprofit are discussed.
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HLCL 521 - Human Resource Analytics in Healthcare
Credit Hours: 3
Students will be introduced to current human resource strategies within the current environment of decreased availability of clinical professionals, increased turnover rates, technology outpacing the number of skilled technicians, and unprecedented outsourcing levels.
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HLCL 522 - Quality Management in Health Care Organizations
Credit Hours: 3
This course deals with managing quality from a patient outcome perspective, as well as recognizing the Internet-based quality measures now available to the average consumer when selecting a health care provider. Regulatory oversight for many levels of health care will be covered in this course. Additionally, due to the large number of referrals to providers being based on “word of mouth” advertising, various customer service approaches in health care will be covered. Quality and regulatory environments for aging service will be covered.
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HLCL 530 - Risk Management and Decision Making
Credit Hours: 3
The health care environment requires a significant emphasis by health care leaders on managing risk and ensuring optimal decision making given the level of uncertainty and accelerated change occurring throughout health care. Health care organizations face significant liability and risk from legal, regulatory, biotechnical and quality related issues. Practical decision making frameworks and decision support models will be explored for the health care leader. Models presented will emphasize the legal aspects of relationships between health care organizations, governmental agencies, employees, affiliates and patients. Effective approaches to managing risk will be highlighted in case studies of successful health care leadership decisions.
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HLCL 604 - Strategic Planning and Performance Analytics in Healthcare
Credit Hours: 3
This course will integrate traditional business strategic planning topics (strategic leadership, organizational development, strength and weakness profiling) with the innovation and technology enhancements emerging within the industry. Issues and relations with boards and governance of health care will be discussed.
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HLCL 605 - Contemporary Issues in Aging Services
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a review of the full continuum of care for seniors. An overview of long term care, assisted living, Alzheimer’s care, Program for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE), in-home technology, and housing for seniors will be covered. Special focus will be given to the emerging needs of the baby-boomers. Financial management, design concepts, as well as quality and regulatory environments for the aging will be covered.
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HLCL 609 - Physician Practice and Joint Venture Management
Credit Hours: 3
Provides an understanding of how physician practices are changing into full service health providers and the challenges it creates for administrators. Additionally, recognizing the current trends toward joint ventures between physicians and other health care providers, including health insurance issues, identifying the benefits and potential problems as well.
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HLCL 690 - Managing Complex Healthcare Systems
Credit Hours: 3
Students will focus on management of complex health systems rather than singular organizations. Topics include change management, multi-organizational management issues, effective governance structure, and the impact of health care reform on health systems. Students are expected to critically analyze and discuss theories and methods in health care administration. This course is intended to serve as an arena for discussion and inquiry regarding both current and historical issues in strategic decision-making at the policy and the organizational level.
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HLSC 111 - Fitness for Life
Credit Hours: 3
The study and application of lifestyle choices the affect health, fitness, and overall wellness are explored. Issues including healthy weight, body composition, managing stress, nutrition, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular improvement are assessed. The student will evaluate their current level of fitness, health and wellness and implement a plan to improve their functioning in these areas. Some physical activity may be required.
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HLSC 150 - Nutrition
Credit Hours: 3
Study of nutrients and role in life cycle, the basis of nutrition recommendations in scientific research, information as consumers of food and nutrition-related products as related to personal nutrition practices.
Does not fulfill laboratory science requirement.
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HLSC 201 - Service and Leadership 1
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be required to participate in a variety of service projects at predetermined service sites followed by reflections on their experiences.
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HLSC 202 - Service and Leadership 2
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be required to participate in a variety of service projects at predetermined service sites followed by reflections on their experiences.
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HLSC 203 - Service and Leadership 3
Credit Hours: 1
Students will be required to participate in a variety of service projects at predetermined service sites followed by reflections on their experiences.
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HLSC 210 - Medical Terminology
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 or NATS 120 or NATS 220
Introduces students to medical terminology. Course will focus on mastery of the common prefixes, suffixes, combining forms and root words that make up most medical terms.
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HLSC 410 - Pre-Health Professions Shadowing
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and 30 credit hours
Students will have the opportunity to shadow physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, dentists, etc. Students will begin to learn the expectations of the health professions having had the chance to observe patient care and patient-physician interactions. Students will have the chance to evaluate their preparedness for the profession of their choice. Students’ will be required to submit reflection essays and will be evaluated by the participation physicians.
