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MUSIC 106 - Chamber Orchestra
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a performance class where students work together and form a Chamber Orchestra. Students are exposed to wide array of repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the Romantic eras. This course may be repeated for credit.
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MUSIC 107 - Tenor/Bass Chorus
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on the study and performance of choral music, including but not limited to music for low voices (tenors and basses) composed from the medieval period through the current day. This course is intended for students with little or no previous musical experience with a fundamental speaking pitch near 120Hz (approximately one octave below middle c). Singing ranges will be measured in the first session. If you wish to determine your singing range before registering for this class, please contact the professor or use an online resource such as the “DaTuner Lite” app.
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MUSIC 108 - Soprano/Alto Chorus
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on the study and performance of choral music, including but not limited to music for high voices (sopranos and altos) composed from the medieval period through the current day. This course is intended for students with little or no previous musical experience with a fundamental speaking pitch near 220Hz (three semi-tones below middle c). Singing ranges will be measured in the first session. If you wish to determine your singing range before registering for this class, please contact the professor or use an online resource such as the “DaTuner Lite” app.
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MUSIC 109 - Music Collaboratory
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Music Collaboratory is a workshop-format course that provides immersive learning experiences in alternative musical styles to students of diverse backgrounds, especially those eager to explore global and commercial music for the first time. With open minds and open ears, participants study the history, performance practices, and pedagogical techniques of various musical traditions while collectively sharing responsibility for rehearsing and directing the group. Genres and formats, which rotate by semester, include but are not limited to the following: pop/rock/songwriting, contemporary strings, iPad/electronic music, steel drums, mariachi, and world drumming.
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MUSIC 111 - An Introduction to Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Basic music materials, principles of design, and the cultural significance of representative works in historical sequence. Designed primarily for non-music majors.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
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MUSIC 115 - World Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the musical traditions of countries throughout the world, embracing the role of music in society, ritual, and culture. Traditional vocal and instrumental styles of folk and traditional music are illustrated through audio and visual materials. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: MUSIC 105G or MUSIC 115.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Students who have taken MUSIC 105G may not enroll in this course
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MUSIC 117 - History of Country Music in America
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction to the stylistic vocabulary and cultural contexts of country music in America from the 1920’s to the present through source readings, cultural and musical analysis, and critical listening.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
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MUSIC 118 - Popular Music in America: History and Practice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course surveys the development of popular music in America with emphasis on processes and practices within popular music as elements of expressive culture, examining both the music and the cultural, social, economic, technological, and political conditions surrounding music’s creation, dissemination, and consumption. This course contains guided musical analysis, music composition, and in-class music-making. This is a hands-on, interactive course designed with the support of the Mellon Foundation.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: United States
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MUSIC 121 - Theory I
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the fundamentals of tonal harmony: scales, intervals, keys, and triads. Analysis and application of melodic and harmonic structures. (Course offered in the fall only.)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
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MUSIC 122 - Theory II
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 121 : realization of bass lines in four-part harmony. Basic counterpoint. Principles of voice-leading. (Course offered in the spring only.)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MUSIC 121 or permission of instructor
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MUSIC 123 - Ear Training and Sight Singing I
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Interval recognition, rhythmic exercises, and performance of simple melodies from score. (Course offered in the fall only.)
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MUSIC 124 - Ear Training and Sight Singing II
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 123 . Further score reading and rhythmic exercises. Dictation of moderately simple melodies and introduction to part-singing. (Course offered in the spring only.)
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MUSIC 131 - Elements: Keyboard I
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Introduction to the keyboard; hand position, fingering, and reading from score. Major scales, harmonization of melodies; simple pieces. Designed primarily for music majors. (Course offered in the fall only.)
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MUSIC 132 - Elements: Keyboard II
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of major scales, introduction to minor scales, harmonization of melodies with expanded chord vocabulary. Further study of piano technique, including coordination of hands in more complex rhythmic patterns. (Course offered in the spring only.)
