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BUS 730 - Financial Analysis for Decision Making
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course provides both a framework for and the tools necessary to analyze, evaluate, and interpret financial information. Content explored will impart an increased knowledge and understanding of the role of an ethical financial decision maker by examining the dichotomy between the objectives and incentives of the preparers and users of financial statements. Students will analyze financial information to assess the firm’s financial and business strategy and determine how those choices reflect the underlying economics of the firm.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 775
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BUS 740 - Applying Economic Theory to Business
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course offers theoretical and applied approaches to economic problems in business. Students will develop the decision making skills and knowledge required to make efficient managerial decisions given different environments and situations, while applying micro and macroeconomic theory.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 730
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BUS 750 - International Business in Global Markets
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course provides students with the skills and knowledge required to analyze theories of business and develop decision making strategies within the global environment. A special emphasis is given to the phenomena of globalization of markets and its implication for firms within a Christian worldview. The course also examines the cultural, social, legal, political, financial, and geographic dimensions of the global marketplace.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 740
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BUS 755 - Research Methodologies
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
This course introduces doctoral students to the use and interpretation of descriptive statistics as well as common statistical concepts and techniques found in research. This course will prepare students to apply these techniques in the Research Methods courses.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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BUS 760 - Quantitative Research Methods
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to present an examination of quantitative methods and designs that are utilized in the study of organizational administration and behavior. Areas of focus include measurement, sampling, and design issues in generating and testing research questions. Experimental, quasi-experimental, and survey research designs are assessed and applied.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 762
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BUS 762 - Data Analysis and Interpretation
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to introduce the principles and methods for descriptive and inferential statistics. The course will focus on understanding how descriptive and inferential calculations can be applied to effectively interpret data. Descriptive analysis covered will include measures of central tendency, variability, relationships, basic distributions. Inferential analysis covered includes chi-square, ANOVA, regression; the analysis of variance covariance, and multivariate data. Students will be required to utilize statistical software.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 765
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BUS 765 - Strategic Marketing
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course examines key topics influencing the development of marketing strategy within the corporate arena. Students will analyze current literature in the field relating to contemporary marketing theories and may include segmentation, influential marketing trends, and the integration of social media influencing the design and deployment of effective strategies.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 750
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BUS 770 - Qualitative Research Methods
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course examines the theoretical foundations of qualitative research methods and techniques applied within the study of organizational administration and behavior. Students will be exposed to a wide array of research methods, design, measurement, analysis, and interpretation techniques that are crucial in descriptive research. Students will learn how to analyze human behavior, perceptions, and reactions as well as the meanings people give to their experiences.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 760
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BUS 775 - Topics in Human Resource Management
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
This course examines topics such as pertinent laws, labor management, employee relations, conflict management, and the role of human resources in organizational performance from a Christian world-view. Strategic methodologies and responsibilities will be applied based on physical location, industry-type, organizational structure, and employee responsibilities.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 720
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BUS 778 - Research Design
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the practice of research and research design. The course develops an understanding of the principles, processes and techniques used in research. Topics will include reading and evaluating dissertations, identification of quality research design criteria, development of quality hypothesis statements, and the effective use of descriptive statistics. Students will use this information to evaluate their own thinking about research questions and develop potential research design descriptions.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 770
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BUS 780 - Comprehensive Experience
Units: 4
When Offered: As offered
The Comprehensive Experience will test the student’s knowledge of the methodological and theoretical foundations in business. Students will identify and answer research questions by integrating and synthesizing knowledge from a broad range of content areas covered in the first two years of study. The emphasis of this course is to demonstrate fundamental knowledge of the field of study ensuring that all students advancing to candidacy have internalized the central knowledge, critical thinking, and ethical skills necessary to be effective practitioners, leaders, executives, scholars, and professors.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): RCH 720
