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(MUTC) Music Technology (717)

  
  • MUTC 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(MUTH) Music Theory (714)

  
  • MUTH 100 - Fundamentals of Music

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of basic elements of music.

  
  • MUTH 101 - Theory Workshop

    0 Credit Hours
    Tutoring for students needing additional help in theory classes.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 10 times.
  
  • MUTH 110 - Theory I

    3 Credit Hours
    Materials of music, including basic elements through non-chord tones and 6/4 chords. Exercises in analysis, composition, and improvisation of music with emphasis on common practice.

    Recommended Background: Successful completion of music theory placement test.
  
  • MUTH 120 - Theory II

    3 Credit Hours
    Materials of music through secondary dominants and modulation. Exercises in analysis, composition, and improvisation of music with emphasis on common practice.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 110 is required.
  
  • MUTH 130 - Ear Training I

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of proficiency in sight singing short melodies and identifying melodic intervals, scales, triads, and the dictation of short diatonic melodic models.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes lab hours.
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 100 is required.
  
  • MUTH 140 - Ear Training II

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of proficiency in sight singing longer melodies and identifying harmonic intervals, triads, cadence types, and the dictation of longer diatonic melodic models.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes lab hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 130 is required.
  
  • MUTH 210 - Theory III

    3 Credit Hours
    Materials of music through chromatic harmony and modulation. Exercises in analysis, composition, and improvisation of music with emphasis on common practice.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 120 is required.
  
  • MUTH 220 - Theory IV

    3 Credit Hours
    Materials of music from the dissolution of functional harmony to contemporary compositional techniques. Exercises in analysis, composition, and improvisation of music.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 210 is required.
  
  • MUTH 230 - Advanced Ear Training III

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of proficiency in sight singing melodies, and identifying seventh chords. Dictation of diatonic harmonic progressions and diatonic melodic models.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes lab hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 140 is required.
  
  • MUTH 240 - Advanced Ear Training IV

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of proficiency in sight singing melodies. Dictation of diatonic harmonic progressions and melodic models.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes lab hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 230.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 230 is required.
  
  • MUTH 310 - Form and Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Study and practice in analysis of forms of music from smallest structural units to large compound forms.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 230.
  
  • MUTH 320 - Instrumentation

    2 Credit Hours
    Basic techniques in scoring for voice, brass, woodwind and string choirs, and percussion.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 230.
  
  • MUTH 400 - Survey of Music Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on harmonic practice of Baroque, Classic, and Romantic periods. Exercises in writing and analysis.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Does not count toward graduate credit.
    Comment(s): Recommended as a review course for graduate students.
  
  • MUTH 410 - Ear Training Review

    1 Credit Hours
    Review and application of harmonic and melodic dictation skills.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Does not count toward graduate credit.
    Recommended Background: 240.
    Comment(s): Recommended as a review course for graduate students.
  
  • MUTH 420 - Orchestration

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced techniques in instrumental writing with emphasis on scoring for the concert orchestra.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 230.
  
  • MUTH 430 - Counterpoint I

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of species counterpoint in modal and tonal styles with emphasis on works of Palestrina and J.S. Bach.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 230.
  
  • MUTH 450 - Choral Arranging

    2 Credit Hours
    Analysis of scores and writing of arrangements for choruses.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 240.
  
  • MUTH 451 - Special Topics in Music Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Intensive study in a particular area of music theory, analysis, or pedagogy.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
  
  • MUTH 490 - Music Theory Practicum

    1 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience in the theory classroom including tutoring, test construction and grading, materials preparation. Weekly meetings with faculty.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
  
  • MUTH 493 - Independent Study in Music Theory

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.

(MUVC) Music Voice (715)

  
  • MUVC 110 - Class Voice I

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of basic vocal skills.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
  
  • MUVC 220 - Acting for Singers

    1 Credit Hours
    Rudiments of acting applied to a wide variety of styles from solo and ensemble literature for the lyric theater. Topics include physical awareness, improvisation, focus, gesture, dramatic and musical analysis, and styles of presentation (auditions and concerts).

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 times.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • MUVC 240 - Diction I

    2 Credit Hours
    Sounds by phonetic symbols. Opera and art songs used for examples. Emphasis placed on Italian, English, and Spanish diction. Performance practice.

