NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.
Geology
GEOL 5402 - Field Course
4credit hoursSupervised study in some geological area preceded by classroom preview and concluded by a time of evaluation. Emphasis on the natural and physical elements of the environment, with special attention directed toward the geomorphology and geology of scientific areas. An intensive period of study and research on a full-time basis. Work required will depend on area researched and time involved. Consult department chair for specific fees.
3credit hoursCorequisite: Graduate standing in Geosciences or permission of department. Principles of environmental geosystems. The role of geologic processes in natural and human-induced distribution of contaminants in minerals, rocks, soils, surface water, and groundwater. Detection, measurement, and remediation of human impacts on geologic environments. Three hours lecture per week.
. Environmental geosystem case studies involving natural and human-induced distribution of contaminants in minerals, rocks, soils, surface water, and groundwater and the detection, measurement, and remediation of contaminants in geologic environments. Three hours lecture per week.
. Advanced principles and the applications of hydrogeologic modeling techniques used to investigate and remediate contaminated groundwater. Three hours lecture per week.
2credit hoursPrerequisite: GEOL 1030/1031 or GEOL 1040/1041, or equivalent. A discussion of current issues in geosciences led by guest speakers, MTSU faculty members, and graduate students.
GERM 5010 - Topics in German Literature and Culture
3credit hoursPrerequisite: 6 hours of German beyond intermediate level or permission of instructor. Topics will vary. Course may be repeated with different topic.
GERM 5900 - Directed Study in German Literature and Culture
1 to 6credit hoursPrerequisite: 15 hours of German or permission of instructor. Individualized intensive reading in primary and secondary sources relating to a specific topic in German literature or culture. Arrangements must be made with instructor prior to registration.
3credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to the College of Graduate Studies or permission of the instructor. For graduate students seeking proficiency in reading German for research purposes. Open to undergraduates seeking to prepare for graduate study. Will not count toward a major or minor in German.
3credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Comprehensive study of history and structure of German language; advanced stylistics leading to research project of cultural, literary, or linguistic topic.
3credit hoursPrerequisites: 9 hours of German at the 4000 level or higher or permission of instructor; graduate status in the M.A. or M.A.T. program. An in-depth study of an author, genre, period, or literary movement in German literature from 1850 to present. May be taken twice.
GS 5270 - Special Problems and Topics in Global Studies
3credit hoursA detailed examination of a problem or topic significant in Global Studies. Topics vary, and particular topics addressed indicated by the course title in the published class schedule. Depending on the nature of the material to be covered, prerequisites may be imposed by the instructor. May be taken more than once for credit with different topics.
2credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 3300 or current American Red Cross certification in multimedia first aid or standard first aid and CPR. Organizing, planning, and teaching American Red Cross safety courses. Red Cross instructor certification awarded for successful completion.
3credit hours(Same as PHED 5340.) Planning, teaching, and participating in individual and group fitness programs for the adult. Administers and interprets assessments of related components with an understanding of physiological principles related to exercise in the adult. Major lifetime wellness activities covered.
HLTH 5400 - Drugs and Violence in Health Education
3credit hoursOffers an understanding of the nature of drugs, relationships people form with drugs, and consequences of those relationships. Relationship of drugs to acts of violence considered as well as educational programs addressing issues related to drug use/abuse and acts of violence.
1credit hoursPrerequisite: Introductory course in computer literacy or equivalent with instructor permission. Corequisite: HLTH 5451. Focus on understanding of and competency in use of a variety of technology applications related to the profession. Students required to enroll in the corresponding lab during the same semester.
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 4300 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Preparation for those who aspire to become school health coordinators. Major emphasis on comprehensive school health and how it fits into K-12 education.
HLTH 6000 - Stress Management in Health and Health Promotion
3credit hoursEvaluation techniques and instruments considered. Effects of stress on physical and mental domains of health examined. Methods of conducting stress management workshops and classes emphasized.
HLTH 6010 - Holistic and Complementary Health Care
3credit hoursConcepts and theories that make up the disciplines and practices constituting the holistic and complementary approach to health promotion and disease treatment and prevention.
HLTH 6020 - Somatic Therapy Techniques for Health Care Providers
3credit hours(Same as ATHT 6020.) Theoretical concepts, knowledge, theories, and history of somatic therapy. Emphasis on Swedish-Esalen, sports massage, Shiatsu, and connective tissue. Includes advanced rehabilitative and therapeutic modality techniques. Combines didactic and some experiential opportunities.
HLTH 6102 - Theory of Health Education and Behavior
3credit hours(Same as PSY 6102.) Links behavioral change theory to the research and practice of interventions in health behaviors. Application of the theoretical constructs linked to design, implementation, and evaluation of individual and group behavioral change programs.
