May 11, 2024

2021-22 Graduate Catalog

2021-22 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Leisure and Sports Management
	LSM 5380 - Disabilities and Diversity in Leisure, Sport and Tourism 3 credit hours Important issues such as advocacy, accessibility, legalities, and the importance of and broad range of opportunities in the provision of recreational services for persons with disability in our society. For LSM majors only. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5470 - Leisure and Aging 3 credit hours Aging relative to the individual, family, peers, and society with an emphasis on leisure. The holistic approach including physical, psychological, social, cultural, environmental, and cognitive aspects explored. Interdisciplinary approach ideal for the developing or practicing human service professional. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5480 - Recreational Therapy Techniques 3 credit hours Activity-based therapeutic interventions currently utilized to alleviate existing health-related problems, maintain current level of functioning, or to assist in overall rehabilitation efforts of transdisciplinary treatment team. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5490 - Campus Recreation 3 credit hours For those wishing to acquire a specific and comprehensive knowledge of the recreational sports program and an understanding of its place and value in education and society. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5499 - Therapeutic Terminology in Recreational Therapy 3 credit hours Offers preparation for establishing a vital knowledge base necessary to work in today’s fast changing rehabilitation settings. Terminology related to third-party reimbursement, accreditation of health care organizations, and basic medical abbreviations used in charting. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5500 - Introduction to Recreational Therapy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LSTS 3010. Explores the profession of recreational therapy, the wide range of disabilities, and the role of intervention in a variety of settings: clinical, community, and transitional. Topics include history, philosophy, professional development/certification, systemic program design, and implementation. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5510 - Recreational Therapy in Clinical Settings 3 credit hours Prerequisites: LSTS 3010 and LSTS 4500. Increases understating of recreational therapy in clinical settings working with persons with health-related issues and/or disabilities. Concepts of disease and disability, holistic approach, interdisciplinary treatment, assessment, intervention planning and implementation, evaluation, documentation, and third-party reimbursement explored. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5520 - Transitional and Community Recreational Therapy 3 credit hours Issues clients may face when leaving institutions and returning to their communities. Examines the role and provision of recreational therapy services in transitional and community-based settings. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5540 - Organization and Administration of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours Duties and responsibilities of an administrator and how these are performed. For LSM majors only. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5560 - Field Studies in Leisure, Sports, and Tourism 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LSTS 3530. Opportunity for supervised practical application of classroom theory in professional field work. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5570 - Outdoor Recreation Workshop 3 credit hours Off-campus course that provides materials and experiences not available in the classroom. exposure to issues, trends, and concerns relevant to outdoor recreation, resource management, and the delivery of programs and services in outdoor environments. Public, private non-profits, and commercial agencies experienced through a series of field trips, lectures, group exercises, and other experiential-based activities. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5580 - Seminar: Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Issues 3 credit hours Awareness of the importance of environmental considerations when planning, managing, or administering outdoor recreation programs. Includes environmental issues and methods of seeking solutions to environmental problems. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5590 - Readings in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours In-depth reading and preparation of an annotated bibliography and report. Arrangements for this course should be made with the instructor prior to registration. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5660 - Evaluation of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours Research and evaluation procedures and techniques applicable to assessing recreation and leisure service programs, participants, administrative structures, and resources. Emphasis on beginning and completing a “real-world” evaluation project. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5700 - Challenge Course Facilitation 3 credit hours A systematic approach to the fundamentals of group management in an experiential ropes course setting. Focuses on both interpersonal and technical facilitation skills. Several on and off-campus experiential, demonstration, and practical application sessions well be required. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5790 - Sport and Society 3 credit hours (Same as SOC 5790 .) A behavioral approach to the sport and leisure phenomena from the related perspectives of sociology and anthropology. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 5965 - Aquatic Exercise and Therapeutic Techniques 3 credit hours (Same as ATHT 5965 and EXSC 5965 .) Examines the various uses of the aquatic environment to develop, maintain, and improve physical performance with practical development of skills and techniques and aquatic exercise programming. Combines both didactic and laboratory activities in an experiential learning environment. