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2016-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HC 6225 - Strategic Analysis for Health Services
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Course employs financial, strategic and market analysis to analyze situations faced by contemporary health service organizations. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, students learn to apply different techniques to strategic business decisions
Prerequisite: HC 6150 , EC 6000 or EC 6300 , FN 3000 or FN 5025 .
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HC 6260 - Medical Practice Management
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Course surveys the major components and organizational interrelationships of medical practice management in the United States. Students will examine medical practice benchmarking, reimbursement, contract analysis and negotiation, operations management, quality management, budgeting and forecasting in medical practice environments.
Prerequisite: HC 6150 , FN 3000 or FN 5025 .
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HC 6300 - Health Policy
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Course examines political issues affecting contemporary health care services by analyzing policy goals, public policy formulation processes, and external environments. Analysis blends the use of managerial epidemiology, biostatistics, political and economic analysis, with an understanding of public health initiatives. Future health care leaders also gain an appreciation for how political structures determine interactions with local and national governments.
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HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care
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Quality improvement is a central topic in health care. “Report cards” are widely available, evaluating the care and service offered by companies and, increasingly, by individual employees. Effective health care managers must understand the array of performance measures and how to implement them. This course will evaluate the issue of quality from a variety of perspectives including customers, purchasers, regulators, and health care professionals.
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HC 6400 - Health Information Technology
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This course reviews the past, current and future status of health information technology and health information exchange in Kansas, Missouri and across the nation. It explores how health information technology and health information exchange provide vital support to health care organizations, local communities, regions, states and the nation in improving health care quality and reducing health care costs. This course will take an in-depth look at health care reform and the role that health information technology will play in Kansas in the implementation of KanCare, Meaningful Use Stage 1 & 2 and across the nation in payment reform initiatives. Students will be expected to have a broad knowledge of health care policy, ACA, HIPAA, local and state health care initiatives and apply this knowledge in solving real health care problems that are confronting local, state and federal leaders.
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HC 6425 - Health Care Leadership Capstone
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program or focus only. Course integrates core business concepts and managerial perspectives mastered earlier in the MBA program. Students write, present and critique business plans that define organizational vision, mission, goals, values, structure, systems and strategies for competitive advantage and growth. Student-developed business plans also describe the management processes by which goals and resources allocations will be continuously monitored and adapted.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: Prerequisite or concurrent: HC 6225 . This course must be taken as three of the last nine credit hours in a Health Care Leadership MBA student’s program of study.
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MG 6001 - Spirituality and Values in Leadership
(2)
This course explores how the faith and values of a leader can and should shape their leadership. Students will explore the nature of leadership as expressed in multiple faith traditions, including the Jesuit perspective on leadership, and the idea of a “mensch manager.” Mensch is a Yiddish term for a gentle, proper person of integrity, honor and humility. Students will articulate what their own guiding values are, and explore how to remain true to their own principles while in the pursuit of success. They will also examine the implications of relying on one’s faith when working in a religiously diverse context.
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MG 6008 - Managerial Communications
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To explore the various techniques, instruments, processes, and styles employed by leaders to communicate effectively within organizations. Students write, give oral presentations, and learn how to employ electronic media effectively. Exercises employ numerous real or simulated business situations that require communication in different styles, using a variety of forms and methods. This course is designed to provide an introductory experience and orientation to the MBA and establish common communication protocols, determine critical self-awareness profiles, and identify the Rockhurst themes that will be applied throughout the program.
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MG 6093 - Global Business Issues-European Union Experience
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This course explores the cultural and business practices in other countries and required international travel. Through travel and participation in business and cultural activities with lectures by government officials, business managers, and university faculty, students study the similarities and differences across specific countries and cultures. Students will study the business and cultural aspects of countries visited and the effect these factors have on international factorsl economics and financial risk; international structure and strategy; and corporate governance models.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 . Recommended: A European Union course.
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MG 6100 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program only. Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
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MG 6110 - Compass Learning Community
(1)
This course provides an orientation to Rockhurst, HSOM and the MBA program. The distinct traditions, values and principles of Jesuit education are discussed in light of their connection to the MBA program. Students will receive an introduction to adult learning theory, personal development, business ethics and team building. Students will complete a number of assessment instruments and begin assignments that will continue to be developed and engaged in subsequent courses.
Prerequisite: This course must be taken during the first semester of the program.
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MG 6120 - Global Markets
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This course focuses on two broad themes: the globalization of production and the globalization of markets. At the core is this class is the study of the Multinational Enterprise. Participants will develop an understanding of the key cultural, legal, political, financial, and economic forces that shape how firms enter new markets and how firms manage their increasingly complex supply chains. Students will focus on issues in cross cultural management and strategic entry into foreign markets.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in microeconomics and a course in macroeconomics, or EC 4550.
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MG 6130 - Corporate Social Responsibility
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Corporate social responsibility is the formation and stewardship of policies and processes that lead to a culture of good decision making. The scope of these decisions impacts both the very functioning of the company and its constituencies and the society in which the firm exists. Stakeholder analysis plays an important role in the course not only in examination of internal business decisions and processes, but also externally in understanding, anticipating, and incorporating impacts and responses from social, governmental, and environmental actors into decision making.