3credit hoursThe effects of environment and occupations on health discussed. Considers such factors as solid waste, water, wastewater, insects, rodents, noise, and occupation. Discusses the historical background of human ecology, communicable disease control, and special programs and problems in public health.
3credit hoursExplores patterns of medical care delivery and public health practices; factors that inhibit or enable the reduction of excess morbidity, mortality, and disease among the poor; threats to health resulting from economic crises, unhealthy environments, and risky behaviors; and demographic influences on the status of health around the world.
3 credit hourscredit hoursLecture and laboratory-based course to learn and apply geographic information systems (GIS) in public health science using spatial data and descriptive epidemiologic methods.
HLTH 6500 - Pathopharmacology in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursEtiology and pathology of disease and how functional physiological changes affect health and human performance. Involves the study of pharmacological considerations used in the treatment of disease and musculoskeletal conditions.
3credit hoursInvestigates the determinants of health and the role of public health and health care on the health status of the population of the United States. Study of biological, socioeconomic, cultural, and behavioral factors that influence health status and care in America.
1 to 6credit hours(Same as EXSC 6640/PHED 6640/LSM 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.
HLTH 6710 - Applied Biostatistics for Public Health
3credit hoursPrerequisite: Admitted to MPH program or permission of instructor. Applied practical problem-based approaches to commonly used public health statistics. Emphasis on data dissemination to non-technical and expert audiences, such as creation of technical reports and infographics. Data analyzed using statistical and data visualization software.
HLTH 6750 - Applied Survey Methodology for Public Health
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 6710 or HHP 6700 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Strategies of questionnaire design, administration, analysis, and interpretation in a public health context. Topics include survey sampling, item development, classical test theory and item response theory applications, and culminates in a survey design project in the student’s area of research.
3credit hoursPrinciples and methods of epidemiologic analysis including standardization; stratified analysis; confounding and its control; planning and conducting epidemiologic research; role of multivariate analysis in epidemiologic research.
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HLTH 6850 and HLTH 6710/HLTH 7710. Applies the concepts, principles, and methods of epidemiology to public health practice and research. Intended to provide a solid conceptual framework building on HLTH 6850.
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 6850. Focuses on epidemiologic methods used by field epidemiologists to conduct outbreak investigations and emergency epidemiology.
3credit hoursProgram planning, theories and models of health education and promotion, development of interventions, and program implementation, including mission, goals, objectives, and activities of health education and promotion programs. Introduces needs assessment and program evaluation.
3credit hoursHealth promotion knowledge as well as the ability to impart this knowledge to the lay population. In-depth information will be covered regarding lifestyle and its relationship to risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer.
3 to 6credit hours(Same as EXSC 6880/PHED 6880/LSM 6880.) On-site practical experience in an exercise science, health promotion, or sport management program. Those with extensive work experience will develop, implement, and conclude a project (research or applied) in consultation with the major professor.
HLTH 6890 - Social Epidemiology and Population Health
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HLTH 6102 and HLTH 6850. Overview of concepts and research related to impact of social determinants on population health including how society, politics, cultural, and economics influence health outcomes. Social science theory and rigorous epidemiological methods connecting social and health inequalities examined.
HLTH 6950 - Advanced Methods of Community Health Education
3credit hoursReview of program planning, development of interventions, and implementation of programs. Budgeting, needs assessment, and evaluation of health education and promotion programs covered.
HLTH 6970 - Advanced Methods in Human Sexuality Education
3credit hoursMethodology, teaching techniques, and the organization of sexuality education programs for schools (K-12) and other community settings. Additional emphasis directed to concepts and information about human sexuality education, i.e., the psychological, physiological, sociological, and ethical aspects.
3credit hoursAdvanced study in epidemiological analysis, methods, and critique with an emphasis within the field of health and human performance. Areas include epidemiology and chronic disease, public health, exercise science, and sports medicine.
3credit hoursThe effects of environment and occupations on health discussed. Considers such factors as solid waste, water, wastewater, insects, rodents, noise, and occupation. Discusses the historical background of human ecology, communicable disease control, and special programs and problems in public health.
3credit hoursLearn and apply geographic information systems (GIS) in public health science using spatial data and descriptive epidemiologic methods. Lecture/lab.
HLTH 7710 - Applied Biostatistics for Public Health
3credit hoursApplied practical problem-based approaches to commonly used public health statistics. Emphasis on data dissemination to non-technical and expert audiences, such as creation of technical reports and infographics. Data analyzed using statistical and data visualization software.
HLTH 7750 - Applied Survey Methodology for Public Health
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 6710 or HHP 6700 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Strategies of questionnaire design, administration, analysis, and interpretation in a public health context. Topics include survey sampling, item development, classical test theory and item response theory applications, and culminates in a survey design project in the student’s area of research.
