Jun 25, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

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.”)

 

Statistics

  
  • 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.

Sustainable Management

  
  • SMGT-700 Cultural and Historical Foundations of Sustainability


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    The changing relationships of humans to the natural environment: changes in dominant scientific perspectives and the process of scientific debate. The quest for understanding, manipulating, and dominating the natural world. Cultural and organizational structures; the role and impact of technology; the systems approach to problems solving and its implications for the future.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-710 The Natural Environment


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    The role of humans in the biosphere; human impacts on natural systems (natural cycles, climate, water, energy, bio-systems, ecosystems). Use of case studies, some pre-reading, carbon cycle as a unifying theme. Disturbance pollution and toxicity, carrying capacity and natural capital.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-720 Applied Research and the Triple Bottom Line


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Document and project internal and external costs resulting from the inseparability of the natural, social, and economic environments. Assess sustainability issues using basic modeling techniques; cause and effect, rot cause analysis, regression analysis, and business scenario-based cases.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-730 Policy, Law, and the Ethics of Sustainability


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Policy, law and ethics regarding sustainability of economic development and emerging national and international environmental challenges. The role of domestic and international enforcement agencies and commissions such as the Department of Interior, United Nations Environment Programme, in building a more just, prosperous, and secure environmental common future.
  
  • SMGT-740 Economics of Sustainability


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Understand the economy as a component of the ecosystem within which it resides, with natural capital added to the typical analysis of human, social, built, and financial capital. Explore traditional micro, macro, and international trade theory and policy and the implications of sustainability.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-750 The Built Environment


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Thee assessment of the intersection of the built environment and human needs: water, air, food, waste, transportation, health care and education. Focus on evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems and building efficiency in the context of facilities management.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-760 Geopolitical Systems


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Examination of decision making and public policy for sustainability at the national, state, and local level; emphasizing social, economic, and political factors that affect decisions within the public, nonprofit, and private sectors; and decisions designed to foster achievement of sustainability.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-770 Leading Sustainable Organizations


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Macro-level perspective on leading sustainable organizations. topics include organizational change and transformation processes, strategic and creative thinking, organizational structures and their impacts, conflict management and negotiation, stakeholder management and situational leadership styles and behaviors. How organizational leaders develop and enable sustainable organizations, especially in times of environmental change.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-780 Corporate Social Responsibility


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Evaluation of risks and potential impacts in decision making and recognizing the links between the success of an organization and the well being of a community. Integrating corporate social responsibility throughout an organization, creating metrics and communicating CSR policies internally and externally. Development of best practices in an organization pertaining to corporate social responsibility.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-782 Sustainable Supply Chain Management


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Planning, organizing and controlling the organization’s supply chain based on the triple bottom line; use of total cost analyses and product/process life cycles to lead strategy and operations decisions. Impacts of sourcing, reverse logistics and service supply chains on organizational performance and the resulting carbon, water and pollution footprints are considered.
  
  • SMGT-784 Sustainable Water Management


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Practical applications of sustainability in aquatic environments. Topics include water and health, water quality and quantity, governance, assessing the aquatic environment, water treatment technologies, environmental mitigation, and impacts of climate change. Emphasis will be on selected areas of interest from the perspective of public health, engineering, and municipal conservation management.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-785 Waste Management and Resource Recovery


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Practical issues of sustainability in waste management. The generation, processing, management and disposal of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste with an emphasis on the technical, economic and environmental aspects of various recovery processes. Also, producer responsibility and design for environment and life cycle analysis.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-790 Research Methods


    (1 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Methods used in epidemiologic research, including the design of research studies and the collection and analysis of data. Sustainability studies are typically observational in nature, meaning that the investigator has limited control over the exposure that study participants experience and are typically concerned about the health of organizations.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
  
  • SMGT-792 Capstone Project


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Original research on a project of the student’s choosing with instructor approval, typically involving a sustainability issue applicable in the student’s place of employment or a local not-for-profit organization. A continuation of the research methodology course that is a prerequisite.
    Instructor’s Consent Required
    Prerequisite: take SMGT-790  
  
  • SMGT-795 Special Topics in Sustainable Management


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Various specialized areas in Sustainable Management will be examined. The specific topic will be advertised prior to the semester. Repeatable with different topics.