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BUS 781 - Comprehensive Experience Defense
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
Students will defend their Comprehensive Experience papers to assess their preparation and scholarship leading to dissertation development. Evidence of scholarly application of theory, structure, and design is required for the defense experience. Students will demonstrate a depth and breadth of knowledge within the discipline. The successful completion of the Comprehensive Experience and the associated Comprehensive Experience Defense is a requirement of all doctoral students desiring to advance to candidacy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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BUS 796 - Dissertation Proposal
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course requires students to examine, apply, and design research. Students will compare appropriate theoretical models, research designs, participants, procedures, data analysis techniques, assumptions, and limitations in preparation for a doctoral proposal. Students will review literature and design a research question to develop research methods that appropriately address the problem being examined. A potential prospectus will be the deliverable for this course.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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BUS 797 - Dissertation Experience
Units: 4
When Offered: OPS
Students will be guided through the research process after completing the dissertation proposal. This will include the development and completion of the dissertation. Students will work with their dissertation advisors both individually and in small groups. During the final iteration students will defend their dissertation in a public oral examination open to all members of the University community. Although the defense is concerned primarily with the dissertation research and its interpretation, the examining committee may explore the student’s knowledge of areas relevant to the core of the dissertation problem. Students will finalize their dissertation manuscript for publication.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): BUS 780 and permission of Program Director
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BUS 798 - Dissertation Defense
Units: 2
When Offered: OPS
This is the culminating course in the program in which students will defend their dissertation in a public oral examination open to all members of the University community. Although the defense is concerned primarily with the dissertation research and its interpretation, the examining committee may explore the student’s knowledge of areas relevant to the core of the dissertation problem. Students will finalize their dissertation manuscript for publication.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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BUS 799 - Dissertation Completion
Units: 1
When Offered: OPS
Students who have successfully completed the final oral defense of their dissertation but were unable to complete required modifications to the dissertation manuscript within BUS 797 - Dissertation Experience are required to enroll in this course until a professional editor and the committee chair confirm their dissertation manuscript is complete and submitted for publication.
Repeatable: May be repeated for a maximum of six (6) units
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): BUS 797 and permission of Program Director
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CBS 500 - Congregational and Professional Counseling Applications
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
A comparison and analysis of the foundations, theories, scope of practice and applications of Professional MFT vs. pastoral and church-based counseling. Emphasis will be toward an understanding of the differences, complementary aspects, and possible models for mutual referrals and cooperation between these two approaches.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional residency fee
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CBS 501 - Special Topics in Christian Behavioral Science
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
An in-depth seminar on a selected topic within Christian Behavioral Science.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 505 - Theology as a Behavioral Science
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
An overview of philosophy and theology systems as ancient and contemporary behavioral sciences. Students will understand the application of theology as a counseling application as distinct from an apologetic system.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 510 - Law and Ethics for Church-Based Counselors
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
An examination and explanation of current laws and ethical issues affecting pastoral counselors and church-based counseling applications.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 520 - Human Development through the Biblical Life-Cycle
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
A general overview of life development following the Biblical Stages from birth through death with emphasis on the relational skills, roles and rituals associated with each stage.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 530 - Congregation as a Healing Community
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
A general understanding of the dynamics of congregational life to personal development and adjustment necessary in maintaining healthy marital, family and personal relationships in community context. Emphasis will be placed on the congregational structure and dynamics necessary for the application of life-to-life and other congregational counseling models.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 535 - Marriage and Family Ministry in the Congregation
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course examines the content and approaches to Marriage and Family Ministry within the local congregation. It surveys the approaches presently used by various congregations and compares their respective strengths and weaknesses. It also addresses the present controversy and battle between civil and religious marriage, the emergence of Gender-Neutral marriage, and the implications for religious traditions which do not treat marriage as a sacrament.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 540 - A Theology of Helping People
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
A survey of Christian approaches to counseling and relational healing with application to a life-to-life model of counseling in the congregation. Theology as a counseling theory will also be addressed.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 545 - Survey of Church-Based Counseling Programs
