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Education |
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ED 380 - Special Topics (1-3) Special topics courses will focus on important issues in the field and explore the issues from critical perspectives. These classes will utilize outside experts as instructors as well as full-time faculty. They will provide opportunities for students to choose topics of particular interest and investigate them further. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. FA, SP, SU.
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ED 381 - Health & Safety Issues in a School Setting (1) Presents an overview of health and safety issues related to school settings. Candidates will experience learning activities to increase knowledge and skills in dealing with emergency and first aid situations. Candidates will earn CPR and first aid certification as well as receive bloodborne pathogen training. Health issues such as eating disorders, nutrition, substance abuse, and depression will be covered, and the teacher’s role in dealing with these situations will be discussed. CPR/First aid certification must be current during Final Clinical Experience. For Education majors/minors only. Fee required. FA, SP.
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ED 382 - Implementing Business Education Programs (3) This course is designed to prepare business education and vocational teachers for administratively managing aspects of vocational, career, and business training programs. It will address issues of history, funding, regulatory and legislative requirements, teaching strategies, experiential learning, program evaluation, community resources, and other relevant topics. FA, intermittently.
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ED 386 - Reading Practicum (3) Reading Practicum provides candidates in-class literacy study and field-based experiences in an elementary classroom. In addition to course meetings, candidates also spend 45 hours per semester at an elementary partner school working with the classroom teacher to put literacy course ideas into practice. Responsibilities include: observing mentor teacher; assisting with individual students or small group activities, and teaching lessons in small or whole group settings. Prerequisites: ED 315 and ED 341 . FA.
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ED 390 - Directed Study (1-3) Opportunity for the candidate to study a topic of interest in depth. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Consent of instructor, advisor and School of Education Dean required. FA, SP.
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ED 419 - Managing the Learning Environment (3) This course explores theories, techniques, and current research concerning behavior management and discipline in classrooms and schools. The emphasis is on a proactive, integrated method of discipline. By the end of the course, each candidate will have produced his/her own discipline plan. Field-based assignment required. 2015 CORE: Explorations of Nature, Transform. SP.
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ED 454 - Middle School Philosophy & Organization (3) The knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to understand the basic organizational structure of the middle school and the necessary competencies to teach in an organization that stresses teamwork and collaboration will be addressed. The course will provide simulated interdisciplinary team experiences, the opportunities to examine flexible grouping arrangements, block scheduling, effective school components, and student advising into the total school program. Field-based assignment required. SP.
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ED 455 - Special Methods of Teaching Content Subjects (3) Exploration of the specialized methods and procedures for content area teaching including unit preparation and lesson design. Course may be repeated for up to 4 credit hours towards the degree. This course meets at the K-12 school site. A 45-hour field-based placement in a TEXT mentor’s classroom is required. This course includes a video teaching assignment at the placement site. Prerequisite: ED 315 . FA, SP.
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ED 494 - Final Clinical Experience Seminar (2) Final Clinical Experience Seminar is a companion course to Final Clinical Experience. Seminar requires professional writing and reflections (with Avila University supervisor and instructor) and job search documents (resumé, cover letters, and thank you letters) to potential employers. Additionally, the course covers pertinent professional topics and requires completion of the Final Clinical Experience Portfolio. Corequisite: ED 495 . FA, SP.
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ED 495 - Final Clinical Experience (10) Co-teaching in a K-12 classroom setting with supervision and guidance shared between the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor. Application must be made in advance of registration date. Fee required. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all other major program requirements. Corequisite: ED 494 . 2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Contribute, Community Engagement. FA, SP.
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ED 498 - Options in Modern Education (3) This course is intended to provide opportunities for students to explore nontraditional career options in the field of education by engaging with professionals outside of traditional classrooms. Students will interview, shadow, research, read about, and investigate options. They will prepare employment seeking materials to help them move forward in advancing their career objectives. Course may be repeated for up to 3 credit hours towards the degree. This is the Capstone course for the Bachelor of Science in Educational Studies. Approval of the School of Education Chair is required. FA, SP, intermittently.