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MUSIC 131 or permission of instructor
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MUSIC 184 - Applied Music Lesson
1 Credit(s) | Studio | Graded
Course can be counted for credit unlimited times
Description:
Private, individualized study of voice and all instruments, for NON-MUSIC MAJORS and MUSIC MINORS, covering both performing techniques and musicianship. Open to students upon payment of an additional fee. Twelve one-hour lessons per semester. May be repeated for credit. Students must contact the Music Department to register for lessons. Students taking MUSIC 184 will not perform a semester jury exam since the course does not count toward the music major.
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MUSIC 185 - Applied Music
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Private, individualized study of voice and all instruments covering both performing techniques and musicianship. Open to all students upon payment of an additional fee. Twelve one-hour lessons per semester. May be repeated for credit. Students must contact the Music Department to register for lessons.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
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MUSIC 200 - Masterpieces of Western Art Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores the history and development of Western music in the classical tradition through the lens of selected masterworks that have served as models for tradition and change from the renaissance to today. Students will examine masterworks within their respective cultural contexts, emphasizing the role of music as a form of expression as well as music’s role in reflecting ideas and values throughout Western history. Students will listen, read, discuss, and keep written journals in which they respond to and deeply engage the selected masterworks. The primary textbooks will be supplemented by audio recording, videos, and additional scholarly readings.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
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MUSIC 221 - Theory III
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 122 : further practice in four-part writing, using dominant, non-dominant, and diminished seventh chords. Realization of figured basses and harmonization of melodies. Analysis of binary and ternary forms.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
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MUSIC 222 - Theory IV
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 221 : advanced four-part writing and the introduction of short tonal compositions in imitation of classic models. Further analysis of complex harmonic and melodic structures.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
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MUSIC 223 - Ear Training and Sight Singing III
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 124 : more advanced score reading and exercises in complex rhythms. Dictation of chord sequences and melodies.
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MUSIC 224 - Ear Training and Sight Singing IV
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of MUSIC 223 : emphasis on dictation of harmonic progressions and extended melodies.
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MUSIC 241 - American Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The growth and development of American music in both its rural-folk and urban aspects.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
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MUSIC 248 - Universe of Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the infinite universe of music from its origins to the present, this course investigates the role of instruments, culture, myth and science in the evolution of music. Illustrations through the medium of the World Wide Web present the concept of music as both communication of ideas and expression of feelings in diverse musical traditions of the world.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
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MUSIC 252 - African-American Mus
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An examination of African-American music (black music) from its African origins to contemporary black musical expression, including work songs, spirituals, minstrelsy, blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
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MUSIC 268 - Music of Latin America
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introductory course dealing with the diverse musical traditions of Latin America, including the role of music in society, ritual, and culture. The result is a comparative study of styles, dances, and instruments, with a certain emphasis given to the development of critical listening skills. Students need access to a computer with Internet sound capabilities. Course subject matter is generally limited to music that has surfaced and developed in Latin America and not as it has developed in the continental United States. Readings will be supplemented by various links as well as the Latin American audio selections available from the Naxos catalogue.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
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MUSIC 300 - Masterpieces of Western Music for Music Minors
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores the history and development of Western music in the cliassical tradition through the lens of selected masterworks that have served as models for tradition and change from the Renaissance to today. Students will examine masterworks within their respective cultural contexts, emphasizing the role of music as a form of expression as well as music’s role in reflecting ideas and values throughout Western history. Students will listen, read, discuss, and keep written journals in which they respond to and deeply engage the selected masterworks. The primary textbooks will be supplemented by audio recordings, videos, and additional scholarly readings. MUSIC 300 is designated for music minors.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 and MUSIC 121 and MUSIC 122
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MUSIC 302 - Medieval to Baroque
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A survey of important stylistic and formal developments from the Medieval Period through to the end of the Baroque Era. (course offered once per year)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: MUSIC 121 and MUSIC 122 and MUSIC 221 and MUSIC 222
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MUSIC 303 - Classical to Modern
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A survey of important stylistic and formal developments in music from the Classical Period through to the present. (Course offered once per year)
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: MUSIC 121 and MUSIC 122 and MUSIC 221 and MUSIC 222
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MUSIC 315 - Seminar in World Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An upper level exploration of selected global cultural soundscapes from an ethnomusicological perspective, emphasizing the role of music in culture, specifically its symbiotic relationship with various cultural modalities, including community, identity, tradition, change, class, gender, nationalism, and religion.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and MUSIC 121
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MUSIC 400 - Master Composers
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A survey of the life, works, and influence of eminent composers. Topics vary each semester, and are listed in the department’s announcement of current course offerings.
