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Description for AF201:
Introduces students to planning and managing personal and family finances. Topics include insurance and estate planning, relationships with banks, issues in home ownership and real estate, the fundamentals of investing in stocks and bonds, tax planning, leasing as compared with buying automobiles, and financing college education. This course cannot be counted toward the finance or accounting concentration in the College of Management.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for AMST203:
A study of American society and culture during the years from the Panic of 1929 to the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941 using several kinds of evidence: the accounts of people who lived during the decade, the interpretations of historians, and the representations of artists, writers, and filmmakers. The objective of the course is to develop an idea of the main characteristics of American society and culture during the 1930s, a conception of the decade~{!/~}s significance, and an increased understanding of the processes of historical and cultural analysis and interpretation.

Prerequisite: ENGL 102.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for AMST210:
Documents, diaries, letters, essays, fiction, and art, along with secondary historical and anthropological sources, are used to compare the dreams and realities of men’s and women’s lives in America from the first contact between European explorers and Native Americans up through the Age of Reform (1830-60). Topics include visions of landscape and nature; contrasting cultures of Indians and Anglo-Americans; family and "women’s place"; slavery; working class organization; and women’s rights.

Prerequisite: ENGL 102.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.
Diversity Area: United States.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH105:
The study of human biological evolution and human population variation. This course introduces the history, theory, and methods of research in biological anthropology through lectures and hands-on exercises. Major topics include: geological time, classification, and the place of humans in the animal world; evidence for primate and human evolution; evolutionary theory and genetics; and discussion of the evolutionary forces involved in producing human population variation. This course addresses, in assignments and during class time, the following general education capabilities: critical thinking; using technology to further learning; quantitative reasoning; collaborative work; and effective communication. Students who have taken ANTH 102 may not receive credit for ANTH 105.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH107:
The study of the past through scientific analysis of the traces left behind by humans. This course introduces the history, theory, and methods of archaeological research through lectures and hands-on projects. Archaeological data are then used to examine such major transformations of human cultural evolution as the domestication of plants and animals and the origins of complex civilizations. Students prepare a paper suitable for the Writing Proficiency Requirement Portfolio.

Note: Students who have taken ANTH 102 may not receive credit for ANTH 107.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH272:
An in-depth study of selected African societies, examining traditional institutions, the colonial situation, and modernization.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ANTH367:
Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery.

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher or permission of instructor.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ASIAN359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ASIAN363L:
A historical survey of economic, social, political and cultural developments in Japan from 1800 to the present, special consideration of economic and foreign policy problems.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for BIOL101:
The uniqueness of life within the physical universe. The matter and energy of life, the genetic code, molecular biology, and the origin and evolution of life. An overview for students in the humanities and social sciences of those features which distinguish living organisms from non-living things. No background in the natural sciences is required.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for BIOL108:
Introduction to the elements of nutrition with emphasis on nutrition for humans; examination of food stuffs and nutritional quality, physiology of food utilization, food quality regulations, and the global ecology of food production. No background in the natural sciences is required.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for CHEM111L:
Human society is constantly facing such environmental issues and problems as ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, and the dangers of nuclear energy. This course provides students with a foundation in chemistry that can be used to examine these and other environmental concerns. A combination of hands-on-work and small-group projects illustrates the science behind these issues, and helps students develop an unbiased view.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for CLSICS385:
The ancients’ belief in, and worship of, the ancient gods; oracles, mysteries, cults. Both primary sources (ancient authors in translation) and modern secondary sources are used.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for COMSTU100:
This course is designed to provide an introductory survey of the study of communication. The course begins with a general history of the evolution of human communication, and goes on to examine such areas as definitions, models, and basic concepts in communication; the range of verbal and non-verbal codes, and their complex interrelations in the message systems of modern electronic media; and various communication contexts, with emphasis on the structure and function of interpersonal communication and mass communication, particularly broadcast and cable television.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for COMSTU100:
This course is designed to provide an introductory survey of the study of communication. The course begins with a general history of the evolution of human communication, and goes on to examine such areas as definitions, models, and basic concepts in communication; the range of verbal and non-verbal codes, and their complex interrelations in the message systems of modern electronic media; and various communication contexts, with emphasis on the structure and function of interpersonal communication and mass communication, particularly broadcast and cable television.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for COMSTU210:
Using Internet communications enhances students’ theoretical understanding of electronic communication and their ability to communicate as professionals, scholars, and citizens using the Internet. Participants learn core communication theoretical models and principles, and apply them to electronic communication methodologies that enhance interpersonal, small group, and public interactions. These methodologies include electronic meetings, discussion forums, co-authoring tools, audio, and video.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for COMSTU300:
This course examines the relationship between information technology and human communication. Readings, discussion, assignments and projects address IT’s potential to enhance and constrain communication; its role in the promotion or dissolution of community; its implications for social policy; its place among other media; and many more issues for which IT, particularly cyber-technology, is a lightning rod.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for CRW283:
This course is for students who have had repeated difficulty completing the writing proficiency requirement. The course explores a broad theme or topic, reading texts drawn from different disciplines. The course functions as an intensive writing workshop, providing instruction and practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking. Students must develop three critical papers, based on multiple readings, that form the basis of a writing proficiency portfolio. A conference with the director of the writing proficiency requirement is mandatory before registering. Course enrollment is limited to 15 students.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ECON101:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to the functioning of markets and to the behavior of individual economic units such as the business firm and the consumer (microeconomics). Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include industrial organization, income distribution, international trade, economics of the environment, and other topics.

Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ECON102:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to examining the overall functioning of the economy and to such matters as unemployment, inflation and recession. Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include economics of government spending and taxation, economic development, alternative economic systems, and other topics.

Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for EEOS102:
An overview of world regions in terms of physical environment, human populations and the relationship between them. Topics with a focus on diversity are discussed from an international viewpoint and center on particular countries.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for EEOS225:
This course investigates atmospheric processes forming the basis for weather patterns and climatic development on a global scale. Major topics include earth-sun relationships, heating and cooling of the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, pressure patterns, air mass formation and frontal systems, episodic storms, vertical zonation of climate, and the Koppen System for evaluating and classifying climatic phenomena.

Prerequisite: 30 credits.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for EHS280:
This course focuses on basic concepts of statistics such as measures of central tendency and variability; concepts of test validity, reliability, and objectivity; and on basic techniques used in inferential statistics. Emphasis will be placed on interpreting scientific peer-reviewed research in the field of exercise and health sciences.

Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or Equivalent. EHS or College of Nursing Students Only.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ENVSTY101:
An introduction to environmental issues and analysis emphasizing comparisons between the sustainable characteristics of ecosystems, both natural and human, and the human impacts on the Earths life support systems. Topics include human population growth, food production, use of natural resources, pollution, loss of bio-diversity, and conservation strategies.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for ENVSTY111L:
Human society is constantly facing such environmental issues and problems as ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, and the dangers of nuclear energy. This course provides students with a foundation in chemistry that can be used to examine these and other environmental concerns. A combination of hands-on-work and small-group projects illustrates the science behind these issues, and helps students develop an unbiased view.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for GERCTR201:
This course builds a framework for understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of human aging and the older adult in the United States today. It explores a number of variables that are important to the study of human aging and fundamental to the planning and delivery of effective health and social services for older persons. The structured experience of friendly visitation to a frail older adult provides an opportunity to develop skill in relating to aged individuals in a helpful manner. Each student examines his/her own aging process regardless of current chronological age. Some of the topics covered in this course include physical aging and health, lifespan and developmental aging, mental health, culture and ethnicity, elder abuse and neglect, social support, and death and dying.

Note: This is a 6-credit, 2-competency course and students must register for both GERON 200 (class # 25292) and GERON 300 (class # 25263) to meet the requirements.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for GERCTR202:
This course seeks to provide students with the ability to obtain and utilize information about the demographic and economic status of the elderly in the United States, and assess the impact of these factors on their quality of life. Students will learn about the aging network and the major health and social policy programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and other services impacting elders. In addition, students are required to schedule two site visits to local elder care agencies to learn about the agencies’ operations and career opportunities. This course has been approved for CEU credit by the Massachusetts Board of Registration for Nursing Home Administrators.

Note: This is a competency course and students must register for GERON 220 Demographics & Economics of Aging (class #23191) to meet the requirements.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for GERCTR330:
This course focuses on the physical changes in the body associated with normal aging. There is a lessened reserve capacity in all organ systems in the body that increases susceptibility to disease and illness. Emphasis is on health promotion and disease and disability prevention.

