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Course Descriptions

Graduate Bulletin Course Description Introduction

Course descriptions are listed (in this section) in alphabetical order by curricular subject abbreviations. Graduate courses are those numbered from 500 through 899. All numbers below 500 are for undergraduate credit.

Interpreting Course Descriptions

This document will help you understand the various codes used in the course descriptions.

A typical course description appears like this:

COUN 788 Counseling Process Laboratory  

Course Level

The three digits of the course codes refer to the course level. Graduate courses are numbered from 500 to 899. The 100 through 400 series are undergraduate courses.

Credits

UW-Stout defines a credit hour as an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that reasonably approximates: [1] At least 750 minutes of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of 1,500 minutes of out-of-class student work for one semester credit hour, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time (e.g. compressed courses); or [2] At least an equivalent amount of work as required in part one [1] of this definition for other academic activities as established by UW-Stout, including distance education, online, hybrid, or other indirect faculty instruction, laboratory work, internships, co-op experiences, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.  This definition of the semester credit hour applies to all academic credit bearing activities at all levels (graduate and undergraduate). In order to receive a degree, you must not only gain the required number of credits in the program you are pursuing, but also must attain a certain standard of scholarship. (See also “Suspension and Probation.”)
 

Science, Technology and Mathematics Education
  

  • STMED-601 Capstone: Math and Science Education

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Synthesis of material learned in the math and science education program and study of educational research, evidence-based practice, and professional development.
    Prerequisite: Benchmark I completion

Service Management
  

  • SRVM-546 Seminar in Training and Development

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Definition and analysis of high performance service management best practices.
  

  • SRVM-621 Customer Interaction Center Management

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introduction to evaluation, design, maintenance, and management of online telephone technology to provide customer service solutions for industry in customer interaction centers.
  

  • SRVM-681 Special Problems in Service Management

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes

Social Work
  

  • SOCWK-799 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No

Sociology
  

  • SOC-515 Criminology

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Sociological analysis of structure and function of criminal law, variables of criminal behavior and operation of criminal justice system.
  

  • SOC-525 Sociology of Leisure

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Institutional approach to effects of leisure on social structure; values reflected in leisure; problems with increase in leisure resources.
  

  • SOC-540 Sociology of Work

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Human behavior in various types of employment and occupations; trends in U.S. occupational structure.
  

  • SOC-550 Sociology of Hmong Culture

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Sociological overview of Hmong cultural values, history, immigration and resettlement experiences, family and clan functions, and spiritual beliefs and practices.
  

  • SOC-560 Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theories of delinquency, criminal behavior, and social control in relation to modern institutions in American culture.
  

  • SOC-610 Sociology of Thailand’S Minority Groups: Study Abroad Program

    (4 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Study abroad program to Thailand. In-depth experiential learning of Thai minority cultures, including religions, socio-political status, Buddhism, health, education, trafficking of women and children, limited citizenship status, and poverty. Field trips to villages, nongovernmental agencies, schools, and clinics.

Special Education
  

  • SPED-500 Introduction To Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Introduction to etiology of mental retardation; psychological, educational, social and vocational aspects; adjustment techniques used in working with mentally retarded persons.
  

  • SPED-501 Learning Disabilities

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identification, remediation and evaluation of learning disabled; intervention techniques used with adolescents and adults.
  

  • SPED-505 Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    History and purpose of Early Childhood Special Education. Programming; legislation; population receiving services; adaptations; strategies; family intervention; intervention models; inclusion of all students in the natural environment or least restrictive environment.
  

  • SPED-510 ECSE Methods, Materials and Curriculum

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Curricular and methodological adaptation; embedding goals and objectives for young children with exceptional needs in the areas of social-emotional development, motor skills, self-help skills, communication, cognitive development. Only for students seeking Early Childhood Special Education certification.
  