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
A survey of specific programs of church-based counseling and their application in a congregational setting.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 546 - Relational Counseling Techniques
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
An examination of the relational skills and settings that establish and maintain an effective counseling relationship in a congregational setting.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 550 - Church-Based Counseling Practicum I
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Supervised counseling experience in a congregational setting. This course assists the student in establishing a practicum position in a congregation, selection of a supervisor, and the parameters of counseling ministry under the Counseling Ministry program.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
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CBS 555 - Church-Based Counseling Practicum II
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Supervised counseling experience in a congregational setting. This course continues supervised counseling experience in an established congregational site.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): CBS 550
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CBS 560 - Church-Based Counseling Practicum III
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Supervised counseling experience in a congregational setting. This course assists students in the culminating supervised counseling experience in an established congregational site.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): CBS 555
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CBS 566 - Pathology, Abnormality, and Sin
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course introduces the student to the general categories and theories of physical illness, mental health and spiritual transgression. The student will become familiar with theories of psychology related to the DSM, related health issues and the Biblical theology of hamartiology. General concerns include the relationship of illness and mental health to righteous behavior and the use of holistic models of the person in addressing repentance, restitution and reconciliation of relationships with self, others, and God.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 570 - Church-Based Counseling Application I
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered & OPS
Students apply counseling ministry theory and practice through a thorough examination of their own congregation as a healing community including the church’s ministry philosophy, vision and mission, ministries and organization, leadership, and approach to people helping.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 571 - Church-Based Counseling Application II
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered & OPS
Students apply counseling ministry theory and practice by conducting a comprehensive analysis of three congregations (excluding their own) as healing communities including the church’s ministry philosophy, vision and mission, ministries and organization, leadership, and approach to people helping.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CBS 570
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CBS 572 - Church-Based Counseling Application III
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
Students apply counseling ministry theory and practice by creating a plan for establishing a counseling ministry in a local congregation including counseling ministry philosophy and goals, administration, personnel, internal and external resources, and training.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CBS 570
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CBS 575 - Readings in Christian Behavioral Science
Units: 1-3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
A reading course in which the student will develop an extended annotated reading list in Christian Behavioral Science texts. This course may be repeated with a change in topic for a maximum of fifteen units.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CBS 599 - Independent Study in Christian Behavioral Science
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
An investigation of a special interest related to the development or application of Christian Behavioral Science.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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Civil Engineering |
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CVE 541 - Environmental Engineering Processes
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Develops and utilizes analytic solutions for environmental process models that can be used in a) reactor design for processes used in the treatment of water, wastewater and hazardous waste and b) process analysis of natural systems, such as streams and groundwater flow. Models facilitate the tracking of contaminants in engineered and natural systems.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 543 - Environmental Microbiology
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course covers the basic science of environmental microbiology relevant to civil engineering. Topics covered include basic microbiological concepts, classification of organisms, chemical composition of life (carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids), cell biology, bacterial growth, archeae, eukarya, fungi, algae, protozoa, viruses, detection, enumeration and identification, infectious disease transmission, biodegradation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 544 - Water Chemistry
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Fundamentals of aqueous chemistry for civil and environmental engineers. Course covers basic chemistry, equilibria, kinetics and thermodynamics; includes acid/base reactions, precipitation/dissolution, oxidation/reduction reactions and partitioning.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 545 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Application of basic chemistry and chemical calculations to measure physical, chemical, and bacteriological parameters of water, wastewater, soil, and air. Laboratory methods and interpretation of results for environmental engineering applications.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 546 - Environmental Engineering Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Team-based design of infrastructure, facilities, or processes for water or wastewater or solid waste treatment or remediation under multiple real-world constraints. Recommend prior completion of CVE 553 , 554 , or 556 .