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6020 - Systems Thinking and Learning in Leisure and Sport Management 3 credit hours Focuses on organizational theory within leisure and sport management settings including knowledge and appreciation of how organizations function as a system and the role of the supervisor and administrator within each setting. Populations and settings examined include recreation/intramural managers, sport managers, and similar positions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6500 - Legal Issues and Risk Management in Sport and Leisure Services 3 credit hours Understanding the legal basis for management actions, concepts of legal liability including torts, contracts, and constitutional law as applied to sport and leisure services organizations. Emphasis on the ability to plan, develop, and implement risk management programs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6520 - Management Practices in Recreation and Leisure Services 3 credit hours Administrative processes and management techniques used in planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling with respect to leisure service delivery systems. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6530 - History and Philosophy of Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours In-depth study of history and philosophy as related to leisure and sport in society. Emphasis on tracing the historical and philosophical underpinnings of the profession and their impact on current research and practice. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6550 - Outdoor Environmental Education 3 credit hours Camping leadership and outdoor education principles with implications for management, planning of, and interpretation in recreation areas as well as for policy development. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6570 - Issues, Trends, and Research in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Identification and analysis. Emphasis on meaningful, outstanding studies and research in the field of leisure and sport.. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6640 - Thesis Research 1 to 6 credit hours (Same as EXSC 6640 /HLTH 6640 /PHED 6640 .) Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of thesis. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of master’s research each semester until completion. S/U grading. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6670 - Behavioral Concepts in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Social/psychological concepts concerning leisure and sport participation behavior in various types of leisure and sport settings. Range of different theoretical perspectives and behavioral concepts underlying pertinent research. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6710 - The Sport Industry 3 credit hours Overview of career paths in the sport industry with a focus on philosophical foundations, management theory, business communications, and marketing integration in the performance, promotion, and production segments of the sports industry. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6720 - Event Planning, Promotion, and Fundraising in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours In-depth synthesis of marketing practices in leisure and sport including general marketing theory; pricing, distribution, and promotional techniques; media relations; and branding and sponsorship theory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6730 - Socio-Cultural and Ethical Issues in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Sociocultural basis of sport and consideration of ethical issues that provide a foundation for the development of sound judgment by sport professionals. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6740 - Sport in Film and Fiction 3 credit hours Examines sport themes expressed in films, fiction, and poetry, with special emphasis on themes that can be compared with real sport experiences. Themes include sport heroes; youth and aging in sport, sport in the country and the city; nationalism, racism, and sexism in sport; the individual versus the community in sport; and humor and poetry in sport. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6850 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Leisure and Tourism 3 credit hours In-depth study of the leisure experience in other cultures (non-U.S.) through on-site observation; visits to cultural/historic sites; and interactions with managers and staff at parks, museums, attractions, and world heritage sites. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6880 - Internship/Special Project 3 to 6 credit hours (Same as EXSC 6880 / HLTH 6880 / PHED 6880 .) On-site practical experience in an exercise science, health promotion, or leisure/sport industry program. Those with extensive work experience will develop, implement, and conclude a project (research or applied) in consultation with the major professor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 6910 - Special Problems 1 to 3 credit hours (Same as EXSC 6910 / HLTH 6910 / PHED 6910 .) Individual study of current problems or areas of interest. S/U grading. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7020 - Systems Thinking and Learning in Leisure and Sport Management 3 credit hours Focuses on organization theory within leisure sport management settings including knowledge and appreciation of how organizations function as a system and the role of the supervisor and administrator within each setting. Populations and setting examined include recreation/intramural managers, sport managers, and similar positions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7500 - Legal Issues and Risk Management in Sport and Leisure Services 3 credit hours Understanding the legal basis for management actions, concepts of legal liability including torts, contracts, and constitutional law as applied to sport and leisure services organizations. Emphasis on the ability to plan, develop, and implement risk management programs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7530 - History and Philosophy of Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours In-depth study of history and philosophy as related to leisure and sport in society. Emphasis on tracing the historical and philosophical underpinnings of the profession and their impact on current research and practice. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7570 - Issues, Trends, and Research in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Seminar that identifies and analyzes outstanding research trends in recreation, leisure, and sport. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7670 - Behavioral Concepts in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Sociocultural basis of leisure and sport. Consideration of ethical issues that provide a foundation for the development of sound judgment by leisure and sport professionals. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7730 - Socio-Cultural and Ethical Issues in Leisure and Sport 3 credit hours Sociocultural basis of and sport and consideration of ethical issues that provide a foundation for the development of sound judgment by sport professionals. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LSM 7740 - Sport in Film and Fiction 3 credit hours Examines sport themes expressed in films, fiction, and poetry, with special emphasis on themes that can be compared with real sport experiences. Themes include sport heroes; youth and aging in sport; sport in the country and the city; nationalism, racism, and sexism in sport; the individual versus the community in sport; and humor and poetry in sport. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Library Science