  • SPED-515 Early Childhood Special Education Organization and Implementation

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Organization and implementation of Early Childhood Special Education programs. Service delivery; itinerant services; consultation and collaboration; and intervention models.
    Prerequisite: take SPED-505 ; only for students seeking ECSE certification.
  

  • SPED-520 Early Childhood Special Education Assessment

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Supervised practice in assessment of young children with suspected or identified developmental delays. Standardized and informal assessment instruments for screening; determining eligibility for special needs programming; and progress monitoring of early learning in early childhood children.
    Prerequisites: SPED-505 , SPED-510 , SPED-515 , and must be seeking ECSE certification.
  

  • SPED-522 Curriculum & Instruction: Severe Disabilities

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Curriculum and instruction strategies for teaching functional academics, personal/social, vocational, and community living skills to individual with sever and profound disabilities. 
    Prerequisites: take SPED-500  and SPED-630 
  

  • SPED-523 Mild Disabilities: Social Studies and Science

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Curriculum and methods of teaching students with mild cognitive, learning, and emotional/behavioral disabilities in the content areas of social studies, science, and in general education. Strategies that facilitate integration, improve maintenance and generalization of skills, promote transitions, increase self-awareness and self-management, and compensate for learning deficits.
  

  • SPED-524 Curriculum & Instruction: Career & Transition Education

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Curriculum and instruction for persons with cognitive disabilities, borderline and severe, in prevocational career, vocational education, and transition stressing interdisciplinary cooperation.
    Prerequisites: take SPED-500  and SPED-630 
  

  • SPED-526 Pre-Student Teaching: Cognitive Disabilities

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Supervised experience in observing, planning instruction, and teaching children and youth with cognitive disabilities in a cross-categorical school environment. Repeatable three times for credit.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • SPED-528 Assessment for Individual Education/ Transition Plans

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Diagnosing behavior and learning problems of students with exceptional education needs. Preparing individual educational and transitional plans based on comprehensive assessments.
    Prerequisite: take REHAB 711  
  

  • SPED-530 Introduction to Communication Disorders

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Nature, causes of and methods used when working with individuals who have speech and language disorders.
  

  • SPED-536 Early Childhood Special Education Pre-Student Teaching

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Supervised experience in teaching children with exceptionalities. Instructional practices based on knowledge of the child, family, community, and the curriculum.
    Prerequisite: take SPED-505 . Must be seeking ECSE certification.
  

  • SPED-538 Pre-Student Teaching: Children and Youth With Disabilities

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Supervised experience in observing, planning instruction, and teaching children and youth with disabilities in a cross-categorical school environment.
  

  • SPED-600 Workshop: Topics in Special Education

    1-(3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Current specialized topics studied through experiential activities.
  

  • SPED-620 Schools, Families and Community Collaboration

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theory, general principles and procedures for fostering collaborative partnerships among families, professionals, students and other service providers. Focuses on families with children who have disabilities.
  

  • SPED-630 Inclusion of Students with Exceptional Needs

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Inclusion of students with exceptional educational needs in the regular classroom setting. Laws, definition, characteristics, adaptations, strategies and transitional services that pertain to persons identified with: cognitive disability, learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional disability, autism, traumatic brain injury, speech and language disorders, visual and hearing loss, physical and other health impairments, and gifted and talented.
  

  • SPED-640 Diagnosis and Remediation of Literacy and Math Disabilities

    (4 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Curriculum, methods, assessment and remediation of teaching reading, math, and language to individuals with mild disabilities. Strategies that assess and evaluate, monitor progress, increase, maintain and generalize skills, facilitate integration, and compensate for learning deficits in the general and special education curricula.
    Prerequisites: take EDUC-580 , EDUC-581 , and RDGED 582  
  

  • SPED-647 Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Children and Adolescents

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Assessment, identification and evaluation of emotional and behavioral disorders of learners middle childhood through adolescence, including methods of observing, diagnosing, documenting and interpreting. Characteristics of emotional and behavioral disabled learners, including potential concomitant physical, cognitive, or sensory disabilities and psychological, social and environmental factors contributing to childhood emotional and behavioral disorders.
  

