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HCMG 2221 - Healthcare Finance
Credit Hours: 3
Financial management challenges are not just the responsibility of a chief financial officer in an organization. It is shared among managers and directors due to the increasingly complex environment of healthcare delivery in the U.S. This course provides an introduction to financial management, operating revenue, managing working capital, tax status, third-party payors and reimbursement methodologies, financial planning and capital budgeting in healthcare organizations. It also provides analysis of current healthcare reform and trends that will affect healthcare organizations in the future.
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HCMG 2231 - Population Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of health outcomes of geographic populations (communities, countries, etc.) as well as group populations (workforce, schools, ethnic groups, people with disabilities, prisoners, or others categorized by shared traits or issues). The health outcomes of such groups are of relevance to policy makers in both the public and private sectors. Population Health examines a diverse range of environmental, physical and cultural conditions that occur within populations. It considers the outcomes influenced by these conditions and seeks policy or interventions to improve health and minimize health inequities in an efficient and affordable manner.
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HCMG 3301 - Healthcare Organizations
Credit Hours: 3
Organization, current legislation and the roles and relationships of the health care professions are discussed in detail. Emphasis is placed upon roles of hospital management with emphasis on comprehensive health care in hospitals and extended care facilities. Responsibility of the health care agency regarding competent and responsible care of patients is defined. Organization patterns in health care agencies, as well as, contributions of health professionals and paraprofessionals in meeting human needs will be emphasized.
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HCMG 3302 - Management Problems of the Healthcare Delivery Systems
Credit Hours: 3
Health care system processes including outpatient and primary care services, inpatient facilities and services, managed care and integrated organizations, long-term care, and health services for special populations are defined and discussed. Regulations, legislation, growth, and decline of each health care service are emphasized. The future of health services delivery and related opportunities and issues are also discussed in detail.
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HCMG 3331 - Health Information Exchange
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces health information exchange (HIE), the electronic transfer of administrative and clinical information among healthcare organizations. Students examine strategic, organizational, legal, technical, and sociopolitical aspects of HIE initiatives in the U.S. and abroad, including their impact on healthcare quality, safety, efficiency, and financial sustainability. Emphasis will be placed on the organizational demands and healthcare user needs. It is designed to address issues related to the exchange of clinical data across multiple healthcare environments. Special focus is placed on current Federal and State health information technology standards, privacy and security regulations specifically related to the protection of patient information. Students will work in teams to discuss current trends and challenges, best practices for health information systems, and health information standards pertinent to the field of healthcare in order to create an HIE model. Student group work will include a submission of a detailed plan for a regional Health Information Exchange model as well as a PowerPoint or similar presentation summarizing the plan highlights.
Prerequisite(s): HCMG 2201 and HCMG 2221 or HCMG 2231 Grade D or higher
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HCMG 3333 - Quality Management in a Regulatory Environment
Credit Hours: 3
Regulation shapes all aspects of America’s health care industry, from the flow of tax dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. It is the engine that translates public policy into action. While the health and lives of patients, as well as almost one-sixth of the national economy depend on its effectiveness, health care regulation in America is ever-changing and complex. Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels direct regulatory oversight of the industry, but other private organizations do so as well. This course focuses on the importance of quality management to achieve compliant regulatory, safety and efficiency goals in healthcare delivery.
Prerequisite(s): HCMG 2201 and HCMG 2221 or HCMG 2231 Grade D or higher
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HCMG 3372 - Legal and Medical Ethics
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the legal and ethical responsibilities of the administrator involved in health care. Emphasis is placed upon legal issues, as well as, legal responsibilities and liabilities.
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HCMG 4000 - Managing the Post-Acute Healthcare Continuum
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses conceptual, interpersonal and business skills associated with managing post-acute healthcare organizations that provide continued care for special populations. With the changing demographics, by the late 2020’s, the majority of Americans will be over the age of 65 and 20 percent of them will need some form of assisted care. As health care’s traditional care providers focus on a care continuum, a critical strategic consideration for health systems is development of effective post-acute care networks that enable them to deliver cost-effective, high-quality care in the right place at the right time. The content builds expert knowledge of all aspects of long-term care management, including operations, human resources, patient advocacy, and information systems. It also emphasizes the latest understandings of the long-term care continuum and patient-centered care for diverse populations.This is a hybrid 1 course with 75% of the content delivered on line and 25% in scheduled sessions with instructor during the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed all HCMG 3000 level coursework. Students must have proficiencies with Blackboard or equivalent Fairmont State University e-learning System.