Prerequisite: MG 6008 .
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MG 6160 - Business Strategy
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This course uses a simulation for students to learn and practice business strategy in a global marketplace. In addition to running a company and formulating its strategy from start-up through operations, the course allows students to apply knowledge to specific functional areas such as marketing, finance, economics, and accounting.
Prerequisite: FN 6310 .
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MG 6170 - Social Entrepreneurship
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Social entrepreneurship is a business model that focuses on both profitable enterprise and positive social outcomes. This course will explore the origins of social entrepreneurship, how it has continued to develop, and the impact it has had in the world. Examples will be used from both developing countries as well as communities in need in the developed world. Students will have the opportunity to examine and develop successful models of entrepreneurship and innovation in these unique settings.
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MG 6260 - Quality Improvement Processes for Management
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Performance measurements and quality improvement have become integral to management. “Report cards” are widely available as tools for evaluating the care and service offered by companies and by individual employees. It is paramount that managers understand the meaning and importance of performance measures, as well as how to implement quality improvement programs to enhance service and outcomes. This topic area will help learners to define meaningful quality parameters; describe quality from the perspectives of customers, purchasers, regulators and other stakeholders; and apply basic tools and techniques of quality improvement.
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MG 6275 - Developing Leadership in Organizations
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This course explores how individuals develop as leaders, and how organizations can support that development. Leadership development programs are reviewed, as are organizational strategies to support individual development. Issues relevant to leadership development are explored, including culture and gender. Using their new understanding, students will develop a leadership strategy for a specific organization.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior
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Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
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MG 6315 - Suppy Chain and Logistics Management
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Supply chain management examines the complex array of interactions between suppliers and customers regarding goods, services, and information. Rapid changes in globalization and electronic commerce continually shape these supplier-customer interactions. Topics in this class include value chain analyses, supply chain analytics, logistics and transportation, supplier relationships, and information technology.
Prerequisite: .
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MG 6320 - Project Management
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This course introduces students to the process of project management that includes planning, implementation, progress measurement and performance, results and evaluation. Students will learn the knowledge, skills and technical tools for identifying project requirements, establishing project objectives and scheduling, balancing constraints and resources, and considering the needs and expectations of key stakeholders. Students will learn the trade-offs and balance of project scope, resources and schedule and will learn how to compose an effective project management team. Producing project documentation, such as scope, requirements, design, and testing documentation.
Prerequisite: AC 6110 or .
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MG 6321 - Project Planning and Practice
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This course is aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and is designed to help students prepare for the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification examination. Students will study the project management knowledge areas and process groups to gain the knowledge needed for PMP certification through review and application of study aides and test simulation.
Prerequisite: MG 6320 .
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MG 6326 - Effective Communication for Leaders
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program only. To explore the various techniques, instruments, processes, and styles employed by leaders to communicate effectively within organizations. Students write, give oral presentations, and learn to employ electronic media effectively. Exercises employ numerous real or simulated business situations that require communication in different styles, using a variety of forms and methods. This course is designed to provide an introductory experience and orientation to the MBA and establish common communication protocols, determine critical self-awareness profiles, and identify the Rockhurst themes that will be applied throughout the program. The course must be taken in the first six hours of the MBA program.
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MG 6330 - Corporate Law for Managers
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Course focuses on law as it affects the corporation and other business enterprises. The topics include the formation of various business enterprises, the rules of agency, shareholder rights and liabilities, securities regulations, bankruptcy and an overview of government regulation. Where appropriate, the connections between ethics and law are explored.
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MG 6340 - Health Law
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An introduction to the basics of health care law to include STARK, antitrust, contracts and how they are utilized in the overall health care environment.
Prerequisite: HC 6150 .
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MG 6355 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
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This course focuses on the unique issues facing the small business owner and operator, extensive coverage of critical business functions that the small business owner is like to face. The course emphasizes: 1) How to locate and assess a potential business opportunity; 2) How to craft a strategy and plan for developing the opportunity into a business; 3) The stages of building the business; 4) The personnel, professional and personal issues of the small business owner and operator.
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MG 6365 - Business in the European Union
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This course furthers a student’s understanding of modern Europe, its culture, demographics and politics. The student will have a working knowledge of contemporary issues in the EU as well as issues with doing business in the EU.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 .
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MG 6370 - Introduction to Healthcare Management Principles
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program. This course explores basic principles and tools of management, including the planning, organizing, influencing and controlling functions of organizations. This course will further explore competencies, behavioral styles, and values of leadership, as well as roles of leadership and teamwork in driving organizational effectiveness. Ethical challenges often faced by managers and leaders will be highlighted, with identification of frameworks to guide organizations in fulfillment of their responsibilities to serve various stakeholders. Applications specific to leading and managing healthcare organizations, and to leading teams within those organizations, will be addressed.