Note: This is a competency course and students must register for GERON 500 Health and Physical Aspects of Aging (class #23192) to meet the requirements.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST265:
Beginning with the history of North America prior to the voyages of Columbus, History 265 examines the impact of Europeans upon indigenous peoples, and studies the evolution of colonial settlements in British North America. It covers the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the subsequent development of democratic political and social institutions, the emergence of transportation, market and industrial revolutions and the coming of the sectional conflict and Civil War.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST315:
Political, social and intellectual history of Europe from 1900 to 1945. Emphasis on the origins of the World Wars, European totalitarianism, the Great Depression and inter-war societies.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST363L:
A historical survey of economic, social, political and cultural developments in Japan from 1800 to the present, special consideration of economic and foreign policy problems.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for IT246:
We will study basic data communication and networking concepts for LAN and WAN; network protocols with emphasis on Ethernet, PPP, TCP/IP, and WWW protocols, and mobile and wireless networks. Network applications include Telnet, ftp, email, distributed file systems, and client-server applications. We survey network security issues. We will do hands-on network simulation and network sniffing exercises to see how these technologies work in practice.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for LATIN101:
Designed to complete a standard basic textbook with Latin 102.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for LATIN102:
Continuation of Latin 101.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MGT130:
Familiarizes students with the nature of business and its relationship to other institutions in society. The course examines business ownership, organization, management, marketing, human resources management, production, and finance. In addition, it explores issues in the relationships between law and business and government and business.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MSIS105:
Introduces computers, information systems, and their use in society for students with minimal prior knowledge in this area. Topics include overviews of current information technology concepts and components, the Internet, and productivity software tools. The course offers an extensive hands-on component in the use of current technology. This course cannot be counted toward the management information systems or management science concentration in the College of Management.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MSIS110:
Introduces systems thinking principles, computers, information systems, and their use in business decision making. Topics include management information systems concepts and components, issues involving information management, productivity software tools. The course offers an extensive hands-on component in the use of state-of-the-art technology.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MSIS123:
This course will present an overview of the threats to your information technology infrastructure and intellectual property, with an emphasis on the detection and prevention of intrusions or theft. The protection of services such as the World Wide Web, file sharing, and e-mail will be analyzed. The vulnerabilities and hardening of major operating systems such as Linux and Microsoft’s Windows 2000 will be discussed. The course takes a holistic approach, discussing the technical but focusing on the need for proper training and procedures in the maintenance of an effective yet secure information technology infrastructure. While the material of the course is technical in nature, no systems administration or software development experience is assumed. A good familiarity with the use of the Internet and computers is required, and some knowledge of TCP/IP would be helpful.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MSIS124:
This is an introductory course for Visual Basic.NET, an object-oriented, event-driven language that is a subset of the Visual Studio.NET environment. It is designed to provide the beginning Visual Basic programmer with the tools to create Visual Basic applications that conform to well-adopted Windows standards. In addition, it will introduce the students to object-oriented programming concepts, which are key to successful Windows and Web-based development efforts. While students are expected to have familiarity with basic Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 2000 concepts, little or no programming experience is required.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MUSIC248:
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.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Arts.
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MUSIC258:
The history of the United States goes back only 255 years, yet in that relatively short amount of time the country has been involved in no fewer than ten wars. This course is a survey course examining American wartime composers, their lives, their works, and the events surrounding the composition of patriotic works.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Arts.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for MUSIC268:
This course is an introductory online 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.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Arts.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for NURSNG332:
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.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for NURSNG360:
This is the first nursing course in the RN-BS Online Program. It is an intermediate seminar designed to assist registered nurses to develop the critical reading, writing and thinking skills necessary for successful university level study. Issues that significantly influence professional practice and nursing leadership are explored utilizing the above skills.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG360:
This is the first nursing course in the RN-BS Online Program. It is an intermediate seminar designed to assist registered nurses to develop the critical reading, writing and thinking skills necessary for successful university level study. Issues that significantly influence professional practice and nursing leadership are explored utilizing the above skills.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG360:
This is the first nursing course in the RN-BS Online Program. It is an intermediate seminar designed to assist registered nurses to develop the critical reading, writing and thinking skills necessary for successful university level study. Issues that significantly influence professional practice and nursing leadership are explored utilizing the above skills.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG360:
This is the first nursing course in the RN-BS Online Program. It is an intermediate seminar designed to assist registered nurses to develop the critical reading, writing and thinking skills necessary for successful university level study. Issues that significantly influence professional practice and nursing leadership are explored utilizing the above skills.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG361:
This course focuses on the complete health assessment, the nursing process, and its relationship to the prevention and early detection of disease in clients across the life span. This course introduces processes of health assessment: interviewing, history-taking, and physical assessment. Dominant models, theories, and perspectives are used to explain health behaviors and are considered in relation to evidence-based health promotion and health education strategies. Students are also expected to identify and apply pathophysiological principles to selected health issues across the lifespan. The course includes a laboratory component complemented by self-directed computer-assisted instruction. Incorporated throughout the course is the importance of communication and collaboration across culturally diverse urban populations.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG361:
This course focuses on the complete health assessment, the nursing process, and its relationship to the prevention and early detection of disease in clients across the life span. This course introduces processes of health assessment: interviewing, history-taking, and physical assessment. Dominant models, theories, and perspectives are used to explain health behaviors and are considered in relation to evidence-based health promotion and health education strategies. Students are also expected to identify and apply pathophysiological principles to selected health issues across the lifespan. The course includes a laboratory component complemented by self-directed computer-assisted instruction. Incorporated throughout the course is the importance of communication and collaboration across culturally diverse urban populations.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG362:
This course provides an overview of scientific research and nursing informatics. The course focuses on the interface of theory, research, and electronic technologies used in data acquisition, information management, and knowledge development. Emphasis is placed on ethical, theoretical, and methodological issues raised when studying and documenting the health related quality of life of urban populations and on the application of electronic networks in multidisciplinary healthcare delivery.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG362:
This course provides an overview of scientific research and nursing informatics. The course focuses on the interface of theory, research, and electronic technologies used in data acquisition, information management, and knowledge development. Emphasis is placed on ethical, theoretical, and methodological issues raised when studying and documenting the health related quality of life of urban populations and on the application of electronic networks in multidisciplinary healthcare delivery.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG405:
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.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 1-3

