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2017-2018 Van Loan Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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EDL 770B - Administrative Apprenticeship: Part II
The administrative apprenticeship provides students at Endicott College with professionally supervised, consistent and comprehensive exposure to the roles and functions of a wide variety of administrative offices in PreK-12 leadership. The apprenticeship is structured to introduce participants to contemporary administrative issues, problems, and practices in PreK-12 leadership and to refine leadership skills and competencies. The apprenticeship provides students with first-hand experience from which they can become better informed regarding the diversity and complexity of administrative functions and leadership roles. It offers students opportunities to construct from theoretical, research, and practical knowledge their own conceptual frameworks for understanding how small colleges and universities work. This course provides a structure that allows students to engage in administrative responsibilities under continuous supervision. Between EDL770 A and B, students will have a minimum of 500 hours of apprenticeship, which will be documented by the student and submitted at the end of the class with the remaining course requirements. Students will work out the logistics with the respective colleges and will have them approved by their Apprenticeship Faculty and the Director of the Ed.D. program. Note: This course is Pass/Fail.
Credits: 3
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EDL 771A - Administrative Apprenticeship Higher Education: Part I
The administrative apprenticeship provides students at Endicott College with professionally supervised, consistent and comprehensive exposure to the roles and functions of a wide variety of administrative offices in higher education. The apprenticeship is structured to introduce participants to contemporary administrative issues, problems, and practices in higher education and to refine leadership skills and competencies. The apprenticeship provides students with first-hand experience from which they can become better informed regarding the diversity and complexity of administrative functions and leadership roles in small colleges. It offers students opportunities to construct from theoretical, research, and practical knowledge their own conceptual frameworks for understanding how small colleges and universities work. This course provides a structure that allows students to engage in adminstrative responsibilities under continuous supervision. Between EDL771 A and B, students will have a minimum of 224 hours of apprenticeship, which will be documented by the student and submitted at the end of the class with the remaining course requirements. Students will work out the logistics with the respective colleges and will have them approved by their Directed Study Faculty and the Director of the Ed.D. program. Note: This course is Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites & Notes
18 credits of doctoral study. Permission of the program director.
Credits: 3
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EDL 771B - Administrative Apprenticeship Higher Education: Part II
The administrative apprenticeship provides students at Endicott College with professionally supervised, consistent and comprehensive exposure to the roles and functions of a wide variety of administrative offices in higher education. The apprenticeship is structured to introduce participants to contemporary administrative issues, problems, and practices in higher education and to refine leadership skills and competencies. The apprenticeship provides students with first-hand experience from which they can become better informed regarding the diversity and complexity of administrative functions and leadership roles in small colleges. It offers students opportunities to construct from theoretical, research, and practical knowledge their own conceptual frameworks for understanding how small colleges and universities work. This course provides a structure that allows students to engage in adminstrative responsibilities under continuous supervision. Between EDL771 A and B, students will have a minimum of 224 hours of apprenticeship, which will be documented by the student and submitted at the end of the class with the remaining course requirements. Students will work out the logistics with the respective colleges and will have them approved by their Directed Study Faculty and the Director of the Ed.D. program. Note: This course is Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites & Notes
18 credits of doctoral study. Permission of the program director.
Credits: 3
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EDM 200 - Culture and Identity
Culture shapes how we make meaning of ourselves and the world around us. This class explores how our identity is impacted by the interplay of our ethnic, class, religion, gender and educational backgrounds. We will explore how we participate in the production of culture through our interactions with others and participation in multiple communities. Special emphasis will be given to under- standing how the process of education shapes the larger culture and our own identities.
Credits: 3
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EDM 300 - Education and Democracy
This course explores the design, implementation, and evaluation of education policy as a primary means for engaging more active, inclusive and effective approaches to social inquiry and civic participation. Understanding how democracy shapes current educational policy in public, charter and private school setting will be explored. Students work to design innovative, principled, educationally sound and politically feasible responses to significant civic concerns.
