Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Graduate Education

  
  • GE 6409 - School Climate & Contemporary Sexuality


    School Climate & Contemporary Sexuality

    3 Credits
  
  • GE 6410 - School Law & School Culture


    School Law & School Culture

    3 Credits
  
  • GE 6411 - Modern Media & Its Impact on Youth


    Modern Media & Its Impact on Youth

    3 Credits
  
  • GE 6412 - The At-Risk Child: Depression & Suicide In Youth


    The At-Risk Child: Depression & Suicide In Youth

    3 Credits
  
  • GE 6999 - 300 Hour Administrative Internship


    300 Hour Administrative Internship

    0 Credits
  
  • GE 7010 - Adv. Fieldwork:Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction 1


    Adv. Fieldwork:Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction 1

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7011 - Adv. Fieldwork 2: Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction


    Adv. Fieldwork 2: Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7012 - Adv. Fieldwork 3: Supervision of Curriculum & Instruction 3


    Adv. Fieldwork 3: Supervision of Curriculum & Instruction 3

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7013 - Adv. Fieldwork 4: Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction


    Adv. Fieldwork 4: Supervision of Curriculum and Instruction

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7020 - Field Experience: Educational Leadership


    The Delaware Valley College 360/300 (Pennsylvania/New Jersey) hour field experience is designed to provide the student with significant opportunities in the workplace to synthesize and apply the knowledge obtained through coursework, and to develop and practice the skills associated with being a competent administrator. The administrative field experience needs to afford the student with sound experiences in accordance with the state competencies established for principal certification.

    4 credits
  
  • GE 7021 - Advanced Fieldwork 2


    Advanced Fieldwork 2

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7022 - Advanced Fieldwork 3


    Advanced Fieldwork 3

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7023 - Advanced Fieldwork 4


    Advanced Fieldwork 4

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7030 - Adv. Fieldwork 1: Special Education


    Adv. Fieldwork 1: Special Education

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7031 - Adv. Fieldwork 2: Special Education


    Adv. Fieldwork 2: Special Education

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7032 - Adv. Fieldwork 3: Special Education


    Adv. Fieldwork 3: Special Education

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7033 - Adv. Fieldwork 4: Special Education


    Adv. Fieldwork 4: Special Education

    1 Credit
  
  • GE 7130 - School and Community Relations


    School and Community Relations

    3 Credits
  
  • GE 7220 - School Law & Policy for 21st Century Administrators


    School Law & Policy for 21st Century Administrators

    3 Credits

Graduate Counseling Psychology

  
  • ES 6040 - Prof & Ethical Issues in Counseling


    This course addresses ethical and professional issues in counseling including the history of counseling psychology, the roles and functions of professional counselors and the processes involved in ethical decision making. Other topics to be discussed include: privileged communication, confidentiality, rights of the client and agency, civil commitment, and licensure. Legal, moral and ethical issues in professional counseling, including employing culturally competent interventions, will be examined. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 5001 - Essentials of Private Practice


    This seminar-style course is designed to provide practical information for individuals considering starting or joining a private counseling practice. Topics addressed include the pros and cons of private practice versus agency work, realities of managed care and insurance, basic business practices, building a client base, advertising, ethical issues, record keeping, insurance, professional organizations and consultation. Practical business strategies for building or joining a practice will be addressed. 

    1 Hours Lecture
    1 Credits
  
  • GCP 6010 - Career Counseling


    This course addresses theories of career choice across the life span, along with cultural and social justice influences that impact experience of work. Career development theories, approaches to career decision-making, personality, assessment, and career exploration techniques are addressed. Theoretical explorations include trait and type approaches, work adjustment, and Myers-Briggs approaches. Culturally competent career counseling across the lifespan is addressed.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6020 - Advanced Life Span Development


    This course will address the major processes of human development from conception to death. Discussion will focus on critical examination of traditional and contemporary theories of human development focusing on physical, cognitive, social and emotional development across the human life span. Culturally competent implications for counseling will be addressed.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6030 - Research Methods in Counseling


    This course examines counseling research methods used to study human behavior and counseling processes. Research designs including experimental, correlation and survey methods are examined. Course topics include the design of psychological research, data collection, basic data analysis, data interpretation and preparing an American Psychological Association research report. Students will be introduced to the elemental functions of statistical analysis software.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6040 - Professional & Ethical Issues in Counseling


    This course addresses ethical and professional issues in counseling including the history of counseling psychology, the roles and functions of professional counselors and the processes involved in ethical decision making. Other topics to be discussed include: privileged communication, confidentiality, rights of the client and agency, civil commitment, professional counselor credentialing, and licensure. Legal, moral and ethical issues in professional counseling, including employing culturally competent interventions, will be examined.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3
  