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ED 499 - Education Capstone (1) In this Capstone course for initial certification students, we will use the nine Missouri Teacher Standards as a foundation, students will review and integrate the basic concepts and theories studied in previous courses and relate them to teaching in preparation for their student teaching experience. Theories and concepts to be discussed include developmental theories, cognitive information processing, behavior management, lesson planning, instruction, and assessment. Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching. Prerequisite: ED 341 . Corequisite: ED 455 or ED 386 . FA, SP.
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English |
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EN 095 - Writing Strategies (3) Introduction to principles of academic writing such as reading for understanding, vocabulary development, and essay structure. Review of grammatical and usage principles of Standard American English, including parts of speech, sentence formation, and punctuation. Extensive writing practice designed to prepare students for EN 111. Does not satisfy core requirement or count toward degree program. FA, SP.
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EN 112 - Composition II: Rhetorical Argument (3) Expansion of writing skills with training in academic research, proper citation, and reasoned argument. Emphasis on persuasive composition, including critical analysis of arguments and rhetorically attentive arguments from evidence. Refinement of a mature writing process centered in revision practices. Includes close reading for understanding, analysis, evaluation, and response. May not be taken concurrently with EN111. This is a skills level course. Prerequisite: EN 111 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate placement exam scores. 2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Acquire. FA, SP.
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EN 210 - Composing for the 21st Century (3) This course develops writing techniques applied to diverse rhetorical situations exterior to the university. Students investigate and practice non-academic composition focused on community involvement and their anticipated career. The course includes practice in writing, speaking, and digital literacy. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Transform. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA.
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EN 213 - Writing with Style (3) This course is designed to expand student understanding and repertoire of stylistic moves and to enable them to write finely crafted, rhetorically sensitive prose. The course also introduces students to modern language theories, which posit that language is inherently ideological. Student will analyze the role of style in persuasion and try to strategically employ elements of style in their own arguments. Prerequisite: EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Transform. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. SP, even years.
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EN 231 - Poetry Writing (3) In this creative writing course, students will write their own poetry while being introduced to a number of respected and well-known poets. Students will write a group of poems that will have been critiqued and edited in class. At the conclusion of the course, students will have learned the many elements and terminology of Poetry. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Transform. Every third semester.
MOTR PERF 106P - Creative Writing-Poetry
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EN 233 - Fiction Writing (3) The emphasis of this course will be on creative writing along with discussions of fiction writing techniques. Topics include language, point of view, characterization, plotting, dialogue, setting, etc. Also, there will be in-class critiquing student work. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . Every third semester.
MOTR PERF 106F - Creative Writing-Fiction
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EN 271 - African-American Literature (3) This course is a survey of African-American Literature. Writers are selected because of their individual merit and their representation of African-American thought and experience. They will be studied for their cultural, political, and social contexts. Further, students will consider the struggles of Black Writers to gain respect and recognition against the societal obstacles of racism and stereotyping. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA, SP.
MOTR LITR 105AA - Multicultural Literature
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EN 275 - Gender & Literature (3) This course explores the expression of gender as it appears in selected literature from the 19th Century to the 21st Century. In this class, we will explore Western heteronormative masculinity and femininity as well as alternative gender expression. Among the secondary focuses evaluated in this course are issues of power, authority, social representation, and social change as they relate to gender issues. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform, Global Studies. CORE 2020: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA.
MOTR LITR 106 - Women’s Literature
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EN 278 - Global Literature (3) Through the lens of literature, this course explores the flows of people and their culture and labor across borders. Each text is examined in terms of its artistic and political dimensions with a focus on identity, gender politics, and historical revision. Rather than discrete nations and single cultures, the course concentrates on movement, hybridity, and multiplicity. In addition to physical movement, the course examines other possessions that move across the borders including information, language, traditions, and beliefs, examining ways in which people remember, reimagine, and reshape their sense of self and community. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA, SP.
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EN 279 - Research Methods & Technology (3) An in-depth study of the English research methodologies which will prepare students for more advanced courses in the field of English literature or rhetoric. A focus will be on using computer programs and digital databases. Will fulfill the University Functional Computer Literacy requirement in the major. Prerequisite: EN 112 . SP, odd years.