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HLTH 6850 and HLTH 6710/HLTH 7710. Applies the concepts, principles, and methods of epidemiology to public health practice and research. Intended to provide a solid conceptual framework building on HLTH 6850.
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HLTH 6850. Focuses on epidemiologic methods used by field epidemiologists to conduct outbreak investigations and emergency epidemiology.
HLTH 7890 - Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Social Epidemiologycredit hoursOverview of concepts and research related to impact of social determinants on population health including how society, politics, cultural, and economics influence health outcomes. Social science theory and rigorous epidemiological methods connecting social and health inequalities examined.
HHP 6020 - University Leadership in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursDiscussion of the principles of leadership and leader development; provides students with a broad base of workable administrative principles and guides that manifest themselves in the leader skills of the student.
HHP 6100 - Qualitative Writing Workshop in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HHP 6620/HHP 7620, SOC 6720, SPSE 7180, or permission of department. Explores the theoretical, ethical, and practical issues involved in transforming qualitative data into a written research report. Students will write representations of data they have already collected. Repeatable up to 6 hours.
HHP 6610 - Research Methods in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursLocation of information, methods of research, methods of collecting data, application of the computer in analyzing data, and preparation and presentation of a research paper.
HHP 6620 - Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursExposes students to the disciplinary and conceptual origins of qualitative inquiry in the social sciences while exploring various methods of data generation and analysis in the field of health and human performance. Students will be exposed to conventional methods of data generation and analysis as well as more recent, unconventional qualitative methods. Provides preparation to consume, critique, and design research projects using some of the tools offered by qualitative inquiry.
HHP 6700 - Data Analysis and Organization for Human Performance
3credit hoursPertinent skills needed to analyze and organize research data through introduction of concepts, principles, techniques, and activities that lead to the appropriate organization and analysis of research data collected for health and human performance.
HHP 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation
1credit hoursOpen only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.
HHP 7060 - Research Practicum in Human Performance
1 to 6credit hoursResearch experience under the direct supervision of a graduate faculty member resulting in the submission of a manuscript to a refereed journal or a grant to a funding agency.
HHP 7100 - Qualitative Writing Workshop in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HHP 6620/HHP 7620, SOC 6720, SPSE 7180, or permission of department. Explores the theoretical, ethical, and practical issues involved in transforming qualitative data into a written research report. Students will write representations of data they have already collected. Repeatable up to 6 hours.
HHP 7600 - Teaching Practicum in Human Performance
3credit hoursTeaching experience under the direct supervision of graduate faculty member in a three-credit undergraduate course within the student’s area of specialization. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours. S/U grading.
2credit hoursCareful supervision given to actual teaching, clinical, or research experience. Assignment by department or chair of candidate’s committee. S/U grading.
HHP 7620 - Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursPrerequisite: HHP 6610. Exposes students to the disciplinary and conceptual origins of qualitative inquiry in the social sciences while exploring various methods of data generation and analysis in the field of health and human performance. Students will be exposed to conventional methods of data generation and analysis as well as more recent, unconventional qualitative methods. Provides preparation to consume, critique, and design research projects using some of the tools offered by qualitative inquiry.
1 to 6credit hoursAssignment by department or chair of candidate’s committee. 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
HHP 7700 - Advanced Data Analysis and Organization for Human Performance
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HHP 6610 and HHP 6700 or equivalent. Skills and understanding necessary to read, conduct, report, and interpret advanced data analytical techniques using data from HHP. Practical and written assignments, presentations, examinations, and projects will furnish doctoral student with tools necessary for data analysis associated with dissertation requirement.
HHP 7710 - Experimental Design in Human Performance
3credit hoursPrerequisites: HHP 6610 and HHP 7700 or equivalent. Skills and understanding necessary to evaluate designs used in HHP research literature. Practical and written assignments, evaluation of current research, examinations, and projects; knowledge and skills for planning appropriately the design for future research projects.
HHP 7720 - Advanced Research Methods in Health and Human Performance
3credit hoursExamines the types of research methods, designs, and procedures that are required to conduct scholarly research in health and human performance. Students will read, interpret, and critique scientific research articles that are published in scholarly journals, and improve their skills in conducting and reporting their research in written and oral form.
3credit hoursDesigned to provide students with the theory and application of meta-analysis for quantitative analysis and review of scientific literature. the conceptual and statistical bases of meta-analysis are reviewed, selected meta-analysis articles are critiqued, and basic skills of meta-analysis are applied. Students will be required to conduct and report a meta-analysis in areas of interest to students.
HHP 7999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation
1credit hoursOpen only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.
3credit hoursAssists individuals in developing, implementing, and evaluating human sexuality curricula and programs for schools (K-12) and other educational venues.