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MUSIC 401 - String Techniques
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intensive class instruction in the fundamentals of string technique. This course offers preparation for teaching instrumental music at the secondary level.
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MUSIC 402 - Woodwind Techniques
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intensive class instruction in the fundamentals of woodwind technique. This course offers preparation for teaching instrumental music at the secondary level.
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MUSIC 403 - Brass Techniques
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intensive class instruction in the fundamentals of brass technique. This course offers preparation for teaching instrumental music at the secondary level.
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MUSIC 404 - Percussion Techniques
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intensive class instruction in the fundamentals of percussion technique. This course offers preparation for teaching instrumental music at the secondary level.
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MUSIC 440 - Instrumental Methods and Literature in the Teaching of Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course deals with running band and orchestra programs in grades 4-12 in the schools. Topics include: history and literature, psychology of music, teaching methods, organization, administration, literature, adjudication, program evaluation, and the instrumental music teaching profession.
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MUSIC 441 - Choral and General Music Methods and Literature
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Choral and general music in public and parochial schools. This course deals with all aspects of running choral and general programs in grades N-12. Topics include history and philosophy, psychology, teaching methods, foreign approaches, (Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, Suzuki), lesson planning, literature, and joining the profession.
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MUSIC 442 - Conducting
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the fundamentals of conducting: the baton, beat patterns, posture, gestures, score study, and rehearsal techniques.
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MUSIC 453 - The History of Performance
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A study of music literature through the conventions that govern its performance. Notation, musical instruments and ensembles, the role of improvisation, and changing musical tastes are examined in relation to historic repertoires from the Middle Ages to the present. Topics also include the development of the public concert and of the art of the conductor.
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MUSIC 478 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
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MUSIC 479 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Open to advanced students who wish to do intensive work on a particular topic. A written outline of the project must be submitted to the prospective instructor well in advance of the beginning of the semester in which the project is to be done. An extended written paper is the normal outcome of such a project. While enrollment in Independent Study is encouraged for advanced students, all students enrolling in MUSIC 479 (other than the Chamber Orchestra section) that involves any aspect of performance do so with the understanding that they will continue to perform in the performing ensemble idiomatic to their instrument, whether officially enrolled for credit or not.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
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MUSIC 480 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
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MUSIC 483 - Orchestration
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A study of the range and timbre of instruments. Practical ways of combining instruments. Discussion of mass, texture, and sound.
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MUSIC 499 - Pre-Practicum in Music
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Field experience consisting of observation and limited assistance in selected public school music programs. This, coupled with the pre-practicum experience taken with required courses of the Provisional Teacher Certification Program, fulfills the pre-practicum requirement established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This course is offered every semester.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
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NAIS 278L - Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction to key issues and themes in Indigenous Studies and to issues of concern to native peoples today. The majority of the case studies used will refer to Native American/Indigenous Nations from North America, as these nations have the closest relationships with the modern U.S. and are those to whom we have the greatest responsibilities. Other case studies will be drawn from South and Central America, the Pacific (particularly Hawaii, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Australia) and Asia. ANTH 278L and NAIS 278L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
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NAV-NC 001 - Navigating the Graduate Student Pathway
5.2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course has the intended purpose of providing international students new to University of Massachusetts Boston with specific resources, support, and programming to allow for successful transitions and acclimation to the University, its campus, and surrounding area communities. NAV-NC 001 offers opportunities for students to explore and learn more about the different aspects, demands, and expectations of University life, from academic, social, cultural, and behavioral perspectives.