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EN 350 - Rhetorical Theory (3) This course will examine the shape of rhetorical theory in general as well as study contributions of specific modern rhetorical theorists. Students will apply theory to rhetorical texts, including nonfiction, speeches, fiction, and digital or otherwise multimodal productions. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . Creativity & Culture, Contribute. FA, odd years.
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EN 355 - Authors & Identities (3) This course will look at literature through the lens of authorship, or how a particular author or set of authors shape their compositions. Prerequisite: One lower-level literature course. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute. FA, odd years.
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EN 357 - Reading Genre (3) In this course, students will read diverse works that represent a literary genre, including poetry, prose, drama, novel, and short form works. By examining and interpreting these works, they will learn the significance of the literary genre, where it came from, who shaped it, and what role it plays in shaping culture. Prerequisite: One 200-level English course. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute. FA, even years.
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EN 359 - Moments in Writing (3) In this course, students will read diverse works that represent a literary period, learning the significance of the period, where it came from, who shaped it, and what legacy it left. They will learn the shape of literary aesthetics for this period, what arguments authors were having about literary composition and reception, and how these played out in critical and popular reception of literature. Prerequisite: One lower-level literature course. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute. SP.
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EN 361 - Literacy Studies (3) An examination of the development of the English language and historical and current discussions around the uses of literacy in culture. Includes the study of digital literacy, grammatical principles, and an examination of the relationship between literacy and social, economic, and political development. This course approaches the idea of literacy as embedded within society, whose social institutions and conditions shape how literacies are practiced and assigned cultural value. Prerequisite: EN 112 . SP, odd years.
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EN 377 - Adolescent Literature (3) Study of adolescent literature, how to analyze and engage students, and ways to incorporate literature and promote reader-response in middle school and secondary classrooms. Primarily for middle school and secondary English education candidates, but open to all education students. Prerequisite: one lower level literature course. FA, even years.
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EN 380 - Special Topics in English (1-3) Selected topics to be determined by the department. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: One EN course 200 level or above.
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EN 443 - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop (3) The workshop is an essential component of the English major. Students immerse themselves in the imaginative process of creating literature and completing a manuscript of poetry, a play, or a novella. The course provides critiques that are intense and technical. Students prepare portfolios of their creative writing and present their work before peers and faculty. Prerequisite: One 200 level writing course. Intermittently.
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EN 466 - Persuasion & Performance (3) This course engages the rhetoric around contemporary social issues. The emphasis will be on questions contested in the public sphere and will involve in-depth examinations of power and voice within competing American ideologies. Possible topics include the rhetoric of politics, the environment, war, and race. Prerequisite: EN 111 and one English course 200- level or higher. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute. SP, odd years.
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EN 480 - Special Topics (1-3) Selected topics to be determined by the department. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Two EN courses 200 level or above.
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EN 490 - Directed Studies (1-3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project will be pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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EN 499 - Senior Seminar (3) Senior Seminar students undertake an extended research project on a topic of their choice, write a research paper, and present their paper at the senior colloquium. This course meets the Capstone requirement in the English major. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. FA.
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Finance |
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FI 330 - Finance (3) An introduction to important topics in finance with an emphasis on corporations. Topics include: time value of money, bond valuation, equity valuation, analysis of risk and returns, capital budgeting decision models, capital structure, cost of capital, and financial statement analysis. Prerequisites: AC 201 with a grade of “C” or better and EC 240 with a grade of “C” or better. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform. FA, SP.
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FI 331 - Investments (3) A study of investment theories and practice. Topics include: major asset classes and financial instruments, the security markets, portfolio theory, bond prices and yields, bond portfolio management, security analysis and equity valuation, and portfolio performance evaluation. Prerequisite: FI 330 . SP.
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FI 432 - Derivatives (3) A study of the major types of derivative contracts, their uses, and valuation. Prerequisites: FI 330 . FA, even years.
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FI 435 - Financial Policy (3) Case studies of the theories and practice of financial management including financial statement and cash flow analysis, financial forecasting, estimation of weighted average cost of capital, capital budgeting decision models, and capital structure analysis. Prerequisite: FI 330 . FA.