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Program Director
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CVE 551 - Project and Construction Management
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Professional construction management practice including contract negotiation, addendums, bonding, project delivery methods, project biding, specification writing, scheduling, cost control, and legal issues.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 552 - Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
The course covers the analysis of the dynamic response of structural systems. Students are introduced to the basic concepts of seismology and structural dynamics including the evaluation of structural response to earthquake motions. Also discussed are the seismic design procedure in building codes used in the United States. This will enable students to have a better understanding of dynamic behavior of structural systems under earthquakes. Students will also use their knowledge of seismic design to prepare for the Professional Engineer’s (PE) examination, which is a mandatory section in California.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 553 - Environmental Engineering I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Study of water treatment and supply, wastewater collection and treatment common to rural and metropolitan areas. Laboratory principles and methods related to safety, sampling, data analysis, and measurement of selected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water and wastewater are introduced. Field trips are required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 554 - Environmental Engineering II
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Study of solid and hazardous waste properties, sources, composition, magnitude, and regulations; land filling methods including siting and modern landfill design; air pollution sources, quality, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion modeling, and control methods; remediation of contaminated sites. Field trips are required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 555 - Structural Design II
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Principles of the design of reinforced concrete structures. Design includes flexural members, compression members, one-way slabs and footings. ACI Strength Design Method.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 556 - Sustainable Civil Engineering
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course will focus on applying the principles and practices necessary such that planning, design, and construction of a project can be sustainable technically, economically, and environmentally. Students will carefully examine scientific, economic, energy, political, ethical, and regulatory principles by evaluating case studies.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 557 - Transportation Engineering
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Transportation engineering with an emphasis on highway and road design. Topics include transportation demand and planning, aerial photography, environmental impact statements, horizontal and vertical alignment, earthwork, volumes, and design of flexible and rigid pavements, and batteries.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 558 - Water Resources
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Hydraulics and hydrologic engineering including fluid mechanics (hydrostatics, conservations laws), analyses of pipe flows, pipe networks, hydraulic machinery, hydroelectric power, pressure conduits, reservoirs and dams, and open channel flow.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 559 - Advanced Transportation Engineering
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Advanced transportation engineering with an emphasis on the design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of highway pavements, airport pavements, railroads, traffic engineering, sustainable transportation systems. The course will cover topics like transportation material characterization, pavement structural design, pavement damage (distress) prediction, airport pavement design specifications, railroad sub-structure design, traffic forecasting, and building sustainable transportation infrastructure.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 561 - Engineering Sustainable Communities I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course is designed for engineering students planning to work in developing communities or who are interested in global health, infrastructure, and the environment. A background and framework are provided for sustainable community engineering and development using a participatory model. A public health perspective is emphasized, covering an overview of development, infrastructure, and global health concepts and issues.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Master of Civil Engineering major and permission of the Program Director
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CVE 562 - Engineering Sustainable Communities II
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course covers principles, practices and strategies of appropriate technology as part of an integrated and systems approach to community-based development. Topics include engineering issues in development, environmental health and communicable disease, appropriate and sustainable technologies with hands-on assignments, and global cooperation. Students are expected to complete a 4 to 6 week field-based study to apply sustainable engineering concepts in a global community setting.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional lab fee
Prerequisite(s): CVE 561 and permission of the Program Director
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CVE 565 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering
Units: 1-4
When Offered: As offered
This course offers a concentration upon a specific topic within the field of civil engineering. The topic varies by semester.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CVE 599 - Independent Study in Civil Engineering
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides an opportunity for students who have demonstrated the ability to do independent work to pursue in-depth a civil engineering topic of particular interest.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 500 - Research Design and Methods
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course covers research designs and methods, as well as analysis within evidence-based-practice. Students will evaluate research studies in communication sciences and disorders and apply results of research-based intervention in practice of speech-language pathology. They will also demonstrate understanding of the clinician’s role as an evaluator and consumer of research, learn to critically read literature, apply findings, and identify their own priorities for research to advance both theory and practice in the communication sciences and disorders.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 505 - Speech Sound Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course provides detailed and in-depth study of normal development of articulation/phonology, the nature and causes of abnormal articulation/phonology, and the assessment and treatment of these processes. Students develop skills in the phonetic transcription of errors, administration and evaluation of articulation test results, and in planning of individualized treatment procedures.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 510 - Clinical Practice and Contemporary Issues