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  

    Graduate School Consent Required. Self‐registration for this course is not permitted. You must  have an approved Appointment of Research Adviser form on file with the Graduate School office  before enrollment will be allowed. Please contact the Graduate School for further instructions: gradschool@uwstout.edu or 715‐232‐2211. 

  
  • 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  

    Graduate School Consent Required. Self‐registration for this course is not permitted. You must  have an approved Appointment of Research Adviser form on file with the Graduate School office  before enrollment will be allowed. Please contact the Graduate School for further instructions: gradschool@uwstout.edu or 715‐232‐2211. 

  
  • 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  

    Graduate School Consent Required. Self‐registration for this course is not permitted. You must  have an approved Appointment of Research Adviser form on file with the Graduate School office  before enrollment will be allowed. Please contact the Graduate School for further instructions: gradschool@uwstout.edu or 715‐232‐2211. 


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.
  
  • REHAB-550 Independent Living


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    An overview of independent living programs in this country including evolution, goals, methods of service delivery, and management of the independent living program.
  
  • REHAB-551 Benefits Coordination: Practice And Application


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Benefits Specialist role and function; rehabilitation content applications. Benefits Program requirements: process and application.
  
  • REHAB-555 Rehabilitation of the Older Disabled Worker


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Develop awareness and understanding of older disabled workers with a focus on implementing rehabilitation planning that enables continued participation in the work force or reinsertion into it following disability.
  
  • REHAB-560 Assistive Technology


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Provision of technology to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities. Delivery system, legislation, and issues related to funding are examined. Specific applications in communication, computers, mobility, and workstations and other technologies are reviewed.
  
  • REHAB-565 Laboratory in Rehabilitation Technology


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Experience utilizing technological aids/devices developed for persons with disabilities. Modify/adapt equipment to meet specific functional requirements. Construct switch/control mechanisms for equipment. Develop prototype solutions to vocational and independent living problems.
  
  • REHAB-602 Management of Non-Profit Organizations


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Principles and practices in the operation of non-profit organizations. Comparison of how non- profit and for-profit operations are affected by organizational structures and authority, budgeting practices, sources of income, personnel issues, strategic planning and program evaluation, and marketing. Application to community agencies.
  
  • REHAB-659 Workforce Development, Disability, and Socioeconomics


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Macro/micro influences that keep people unemployed and underemployed, including community, services, providers, employers, and families. Interface among legislative initiatives, disability, and life/work. Policy, strategies, and skills that promote effective intervention and change. Intended for professionals in the field.
  
  • REHAB-660 Rehabilitation in the Private Sector


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Case coordination to support maximum medical recovery and/or vocational rehabilitation of an injured person involved in insurance funded cases. Differences between public and private rehabilitation processes. Interviewing, planning, assessing transferable skills, placing in suitable work, and communicating with other involved individuals. Business practices, professional roles, and ethical issues.
  
  • REHAB-661 Forensics for the Human Service Professional


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Terminology and practices associated with forensics for human service professionals. Strategies and materials related to preparation for testimony and expert witness testimony in a court of law and other legal settings.
  
  • REHAB-662 Absence Management


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Orientation to workers with disabilities in business and industry. Focus is upon the elimination of attitudinal and environmental barriers as they pertain to hiring, productivity, and retention of workers with disabilities. Governmental requirements, linkage between business, community resources, and rehabilitation.
  
  • REHAB-670 Work Adjustment Services


    2-(3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Principles and procedures of adjustment services. Emphasis upon the change and improvement of behavior. Supervised practical experience in interviewing, behavior observation, individual work adjustment planning, lesson plan development and report writing.
  