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FI 437 - International Finance (3) A survey of major issues in international financial management. Major topics covered include: introduction to international financial markets, exchange rate determination, currency derivatives, international arbitrate and interest rate parity, purchasing power parity, exchange rate forecasting, measuring exchange rate risk, and exchange rate risk management. Prerequisite: FI 330 . 2015 CORE: Global Studies.
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Foreign Language |
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FL 111 - Foreign Language I (3) Study of the grammar and vocabulary, aural comprehension, oral ability, and the reading and writing of a foreign language. For beginning students.
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FL 112 - Foreign Language II (3) Continued study of the grammar and vocabulary, and development of aural comprehension, oral ability, and the reading and writing of a foreign language. Prerequisite: FL 111 .
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FL 380 - Special Topics (1-3) Study of the grammar and vocabulary, aural comprehension, oral ability, and the reading and writing of a foreign language.
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FL 490 - Directed Studies (1-3) Advanced studies of a language.
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Foundation Studies |
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FS 101 - First-Year Seminar (1) Students will be introduced to the academic and social knowledge, skills, and resources within the Avila community and encouraged in their ongoing development through exploring personal values, Avila’s mission and global issues. This is a Skills Level course. FA.
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Geography |
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GG 101 - World Geography (3) An introductory survey of the major geographical regions of the world. Emphasis on the interaction between humans and their environment and on the contrasts between developed and less developed regions. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire, Global Studies. FA, SU.
MOTR GEOG 101 - World Regional Geography
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Health |
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HE 101 - Introduction to Healthcare Careers (2) This introductory course will provide the student interested in a healthcare career an opportunity to explore a variety of career options and understand how healthcare professionals work together to meet health outcomes. Information will be shared about the characteristics of various health careers including necessary academic preparation, job responsibilities, employment potential, and salary ranges. In addition, students will learn about current issues and trends in healthcare. 2015 CORE: Community Engagement. FA.
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HE 103 - Introductory Strength Training (2) This course is designed to provide students with the basic skills, techniques, and programs to develop and maintain a lifelong strength training program. The basic objectives of the course are in alignment with a lifelong fitness/wellness program. FA, SP.
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HE 104 - Introduction to T’ai Chi Ch’uan (2) This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, a meditative form of physical exercise and mental discipline that, if practiced daily, enhances health and wellbeing. FA, SP.
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HE 111 - Nutrition (3) This course will address nutrients, their functions, and factors affecting their utilization, food sources, and dietary requirements. Nutrition recommendations in all phases of the life cycle and consumer/nutrition related topics will be addressed. This course is web-supported. 2015 CORE: Explorations of Nature, Acquire. FA, SP.
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HE 124 - Medical Terminology (2) A study of the terminology of diseases, operative reports, pathology, surgical instruments, diagnostic tests, drug groups, and abbreviations with emphasis on word analysis and definitions. 2 hours lecture per week. SP.
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HE 380 - Special Topics (1) Selected topics courses determined at the discretion of the department. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Intermittently.
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Healthcare Management |
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HC 201 - Introduction to Healthcare Management (1) An Introduction to the healthcare profession, this course focuses on the healthcare environment and delivery systems. Students will learn the common vocabulary of the healthcare industry and its role in the world economy. FA.
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HC 301 - Human Resources for Healthcare (1) Human Resources, when pertaining to the Healthcare Industry, can be divided into the two major categories of Clinical and Non-clinical staff responsible for public and individual health intervention. This course explores the need for the successful attraction, selection, hiring, training, retaining and compensating healthcare workers in the healthcare industry. Prerequisite: BU 321 / MG 321 or BU 322 / MG 322 .
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HC 305 - Healthcare Policy & Managed Care (3) This course is an introduction to the concepts and principles involved in the Managed Healthcare industry. The course will provide practical knowledge about the structure and functions of Managed Healthcare, in addition to raising ethical, social, economic and political questions regarding the management and distribution of Managed Healthcare services. It examines and describes ethical, political, social, technological, economic, and cultural issues including various options or choices facing U.S. healthcare. This includes an examination of recent health reform legislation and the potential outcomes and consequences.