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course guides students to develop an understanding of the clinical process, clinical terminology and contemporary professional issues affecting practice. They will also become familiar with processes involved in reviewing files, reviewing general disorder areas, understanding communication abilities of clients, positive and negative clinician traits, writing behavioral objectives, teaching and treatment techniques, data collection and analysis. Students will use this knowledge to prepare for their first clinical experience.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 515 - Pediatric Language Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course focuses on pediatric language disorders in children ages 0-21, the impact of language disorders on academic performance, and high and low incidence disorders. Students will also become knowledgeable in prevention, screening, assessment, identification, and treatment of pediatric language disorders. Principles and techniques of assessment, intervention with a focus on the periods of emergent language, language for learning, and advanced adolescent language are also presented and integrated with students’ clinical practicum.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 520 - Diagnostic Assessment Processes
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course details the specialized skills necessary for conducting diagnostic assessment, as well as the knowledge and skills for assessment of communication disorders across the lifespan, interpretation of assessment findings, and communication of test results to clients and families. Students will acquire practical skills for assessing test development and measurement of validity, reliability, and standardized scores. Students will engage in active test administration, and combine case history assessment information to develop client profiles leading to diagnosis, recommendation, and treatment goals.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 510 and 542
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CDS 525 - Autism Spectrum Disorders
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
Students will study Autism Spectrum Disorder in terms of its diagnosis, etiologies, and characteristics across the lifespan. They will analyze and compare a variety of current, controversial, and traditional treatments and theories, as well as biomedical issues, special diets, and chelation. The course also focuses on the early childhood assessment procedures essential for diagnosis and intervention.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 530 - Neuroanatomy of Communication and Swallowing
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course provides detailed information regarding the peripheral and central nervous systems as they relate to normal speech and voice production, language, cognition, and swallowing. Students will practice relating site of lesion to corresponding disorders, and describe the neuropathologies that contribute to neurogenic communication disorders and dysphagia.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 540 - Acquired Neurogenic Language Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with acquired neurogenic language disorders and the left hemisphere pathologies that cause them (stroke, brain injury). Students will describe and practice procedures for assessment, treatment and management of patients with all forms of aphasia in locations ranging from the intensive care unit and outpatient services to community based rehabilitation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 530
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CDS 542 - Clinical Practicum I
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Students will acquire 45 hours of clinical experience in the following areas: 1) administration of hearing screenings for children and adults and supervised clinical experience in provision of aural habilitation and rehabilitation services, and, 2) assessment and intervention in the areas of phonology, language disorders of children, fluency, and autism spectrum disorders. Clinical contact will include linguistically and culturally diverse populations across the life-span in a variety of settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional fee
Concurrent Requisite(s): CDS 510
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CDS 543 - Acquired Neurogenic Cognitive Communication Disorders
Units: 2
When Offered: Summer
The purpose of this course is to equip graduate students with foundational knowledge in current best practice for diagnosis and treatment of acquired neurogenic cognitive communication disorders. The course provides essential information concerning cognitive communication disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere brain injury and progressive neurological disorders (dementia). The course will also offer students a path to obtaining the Provisional Certificate in Brain Injury.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 530 and 540
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CDS 545 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Students complete in depth study of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and related assistive technology used to aid individuals with complex communication needs (e.g., severe physical impairments, sensory impairments, severe communication disorders, etc). Students will gain experience in the selection and programming process, including practical skills for gaining funding for devices for clients in various settings. They will also analyze the impact of cognitive, educational, physical, psychosocial, and linguistic aspects of human behavior on AAC use, assessment, intervention, and research issues.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 550 - Disorders of Fluency
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Students gain familiarity with detailed information about the nature of fluency disorders, as well as the assessment of and treatment of stuttering and fluency disorders for both pediatric and adult age groups. The course includes demonstrations of assessment and treatment of dysfluency and stuttering, as well as cluttering behaviors that interfere with ease of communication in home, school and community life.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 505 , 515 , and 520