  • GCP 6050 - Concepts of Psychopathology & Wellness


    This course will provide an introduction to human mental distress and abnormal behavior with a particular emphasis on cultural and sociopolitical contexts. Symptoms, causes, treatment, assessment, classification and diagnosis of various psychological disorders will be addressed from a strengths-oriented perspective. The biological, psychological, social and sociocultural factors involved in the development of various psychological disorders will be examined. Research related to the etiology of psychological disorders and the efficacy of current treatments, including current trends in psychopharmacology, will be presented. Students will learn how mental health problems are categorized and develop applied skills in diagnostic interviewing.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6060 - Adv Theories Counseling & Intervention


    This course addresses the theoretical approaches used in counseling and intervention. A goal of the course is to allow students with an interest in human services to better understand the options open to both counselors and clients when engaging in counseling and therapeutic processes.Students are encouraged to think about how the various approaches might fit with their personal style and beliefs about counseling.This course provides a foundation of knowledge about the major theories by addressing ethical issues in counseling, counseling terminology, the major contributors, and the culturally appropriate use of theories and interventions in the context of human development.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6070 - Group Counseling


    The experiential course addresses various approaches to group counseling and therapy. Students will learn about the theories and practices of group therapy, stages of group development and the therapeutic factors that are effective when utilizing this counseling modality. In addition, students will participate as a group member in an applied classroom group that fosters experiential learning.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6080 - Advanced Counseling Techniques


    This experiential lab-based course addresses basic and advanced skills used in counseling and helping relationships. The focus is on developing the core skills necessary to facilitate effective helping relationships while being mindful of culturally appropriate interventions. Students will apply and practice a variety of counseling skills and techniques including active listening, reflection skills, immediacy, verbal and non-verbal attending behavior, encouraging, summarizing, and paraphrasing. Training is done through the use of video feedback and in-class practice demonstrations involving personal disclosure, role-play, and group and instructor feedback.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6090 - Advanced Multicultural Counseling


    This multicultural counseling course will introduce students to a variety of psychological concepts about intersecting identities and culture and how they affect interactions with others. This course focuses on understanding and working with diverse populations across dimensions including but not limited to ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, gender identity, ability status, age, and religion with a particular emphasis on ethnicity. Current theoretical and research literature regarding multiculturally competent counseling practices will be addressed. Students will identify and explore their own unique ethnic and cultural worldviews and see how it affects their counseling approaches. Students are simultaneously encouraged to reflect upon one’s own sense of self, beliefs, assumptions, behaviors and social power in an effort to increase multicultural awareness and competence.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 6095 - Assessment in Counseling


    This theoretical and applied course addresses the major principles, approaches, and theoretical perspectives utilized in counseling measurement and assessment. This course involves discussion of the theory and application of counseling measures of intellectual functioning, achievement, aptitude, interests, attitudes and personality. Culturally competent approaches to counseling assessment are addressed. Students will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience administering and taking various assessment instruments. Multiple assessment contexts are addressed including individual, group, educational counseling, and guidance.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7010 - Practicum


    This course helps students to develop necessary basic culturally-competent counseling skills to prepare for an internship in a variety of counseling settings. Students will engage in a 100-hour practicum placement in order to gain initial clinical experience in an agency setting. Of the 100 hours, 40 hours must be in direct clinical contact. The weekly practicum seminar is designed to provide support and supervision for students in their ongoing development as counseling practitioners. The goal is to increase awareness of the clinical & ethical skills needed to function in a professional role, gain experience with the daily operations of a counseling organization, and develop an appreciation of multiculturally competent clinical practices. Students are required to carry malpractice insurance for the duration of the clinical placement.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7020 - Internship with Seminar I


    Students are required to engage in 600 clinical internship hours over the course of one year, 300 of which have to be in direct client contact. The weekly internship seminar is designed to provide support and supervision for students in their ongoing development as counseling practitioners. The goal is to continue to develop awareness of the clinical & ethical skills needed to function in a professional role, gain additional experiences with the daily operations of a counseling organization, and develop an appreciation of multiculturally competent clinical practices. Students will demonstrate oral and written case conceptualization skills. Students are required to carry malpractice insurance for the duration of the clinical placement.

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite:GCP 7010  

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7021 - Internship with Seminar II


    Students are required to engage in 600 clinical internship hours over the course of one year, 300 of which have to be in direct client contact. The weekly internship seminar is designed to provide support and supervision for students in their ongoing development as counseling practitioners. The goal is to further awareness of the clinical & ethical skills needed to function in a professional role, gain additional experiences with the daily operations of a counseling organization and develop an appreciation of multiculturally competent clinical practices. Students will demonstrate oral and written case conceptualization skills. Internship with Seminar II serves as a capstone course where students will complete a final project that showcases their clinical, professional and personal development over the course of the program. Students are required to carry malpractice insurance for the duration of the clinical placement.