  
  • MUVC 250 - Diction II

    2 Credit Hours
    Sounds by phonetic symbols. Opera and art songs used for examples. Emphasis placed on German, French, and Latin diction. Performance practice.

  
  • MUVC 330 - Opera Production

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Supervised work on opera productions.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Comment(s): Requires audition.
  
  • MUVC 410 - Song Literature I

    2 Credit Hours
    German songs.

  
  • MUVC 420 - Song Literature II

    2 Credit Hours
    French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, Czechoslovakian, British, and American art songs.

  
  • MUVC 450 - Pedagogy I

    2 Credit Hours
    Concepts and approaches to teaching singing, past and present, for all ages of voices.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Music ― vocal performance, music education-vocal/vocal, and music education-vocal/keyboard concentrations only.
  
  • MUVC 460 - Pedagogy II

    1 Credit Hours
    Vocal teaching materials. Includes collateral teaching experiences.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 450.
  
  • MUVC 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(NE) Nuclear Engineering (716)

  
  • NE 200 - Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to topics and issues in nuclear engineering, with scientific and technical topics interspersed with discussions about policy, lifelong learning and professional responsibility/ethics. This course combines traditional lectures and class dialogue. Students will learn the fundamentals of radiation, nuclear chemistry, and physics that are needed to understand concepts of nuclear reactions, including fission and fusion. Introduces the concepts of nuclear reactor theory and analysis needed to understand nuclear power engineering. Class discussions on the technical and policy aspects associated with nuclear (non) proliferation and the nuclear fuel cycle, most specifically involving the management of spent nuclear fuel. Introduces the application of nuclear radiation with matter in terms of understanding concepts of radiation protection, radiation detection, and health physics.

  
  • NE 233 - Introduction to Radiological Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Radiation quantities, limits and risk assessment, external and internal dosimetry, biological effects of radiation, radiation detection, radiation interactions and decay, applications.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 200.
  
  • NE 342 - Thermal Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Fluid statics. Conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy. Applications to fluid machinery. Heat transfer processes, heat conduction, and thermal radiation. Free and forced convection.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 241 or 247.
  
  • NE 347 - Honors: Thermal Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 342 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 241 or 247.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 351 - Nuclear System Dynamics, Instrumentation, and Controls

    3 Credit Hours
    System modeling and time-domain response, transfer functions, frequency-domain response, stability, state-space methods, and control design. Nuclear reactor kinetics, nodal modeling of core heat transfer, reactor control systems, and nuclear plant transient response are discussed. System simulation and control using PC-based software and toolboxes.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 200 or consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 357 - Honors: Nuclear System Dynamics and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 351 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 360 - Reactor Systems and Safety

    4 Credit Hours
    Safety and operating limits of nuclear steam supply system components. NRC regulations. Accident analysis and mitigation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 342.
  
  • NE 362 - Numerical Methods and Fortran

    3 Credit Hours
    Numerical methods of differentiating, integrating and interpolating functions using the Fortran programming language applied to nuclear engineering problems involving spherical harmonics, Legendre polynomials, Bessel and Neumann functions, eigenvalue problems, and ordinary and partial differential equations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 241 or 247; Mathematics 231.
    Registration Restriction(s): Nuclear engineering major.
  
  • NE 367 - Honors: Numerical Methods and Fortran

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 362 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 400 - Senior Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Current topics related to nuclear and radiological engineering including ethics, contemporary issues, and commitment to life-long learning.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
  
  • NE 401 - Radiological Engineering Laboratory

    4 Credit Hours
    Physics and electronics associated with radiation detection and measurement. Concepts covered include radiation interactions and signal formation in different detector types, radiation counting and spectroscopy, nuclear instrumentation, applications of radiation detection systems, and statistical methods of data analysis.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering 301, Mathematics 241 or 247.
  
  • NE 402 - Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

    4 Credit Hours
    Heat transfer experiments, instrumentation and controls, diffusion properties of neutrons, measurements of nuclear materials, nuclear reactor measurements.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 401, 470.
  