  • REHAB-682 Sexuality and Disability


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Investigate sexuality as an integral part of the disability experience. Explore programs, techniques and personal biases in relation to sexuality of persons with disabilities.
  
  • REHAB-683 Vocational Counseling Issues


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theoretical and applied approaches to vocational counseling and current research in vocational choice and career development as related to vocational counseling.
  
  • REHAB-688 Developing Collaborative Partnerships


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Development of professional relationships that are characterized by collaboration and respect for the consumer or student. Role of team members including human service professionals, consumer student, family members, school personnel, and community organization staff in collaborative decision making. Enhanced service delivery responsiveness through application of collaborative principles.
  
  • REHAB-700 Seminar–Vocational Rehabilitation


    1-(2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A seminar course devoted to the field of vocational rehabilitation and subject materials pertinent to the field.
  
  • REHAB-701 Professional Rehabilitation Counseling Orientation


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Orientation to the profession of rehabilitation counseling including philosophy, historical development, professional roles and organizations, responsibilities and practices, and ethical considerations, as well as future trends.
  
  • REHAB-704 Pre-Practicum in Rehabilitation


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Basic counseling skills to prepare for supervised clinical experiential courses (practicum and internship). Counseling process and counseling strategies in rehabilitation settings.
    Prerequisite or Corequisite: COUN-750  
  
  • REHAB-705 Practicum In Rehabilitation Leadership


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Practical experience in leadership within rehabilitation organizations. Leaders’ roles may be demonstrated through experiences in fiscal management, human resource management, strategic planning, staff development, contract negotiations and production management.
    Department Consent Required
  
  • REHAB-707 Practicum in Vocational Evaluation


    (4 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A supervised experience that integrates vocational evaluation course material. The student will plan, conduct and communicate findings of comprehensive vocational evaluations with consumers who are disabled.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisites: take REHAB 711  , REHAB-717 , REHAB-723 , REHAB-724 , all with minimum grade of B.
  
  • REHAB-708 Practicum in Rehabilitation Counseling


    (3-5 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Minimum of 100 hours of supervised clinical experience in a rehabilitation setting approved by instructor. Student will perform entry level duties of a rehabilitation counselor.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisites: take COUN-788  or REHAB-704  with a minimum grade of B
  
  • REHAB-710 Rehabilitation Implications of Sensory Impairment


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Medical, psychosocial, and vocational implications of sensory disabilities. Disabling conditions affecting all five senses, with particular emphasis on hearing and visual impairments.
  
  • REHAB-711 Psychological Testing and Assessment in Rehab and Counseling


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Overview of common individual and group approaches to psychological assessment used within rehabilitation and counseling environments with an emphasis on selection, evaluation, administration, scoring and interpretation of standardized tests for diverse populations.
  
  • REHAB-713 Foundations of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Aspects of rehabilitation counseling theories and models including psychosocial and vocational aspects of chronic illness and disabilities (CID), and rehabilitation principles addressing prevention, intervention, wellness, consultation, education and advocacy.
  
  • REHAB-714 Neurodevelopmental, Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Conditions


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Neurodevelopmental, neurocognitive, and psychiatric conditions and their medical, psychosocial and vocational implications. Incidence, onset, severity, progression and expected duration. Concepts of assessment and diagnosis of conditions as applied in rehabilitation counseling, including review of the current edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM) of mental disorders.
  
  • REHAB-715 Research in Rehabilitation and Counseling


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Basic research methods and design used to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation services and outcomes. Statistical techniques, research terminology and design, ethical and legal implications of human subjects’ research in quantitative and qualitative research applications. Critically analyze research and skill application through development of a practice-related research proposal.
  
  • REHAB-717 Career Development and Job Placement


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Application of career development, occupational information, occupational analysis, and placement concepts to the practice of career counseling and job placement of persons with disabilities. Includes career development theories, occupational information systems, job development/search techniques and issues affecting career decision-making and employment for persons with disabilities.
  