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HC 310 - Healthcare for the Elderly (3) This course is designed to examine the services, clients, and caregivers comprising the continuum of long-term care. It describes the evolution of the concept, its current organization, and the basic financing sources enabling its operation. An introductory course, it focuses on practical issues facing healthcare managers and also highlights the experience of informal caregivers who play an essential role in the continuum. Major regulatory bodies are identified as voluntary, federal, and state agencies that attempt to ensure quality of care. A personal touch on the subject is gained by students through caregiver/client interviews and site visits to continuum service centers. Prerequisite: HC 305 .
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HC 330 - Financing the Healthcare Organization (3) This course will provide insightful examination into the complexities of both the organization and financing of healthcare through the context of systematic operations. This course will cover healthcare finance, fiscal operations, financial reporting and measures, comparative data, evaluating budgets, plan financial models, and strategic healthcare financing. Prerequisite: AC 201 .
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HC 335 - Healthcare Marketing (3) This course is designed to introduce the student to the vital roles strategic planning and marketing share in today’s healthcare field. These functions are presented as essential tools for organizational survival in an era where reform and change are sweeping the healthcare industry. Prerequisite: HC 305 .
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HC 340 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare (1) This course will focus on the key current legal issues facing healthcare providers and organizations today. The content will change each term as the course explores those issues that are most pressing and relevant in the healthcare industry. As the student explores these issues they will also gain a fundamental understanding of the laws and regulations that are applicable to them. They will be asked to apply their knowledge to devise a new approach to addressing these issues. Prerequisite: BU 305 / BL 305 .
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HC 499 - Healthcare Internship (3) This course is designed to synthesize previous studies in healthcare management while bringing students to the foreground of their role as healthcare managers. The course serves as a culminating experience in which students are expected to apply knowledge gained from their undergraduate experience. The course is designed to provide a final experience in which students demonstrate mastery of content and allow an opportunity for closure and connection between courses. The purpose of this capstone course is to facilitate the integration and synthesis of content through critical thinking. Meets the Capstone requirement in the major. Internship hours required. Prerequisites: HC 305 , HC 330 , and HC 335 .
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History |
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HI 201 - Ancient History & Culture (3) Using culture as the central category of historical analysis, this course is a global history of human experience from ca. 3500 BCE to 1450 CE. In each major unit of the course, students will contextualize materials from the past to convey both the particularity of past lives and the scale of human experience through analysis of the effects of the breadth of time and place, the depth of detail, the multiplicity of perspectives, and the complex ways humans shape and/or are shaped by their past. In this manner, students will excavate the significance of culture as a reflection of and reaction to the development of power relations (i.e., political, economic, social, or gender hierarchies) and the impact of transnational forces (i.e., global networks of trade, war, ideas, or human migration) in diverse cultures and societies over time in world history. Meets the lower-division requirement for World History in the major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Acquire, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
MOTR HIST 201 - World History I
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HI 202 - Modern History & Culture (3) Using culture as the central category of historical analysis, this course is a global history of human experience from ca. 1450 CE. to the present. In each major unit of the course, students will contextualize materials from the past to convey both the particularity of past lives and the scale of human experience through analysis of the effects of the breadth of time and place, the depth of detail, the multiplicity of perspectives, and the complex ways humans shape and/or are shaped by their past. In this manner, students will excavate the significance of culture as a reflection of and reaction to the development of power relations (i.e., political, economic, social, or gender hierarchies) and the impact of transnational forces (i.e., global networks of trade, war, ideas, or human migration) in diverse cultures and societies over time in world history. Meets the lower-division requirement for World History in the major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Acquire, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
MOTR HIST 202 - World History II
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HI 203 - American Experience I (3) This course is a survey of American social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the first European settlements to 1865, with emphasis on the experiences of Native Americans, colonization, independence, nation building, reform, and slavery. Meets the lower-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
MOTR HIST 101 - American History I
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HI 204 - American Experience II (3) This course is a survey of major political, social, cultural, and economic changes in United States history from 1865 to the present, with emphasis on the development of industrial society, consumerism, the expanding role of the United States in world affairs, as well as civil rights and other social movements. Meets the lower-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
MOTR HIST 102 - American History II
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HI 280 - Topics in History (1-3) This course is a survey of specific historical problems, debates, or periods in American or World history using current methodologies. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree.