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HCMG 4400 - Healthcare Policy
Credit Hours: 3
Health Care Policy is designed to provide an introduction to policy issues in healthcare including state and federal roles, the policy process and integration into healthcare systems management. This course explores underlying concepts, critical health policy issues, values and the American political process as they influence policy. Discussion will focus on four substantive areas that form the analytic basis for many of the issues in Health Policy Formulation and Management: need and demand; economics and financing; politics/ethics/law; and quality/effectiveness.
Prerequisite(s): HCMG 2201 , HCMG 2221 , and HCMG 2231
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HCMG 4401 - Healthcare Practicum and Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Writing Intensive
This capstone course includes both theory and clinical components. Students, in conjunction with their instructor and preceptor, will design an administrative field experience which will culminate in completion of the programs graduate outcomes. During the practicum experience the students will further develop management and leadership skills while interacting with middle managers in their selected fields and by conducting a change project within their agency. This Writing Intensive course includes journaling, online discussions, research papers, and PowerPoint poster presentation.
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HCMG 4450 - Healthcare Management Capstone
Credit Hours: 3
Students choose a healthcare project for advanced concepts and skills needed for effective management activities that promote individual and agency development. Capstone is synthesis of management skills in practice, skill in decision-making and judgment as well as professional role development.
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HIST 1107 - United States History I
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the major developments in American history, from pre-Columbian native American cultures to the end of the Civil War, with emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic and Civil War eras. Course is transferable as general studies credit to all other state institutions of higher education in West Virginia for credit with the grade earned.
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HIST 1108 - United States History II
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the major developments in American history, from Reconstruction to the present with emphasis on the political, social, cultural, economic and diplomatic forces that contributed to America’s emergence as the world’s leading industrial democracy. Course is transferable as general studies credit to all other state institutions of higher education in West Virginia for credit with the grade earned.
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HIST 2211 - World Civilizations I
Credit Hours: 3
An intermediate-level survey of worldwide historical developments, emphasizing major civilizations in pre-historic times, ancient empires and the early Middle Ages. Recommended for sophomores and well-prepared freshmen. Course is transferable as general studies credit to all other state institutions of higher education in West Virginia for credit with the grade earned.
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HIST 2212 - World Civilizations II
Credit Hours: 3
An intermediate-level survey of worldwide historical developments, emphasizing major civilizations from the Middle Ages to the social, political, and industrial revolutions of the eighteenth century. Recommended for sophomores and well-prepared freshmen. Course is transferable as general studies credit to all other state institutions of higher education in West Virginia for credit with the grade earned.
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HIST 2213 - World Civilizations III
Credit Hours: 3
An intermediate-level survey of worldwide historical developments from the French Revolution of 1789 to the present era, emphasizing major civilizations and the modern growth of global interdependence. Recommended for sophomores and well-prepared freshmen. Course is transferable as general studies credit to all other state institutions of higher education in West Virginia for credit with the grade earned.
