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Accounting |
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ACC 6100 - Financial Accounting Research
Credit Hours: 3
This class covers theoretical, conceptual and practical issues in financial accounting and how those issues impact decision making. Special emphasis will be placed on conducting research of authoritative accounting pronouncements, as well as current topical literature.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6200 - Federal Tax Research
Credit Hours: 3
This course offers the student an introduction to tax planning and tax research, while also incorporating the financial accounting treatment of income taxes. Topics covered include C Corporations, S Corporations, partnerships, exempt organizations and the impacts of international transactions. The emphasis on each topic is on tax research, planning and implementation of strategies, as well as the financial accounting implications of those strategies.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6300 - Problems in Auditing & Reg
Credit Hours: 3
This class will prepare the student to conduct an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in the United States of America. Emphasis will be placed on understanding, documenting and assessing internal controls and modifying the scope of the audit work to be performed based upon the internal controls assessment. Students will also have the opportunity to utilize electronic data analysis tools common in the auditing profession.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6400 - Strategic Cost Management
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to explore tools and techniques for understanding and analyzing problems related to the overall strategic financial management of a firm as well as day to day financial decisions to maximize firm value. The case study/project analysis approach is used and students are encouraged to relate their own applications where possible.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6500 - Data Analytics
Credit Hours: 3
This course will cover various topics used in developing predictive modeling and applying statistical forecasting methods used throughout business and academia. Topics in the course will assist business professionals in leveraging historical data to build models for predicting future results. Additionally, the course will utilize these topics in conjunction with data, integration, and information deployment to provide improved planning and better predictive decision making. Forecasting techniques will be covered to evaluate complex business scenarios to make better decisions in Finance, Marketing, Production Scheduling, Process Control, and Strategic Planning.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6600 - Public Accounting
Credit Hours: 3
This class integrates accounting theory with the current practices being conducted in the field. This class will provide the student with the opportunity to witness how accounting professionals today are responding to the foundational issues in the field.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 6700 - Business Law - Tax & Securities
Credit Hours: 3
This course is design to provide the MBA student with an understanding of the concepts and issues related to the management of legal, ethical and social responsibilities of business organizations. Students learn the basic tools needed to manage a business in the legal environment in which it operates, to recognize and respond to ethical problems and social responsibilities of business, and to understand their personal responsibilities as business managers.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7210 - Tax Practice Management
Credit Hours: 3
In this course, students will be introduced to various issues facing tax professionals, including but not limited to ethics, confidentiality, client engagement and communication.
Prerequisite: ACC 6200
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7220 - Adv Entity Tax & Reporting
Credit Hours: 3
Students will conduct research and prepare complex tax reporting forms relevant to business entities, including but not limited to partnerships, Corporations and LLC’s.
Prerequisite: ACC 6200
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7230 - Advanced Tax Planning
Credit Hours: 3
Students will be given the opportunity to employ various strategies aimed to maximize after-tax wealth for both business entities, as well as individuals. Specific focus will be on strategies such as income shifting, conversion and strategic timing of income recognition.
Prerequisite: ACC 6200
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7310 - Advanced Auditing
Credit Hours: 3
Students will have the opportunity to explore the audit process, as well as the impacts of an audit on stakeholders from an agency perspective. Furthermore, students will be exposed to other auditing concepts, such as auditing the various business cycles and assessing risk at the assertion level.
Prerequisite: ACC 6300
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7320 - Audit Systems & Internal Audit
Credit Hours: 3
Students will explore risks impacting the key elements of information, including availability, confidentiality and integrity. Furthermore, students will become familiar with internal controls applied to an information system and the auditing procedures utilized on the system and its controls.
Prerequisite: ACC 6300
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ACC 7330 - Advanced Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support
Credit Hours: 3
Students will explore various types of financial frauds and source documents. Furthermore, students will be given the opportunity to investigate and prepare documentation related to fraud and business valuation appropriate for the legal system.