  • NE 404 - Nuclear Fuel Cycle

    3 Credit Hours
    Mining, milling, enrichment, fuel fabrication, in-core management, nuclear reactor theory, reprocessing, waste disposal, regulatory requirements, nuclear facilities, nuclear material accountancy and physical protection. Exercise on signatures and observables of nuclear materials processing.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 470.
  
  • NE 406 - Radiation Shielding

    3 Credit Hours
    Types of radiation sources, fundamentals of gamma ray and neutron attenuation, biological effects, approximate methods of shield design, and use of modern analysis tools.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 233, Physics 232.
  
  • NE 421 - Introduction to Nuclear Criticality Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of nuclear criticality safety. Criticality accidents and safety standards. Overview of experiments, computational methods, and applications.

  
  • NE 427 - Honors: Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

    4 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 402 classes with supplementary laboratory assignments.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 433 - Principles of Health Physics

    3 Credit Hours
    Radiation quantities, limits and risk assessment, external and internal dosimetry, biological effects of radiation, radiation detection, radiation interactions and decay, applications. Graduate students taking the course will perform advanced calculations related to radiation protection and dosimetry in addition to the material described above.

    Credit Restriction: Students who have received credit for 233 may not receive credit for 433.
  
  • NE 440 - Introduction to Nuclear Fuels & Materials

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to nuclear fuels and materials in light water reactors, with a focus on the effect of irradiation on properties and performance.

    (Same as Materials Science and Engineering 450.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 331 or Materials Science and Engineering 260.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Materials Science and Engineering 201; and Mechanical Engineering 321 or Materials Science and Engineering 302.
  
  • NE 441 - Corrosion in Nuclear Power Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to materials degradation due to aqueous corrosion of the materials in nuclear power plants.

    (Same as Materials Science and Engineering 451.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Materials Science and Engineering 201; and Mechanical Engineering 331 or Materials Science and Engineering 260.
  
  • NE 447 - Honors: Nuclear Fuel Cycle

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 404 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 457 - Engineering Entrepreneurship

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Mechanical Engineering 457.)
  
  • NE 460 - Introduction to Fusion Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is an overview of the technologies associated with proposed fusion energy systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 200, Physics 231.
  
  • NE 467 - Honors: Radiation Shielding

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 406 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 470 - Nuclear Reactor Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of reactor physics relative to cross sections kinematics of elastic scattering, reactor kinetics, reactor systems, and nuclear data. Analytical and numerical methods applicable to general criticality problems, eigenvalue searches, perturbation theory, and the multigroup diffusion equations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 362 or consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 471 - Nuclear System Design I

    1 Credit Hours
    Design and analysis of a nuclear system. Feasibility, cost analysis and initial steps of a nuclear engineering design project is to be completed in 472.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 470.
  
  • NE 472 - Nuclear System Design II

    3 Credit Hours
    First order design and analysis of a nuclear system. Interface with nonnuclear aspects of system design, including system reliability and economics. Class project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 471.
  
  • NE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Industrial Engineering 483.)
  
  • NE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Industrial Engineering 484.)
  
  • NE 490 - Radiation Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions of ionizing radiation with living cells and its effects on human health.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 233 or 433.
  
  • NE 494 - Special Topics in Nuclear Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems related to recent developments and practice.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 495 - Special Topics in Radiological Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems related to recent developments and practice.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NE 498 - Research

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Research related to recent developments in nuclear and radiological engineering.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(NURS) Nursing (720)

  
  • NURS 201 - Introduction to Nursing

    2 Credit Hours
    History, philosophy and scope of nursing practice with emphasis on holism of persons and standards of professional practice. An introduction to nursing theories, nursing process and foundational nursing concepts.

    Registration Restriction(s): Lower-division students – College of Nursing; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • NURS 305 - Professional Practice and Role Development

    4 Credit Hours
    Builds on the knowledge base and experience of RNs in transition to professional nursing. Focuses on the conceptual foundations of nursing practice and issues in health care delivery.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 1 lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 311 - Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice

    5 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on patient centered communication, therapeutic interventions, and critical thinking to provide quality evidenced-based care to adults.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 3 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 319 and 333 and 341. 347 may be substituted for 341.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track); minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 319 - Pathophysiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on interactions of body systems and impact of disease processes on the human body.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track); minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 320 - Pathophysiology for the Registered Nurse