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HIST 2250 - The Historian’s Craft
Credit Hours: 3
Writing Intensive
The Historian’s Craft is a Writing Intensive course designed to provide history majors with the skills necessary to write effectively and persuasively in the field of history, including familiarization with the Chicago-style of citation. Utilizing a workshop format, the course will introduce students to different styles of historical writing and it will give students the opportunity to practice and home their skills in identifying and summarizing historical arguments, engaging in critical analysis and review, conducting original historical research, and writing argument-based, research-driven papers. Restrictions: History and Social Studies Education majors, or must have instructor’s approval to register.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 and sophomore standing
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HIST 3302 - West Virginia
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers West Virginia history, government and geography from the first settlements to the present time.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 , HIST 1108
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HIST 3305 - History of National Security and Intelligence
Credit Hours: 3
An intermediate-level course on the origins, developmental milestones, important events and policies that shaped the United States’ intelligence infrastructure. There will be discussion of national security policy and actions that have been implemented, and analysis of their effectiveness. This course will develop skills in research, editing, writing and presentation. Students will be required to research assigned topics, collect documentation, edit references, write an analysis of a proposed course of action, and support a recommended course of action in an oral briefing with graphic slides. The format of this course is designed to acquaint the student to the time-sensitive and volatile nature of collection, analysis, production and dissemination of intelligence information. Same Course As: NSIS 3305
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HIST 3310 - Diplomatic and Military History of the United States
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the relations between the United States and other countries, and the development of basic American foreign policies from the colonial background to the super-power status of the present day. Students will pay special attention to war and its foreign-policy consequences.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 , HIST 1108
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HIST 3312 - Colonial America
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the American colonies from their beginnings to the end of the Revolutionary War.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107
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HIST 3314 - History of the American Revolution
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the political, economic, and social causes of the American Revolution from an Atlantic World context. In additional to the military history of the Revolution, the coursewill also study the home front, early American diplomatic efforts, and cultural problems that emerged during the conflict. Furthermore, this course will expose students to the historiographical debates surrounding the conflict.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 3316 - The Early Republic
Credit Hours: 3
Covers United States history from the Revolutionary War to the close of the Mexican War.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107
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HIST 3317 - Civil War and Reconstruction
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the myriad causes of the Civil War, the social, economic, and political changes in the North and the South during the war, highlights key battles and campaigns, and explores the complex and difficult reunification and reconstruction of the Union and the defeated Confederacy following the war.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107
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HIST 3320 - Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on key social, cultural, political, and economic developments in United States history from 1877 until 1920 -a time frame which encapsulates the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. Major topics include the Industrial Revolution, the labor movement, the immigrant experience, the rise of the New South, the impact of territorial expansion domestically and abroad, populism, progressivism, and World War I.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1108 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 3322 - Modern American History from 1920-1960
Credit Hours: 3
This courses focuses on key social, cultural, political, and economic developments in United States history from 1920 until 1960 -a time frame in which a discernably modern American society emerged. Major topics include the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, 1920s nativism, the Great Depression, the New Deal and the modern presidency, American involvement in World War II, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the early stages of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and important sociocultural and political developments of the 1950s.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1108 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 3324 - Recent America from 1960 to the Present
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on key social, cultural, political, and economic developments in United States history from 1960 to the present. Major topics include the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the 1960s, with particular attention to the “movementof movements” and the presidencies of JFK and LBJ; the evolution of the Cold War into the 1960s, especially by way of the conflict in Vietnam; the conservative ascendancy and the rise of the New Right, with close attention to the presidencies of Nixon andReagan; the impact of the information revolution and globalization at the end of the twentieth century; America’s continued changing role in the world, especially pre-and post-9/11; and significant sociocultural and political transformations at the turn-of-the-twenty-first century.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1108 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 3333 - Women in American History
Credit Hours: 3
Women in American History focuses on the pivotal roles women have played in American history from the pre-colonial era up to the present day. By placing women at the center of American history, the course demonstrates how the experiences of American women have decisively shaped American society, culture, politics, and economics throughout the nation’s history in order to offer a more complete and complicated vision of the American past. With particular attention to the ways in which gender roles are historically constructed, students will investigate how women have worked within, and pushed against, various boundaries in order to exercise control over their lives and to gain greater equality in American society.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 or HIST 1108
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HIST 3335 - Women in World History
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the history of women around the globe by using a dual lens of gender and women’s experiences from the ancient world to the present. Going beyond the fragmentary inclusion of women in world history this course focuses on women’s experiences as central. Because women’s lives have been defined by socially constructed ideas of gender this course includes an examination of how gender has defined women’s experiences. Additional topics include, the roles and contributions of women around themes of family life, political engagement, their role in religion, economic production, education, and sexuality.