Prerequisite: ACC 6300
Credit Hours: 3 |
Arabic |
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ARB 6100 - Arabic Linguistics
Credit Hours: 3
Students will be introduced to the aspects of Arabic language that are of interest to linguists who focus on the linguistic aspects of the language. This course will focus on the study of Arabic as a language system in terms of modern linguistic analysis. Students will study the languages sound system (phonology), word structure (morphology), phrase and sentence structure (syntax), and meaning at the word and sentential level (semantics). The Arabic rhetoric, the history of Arabic and the issue of diglossia in Arabic-speaking countries will also be discussed in this course.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6200 - Arabic-English Translation
Credit Hours: 3
This course is meant to raise the awareness of the students to the importance of translation and interpretation from Arabic to English and vise versa. Students will work on stylistic, syntactic, technical, and cultural problems encountered in the Arabic-English translation process. Exercises will provide translation practice with different types of texts and documents. Texts and Documents will include, but not be limited to, legal, medical, business, media, etc.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6300 - Arabic Lit & Culture
Credit Hours: 3
This course surveys selected Arabic literary works including the biography, poetry, prose, the tale, the fiction, the novel, the play, the song and the film. It will also discuss the language used in such works, and research how the culture of the community was reflected in that literary work. It will also examine how culture plays an important role in literature.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6400 - Arabic Dialect
Credit Hours: 3
This course helps students to gain knowledge about Arabic dialectology and its geographical variation. Also, the students will be exposed to different examples from the very different types of Arabic dialects and accents which are spoken in the Arab Homeland.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6500 - Images of Islam
Credit Hours: 3
This course discusses the influence of Islam on art and architecture from select countries from Spain to Iran, including North Africa and the Greater Middle East. It provides an accessible and appealing examination of the significant artistic, architectural, and cultural dimensions of the Islamic World, with special attention to developments during the Islamic Golden Age, and their influences on the West.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6600 - Advanced Arabic Composition
Credit Hours: 3
This course will focus on advanced Arabic grammar and writing, empowering students to develop writing skills within a variety of subjects and disciplines. In terms of advanced grammar, this course provides a review of both fundamental and basic points of the grammatical structural types of Arabic. It is designed to review students’ grammatical knowledge of Arabic structures to improve their performance on both writing and speaking. Students will follow the steps of writing, including prewriting, research and data collection, drafting, revising, and editing and proofreading writing through multiple drafts.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6700 - Methods of Teaching and Learning Arabic
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of foreign/second language instruction. It focuses on methods of teaching Arabic as a foreign language and starts by introducing students to models and theories of second language acquisition (SLA), including understanding what language and research are, what learning is, and for classroom contexts, what teaching is. The course will also focus on SLA research, including Arabic SLA studies, and the implications of major research findings for Arabic language teaching. In addition, the course will zero in on best practices in Arabic instruction, including the teaching of the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). Finally, it will focus on a number of important questions that face the teacher of Arabic as a foreign language, such as teaching grammar and vocabulary, course design, writing lesson plans, material development, technology use, assessment, and teaching MSA and dialect.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 6800 - Special Topics in Arabic
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students the opportunity to explore and research graduate-level topics of interest that are not available as regular course offerings of the University.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARB 7990 - Thesis
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
The thesis consists of a written report of extensive research into a specific area of investigation, demonstration of knowledge of the background of the subject, the published literature of the subject, and high standards of original research and presentation. A thesis is often experimental in nature.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ARB 8000 - Graduate Internship
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This course provides students the opportunity to explore and research graduate-level topics of interest that are not available as regular course offerings of the University.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
Art Education |
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ARED 6500 - Strategies in Art Tch and Lrn
Credit Hours: 3
This course is devoted to specific, current issues in teaching and learning related to Art Education. This course requires each student to undertake an in-depth study and research of issues provided by the instructor in light of its practical application to one’s own art teaching situation or context.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7010 - Cont Issues in Art Ed
Credit Hours: 3
This course is devoted to the examination of current issues in art education. The student will develop a professional awareness of global, national, state, and local issues as they apply to their teaching situation. The course will cover an overview of current issues in the field with emphasis on specific issues as determined by the instructor and and the needs of the students.