  • SPED-662 Classroom Management Techniques

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Techniques for motivating handicapped youth, individual and group discipline, behavior modification, educational organization, evaluation, and communication to enhance learning.
  

  • SPED-671 Introduction to Special Education and Professional Portfolio Development

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Survey of the history of the field, the philosophy of special education, the mission of the field, special education legislation and mandates, issues within the profession, influential organizations, and the basic principles of professional portfolio development.
  

  • SPED-672 Foundations of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A foundation for understanding individuals with Autism spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its effect on the individuals’ life and learning, through a comprehensive overview of the history, current literature, and best practices.
  

  • SPED-673 Behavior Interventions and Positive Behavior Supports

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Study functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavioral intervention planning (BIP) for individualized behavior problems for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disabilities in the PK-12 educational setting. Focus on assessment skills to produce data-driven environmental modifications, pro-social replacement behaviors, consequence strategies, and home-school collaboration.
  

  • SPED-674 Augmentative Communication and Social Skills

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Review current literature in supporting communication and social skills for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; including best practices in assessment and implementation of augmentative and alternative communication interventions.
  

  • SPED-675 Assessment and Methodology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Critical review of assessment methods used in the identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Formal and informal assessment results are utilized to create an intervention plan that is responsive to the student’s individual needs.
  

  • SPED-676 Practicum in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Review of instructional techniques, adaptations, and modifications to develop individualized instruction for students with autism spectrum disorder. Aligning instruction to student learning and behavioral styles and assessment in the general education and special education settings.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • SPED-681 Student Teaching: Special Education

    4-(16 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Directed special education teaching and community experience in selected off-campus schools.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • SPED-682 Student Teaching Early Childhood-Special Education

    (8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Directed teaching and community experiences in selected infant-toddler, preschool, or school based programs for children with disabilities.
    Prerequisites: take SPED-520  and SPED-630 
  

  • SPED-689 Intern Teaching Early Childhood: Special Education

    8-(16 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Directed teaching and community experiences in selected infant, toddler, preschool, or primary school-based programs for children with disabilities.
    Prerequisite: take SPED-520 
  

  • SPED-690 Behavioral Interventions and Methods

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Study and practice in Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Planning (BIP) for students with social-emotional-behavioral issues and/or autism.  Targeted behavior intervention planning addressed within a larger Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) service-delivery model.  Focus on assessment skills to produce data-driven environmental modifications, pro-social replacement behaviors, consequence strategies, and home-school interventions.
  

  • SPED-799 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent Required

Communication Studies
  

  • COMST-508 Business and Professional Speaking

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Professional communication; projects emphasizing the application of oral presentation skills in business and professional contexts.
  

  • COMST-570 Communicating in Health Contexts

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theories and practical approaches to interactions about health- and wellness-related issues. Addresses perspectives on health communication in interpersonal, clinical, small group, and organizational contexts. Explains communication issues that exist in health care encounters, and discusses the influences of culture on health communication.
  

  • COMST-670 Special Topics in Culture and Health Communication

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    This course explores culture within health communication contexts with focus on the application of intercultural and health communication scholarship.
  

  • COMST-670 Special Topics: The Power of Narrative in Health Comm.

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Survey of the use of narrative within health communication, across a wide range of contexts. 
  

  • COMST-675 Applied Health Communication Capstone

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Completion of an original research or field experience project for business or industry. Results in either a deliverable for a client with a project report or a research paper.
  

  • COMST-710 Advanced Interpersonal Communication for Professionals

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Study of interpersonal communication theory applied to organizational and professional contexts.

Statistics
  

  • STAT-520 Statistical Methods

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Methods of describing data: graphical methods, numerical summary measures, exploratory data analysis. Probability, probability distributions, expected value. Sampling distributions. Statistical inference: estimation and hypothesis testing for one-sample and two-sample problems. Regression analysis. Demonstrating with standard statistical software packages. Students may incur incidental expenses for software.
  