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HIST 3340 - Popular Culture in Modern American History
Credit Hours: 3
With the guiding premise that popular culture illuminates underlying tensions and currents of thought in American society, Popular Culture in Modern American History utilizes revealing examples of commercial entertainments, including film, television, music, radio, sports, comics, and literature in order to analyze key developments in modern American history. Viewing popular culture as a dialogical process between producers and consumers of entertainment, this course focuses on the interactions between marginal, subversive, and mainstream forms of popular culture in order to demonstrate how popular culture has been a democratic medium that has offered openings for cultural representation to marginalized groups in American history.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 or HIST 1108
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HIST 3344 - African-American History and Culture
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of African-American experience in the United States, from the African cultural background and slavery through the present-day urban experience.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 or HIST 1108
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HIST 3351 - History of England
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers England’s history from Roman rule to the present day.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 3352 - History of Russia
Credit Hours: 3
Development of the Russian people from the time of their appearance as a national entity, through the tsarist, imperial, revolutionary and Soviet eras to the present.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 4405 - History of Africa
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the history of Africa from ancient times to the present analyzing contending ideas about the history of Africa and Africans. Topics covered include the origin of humans, early empires, and religion in Africa. The impact of outside influences from the African Diaspora to Imperialism and the Cold War are an integral part of the course. Additionally, an examination of African art, literature, music, and food provide a balanced picture of the rich history of the African continent and its people.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 4410 - History of Asia
Credit Hours: 3
This survey course examines the history of East Asia including the areas that comprise modern day China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and parts of Southeast Asia from antiquity to the present. The course addresses the complex development of early East Asian cultures in relation to each other, as well as how commercial, military, religious, diplomatic and cultural relationships combined with internal processes to influence the development of East Asian societies and their connection to the rest of the world.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 4415 - History of the Middle East: Muhammad to the Present
Credit Hours: 3
History of the Middle East from Muhammad to the Present, surveys political and religious change in the Middle East from the time of Muhammad to the present. The course examines the origins and tenets of Islam, military and political realities of Islamic empires, the structure of families, religious interaction, and Middle Eastern models of just rule. Embedded in these topics are examinations of religious sectarianism, intellectualism, philosophy and spirituality. Additional major topics include relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europeans; World War I and the peace settlement which defined states in the Middle East; Western-Middle Eastern perceptions of one another; the historical roots of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. The course puts current events in the Middle East in context and considers how the history of the Middle East speaks to what the future may hold for the global community.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Standing, HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 4421 - Colonial Latin American History
Credit Hours: 3
Colonial Latin American History is an introductory survey of early Latin America from the Pre-Columbian period through the Age of Revolution. No prior knowledge of the region is required. The course will focus on a series of historical problems including: the development of indigenous American cultures;European invasion and political consolidation;the formation of a new colonial society; and,various problems of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Furthermore,this class will provide an interpretive framework for understanding the historical changes taking place by examining institutions, political and economic systems, and culturaldevelopments.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 , HIST 2212 OR HIST 2213 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 4422 - Modern Latin American History
Credit Hours: 3
Modern Latin American History is an introductory survey of Latin America from the early republican period through the twenty-first century. No prior knowledge of the region is required. The course will focus on a series of historical problems including: post-independence political, economic,and social reforms;the end of slavery and increased ethnic conflict;and the development of national identities. Furthermore, this class will provide an interpretive framework for understanding the historical changes taking place by examining institutions, political and economic systems, and cultural developments.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 , HIST 2212 OR HIST 2213 ; Sophomore Standing
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HIST 4425 - Medieval Europe
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers change and continuity in Medieval Europe from the fall of Rome in the 5th century to the Renaissance of the early 16th century.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212
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HIST 4429 - Early Modern Europe
Credit Hours: 3
Early Modern Europe will cover the history of Europe from 1500 to 1789, stretching from the Protestant Reformation to the beginning of the French Revolution.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2212
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HIST 4430 - 19th Century Europe
Credit Hours: 3
This course will trace the history of Europe from the French Revolution in 1789 to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2213
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HIST 4431 - Recent Europe
Credit Hours: 3
Recent Europe covers the history of Europe from the beginning of World War I in 1914 through to the present. When Offered: Spring semester only
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2213
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HIST 4450 - History of American Sexualities
Credit Hours: 3
History of American Sexualities provides students with a comprehensive overview of how and why ideas related to sex and sexuality have evolved from the pre-colonial era in America up until the present. In exploring sexuality as a historically contingent sociocultural category of analysis, the course will focus on how ideas about sexuality have been historical linked to ideas about gender, biology, race, and class; how and why modern categories of “homosexuality” and “heterosexuality” came into existence; and, the impact of efforts to reform, regulate, or challenge societal perceptions of sexuality and sexual behavior.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 1107 or HIST 1108