    3 Credit Hours
    Use of evidence-based practice and case studies to increase knowledge of the impact of disease on the human body.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 333 - Health Assessment

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on holistic assessment of the adult patient.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 1 lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track); minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 334 - Health Assessment for the Registered Nurse

    4 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on holistic health assessment and health promotion across the lifespan to build on initial nursing preparation and to enhance and/or develop knowledge and skills for a broader scope of practice.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Didactic 2; Clinical 2.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 341 - Transcultural Nursing

    2 Credit Hours
    Focus on cultural perspectives throughout the health continuum emphasizing lifelong application for delivery of culturally congruent nursing care with diverse people in multiple settings.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track); minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 342 - Transcultural Issues

    2 Credit Hours
    Focus on cultural perspectives in health and illness. Discussion of diversity in and influence of culture on health promotion, maintenance, and restoration across the lifespan and in selected nursing specialties, ethnic populations, and religious denominations.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 343 - Transcultural Nursing for the Registered Nurse

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus on transcultural nursing perspectives with opportunities for the RN to formulate a deeper understanding of the influences of culture on people’s actions to promote, maintain, and restore health.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 347 - Honors: Transcultural Nursing

    2 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 341. Focus on cultural perspectives throughout the health continuum emphasizing lifelong application for delivery of culturally congruent nursing care with diverse people in multiple settings. Students work with course faculty and/or faculty mentor to develop a significant course project/presentation.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing-nursing major; admission to Chancellors Honors, Haslam Scholars, or College of Nursing Honors Program; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 350 - Healthcare Informatics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the RN to the use of information and technology in the health care environment. The learner will explore the relationship between healthcare informatics and the safety and quality of patient care, specifically communication, knowledge management, error mitigation, and clinical decision support.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 351 - Pharmacotherapeutics I

    2 Credit Hours
    Emphasis is on nursing implications of basic principles of drug action and the therapeutic application of select major pharmacological classification of drugs currently used in clinical nursing practice.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 319 and Chemistry 110.
    Comment(s): 6 hours of anatomy and physiology are required. Nursing students are expected to complete Nursing 319 prior to taking this course.
  
  • NURS 361 - Nursing Care of the Adult I

    5 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on patient-centered communication, therapeutic interventions, and critical thinking to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to adults with acute and chronic illnesses.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 319 and 333.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 351.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major.
  
  • NURS 377 - Honors: Nursing Leadership I

    2 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 381. Emphasizes the development of personal attributes necessary for professional practice including emotional intelligence, caring, critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, motivation and management of time, stress, and anger. Focuses on theories and principles of interpersonal capacities and strategies used in any health care setting including communication, delegation, and management of teams, conflict and change. Students work with course faculty and/or faculty mentor to develop a significant course project/presentation.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 351 and 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing-nursing major; admission to Chancellors Honors, Haslam Scholars, or College of Nursing Honors Program; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 381 - Nursing Leadership I

    2 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes the development of personal attributes necessary for professional practice including emotional intelligence, caring, critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, motivation and management of time, stress, and anger. Focuses on theories and principles of interpersonal capacities and strategies used in any health care setting including communication, delegation, and management of teams, conflict and change.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 351 and 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track); minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 382 - Community and Public Health Nursing

    5 Credit Hours
    Focus on nursing care of individuals, families, communities, and populations in the community. Design and implementation of nursing interventions to promote and maintain health using an assessment of community health needs.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 319 and 333.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 351 and 361.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 383 - Population Health and Global Health Perspectives for the Registered Nurse

    5 Credit Hours
    Focused didactic and clinical opportunities for the RN to examine the community health/global health nursing care needs of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Learners will participate in community health/global health programs within a community to promote and maintain health.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Didactic 2; Clinical 3.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 387 - Honors: Community and Public Health Nursing

    5 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 382. Focus on nursing care of individuals, families, communities, and populations in the community. Students work with course faculty and/or faculty mentor to develop a significant course project/presentation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 319 and 333.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 351 and 361.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing-nursing major; admission to Chancellors Honors, Haslam Scholars, or College of Nursing Honors Program; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 388 - Nursing Honors Mentorship

    1 Credit Hours
    An individualized course in which the student collaborates with a faculty mentor to create a program of learning which supports academic and professional goals.