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CDS 551 - Comprehensive Examination
Units: 0
When Offered: Summer
The comprehensive examination will cover content from the first five semesters of the program. If a student does not pass the comprehensive examination, he or she will need to re-enroll in the course.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): CDS 500 , 505 , 510 , 515 , 520 , 525 , 530 , 540 , 542 , and 552
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CDS 552 - Clinical Practicum II
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Students will acquire 45 to 60 hours of clinical experience in both assessment and intervention in the areas of articulation and phonology, language disorders of children, fluency, autism spectrum disorders and acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Clinical contact will include linguistically and culturally diverse populations across the life-span in a variety of settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional fee
Prerequisite(s): CDS 510 and 542
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CDS 555 - Speech Language Services in Public Schools
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course reviews contemporary practice issues surrounding the educational system where many speech language pathologists work, including understanding/appreciation of varying processes/procedures, legislative foundations, the referral/assessment process, Student Study Team, IEP process, Response to Intervention (RTI) process, options for service delivery, collaboration, specific state curriculum standards, specialized services, and review of SLP role in public school.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 505 , 510 , 515 , and 520
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CDS 560 - Multicultural and Multilingual Topics
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
The course reviews current theories on language acquisition and practical application pertaining to culturally and linguistically diverse persons with communication disabilities. Students will explore and develop cultural competence for assessment, intervention, and family/community interactions in school, community and healthcare settings for persons across the lifespan. Students will gain practical experience in appropriate procedures for use of interpreters and describe community resources for language difference, disorder, and disability.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 562 - Clinical Practicum III
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
Students will acquire 45 to 60 hours of clinical experience in both assessment and intervention in the areas of acquired neurogenic communication disorders as well as in phonology, language disorders of children, fluency, autism spectrum disorders, and acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Clinical contact will include linguistically and culturally diverse populations across the life-span in a variety of settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional fee
Prerequisite(s): CDS 510 , 542 , and 552
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CDS 565 - Voice and Resonance Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course provides in-depth-study of etiology, interdisciplinary assessment, remediation of communicative impairments in children, and adults with craniofacial anomalies. Students will acquire detailed knowledge regarding etiological factors and methodology for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of functional and organic disorders of voice across the lifespan and in diverse populations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 570 - Motor Speech Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
The course provides detailed study of motor speech disorders in children/adults resulting from developmental, acquired, and progressive conditions caused by damage to the central or peripheral nervous system. Students will utilize knowledge of the neurological bases of speech production and neuroanatomy in gaining skills for differential diagnosis of motor speech disorders, and plan assessment and treatment for persons with apraxia of speech and/or the dysarthrias.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 530
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CDS 572 - Clinical Practicum IV
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Students will acquire 45 to 60 hours of clinical experience in both assessment and intervention in the areas of acquired neurogenic communication disorders as well as in phonology, language disorders of children, fluency, autism spectrum disorders. Clinical contact will include linguistically and culturally diverse populations across the life-span in a variety of settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional fee
Prerequisite(s): CDS 510 and 540
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CDS 575 - Dysphagia
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Students complete in-depth study of the anatomy and physiology of the normal swallow in children and adults, neurological and oncologic disorders which affect the swallowing process, and evaluation of the patient with dysphagia for both clinical and instrumental analysis. Treatment plans based on history and evaluation results will be designed and examined. Students will also analyze the impact of historical and current research on the assessment and management of swallowing disorders.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 530
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CDS 580 - Counseling in Communication Disorders
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course will introduce students to the counseling skills needed by speech-language pathologists in their daily interactions with clients/patients and their families. A broad overview of counseling theories and techniques will be provided. Students will understand the emotional needs of individuals with communication disorders and their families and how communication disorders affect the individual and family system. Counseling needs of individuals with specific disorders will be discussed, including those with voice and resonance disorders, fluency disorders, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, acquired/adult language and cognitive disorders, and congenital disorders.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CDS 582 - Public Schools Practicum
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Students will acquire 105 hours of direct clinical experience in an externship in a public school setting. Students will compete both assessment and intervention in the areas of phonology, language disorders of children, fluency, and autism spectrum disorders. Clinical contact will include linguistically and culturally diverse populations across the lifespan in a variety of settings. Students may focus on a specialty area: acquired neurogenic, voice, cranio facial disorders, and cognitive disabilities.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 562 and 572