  • STAT-640 Advanced Linear Modeling-Regression and Time Series Analysis

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Multiple regression, inference about regression parameters, remedical regression measures, quantitative and qualitative regression, model selection/validation, nonlinear regression, neural networks, logistic and Poisson regression, generalized linear models, time series, smoothing, stochastic time series, moving average and autoregressive models, auto regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), estimating and forecasting with time series.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  

  • STAT-730 Biostatistics I

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Statistical analysis in biological and health sciences using case study examples. Review of descriptive statistics. Discrete and continuous probability models in biostatistics, parametric and non-parametric inference in biostatistics (estimation and tests of hypotheses), correlation, and linear, polynomial, nonlinear and logistic regression.
  

  • STAT-731 Biostatistics II

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Advanced statistical analysis of biological data focusing on health science and conservation using case study examples. Design of experiments, single-factor and multi-factor ANOVA, multivariate analysis, multiple linear regression, least-squares estimation, stepwise procedures, partial F-tests, model aptness, data reduction techniques, principles component analysis, discrimination and classification techniques, discriminant and cluster analysis.
    Prerequisite: take STAT-730  
  

  • STAT-740 Multivariate Statistical Analysis

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Aspects of multivariate analysis, matrix algebra, random vectors, graphical techniques and descriptive statistics for multivariate data, multivariate normal, Wishart distribution, inference about mean vectors, confidence regions and simultaneous comparisons of component means, comparison of several multivariate means, multivariate linear regression, principle component and factor analysis, classification-discriminants analysis, clustering and trees.
    Prerequisite: take STAT-640  

Sustainability
  

  • SUST-515 Sustainable Engineering

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Impact of engineering and design/manufacturing decisions on the environment. topics include sustainability, energy and material flows, risk assessment, multi-use product life cycles, manufacturing process waste streams, sustainable product design issues, end-of-life product handling, and pollution prevention techniques.
  

  • SUST-632 Global Sustainability Experience in Design & Manufacturing

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Cross-disciplinary exploration of ecologically-friendly design, engineering, manufacturing and business models. International travel component with corporate, cultural, academic and civic leaders. Cultural, economic and political influences; product design; manufacturing; sustainability; application of current eco-friendly product design models; research topics; regional global visitation; studio and laboratory experiences; project and presentation.

Technology
  

  • TECH-540 Future of Work

    1-(2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Future possibilities as to why people work, who will work, and in what conditions. Project probable work parameters from current trends. Relate past, present, and future to students’ individual work situations.
  

  • TECH-775 Epistemology of Technology

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    The nature, sources, and parameters of knowledge, in this instance technology, and its relationship to other organized bodies of knowledge.
  

  • TECH-799 Independent Study

    1-(3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes

Technology Education
  

  • TECED-525 Technology for Elementary School Children

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Development, philosophy, objectives and course organization for industrial arts for the elementary schools. Suitable laboratory work in woods, metals, plastics and drawing.
  

  • TECED-533 Planning Technical/Vocational Laboratories

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    School shop facility planning: equipment selection, placement, care and management.
  

  • TECED-540 Middle School Technology Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Reviews trends and activities in the technology education movement. teach middle school offerings.
  

  • TECED-575 Workshop

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Current specialized topics in industrial education through experiential activities.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  

  • TECED-603 Activities In Technology/Vocational Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A study and design of learning activities for industrial and vocational education. Learning activities will be developed on selected levels of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains to carry out stated behavioral objectives. An evaluation of the appropriateness of learning activities as presented in contemporary curriculum projects.
  

  • TECED-631 Field Trips to Industry

    1-(3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Opportunities are provided for industrial and vocational education majors as well as teachers to accumulate information about industries through local and distant on-site visits to industries. A third credit may be earned by showing evidence of application of data collected in courses being taught.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TECED-637 Organization/Management of Technical Laboratories

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Experience in administration, project development and teaching problems associated with industrial education.
  