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: GCP 7020  

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7040 - Child & Adolescent Counseling


    This course discusses aspects of children and adolescent development that relate to the counseling experience. Topics to be addressed include: relationships children and adolescents establish with important adults (e.g., parents, teachers, coaches), developmental processes specific to youth; multicultural influences on youth; and intervention models available. Students also will analyze different theoretical approaches to child and adolescent counseling.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7041 - Adv Childhood Psychopathology & Wellness


    This course explores the biological, psychological and social/cultural factors in the etiology, course and treatment of childhood disorders. Students will gain familiarity using the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Special attention will be devoted to understanding societal definitions of normal/abnormal, and applying a developmental perspective.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7042 - Revolutions in Child and Adolescent Development


    This course will provide a systematic look at the process of child and adolescent social science research by critically examining revolutionary studies in the field. Attention also will be given to special ethical considerations when conducting research with children and adolescents.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7043 - Special Topics in Counseling Psychology


    Special Topics in Counseling allows the Counseling Psychology program to offer courses that investigate areas of inquiry and specialization not otherwise covered by the electives. These courses are offered as demand requires. The course may involve faculty with certain specific expertise or experience, course topics of special interest to students, or methods of inquiry that reflect the latest in current scholarship and practice. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7050 - Psychology of Gender


    Students will develop an awareness of the social and cultural basis of gender roles. Diverse gender identities will be examined and the implications for counseling with individuals, couples, families, and groups will be examined. This course will address the scientific literature related to gender in various cultural settings and encourage students to critically evaluate current research findings regarding the psychology of gender. Course topics include the history of gender research, gender role attitudes, theories of gender development across the lifespan, gender socialization, and current issues in mental health.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7051 - Advanced Couples & Family Counseling


    This course addresses the theoretical approaches used in couples and family counseling. A goal of the course is to allow students with an interest in human services to better understand the options open to both counselors and clients when engaging in the therapeutic process from systems-oriented perspectives. Topics include family development and interventions associated with major family counseling models. Students are encouraged to think about how the various approaches might fit with their personal style and beliefs about counseling when working with families from diverse backgrounds.The course will provide a solid foundation of knowledge about the major family systems theories.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7052 - Sexualities


    This course addresses the research about the physiological, psychological, and sociocultural variables associated with sexual behavior, sexual disorders, sexual function and dysfunction, sex roles, sexual identity, gender identity, trauma and abuse, and aging. Topics addressed include the biopsychosocial assessment of sexual dysfunctions, current theoretical models, treatment strategies, and ethical and considerations when working with sexuality issues in counseling.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7053 - Advocacy & Social Justice Counseling


    This courses addresses working with individuals, couples and families from a systemic lens with a particular emphasis on institutionalized social injustice and the steps necessary to promote community change. social, cultural, political, and economic factors influence human development, mental health, and psychological well-being. Social justice counseling focuses on counselors as change agents and outlines strategies to advocate for clients at the meso and macro level to challenge social inequities.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7054 - Independent Research


    Students may engage in an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member. The completed research project should include an extensive literature review that results in a paper or presentation suitable for a professional conference presentation or publication in a peer-reviewed journal article. Students are encouraged to work with faculty members to present their work at conferences and engage in other professional scholarly activities. This option is especially recommended for students planning on pursuing further academic studies, such as admission to a doctoral program.

    Prerequisite(s):
    • GCP 6030   Research Methods in Counseling


    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7055 - Foundations of Addictions


    This course addresses the research on the complex etiologies, behavioral manifestations and treatment of various addictions including but not limited to substances, eating, internet, shopping, gambling and sex.Utilizing a biopsychosocial perspective, students will explore the research on trauma, family dynamics, environment, and biological predisposition as it relates to addictive behaviors. Identification, diagnosis and various treatment models will be addressed.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7056 - Intro to Autism Spectrum Disorders


    This course provides an overview of the current clinical research about Autism Spectrum issues in children and adolescents. The transition to adulthood will be discussed as well. Identification, diagnosis, assessment, treatment and various interventions methods will be addressed. Students will apply information to classroom and family cases.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • GCP 7057 - Trauma Counseling: Awareness, Assessmenty And Treatment


    This graduate level class provides a comprehensive exploration of trauma counseling including the history and current theories in the field, the nature of trauma (sexual abuse, combat, and natural disasters), how trauma affects individuals and systems, grief reactions and traumatic stress. The course explores the professional’s response to trauma, vicarious traumatization, disenfranchised grief, crisis intervention, co-morbid disorders and general treatment issues. Evidence-based practices in trauma counseling will be addressed. A variety of theoretical frameworks are presented, including cognitive, neurobiological, clinical, and socio-cultural (including the main controversies surrounding the field of trauma). Students will develop culturally-informed skills for working with trauma.