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CDS 590 - Capstone
Units: 2
When Offered: Spring
Students complete a Capstone project in which they explore a special interest in the field of speech language pathology. Projects may consist of a detailed case study, comprehensive literature review, or service oriented research project. A further requirement of the course includes student’s completion of an electronic portfolio which provides evidence of both academic and preprofessional accomplishments during graduate school which will support the student for pursuing employment in the field.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 572
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CDS 592 - Advanced Clinical Practicum
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
Students will acquire 105 hours of clinical experience in community, health-care and/or medical settings. Clinical contact will include specialty areas of acquired neurogenic communication disorders, voice and resonance disorders, and dysphagia with linguistically and culturally diverse populations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CDS 510 , 572 , and 582
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CDS 595 - Praxis Review
Units: 1
When Offered: Spring
The Praxis Review course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive review of communication and swallowing processes, and their assessment and treatment as a preparation for taking the national Praxis examination in speech language pathology. In addition, the course will emphasize understanding of the current Praxis exam format, question style, and test taking strategies. Students will prepare for next steps in pursuing the speech language pathology services credential, clinical fellowship year, and required professional experience for state licensure.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department Chair
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COM 505 - Advanced Communication Theory
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course provides a survey of theoretical perspectives on communication including a broad history of milestones and current theoretical models. This course is designed to expose students to communication theory through readings, discussion, research, and writing. Students will learn how communication theories are developed, analyzed, evaluated, and applied.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 510 - Communication Research and Evaluation
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Students will learn research, design and strategy, including methods, experiments, content analysis, and focus groups. Students will also learn how to identify problems in research methods and evaluate current research about these problems. This course will provide students with basic tools to conduct their own research.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 520 - Communication Management, Leadership, and Decision-Making
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Explores the communication management process for the private, public, and non-profit sectors to develop and analyze messages used in the processes of leadership, including motivation, inspiration, and decision-making. Students will engage in the study of human communication practices and theories along with their relations to effective leadership and decision-making to produce change.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 525 - Media Effects on Communication Behavior
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course will explore media’s social, political and cultural effects. Media including those who produce it have the power to influence society. Students will be able to critically approach media effects theory and understand how media influences people. This course will focus on the complex interrelationships between consumption of media content and the motives beliefs, feelings, and behaviors of people. Students will also critically analyze theories and apply them to current media coverage and think about the future of media effects.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 530 - Rhetorical Criticism and Contemporary Culture
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Students will explore the purpose of rhetorical criticism including the various ways to practice rhetorical criticism as it applies to contemporary culture. Students will learn the role of the critical act in culture and society. Students will learn that rhetorical criticism is a method of inquiry and way in which we can view discourse. Students will learn various models used in rhetorical criticism, be familiar with seminal exemplars of criticism and develop their own skills as critics.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 535 - Risk Communication
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course will provide an understanding of communication professional’s responsibilities regarding health and how they can create and implement communication plans related to either possible or actual hazards. Students will examine how risk and crisis communication research applies to the information learned. In addition the course will cover extensive health communication research, and the ethical role Christian communication specialist have in this age of instant, digital information.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 540 - Strategic Communication Programming and Campaigns
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Examines the practice of strategic communication through traditional and new media for the development of effective communication programs and campaigns. Focuses on the theory and practice of strategic communication, using research and action to explore how organizations use purposeful communication to achieve their organizational goals through comprehensive communication programming and campaigns.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 550 - Global Intercultural Communication
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course will provide an understanding of the meaning and importance of intercultural communication as it applies to individuals, groups, organizations, and nations. Students examine the meaning of “culture” and how “culture” can affect personal, national, and international understanding and communication, beliefs, and behaviors. Students will investigate the various ways in which cultures differ and the necessity of understanding and respecting other cultures.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 555 - Digital Trends in Strategic Communication
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course will examine the shift from print to digital media as an ever-evolving phenomenon. The impact of new communication technologies, changed political mobilization, and social networks. Students will gain an understanding of analyses applied to digital communication and apply methodologies to contemporary questions about media, technology, sociality, and society in a variety of settings. Students will establish both theoretical and experiential foundations for making personal decisions and judgments regarding the relationship between mediated communication and community including the Christian community.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 560 - Communication Ethics