Prerequisite: Program Admission
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7050 - Aesthetic &Art Crit for Art Ed
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the nature of the aesthetic experience as it relates to the artist, the art object/event, and the observer. Included are topics on the function and methods of art criticism. Questions are raised concerning the creative act, theories of art, context, interpretation, and evaluation, which are particular significance to the art educator in contemporary schools.
Prerequisite: Program Admission.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7060 - Art Curriculum Development
Credit Hours: 3
This course is devoted to the examination of curriculum in art education. An overview of past theory as well as contemporary trends in curriculum will be studied. The development and evaluation of art education curriculums will be the major emphasis of the course.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7150 - Critical Readings in Art Ed
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide foundational reading of critical literature in the field of art education. Students will gain knowledge of the concepts, theories, and developmental history of art education through readings in art education, education, policy, psychology and other related areas that have shaped the field of art education.
Prerequisite: Program Admission.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7200 - Therapeutic Approach Art Ed
Credit Hours: 3
On a master’s level, art educators need to expand on the foundational courses they took in their pre-service training. This course was created to further the master art teacher’s understanding of working with students who have special needs. This course will provide students with the theories and strategies of therapeutic art education and art therapy.
Prerequisite: Program Admission
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7500 - Arts-based Research in Art Ed
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores current research methodology in art education. Research designs studied will be qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods. Topics will cover historical, philosophical, case study, survey, experimental design, feminist, ethnographic, and action research.
Prerequisite: Program Admission
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARED 7550 - Comm Engage in Art Education
Credit Hours: 3
In this course, students analyze strategies for collaborative practice in arts-based community building. In alignment with National Core Arts Standards, students assemble exemplars of creative projects in the areas of community engagement and participatory, public art projects.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Art History |
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ARHI 5410 - The History of Women in Art
Credit Hours: 3
This course surveys the history of women in the visual arts. The student will study the contributions women artists made during all the major art movements in history, and includes study of work in Asia, Africa and Central/South America. The course recognizes linkages between the artists and their male peers, and considers the influences of culture on their work. Students become acquainted with significant women whose activities as patrons, curators or collectors also impacted the history of art.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARHI 5580 - Contemporary Art
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the history of the visual arts from 1980 to the present. It addresses the rise of postmodernism, internationalism and the role technology plays in the evolution of new art forms.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ARHI 7300 - Topics in Art History
Credit Hours: 3
This course will focus on a specific topic in Art History suitable for graduate students in the M.F.A. program, other graduate students with permission of the instructor. The content will vary from semester to semester according to the interests of the students and faculty. May be repeated up to three times for credit.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Art |
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ART 6160 - Kiln Construction
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an introduction to methods of building kilns. Students will learn about various types of kiln, firing methods, refractories, insulation, fuels, burners, and calculating BTU requirements. Students will construct one or more kilns and learn to repair existing gas and electric kilns as needed.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 6180 - Special Ceramics Workshop
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for the advanced student of ceramics. The course is a special offering that will focus on a specific area such as vapor glazing, Raku, primitive firing, photo emulsion or other current developments in the ceramics field.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 6190 - Mold-Making in Ceramics
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students in-depth study of mold-making and slip-casting. Students will create functional pottery or ceramic sculpture. Topics include practical demonstration of: pattern and model making, various molds, clay modeling, mold alteration, casting, joining and altering of cast parts, glazing and firing. Design concepts, function, and the history of mold making and its use in the creation of contemporary art will be covered.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 6210 - The Figure in Ceramics
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity for in-depth study of the human figure through the medium of fired ceramics. This class will explore the human form as a vehicle for making art. A variety of approaches to the representation of the figure will be employed. The history of the figure in clay and its place in contemporary art will be covered through lectures and readings.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 6220 - Glaze Calculation
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for the advanced student of ceramics and will examine the raw materials used in the ceramics field. Students will calculate, formulate, and fire clays, slips, and glazes at a variety of temperatures.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7000 - Fine Art Seminar:Contemporary
Credit Hours: 3
A seminar designed to encompass all phases of the Visual Arts that apply to the particular study of those attending the class. The seminar will include a summary of current trends as cross-field experiences related to the study areas of those involved, i.e., Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture, Etc. The course is designed to rely on a number of possible approaches to a study of contemporary trends in the fine arts and in professional preparation. The course instructor will assign readings or activities to further these goals.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7010 - Fine Arts Seminar: Art Theory