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HIST 4455 - Revolutions in History
Credit Hours: 3
A study of revolutionary thought and action as a force in world history since ancient times. Major topics include the American and French Revolutions of the eighteenth century, the Chinese and Russian Revolutions of the early twentieth century, and a sampling of more recent revolutionary movements in representative regions of the world.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213
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HIST 4475 - Philosophy of History
Credit Hours: 3
A survey of the philosophical systems, both speculative and analytical, that have been advanced to evaluate humanity’s historical experience. Credit in either philosophy or history.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2211 or HIST 2212 or HIST 2213 or PHIL 2200
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HIST 4498 - Senior Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
An identification, review, and historically-oriented synthesis of major concepts in the fields of geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology and economics. Required of history and Social Studies Comprehensive Education majors, but open to all. When Offered: Fall semester only
Prerequisite(s): For history majors only- senior standing
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HIST 4499 - Selected Topics
Credit Hours: 3
Advanced study of topics specially selected by members of the history faculty according to student demand.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Standing and one (1) of the following courses: HIST 1107 , HIST 1108 , HIST 2211 , HIST 2212 , or HIST 2213
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HIST 4998 - Undergraduate Research
Credit Hours: 0-6
Undergraduate research is an experiential learning activity that provides an opportunity for a student to engage in the scholarly activities of their major discipline under the guidance of a faculty mentor who will work in close partnership with each student in his or her formulation of a project, the development of a research strategy, and the assessment of a student’s progress. The primary goal is for each student scholar to conduct an inquiry or investigation that makes an original, intellectual or creative contribution to their discipline and which is shared in an appropriate venue. Repeatable Restrictions: Sophomore-Senior Level
Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval required
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HLTA 1100 - Personal Health
Credit Hours: 2
This course examines the meaning and significance of the physical, mental, social and environmental factors of health and safety as related to the individual and to society. Students will focus on important phases of related national problems, with an emphasis on college students and their current needs.
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HLTA 1150 - Introduction to Health Education
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth study of the varied content areas relating to health, contemporary health problems and reciprocal relationships involving man, disease and the environment focusing on developing the future health professional’s ability to meaningfully convey it. Students will explore the significance/interrelationship of the dimensions of wellness. of the physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, and environmental domains of health.
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HLTA 1199 - Special Topics in Health
Credit Hours: 1-12
Special topics will be studied, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the Department Chair or Associate Dean. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certificate programs.
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HLTA 2202 - Environmental Health
Credit Hours: 3
This focuses on current environmental health issues such as population dynamics and interventions designed to modify the environment in order to improve human health in schools and communities as well as the impact of humans on their environment. An examination of the ramifications of decisions regarding management of environmental resources (i.e. air, water, forests, etc.), their impact on quality of life and the role of organizations/governmental agencies involved with pollution control will be undertaken.
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HLTA 2203 - Contemporary Drug and Behavior Issues
Credit Hours: 3
Writing Intensive
This course covers the identification, analysis, and evaluation of the most critical health problems confronting our society, including drug abuse and addiction.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102 with a letter grade of C or better
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HLTA 2210 - Disease Etiology
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide students with content knowledge about the social and behavioral causes of disease and relationships to health. Disease types, diagnosis, methods of transmission, prevention, and treatment will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 1150
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HLTA 3310 - School Health Content, Curricula & Programming
Credit Hours: 3
This course facilitates development of health education lesson building skills based on sound curricular design, contemporary needs and issues. Health education’s diverse pedagogical content areas will be investigated; instructional strategies will be rehearsed. Development and expansion of students’ professional health education teaching philosophy will include the impact of Whole School, Community, Child Program implementation in the school setting.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 2202 , HLTA 2210 , and Admission to Teacher Education
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HLTA 3315 - Healthy Sexuality
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to help students examine the many facets of human sexuality including the design and physiology of the human reproductive systems and the biological and emotional motivations associated with the sexual aspects of life. Learning opportunities will require students to consider the sociological factors involved in defining and adopting sex-roles, there relationship and impact on marriage and family planning, and trends, issues, and content necessary to effectively evaluate and utilize sexuality education methods and materials.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 1150 , sophomore standing or instructor approval
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HLTA 3320 - Behavior Change Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Students in this course will examine theories, models, and constructs related to personal, environmental, and population-based health risk and health enhancing behaviors.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 2210