Credits: 3
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EDM 301 - Montessori Educational Philosophy
This course will provide students with an in-depth study of the life and times of the woman, Maria Montessori.The unique contribution of the Montessori learning environment and how it reflects her philosophy and methodology will be looked at both from a historical perspective and from today’s global educational landscape. The students will also be exposed to the principles and techniques of other contemporary educational practices, together with those of educators and philosophers of the past.
Credits: 3
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EDM 400 - Action Research
Action research is a component of reflective practice and professional learning that is grounded in an ethical commitment to improving one’s own teaching. Action research will be introduced as a natural component of a teacher’s professional development and reflective practice. Students will design and conduct action research projects to better understand and improve teacher behaviors, learning outcomes, school improvement, curriculum, professional practice and the democratic principles of education.
Credits: 3
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EDN 500 - Child and Adolescent Development
This course studies the development of the child from infancy through adolescence, examining major cognitive, physiological, emotional, and social changes that occur during this period. It articulates how factors within the child, family, and broader society shape the process of development. Students will acquire knowledge of developmental changes in children and adolescents, analyze developmental theories, examine developmental processes, interpret developmental research, and apply this knowledge to their work with children.
Credits: 3
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EDN 520 - Technology in Education
This course explores the major concepts related to instructional computing as well as the impact technology has on education. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Technology.
Credits: 3
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EDN 525 - Integrating Health, PE, and the Arts
A survey course designed for educators to explore concepts related to personal and family health. The course is designed to explore the physical, emotional, and social aspects of everyday living. Students will experientially explore health concepts through various visual and performing art mediums in an effort to integrate and communicate concepts, information, and ideas with application to educational settings and curriculum development. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Arts and Comprehensive Health.
Credits: 3
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EDN 530 - Sheltered English Immersion
The purpose of this course is to prepare Massachusetts educators with the knowledge and skills to effectively shelter content instruction so that the growing population of English language learners (ELLs) can access curriculum, achieve success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as participants and future leaders in the 21st century global economy.
Credits: 3
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EDN 570 - Strategies for Classroom Management
This course focuses on developing ways to create positive learning environments for all students. Participants will learn effective instructional and behavioral management strategies and be able to cultivate social competence and academic achievement. Participants will develop the knowledge, training and strategies necessary to administer successful classroom management and discipline for students who exhibit a wide range of behavioral needs and characteristics and will study how to prevent and address discipline problems and how to increase productive student behavior. Participants will be expected to reflect, through personal writing, their personal beliefs regarding effective classroom and school management. They will become skilled at preparing students with special needs for inclusion in a variety of educational situations and will be required to craft a classroom management plan for a student with special needs.
Credits: 3
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EDN 575 - Data Literacy
Collecting, recording, and analyzing student data helps teachers make decisions about instruction including when it is working and when adjustments need to be made. Federal and state mandates, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Common Core State Standards, and the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers require the collection and reporting of student data which is used to evaluate schools, students, and teachers. This course will prepare teachers to become skillful at the regular use of different data sources to improve teaching and learning and to work on school based data teams.
Credits: 3
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EDN 680 - Research Methods
This course is designed to acquaint graduate students with the design, analysis, and interpretation of research in the social sciences with a focus in the area of reading. Emphasis will be given to the development of empirical questions from theory, research design and control, construction of survey instruments, statistical analysis, and interpretation of results. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current and relevant Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
Credits: 3
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EDN 685 - Policy Analysis, Leadership, and Change Processes
This course will provide students an opportunity to develop a diverse set of perspectives for analyzing organizations and for taking effective leadership in them. The primary focus of the course is on understanding the various dynamics that affect the operation of educational organizations. Specifically, leadership theory, change theory, organizational behavior, and policy analysis will be introduced. Learning to use multiple perspectives in the organization will give students opportunities and skills to reflect on their roles as educators, while expanding the set of possible choices they have for taking actions and leadership.