Fee:
Course Fee: $TBA
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $TBA

Description for NURSNG461:
The course enables students to perform complex, comprehensive interventions designed to improve public and community health care in the evolving health care system. Nursing practice is directed toward communicating effectively and working collaboratively with diverse urban communities and healthcare infrastructures to deliver quality, cost-effective and accessible health across the life span. Students will utilize information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking, designing and evaluation health care programs and outcomes. Students will assess and demonstrate accountability for self-learning needs when engaged in developing and advocating for programs designed to promote the health of vulnerable and other diverse urban populations.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG461:
The course enables students to perform complex, comprehensive interventions designed to improve public and community health care in the evolving health care system. Nursing practice is directed toward communicating effectively and working collaboratively with diverse urban communities and healthcare infrastructures to deliver quality, cost-effective and accessible health across the life span. Students will utilize information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking, designing and evaluation health care programs and outcomes. Students will assess and demonstrate accountability for self-learning needs when engaged in developing and advocating for programs designed to promote the health of vulnerable and other diverse urban populations.

Prerequisite: BS-RN students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG462:
This course is the capstone for students in the online RN-BS program. This course enables students to analyze complex nursing issues from a legal, ethical, and political approach. This perspective will serve to guide health professionals to socially responsible practice and collaboration within the changing health care environment. In addition, the course conducts critical analyses of contemporary urban health and policy issues affecting individuals across the lifespan. The impact of the complex socio-political environments on how the health care system evolved and is continually reformed is explored. Different health issues and policies including communication, advocacy, and ethical concerns of access, quality, and cost will be examined. The ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding healthcare disparities will be examined. Students will use information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking and evaluation of health care policies and their outcomes.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for NURSNG462:
This course is the capstone for students in the online RN-BS program. This course enables students to analyze complex nursing issues from a legal, ethical, and political approach. This perspective will serve to guide health professionals to socially responsible practice and collaboration within the changing health care environment. In addition, the course conducts critical analyses of contemporary urban health and policy issues affecting individuals across the lifespan. The impact of the complex socio-political environments on how the health care system evolved and is continually reformed is explored. Different health issues and policies including communication, advocacy, and ethical concerns of access, quality, and cost will be examined. The ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding healthcare disparities will be examined. Students will use information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking and evaluation of health care policies and their outcomes.