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NAV-NC 002 - Introduction to Graduate Research
5.2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course offers students an introduction to the world of research. By exploring published research literature, students will become familiar with the objectives and importance of quality research and the methods and processes involved in carrying it out. Students will also develop skills in the interpretation and evaluation of research results through the application of critical thinking and analysis skills.
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NAV-NC 003 - Academic Communication for Graduate Students
5.2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course offers students a broad introduction to the skills students will find useful in undertaking graduate study at the University of Massachusetts Boston. It will teach students skills in finding and reading academic texts, critically assessing them, using the sources to build knowledge and display knowledge in a variety of spoken and written forms.
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NAV-NC 004 - Intercultural Issues for Graduate Students
5.2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intercultural Issues for Graduate Students provides an opportunity for students to improve communication skills important to graduate study in the context of a university in the United States. It explores communication through the intercultural domain to ensure students are equipped to respond appropriately in varied and multicultural environments. Emphasis is placed upon developing personal awareness and reflection together with verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
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NAV-NC 101 - NAV-NC 101
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
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NAV 101 - Navitas Study Skills
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides additional academic support for an academic (credit) offering.
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NAV 102 - Navitas Registration
12 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course represents full time enrollment in Navitas program.
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Nursing |
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NURSNG 100G - First Year Seminar: Transitions in the Discipline of Nursing
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This first year seminar focuses on enhancing students’ capabilities in the areas of clear reading and writing, critical thinking, information technology and information literacy, team work, speaking and listening, and self-assessment within the context of understanding transitions in the who of nurses and the what and where of nursing practice across the millennia. The influences of philosophy, religion, education, and societal norms on the evolving roles of nurses will be discussed. The influence of transitions in scientific knowledge, including nursing core concepts and essential competencies for quality and safety, on the what of nursing practice also will be discussed. In addition, the influence of global geo-political concerns and health-related policies on where nursing is practices will be discussed.
Course Attribute(s):
First Year Seminar
Enrollment Requirements:
Corequisites:
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NURSNG 201 - Pathophysiology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course deals with alterations in the normal physiology of body structures. Discussion of the normal state is followed by the description of physiological changes that result in the symptoms of disease. Topics include the various body systems, such as cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, and endocrine.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 220 - Health Assessment
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This foundation nursing course focuses on health assessment in professional nursing practice for health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan. This course emphasizes clinical reasoning development and effective written and oral communication and information technology skill development in health assessment. Cultural, spiritual and family assessments from multiple theoretical perspectives are considered. Patient assessment in chronic illness and the older adult population and issues of genetics and literacy are also explored.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 226 - Introduction to Nursing Practice
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This first clinical course provides the basis for the acquisition and development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes foundational to the art and science of professional nursing practice. This course emphasizes critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and evidence based practices integrated throughout the nursing process. Application of cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills required for safe, effective, compassionate, and culturally congruent patient care delivery is stressed in class, lab, sub-acute, and acute clinical settings, with particular attention to the needs of older adults.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 230 - Life Span Growth and Development
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is designed to examine theories and concepts of normal growth and development. Ranges in human growth, development and behavior for each stage throughout the life cycle, birth through death, are emphasized. The course explores the influence of family, society and culture on health maintenance behaviors and perceived health needs for each developmental stage.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 310 - Adult Health Nursing