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MG 6375 - Leadership
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Leadership plays an important role in organizations. This course examines the function of leadership at the organizational level, and explores how students might individually prepare to assume organizational leadership roles. The course reviews the leading theories of leadership and challenges students to apply these theories to specific organizational contexts. Students will also examine the unique challenges facing organizational leaders today, including the challenges faced by top level leaders within a global context.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6380 - HR and Managing People
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This course focuses on the best practices of supervision and ways of effectively partnering with HR, including: communicating with employees, planning and delegating to individuals, leading the team, building trust and respect, motivating performance, intercultural communication, evaluating performance, coaching to improve performance, developing and maintaining discipline, and managing conflict.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6390 - Conflict Management and Negotiation
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This course explores the nature of conflict, including interpersonal conflict, organizational conflict, conflict styles, intercultural communication, and the function conflict plays in organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on the role leaders can play in addressing conflict to help organizations function more effectively. Students will learn skills to help others resolve conflict, and strategies to help them be more effective as negotiators.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6410 - Professional Development: Contemplation in Action
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Professional Development: Contemplation in Action is a course which demonstrates and documents the broad variety of academic, experiential and application-based learning experiences the student has had across the MBA program, and assesses the growth each student has attained as a result of the journey, and points them towards the future as they graduate. At the beginning of the MBA program, students are assigned a “Passport” of activities to be completed prior to the culminating activities of this course. These “Passport” activities may include: content-based workshops; assessment instrumentation to prepare students for personal and professional success in the modern workplace; one-on-one leadership coaching; mentoring; and, career management. The portfolio is developed throughout each semester of the MBA program, and is finalized and evaluated as a “Professional Development Presentation Portfolio” during this final course.
Prerequisite: MG 6410 is normally taken concurrently with (or can be taken directly after) the MBA Capstone (MG 6490 ). As such, all prerequisites for MG 6490 must be met prior to enrolling in MG 6410.
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MG 6420 - Organizational Development and Consulting
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Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6430 - Organizational Theory and Design
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The course utilizes theories drawn from psychology, sociology, political science, economics and the complexity/information sciences to explain why a given organization achieves the results that it does in a given organizational context. The student will learn the strengths and weaknesses of these theories as they are applied to understanding, appraising and strengthening an organization’s capability to successfully execute its mission. Building on this understanding of organizational dynamics, the student will learn to design or modify an organization’s socio-technical systems to optimize performance in a given competitive context. This design optimization will involve analysis of the sense making and decision-making performance of the organization, appraisal of the appropriateness of various organizational structures, business process design, and attention to the interactions between people and technical systems. Moving beyond analysis and optimization of a single firm, the course also prepares students to appraise and optimize the performance of multi-organizational systems that depends on high levels of inter-organizational collaboration.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6460 - Innovation
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Peter Drucker claimed “the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation.” This course will take a 360-degree look at the notion of business innovation, ranging from the entrepreneurial to corporate and from the individual (creativity) to the collective (strategic). Students will explore a number of resources that help stake out a definition for innovation specific to business results and explore ways to foster creativity whether it be from an entrepreneurial perspective or an intrapreneurial effort to improve enterprise results.
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MG 6461 - Business in Asia
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This course builds upon several key concepts introduced in MG 6120 - Global Markets . It extends discussion of how political, economic, legal, and technological developments are affecting the management of international business operations as they relate specially to Asia. It pays special attention to the role of culture and the challenges in managing employees, operating facilities, and targeting markets across Asia and other cultures.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 .
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MG 6490 - Business and Management Capstone
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In this capstone experience students integrate and apply learnings gained in mentoring, self-assessment and the more functionally based courses in their graduate program. Key processes include integrative case study, classroom practitioner interactions, consultative team projects, the leadership credo event, and focus on the dynamics of organizational change and strategy implementation. Summative learning assessment is accomplished through completion of integrative writing assignments and assessment of team projects by a panel of faculty and business practitioners. This course should be taken within the last semester of the program.
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MG 6501 - International Strategy
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Course draws from the fields of managerial economics, organizational theory, marketing and strategy used to determine a firm’s source(s) of competitive advantage. This class will show students how to analyze and evaluate a firm’s source(s) of competitive advantage by examining the interplay of the various internal and external factors. Topics to include horizontal and vertical boundaries, resource based views of the firm, dynamic firm capabilities, knowledge based resources, incentives, strategic groups and clusters. The focus will be on global firms.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 .
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MG 6530 - Managing Small Business and Growth
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This course focuses on the unique issues and challenges a small private business faces during the early growth stage of the business cycle. The course emphasizes importance of 1) Regulatory requirements that companies face. 2) Overcoming challenges in obtaining favorable contracts and financing. 3) The decision making process involved in establishing the environment of the business. 4) How to develop and articulate a plan for growth.
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MG 6540 - Cross Cultural Management
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Global managers are cross-cultural managers, and need intercultural business skills to manage workplace diversity. They face different challanges than ever before and need to know how to communicate, delegate, mentor and present ideas in culturally appropriate ways. They need to understand how to manage across cultures. This course will have a lecture/discussion/presentation format. It is absolutely necessary that students read assigned materials prior to class. Class discussions, addressing specific and timely issues, promote understanding of the applications of course materials. Given its compressed nature, each class session is the equivalent of almost two weeks of a standard semester course, so not preparing or not attending means substantial parts of course expectations cannot be met.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 .