Credits: 3
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EDN 690 - Advanced Seminar in Education
The course is designed to enhance the knowledge base for professionals in an era of school restructuring, technological innovation, and social change. Teachers and administrators will learn first-hand about innovative practices and recent research in the field. Topics include: student self-assessment, teacher reflection, cooperative learning, mentoring, the use of technology in schools, home-school communication, inclusion to support learning diversity, and the challenge of school restructuring. Areas covered include learning theory, curriculum design, classroom atmosphere, instructional strategies, among others. This course also covers the dilemma children face who are experiencing difficulty in learning situations because of ethnic group frustrations in the community, problems of social adjustment, socio-economic inequities, and learning gaps. The role of the school in facilitating the program for children of various cultures to become valued members of the community is discussed. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current and relevant Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
Credits: 3
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ELM 500 - Instructional Strategies in Elementary Education
This course will examine the role of the effective elementary education teacher. Topics covered will include study in developing effective learning and instruction critical to the child’s developmental level using active modes of learning within an integrated curriculum. Students will develop skills in identifying relevant subject material from early literacy, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts, and they will learn how to adapt instruction for students with special needs. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
Credits: 3
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ELM 530 - Humanities Methods in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
This course investigates the content knowledge and methods related to teaching the humanities including English, History, Social Studies and Social Science. Participants will study the relevant Massachusetts Frameworks and specifically explore ways of designing and personalizing curriculum and instruction.
Credits: 3
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ELM 550 - Curriculum and Assessment in Practice: Elementary Education (Pre-Practicum)
This course studies the principles and techniques of assessment and curriculum development. It includes a presentation of curriculum theory and assessment with reference to curriculum-based, diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment. The goal of this course is to provide each student with opportunities to understand and integrate assessment into curriculum design, and successful practice. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current and Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. A 50 hour pre-practicum experience is required as part of this course.
Credits: 3
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ELM 560 - Practicum in Elementary Education
This course consists of a 300-hour practicum experience for those pursuing an initial licensure program. Teacher candidates will apply acquired instructional methodologies in a classroom setting under the combined supervision of a supervising practitioner and the program supervisor. A minimum of three scheduled seminar meetings between the student, the program supervisor, and the supervising practitioner is also required. Guidelines for the practicum are described in the practicum handbook. The assessment of the student is based on the Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) and the Massachusetts Department of Education Professional Standards for Teachers (PSTs).
Credits: 3
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ELM 565 - Reflective Seminar in Elementary Education
This seminar is taken concurrently with its respective Practicum Experience course. The seminar discussions build student’s reflective capacities as they integrate knowledge of students, assessment, and curriculum into effective pedagogies. It provides a forum for introspection, professional dialogue, and collaborative problem solving. The specific course outline is jointly created by students and the faculty in response to the student’s needs and their work in the field. Activities, content, and materials address the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers.
Credits: 3
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ENG 99 - Introduction to College Writing
A preparatory course designed to develop writing skills, building upon the student’s knowledge of grammar, sentence mechanics and paragraph development, and focusing on the short essay form. Credits do not count toward degree requirements. Prerequisites:  Appropriate placement test score.
Credits: 3
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ENG 102 - Introduction to Literary Studies
This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of literary study. The course focuses on interpretation and criticism of fiction, poetry and drama. Critical methodologies for literary analysis, literary terminology, and appropriate research methods are also examined. Satisfies the Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 103 - Speech
Development of effective speaking and speechwriting skills. To accomplish this, students will write and deliver speeches with the guidance and encouragement of the instructor and peers. Satisfies the Writing Designated core requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 106 - English Communication
This course is intended for students whose skills are between upper intermediate and advanced level. It reflects the fast changing world of business with materials from authentic sources. Students study business topics and acquire proficiency in written and oral communication. Students learn about the cause of communication breakdowns and how to avoid them through effective listening and note taking. They analyze case studies, role play authentic business situations and begin to understand the effects different styles of management have on business outcomes.