Credit Hours: 3
A seminar designed to encompass all phases of the Visual Arts that apply to the particular study of those attending the class. The seminar will include a summary of current trends as cross-field experiences related to the study areas of those involved, i.e., Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture, Etc. The course is designed to rely on a number of possible approaches to a study of contemporary trends in the fine arts and in professional preparation. The course instructor will assign readings or activities to further these goals.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7020 - Fine Art Seminar: Professional
Credit Hours: 3
A seminar designed to encompass all phases of the Visual Arts that apply to the particular study of those attending the class. The seminar will include a summary of current trends as cross-field experiences related to the study areas of those involved, i.e., Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture, Etc. The course is designed to rely on a number of possible approaches to a study of contemporary trends in the fine arts and in professional preparation. The course instructor will assign readings or activities to further these goals.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7410 - Painting I
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This graduate course is for the first year MFA student with a major in Painting. Emphasis is on individual development and execution of pictorial problems. The student will work with an instructor on an individual basis. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7420 - Painting II
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This graduate course is designed for the second year MFA student with a major in Painting. Continued individual growth in the development and execution of pictorial problems is expected. The student will continue to work with an instructor on an individual basis. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7430 - Drawing
Credit Hours: 3
This course emphasizes drawing as an aesthetic experience. Exploration and development of drawing as an independent discipline is expected. Students explore a variety of media, technical processes and conceptual approaches to drawing.
Prerequisite: Must be a graduate student in Art.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7510 - Sculpture I
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This course concentrates on developing, intensifying and enhancing expressional processes as they relate to sculpture. Emphasis is on individual initiative in both the development and the execution of sculptural problems. The student will work with an instructor on an individual basis. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Prerequisite: MFA degree student in Art or approval of the Sculpture area MFA faculty.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7520 - Sculpture II
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This course is designed to allow the sculpture major to develop artistic, technical and professional competence. The student will work with a member of the Sculpture are MFA faculty on an individual basis. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7610 - Ceramics I
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This studio course concentrates on developing the artistic, technical and professional competence of the first year MFA student. The student will work with a member of the MFA Ceramic faculty to develop and explore most fully the potentials of both the student and medium in terms of a plastic visual expression. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Prerequisite: MFA degree student or approval of Ceramic area MFA faculty.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7620 - Ceramics II
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This studio course concentrates on developing the artistic, technical and professional competence of the second year MFA student. The student will work with a member of the MFA Ceramic faculty to develop and explore most fully the potentials of both the student and the medium in terms of a plastic visual expression. Continued growth in the student’s vision and competence is expected. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7710 - Printmaking I
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This is a beginning graduate course in Lithography, Intaglio, Relief or Serigraphy. The student will work on an individual basis with an instructor of the student’s choice in pursuit of experimental imagery research and technical control. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Prerequisite: MFA degree student in Art or approval of the Printmaking are MFA faculty.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7720 - Printmaking II
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
In this advanced course emphasis is placed on refining and developing personal imagery as well as developing the technical proficiency required of the professional printmaker. Student will work on an individual basis with an instructor of the student’s choice. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7800 - Studio Problems in Crafts
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to allow the student to work with the individual instructor in the selection of problems suitable to the particular student in either fiber or wood crafts. The student works with the instructor in developing his or her competence in all phases of the media processes. The emphasis is on the development of the student’s artistic capabilities and all around competence in the studio.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7910 - Jewelry/Metalsmithing I
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
In this course the student selects problems in Jewelry/Metalsmithing suitable for varying levels of experience. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Prerequisite: MFA degree student in Art of approval of the Jewelry/Metalsmithing area MFA faculty.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7920 - Jewelry/Metalsmithing II
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6
This advanced course is designed to allow the second year Jewelry/Metalsmithing major to develop and extend his or her techniques and visual capabilities. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in this course to meet MFA graduate requirements.