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MG 6680 - Organizational Change
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Change management within modern organizations, whether public, private or not-for-profit, is a complex process with many moving parts. The larger an organization becomes the greater the complexity. This course focuses on the fundamental assessments, tools, processes and interventions used to identify, agree upon, and enact a successful change initiative. Using an integrated learning model, students will explore and apply these principles on both written and live case studies. Specifically, the following will be addressed: multiple models of the change process (techno-structural, human systems, balanced metrics), tools of organizational analysis, methods for overcoming stakeholder resistance, and techniques for ensuring buy-in and support from people at all levels of the organization.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 7091 - Global Issues in Business and Culture for Executives
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This course explores the business practices and cultures in other countries and requires international travel. Through travel and participation in global cultures and through visits with international firms and lectures by government officials, business managers and university faculty, students study the similarities and differences among the different cultures and business practices. Aspects examined include accounting, financing, marketing, and management methods. Students cover all expenses as part of the travel.
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MG 7120 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
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Executive Fellows Program only. This course studies personal, social, technological, and organizational aspects of human behavior and examines effective leadership and management processes within organizations. The student will learn to integrate the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, physical, moral and spiritual components of effective leadership. Competencies of leadership, communication, conflict management, and team development will be explored through experiential learning activities including simulations, cases and small group activities, and supplemented by various instruments.
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MG 7300 - Strategy Formulation and Corporate Governance/Ethics
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Executive Fellows Program only. Course focuses on organizational structure and the executive’s ability to successfully implement an organization’s mission, goals, objectives and strategies. The role of corporate governance and ethical decision making within the context of guiding values and support systems of the organization are explored. The course examines the executive function using successful and unsuccessful “real” cases to observe the decision and execution processes. Both text cases and “live” cases, as well as industry information are used extensively. The course is heavily oriented to the case method, and supported by conceptual and applied readings.
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MG 7410 - Supply Chain and Logistics Management
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Executive Fellows Program only. Course addresses supply chain and logistics management and its implications with a focus on what firms can do to maintain competitiveness in the quickly changing global business landscape. Topics will include value chain analyses, marketing business-to-business, supply chain analytics, logistical processes, the drivers of supply chain performance, and the impact on a firm’s overall performance. Emphasis will be placed on global manufacturing processes and services-based industries as well.
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MG 7501 - Professional Development for Managers I
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For Executive Fellows Program Only. This course is an integrated component throughout the Executive Fellows cohort-based learning process specifically designed to provide students with professional development as organizational leaders and agents of change. Using formal, comprehensive self-assessment, various personality profiles, and 360-degree feedback as a foundation, students develop a Professional Development Plan to focus their learning goals for the program. A one-on-one executive coaching relationship is used to create clear focus on both professional development and the ability to meet the day-to-day challenges of leadership. Students will also explore their learning goals in the context of mentoring, and will be introduced to executives and other potential mentors from the community.
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MG 7502 - Professional Development for Managers II
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For Executive Fellows Program Only. This course builds on the Professional Development Plan created in PDE-I, and extends into team and organizational leadership challenges. Students identify and articulate an organizational issue to be analyzed and addressed in the form of an Executive Project. This will set-up planning and implementation that will take place through the second year of the program. Additionally, students will go through a formal identification and matching process to establish mentoring relationships. Ongoing exploration of team and cohort dynamics, and the executive coaching process will continue throughout the semester.
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MG 7503 - Professional Development Colloguium
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For Executive Fellows Program Only. This course builds on the Executive Project identified in previous semester. Students will learn and practice using research methodologies that will aid in action research specific to their executive projects.
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MG 7505 - Professional Development for Managers IV
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For Executive Fellows Program Only. In this course, students are introduced to models of sustainable organizational change intervention, and will use these models to implement strategic transformational changes of lasting impact. Multiple interventions (both small- and large-system) will be designed and implemented; an individual change plan for the student’s own organization, as an extension of the Executive Research Project completed in PDE-III; and another group-based change plan for one or more of the selected Cohort Clients. Guidance from faculty is provided in the design, implementation and evaluation of the change project and in the preparation of a written report and formal presentation. Ongoing exploration of team and cohort dynamics, and the executive coaching/mentoring processes will continue throughout the semester, culminating with a new Professional Development Plan to carry the student forward from the program.
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MG 7785 - Global Management and Finance for Executives
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Globalization presents new opportunities and new challenges, and executives must gain experience in evaluating and analyzing these developments in the context of their companies and the global environments in which they operate. This course focuses on three broad themes: the globalization of production, the globalization of markets and the fundamental influences of international macroeconomics and international finance on the globalized economy and firms operating within it. Participants will develop an understanding of the key cultural, legal, political, financial, and economic forces that shape how firms enter new markets and how firms manage their increasingly complex supply chains. Among the topics considered are the macroeconomics of fiscal and monetary policies, the dynamics of currency and foreign exchange markets and the linkages among interest rates, exchange rates and inflation and their effects on the firm.
Prerequisite: Executive MBA Program only.
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MG 7815 - Leadership Practicum
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Executive Fellows Program Only. This course provides students an experience so as to develop skills of leadership, organization, cooperation, and working through others. The course focuses on development and is sequenced at the mid-point of the program; the topics should be relevant also to the individual coaching students are receiving.