    3 Hours
    3 Credits

Graduate Public Policy

  
  • MPP 4120 - Food Security & Sovereignty


    Cross-Listed As: GPS-6120

    This research seminar will explore the politics of food from a systemic framework through the policies of food security and contemporary responses by social movements advocating food sovereignty. We will begin the course by examining hunger nationally and internationally. Our readings will explore such issues as the complicity in how food stamp and welfare policies are created to intra-household food distribution to the purposeful creation of famine for political and even genocidal ends. An underlying assumption of this seminar is that politics, very simply, affect hunger. Students will explore and research particular food policies that bring light to the distinct political frameworks of food security and food sovereignty.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6010 - Intro to Policy Studies


    Cross-Listed As: GPS 4010

    This course provides an overview of the study of public policy by exploring three different approaches to policy analysis: the behavioral, economic, and interpretive approaches. It surveys the topics central to the tasks of policy analysis: how problems are defined, how information is collected, how the relative costs and benefits of policy are assessed, how policy solutions are formulated and adopted, how government and the market succeed and fail, how analysis is utilized, and how ethics informs policy analysis. The course also emphasizes the three challenges to those who would analyze public policy: the challenge of partisanship, the challenge of uncertainty, and the challenge of pragmatism.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6011 - American Public Policy


    This course provides an overview of the study of public policy by exploring three different approaches to policy analysis: the behavioral, economic, and interpretive approaches. It surveys the topics central to the tasks of policy analysis: how problems are defined, how information is collected, how the relative costs and benefits of policy are assessed, how policy solutions are formulated and adopted, how government and the market succeed and fail, how analysis is utilized, and how ethics informs policy analysis. The course also emphasizes the three challenges to those who would analyze public policy: the challenge of partisanship, the challenge of uncertainty, and the challenge of pragmatism.

    3 Hours
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6020 - Political Economy


    Cross-Listed As: GPS 4020

    This course is designed for students to become familiar with both the historical evolution of and ongoing developments in the international economy. Students will gain an understanding of the foundational concepts and theories of international political economy which focus on political-economic relations among international actors such as states, global corporations, and international organizations. We will center our discussions on state power and world markets analyzing the political causes and consequences of international economic policies and outcomes on societies.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6030 - Policy Analysis


    Cross-Listed As: GPS 4030

    This course is an introductory exploration of policy analysis. It assumes that the student already has some familiarity with the basic concepts and terminology of public policy and public administration. This course will provide you with both rapid and more complex methods of public policy analysis. It will cover important considerations in the process of policy analysis such as identifying data sources and weighing the utility of data; establishing criteria for analyzing policies; assessing policy alternatives; choosing among policies; and monitoring policy implementation.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6040 - American Politics


    Cross-Listed As: GPS 4040

    This course provides student with a broad overview of the nature of politics in the United States. National, state, and local politics are covered, as are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Special attention is paid to the bureaucracy, lobbyists, and interest groups and their effect on policy formation.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6051 - Community Based Research Methods


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4051

    This graduate course in qualitative methods is designed to introduce students to the traditions and research design of qualitative methods in the social sciences, and to provide a foundation for understanding them. It presents opportunities to learn, hands-on, the primary techniques of the major data collection methods in qualitative methods. Students taking this course will design their own research project from conceptualization to the finished product and presentation. The project will require data to be collected using qualitative methods. This course is guided by the conviction that in order to make a difference, we need good and useful data derived from sound methodological approaches to research-quantitative or qualitative. Whenever we do research with a community, however, we must have “qualitative” skills regardless of how we do the actual research. This depends on the strength of the relationship between the researcher and the community. All of the skills of good qualitative research–good listening skills, good interviewing skills, good observational skills, are crucial in the design and implementation of even a quantitative survey.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6052 - Quantitative Research Methods


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4052

    This is a graduate course that focuses on applying existing quantitative methods to make informed managerial decisions.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6110 - Agriculture, Food & Trade Policies


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4110

    Contemporary government economic policies and programs affecting the U.S. agricultural and food sector will be the focus of this course. As a capstone course designation, this course builds upon the student’s understanding of economic tools and concepts as covered in previous course work. More specifically, the course will use these economic tools and concepts in the analysis and evaluation of public policies affecting agriculture and food. The influence of macroeconomic policy, the world economy, and international trade on U.S. agriculture and food sector is also discussed.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6111 - Global Agricultural Ecology


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4111

    This course is intended to help students solve the fundamental agricultural question “Why do farmers produce what they produce where they produce it”?  Every item discussed in this course is aimed at solving this question.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6112 - Agriculture & Applied Economics