Credit Hours: 3 TO 6 |
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ART 7930 - Independent Study in Art
Credit Hours: 3
The Independent Study program aims to serve those students whose scholarly bent seems most clearly adapted to independent work. Students are permitted to resolve problems and to earn credit for work performed outside the classroom requirement of any specific course in the curriculum.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7980 - Special Topics
Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ART 7990 - Studio Exhibition
Credit Hours: 3
Registration for ART 7990 provides credit for the preparation of the studio exhibit required of all MFA degree candidates. The studio exhibit is presented in the form of a one person show expressing the culmination of experiences and achievements of the student’s total graduate program. A written statement concerning the work of the exhibition must be exhibited along with the work.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Atmospheric Sciences |
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ATMS 5011 - DataStreme Atmospheric Studies
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of meteorology from analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of atmospheric data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. The analysis of weather maps is an integral part of the investigations component of the course. Students are expected to visualize, interpret, and interrogate various weather phenomena as they relate to the current state of the atmosphere. Basic prediction of future weather conditions is one of the culminating experiences of the course, after extensive online investigations. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5012 - DataStreme Ocean Studies
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of oceanic analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of oceanic data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. Specifically, it is designed to be a study of the four main branches of oceanography: 1) geology of the oceanic basins (origins of the oceans, structure and geomorphology of the ocean’s floor, methods of investigation); 2) chemistry of the ocean waters; 3) physics of the oceans (currents, waves, tides, etc.); 4) biology of the oceans (marine plants and animals). The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5013 - DataStreme Climate Studies
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of climate analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of climatic data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. In this course the elements and controls of climate are analyzed in a systematic fashion. The physical parameters controlling climate are reviewed, as they relate to physics and chemistry. Climate science is concerned not only with the most frequently occurring types, the average weather, but the infrequent and unusual types as well. Climates of the past and potential future states of climate will be discussed and the impacts thereof. The student will be able to make an informed decision in the framework of a Citizen Scientist given the nature of a changing climate through data analysis utilized in this course. Near the conclusion of the course, human energy needs, policy implications and political ramifications are discussed based upon our best understanding of the impacts of the quickly changing climate. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5014 - Select Topics Atmos Sci
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of atmospheric science analysis of observed environmental data and learning activities. Students learn about research initiatives from a variety of scholars and professionals employed in various sectors of the weather enterprise. The course employs a seminar format to facilitate interdisciplinary and cross institutional networking opportunities and leverages the existing institutional connections between Cal U, AMS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These connections allow professionals to engage students in the seminar format where engagement is maximized. Professional focus is from the nationals centers (e.g., Weather Prediction Center, Storm Prediction Center, National Center for Environmental Prediction, Local National Weather Forecast Office, Space Weather Prediction Center, & National Weather Service Training Center). Learning modules are presented and students are tasked with engaging each other as they navigate course materials. Near the conclusion of the course, students are required to synthesize course materials and learning modules in a deliverable format for peers or other students at various learning capacities. Students then conduct their own peer-to-peer collaborations utilizing the learning tools presented in the course. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5015 - Select Topics Oceanography
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of atmospheric science analysis of observed environmental data and learning activities. Students learn about research initiatives from a variety of scholars and professionals employed in various sectors of the weather enterprise. The course employs a seminar format to facilitate interdisciplinary and cross institutional networking opportunities and leverages the existing institutional connections between Cal U, AMS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These connections allow professionals to engage students in the seminar format where engagement is maximized. Professional focus is from the nationals centers (e.g., Weather Prediction Center, Storm Prediction Center, National Center for Environmental Prediction, Local National Weather Forecast Office, Space Weather Prediction Center, & National Weather Service Training Center). Learning modules are presented and students are tasked with engaging each other as they navigate course materials. Near the conclusion of the course, students are required to synthesize course materials and learning modules in a deliverable format for peers or other students at various learning capacities. Students then conduct their own peer-to-peer collaborations utilizing the learning tools presented in the course. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society, NOAA, United States Naval Academy, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, and by the Office of Naval Research.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5016 - Select Topics Paleoclimate