  • TECED-638 Course Construction

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Directed experience in curriculum development and course of study construction for industrial education teachers; development of behavioral objectives and of instructional materials to help reach these objectives; development of course of study, instructional package/unit of instruction.
  

  • TECED-704 History/Philosophy Technology Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Evolution of modern industrial education through the people, movements, events and institutions that contributed to its formation. Developments and conditions in education and society also considered plus their relationship to the theory and practices of industrial education throughout the years.
  

  • TECED-708 Issues in Technology Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A seminar dealing with selected current issues in industrial arts. Developments of abilities to develop a position and defend it, to be critical without being offensive, and to be professional in an emotional atmosphere.
  

  • TECED-710 Curricular Innovations in Technology Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Study of current innovative programs and practices in the teaching of industrial arts.
  

  • TECED-735 Problems in Industrial/Technology Education

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identification, selection, and the completion of a problem in industrial education, culminating in a Plan B paper.
    Prerequisites: take CTE-739  and EDUC-740  
  

  • TECED-746 Seminars in Technology Education

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identifying goals and outcomes for the local school; development of immediate and long-range curriculum plans; cooperating with local school administrative units in planning for improvement; use of the new Wisconsin curriculum guide for industrial education; initial preparation of individual courses of study for the local school program using behaviorally stated objectives.
  

  • TECED-749 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved position to gain business/industrial/other experience. Normally entails recurring, supervised work periods, each one building and expanding on the previous.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TECED-770 Thesis–Industrial/Technology Education

    (2-6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Independent research under direction of investigation adviser. Selection of problems, development of outline, review of literature, compilation of bibliography, plan of method of attack, conduct of research, interpretation of findings, and preparation of the final paper according to thesis standards. Student may enroll for 2, 4, or 6 semester hours of credit in various terms with a final total of six.
    Prerequisite: take EDUC-740  
  

  • TECED-775 Workshop

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Special topics providing hands-on or experiential learning activities. Specific content and title to reflect the topic of the workshop.
  

  • TECED-798 Field Experience

    (1-2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TECED-799 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TECED-895 Field Study in Industry and Technology

    (2-6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    A study which provides the graduate student with the opportunity to: (1) explore in-depth the body of knowledge associated with his substantive teaching field in industry and technology, (2) provide an educational experience for implementing this knowledge into the classroom situation, and (3) devise methods to determine if this methodology has brought about desired behavioral changes.

Training and Human Resource Development
  

  • TRHRD-560 Training Systems in Business and Industry

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Types and purpose of training as related to business and industry. Training analysis, content, delivery systems, evaluation and justification for training. Designed for non- education majors.
  

  • TRHRD-570 Training Methods in Business and Industry

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identification of training situations where the development and delivery of training is needed. Emphasis is on methods to deliver a training session. Students will be required to make training sessions presentations.
  

  • TRHRD-589 Training Internship

    1-(8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Opportunities for students to learn and practice training management and instructional techniques through activities and experiences in a training department. Objectives commensurate with student’s background and field of training. Activities include designing and implementing training programs in student’s major or minor field of study in either industry, business, military or government training programs.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisite: take TRHRD-560  
  

  • TRHRD-730 Systematic Training Design and Development

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Systematic approach to the design and development of training in a business context, including analyzing performance problems, conducting training needs assessment, work behavior analysis, writing training performance objectives, and selecting appropriate training methods and techniques.
    Prerequisites: take TRHRD-560  
  

  • TRHRD-731 Systematic Training Measurement and Evaluation

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Systematic approach to the measurement and evaluation of training in business. Knowledge and understanding of training measurement and evaluation models by applying statistical concepts, measuring and analyzing data, and developing formative and summative evaluation instruments. Design of evaluation proposals, apply evaluation methods at four evaluation levels.
    Prerequisite: take TRHRD-730  
  

  • TRHRD-735 Field Problem in Training and Human Resource Development

    (3-4 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identification of a training and human resource development research problem. Review of related research, selection of appropriate methodology, completion of research procedures, analysis of results and formulation of conclusions, recommendations and implications for practice. Final product is a written research report.
    Prerequisite: take INMGT-700  
  

  • TRHRD-740 Leading the Learning Function

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Leadership in developing human capital to execute the organization’s strategy: planning, organizing, monitoring, and adjusting activities associated with the administration of workplace learning and performance.
  