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4112

    Agricultural and applied economics (microeconomics) is the study of the behavior of individual economic units, such as consumers and firms, how they make their decisions and how they interact. Since the “real world” is extremely complex, we need to simplify our views of the economic players if we are to make any headway in understanding them. These simplifications are called “microeconomic models.” In this course we will study how economists form and develop these models. We will look at the simplifications economists make and ask how much “realism” is being set aside by our simplifications, and try to determine what, if any, important insights our models may prevent us from making. It is important to remember that this is a course on economic methodology, not on policy. A lot of what you learn here will be applied later in other courses you will take.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6113 - Agricultural Prices


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4113

    This course builds upon the student’s understanding of agricultural and applied economics (microeconomics) as covered in previous course work. More specifically, the course will explore the factors affecting prices of agricultural products longtime, cyclical, seasonal, and other price movements sources of information relating to production and demand factors, government activities as they relate to prices of agricultural products, and methods and problems in price analysis and forecasting. Further, the course will integrate the training the student has had in computer methods with economics, making economics a value-added tool that the student can bring to bear on his/her daily and professional life.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6114 - Community Development & Planning


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4114

    The purpose of this course is to explore the notion of community development in general, and the notion of sustainable community development more specifically. The course is not designed to give you the answer on how to achieve sustainable community development, but rather to expose you to a variety of elements and viewpoints about it. As future policy makers, part of the skill set you are learning is the capacity to integrate and synthesize a multitude of perspectives into a coherent idea - this class is ideally suited to push you in that direction. This class will hopefully enlarge your conception about what community development is and how it is pursued, as well as push you to look inward, challenge your assumptions and stereotypes about the world, and leave you with a richer (if not more confused) notion of how the world works and what can be done to make things better.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6115 - Contesting Development


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4115

    This research seminar will examine the contemporary context of uncertainty that has arisen from environmental, economic and political crises largely fueled by a hypermodern vision of development. Dwindling social gains have caused many to question the promise of development and the certitude of modernity. Through the lens of various social struggles in distinct but related spaces of the global political economy, we will explore both the limiting assumptions of development discourse and practice and the possibilities of alternative visions of progress. Students will choose a particular national, international, or transnational social struggle engaged in both the contestation and rethinking of traditional visions of development to further explore and investigate.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6116 - Contemporary Urban & Regional Planning


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4116

    The course builds on the planning basics introduced to the student in the DVU undergraduate course Regional Land Use Planning. The historical underpinnings of planning and the analytical tools of planning are reviewed.  Governmental context and regulatory aspects affecting planning at the regional and local levels are addressed. The planning process and the tools and techniques of traditional and innovative land use planning and growth management are presented. The interconnection between environmental protection, infrastructure problems, transportation topics, and economic development is discussed from a planning-for-sustainability perspective. Development theory and practice and how they affect spatial patterns of development of cities and regions as well as urban design are investigated.  Preparing a mock local development plan gives the student team planning experience. Independent research on a planning topic or current planning issue helps the student enhance the learning experience in this course. Student prospects on continuing their planning education and possibly entering the planning profession are examined.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6117 - Environmental Law & Policy


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4117

    This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to gain an understanding of the causes and cures of our environmental issues as well as, an inquiry into how we address those issues through political and social means. Our planet is impacted by an expanding human population, poverty, the lack of necessary public and natural resources, and the dangers of toxic emissions and other pollutants imposed onto the environment and into ourselves. Dealing effectively with these issues requires an understanding of interactions between the human systems and the natural world, social mechanisms, and applying critical thinking skills with, interdisciplinary scientific analysis if we are to have long-term and sustainable solutions for the benefit of current and future generations.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6118 - Geographic Information Systems


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4118

    This course introduces the principles of a geographic information system, such as ArcView, in the analysis of land use, population studies, and demographic distributions. Students will apply this software to Environmental Science applications.  Lecture and hands-on format.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6119 - Environmental Justice


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4119

    This course focuses on the uneven distribution of environmental degradation and environmental protection, considering the connection between environmental problems and race/ethnicity and class. We will focus on environmental justice/equity, social movements, health, policy, and risk to analyze the social processes which generate racism and class stratification that influence the distribution of ecological costs and benefits at the local, national and global levels. An analysis of inequalities in relation to the environment gives us insight into the complex social processes that define, create and even threaten our natural, social and built environments. This course provides a sociological perspective on environmental issues, investigating the relationships between various environmental and social problems and considering how political, social, and economic factors have come to shape our patterns of interaction. Throughout the course we will consider such issues as the siting of hazardous facilities in urban and rural minority areas, the extraction of resources from native lands, national and transnational export of toxic waste to the South, decision-making around health issues, and the development of a distinct environmental justice movement. During the course of the semester we will ask such questions as: What is environmental justice? What groups are most affected by environmental inequalities? What is the likelihood for change and a movement to a more sustainable future?