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of paleoclimatology & ice core analysis of observed environmental data and learning activities. Students learn about research initiatives from a variety of scholars and professionals employed in various sectors of the climate science enterprise. The course employs both face-to-face and online engagement to facilitate interdisciplinary and cross institutional networking opportunities and leverages the existing institutional connections between Cal U, AMS, Oregon State University, Dartmouth University (School of Ice), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). These connections allow professionals to engage students in the seminar format where engagement is maximized. Professional focus is from NSF-supported, university-level scientists. Learning modules developed in collaboration with the Ice Drilling program at Dartmouth University will be leveraged with students online and in-person. Students will be tasked with engaging each other as they navigate these course modules. Near the conclusion of the course, students are required to synthesize course materials and learning modules in a deliverable format for peers or other students at various learning capacities. Students then conduct their own peer-to-peer collaborations utilizing the learning tools presented in the course. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5021 - Water in the Climate System
Credit Hours: 3
A collaborative learning course utilizing curricular materials from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of water analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. Water in the Earth System (WES) is modeled after the DataStreme Project, a highly successful program that trains teachers in the use of real-time geoscience data in the precollege classroom. The primary focus of WES is to investigate the flow of water and energy in the global water cycle from an Earth system science perspective. Through a unique paradigm, WES integrates and applies fundamental concepts of meteorology, oceanography, and hydrology in examining mass and energy transfer in the hydro-logic cycle. A central theme of WES is society’s response to and impact on the global water cycle. As with other Cal U-AMS DataStreme courses, WES instruction is delivered online, providing students with highly motivational experiences in a robust online platform as they access and interpret near-real time environmental data. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5022 - Sustain in Changing Climate
Credit Hours: 3
The principle focus of the course elaborates on how the Earth system functions interacts amongst its subdomains, but also addresses how humans interact within these sub-systems and how those sub-systems impact humans. The course integrates the approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can devise adaption and mitigation strategies in a rapidly changing climate. The concept of climate resilience is stressed with the challenges of ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. Sustainability is a multi-disciplinary field, requiring a broad understanding of Earth systems as well as human motivations. Sustainable practices and theories are introduced and are inclusive of but not limited to population dynamics, ecosystem science, global change, energy, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history. A rapidly changing climate necessitates the importance of identifying suitable Sustainable practices and their implications in both the natural and social sciences as well as the technical challenges and limitations available at present. The student should have been exposed to a background in the Earth sciences and/or other core science concepts (e.g., Biological Sciences, Physics/Chemistry). The course will present real-world examples and/or case studies allowing the students to be exposed to contemporary challenges in environmental management.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATMS 5023 - Env Hazards Changing Climate
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on weather and climate-related natural hazards from physical science perspective but also explores their socioeconomic impact on human societies. The concept of climate resilience is elucidated by examples of climate adaptation and mitigation from the past, as well as proposed strategies for the future. Trends in frequency and intensity of hazard events are discussed within framework of socioeconomic conditions to explain how vulnerable groups are identified. Impact of how a social group’s or individual’s personal views, perceptions of environment, or risk averse attitudes will also be explored.
Credit Hours: 3 |
Athletic Training |
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ATTR 5100 - Practicum I
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop clinical proficiency in acute management, clinical evaluation and treatment through patient care during a 7-week clinical education experience.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5250 , ATTR 5280 and ATTR 5310 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5110 - Practicum II
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop clinical proficiency in acute management, clinical evaluation and treatment through patient care during a 7-week clinical education experience.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5100 , ATTR 5490 and ATTR 5600 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5120 - Practicum III
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop clinical proficiency in the delivery of athletic training knowledge and skills through direct patient interaction during a 7-week clinical education experience.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5100 , ATTR 5110 , ATTR 5300 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5250 - Applied Anatomy Athletic Train
Credit Hours: 2
This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge in functional anatomy, kinesiology, and applied movement strategies. Understanding of tissue structure and function along with basic neuromuscular assessment techniques such as palpation, range of motion, and muscular testing will be emphasized in this course.
Prerequisite: Admission into MSAT.
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5280 - Skills in Athl Training & Lab
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge and understanding of common injuries and illnesses associated with an active population. Students will also develop skills in emergency management, acute care, injury prevention, environmental considerations, risk management, protective equipment and mechanisms of trauma.
