Prepharmacy (PPHR)
PPHR-1011
1 hour
Profession of Pharmacy–Introduction to Public Health
–Fa
This course will introduce students to basic public health
concepts as they relate to pharmacy. Emphasis will be on
understanding the factors that impact community and behavioral
health as well as how to effectively plan health promotion
activities within a pharmacy setting. Prerequisite: admission to the
prepharmacy program or permission of instructor.
PPHR-1012
1 hour
Profession of Pharmacy–History and Issues
–Fa, Sp
The profession of pharmacy has a long history, believed to
have started in the 9th century around Baghdad, then spreading
to Europe as alchemy. This course will explore the history of
pharmacy as it diverged from the practice of medicine and how
this impacts the practice of pharmacy today and the future of
the profession. Projects will include using historical models and
identify trends in pharmacy in order to predict future avenues of
the profession as well as ethical and legal dilemmas that may
ensue. Prerequisite: admission to the prepharmacy program or
permission of instructor. (Fee: $20)
PPHR-2013
1 hour
Profession of Pharmacy–Careers
–Fa, Sp
The profession of pharmacy has experienced tremendous
growth over the past twenty years, both in terms of numbers in
the profession as well as opportunities. In this course, the student
will learn of many career options available to the pharmacist.
Practicing pharmacists within different career paths will be giving
lectures regarding current opportunities as well as projected
growth within their field of practice. Prerequisites: admission to
prepharmacy program; PPHR1011 Profession of Pharmacy-
History and Issues; PPHR1012 Profession of Pharmacy-History
and Issues; or permission of instructor. (Fee: $50)
PPHR-2014
1 hour
Profession of Pharmacy–Careers
–Fa, Sp
The profession of pharmacy has experienced tremendous
growth over the past twenty years, both in terms of numbers in
the profession as well as opportunities. In this course, the student
will learn of many career options available to the pharmacist.
Practicing pharmacists within different career paths will be giving
lectures regarding current opportunities as well as projected
growth within their field of practice. Prerequisites: admission to
the prepharmacy program; PPHR1011 Profession of Pharmacy-
History and Issues; PPHR1012 Profession of Pharmacy-History
and Issues; or permission of instructor. (Fee: $50)
PPHR-3300
3 hours
Biostatistics in Pharmacy and Medicine
–Sp
This is an introduction to the principles of statistics as it applies
to the understanding and interpretation of the biomedical literature.
The emphasis of this course is on the application of statistical
tests commonly employed in biomedical research and the
interpretation of the results. Prerequisite: GMTH-1030 Precalculus,
or equivalent or permission of instructor.
PPHR-3200 Pharmacy Calculations
–Fa
2 hours
In this course, skills will be developed to apply pharmaceutical
mathematics to safely and accurately calculate dose, rate of
infusion, and/or compound prescriptions. Basic elements will
include conversion between units, understanding weights
and measures, and methods of expressing concentration.
Prerequisites: third-year prepharmacy student; PPHR-1011
Profession of Pharmacy–Introduction to Public Health; PPHR-
1012 Profession of Pharmacy–History and Issues; PPHR-2013
Profession of Pharmacy-Careers; PPHR-2014 Profession of
Pharmacy–Careers.
Public Administration (PUAD)
PUAD-3100 Public Budgeting
–Fa
3 hours
Analysis of public sector budgeting at all levels of government
in the United States with an emphasis on budgets as reflectors of
priority, power, and control. Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD. (odd
years)
PUAD-3390 Public Finance
–Fa
3 hours
A consideration of the financing of local, state, and federal
governments. Much attention is given to three functions of
government: stabilization, distribution, and allocation. All major
taxes that are present in the United States are studied as to
structure, revenue gained, and present status. Crosslisted as
ECON. Prerequisite: ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. (even years)
PUAD-3600 Public Administration
–Fa
3 hours
Introduction to public administration both as a discipline and
profession, including organization theory, budgeting, public
policy analysis and evaluation, and public sector administration.
Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD.
PUAD-3690 Public Policy
–Sp
3 hours
Focus on decision making, problem solving, and methods of
program analysis. Crosslisted as POLS or PUAD. Prerequisite:
GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture
PUAD-4300 Great Books in History and Politics
–Sp
3 hours
This course will require the student to read a single classic
work of history and political thought (or a limited number of related
works) and with other students, to closely and critically analyze
the argument of the work. Crosslisted as POLS, INTL, PUAD or
HIST. Prerequisite: GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture (odd
years)
PUAD-4440 Special Topics-Public Administration 1–3 hours
Investigation of specific topics in Social Science and History
that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest.
PUAD-4640 Strategies for Public Administration
–Fa
3 hours
Designed to acquaint the advanced student in public
administration or international studies with some of the policy
decisions facing American government. All three levels of
American government, federal, state, and local, will be examined
in light of their particular relationships with foreign governments.
(odd years)
PUAD-4800 Applied Public Administration
–Sp
3 hours
Capstone course for public administration majors, involving the
research of issues related to public administration in the United
States from a normative and/or empirical perspective. (Fee: $100)
PUAD-4970
1–3 hours
Independent Study in Public Administration
Provides the means whereby gifted and interested students
may explore, in a more in-depth and intensive manner, general
information acquired in the major courses. Further, independent
study provides a logical way to complete required hours not
obtained in normal sequencing. Prerequisite: permission of the
instructor.
Psychology (PYCH)
PYCH-1000 Orientation to Psychology
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
Acquaints the psychology major with various areas and issues
in the field of psychology. Included will be its specialties, graduate
school information, vocational opportunities, and legal and ethical
matters. Should be taken during the freshman year.
PYCH-1010 Writing in APA
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
Students in the course will learn and practice the standards
of writing for the behavioral and social sciences as set forth by
the American Psychological Association (APA) and the ethical
standards for research and scholarship.
Course Descriptions
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