Repeatable up to 4 semesters.
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HLSC 425 - Health Science Service Abroad
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Current passport with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates required for international travel. F-1 international students will also be required to provide Visa with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates.
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HLSC 494 - Internship 2
Credit Hours: 1 - 6 variable
More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in a discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise, a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
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HIST 140 - U.S. History 1: Through 1865
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of the European, African and Native American cultures that met in North America in the 16th century and the subsequent shaping of an independent nation with distinct political institutions, values, contested visions, and internal and external conflicts through the Civil War. Students utilize autobiography, literature, the Constitution, and primary and secondary sources to identify people, ideas and events that shaped the new nation.
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Social Science and History).
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HIST 150 - U.S. History 2: Since 1865
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of the development of U.S. institutions and culture since the Civil War, exploring the expansion of business and industry, westward expansion, immigration, developments in both intellectual and popular culture, and the insertion of the United States into the international scene in the 20th century.
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Social Science and History).
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HIST 210 - World Civilization I
Credit Hours: 3
A study of world civilization from the earliest beginning to 1600 concentrating on the development of political, social, cultural, religious, economic and military life in a global and comparative context.
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Humanities).
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HIST 215 - World Civilization II
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of world civilization from 1600 to the present concentrating on the development of political, social, cultural, religious, economic and military life in a global and comparative context.
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Humanities).
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HIST 261 - Twentieth Century World
Credit Hours: 3
An examination of the events that had global impact shaping the twentieth century. Follows four trends that pointed toward global interdependence and cultural convergence by the end of the century: global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society and technology versus nature.
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HIST 262 - U.S. Since 1945
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the political, military, social and cultural impact of the Cold War on the U.S. And of the post- old War decade. Course begins with 1945, VE and VJ, nuclear weapons, strategies of the allies-turned-enemies (U.S. & U.S.S.R.), movements for civil rights that gained momentum and breadth during this period.
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HIST 264 - Colonialism and Nationalism
Credit Hours: 3
A study of imperialism and colonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin America from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century, and of the rise of nationalism and methods used to achieve independence in these regions.
Also counts as a History Theme and Period course.
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HIST 310 - World Civilization Since 1650
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a survey of the world community from 1650 to the present. Students will examine the interrelations of societies and cultures from the past through the present, comparing and contrasting the experiences of different people and civilizations. Students will consider how different national, racial, ethnic, religious, social, and political groups have shaped and influenced one another.
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HIST 315 - World War 1 & World War 2
Credit Hours: 3
This course will cover the era of the two great world wars of the first half of the 20th Century. Both of these conflicts not only reached a global scale, but also portended and predicted much of the conflict that would occur in the 20th century and even to the present day. Industrialization, mechanization and mass mobilization of societies and economies to fight on this new level of Total War upended much of the traditional understandings, practices and strategies of war and wartime, and led to many new “fronts” of the battlefield in efforts to win the war. Social structures, mores, and roles all shifted, as did the West’s role in and control over much of the world. As such, special attention will be paid to the legacies of World War I, as well as the developments of Fascism, and the ramifications of the World Wars in creating the Cold War and the present context
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HIST 321 - African American History
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of U.S. history from 1619-1990 exploring African Americans’ contributions and the challenges they experienced due to government policy changes during these 370 years. Includes indentured servitude, slavery, rebellion and resistance, wars, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, Great Migration and Garveyism, Harlem Renaissance, World War II, the civil rights movement, and post-civil rights years as well as numerous individual leaders.
Meets General Education Goal 5: Culture and Diversity.
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HIST 322 - U.S. Women’s History/Literature (Multicultural)
Credit Hours: 3
An inquiry into the experiences of U.S. Women from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century. Women and work, reform movements, wars, the West, suffrage, education, health care, professions and racism are topics of study using autobiographies, novels, films and monographs by leading American women such as Rebecca Harding Davis, Frances Harper, Willa Cather, Katherine Porter, Tillie Olson, Zora Neale Hurston, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Gilman, Paule Marshall, Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan and Leslie Silko.