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
This course is an extensive study of the philosophy and practice of ethics in communication. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate ethical problems and gain skills to approach these situations with honesty, sincerity, and confidence. Special emphasis is given to ethical behavior for communication in the digital age.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 565 - Communication Project
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Students will write a cohesive paper that identifies a communication theory in practice as observed in a case study. This cohesive paper is driven by theory and practices learned through the course work. A minimum of four of the courses content areas should be reflected in the paper. The paper will be defended before a panel of faculty members.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 580 - Social Influence and Persuasion
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
Examines persuasion from a variety of perspectives and considers how the target, the techniques, the source, the message, and the channel of communication all interplay in persuasion and influence. Emphasizes major social scientific theoretical perspectives and concepts related to persuasion and social influence processes. Focuses on the development of persuasive communication techniques from a rhetorical perspective.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 595 - Applied Communication Research
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
An in-depth experience that requires the integration of theory and practical experience in strategic communication. Applications of both data and interpretation in strategic communication will be explored in the development of a comprehensive research project.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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COM 599 - Communication Capstone Project
Units: 3
When Offered: OPS
A strategic communication experience that uses the integration of theory and practical experience to design and implement a creative project. This capstone course requires students to create a project that is related to or utilizes concepts of strategic communication.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): COM 595 and permission of the Program Director
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CSC 510 - Algorithm Design and Analysis
Units: 2
When Offered: Fall
This course provides an introduction to the design, implementation, evaluation and theoretical description of algorithms. Classic algorithms for sorting, searching, graph traversal and other fundamental tasks will be implemented, tested and evaluated. More advanced topics such as problem reductions, hard problems and complexity will be explored. Students will develop experience at selecting and applying algorithms to specific problems.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 512 - Intelligent Systems
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Intelligent systems is concerned with the design and analysis of autonomous agents that perceive their environment and make rational decisions. This course equips students to implement solutions using state-of-the-art techniques in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Students will create reasoning systems in software and explore their capabilities in dealing with new knowledge. Ethical issues in Intelligent Systems will be presented and examined from a Christian perspective.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 513 - Security and Privacy in Computing
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course is a comprehensive treatment of computer security technology, including algorithms, protocols, and applications. Topics include an introduction to cryptography, authentication, access control, database security, intrusion detection and prevention, malicious software, denial of service, firewalls, software security, physical security, human factors, auditing, legal and ethical aspects, and trusted systems. Privacy in computing will receive special attention.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 514 - Theory of Computation
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Computer scientists use hardware and software components to solve problems; this course encompasses the theoretical basics that underlie them. Automata, languages and grammar, language processing, computability and complexity theory will be examined in detail. Important topics will be explored using a combination of conceptual work and coding exercises.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 516 - Advanced Python
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course will provide an overview of the salient programming topics most heavily used in production level Python development. This includes a deeper understanding of the Python language, learning how to build web applications in Pyramid, knowing how to access relational databases with SQLAlchemy, becoming proficient with NoSQL Document databases using Python, becoming an expert in building reliable code by leveraging unit tests, and last but not least, knowing how to use one of the many Python IDEs and becoming proficient in how to write pythonic code.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 518 - Machine Learning
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. Topics include: supervised learning (generative/discriminative learning, parametric/non-parametric learning, neural networks, support vector machines); unsupervised learning (clustering, dimensionality reduction, kernel methods); learning theory (bias/variance tradeoffs, practical advice); reinforcement learning and adaptive control. The course will also discuss recent applications of machine learning, such as robotic control, data mining, autonomous navigation, bioinformatics, speech recognition, text and web data processing.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CSC 516
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CSC 520 - Image Processing
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course is an introduction to all areas of modern image processing. Image formation and capture, display and compression will be covered. Algorithms from single-pixel and neighborhood operations to higher-level functionalities such as object recognition and scene understanding. Extensions to color and 3D imaging will be discussed. Several projects will offer students the opportunity to learn key topics in detail.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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