Credits: 3
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ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I
Introduces the fundamentals of critical reading and writing. The course helps students assess the arguments of others for their logic and use of evidence, and to form well-reasoned arguments of their own. Through regular drafts and revision, students learn to develop and defend positions on issues, incorporate and explain evidence to support those positions, and express their ideas in clearly written essays. Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II
Builds on the skills of critical reading and writing introduced in ENG 111, ENG 112 requires students to locate and select evidence from primary and secondary sources and to synthesize multiple perspectives on a problem. Students survey the conversation on a selected topic in an annotated bibliography and literature review, and enter that conversation by developing their own argument in a final research essay. Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 203 - Early American Literature
An exploration of American literature through the lens of genre, theme, major figures, minority voices, major events, legal documents, historical and literary periods, and/or paired texts. Possible topics include fiction, autobiography, biography, poetry, slave narratives, Indian captivity narratives, travel narratives, journals, personal letters, public testimonials, and debates, regional and ethnic representations. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 204 - American Literature: Civil War to Present
Covers important literary trends from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century; the modern period from 1910 to 1945; and the contemporary period from 1945 to the present. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 220 - American Short Story Cycles
Introduction to the genre of the short story cycle through class discussions and essay writing, students will discover the various ways writers have found to create short story cycles or unified short story collections: recurring themes, characters, settings, and plot patterns are some of the unifying elements that will be examined. Representative writers may include Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, Louise Erdrich, and Richard Wright. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 227 - African-American Literature
Explores the writings of African-American authors in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, and drama from the 18th century to the present. We will study the cultural and spiritual forces that shaped African-American literature; the literature’s connection to slavery and its abolition, Reconstruction, segregation, and the Civil Rights movement; and its impact on American culture. Texts include slave narratives, poetry and fiction from the Harlem Renaissance, and works representing black realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism. Satisfies the Literary Perspectives General Education requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits
This course will closely analyze the motives of characters who defy authority or their times in selected stories, novellas, poems and films. Examination of characters who choose to drop out or are ostracized will also be conducted, deciding who deserves our sympathy and why. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 235 - Twentieth Century Fiction
A brief introduction to the art of fiction followed by close readings of modern master works. American short stories and novels will be compared to masterpieces from other cultures in order to view fiction as an international phenomenon and, even within nations (such as the United States), as multicultural in nature. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENG 240 - Boston in Literature and Film
Examines portrayals of Boston in fiction, memoirs, poetry, and film. Students study how authors and filmmakers imagine, remember, and document the city, and use their work to comment on Boston’s history and culture, its social geography, its promise and shortcomings. Texts include classic and contemporary works, including examples of Boston noir fiction and film. Satisfies the Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 312 - Literature for Children
Examines the genre of children’s literature from a variety of historical, social, and cultural perspectives. Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 313 - World Literature
An exploration of major works of world literature from the 17th century through the present. The course will examine representative literature through the lens of genre, theme, major figures, minority voices, major events, literary periods, or national origins. Possible topics include Eastern, Western, African, Asian, Australian, Latin American, and Russian literature. Students may take more than one section of this course as long as the topic is different from one section to the next. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 315 - Women Writers^
Study of literature by and about women including the diverse images and roles of women as they are recorded by representative writers in America and England. Reading selections reflect the diversity of ethnic and racial traditions in the United States and the variety of social, political, and economic backgrounds of women’s experience. Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.
Credits: 3
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ENG 334 - Writing Lives
Offers students the opportunity to explore the art of writing autobiography and biography. Class time will be devoted to writing exercises and discussing professional and student writing. Students will also be encouraged to give a public reading of their work. Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
A previous creative writing class at Endicott or instructor’s permission.
Credits: 3
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ENTP 503 - Family Business
Family businesses are the cornerstone of the United States economy, and these businesses require a different type of structure, management, and accountability. This course will be devoted to the operation of a family business, including historic, financial, strategy, operation, succession planning, and marketing.
Credits: 3
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ENTP 505 - Franchising
The franchising business model plays a major role in our national economy providing 18 million jobs and directly and indirectly generating over $2.1 trillion annually. Currently there are an estimated 3000 franchisors in 300 industries operating in the United States. Franchising has also become a significant factor in the global economy as U.S. companies expand internationally and international entrepreneurs introduce new franchised concepts in the United States. Consequently, an understanding of the franchising model is valuable to a potential franchisor, franchisee or competitor of a franchised concept. This course will provide an introduction to the world of franchising. The franchising model will be examined from the perspectives of both the franchisor and franchisee with attention given to the franchisee-franchisor relationship. The course will also address legal aspects of franchising as well challenges and opportunities of international operations.