    Repeatability: May be repeated once.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing-nursing major; admission to Chancellors Honors, Haslam Scholars, or College of Nursing Honors Program; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • NURS 401 - Pharmacotherapeutics for the Registered Nurse

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on advancing the RN’s knowledge of the nursing implications of basic principles of drug action and the therapeutic application of select major pharmacological classification of drugs currently used in clinical nursing practice.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 403 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing

    5 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating, and synthesizing knowledge from natural and behavioral sciences to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to childbearing women and their neonates.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 406.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major.
  
  • NURS 404 - Pediatric Nursing

    5 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating and synthesizing knowledge from natural and behavioral sciences to provide high quality, evidence-based care to pediatric patients and their families.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 406.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major.
  
  • NURS 406 - Pharmacotherapeutics II

    2 Credit Hours
    Emphasis is on nursing implications of basic principles of drug action and the therapeutic application of select major pharmacological classification of drugs currently used in clinical nursing practice.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351.
  
  • NURS 415 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing for the Accelerated Student

    4 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating, and synthesizing knowledge from natural and behavioral sciences to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to childbearing women and their neonates.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 2 labs.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 419 - Nursing Care of Adults

    4 Credit Hours
    Focus on maintenance and restoration of health for adults with commonly occurring acute, chronic, or complex health needs. Emphasis on critical indicators of underlying conditions, quality of care, and end of life care. Comparison of nursing needs of older adults to younger populations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311, 319, 333, 351.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 420, 421, 471.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 420 - Adult Health Immersion

    4 Credit Hours
    Clinical immersion experiences with a focus on maintenance and restoration of health for adults with commonly occurring acute, chronic, or complex health needs. Emphasis on critical indicators of underlying conditions, quality of care, and end of life care. Comparison of nursing needs of older adults to younger adult populations.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 4 clinical hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311, 319, 333, 351.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 419, 421, 471.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 421 - Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

    5 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating, and synthesizing knowledge to provide high quality evidenced based care to patients experiencing bio-psycho-social issues and mental disorders.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 406.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 432 - Community and Public Health Nursing for the Accelerated Student

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus on nursing care of individuals, families, communities, and populations in the community. Design and implementation of nursing interventions to promote and maintain health using an assessment of community health needs.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 1 lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 444 - Pediatric Nursing for the Accelerated Student

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating and synthesizing knowledge from natural and behavioral sciences to provide high quality, evidence-based care to pediatric patients and their families.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 451 - Nursing Leadership II

    2 Credit Hours
    Focuses on operationalizing personal development skills to achieve successful interpersonal relationships in the nursing work environment.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 381. 377 may be substituted for 381.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major; minimum student level – senior.
  
  • NURS 454 - Professional Leadership Issues

    2 Credit Hours
    Survey of issues and trends that influence the practice of professional nursing. Focus on concepts and strategies for leadership as a professional nurse. Emphasis on personal development and interpersonal skills.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (accelerated track).
  
  • NURS 455 - Nursing Leadership and Management Dimensions

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the foundations for decision-making, problem-solving, and critical-thinking/reasoning skills, as well as management and leadership skills needed to address the leadership and management problems presented in the workplace.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
  
  • NURS 461 - Nursing Care of the Adult II

    4 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on using, integrating, and synthesizing knowledge from natural and behavioral sciences to high-quality, evidence-based care to adult patients and their families.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361 and 382. 387 may be substituted for 382.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 406.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Master of Science in Nursing – nursing major.
  
  • NURS 470 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    In-depth study of selected nursing topics, problems, or issues not covered in other courses. Topics determined by faculty and student interest.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Master of Science in Nursing – nursing major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NURS 471 - Nursing Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides the student with the concepts, knowledge and skills necessary to search, analyze, critique, and synthesize nursing research for application to evidence-based nursing practice.

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (accelerated track); minimum student level – senior.
  
  • NURS 472 - Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides the RN with the concepts, knowledge and skills necessary to search, analyze, critique, and synthesize nursing research and to function as an integral member of team activities which support the application of evidence-based nursing practice (EBP).

    Registration Restriction(s): Bachelor of Science in Nursing – nursing major (RN track).
 

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