Courses

Close reading of young adult literature; its form and history, its assumptions about adolescent psychology, and its literary relationship to the traditional canon.

This course focuses on holistic assessment, formulating differential diagnoses, and integrative clinical management of young and middle adult primary care patients (ages 18-65). Course content includes health promotion and maintenance, including sexual, perinatal, and reproductive considerations of the child-bearing family. Management of common acute and chronic illness in this age group in the context of family centered perspectives and rural considerations are also emphasized.

This course serves as a companion course to NURS 5345. Students will apply theory to practice skills using an evidence-based approach for health promotion, sexual, perinatal, and reproductive care for the child- bearing family. This course provides experience to refine diagnostic reasoning skills for management of common acute and chronic illness in young and middle adult aged patients using a family centered approach.

Literature for children infancy through third grade; selection, use, and integration of literature in total curriculum. Using literature for reading and writing instruction. Field experiences required. ECE 633. Social and Emotional Development of the Young Child. 3 Hours. Topics include the study of social and emotional development, the child's ability to react to and interact with the social environment, temperament, attachment, emotional regulation, and social competence.

Provides for development of concepts required for teaching mathematics, science, and social studies to young children. Emphasizes child growth and development as a basic for planning and teaching the three curricular areas in a variety of programs. Includes teaching methods and use of technology. Extensive field experience required. Admission to TEP required.

Advances in genetics and genomics, and especially the sequencing of the human genome, are making it possible to customize medical care to the specific needs of an individual. This course will introduce students to basic concepts in genetics and genomic sciences, as well as familiarize them with the various tools available that enable personalization of healthcare. Students from a wide range of disciplines with minimum scientific background can participate, and there is no required textbook.

Advanced Course. You Teach Me: Autoimmune Effector Mechanisms and Inflammation in Type 1 and 2 Diabetes. This course will begin with a general overview of Type 1 and 2 diabetes, but in later weeks, students are given the opportunity to teach and describe a particular cell type and/or immune effector molecule that pertains to Type 1 or 2 diabetes pathogenesis. The teaching topic is for the presenter to decide, but the course master will provide guidance and input.

Youth and Family Ministry is a practical study, which presents biblical approaches to youth ministry as applied to organizational structures, student leadership, recruiting and training volunteers, monthly and yearly planning programs, publicity, budgeting, and fundraising. The topic “youth ministry in small churches” receives special attention.

This course will examine juvenile crime within a larger social context, exploring the positive and negative contributions of the individual, the family, peer, schools and the larger community. Intervention strategies will be assessed, and a model will be presented for community action that can reduce/prevent juvenile crime.

This course examines the emergence of youth cultures in European cities. With a wide-ranging chronological and geographical scope, the selected youth cultures represent diverse aesthetic, economic, political, and socio-cultural histories. Students use and create digital archives as part of the course.