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The goal of this course is to provide students with a framework to help make sense of the 21st century global community. Topics discussed include: the differences between democratic and authoritarian states; economic, cultural or institutional...

In this course students examine the political, social and economic institutions that make up the American political system. After discussing the theoretical foundations of the American experiment in democracy, students analyze how these theoretical...

This course explores an aspect of political life which is all around us, yet rarely studied closely: political ideologies. This course explores important philosophical questions that ideologies seek to answer, such as: What is a political community...

This course surveys the major areas of psychology and emphasizes an understanding of research methods, theories and findings in the field of psychology. Students study human behavior from multiple perspectives including cognitive, behavioral and...

This course explores the journey of the individual from conception to death. Students trace individual physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development chronologically, exploring the issues pertaining to each stage. This course helps all students...

The course will continue development of evidence-based practice skills in the already licensed healthcare professional. Students will develop or consolidate skills in evaluating and applying research to clinical practice. Topics include the research...

This course introduces the concept of the community as client and examines population-focused nursing. Topics include epidemiology, biostatistics, community assessment, cultural competency, vulnerable populations and environmental health. The course...

This course will focus on how health care delivery systems develop high reliability care systems that assure the safe and high quality delivery of patient care. The policy, regulatory and legal contexts for health care, including the Affordable care...

The course examines classical and contemporary theories and models of leadership and management as deployed in the healthcare environment. Requirements for effective leadership and management at the levels of self, work unit and organization will be...

The capstone project demonstrates the students’ synthesis of learning from previous courses and consists of a 40-hour quality improvement project completed at the students’ place of employment. Students identify an area of interest with an...