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MG 7851 - Key Topics in Executive Intelligence
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Executive Fellows Program only. Business success often hinges on the art of executive decision. This course takes a topical look both internal skills for building executive intelligence as well as various tools of decision making, including but not limited to strategic uses of business analytics, financial analysis, personnel and HR recruitment, and business growth. The course will be seminar based and application focused borrowing on both scholarly work and the experience and work of proven practitioners.
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MG 7920 - Worldviews and Ethical Principles in Business
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Executive Fellows Program only. This course is concerned with the general understanding and application of ethical principles in business. The aims of the course are to explain the nature of a worldview, and various philosophies of the human person, in order to provide an overall structure for an understanding of ethical approaches to business; to learn how to identify and apply these ideas both in life generally and in the business world; and, to help students to clarify, develop and support their own worldviews in order to cultivate a moral compass in business practice and decision-making. Many related issues will be discussed along the way including moral objectivism vs. moral relativism, freedom and pluralism, morality and law, issues of liability and practice, and consumerism and materialism and their effects on society, and on our understanding of the human person.
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MK 5025 - Foundations of Marketing
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program or focus only. Course examines the role of marketing in business strategy and planning. It covers marketing practices such as market research, environmental and competitive analysis, market segmenting and targeting, brand positioning and pricing. It also covers integration of marketing communications including advertising, promotion, publicity and sales—both online and traditional media. The course also covers product management in new, growing, mature and declining markets, both domestically and globally.
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MK 6300 - Marketing Strategy and Planning
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Course examines marketing management in the organization and its links to the overall corporate mission and strategy is examined. Concepts and techniques for environmental scanning, analysis of markets for opportunity, and design of marketing programs are also addressed.
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MK 6410 - Marketing Strategy
(2)
This strategic marketing course is designed to give you practice in the design, implementation, and control of marketing strategies. It is an operationally oriented course in which the application and not the definition, of marketing concepts, principles, and methods are important. In addition, the integration of the major decision areas of marketing will be stressed rather than the sequential discussion of these subjects.
Prerequisite: AC 6110 , MG 6008 , MG 6120 , EC 6300 .
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MK 6420 - Selling
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A specially designed class to help you learn principles, skills, and insights into selling and persuasion. The learning objectives include: Learn principles of selling and persuasion; apply principles and skills of selling and persuasion to organizations and for personal and professional career success; meet, talk, and interact with successful individuals who demonstrate selling and persuasion skills; recalling Rockhurst and Mensch values use these skills and capabilities ethically.
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MK 6475 - Corporate Marketing and Social Media
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This strategic marketing course is designed to review current social media and e-commerce practices. Specific emphasis will focus on “how to” effectively communicate online in building meaningful marketing relationships to specific target market segments, i.e., Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer. Website functionality, e-sales techniques, search engine optimization, and a review of applications using LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, podcasts, YouTube, mobile apps, and Facebook will be completed. (Note: All e-commerce and social media tactics reviewed will blend and/or partner with traditional media tactics to create an integrated marketing plan.)
Prerequisite: MK 3000 or equivalent.
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MK 6510 - International Marketing
(2)
This course addresses the global issues that impact concepts relevant to companies engaging the international marketplace. It introduces the student to the cultural, economic, geographic, political and legal issues that affect the where, when and how to enter foreign markets. The course uses contemporary materials to expand beyond the text and bring real life problems and solutions into the classroom for student discussion.
Prerequisite: MK 6410 .
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MK 7000 - Strategic Marketing Management
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Executive Fellows Program only. This course examines the processes executives use to create, communicate, capture, and sustain value in their organizations. Using the case method, students analyze a variety of companies in different industries in order to gain insight into the process of value creation, and to provide them with management tools for sustaining it. Students learn how to use a market opportunity analysis in order to choose the right customers to target, find the best distribution channels for their products, price to capture value, and manage customers for profit.
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MK 7900 - Business Capstone
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Executive Fellows Program only. This course gives students experience integrating the concepts of marketing, accounting, finance, supply chain, organization behavior, communication, leadership, ethics, information analysis, and global awareness. Central to the course is a comprehensive simulation, international in scope, in which the students develop products, test-market products, develop business plans, secure venture capital, launch strategies, and monitor their performance. The simulation emphasizes the application, synthesis, and integration of all functional areas for the successful development and execution of marketing strategy. This course should be taken in the final semester of the program.
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OT 5110 - Medical Conditions I
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This is the first in a two-course sequence that introduces the student to general concepts of human pathology and models of disease with primary emphasis placed on ICF classifications, medical terminology, universal precautions, psychological, visual, diabetic, and cancerous diseases. Course content includes the etiology, signs, and symptoms, clinical course, prognosis, medical testing, and medical/surgical management of selected conditions.
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OT 5160 - Health Through Occupation I
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The historical foundations of occupational therapy as they relate to the theories that underlie practice are examined. The basic constructs of relevant occupations and purposeful activity are analyzed within a person/environment/performance framework. The roles and responsibilities of occupational therapists and other health care team members are discussed along with an introduction to documentation. Future directions of the profession are explored in conjunction with various models of health care as they relate to the practice of OT.