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HLTA 3325 - Instructional Strategies and Planning in School Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to cultivate the student’s abilities to develop, plan and evaluate existing curricula, and to organize and plan an effective health education program based on the eight component Whole School Community, Child Programming model. Emphasis is placed on the development of Pre K-Adult curriculum and the design of outcomes-based, developmentally appropriate instructional units.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 3310
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HLTA 3355 - Readings in Health Education
Credit Hours: 2
This course introduces the student to literature on current School Health research, issues, strategies, and problems in the K-12 public school setting. During this course, students will investigate, discuss and synthesize findings from current research useful in developing ideas for their culminating “action research” project.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 2202 , HLTA 2210 , and Admission to Teacher Education
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HLTA 3360 - Communication Techniques for Health Promotion
Credit Hours: 2
This course will prepare students to communicate and advocate for school and community health education by analyzing informational needs and available resources using a variety of communication tools and techniques.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 2210
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HLTA 4400 - Health Education in the Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for senior education majors completing teaching specializations in Elementary Education or School Health Education. It focuses on specific health content areas and complementary teaching strategies related to the health and developmental needs of elementary school children.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 2260
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HLTA 4431 - Methods & Materials in School Health Instruction
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed for senior education majors completing a teaching specialization in School Health Education. It focuses on the application of instructional strategies, classroom management techniques, and performance-based assessment across different developmental levels in the public school setting. Students are encouraged to examine teaching scenarios, foresee potential stumbling blocks and problem-solve in a variety of ways. Practical experience in the public school setting is required.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 3310 , HLTA 3325 , and Admission to Teacher Education
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HLTA 4440 - Health Research and Measurement Design
Credit Hours: 3
Principles of research and measurement including research ethics, instrument construction, designing a study and an examination of concepts and strategies involved with health education assessment.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 3320
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HLTA 4998 - Undergraduate Research
Credit Hours: 0-6
Undergraduate research is an experiential learning activity that provides an opportunity for a student to engage in the scholarly activities of their major discipline under the guidance of a faculty mentor who will work in close partnership with each student in his or her formulation of a project, the development of a research strategy, and the assessment of a student’s progress. The primary goal is for each student scholar to conduct an inquiry or investigation that makes an original, intellectual or creative contribution to their discipline and which is shared in an appropriate venue. Repeatable Restrictions: Sophomore-Senior Level
Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval required
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HTLA 4452 - Field Practicum in Community Health Portfolio
Credit Hours: 1
This course is taken concurrently with HLTA 4451 and consists of developing a portfolio which showcases the students’ best work during the Field Practicum. The portfolio will be aligned with National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Areas of Responsibility.
Prerequisite(s): HLTA 3345
Corequisite(s): This course is taken concurrently with HLTA 4451
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HONR 1100 - Honors Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
This seminar introduces students to critical thinking in a number of disciplines and initiates them into the standards required by the Honors Program.
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HONR 2200 - Honors Mentoring
Credit Hours: 1
The Honors Mentoring course is for Honors students serving as mentors to incoming students in the Honors Program. Honors Program Mentors help incoming students acclimate to life in college, become familiar with the processes of the Honors Program, and become involved with the Honors community. This course may be repeated for credit. Sophomore standing required.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Standing
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HONR 3301 - Honors Study/Travel
Credit Hours: 3
The Honors study-travel course offers students the study of one of the world’s great cities with a week-long immersion in that city. Topics vary by instructor, but the course aims to show students the interconnections of art, language, literature, theatre, history, geography, geology, music, and economics that have contributed to the life and culture of the city. In class, students study the history, culture, and mass transit system of city. In city, they see plays and concerts, visit museums and historic sites, and learn to navigate their way through the city. The course helps students to see the influence of the past on the present and the evolving future. It seeks to develop in them skills they will need in order to explore first-hand cultures and civilizations outside their own. It encourages teamwork among those taking the course as they explore the city.
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HONR 3330 - Empowering Leadership
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to help prepare students to assume increasingly responsible leadership roles of empowerment in their personal, professional and academic lives. This interdisciplinary, student-centered course focuses not only on significant theories of empowering leadership and their applicability to leaders of the past and present, but also includes substantial hands-on, experiential learning opportunities in which students practice empowering leadership.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1101 (with a grade of a “C” or better)
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HONR 3350 - Honors Seminar in Special Topics
Credit Hours: 3
This interdisciplinary seminar explores topics of current interest and drawson the expertise of a number of faculty. Students examine the topic through a number of disciplinary verticesto develop a rounded view of the topic. This seminar takes a problem-solution approach to the chosen topic so that students work toward potential solutions as they analyze the topic.Restricted to juniors and seniors; sophomores may be admitted with the instructor’s approval. Three credits. Up to 12 credit hours Restrictions: Juniors and Seniors; Sophomores may be admitted with the instructor’s approval.