9 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This is the first of two courses centering on adult health nursing in the acute care setting. Adult Health Nursing I is the study of comprehensive complex nursing care aimed at promotion, restoration and maintenance of health in adults. The lecture portion of the course emphasizes the impact of health problems and the interaction of the environment and access on diverse urban adult populations. Students refine and expand their knowledge through the application of the nursing process and the integration of knowledge, concepts and theories from nursing, sciences, and general education courses. The focus is on nursing interventions for selected adult patients whose quality of life is affected by deviations from health. The clinical practicum occurs within acute care settings and provides the student with experience in content application, collaboration and critical thinking. In addition, students enhance their communication and teaching/learning skills by assuming a leadership role in the seminar portion of the course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 314 - Pharmacology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The professional, political, legal, and interdisciplinary aspects of drug administration within the context of comprehensive nursing interventions form the basis of this course. Emphasis is given to the nurse’s role in assessing, administering, educating, and monitoring patients receiving therapeutic agents; and also to the principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics across the life span. Consideration is given to the effect of evidence-based cultural, race, religion, gender, lifestyle, age, and economic variables as related to pharmacological principles.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 320 - Research
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on understanding the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical components of research. The student is prepared to evaluate reports of nursing research for evidence-based nursing practice.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 332 - Legal, Ethical and Health Policy Issues in Nursing
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course integrates ethical, legal, and health policy issues in contemporary nursing. The major ethical principles, several ethical theories and conceptual frameworks as well as ethical decision-making models are reviewed. The ANA Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statements is analyzed in relation to individual practice settings and the nursing profession. Students utilize debate methodology to resolve common ethical dilemmas in nursing. Legal implications related to providing nursing care, particularly examples of malpractice, how a bill becomes a law, and the legislative process are discussed. Students develop a position paper on a relevant health policy issue including integration of relevant ethical, legal, legislative, and economic implications.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 335 - Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This clinical course focuses on patient-centered care for women, newborns, and families with particular attention to the psychosocial concerns of the developing family. Health promotion from diverse cultural perspectives is examined. Collaboration and inter-professional team building skills are further developed.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 344 - Global Perspectives on Health: Exploring the intersection of Equity, Economics, and Culture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course brings together undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students to compare and contrast local population health priorities and challenges from a global health perspective. The course emphasizes the population health sphere of influence and utilizes the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 as a framework to explore global health. The focus is on synthesizing knowledge from a variety of interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical literature to better understand the social, political, economic, cultural and environmental issues that affect the health of all of us. Students deepen their knowledge and appreciation of global health, health disparities, human rights and cultural humility. Students will learn how culture as a way of knowing imposes its structure on individual and population health.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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NURSNG 345 - Mental Health Nursing
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This clinical course presents theoretical concepts and evidence-based practices for mental health nursing with a focus on health promotion, maintenance, and disease management. The care of vulnerable populations, including the elderly, is emphasized. Advocacy for quality, safe, culturally sensitive, patient-oriented care within complex health care system is also explored.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 350 - Introduction to Professional Nursing - Accelerated Track Option
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This introductory course of the accelerated option in the undergraduate pre-licensure nursing program focuses on core concepts of professional nursing practice, including human beings, environment, health, and nursing. Historical, theoretical, and professional membership perspectives are emphasized. Important health care competencies and concepts, including patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and informatics, and established.
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NURSNG 351 - Nursing Process and Skills-Accelerated Track Option
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course of the accelerated option in the undergraduate pre-licensure nursing program provides the basis of development and acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes foundational to the art and science of nursing practice. Knowledge development takes place in the classroom and skills lab utilizing the nursing process and clinical judgment model as organizing frameworks. Application of psychomotor skills for safe, effective, and compassionate patient care delivery is highlighted. Emphasis on professional standards and cultural humility is particularly addressed.