HCI 6400 - Introduction to the Clinical Healthcare Environment
2credit hoursFor M.S. in Professional Science informatics professionals without a clinical health care background. Topics include an overview of the health care industry with a cursory analysis of the various players and their roles, as well as current issues in health care delivery. Students with two or more years of clinical health care experience are not required to take this course and may choose an elective.
3credit hoursPrerequisite: Digital literacy. Foundation to informatics study providing the theoretical framework for information management within various health care setting. Topics include an overview of health care information systems and applications and national health care information management initiatives.
HCI 6402 - Health Care Information Systems and Technology Integration
3credit hoursFoundations of information system hardware and software interaction inclusive of the structure and function of networks and the Internet. Offers preparation for leading technology integration projects in practice. Additional topics will include computer hardware found in health care information systems, interface standards, and human-computer interaction such as ergonomics and workflow analysis.
HCI 6403 - Project Management in the Design and Analysis of Health Care Information Systems
3credit hoursProvides knowledge and skills needed to analyze and design health care information systems. Informatics models, conceptual frameworks, and practice activities discussed. Offered spring, summer, and fall semesters.
HCI 6404 - Project Management in the Implementation and Evaluation of Health Care Information Systems
3credit hoursExplores project management concepts and skills related to the implementation and evaluation of information systems. Topics include project management, systems testing, implementation strategies, and solution evaluation.
HCI 6406 - Healthcare Data Analysis and Evidence Based Practice
3credit hoursIntroduces the most frequently used statistical techniques used in analyzing healthcare data. Statistical topics include data management, descriptive statistics, reliability and validity, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, correlational and linear regression analysis, Chi-Square, nonparametric methods, survival analysis, and formal presentation of the results. Additionally, the concepts related to complete data analysis within the healthcare environment will be explored and will focus on healthcare practice outcomes for quality improvement. Offered spring, summer, and fall semesters.
2credit hoursIntegrates informatics concepts with tools used in health care informatics practice. Topics include database design, concept mapping, workflow analysis, and solution modeling.
4credit hoursBuilds upon the concepts and technology introduced in other related informatics courses to provide additional experiences in informatics applications in health care settings. Opportunity will be provided to explore a variety of informatics applications and then identify specific informatics applications based on practice interests. Offered spring, summer, and fall semesters.
HCI 6420 - Topics in Contemporary Health Care Informatics
1credit hoursIntroductory seminar that covers the current issues surrounding technology and health care and the drive to produce better patient outcomes. Topics include the current health care informatics market, the current technological landscape and its limitations, and the role of data and informatics in improving patient outcomes.
3credit hoursExploration and colonization of North America, relations between Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, and colonial societies in the context of the Atlantic world from 1492 to 1760.
3credit hoursExamines international conflicts from the Seven Years’ War through the War of 1812 while emphasizing political, social, intellectual, and economic developments in the new United States.
3credit hoursThe major political, social, and economic developments in the awakening of American nationalism, Jacksonian Democracy, expansionism, and the Mexican War.
3credit hoursThe nature and consequences of the shift of the United States from an agrarian to an urban and industrialized society between Reconstruction and World War I.
3credit hoursThe increasing involvement of the United States in world affairs from World War I through World War II and of the social and political consequences of economic complexity which resulted in prosperity, depression, and the New Deal.
3credit hoursThe major social, political, economic, and diplomatic developments in the history of the United States from 1945 to the present with particular emphasis on the role of the United States in world affairs and the changing role of government.
3credit hoursThe Southern rim of states from a nineteenth-century American outpost to the modern pacesetting position in economics, culture, racial relationships, and politics with such leaders as King, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan.
3credit hoursHistory of the United States West with an emphasis on the area west of the Mississippi River from pre-contact to the twenty-first century. Explores major social, political, economic, and environmental issues with particular attention to race, class, gender, and the original inhabitants.
3credit hoursThe major themes that have created and recreated southern culture from the colonial period to the present. Major social, political, and economic factors that made and remade the region through time.
3credit hoursAn intensive survey of the progress of medieval civilization with emphasis on Byzantine, Moslem, and Germanic cultures in the Middle Ages.
HIST 5212 - Intellectual and Cultural History of Early Modern Europe
3credit hoursMajor trends and movements in artistic, literary, social, economic, political, scientific, and religious thought in cultural context and diffusion in society; how these trends and movements have changed European concepts since the Enlightenment. Begins about 1200 to establish a background and then focuses on 1400 to 1789.
HIST 5213 - Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern Europe
3credit hoursMajor trends and movements in artistic, literary, social, economic, political, scientific, and religious thought in cultural context and diffusion in society; how these trends and movements have changed European concepts since the Enlightenment. Begins about 1650 to establish a background and then focuses on 1789 to the present.
3credit hoursSurvey of political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of Italy, France, England, Germany, and the Low Countries during the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
3credit hoursSurvey of political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of Italy, France, England, Germany, and the Low Countries during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.