Prerequisite: Admission to MSAT
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 5300 - Adv Mvmt Dysfunct/Correct Exer
Credit Hours: 2
This course will investigate the nuances of dysfunctional human movement and pattern recognition. Various assessment techniques and corrective strategies will be explored. This course is intended to provide healthcare professionals with the necessary knowledge base, understanding of theory and concepts and application to objectively evaluate human movement, performance and recovery of patients.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5490 , ATTR 5100 and ATTR 5110 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5310 - Princ of Orthopedic Assessment
Credit Hours: 2
The course highlights the study, theory and techniques of evaluation of orthopedic injuries. Emphasis on a systematic approach to orthopedic assessment, including neurological evaluations, palpation techniques, strength testing, range of motion, circulatory assessment, special tests and postural evaluation for the injured population.
Prerequisite: Admission to MSAT.
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5490 - Therapeutic Interventions
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the theory and implementation of therapeutic exercise, therapeutic modalities, and rehabilitation techniques for the physically active from the time of injury back to activities of daily living. Topics included tissue response to injury, general rehabilitation principles and guidelines, patient reported outcomes, and progressive therapeutic and modality techniques.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5250 , ATTR 5280 , ATTR 5310 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5600 - Assess/Intervent of the Knee
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of injuries pertaining to the Knee and surrounding areas.
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5620 - Assess/Intervent Foot & Ankle
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of injuries pertaining to the lower leg, ankle, foot, and surrounding areas.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5250 , ATTR 5280 , ATTR 5310 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5640 - Assess/Intervent of Shoulder
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of injuries pertaining to the shoulder and surrounding areas.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5600 , ATTR 5490 , ATTR 5100 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5700 - Assess/Intervent Hip & Pelvis
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of injuries pertaining to the hip, pelvis, and surrounding areas.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5300 , ATTR 5720 , ATTR 5750 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5720 - Assess/Inter Elbow,Wrist,Hand
Credit Hours: 2
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of injuries pertaining to the elbow, wrist, hand, and surrounding areas.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5300 , ATTR 5620 , ATTR 5640 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 5750 - Assess/Inter Head,Spine,Thorax
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the current evidence and best practices related to the recognition, evaluation, and therapeutic rehabilitation of the injuries pertaining to the head, thorax, spine, sacrum, and surrounding areas.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5110 , ATTR 5620 , ATTR 5640
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6210 - Current Topics/Athletic Train
Credit Hours: 2
This course will explore emerging topics in patient care and the role of advanced clinical practice in the development of clinical knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5120 , ATTR 5700 , ATTR 5720 .
Credit Hours: 2 |
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ATTR 6670 - Psychosocial in Athletic Train
Credit Hours: 3
The course is designed to assist athletic trainers in identifying strategies and resources to assist patients with stressors that emerge as a result of injury or rehabilitation process. Identification of both physical and psychological barriers is necessary in order to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation program.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6800 , ATTR 6850 , ATTR 6950 .
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6750 - Diagnose/Disposition Illness
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides basic procedures in the recognition, treatment, and management of general medical conditions. Students obtain the knowledge and skills needed to recognize, assess, and manage illnesses of the physically active individual and to recognize the need for a medical referral when appropriate.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5110 , ATTR 5120 , ATTR 5250 .
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6800 - Research/Evidence Base Pract
Credit Hours: 3
This course will guide the student through the initial steps of developing a Capstone research project, selecting and developing the methodology for the intended research, and to introduce basic statistical analysis appropriate to the research being conducted.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6210 , ATTR 6750 , ATTR 6900
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6850 - Pharmacology & Supplements
Credit Hours: 3
Students examine the pathophysiology of general medical conditions and the pharmacological interventions used in the management of disease and disability, the management and administration of over the counter and prescription medications, performance enhancing substances, their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and how physical activity is altered by their use and abuse.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6210 , ATTR 6750 , ATTR 6900 .
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6900 - AT Profess Devel, Admin & Lead
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses the administration and organization of athletic training facilities. Students will learn basic management theory, budget preparation, purchase of equipment/modalities, legal and ethical considerations, athletic training facility design, medical record keeping, risk management, and public relations. Students will also learn professional development and continuing standards required for the profession.