Prerequisite: NURSING students only. Permission of department, please contact Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 6

Fee:
Course Fee: $1920
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $1920

Description for OCCED219:
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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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for OCCED221:
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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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for OCCED222:
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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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for OCCED223:
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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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for PHIL281:
Virtual reality is more than a science fiction theme. It is now actually with us in the form of such multi-user online virtual worlds as Second Life, Blue Mars, VastPark, OpenSim, and World of Warcraft, collectively involving more than 12 million people. Among the wide variety of participants virtual worlds attract are artists, musicians, writers, and philosophers. In this course we will explore the philosophical issues raised by virtual worlds, including the question of the relation between reality and simulation, by examining and reflecting philosophically on the unique forms of artistic expression now being developed within them. Students in this course will have the opportunity to work with and interview virtual artists on the Caerleon sims in Second Life who are using the visual, musical, and literary arts to explore the essential dimensions of virtual reality. Students who are interested will also have the opportunity to participate in a real life exhibition of such work in April at the Harbor Gallery at UMass Boston.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for PHYSIC134:
The current means of providing energy for our society are not sustainable. The need for secure, alternative and clean sources of power is increasingly apparent. This course, intended for a general audience, provides an overview of the energy problem. It covers the ways we currently obtain and use power and considers the scientific and technological issues involved in emerging technologies.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Natural Science.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for POLSCI220:
This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for POLSCI251:
The origins and the early development of the main political ideas of the West.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for POLSCI375:
Investigation of theories of interdependence, dependency, and neocolonialism. Special attention to North/South relations, various approaches to development and forms of assistance provided by the industrial countries, resource problems, and other political and developmental issues facing North and South.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for POLSCI424:
Examines United States foreign policy in the post-World War II period. Focuses on both historical and institutional matters. Current issues are also given ample consideration.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for PSYCH100:
A general survey of selected content areas in psychology, including personality and human development, physiological psychology, learning, intelligence, heredity and environment, and motivation and emotion. Please note: Students who have already earned credits for PSYCH 101 may not register for this course.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for PSYCH337:
This course explores interpersonal interaction and the functional and dysfunctional ways in which communication occurs. Participants examine non-verbal communication, including paralanguage, spacing, and gestures. Additionally, they acquire experience using the Internet, for research purposes as well as for on-line communication with other course participants. Discussions also focus on various aspects of the mass media.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for SOCIOL367:
This course examines the social origins and consequences of the use and abuse of consciousness-altering substances (including alcohol). It considers how society defines and deals with drug use and assesses social harm, including such issues as addictions and health effects, drugs and crime, the legislation debate, and drug policy and enforcement.

Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for SOCIOL382:
This course analyzes the sociological determinants and consequences of gender-that is, how societies assign specific expectations, advantages, and disadvantages to people on the basis of the biological fact of their sex. It examines the inequality between men and women that is a feature of the structure of many societies, as well as the social-psychological dimensions influencing individual behavior.

Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Diversity Area: United States.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for SPAN101:
Designed for students with little or no background in the Spanish language. SPAN 101 focuses on the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 101 and 105.

Prerequistie: The instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 4
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $1280
Lab Fee: $25
Total: $1305

Description for SPAN101:
Designed for students with little or no background in the Spanish language. SPAN 101 focuses on the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 101 and 105.

Prerequistie: The instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 4
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $1280
Lab Fee: $25
Total: $1305

Description for SPAN102:
A continuation of SPAN 101. SPAN 102 focuses on furthering the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 102 and 106.

Prerequistie: The instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 4
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $1280
Lab Fee: $25
Total: $1305

Description for SPAN102:
A continuation of SPAN 101. SPAN 102 focuses on furthering the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 102 and 106.

Prerequistie: The instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 4
Distribution Area: World Language.

Fee:
Course Fee: $1280
Lab Fee: $25
Total: $1305

Description for WOST260:
This course focuses on women’s concerns in relation to health. Topics include health issues unique to women (such as birth control, pregnancy, childbearing); nutrition; occupational health; health and aging; women as health workers; and the history, activities, and influence of the women’s health movement.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for WOST280:
TBA

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for WOST359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Culture.
Diversity Area: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960