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OT 5170 - Research I: Evidence Based Practice
(2)
This course is the first in a four-course sequence designed to introduce the student to clinical research, the systematic investigations performed on human subjects that are related to the principles and practices of a clinical profession. The focus of this course is on evidence-based practice (EBP). Students will become proficient in the use of technology to investigate clinical questions.
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OT 5180 - Occupational Performance: Education, Health and Wellness
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Specific instruction in teaching methodologies and techniques are provided through practical experiences in specifying objectives, planning lessons, preparing instructional materials and experience with the praxis of teaching. Concepts of health promotion and wellness, prevention, and community health will provide a context for the application of educational theory and techniques useful in the classroom, clinic or community.
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OT 5270 - Concepts in the Occupational Therapy Process
(2)
Screening and evaluation skills of the contemporary occupational therapist are the focus of this course. Techniques utilized to screen and assess the client are introduced. Students will be introduced to standardized and nonstandardized screening and evaluation tools, the interpretation and analysis of results, body mechanics, work simplification, energy conservation, adaptive techniques, and home modification concepts as they relate to the occupational performance of an individual.
Lab fee.
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OT 5300 - Research II: Design and Analysis
(3)
This course is designed to introduce the student to clinical research including qualitative and quantitative design, methodology, and analysis. Students will learn how to select appropriate research designs and analysis methods based on clinical scenarios. Students will be taught how to run descriptive, non-parametric, and parametric statistics using computer software programs. Activities and assignments will provide students the opportunity to critically analyze research articles, perform data collection, and analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
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OT 5400 - Anatomy
(3)
This course presents an integrated regional approach to the study of the structure and function of the human body with emphasis on the musculoskeletal and peripheral nervous system. The study of the fundamental tissues, organs, and other systems of the body cavities are also included.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the occupational therapy education program.
Corequisite: OT 5401 .
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OT 5401 - Anatomy Lab
(1)
This laboratory course is taught concurrently with the Anatomy lecture to provide application of the structure and function of the human body through hands-on lab activities utilizing diagrams, models, specimens.
Lab fee.
Corequisite: OT 5400 .
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OT 5430 - Psychological and Social Performance in Daily Life Occupations: Theory/Practice
(4)
Theoretical frames of reference and practice models for prevention, intervention and management of psychological and social disorders are presented. The student will gain an understanding of individual and group psychological and social assessments and interventions pertinent to frames of reference used in occupational therapy practice settings. This course provides a foundation for observing and understanding client behavior as it occurs across disability type and, from a variety of models and frames of reference.
Corequisite: OT 5440 .
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OT 5440 - Occupational Intervention I: Psychological and Social Performance
(2)
The laboratory course, offered in conjunction with OT 5430 , introduces therapeutic approaches to psychosocial performance, including purposeful activity, human performance, and adaptation. The student learns assessment and intervention strategies utilized by occupational therapists with a variety of consumer populations and settings. Therapeutic use of self, dyadic, and group interaction are critical components of this lab experience.
Corequisite: OT 5430 .
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OT 5450 - Professional Development Seminar I: Transition to Fieldwork
(1)
This seminar is designed to facilitate student professional development as they transition to Level I fieldwork experiences in clinical and community settings. Content includes development of professional behaviors, understanding the needs of clients, nature and focus of fieldwork experiences, knowledge of fieldwork policies and procedures, and fieldwork site preparation.
Fee.
Corequisite: OT 5451 .
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OT 5451 - Level I Fieldwork: Impact of a Disability
(.5)
The first of three Level I fieldwork experiences designed to enrich didactic coursework through directed observation and participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process. Emphasis is on impact of a disability in clinical and community settings. Experiences may include those directly related to occupational therapy, as well as other situations to enhance an understanding of the developmental stages, tasks, and roles of individuals throughout the life span. Structured assignments are used to facilitate the student’s development of therapeutic skills and professional behaviors. Pass/No Pass.
Corequisite: OT 5450 .
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OT 5460 - Medical Conditions II
(3)
This is the second in a two-course sequence that introduces the student to concepts of human pathology, physiology, and models of disease with primary emphasis placed on musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, hematological, visual, gastrointestinal, and autoimmune dysfunctions or diseases. Course content includes the etiology, signs, symptoms, clinical course, prognosis, medical testing, and medical/surgical management of selected conditions.
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OT 5550 - Professional Development Seminar II: Transition to the Community
(1)
This seminar is designed to further facilitate student professional development through transition to the community setting. Students will work in collaboration with instructor and community setting to apply knowledge of evidence-based practice within natural settings which include a broad base of contexts/practice settings and clients (society, community, family) across the lifespan. Students will demonstrate the ability to use professional literature to make informed practice decisions and an emphasis will be placed on therapeutic use of self.
Corequisite: OT 5551 .
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OT 5551 - Level I Fieldwork: Evidence-Based Practice
(.5)
The second of three Level I fieldwork experiences designed to enrich didactic coursework through directed observation and participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process. Emphasis is evidence-based practice in clinical and community settings. Experiences may include those directly related to occupational therapy, as well as other situations to enhance an understanding of the developmental stages, tasks, and roles of individuals throughout the lifespan. Structured assignments are used to facilitate the student’s development of therapeutic skills and professional behaviors. Pass/No Pass.