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HI 304 - History Study Tour (1-3) This course involves directed study of a particular historical period, event, theme, or topic conducted on-site in the United States or abroad in a foreign country. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Restricted to history majors and minors. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
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HI 311 - American Women (3) This course explores changing cultural images of women, examines the role of gender in structuring American society, and compares the experiences of American women from a variety of racial and ethnic groups as well as class positions. Additionally, this course includes a discussion of important theoretical and methodological concerns related to women’s and gender history. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Contribute.
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HI 312 - African-American History (3) A survey of the African-American experience in North America, the course examines the evolution of slavery and racism, the methods and movements of resistance, and the creation of African-American communities and cultures from the colonial period to the present. The course stresses African-American agency in shaping their own lives and the history of the United States. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major.
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HI 321 - Revolutionary Era America (3) From the emergence of English colonial communities to riots, rebellions, and the War for Independence, the course examines the causes and consequences of revolution and the perils of nation-building. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform.
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HI 327 - American Frontiers (3) This course will examine American history from a variety of perspectives and will interrogate the limits and margins of culture. We will study the concept of the frontier both literally and metaphorically and thus will cast a critical gaze on the geographic, historical, and ideological margins of American society. The course will consider the role of race, class, gender, religion, and other identity categories in the constitution of “the margins” of American culture in the past and present. We will investigate such topics as religious extremism, cultural diversity, and political extremism in order to challenge definitions of the “mainstream” but also to highlight cultural shifts. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Contribute.
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HI 329 - American Slavery & the Slave Trade (3) This course begins with the historical roots of U.S. slavery in the ancient world and West Africa. It covers the Indian slave trade, the Atlantic slave trade, as well as the domestic slave trade. This course will address the diverse policies and practices of slavery and anti-slavery in the U.S. during the colonial, revolutionary, early Republic, antebellum, and Civil War eras. Comparisons with other regions in the western hemisphere will also be offered. Finally, this course will investigate the legacy of slavery in the modern day United States. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform.
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HI 330 - American Empires (3) This course focuses on imperialism and colonialism in the Americas. Beginning with the establishment of European empires to U.S. expansion in the 19th century, as well as current debates about expansion and globalization, this class foregrounds the contributions of multiple racial/ethnic groups in forming American culture. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Contribute.
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HI 332 - Sex & Sexuality in America (3) This course examines the history of sex and sexuality in America from pre-colonial Native societies to the modern-day. This class uncovers the ways that ideas of sex and sexuality have changed over time and the impact of constructions of gender and sexuality on marginalized groups with the United States and in a global context. Meets the upper-division requirement for American history in the history major. 2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Contribute.
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HI 365 - The German Fatherland (3) This course explores the transformation of the German-speaking lands from an ambiguous cultural patchwork of feudal lands to a unified, industrial, and culturally diverse empire in the period from 1780 to 1914. Using gender as a central category of historical analysis, special attention is given to the dynamic relationship between German national identity (“the German Fatherland”) and supposed outsiders in German society, such as workers, women, and Jews. Meets the upper-division requirement for World History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute.
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HI 366 - The Spectre of Nazism (3) This course explores the history of Germany from 1914 to the present, a troubled odyssey of war, revolution, genocide, and reunification. Using culture as a central category of historical analysis, special attention is given to the cultural responses to the changing political landscapes of the German Empire during World War I (1914-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), Nazi Germany (1933-1945), occupied Germany (1945-1949), the Cold War German states (1949-1990), and reunified Germany since 1990. Meets the upper-division requirement for World History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute.
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HI 368 - Red Utopia (3) Using culture (especially popular culture) as the central category of historical analysis, this course explores the transformation of Russian society during the Soviet Union (1917-1991) in its effort to create a “New Soviet Human Being” and, thus, a revolutionary, communist utopia. Meets the upper-division requirement for World History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute.