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6120 - Food Security & Sovereignty


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4120

    This research seminar will explore the politics of food from a systemic framework through the policies of food security and contemporary responses by social movements advocating food sovereignty. We will begin the course by examining hunger nationally and internationally. Our readings will explore such issues as the complicity in how food stamp and welfare policies are created to intra-household food distribution to the purposeful creation of famine for political and even genocidal ends. An underlying assumption of this seminar is that politics, very simply, affect hunger. Students will explore and research particular food policies that bring light to the distinct political frameworks of food security and food sovereignty.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6121 - Globalization & International Developmen


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4121

    This course on globalization and international development examines the social, economic, political and cultural causes and consequences of the long-term historical changes in the world since the end of World War II from a sociological perspective. We will discuss the issues, methods, paradigms and leading figures in the Sociology of Development and Globalization, as well as several substantive topics of empirical research. We will address macro issues of social structure and changes as well as how these impact individuals and groups in developing societies. This course demonstrates that globalization is not uni-directional: the developed world is also greatly influenced by events and trends in the developing world, although this is still not widely recognized or acknowledged. It presents alternate and competing viewpoints, as well as the reflections of many scholars and practitioners involved in formulating and implementing policies. We will address such questions as: What explains the differences in the rates of economic growth, the structures of economies, types of political systems, popular and official reactions to globalization, the ability to build viable political institutions, changes in social structure and social relations? How should we think about these issues? What standards, measures and terminology should be used to evaluate changes? What is the appropriate role (and who decides?) of the developed world - states, militaries, non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, mass movements, multilateral institutions - in addressing many of these topics? How should the Western world adjust to its diminished status and clout? Is there a “best” form of development to strive for, and who decides this as well as how to achieve it for each society? Are the experiences of some societies transferable to others?

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6122 - Ecofeminism


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4122

    This course will focus on the history and evolution of ecofeminist thought. The course will explore the movement from its theoretical foundation in the 1970s until today. At stake will be an evaluation of the primary arguments in the discourse. Specifically, students will examine the essentialist (spiritual) and material (political) camps within ecofeminism criticism. The course will ground students in the basic principles of feminism, colonialism and Marxism in order to better facilitate an understanding of ecofeminism. Students should leave the class with a clearer idea of how Western Philosophy understands space and place through the same patriarchal lens focused on woman since Plato’s time. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6123 - Social Policy & Social Justice


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4123

    How are social problems created? How are they addressed? The purpose of this course is to explore the social construction of social problems and their policy responses. Social problems have been created by human beings and continue to be held in place by our consent and our failure to act to change them. This course analyzes key social problems and the social policies designed to address them in the United States. We will analyze the limitations of the social policies we have developed to solve social problems, as well as develop new ideas for more socially just and equitable policies. Contemporary policies will be linked to the historical values, the economic structure, and the legacy of discrimination in the United States, with the goal of promoting policy change that enhances are commitment to social justice. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6124 - Wildlife Law & Policy


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4124

    This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the laws and policies that govern both domestic and international wildlife. Students will explore historical and cultural contexts that have shaped wildlife laws and policies, as well as develop an understanding for policy design and how competing interests influence wildlife policy implementation. Through investigation of case studies and court decisions, students will critically evaluate consequences of law and policy in regard to species protection, economy, and society. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6125 - The Bioethics of Genomics


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4125

    The course focuses upon the implications of genome technologies on our individual lives and social contracts. This course will be especially focused on immediate technologies and techniques that differentiate the bioethics of the moment from historical discussions on the implications of genetic knowledge. Topics include but are not limited to the advent and status quo of genomic technologies and information, consumer diagnostic devices, large scale human SNP data implications, personalized genomes and medicine, a history of eugenics, genetic testing, embryo screening, ownership and protection of genetic identity, the insurance implications of genomics, transgenic agriculture, genetically modified organisms, recombinant DNA technology, the implications of DNA patent law, gene replacement therapies, stem cell therapy, sports and gene doping, synthetic biology, genetic social inequality, and pharmacogenomics. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6126 - The Bioethics of Pharmaceuticals


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4126

    The course focuses on the ethical and social issues that surround the process of therapeutic development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution. Particular focus will be placed upon understanding the numerous ethical dichotomies present in this simultaneously high-risk and high-profit driven industry at a time of profound domestic and international need for disease treatments. Topics include but are not limited to the pharmaceutical development and testing life cycle, the ethics and results of clinical trials, clinical equipoise, non-clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical regulation and the capture effect, the drug discovery process, domestic patent law, international patent law, patent enforcement, the implications of DNA patent law, medical practitioner & pharmaceutical firm relationships, the ethics of pharmaceutical marketing, pharmaceutical product liability, first-world vs. third-world disease pharmaceutical development, epidemiology as it relates to drug development and distribution, and homeopathic therapeutic regulation and distribution. 

