This course focuses on the roles of music in human life. Issues and research findings regarding what makes music and how human beings perceive and respond to musical sounds are examined. Critical thinking and reflection on topics such as music preferences, musical performance, and listening to music are meant to encourage the student to identify the relationship between music and human behavior. This course is suitable for students who are curious to learn about the influence of music on people. It is open to all students with or without musical training.

This course is especially designed for music teachers who wish to acquire knowledge and skills in Dalcroze pedagogy and musicianship. There are two parts of this course: on-site participation and a Blackboard component. Students will be immersed in the principal subjects of the Dalcroze approach: eurhythmics, solfège, and improvisation. The on-site session provides creative experiences of hands-on activities and the Blackboard component covers assignments related to the philosophy, history, composition, lesson designs, and discussion of the Dalcroze approach in music education.

This course is especially designed for music teachers who have acquired adequate knowledge and skills in Dalcroze pedagogy and musicianship and are ready to demonstrate independence in designing and completing an instructional or research project that exemplifies the Dalcroze approach. The student is guided at a distance by the instructor at all phases of the project and carry out the study at his or her own school or location.

An introduction to and exploration of analytical techniques and issues relevant to music before 1900, addressing as well the performance implications of analytical decisions insofar as possible. Various musical dimensions will be studied including motivic structure, meter/rhythm, harmonic syntax, formal processes and text/music relationships.

This course will introduce the student to the perioperative nursing process. Students will learn basic information about planning patient care for all three perioperative phases-preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative. Class will meet for 4 hours (1 hour didactic; 3 hours lab)every other week for 8 weeks.

This course is designed to advance the student's ability to use leadership and management theory in nursing practice within current and emerging organizational systems. The professional nurse's role in management of care will be examined. Responsibilities for resource management andgement and management of legal and ethical dilemmas in various organizational systems also will be addressed.

This course is designed to develop students' skill in the use of psychiatric/mental health concepts to provide nursing care to clients across the lifespan and in a variety of settings. Lecture, three hours; clinic, six hours per week.

This course is designed to develop students' skills in applying health promotion and disease prevention frameworks and in using epidemiological and public health concepts to deliver nursing care with diverse populations in a variety of settings. Emphasis will be placed on the effect of changing health care delivery systems on nursing practice. Lecture, three hours; clinic, six hours per week.

PGY 312, Cell Physiology and Pathophysiology, is a 3 credit-hour course that will provide students with an understanding of the structure and diverse functions of human cells. The general purpose of the lectures is not only to provide a fundamental overview of structure and function of human cell organelles in the context of cellular homeostasis, but also to discuss genetic and/or environmental factors that can impact the structure and function of one or multiple cell organelles.

An introduction to the basic anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of endocrine systems with emphasis on mechanisms of hormone synthesis, secretion and action. Lectures and reading assignments will focus on endocrine function in mammalian species, including laboratory animals, humans and livestock.