	LIBS 6000 - Librarianship 3 credit hours Presents the broad field of librarianship as a profession. Book and library history, the place of the library as an essential resource for communities, and the role of the librarian in provision of service to all users. The e-portfolio will be planned and designed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6015 - Introduction to Information Intermediation, Resources, and Instruction 3 credit hours Evaluation and use of print and electronic reference materials, programming for literacy skills, the reference selection process, emerging technologies for reference, and initial development of search strategies. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6020 - Organization of Information 3 credit hours Introduces students to the concepts and theoretical foundations of organizing information with an emphasis on organizing library resources. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6030 - Information Technology for Information Professionals 3 credit hours Presents basic information technology concepts and skills necessary for library and information science professionals. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6060 - Understanding Research for Evaluation in Libraries 3 credit hours Core course in M.L.S. program. Studies of research methods, qualitative and quantitative research, and statistical analysis to achieve decision-making skills based on research results. Emphasis on practitioner skills to evaluate processes, products, and services of libraries. Final project based on a local library and presented to the library at end of the course. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6100 - Management of Libraries 3 credit hours Prerequisites: 6 credit hours of LIBS 6000-level courses. Administration and management of the library. Trends, governance, information literacy issues, and all other elements of managing the modern library addressed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6105 - School Library Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of LIBS 6000-level courses. Encompasses the administration and supervision of the modern library and its program. Goals are based on ALA and/or AASL standards and initiates exploration of library improvement and instruction for learning. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6115 - Collection Development and User Services 3 credit hours Study of library collections and their relationship to user services. Includes study of the evolution of library collections, the development of information needs, analysis of stakeholder needs, library mission, collection analysis, selection aids, and collection maintenance. Field visits required. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6201 - Public Libraries 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6000 . Covers the public library’s role in society including current practices, trends, and issues. Topics include history of public libraries, governance, funding, equity and access, youth and adult services, facilities, technology, outreach, and global perspectives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6310 - Materials for Literacy of Children 3 credit hours Materials suitable for babies, toddlers, and elementary school children. Includes study of reading skills, recreational reading, non-fiction, criteria for evaluating, selecting, and integrating national standards into programming for these patrons. The partnership between library and school curriculum will be included. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6311 - Materials for Literacy of Young People and Adults 3 credit hours Materials suitable for young adults and adults, including recreational reading; non-fiction; criteria for evaluating, selecting, integrating current standards of library service into programming for these patrons. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6312 - Government Information Sources 3 credit hours Selection, acquisition, organization, and utilization of government information in a variety of formats from legislative, judicial and executive branches of federal, state, and local governments. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6320 - Information Searching Strategies 3 credit hours Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of LIBS 6000-level courses. Study of user behaviors will provide the foundation for identifying productive search strategies. Includes information security, study of search engine features and design, and application of information studies to design instruction that fosters efficient and effective searches. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6330 - Digital Library Collections 3 credit hours Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of LIBS 6000-level courses. Provides a theoretical framework for the digitization of materials. Explores user needs, issues, and trends related to digital collections. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6331 - Library Systems and Automation 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6030 . Introduces students to the functionality of Integrated Library Systems and how to evaluate them for the best fit for satisfying the library’s needs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6340 - Integration of Learning Theory, Programs, and Technology 3 credit hours Discusses and examines technology-based materials and adaptation to library literacies instruction and individual learning styles/needs. Design, creation, and production of technology-based materials that reflect professional standards, good online design principles, understanding of instructional design, and audience needs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6345 - Instructional Strategies for Information Professional 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6015 . Theory, strategy, design, and practice in providing instructional services and technology for end users of information and information systems. Includes application of information literacy standards and assessment methods. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6401 - Academic Libraries 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6000 . Provides a broad overview of academic libraries. Examines the purpose of the academic library in light of the type of institution it serves; introduces the mission of academic libraries in universities and colleges as well as examines the necessary services, resources, space, and funding needed to fulfill that mission. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6511 - Directed Student Teaching (Library Science) 9 credit hours Prerequisites: All required Library Science courses; FOED 6610 ; must meet all requirements for admission to teacher education. A full-time, full semester of supervised teaching experience in a public school library. Provides an opportunity to observe successful materials specialists/librarians at work and to participate in actual operations followed by seminar opportunities for exchange of ideas. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6550 - Supervised Field Experience in Library Science 3 to 6 credit hours Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of LIBS courses. Provides direct field experience in a library with practicing materials specialists/librarians at work. Students participate in actual library operations. Planning and implementing programs based on ALA standards mandatory. Seminar opportunities provided for discussion and reflection. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credit hours. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6620 - Library Services for Special Populations 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6000 . Designed to prepare information professionals to develop and provide inclusive services to underrepresented populations, and to analyze and evaluate services to ensure equality of access to information in a range of institutional settings. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6820 - Advanced Metadata Management of Library Resources 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6020 . Covers rules and encoding for description and access points as presented in the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) Rules for Description and Access (RDA) and MARC for describing resources held typically in libraries. Students will create descriptions of manifestations of works such as monographs, serials, sound and video recordings, realia, computer files, maps, websites, etc., all in computer-based encoding programs (OCLC Connexion). Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6900 - Skills and Issues in the Library 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LIBS 6100 or LIBS 6105 . Final preparation of ePortfolio. In depth examination and practice of all aspects of the library. Students must provide evidence of program goals during the semester. Innovative research into current issues, strategic planning, and advocacy is expected. Restricted to final two semesters. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6970 - Web Based Tools and Curriculum 3 credit hours (Same as SPSE 7970 .) Prerequisite: LIBS 6340 or SPSE 6960 . Synthesis of design, creation, and production of instructional curriculum integrating Internet and technology-based tools throughout. Includes analysis and reflection on the curriculum created. Mentor project is completed during the semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LIBS 6999 - Exit Assessment Preparation 1 credit hours Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will submit the required exit assessment during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor at least two weeks prior to the term for specifics regarding the details of this course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Literacy Studies
	LITS 7010 - Literacy Development and Language Learning 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Provides an overview of the basic concepts, scope, and methodology of literacy development. Topics and issues in current literacy development are addressed while discussing major theoretical models, cognitive processes, sociocultural factors, and current methodologies. Explores the relation between literacy development and language learning. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7011 - Neurobiology of Language and Literacy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CDIS 6000 or ENGL 7651 and permission of department. Advanced introduction to the functional anatomy of language acquisition, perception, comprehension, and production. Contemporary anatomical and functional neuroimaging techniques in research and clinical applications. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7021 - Cognitive Neuropsychology of Literacy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: LITS 7011 . Reviews, methods, models, and findings of cognitive neuropsychology and their application to issues in literacy. Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the organization of cognitive abilities with an emphasis on reading, writing, and spelling. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7100 - Historical Issues, Trends, and Methodologies in Literacy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Explores historical and emerging trends and issues related to literacy research methods, processes, and practices. Examines historical trends in theories of literacy development; linguistic, sociocultural, and instructional influences on literacy development; and development in academically diverse children. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7110 - Models of Literacy Assessment 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Examines frames of reference within which approaches to diagnostic and achievement testing reside. Topics include grade level achievement models, discrepancy models, curriculum-based assessment, process models, and value-added models. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7120 - Professional Seminar in Graduate Studies 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Examines the key components for success in graduate school and the skills needed for succeeding in academia. Offers broad survey of the skills (e.g., writing, publishing, ethics, etc.) and practices critical for completing graduate school. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7130 - Literacy in the Socio-Cultural Context 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CDIS 6000 or ENGL 7651 . Exploration of how language and socialization patterns within families of various cultural groups (ie., Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans) may influence acquisition of literacy skills and performance in literacy instruction. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7140 - Research, Design and Methodology in Literacy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Integrated review of current and historical designs and methodologies in literacy research. Analysis of theoretical principles and underlying assumptions will be addressed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7150 - Multilingualism and Literacy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Explores the relationship between multilingualism and literacy and the interplay of the dominant forces involved in shaping this often vexed relationship. Focuses on the impact of multilingualism on literacy acquisition in the North American context as well as the role of U.S. educational policies and societal attitudes on multilingual literacy development. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7200 - Practicum in Literacy Studies 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to the program; good academic standing; completion of at least 20 hours of core coursework; Practicum Contract forms; permission of department. Field-based experiences, in as many as three settings, selected by the student in collaboration with the program advisor. Purpose is to expand the student’s world view of a career path/field as one connected to literacy issues across a spectrum of disciplines. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7210 - Evidence-Based Methods of Literacy Development 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Explores context that spawned the evidence-based movement and the founding of What Works Clearinghouse. Evaluation of instructional programs and methods for reading and spelling within the framework of scientifically based evidence of effectiveness. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7330 - Special Topics in Literacy 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Independent study of a particular topic selected by the student and approved by the instructor. Provides an opportunity to study special areas of interest for which regular courses are not offered. Repeatable up to twelve hours. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7340 - Literature Review and Readings in Literacy 1 to 12 credit hours Prerequisites: PSY 7280 and LITS 7140 or equivalents. Supervised literature review and readings on topics of current importance in literacy studies. Topics and requirements obtained from individual faculty in the Literacy Studies Ph.D. program or from affiliated faculty. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7350 - Research Seminar in Literacy 1 to 12 credit hours Prerequisite: LITS 7340 or equivalent. Supervised research in the literacy studies area. Student will conduct a research project in his or her area of interest in the field of literacy studies. Topics and requirements will be obtained from individual faculty in the Literacy Studies Ph.D. program or from affiliated faculty. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7400 - Reading Comprehension: Theoretical Models and Research Methodologies 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Examines the major theoretical models of comprehension, cognitive processes, and current methodologies used in comprehension research. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7410 - Applied Meta-Analysis in Education 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ALSI 7600 or PSY 7280 . Covers the advantages and limitations of using meta-analyses to determine educational policy and practice. Focuses on step-by-step procedures for conducting, analyzing data, and reporting a meta-analysis on an educational research topic of student’s choice. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	LITS 7640 - Dissertation Research 1 to 12 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of dissertation. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of doctoral research each semester until completion. S/U grading. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Management
	MGMT 5840 - Study Abroad 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Permission of department; Graduate standing and completion of core courses in respective field as determined by graduate business studies. A short-term international business education experience designed to expose the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies), with specific emphasis directed toward the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to the discipline. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6000 - Management and Operations Concepts 3 credit hours Concepts of the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling as applied to managing people in organizations. Production and operations management concepts with emphasis on using quantitative models for decision making. Prerequisite for M.B.A. program. May not be used for elective credit in graduate business degree program. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6100 - Strategic Decision Making 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3610 or MGMT 6000 . Managerial theory and practice of solving problems, making decisions, and developing strategies for services and/or products. Emphasis on developing practical responses to decision issues using creativity and innovation in a team environment. (This course is not open to students earning a Master of Business Administration degree.) Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6200 - Lean Project Management Principles 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3620, MGMT 6000 , or MGMT 6650 .Theory and practice of managing projects for services, products, and/or events in the context of operations management methods. Emphasis on application of lean concepts to project management. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6250 - Health Care Resource Management 3 credit hours Addresses the forecasting, planning, utilization, and management of resources in organizations within the health care industry as well as industry peripheral organizations. Examines the management of the full spectrum of resources to meet the highly complex demand model as a health care leader. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6300 - Not-for-Profit Management and Governance 3 credit hours Prerequisite: JCOB student or permission of department. Focuses on the management theories and practices that impact effective management and governance of organizations in the not-for-profit sector. Emphasizes management decision making within the not-for-profit context and will be one of two core courses in the Master’s of Science in Management Social Innovation and Not-for-Profit concentration curriculum. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6350 - Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation 3 credit hours (Same as ENTR 6350 .) Explores the elements of social entrepreneurship and social innovation and how these approaches are used to solve the world’s social challenges. Uses systems and design thinking along with traditional business approaches to address social challenges and develop measures for organizational performance that include social impact measures in addition to traditional business performance measures. Students challenged to generate a social innovation or social entrepreneurship solution and develop a social venture plan to implement that solution. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6400 - Current Issues in Social Innovation and Not-for-Profit Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3610 or MGMT 6600 or permission of department. Current management issues that impact organizations in the not-for-profit sector. Topics include managing change/crisis management, organization culture, strategic human resource management, diversity, managing quality, resource development, accountability to stakeholders, competition among nonprofits, international issues, management issues of membership organizations and small not-for-profits, leadership challenges, managing volunteers, social entrepreneurship, and marketing. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6450 - Health Care Quality and Accountability for Leaders 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to Jones College of Business. Addresses health care quality and required accountability within the health care industry from the perspective of a non-clinical leader. Discusses the critical topics of continuous quality improvement (CQI), CQI models, CQI project planning and implementations, accreditation standards, Lean, and Six Sigma from the perspective of non-clinical leaders in organizations serving in multiple tiers of the health services delivery systems. Examines the nuances of healthcare organizational culture and its impact on healthcare quality and accountability. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6510 - Current Problems in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations 3 credit hours Investigation of current problems. Emphasis on current theory, problems, and practices in the public and private sector. Consideration of legal and political environment stressed as related to management policy formulation. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6550 - Distribution Center Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MGMT 3620 or MGMT 6000 or MGMT 6650 . Focuses on the concepts and techniques required to manage a contemporary distribution center. Emphasizes the role of a distribution center within a supply chain and best practices leading to efficient operational performance. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6600 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours Behavioral science concepts and research in the management of organizations; theories dealing with interpersonal relationships, motivation systems, group dynamics, communications, and authority related to organizational behavior, control, and structure problems. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6650 - Operations Management 3 credit hours Strategic and tactical decisions involved with planning, operating, and controlling the operations functions in a firm. Emphasis on problem identification and solution. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6660 - Organization Development 3 credit hours Approaches for effecting change in organizations. Emphasis on the individual and personal development of the student to be more effective in managing change and innovation. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6670 - Seminar in Negotiation 3 credit hours A structured overview of the process of negotiation in organizations and manager development of improved negotiation skills. Topics include distributive negotiations, integrative negotiations, tactics, strategies, power dynamics, alternative dispute resolution, and negotiation ethics in an organization environment. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6680 - Seminar in Human Resources Management 3 credit hours Focus on the responsibility of all managers with respect to the effective development of human resources. The responsibility of all functional areas in the human resource department or impinging forces such as technology, organized labor, and government legislation examined along with the emerging concepts, problems, and theories supported by research in the field. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6690 - Current Issues in Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: JCOB student or permission of department. Investigates current issues in management, using recent events and emerging theoretical developments to examine relevant complexities facing practitioners. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6700 - Supply Chain Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours Focuses on strategic use of key performance indicators (KPIs, dashboard metrics, and balanced scorecards) as a method to manage business processes. Aspects of performance measurement will be studied including design, data sources, conflicting KPIs, and presentation of results. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	MGMT 6730 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours Principles of supply chain management and supply chain management environments. Examines integration with other companies to manage flow of resources, including materials, information, people, etc., in a global supply chain environment. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