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HI 370 - Fairy Tales & Culture (3) This course is an exploration of the creation, transmission, and implications of culture to power relations (particularly gender) of fairy tales in modern world history since 1450 C.E. in a global context. Meets the upper-division World History requirement in the history major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute.
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HI 372 - The Great War (3) Using visits to the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City as a central focus, this course is a survey of the origins, experiences, historiographical controversies, and legacies of the First World War (1914-1918) in a global context. Meets the upper-division requirement for World History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform, Global Studies.
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HI 380 - Special Topics in History (3) This course involves study of specific historical problems, debates, or periods in American or World history using current methodologies.
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HI 396 - Public History (3) This course is an introduction to public history, which includes museum administration, archival collection, historic preservation, heritage tourism, oral history, and cultural resource management. Students will examine the theoretical foundations and traditions of public history as a genre of historical inquiry and analyze the major historical debates surrounding public history in general. Building on this foundation, students will then create a synthesis of academic learning and community engagement with the completion of a case study and internship based the needs of a community partner, such as the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial or other local public history site approved by the instructor. Meets the upper-division requirement (American or World) in the major. Prerequisite: Instructor Approval. 2015 CORE: Community Engagement.
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HI 399 - Seminar in American History (3) This seminar is a methodologies course that will help prepare students for more advanced work in American history. The course will focus on what historians do and how they do it. To that end, the course will help students to develop critical thinking and research skills, plan for careers after graduation, and have a better understand of the discipline as a whole. Furthermore, students will also learn about integrating technology into the practice of history and the place of technology in the future of historical work. Students must complete this course at Avila University in order to fulfill the University Functional Computer Literacy/Technology requirement in the major.
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HI 451 - Seminar in World History (3) This seminar is designed to be a methodologies course that will help prepare students for more advanced work in World history. This course is intended to enhance students’ understanding of the discipline of history and its practices, both in and out of the academy. The course will focus on what historians do and how they do it. To that end, the course will help students to develop critical thinking and research skills, plan for careers after graduation, and have a better understand of the discipline as a whole. Lastly, students enrolled in this course will create an electronic portfolio that serves as the departmental comprehensive examination in the major of history. Must be completed at Avila University.
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HI 490 - Directed Study in History (1-3) This course involves directed study of a particular historical period, event, theme, or topic. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Restricted to history majors and minors. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
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HI 496 - Internship in History (3) The course involves participation in the activities of a historical agency or in a public history research project under supervision of a faculty member or supervisor designated by the faculty. Restricted to history majors and minors. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. 2015 CORE: Community Engagement.
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HI 499 - Senior Thesis (3) Building on the foundation of “knowledge” and “theory” gained from upper-level history courses, this capstone seminar in the history major challenges advanced students to pose a historical question based on primary sources, provide a historical context for this research using current secondary literature, and then produce a well-written work and verbal presentation of historical scholarship. Meets the Capstone requirement in the major. Must be completed at Avila University. Prerequisite: HI 399 .
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Hospitality Management |
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HM 380 - Topics in Hospitality Management (3) This course covers the growth and progress of the hospitality industry. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the background, context, and career opportunities that exist within the hospitality industry. Course may be repeated for up to nine credit hours towards the degree.
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HR 224 - Psychology of Communication (3) A hands-on examination of individual differences in receptive and expressive communication with a focus upon increasing awareness of self in the context of group interactions. Prerequisite: PY 101 . FA.
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HR 323 - Human Resources Management (3) Study of human resource management as an integral function of an organization. Areas emphasized are employee influence and human resource flow. Prerequisite: BU 321 or BU 322 . FA.
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HR 335 - Staffing Design (3) Building on prior coursework, this course will provide students with advanced staffing skills. Students will learn to diagnose, analyze, and make recommendations regarding effective programs in staffing, developing, motivating, and managing its personnel. This course covers various aspects of employee staffing including job analysis for job description and selection procedure development, recruitment, screening, interviewing, and ability testing. This course will further the development of conducting performance reviews and determining the quality of personnel. This course will also provide students with skills necessary to lead an organization through the difficult scenarios of termination and downsizing. Prerequisite: HR 323 .
