2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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 | PYCH-2850 – PYCH-3900 Page 263 2014–15 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Course Descriptions PPHR-1011 – PYCH-1010