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NURSNG 353 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing-Accelerated Track Option
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This combined, accelerated course will examine alterations in the normal physiology of body structures, as well as principles of pharmacodynamics, biochemistry and pharmacokinetics across the lifespan. The relationships among evidence-based nursing practice and many variables impacting pathophysiology and pharmacology, such as culture, genetics, religion, gender, lifestyle, economics, and age, will also be explored.
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NURSNG 360 - Professional Issues in Nursing for RNs
6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This introductory course of the online RN-BS nursing program focuses on core concepts of professional nursing practice including human beings, environment, health, and nursing. This course meets the University Intermediate Seminar requirements. Students will increase their critical thinking, reading, and writing skills while addressing the key issues facing nursing. Important health care competencies and concepts, including patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and informatics, are established. Historical, theoretical, and professional membership perspectives are emphasized.
Enrollment Requirements:
RN to BSN students only
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NURSNG 405 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Students participate in ongoing research on clinical projects or expand and reinforce clinical knowledge and skills through specifically arranged experiences. This course may be taken by arrangement with individual Nursing Program faculty and approval of the department chair.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 430 - Nursing in the Community
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This clinical course presents clinical prevention interventions for health promotion and disease prevention. Population-focused care emphasizing community assessments and interventions and culturally sensitive care in urban settings provides a focus. Advocating for social and environmental justice and protecting vulnerable populations in disasters is also explored.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 435 - Nursing Care of Children
6 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This clinical course focuses on patient-centered, culturally sensitive care for children, adolescents, and families. Common health concerns of the pediatric urban population are emphasized. Ongoing development of quality and safety competencies and use of information technologies in evidence-based practice is highlighted.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 440 - Nursing Leadership and Management
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This senior-level nursing course focuses on leadership development for entry-level professional nursing practice. Management theories and concepts are emphasized, including the identification of key organizational structures, intra- and inter-professional communication and team work, collaboration and conflict resolution, delegation and supervision, workforce motivation, and change processes. The course addresses building cultures of quality and safety in complex health care delivery systems based on organizational strengths, using multiple strategies within environmental turbulence and change managing fiscal resources for cost-effectiveness. Professional issues related to self-care of the nurse, such as work-life balance, healthy work environments, and resource assistance in building a nursing career are also considered.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 450 - Preparation for Professional Licensure and Practice
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This senior-level nursing course focuses on leadership development for entry-level professional nursing practice. Management theories and concepts are emphasized, including the identification of key organizational structures, intra- and inter-professional communication and team work, collaboration and conflict resolution, delegation and supervision, workforce motivation, and change processes. The course addresses building cultures of quality and safety in complex health care delivery systems based on organizational strengths, using multiple strategies within environmental turbulence and change managing fiscal resources for cost-effectiveness. Professional issues related to self-care of the nurse, such as work-life balance, healthy work environments, and resource assistance in building a nursing career are also considered.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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NURSNG 455 - Nursing Synthesis and Capstone
9 Credit(s) | Lecture, Discussion, and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This clinical course integrates human responses to complex adult acute and chronic health care concerns within diverse, urban populations. Clinical judgment and reasoning skills are further developed in a precepted clinical experience within complex health care systems. Application and evaluation of safety, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, and teamwork and collaboration competencies culminates in the senior capstone project.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
023993:1
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NURSNG 456 - Leadership and Professional Practice Accelerated Option
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This accelerated course focuses on leadership development for entry-level professional nursing practice. Inter-professional communication, conflict resolution, delegation, and change processes are explored. Building cultures of quality and safety and teamwork in complex health care systems are also addressed. Professional career development, practice regulations, and preparation for licensure are specifically highlighted.
Enrollment Requirements:
Nursing students only
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OCC ED 218 - Seminar for the Beginning Vocational-Technical Teacher
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course prepares the new vocational technical educator candidate for his/her first teaching assignment. The course will identify the characteristics of an effective teacher as will as provide some of the tools required by first year teachers to be successful. These include techniques for establishing effective classroom routines and procedures, student instruction and assessment, and for maintaining a positive classroom/laboratory climate that conveys high expectations. In addition, students learn to identify the elements of a course/program curriculum and learn how to develop a lesson plan, assign and grade homework and collaborate with colleagues to improve instruction, assessment and student achievement.