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Courses

LSM 5380 - Disabilities and Diversity in Leisure, Sport and Tourism

LSM 5470 - Leisure and Aging

LSM 5480 - Recreational Therapy Techniques

LSM 5490 - Campus Recreation

LSM 5499 - Therapeutic Terminology in Recreational Therapy

LSM 5500 - Introduction to Recreational Therapy

LSM 5510 - Recreational Therapy in Clinical Settings

LSM 5520 - Transitional and Community Recreational Therapy

LSM 5540 - Organization and Administration of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism

LSM 5560 - Field Studies in Leisure, Sports, and Tourism

LSM 5570 - Outdoor Recreation Workshop

LSM 5580 - Seminar: Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Issues

LSM 5590 - Readings in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism

LSM 5660 - Evaluation of Leisure, Sport, and Tourism

LSM 5700 - Challenge Course Facilitation

LSM 5790 - Sport and Society

LSM 5965 - Aquatic Exercise and Therapeutic Techniques

LSM 6020 - Systems Thinking and Learning in Leisure and Sport Management

LSM 6500 - Legal Issues and Risk Management in Sport and Leisure Services

LSM 6520 - Management Practices in Recreation and Leisure Services

LSM 6530 - History and Philosophy of Leisure and Sport

LSM 6550 - Outdoor Environmental Education

LSM 6570 - Issues, Trends, and Research in Leisure and Sport

LSM 6640 - Thesis Research

LSM 6670 - Behavioral Concepts in Leisure and Sport

LSM 6710 - The Sport Industry

LSM 6720 - Event Planning, Promotion, and Fundraising in Leisure and Sport

LSM 6730 - Socio-Cultural and Ethical Issues in Leisure and Sport

LSM 6740 - Sport in Film and Fiction

LSM 6850 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Leisure and Tourism

LSM 6880 - Internship/Special Project

LSM 6910 - Special Problems

LSM 7020 - Systems Thinking and Learning in Leisure and Sport Management

LSM 7500 - Legal Issues and Risk Management in Sport and Leisure Services

LSM 7530 - History and Philosophy of Leisure and Sport

LSM 7570 - Issues, Trends, and Research in Leisure and Sport

LSM 7670 - Behavioral Concepts in Leisure and Sport

LSM 7730 - Socio-Cultural and Ethical Issues in Leisure and Sport

LSM 7740 - Sport in Film and Fiction

LIBS 6000 - Librarianship

LIBS 6015 - Introduction to Information Intermediation, Resources, and Instruction

LIBS 6020 - Organization of Information

LIBS 6030 - Information Technology for Information Professionals

LIBS 6060 - Understanding Research for Evaluation in Libraries

LIBS 6100 - Management of Libraries

LIBS 6105 - School Library Management

LIBS 6115 - Collection Development and User Services

LIBS 6201 - Public Libraries

LIBS 6310 - Materials for Literacy of Children

LIBS 6311 - Materials for Literacy of Young People and Adults

LIBS 6312 - Government Information Sources

LIBS 6320 - Information Searching Strategies

LIBS 6330 - Digital Library Collections

LIBS 6331 - Library Systems and Automation

LIBS 6340 - Integration of Learning Theory, Programs, and Technology

LIBS 6345 - Instructional Strategies for Information Professional

LIBS 6401 - Academic Libraries

LIBS 6511 - Directed Student Teaching (Library Science)

LIBS 6550 - Supervised Field Experience in Library Science

LIBS 6620 - Library Services for Special Populations

LIBS 6820 - Advanced Metadata Management of Library Resources

LIBS 6900 - Skills and Issues in the Library

LIBS 6970 - Web Based Tools and Curriculum

LIBS 6999 - Exit Assessment Preparation

LITS 7010 - Literacy Development and Language Learning

LITS 7011 - Neurobiology of Language and Literacy

LITS 7021 - Cognitive Neuropsychology of Literacy

LITS 7100 - Historical Issues, Trends, and Methodologies in Literacy

LITS 7110 - Models of Literacy Assessment

LITS 7120 - Professional Seminar in Graduate Studies

LITS 7130 - Literacy in the Socio-Cultural Context

LITS 7140 - Research, Design and Methodology in Literacy

LITS 7150 - Multilingualism and Literacy

LITS 7200 - Practicum in Literacy Studies

LITS 7210 - Evidence-Based Methods of Literacy Development

LITS 7330 - Special Topics in Literacy

LITS 7340 - Literature Review and Readings in Literacy

LITS 7350 - Research Seminar in Literacy

LITS 7400 - Reading Comprehension: Theoretical Models and Research Methodologies