Corequisite: OT 5550 .
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OT 5600 - Structural and Applied Kinesiology
(3)
This course is designed to study movement of the human body. Biomechanical principles are studied. Relationships between bones, nerves and muscles to normal and abnormal movement, posture and gait are discussed. Problem solving and group assignments allow the opportunity to practice application of these principles.
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OT 5650 - Movement Lab
(1)
This course introduces the student to screening tools used to determine the need for occupational therapy intervention. Competence in the procedures and protocols necessary for palpation, goniometry, manual muscle testing, and posture assessment are developed. The student will demonstrate the ability to use safety precautions with clients during screening and evaluation including correct body mechanics and appropriate universal precautions.
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OT 5700 - Research III: Proposal Development
(1)
This course is the third in a four-course sequence designed to introduce students to clinical research, the systemic investigation performed on human subjects related to the principles and practices of a clinical profession. This course provides the didactic background to develop a research question, systematically and critically review relevant literature, develop components of the methodology, and identify data analysis strategies appropriate for implementing a research study. Students will develop and defend a Research Capstone Proposal for a systematic investigation related to the principles and practices of the occupational therapy profession. Students will participate in human subjects training, and submit for approval of the study through the Institutional Review Board at Rockhurst University.
Corequisite: OT 5710 .
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OT 5710 - Research III: Proposal Development and Implementation Lab
(.5)
This lab taken concurrently with OT 5700 provides students with the opportunity to work collaboratively with their research mentor as they apply content acquired in the didactic course to their unique research project. Following the development of the research proposal and approval from the Institutional Review Board, students continue work with their mentor on data collection.
Corequisite: OT 5700 .
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OT 5780 - Occupations Across the Lifespan
(3.5)
Human development across the lifespan is considered from an occupational perspective. The impact of culture on performance in areas of occupations is addressed looking at performance skills and patterns during the developmental process. Typical changes in body functions and structures are presented contextually considering activity demands, role competence, health and prevention, and quality of life during occupational performance.
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OT 5790 - Health Through Occupation II
(2)
This course employs a case-based format to foster critical thinking, problem identification, and critical reasoning to facilitate the development of client-centered reasoning. This lab incorporates a variety of media formats, group processes, and theoretical frameworks to identify the contribution of occupational therapy to health functioning or restoration of function.
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OT 6000 - Neuroscience
(PT 7120 )
(4)
This course is designed to introduce basic and applied neurological principles. Topics to be covered include terminology and neuroanatomical relationships, cellular neurophysiology, structure and function of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems and their ability to respond to environmental demands. The student will evaluate human behavior and performance in relation to function and dysfunction of the nervous system.
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OT 6320 - Neuromanagement: Theory and Practice
(4)
This class incorporates theories and conceptual models of assessment and intervention of clients with neurological deficits who have impairments with occupational performance. Theories of neurological rehabilitation, motor control, and motor learning are discussed as they relate to a variety of clients with neurological dysfunction. Specific assessment and intervention strategies to improve occupational performance are explored.
Corequisite: OT 6350 .
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OT 6350 - Occupational Intervention II: Neuromanagement
(2)
This laboratory course, offered in conjunction with OT 6320 , provides therapeutic approaches to purposeful activity, human performance, and adaptation. It provides the student experience with assessment and intervention strategies commonly used by occupational therapists in the treatment of individuals with neurological and occupational performance deficits.
Lab fee.
Corequisite: OT 6320 .
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OT 6410 - Pediatrics and Developmental Disabilities
(4)
This course is designed to identify theories, frames of references, and models utilized within the scope of pediatric practice. This course will review etiology, development, management and prognosis of common pediatric conditions including developmental, medical and educational diagnoses. Childhood occupations will be explored as they relate to client factors, performance skills, performance patterns, contexts, and activity demands. Students will investigate the role of OT in a variety of pediatric service delivery models. Instruction will incorporate diversity and cultural competency to facilitate a client/family centered focus across the spectrum of pediatric disabilities. The course will incorporate the core threads of theories, professional reasoning, evidence-based practice, Jesuit values, and cultural competency will be embedded in course activities, assignments and assessments.
Corequisite: OT 6420 .
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OT 6420 - Occupational Intervention III: Pediatrics and Developmental Disabilities
(2)
This laboratory course, offered in conjunction with OT 6410 , reviews common standardized and criterion referenced assessments used with the pediatric population. Students are also instructed on qualitative assessment including clinical and naturalistic observation to create a more holistic picture of the child and his or her family’s strengths and areas of need. Intervention strategies based on theoretical frames of reference will be applied. This course will examine the concepts of collaborative teaming and appropriate identification of resources and referrals for children with special needs. Students are introduced to documentation standards across various service delivery models.
Corequisite: OT 6410 .
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OT 6510 - Research IV: Synthesis and Dissemination
(.5)
This course is the last in a four-course clinical research sequence, the systematic investigations performed on human subjects which are related to the principles and practices of a clinical profession. Students will analyze and synthesize the data generated from their research capstone study. A formal presentation of this project is the final step in the academic portion of the professional master’s program.