Prerequisite: ATTR 5120 , ATTR 5700 , ATTR 5720 .
Credit Hours: 3 |
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ATTR 6950 - Clinical Immersion I
Credit Hours: 4
This course is designed to provide athletic training students with real-time patient interactions to develop clinical proficiency in the delivery of athletic training skills through a 15-week immersion rotation experience.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6210 , ATTR 6750 , ATTR 6900 .
Credit Hours: 4 |
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ATTR 6960 - Clinical Immersion II
Credit Hours: 4
This course is designed to provide athletic training students with real-time patient interactions to develop clinical proficiency in the delivery of athletic training skills through a 15-week immersion rotation experience.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6800 , ATTR 6850 , ATTR 6950 .
Credit Hours: 4 |
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ATTR 6980 - Capstone in Athletic Training
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to be the capstone for the didactic courses and clinical experiences across the curriculum. Advanced topics are explored to prepare students for the Board of Certification Examination and progression to clinical practice.
Prerequisite: ATTR 6800 , ATTR 6850 , ATTR 6950 .
Credit Hours: 3 |
Communication & Journalism |
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COMJ 6000 - Communication Theory
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed as a general introduction to communication theory. It surveys the major approaches, processes and communication contexts of theory building in the human sciences, and examines the primary movements that have influenced thinking about communication as a discipline.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6005 - Communication Research
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces research methods and tools in communication studies. Students become proficient in communication design and analysis using quantitative measures, with particular emphasis databases, constructing and applying measurement instruments, and conducting statistical analyses.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6010 - Qualitative Comm Research
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with the requisite knowledge and skills to design and carry out qualitative research on communicative practices, interactions and events. Students learn principles of and applications for participant-observation research and how interpretive analysis can serve as the basis for hypothesis generation and quantitative design.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6200 - Interpersonal Comm Strategies
Credit Hours: 3
This course reviews recent theories of interpersonal interaction and introduces methods for analyzing communication between persons in significant relationships. Students examine how relationships develop and deteriorate through communication practices, and how differences in gender, ethnicity, age, class and race affect interpersonal perception.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6205 - Managing Conflict
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses problems of managing conflict in interpersonal, group and institutional contexts. Students learn theories of conflict and strategies for negotiation and mediation. The course takes up social and psychological factors of conflict, conflict managment styles, anger management practices, assertive behavior, attitude adjustment, and meanings of peace.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6600 - Digital Events Strategies
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides learners with the knowledge to plan, design, implement and measure digital and hybrid events. Specific attention is paid to selecting appropriate platforms, budgeting, using new technologies, marketing to audiences, and using metrics to measure event effectiveness.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6800 - Public Relations Management
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides in-depth study of how organizations manage media, consumer, government, investor, employee, and community relations. It focuses on successful program development through the knowledge and application of public relations management principles and communication techniques.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6805 - Comm Strategies Advertising
Credit Hours: 3
This course teaches dynamics of communication in the creation, implementation, and criticism of advertising. Students learn to analyze communication research, message strategies, execution of advertisements, and client-media-consumer relationships from theoretical, critical and applied perspectives.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 6810 - Crisis Management
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of the course is to develop a conceptual understanding of the process of communication and crisis management for application in institutional and organizational contexts. Students explore issues of planning, development, and execution of crisis management plans including risk assessment, media relationships, image restoration, and crisis response strategies.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 7200 - Ethics & Social Responsibility
Credit Hours: 3
An advanced seminar on issues of moral and ethical engagement in public and private spheres. Emphasis is on interpersonal, group, and mediated communication, the impact of language on human conduct, the mediation of legal and ethical norms, listening as foundational to social cohesion, and philosophical reflections on relative and universal values.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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COMJ 7205 - Persuasion & Social Influence
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the communicative aspects of persuasion and the persuasive aspects of propaganda. Students engage in advanced theoretical and critical consideration of the persuasive functions of media, especially television, through an analysis of the rhetoric of popular trials and other media events.
Credit Hours: 3 |
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