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OCC ED 219 - Managing Student Behavior & Creating a Safe & Healthy Environment
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is designed to prepare vocational technical teachers to organize an instructional area that is conducive to high quality learning in a healthy and safe environment. A variety of discipline concepts and strategies will be presented for application in the laboratory, related classroom and cooperative education sites. Current relevant OSHA and child labor law standards will be reviewed and plans for a comprehensive health and safety program will be developed.
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OCC ED 220 - Teaching Methods for Vocational-Technical Education: Instructional Strategies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides vocational-technical teachers with a wide variety of researched-based teaching methods and instructional strategies. Students in this course learn how to develop a unit of study and how instructional choices made by the vocational-technical educator are influenced by learning styles, motivation, and expectations. Students learn how to integrate vocational-technical and academic content by using a balanced instructional approach.
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OCC ED 221 - Teaching & Assessing the Vocational-Technical Learner
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides vocational-technical teachers with the knowledge and tools to instruct and assess the technical, academic and employability skills of vocational students. Students in this course will learn to identify, develop, and model appropriate learning activities and assessments for the vastly divergent student population in vocational-technical education.
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OCC ED 222 - Developing & Implementing a Standards Based Curriculum in Vocational-Technical Education
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides vocational technical educator candidates with the knowledge of the elements of a quality curriculum. Students learn how to develop a vocational technical curriculum and a competency-based student reporting system that incorporates the standards and performance indicators of the Academic and Vocational Technical Curriculum Frameworks. It is one of the courses required to obtain licensure as a vocational technical educator in Massachusetts.
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OCC ED 223 - Teaching Methods for Vocational-Technical Education: Teaching Diverse Learners
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides vocational technical teachers with an understanding of how learning styles as well as issues of language and disability impact instruction and learning. Vocational technical educator candidates will learn to develop a teaching unit that focuses on readiness assessment, use of learning styles, attention to whole brain teaching, interpersonal skills, knowledge, and skill assessment.
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OCC ED 224 - Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities in Vocational-Technical Education
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides Vocational Technical teachers with an overview of the Federal and State Special Education Laws and Regulations and how they are implemented in schools in Massachusetts. Students learn the elements of the Individual Education Plan (IEP), the roles of special and general educators, how to design curriculum and instruction using the information on the IEP, and how to modify their related classrooms to accommodate students with disabilities.
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PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introductory examination of the problems and scope of philosophy.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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PHIL 108 - Moral and Social Problems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Important moral and social issues of current concern are examined and debated. The course covers several problems each semester from a list including criminal punishment, war, abortion, racism, violence, the death penalty, private property, sexism, animal rights, the environment, and hunger.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: United States
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PHIL 120 - Introduction to Logic
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The study of valid reasoning using formal methods of proof with truth functions, deductions, and quantifiers. Analysis of the logical structure of language related to philosophical questions of truth, paradox, and reference.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Mathematics and Technology
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PHIL 208 - Existential Themes in Philosophy and Literature
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces the area of philosophical and humanistic studies by means of a consideration of existentialist ideas in both literature and philosophy. Issues will be chosen from a list including the self in relation to others; authenticity, self-deception, and bad faith; freedom and responsibility; death and the meaning of life; and the possibility of objective knowledge.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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PHIL 210 - The Philosophy of Education
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Philosophical ideas and concepts relevant to the nature and aims of education.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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PHIL 211 - Ancient Philosophy
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This class is an introduction to Greek philosophy, from early Greek philosophy through to the Hellenistic period, with emphasis on the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle. It covers early theories about the nature of the cosmos, the good life, politics, theology, epistemology, appearance and reality.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: PHIL 100
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