  • TRHRD-746 Seminar in Training and Human Resource Development

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Current trends in research, practice, and professional development in the field of human resource development (HRD). Program-specific topics will address changing roles of HRD professionals, current research in HRD, developing a research proposal, and how to launch a career in the field.
  

  • TRHRD-749 Cooperative Education Experience

    (1-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Work and study in an approved training department in business, industry, or government. May be recurring, is supervised during work/study periods. Any recurring work/study periods would be designed to build upon previous experiences in the course.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TRHRD-789 Internship in Training and Development

    (2-8 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Opportunities for students to use competencies in analyzing training needs, design training, delivering training and evaluating training in an organization. Course objectives commensurate with student’s knowledge, skills, experience and interests.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisites: take CTE-534 , TRHRD-730 , and ICT 710  
  

  • TRHRD-799 Independent Study

    (1-3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Department Consent Required

Transdisciplinary
  

  • TRDIS-677 International Study

    (1-16 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Inter-institutional credit exchange for students accepted in university-approved study abroad or international exchange programs offered through the office of international programs at recognized/accredited institutions in other countries. The course may be repeated.
  

  • TRDIS-710 English Research and Writing for Graduate Students

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Refining research and writing skills for success in graduate-level coursework in the U.S. Includes two hours of mandatory lab/discussion.
    Department Consent Required
  

  • TRDIS-735 Investigations

    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A research experience which culminates in a Plan B paper.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisite: take EDUC-740  
  

  • TRDIS-770 Thesis

    (2-6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Independent research under direction of investigation adviser. Selection of problems, development of outline, review of literature, compilation of bibliography, plan of method of attack, conduct of research, interpretation of findings, and preparation of the final paper according to thesis standards. Student may enroll for 2, 4, or 6 semester hours of credit in various terms with a final total of six.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisite: take EDUC-740  

Vocational Rehabilitation
  

  • REHAB-500 Special Topics in Rehabilitation

    (1-2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Special topics not available through regular courses.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  

  • REHAB-500G Grantsmanship in the Helping Professions

    1-(2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Explore grant writing in human service occupations and the necessity for such proposals as an element of change in society. Methods used to seek funding sources and evaluate requests for proposals.
  

  • REHAB-500N Community-Based Rehabilitation Services

    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    An examination of national priorities for community-based services designed to enhance competitive employment options for severely disabled persons.
  

  • REHAB-505 Sign Language I

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Basic course in manual communication with persons who are deaf. Intensive practice in expressive and receptive communication.
  

  • REHAB-506 Sign Language II

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Intermediate course in manual communication with persons who are deaf. American Sign Language, increasing sign vocabulary and communication speed.
    Prerequisite: take REHAB-505 
  

  • REHAB-520 Rehabilitation and Chemical Dependency

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Chemical use and abuse with emphasis on the rehabilitation of persons who are chemically dependent and the historical and sociological implications of drug usage.
  

  • REHAB-521 Rehabilitation of Public Offenders

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Emphasis on programs designed to rehabilitate persons who are public offenders and sociological issues connected with the judicial system.
  

  • REHAB-527 Psychiatric Rehabilitation

    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Goals and processes of psychiatric rehabilitation. Knowledge and application of skills for integrating diagnosis into planning and intervention with a focus on rehabilitation services for individuals with long-term mental illness in community-based settings.
 

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