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OT 6560 - Musculoskeletal Assessment and Intervention
(4)
This class incorporates theories and conceptual models of assessment and intervention of clients with musculoskeletal deficits who have impairments with occupational performance. Theories of musculoskeletal rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, industrial rehabilitation, positioning, and prosthetics and orthotics are discussed as they relate to a variety of clients with musculoskeletal dysfunction. Specific assessment and intervention strategies to improve occupational performance are explored.
Corequisite: OT 6565 .
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OT 6565 - Occupational Intervention IV: Musculoskeletal
(2)
This laboratory course, offered in conjunction with OT 6560 , provides therapeutic approaches to purposeful activity, human performance, and adaptation. It provides the student experience with assessment and intervention strategies commonly used by occupational therapists in the treatment of individuals with musculoskeletal and occupational performance deficits.
Lab fee.
Corequisite: OT 6560 .
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OT 6900 - Professional Development Seminar III: Transition to the Profession
(3)
This seminar focuses on student professional development as they continue their transition into the occupational therapy profession. This course will assist students in developing the professional skills necessary for innovative practice in a variety of systems and service models. Course content includes healthcare management/administration, the functions and influence of national, state, and local professional organizations, preparation for Level II fieldwork experiences, development of a professional portfolio, preparation for the national certification examination and licensure, the need for life-long learning, and leadership skill development.
Corequisite: OT 6901 .
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OT 6901 - Level I Fieldwork: Evaluation, Intervention, and Outcomes
(.5)
The third of three Level I fieldwork experiences designed to enrich didactic coursework through directed observations and participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process. Emphasis is on the evaluation and interventions utilized and the outcomes achieved in clinical and community based settings. Experiences may include those directly related to occupational therapy, as well as other situations to enhance an understanding of the developmental stages, tasks, and roles of individuals throughout the lifespan. Structured assignments are used to facilitate the student’s development of therapeutic skills and professional behaviors. Pass/No Pass.
Corequisite: OT 6900 .
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OT 6970 - Level II Fieldwork
(5)
Fieldwork assignments are arranged internships under direct supervision of a registered occupational therapist. Level II Fieldwork is designed to promote clinical reasoning and reflective practice, to transmit the values and beliefs that enable the application of ethics related to the profession, to communicate and model professionalism as a developmental process and a career responsibility, and to develop and expand a repertoire of occupational therapy assessments and treatment interventions related to human performance. Pass/No Pass.
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OT 6971 - Level II Fieldwork
(5)
This is the second fieldwork experience. See OT 6970 . Pass/No Pass.
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OT 6972 - Level II Fieldwork
(4-5)
This is an optional fieldwork experience. See OT 6970 . Students may choose to spend between 4-12 weeks in this internship. Pass/No Pass.
Prerequisite: OT 6970 , OT 6971 .
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PT 6001 - Physical Therapy Assessment I
(2)
This is the first in a two-course sequence which focuses on fundamental patient assessment and screening skills in physical therapy practice. Students are introduced to the patient/client management model and they initiate the process of examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and prognosis and prevention. Students learn to conduct a subjective examination. Commonly used screening instruments and basic objective tests and measures that address impairments and function—common to the cardiopulmonary, integumentary, musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular systems are introduced and practiced in this course. Students also learn the elements of documentation necessary for the patient/client management model. Clinical reasoning is introduced related to the diagnostic process and identification of referral situations.
Corequisite: PT 6003 .
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PT 6003 - Physical Therapy Assessment I Lab
(1)
This laboratory course adjoins the lecture portion of Physical Therapy Assessment 1. Students are introduced to and conduct fundamental patient screening and assessment for the cardiopulmonary, integumentary, musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular systems.
Lab fee.
Corequisite: PT 6001 .
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PT 6101 - Anatomy I
(2.5)
This course is the first in a two-part series presenting an in-depth study of the structure and function of human anatomy through an integrated regional approach, emphasizing the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems. This course features fundamental anatomical concepts, tissues and body systems, focusing on the structures and functions of the upper and lower extremities.
Corequisite: PT 6103 - Anatomy I Lab .
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PT 6103 - Anatomy I Lab
(1)
This laboratory course is the first in a two-part series that is taught concurrently with the Anatomy I lecture to provide application of the study of the structures and function of the human body to prosected material, body specimens, radiographs, and palpation of living subjects. Supervised dissection of human cadavers is emphasized.
Corequisite: PT 6101 - Anatomy I .
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PT 6111 - Anatomy II
(1)
This course is the second in a two-part series presenting an in-depth study of the structure and function of human anatomy through an integrated regional approach, emphasizing the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems. This course builds on fundamental anatomical concepts, tissues and body systems, focusing on the structures and functions of the head/neck, spine, thorax, and abdomen.
Prerequisite: PT 6101 - Anatomy I and PT 6103 - Anatomy I Lab .
Corequisite: PT 6113 - Anatomy II Lab .
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PT 6112 - Exercise Physiology
(3)
This course is designed to study the effects of exercise on human physiological parameters as well as discussion regarding exercise prescription. Topics to be discussed include skeletal muscle mechanisms, energy metabolism, blood and gas transport, cardiovascular dynamics, nutrition, and environmental effects of exercise.
Corequisite: PT 6114 .
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