    Prerequisite(s): GPS 4126

  
  • MPP 6127 - Thinking Green: Western Ideas ofyMan-Nature Relationship From the ModernyAge to the Age of Ecology


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4127

    The course is an intellectual history on the development of environmental thoughts and ecological consciousness in the Western societies. It will examine the ideas of man-nature relationship from the Scientific Revolution to the establishment of ecology as an academic discipline of 1970s. The course aims to provide intellectual background that links to the central features and debates of contemporary environmental issues and policies. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6128 - Environmental Impacts


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4128

    This course looks at past and current practices and policies and their effects on our environment. It includes presentations by a number of guest speakers from the public and private sector. Corrective measures are studied and discussed. There is no textbook for the course but readings and material presented by the speakers will be used. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6129 - The State


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4129

    This course examines the role of the state in society. Special attention is paid to the concept of power and legitimacy. Students will examine the state as a construct as well as case studies of the theories under discussion. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6130 - Extractive Economics


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4130

    An extractive economy is a resource-based economy dependent upon harvesting or extracting natural resources for sale or trade. They are most often associated with colonial economies, whether in formal or informal empires. This course examines extractive economies from a policy perspective, emphasizing the impacts and problems associated with such economies. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6131 - Energy Policy


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4131

    This course examines the energy policy of the United States from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Special attention is paid to the transition between fuels, government intervention and regulation, and the role of technological innovation.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6132 - Environmental History


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4132

    This course examines the environmental history of the United States since the colonial era. Special attention is paid to shifts in American attitudes toward the environment and the resulting policies stemming from these shifts. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6133 - Science & Technology Policy


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4133

    This course examines the government’s role in the funding and development of science and technology. While government has long had a role in the furtherance of scientific research and the development of technology, World War II greatly enlarged and accelerated that role, especially in the United States. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6134 - Non-Profit Policy, Governance and Practice


    This exciting course provides a detailed review of the thriving area of non-profit organization law, governance and policy, including a comprehensive background and history of non-profit organizations in the United States. It will cover the public policy reasons why non-profit organizations are exempt from federal and state income taxes and why donations are permitted as charitable deductions to the donor. In addition, the social policy, economic, and business distinctions between non-profit organizations and for-profit organizations will be reviewed.  This course also covers the broad societal benefit attributed to non-profit organizations, the enormous impact that the non-profit sector has on the United States and global economies, and it will focus on potential drawbacks of differing applicable state laws.  In addition to using classroom discussion, case studies, reading assignments, and a wealth of current scholarly articles, offering differing outlooks on the future of non-profit organizations this course also a clinical, experiential component. Students will either be linked up to participating non-profit organizations for which students will provide assistance in specifically designated areas such as streamlining policy statements, conducting budget review, compiling and organizing information and organizational documents, limited, light operational and governance assistance, and networking and outreach or will be provided with non-profit organization scenarios and case studies for which they will have to make a brief presentation to help in their understanding of the practical side of non-profit organizations.   

    3 Hours Lecture
    3
  
  • MPP 6990 - Special Topics in Policy Studies


    Cross-Listed As: MPP 4990

    Special Topics in Policy Studies allows the Policy Studies Program to offer courses that investigate areas of inquiry and specialization not otherwise covered by the electives. These courses are offered as demand requires. The course may involve faculty with certain specific expertise or experience, course topics of special interest to students, or methods of inquiry that reflect the latest in current scholarship and practice. 

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • MPP 6997 - Capstone


    Capstone course for Public Policy students.

  
  • MPP 6998 - Thesis


    Thesis Course

    1-6 Hours Lecture
    1-6 Credits
  
  • MPP 6999 - Internship


    Internship

    6 Hours Lecture
    6 Credits

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sciences

  
  • LAES 1035 - Graphic Studio I


    Visual thinking and communication are basic skills that inform all design work.  In this course, students will develop skills in observation, drawing, graphic storytelling, design composition, color, various graphic media (such as pencil, ink, watercolor, color pencil), graphic techniques and graphic standards/conventions for landscape architecture. These graphic skills form the foundation for future design studios as well as work with industry professionals and clients.

    3 Hours Lecture
    3
  
  • LAES 1120 - Sustainability: Saving the Earth and Feeding the People


    Environmental issues facing the rural and urban environment are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the concept of sustainability and food. Addressing environmental issues requires interaction between technical, economic, and social forces. This course will ask the student to consider these forces on a local and global basis as well as the knowledge required to make informed decisions. The course explores the concept of sustainability, its meaning, its application, and its impact on the way we live.