Meets General Education Goal 5: Culture and Diversity.
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 322 & SOCI 322
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HIST 324 - U.S. Constitutional History
Credit Hours: 3
An inquiry into the Supreme Court cases that have established precedents and shaped U.S. history, 1789-2000. Course includes leading justices on the Court, shifting theories of the role of the Court, and the Constitution and its amendments.
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HIST 326 - Kansas History
Credit Hours: 3
A study of Indian Kansas, settlers and Indian wars, Bleeding Kansas, the Populists and Progressives, the KKK, economic development, the Dust Bowl, the civil rights movement, politics, and contemporary issues before the state. Course uses primary sources and field trips and emphasizes the diversity of Kansas.
Required for Education Majors.
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HIST 327 - Communism in History
Credit Hours: 3
A broad interdisciplinary survey of communism as an ideology and a political/economic system comparing and contrasting communism as it functioned in major communist nations like the Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China, Cuba, etc., 1850 to the end of the 20th century.
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HIST 328 - Diplomatic History and Foreign Policy
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a survey of American diplomacy and foreign policy from the late 19th century until today, addressing America’s acquisition of colonies, the development of international law, and the international situation surrounding World Wars I and II, the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. Contemporary topics which may be focused on include terrorism, humanitarian aid, military interventions, economic globalization, and so forth.
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HIST 335 - Topics in the History of Your Lifetime
Credit Hours: 3
A study of contemporary US history through focusing on critical policy decisions and cultural issues of the past 30 years the history that have profound impact on the world. This course is designed to make students better informed, active citizens. Topics will change each time the course is taught and will include some of the following:
- Going to war (e.g. Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq) and how we fight wars
- Trading or not trading (e.g. Iran, Cuba, China, Israel)
- Operating bilaterally or multilaterally (e.g. the Iraq War, the Kyoto Treaty)
- Permitting or restricting cultural/ethnic differences/practices (e.g. wearing of religious clothing, speaking languages other than the officially recognized language, circumcision)
- Funding or denying funds for specific programs (e.g. health care, abortion, family planning, foreign aid)
- Environmental changes
- Changes in how the US economy is organized
- International movements (like Arab Spring) and US foreign policy
- Globalization
- The War on Terror
- The impact of demographic changes in the US
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Social Science and History).
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HIST 340 - Travel Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Current passport with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates required for international travel. F-1 international students will also be required to provide Visa with expiration date no less than 6 months beyond travel dates.
Trip classes are occasionally offered that teach the history of an area through on-site lectures and visits. Examples include: the Washington, D.C., Seminar, a study of the nation’s capital and how public policy is made there; Antebellum New England History/English; and Britain in the Era of the World Wars.
Trip classes are sometimes cross-listed, e.g., the D.C. Seminar, which may be taken as POLS 340.
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HIST 423 - Mexican-Mexican American History
Credit Hours: 3
A study of Mexico beginning with Mayans and Aztecs, moving through Spain’s conquest of the region, 300 years of Spanish colonialism, independence and foreign military and economic impact on Mexico, the Porfiriato, the Mexican Revolution, the PRI’s 70+ years in power, and Mexico’s political history into the 21st century. Course includes the experience of Mexicans in what became the U.S. Before and after the Mexican-U.S. War, especially in the period following World War II to the present.
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HIST 470 - History Senior Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: junior/senior standing or consent of instructor
This is a research-focused capstone course for History and Political Science majors wherein students will pick a topic, develop a thesis statement, prepare a literature review, and then work through rough drafts with the aim of producing a high-level paper which demonstrates original thought and integrates their study though the major with a specific research aim. Students will also be measured in their mastery of their major.
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HIST 490 - History and Political Science Senior Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
This senior seminar course is for students either majoring or minoring in History and Political Science. This course will use the work involved in pursing research topics chosen by the students to teach them about major trends in historiography, political and social science, and historical methodology. By doing so, this course will enable students to pull together much of what they have learned throughout their coursework as History and Political Science majors. It will also help students to sharpen and perfect such skills as writing, reading, critical thinking, communication, which will be important to their professional development post Friends.
