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Description:
This course is designed for student teachers, K-12 and adult community-based educators and other interested students who wish to explore the development of content-based ESL curriculum. In particular, the course content will focus on current perspectives on immigration and ways of integrating immigration topics in lesson planning across the curriculum with special emphasis on sheltered English and content-based instruction for English language learners. Students will be challenged to develop lessons which integrate the theme of contemporary perspectives on immigration into their particular content area and instructional context in reference to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and related benchmarks.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course examines several research models and strategies with respect to their various rationales and methodologies. Relevant statistical topics are introduced conceptually, especially as they are applied in research about specific academic settings.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7602).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course examines several research models and strategies with respect to their various rationales and methodologies. Relevant statistical topics are introduced conceptually, especially as they are applied in research about specific academic settings.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7602).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This introductory course investigates the concepts of family therapy and systems theory. Besides attending a potentially different client population, family therapy contributes a variety of new lenses with which to approach human problems. The course introduces the paradigmatic shift that has developed from communicational, systemic, and cybernetic theories. The course distinguishes similarities and differences between family therapy ideas and other counseling paradigms; and addresses the challenges family therapists face in the changing delivery of human services care systems. Students use family systems ideas to analyze and develop innovative approaches in their work with individuals, families, and communities.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7602).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course provides a theoretical foundation and practical skills in consultation designed to prepare students to apply their professional preparation in education and psychology to solve problems in school settings. Consultation is viewed as a process of collaboration, intervention, and evaluation. An eco-behavioral model of consultation is emphasized. Case studies are used to develop analytical and problem-solving skills. Issues involved in serving diverse student populations are examined. The course is intended to foster an identity as a caring, dedicated, principled, and respectful consultant committed to social justice.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7602).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on families with members who are substance abusers and the ways in which these families function. The course explores the methods and resources available for helping such families.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: COUNSL 614. Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7602).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course involves research on and discussion of important issues of current concern in the field of creativity. The seminar analyzes writings on the creative person, the creative process, and the development of creative performance in both art and science. It draws on materials from a variety of sources, including biography, intellectual histories, psychological studies, and educational research. Topics include perspectives on the creative process, from logical extension to intuitive leap; distinguishing scientific and artistic creativity; the person; the role of insight; demythologizing creativity; social context and creative productivity; evaluating creativity; educating for creativity.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course will explore the use of online resources and tools in education. Special attention will be given to the integration of web resources with curriculum. Topics will include Internet search strategies, utilization of web resources, development of instructional web sites, electronic portfolio assessments and online instruction.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course provides participants with methods and strategies for evaluating and designing educational software and other applications of advanced information technology.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: EDC G 610 or permission of instructor.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course explores the potential uses of technology in the teaching of classes in English Studies. It situates this work within disciplinary pedagogical theory as it relates to the traditional areas of English Studies, composition, literature, and language.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Graduate student in Education and English. Others by permission only. For more information, please contact department (617.287.6700).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course explores the potential uses of technology in the teaching of classes in English Studies. It situates this work within disciplinary pedagogical theory as it relates to the traditional areas of English Studies, composition, literature, and language.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Graduate student in Education and English. Others by permission only. For more information, please contact department (617.287.6700).
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course presents a social perspective on the aging process. It considers social factors that influence aging and the nature of the integration of the aged into society, as well as the way in which population aging affects the society as a whole. The course also looks at social theories of aging, paying special attention to changing social roles, social stratification and aging, and the development of institutions for the aged. Gender, race, ethnicity, and class are discussed as social categories that influence aging and that play a role in the determination of social policy for the aged. Readings on the status, role, and culture of the aged are drawn from the literature of sociology, economics, and anthropology.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on the psychosocial processes throughout the second half of life, from middle age through the "young old" and "old old" years. It addresses both normal aging and psychopathology. Of special concern is the question of whether there are any systematic, intrinsic, psychological or personality changes associated with development in later life. The course also focuses on the processes used to cope with age associated transitions ranging from empty nest to impending death. It explores theoretical models with a behavioral slant. It addresses the policy implications of psychological changes in later life. Topics addressed include the most common psychopathologies, Alzheimer's Disease, the psychodynamics of institutionalization and family care of the very old.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This is the introductory course in historical research and methods. Readings draw upon diverse historical materials, with special attention to primary materials. Emphasis is given to the development of research and writing skills. It is normally taught in American history.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Graduate Degree Student.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course will examine public policy at the state and federal level in five important areas: immigration, children in poverty, the elderly, health care, and education. We will pay close attention to the two most active periods of policy creation, the 1930s and the 11230s, but we will also look at policies developed in other eras, beginning with immigration restriction and mothers' pensions in the first quarter of the century and carrying throughout the century to conclude with changes in education policy, welfare reform, and the failed Clinton health care reform of the 1990s. Along with government officials, potential clients, activists, experts in and outside of academia and government, and a variety of interest groups have lobbied for or against policy in each of these areas. We will look at how these groups interacted to develop policy, how programs actually functioned (particularly what groups were included or excluded), and the relationship between public policy and the changing economic, political, and social landscape of American society across the century.