  • REHAB-723 Rehabilitation Counseling Assessment and Planning


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Knowledge and application of assessments in rehabilitation counseling for diagnosis and treatment planning. Implementation of clinical skills for diagnostic interviewing, needs analysis, and evaluating relevant information for program and career planning, including career and work related assessments. Integrate assessment results into rehabilitation planning.
  
  • REHAB-724 Applied Vocational Assessment and Evaluation


    (1-2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Vocational assessment techniques including diagnostic interviewing, vocational counseling, needs analysis and planning, psychological testing, referral for services and communication of assessment results. Advanced vocational evaluation techniques include work samples, situational or community-based assessment, evaluation planning, behavioral observation, analysis and synthesis of results and comprehensive vocational evaluation report writing.
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in REHAB-723  
  
  • REHAB-735 Problems in Vocational Rehabilitation


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Identification, selection, and completion of a problem in vocational rehabilitation. The problem project will culminate in a Plan B paper. Intervention focusing on the family as the consumer of rehabilitation services.
    Prerequisite: take EDUC-740  

    Graduate School Consent Required. Self‐registration for this course is not permitted. You must  have an approved Appointment of Research Adviser form on file with the Graduate School office  before enrollment will be allowed. Please contact the Graduate School for further instructions: gradschool@uwstout.edu or 715‐232‐2211. 

  
  • REHAB-749 Cooperative Education Experience


    (1-12 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Supervised work experience with an approved rehabilitation agency/facility in an area directly related to the student’s major concentration. Selection by application and interview.
    Department Consent Required
  
  • REHAB-752 Group Work in Rehabilitation


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Theoretical and applied understandings of group work and group dynamics when working with individuals with disabilities. Approaches to leading groups in rehabilitation settings and planning and forming groups.
    Prerequisites: take COUN-750  and REHAB-704 
  
  • REHAB-764 Case Coordination


    (3 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Concepts and philosophy of the case coordination in rehabilitation applied to various employment settings. Integration of consumer case study data, identification of service need and plan development.
    Prerequisites: take REHAB-713  and REHAB-714 
  
  • REHAB-770 Thesis - Vocational Rehabilitation


    (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.
    Prerequisite: take EDUC-740  

    Graduate School Consent Required. Self‐registration for this course is not permitted. You must  have an approved Appointment of Research Adviser form on file with the Graduate School office  before enrollment will be allowed. Please contact the Graduate School for further instructions: gradschool@uwstout.edu or 715‐232‐2211. 

  
  • REHAB-780 Leadership and Management in Vocational Rehabilitation


    (2 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    Leadership theories and rehabilitation organization concepts emphasizing continual skill building of leaders. Roles and responsibilities of leadership in promoting quality of business practices and partnerships. Response to system change, public policy, emerging trends, and ethical principles.
    Requires admission to the MS in Vocational Rehabilitation
  
  • REHAB-783 Internship in Vocational Evaluation


    (5 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A culminating practical experience using the tools and techniques of vocational evaluation to perform tasks of interviewing, planning, counseling, administering assessment tasks, observing, and reporting.
    Prerequisite: must be M.S. degree candidate; take REHAB-707  with a B or better
  
  • REHAB-785 Internship in Rehabilitation Leadership


    (6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: No
    A culminating practical experience in providing leadership to accomplish organizational goals. Tasks in fiscal, personnel, program development, fund raising, production, marketing, and contract procurement. Must be a M.S. degree candidate.
    Department Consent Required
    Prerequisites: Must be M.S. degree candidate; take REHAB-705  with a B or better.
  
  • REHAB-787 Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling


    (5-6 cr.)
    Repeatable for Credit: Yes
    Minimum of 600 hours of supervised clinical rehabilitation counseling experience in a rehabilitation setting approved by instructor. At least 240 hours of direct service to individuals with disabilities.
    Prerequisites: Must be M.S. degree candidate; take REHAB-707  or REHAB-708  with B or better
 

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