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HIST 494 - Internship 2
Credit Hours: 3
More advanced, off- or on-campus practical work experience in a discipline. Junior or senior status required or by consent. May be volunteer or paid employment. Unless a course plan specifies otherwise, a maximum of 12 credits in Internship enrollment may be applied to baccalaureate degrees, up to 6 hours to associate degrees and up to 3 hours in minors.
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HIST 390 - Area History
Credit Hours: 3
An interdisciplinary study of a specific geographical area. Areas rotate as scheduled and are noted in the course title. Reapeatable for credit.
Meets General Education Goal 4: Breadth of Knowledge (Social Science and History).
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Honors |
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HNRS 110 - Introduction to Honors I
Credit Hours: 2
This course is required for incoming freshmen and transfer students and is integrated with the first-year curriculum for the college. New students will have the opportunity to meet others in the group and begin forming connections. This course will familiarize students with the components of the Honors Program curriculum track and the expectations for students in the program including the creation of individual and Honors Portfolio.
Meets General Education Goal 1: Intellectual and Practical Skills.
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HNRS 111 - Introduction to Honors II
Credit Hours: 1
This course, to be taken for one credit during the spring semester of a full academic year, is designed to continue to familiarize students with what it means to be an Honors student at Friends University. Building upon the curriculum of HNRS 110, but with more emphasis upon a common educational experience as opposed to mere acclimatizing new college students to Friends, this course will finish the preparatory work which all serious students should accomplish as they contemplate more advanced work during the remainder of their college education within their different majors. As in HNRS 110, the assignments will be completed through various means, including but limited to: course reading, speakers, activities or attendance at campus functions. There will, however, unlike in HRNS 110, also be a common read which all students will participate in, and which will guide our discussions and additional assigned readings. The outcomes of this course will be a strengthening of critical thinking skills, continued development of communication skills, and a thorough understand of the history and tradition of Friends.
Meets General Education Goal 1: Intellectual and Practical Skills.
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HNRS 310 - Honors Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Honors Seminar provides on opportunity for students to come together in a round-table format to talk about, research, write and conduct formal presentations about important issues and ideas that impact their lives and the world in which they live. The discussion topic for this course changes each semester and is decided by the professor.
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HNRS 410 - Honors Senior Project
Credit Hours: 3
The Honors Senior Project is designed by the individual honors student working in conjunction with director or an honors advisor and at least one other major professor. Oftentimes, this project will be closely related to the student’s interests in his or her major field of study. Once the topic is selected and the goals for project are approved by the Honors Director and one other faculty advisor, the student can begin research and work toward its completion. At the end of each semester, senior projects completed by honors students will be presented to the public.
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HRMT 310 - Strategic Human Resource Management
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: BADM 300 or consent of instructor
Introduction to the strategic issues around Human Resources. The fundamental aspects of employment law, along with recruitment, selection, training and development, and compensation of personnel are covered in depth from both the technical and strategic points of view.
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HRMT 350 - Employment Law
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Junior Standing or consent of instructor
Analyzes employment practices law and its impact on employment decision-making; equal employment opportunity and discriminations; occupational safety and health, pension and benefit regulations and laws that pertain to the employment relationship; emphasis is on the impact of regulations on organization personnel and human resource policy. The course will present a chronological sequence starting with the Bill of Rights in 1791 to the Civil Rights Acts, Executive Orders, ERISA, and the legislation that created the agencies currently monitoring workplace standards such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Department of Labor (DOL).
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HRMT 355 - Recruitment Assessment and Selection
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor
This course focuses on the challenges of selection practices; external and internal recruitment as well as human resource planning; job analysis; and selection techniques, including testing and interviewing. Also includes analysis of validation of selection techniques.
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HRMT 360 - Employee Performance, Training and Development
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor
The course will provide a comprehensive analysis of how human resource management facilitates the process of evaluating employees within an organization through the development of appraisal systems, measurement tools, and the roles of training and development. This course will examine how the functions of human resources support an organization in the execution of its mission and vision and how to measure human resources effectiveness.
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HRMT 366 - Total Rewards: Compensation and Benefits
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor
This course examines a variety of compensation methods and their relationships to organizational strategies, pay structures and employee performance. Topics include total compensation, design of pay levels, benefit options, compensating special groups, cost management, job evaluation techniques, incentive plans and administration. This course also considers the legal constraints on compensation practices.