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Graduate Degree Student.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course provides an introduction to the cognitive and experiential content of the program, emphasizing the components of the instructional design model. Various instruction design models are analyzed and students are expected to complete, as a final project a learning module micro-design.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course is designed to help participants develop writing. It provides both analysis of written documents and a theoretical review of professional writing techniques. Assignments emphasize the writing tasks typically required of training and development specialists in any organization. They include the design, assessment, marketing, and evaluation of instruction. Participants develop the skills for effective communication with those outside the organization, and those at all levels within it.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and Graduate Degree Student.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course builds on the students’ basic knowledge of creating courseware and multimedia. They learn techniques of advanced scripting (HyperTalk) and multimedia presentation; ways to integrate text, graphics, animation, sound and motion video into CBT and multimedia products; and methods of developing student tests and student tracking systems. The course is project-based: students work in teams to design, make prototypes, and produce simple CBT or multimedia programs.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: INSDSG 616.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course is for instructors, teachers, trainers, or instructional designers who want to explore the critical success factors in designing and delivering online instruction. Through readings, discussion, and various activities, we will examine the pedagogical implications of technology-mediated learning, the dynamics of the virtual classroom, the elements of effective online course design, as well as the tools and technologies available to create and deliver online instruction design, and to assess student performance. Through group-based and individual project work, we will design and create online lessons. This course will use a range of interactive and collaborative instructional techniques in an effort to provide current or potential online instructors rich firsthand experience of what it is like to be a student learning in an online environment.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course helps students become familiar with the current uses of the video disk and other multimedia, as well as with such delivery platforms for multimedia as SonyViewSystem, IBM M-motion, IBM's DVI, Philips CDI, and with the planning, budgeting, and logistics of video production. Participants learn the range of authoring tools that exist for these systems and their relative advantages. They apply principles of instructional and courseware design and study the practical considerations involved in the production of visual media, as well as writing a design proposal and a multimedia project budget. Using this general design document, students produce specifications for the video, computer program flow, graphic screens, video disk layout, and other effects that translate the original instructional design into a usable program. They also achieve basic proficiency in the use of a popular project management software program.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course on formative and summative evaluation brings the students’ practical experience in computers and multimedia together with the study of the ways these technologies get used in the classroom. Students examine the formative evaluation process for technology-based programs in corporate training programs and school curricula. By obtaining feedback from representatives of the target audience in the early stages of a product’s development, the developer can assure that it meets goals while staying within its budget. Formative evaluation plans are now required by most funding sources and corporations. Summative evaluation-the evaluation of an educational product at the end of its development process-is a way to determine whether the project has met its goals. Students learn to apply these assessment procedures in a project based on a real-world application.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: INSDSG 601 and Graduate Degree Student.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
The internship is a culminating experience in which the student assumes responsibility for an instructional design and technology project. The student works under the guidance and supervision of both the instructor and the organization for which the project is to be done.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of department. Please contact instructionaldesign@umb.edu.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in health assessment for urban populations. Concepts, theories, and research on human development, anticipatory guidance, prevention, and early detection of risk factors and disease are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, and communication skills are developed through practice with case guide vignettes and simulated practice experiences specific to the student's area of advanced practice nursing in the college laboratory. Lab and lecture are both required.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in health assessment for urban populations. Concepts, theories, and research on human development, anticipatory guidance, prevention, and early detection of risk factors and disease are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, and communication skills are developed through practice with case guide vignettes and simulated practice experiences specific to the student's area of advanced practice nursing in the college laboratory. Lab and lecture are required.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the life span with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy, and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the life span with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy, and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the life span with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy, and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Please contact margaret.mcallister@umb.edu
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
One of the most important innovations in recent years for educators has been the Internet. The ability to locate and reference resources from the World Wide Web is allowing teachers to gather and infuse information in ways that were unheard of a decade ago. This course is designed to instruct educators in Web site design through an understanding HFTML and the Web editing package, Dreamweaver. Teachers will learn not only how to create Web pages, but also how to develop a site that will support the educational frameworks of their disciplines.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to contemporary Spain. Topics include: literature, art, architecture, music, film, history, politics and society. The course explores Span's most salient 19th, 20th and 21 century social and cultural transformations. Advanced fluency in Spanish required.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: None.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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Description:
The course focuses on implementing effective strategies in working with parents of exceptional children. Participants become sensitive to the issues of parenting a child with special needs and learn to establish a collaborative relationship with parents that makes the best possible use of available resources.

Academic Information:
Prerequisite: Graduate Degree Student in Special Education.
Distribution I Area: None.
Distribution II Area: None.
Diversity Area: None.

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