    3 hours Lecture
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 1125 - Introduction to Design


    An introduction to landscape architecture and environmental design. The course explores the history of the profession, current topics, career opportunities and a hands-on introduction to the world of graphic storytelling. Required for Environmental Design majors, but open to all students.

    2 hours Studio
    1 credit
  
  • LAES 1301 - Plant Health Management


    Plant Health Management

    3 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • LAES 1302 - Soil Biology


    Soil Biology

    2 Hours Lecture
    3 Credits
  
  • LAES 1302L - Soil Biology Lab


    Soil Biology Lab

    3 Hours Lab
    0
  
  • LAES 2004 - Soils


    An introductory course in soils exploring the concepts and terminology of soil development, soil formation and composition, and the physical, chemical and biological properties and processes in soils. Soil classification, soil conservation, and nutrient systems are also introduced. Chemical and physical properties as they relate to environmental concerns are reviewed. Laboratory demonstrations and exercises parallel selected portions of the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): CH 1001 - Chemistry Fundamentals  or CH 1103 - General Chemistry I   or permission of Instructor.

    2 hours Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 2015 - Landscape Techniques


    This course stresses the application of basic landscaping, landscape maintenance and nursery production, handling and marketing techniques through hands-on laboratories in small groups and practical lectures. Required for all Ornamental Horticulture majors.

    2 hours Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 2016 - Basic Plant Management


    The goal of this course is to provide an integrated understanding of both the technical information and its practical application within this industry. This course provides foundation knowledge for the management of plants at various life stages and it is expected that students will assimilate and use all information to develop thoughtful and reasoned solutions to various problems.

    3
    3
  
  • LAES 2017 - Topographical Surveying & GIS


    This course includes land surveying principles, use of survey instruments, field methods, data collection, and an introduction to Geographical Information Systems.

    2 hours Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 2118 - Woody Plant Identification II


    The course focuses on the identification, culture and landscape uses of native and introduced trees, shrubs and vines. This spring course features evergreen coniferous plants and spring blooming plants. Extensive use is made of the Henry Schmieder Arboretum plant collections on campus. CAN be taken without LAES 2220 - Woody Plant Identification I .

    1 hour Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    2 credits
  
  • LAES 2133 - Design Studio I: Design Process and Communication


    The first course in the design studio sequence introduces students to the regenerative design process and graphic communication. It is intended to open the mind to creative expression, critical problem solving and design communication through a comprehensive understanding of the spirit of place, stakeholders’ values and green sciences and technologies.

    6 hours Studio
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 2135 - Site Engineering I


    The fundamentals of surveying, grading, drainage, construction documentation, construction specifications, plant lists and plant specifications are taught. The course will utilize the outdoors, hand drawing and computer-aided design software to develop student capabilities.

    Prerequisite(s): LAES 3231 - Computer-Aided Design  

    4 hours Studio
    2 credits
  
  • LAES 2208 - Medicinal Plants


    The course reviews human health philosophies of diverse cultures and societies; covers history and practice of herbal medicine; examines properties of phytochemicals and therapeutic values: learn botanical and medical significance of medicinal plants; learn fundamental plant taxonomy, identify commonly used woody and herbaceous medicinal plants; and examine their uses and cultivation on campus and off campus; discusses biodiversity and sustainability of medicinal plants as alternative crops; and researches new developments, applications and legislations of medicinal plants.

    Prereq/Corequisite LAES-2208L - Lab

    3 Credits
  
  • LAES 2209 - Soil Fertility and Fertilizers


    The role of essential elements in plant nutrition is discussed as well as practical applications in the area of soil deficiencies. Emphasis is placed on fertilizer types, usage, and applications for various agronomic and horticulture crops. In the laboratory, emphasis is placed on instrumentation and methodology for solving soil fertility problems.

    Prerequisite(s): LAES 2004 - Soils  

    2 hours Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    3 credits
  
  • LAES 2220 - Woody Plant Identification I


    The course focuses on the identification, culture and landscape uses of native and introduced trees, shrubs and vines. This fall course features plants that bloom in the summer and fall as well as plants that display autumn foliage and fruits. Extensive use is made of the Henry Schmieder Arboretum plant collections on campus.

    1 hour Lecture and 3 hours Laboratory
    2 credits
  
  • LAES 2242 - Site Engineering II


    The second site engineering course further develops the student’s knowledge and capabilities in construction detailing. The course utilizes real sites and real projects to explore complex issues of grading, drainage, construction details and construction specifications.

    Prerequisite(s): LAES 2135 - Site Engineering I  

    4 hours Studio
    2 credits
 

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