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HONR 4400 - Honors Thesis Design
Credit Hours: 2-3
Honors students will complete this course in preparation of their Honors Senior Thesis project. The course will introduce them to different research methodologies and provide them with information about the appropriate parameters for a senior thesis project. Students will complete the preliminary work necessary for the successful completion of their Honors senior thesis, including the identification of a faculty mentor in their field and the production of a formal thesis proposal. Junior Standing Required.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing
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HONR 1103 - Community Service Learning
Credit Hours: 1
Community Service Learning provides opportunities for students to perform meaningful service to the community while engaging in conscious reflection and critical analysis activities which meet service learning objectives. Students are required to complete a minimum of 20 hours of quality service for a non-profit agency. The hours are completed over the course of the semester with credit given for 2 hours a week. The course is based upon an experiential learning format which includes the college, the student, and the community. Students may enroll in Community Service Learning three semesters, completing a total of 3 credit hours toward graduation requirements. Three sections of Community Service Learning are offered. Enrollment in the general section does not require instructor permission; however, enrollment in the honor’s section and the America Counts’ sections do require instructor permission.
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INTR 3330 - Empowering Leadership
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to help prepare students to assume increasingly responsible leadership roles of empowerment in their personal, professional and academic lives. This interdisciplinary, student-centered course focuses not only on significant theories of empowering leadership and their applicability to leaders of the past and present, but also includes substantial hands-on, experiential learning opportunities in which students practice empowering leadership.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1101 (with a grade of a “C” or better)
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INTR 3331 - Great Ideas of Leaders
Credit Hours: 3
This interdisciplinary humanities course explores some of the most significant ideas of leaders and the questions they have posed to humankind. Topics include the intersection of leadership with the heroic myth, the nature of government, justice, wealth, culture, the mind, poetics, ethics, good and evil, power and authority, concepts of nature, issues of faith and values-based leadership.
Prerequisite(s): INTR 3330
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LANG 1110 - Introducation to Global Perspectives
Credit Hours: 3
The course introduces students to global concepts, issues, and perspectives across disciplines and prepares them to research and plan for international travel experiences at Fairmont State and beyond. Students become familiar with selected examples of world issues and interact with faculty from programs across campus. The course also prepares students for international experience as part of their future studies and careers.
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WGST 1150 - Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquium
Credit Hours: 1
The Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquium introduces students to current research developments concerning women, gender, and LGDTQ citizenry in multiple disciplines, including but not limited to science, law, sociology, music, literature, popular culture, religion, and politics. Repeatable for credit
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WGST 2201 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Credit Hours: 3
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies surveys a range of topics central to women’s and gender studies as they intersect with history, literature, philosophy, visual media, and critical theory among others. This course provides students with a foundational vocabulary and prepares them for deeper study of these matters within their chosen specializations.
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WGST 4402 - Capstone Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies
Credit Hours: 3
The Capstone Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies allows students minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies to design and execute a research project on topics of personal interest with a mentor specialist in that field of research.
Prerequisite(s): WGST 2201 Instructor Approval
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ITAL 1101 - Elementary Italian I
Credit Hours: 3
Italian I is designed for students who have no previous instruction in Italian. The course focuses on enabling students to communicate effectively in Italian and to develop an appreciation of the Italian culture.
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ITAL 1102 - Elementary Italian II
Credit Hours: 3
Italian II is a continuation of Italian I, completing the basic grammatical principles of that language and concentrating on enabling students to speak in formal and informal contexts.
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ITAL 1199 - Special Topics in Italian
Credit Hours: 1-12
Studies in special selected topics, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the chairperson. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certificate programs.
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ITAL 2201 - Intermediate Italian I
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on enabling students to communicate effectively in Italian, by consolidating and expanding the vocabulary and grammar they learned in Italian 1101 and 1102, as well as introducing more sophisticated grammatical structures. The course emphasizes language as a means of understanding culture in the increasingly global world. The course also seeks a heightened understanding of everyday Italian life. The course will be taught in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 1102
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ITAL 2202 - Intermediate Italian II
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a continuation of ITAL 2201 . Students actively use language and conversational skills acquired in ITAL 2201 as they examine Italian housing, environment, music, theater, art, and literature. The course will be taught in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 2201
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ITAL 2299 - Special Topics in Italian
Credit Hours: 1-12
Studies in special selected topics, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the chairperson. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certificate programs.