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HRMT 421 - HRM in the Global Environment
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: HRMT 350 or consent of instructor
This course allows the student to place the role of HRM within a global perspective and demonstrate the borderless and fluid workforce that is emerging today. Aspects of the course will include issues such as outsourcing, worker visas, multi-national companies, cultural differences, immigration patterns and other global issues effecting HRM efforts today.
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HRMT 425 - Health, Safety and Security
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor
This course introduces techniques for organizing and administering practical safety program. Also emphasizes safety as a management function. The course includes an examination of history, occupational safety and health regulations, and a survey of current laws and standards. Teaches development of safety standards; the Occupational Safety and Healthy Act (OSHA), its rules and regulations; penalties for noncompliance; and methods of compliance.
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HRMT 440 - Employee and Labor Relations
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor
This course examines the various mechanisms for regulating the workplace relationship. Introduces students to labor relations and collective bargaining; covers the parties (union and management), the legal framework, union structure and administration, the employer role, union organizing, bargaining issues, the negotiation process, grievances and arbitration, and public sector labor relations. The course presents the philosophy underlying labor legislation and the function of collective bargaining in labor-management relationships.
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HRMT 460 - Measuring the Effectiveness of Human Resources Management
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor
A critical function of a business’s HR operation is to objectively determine the capabilities and quality of the company’s workforce at all levels. HR must be able to measure the effectiveness of its own efforts to maintain human resources that consistently meet the company’s needs and standards. In this course, students will explore various methods for maintaining the organization’s intellectual wealth as well as the use of the HR Scorecard to measure the organization’s intangible human assets and HR’s strategic efforts.
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HRMT 490 - HR Capstone: Current Issues in Human Resources Management
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Senior standing with substantial progress toward degree, or consent of instructor
The HR Capstone course is designed to serve two main goals. Students integrate previous coursework into a comprehensive framework leading to an understanding of current issues in the profession of human resource management as well as what it means to approach practice in that professional strategically. Emerging issues in human resource management are considered.
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HRMT 505 - Strategic Human Resource Perspectives
Credit Hours: 3
This course deals with the real-world objectives, actions and practices involved in human resource management, using an analytical and systematic approach. It describes relevant theories and research about human behavior and presents leading-edge practices that illustrate how human resource management can achieve both efficiency and equity in the employment relationship.
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HRMT 510 - Compensation and Benefits
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines and analyzes compensation and benefits plans and practices within U.S. and global organizations. It also explains the processes for designing and implementing a pay system that is aligned with an organization’s business strategy.
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HRMT 515 - Talent Acquisition and Development
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses the key issues of 1) defining employee skills and manning levels needed by an organization to compete successfully, 2) identifying effective and efficient sources of talent and accessing those sources to obtain qualified job applicants, 3) screening and qualifying applicants for positions, and 4) extending offers of employment, coordinating acceptances and orienting new employees to the organization and the work unit. Additionally, this course examines the process by which people’s performance is rated and rewarded.
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HRMT 520 - Labor Relations and Employment Law
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on essential aspects of employment law at the international, federal, and state levels throughout the employment life cycle, from hiring through termination. Students will have the opportunity to apply topics through applied learning assignments in order to develop a solid understanding on how to implement appropriate and effective HR policies and procedures for an organization.
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HRMT 525 - Risk Management in Human Resources
Credit Hours: 3
Human resources professionals play an important role in ensuring employee health and safety. This course emphasizes safety as a management/leadership function.
By introducing effective ways of meeting health and safety responsibilities; and ensure that employees fulfill their health and safety responsibilities as outlined in the organizational policies and programs.
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HRMT 530 - HR Analytics and Measurement
Credit Hours: 3
Create a strong foundation on critical aspects of HR analytics: measurement, research methods, probability and statistics, analysis, and interpretation of data. Improve human capital decisions through a strategic use of HR data and effectively communicating findings to decision makers.
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HSVA 210 - Introduction to Human Services
Credit Hours: 3
Exploration of social welfare systems as a social institution. A functional as well as philosophical look at the development and present status of social welfare and how it helps individuals, families and groups enhance or restore capacities for social functioning.
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