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HR 346 - Employment Law (3) The study of state and federal statutory and case law that govern the employee/employer relationship. Prerequisite: BU 305 .
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HR 411 - Global Human Resources Management (3) Global Human Resources provides the knowledge for HR Practitioners working in U.S. entities that are doing business internationally to develop the competencies needed to address cross-cultural understanding, including but not limited to business leadership, ethics, and social responsibility, employee relations, safety and security, staffing management, and diversity. It includes a focus on the recruitment and selection of a global workforce including training, compensation and benefits as well as addresses expatriation and repatriation. It does not include matters involving U.S. immigrations policies and visas or the requirements for verifying eligibility to work in the United States. Prerequisite: HR 323 . SU.
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HR 421 - Compensation & Benefits (3) This course focuses on various topics dealing with compensation and reward system. Topics include the role of compensation and benefits in effective recruitment, selection, and retention of employees. Also treated are pay structures, pay-for-performance plans (group and individual), and executive pay. Government/Legal influences and the role of benefits are some of the other topics covered in this course. Prerequisites: HR 323 . FA.
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HR 479 - Training & Development (3) Rapid changes in technology and job design, along with the increasing importance of learning-and knowledge-based organizations, make training and development an increasingly important topic in human resources development. In this course, the student will learn how to 1) identify training and development needs through needs assessments; 2) analyze jobs and tasks to determine training and development objectives; 3) create appropriate training objectives; 4) design effective training and development programs using different techniques or methods; 5) implement a variety of different training and development activities; and 6) evaluate training and development programs. Prerequisite: HR 323 .
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HR 499 - Strategic Human Resources Planning (3) Building on prior coursework, this course will provide students with skills to analyze organizational need and develop a comprehensive succession plan to ensure a viable pipeline of management and executive talent to continually move the organization forward. We will discuss the impact of the economy, terrorism, the political climate and a global marketplace on the future needs of the organization and develop forward-thinking skills sets to proactively address those needs while maintaining ethical standards of practice. The course will reinforce the critical thinking and writing skills developed in previous coursework. Meets the Capstone requirement in the major. Prerequisites: HR 323 , HR 335 , HR 411 , HR 421 , and HR 479 .
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Instructional Design & Technology |
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ID 380 - Introduction to Instructional Design & Technology (1) This is the first course of the program and may be taken in conjunction with any of the other courses in the program. The course sets the stage for lifelong learning based on competencies in professional foundations within the field. As reflective practitioners, students will create and use ePortfolios throughout the program to demonstrate IDT competencies.
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ID 381 - Trends Instructional Design & Technology (3) This course focuses on professional foundations and sets the stage for lifelong learning for professional instructional designers. Students will study learning theory, instructional-design theory, and assess the impact of technology on learning and instruction in organizations. This course provides a historical view of the Instructional Design and Technology (ID&T) field to draw parallels between constantly changing issues and demands on its practitioners. Students will learn how to adjust instructional methods or specific workforce development situations. Students will be challenged to adapt methods and technologies in innovative ways to respond to market demands. Prerequisite: ID 380 .
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ID 382 - Applied Instructional Design (3) Participants test their consulting skills and their conceptualizations of IDT principles in problem-solving based scenarios. The course emphasizes instructional-design theory to match methods and techniques to the situation for learning solutions that provide speed-to-value at minimal costs for clients. Technology is demonstrated as an enabler to achieve these results. Prerequisite: ID 381 .
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ID 383 - Organizational Learning (3) Learning Professionals who are experts on instructional design interventions are often asked by their organizations to design and implement programs that increase the capacity of an organization to learn. This course examines how IDT contributes to successful practices of a Learning Organization. Prerequisite: ID 382 .
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ID 384 - Instructional Design: Dynamic Capability (3) Disruptive innovations and technology can create conditions and risk for a business that it did not plan for. Often a firm must reconfigure its competencies to remain competitive. This course explores IDT practices that are flexible and adaptable making it a dynamic capability that adds value to a business. Prerequisite: ID 383 .
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