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ITAL 3399 - Special Topics in Italian
Credit Hours: 1-12
Studies in special selected topics, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the chairperson. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certificate programs.
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JOUR 1199 - Special Topics in Journalism
Credit Hours: 1-3
Studies in special selected topics, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the chairperson. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certificate programs.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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JOUR 2245 - Reporting and Multimedia News Writing
Credit Hours: 3
This course teaches students the basics of news reporting and writing for a variety of media forms. Students will review basic grammar, learn AP Style, and learn how to apply them to news writing for media from print, broadcasting, and online forums.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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JOUR 2275 - Media Literacy
Credit Hours: 3
Writing Intensive
This course teaches students not only the historical background of media, but to critically analyze media content and how it affects society as a whole. Issues addressed are media conglomeration and deregulation, media bias, stereotypes in the media, media as it relates to democracy, as well as other major concepts in the field.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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JOUR 2280 - History of American Journalism
Credit Hours: 3
Writing Intensive
This course offers a comprehensive chronological presentation of the development of American mass media, by showing the relationship of the past to the events of today and delineating their impact on the American way of life. Examines the American press from the seventeenth century to date and freedom of press and its present implications.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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JOUR 3315 - Multimedia Publishing
Credit Hours: 3
This course will teach students the basics of digital media design. It will familiarize students with a variety of software related to print design, photography, logo design, and web design. Terminology related to all forms of media will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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JOUR 3330 - Writing for Multimedia
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students the skills to write in a variety of media formats as well as to create other multi-media projects. In addition to writing for websites, students will learn to embed video, audio, animation, and other platforms as their stories are published.
Prerequisite(s): JOUR 2245
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JOUR 3335 - Photojournalism and Digital Imaging
Credit Hours: 3
Students will not only be taught the basics of photography, but will also learn the ethical conflicts and often the dangers facing photojournalists. Since film is no longer used, students also learn how to upload and manipulate photos digitally.
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JOUR 3343 - Journalism Internship
Credit Hours: 3
This is the capstone course of the journalism. In this course, students are required to perform on-the-job duties during a 100-hour internship, gaining experience in a particular area of journalism, in accordance with the stated goals of the journalism program. Assessment of student achievement of these goals will occur through both a submitted portfolio and the employer’s report on the quality of the intern’s work. Repeatable Restrictions: Seniors only.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval required
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JOUR 3344 - Publications Practice
Credit Hours: 1-3
This course provides experience with student publications. Students can work on the student newspaper, the yearbook, or the student literary and art journal.
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JOUR 3350 - Participatory Journalism and Social Media
Credit Hours: 3
This course develops students’ abilities to report stories in a professional journalistic manner for use on the electronic media sites, including social media, blogs, and new mobile media applications. Students will learn to incorporate user-generated content (UCG).
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JOUR 3390 - Multimedia Ethics and Law
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a comprehensive overview of legal and ethical issues pertaining specifically to journalism and media. In addition to case studies, students will be asked to critically analyze “real-word” dilemmas using legal and philosophical concepts.
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Teaching English to Speakers Of Other Languages |
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LANG 3300 - Intercultural Communication
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the meaning, significance and impact of intercultural communication as it applies individually, nationally and globally as well as in groups and organizations. The course will explore the meaning of “culture” and its effects on perception and understanding. Both macro and micro cultural differences will be examined and the dangers of cultural misunderstanding will be explored. The course will also examine the ever-growing need for intercultural communication competence and introduce ways to increase that competence. Same Course As: COMM 3300
Prerequisite(s): COMM 2200 or COMM 2201 or COMM 2202
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LANG 3301 - Theories of Language and their Application to English I
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the linguistic subjects of syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics and pragmatics, which provide concepts and techniques for understanding languages, with special emphasis upon English. Topics will include descriptive versus prescriptive grammar, dialect and register, synchronic and diachronic language variation, the history of English, language acquisition, the leading theories of language, language theory and the art of composition. Required of all prospective teachers of English; to be taken before Clinic III. Same Course As: ENGL 3301
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1102
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LANG 3302 - Theories of Language and their Application to English II
Credit Hours: 3
Continuation of ENGL 3301 , emphasizing practical applications to teaching writing and grammar in grades 5-12. Required of all prospective teachers of English; to be taken before Clinic III. Same Course As: ENGL 3302
Prerequisite(s): LANG 3301
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