Credits: 3
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ENTP 513 - Entrepreneurial Enterprise
The purpose of this course is to learn about how entrepreneurs find the one idea that leads them to success. Tools that are needed to spot the idea and manage it successfully will be imparted in this class. Additionally, there will be a particular focus on the “entrepreneurial manager” and the personal skills needed to manage innovation and the development of new ideas, products, and services within an organization. As a result, this class will focus simultaneously on the concept of creative innovation as well as the traditional business aspects of bringing a new idea to market.
Credits: 3
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ENTP 526 - Entrepreneurial Marketing
Marketing has taken on a different texture in today’s business world. Marketing now includes such activities as social media, blogging, tweeting, guerilla marketing, viral marketing, buzz marketing in addition to the more traditional forms of marketing. These new forms of marketing are a blessing and curse because it requires the savvy entrepreneur to manage marketing activity in a completely different manner. Additionally, this course will focus on entrepreneurial marketing and how marketing efforts can influence or create new markets to meet consumer demand.
Credits: 3
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ENTP 530 - Entrepreneurial Venture Finance
Venture financing is one of the most important aspects of an entrepreneur’s efforts. Without financing, there is not much that can happen. Often referred to as seed or start-up financing, the entrepreneur has to be fortunate enough to be able to finance the venture on his/her own or savvy enough to raise capital either through bank loans, personal loans or venture capital. The course will cover the basic concept of venture financing.
Credits: 3
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ENV 150 - Environmental Issues
Environmental changes and consequences that accompany anthropogenic development and industrialization will be discussed. The student will actively participate in a chronological and systematic investigation of the connections and relationship between ecological systems, energy, raw materials, western industrialization, environmental degradation, and third world population. The content of the course will ultimately serve to establish an historical reference point that will allow for analysis of current environmental status and national policy.
Credits: 3
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ENV 215/215L - Oceanography and Lab
A basic investigation of the natural and human originated processes that influence ocean life in the inter-tidal, coral reef, and continental shelf to deep sea habits. Life patterns, adaptations and interrelationships of organisms from mammals to plankton are addressed. The laboratory includes campus field hours per week. (Lecture: 3 cr.; Lab: 1 cr.) Must be registered for lecture and lab sections. Prior science study preferred but not required. Satisfies the Science and Technology General Education requirement.
Credits: 4
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ENV 216 - Natural Disasters and Catastrophes
A survey of Earth’s surface processes, the course examines the causes, locations, and effects of natural and man-made hazards through scientific inquiry and investigation. A focus on mitigation strategies is an important component of this course. Understanding natural hazards as natural processes fosters civic literacy locally, nationally, and globally. Satisfies Global Issues General Education requirement.
Credits: 3
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ENV 220/220L - Environmental Science
Relationships between the living and nonliving components of Arctic, Tropical and temperate ecosystems are discovered and compared. Effects of global and local occurrences on the origin and distribution of species and modern practices of conservation are emphasized. The laboratory includes campus fieldwork and local field trips. Prior science study preferred but not required. Class, 3 hours: 2 hours per week (Lecture: 3 cr, Lab: 1 cr.) Must be registered for lecture and lab sections.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO130/130L or ENV140, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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ESL 23 - Business English I (Offered in Spain)
This course introduces students to Business English at an intermediate level. It aims to provide the business vocabulary students require to participate effectively in business courses and in the world of work. It combines the most recent ideas from the world of business with a strongly task based approach. Students develop their communication skills in presentations, meetings, negotiations telephoning and social English. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 24 - Business English II (Offered in Spain)
This course takes students from intermediate level to upper intermediate level. It is intended for students who are interested in increasing their knowledge of Business practice and concepts. Authentic material and an intensive task based approach helps students to feel more confident in areas of communication. Students discuss case studies and report their recommendations emulating authentic business situations. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 25 - Business English III (Offered in Spain)
This course introduces students to upper intermediate business English. It builds on the skills introduced in Business English II and prepares the students for English Communication. Students continue to study business topics and acquire business vocabulary. They write business letters, reports, press releases, agendas, minutes and summarize articles from business magazines and newspapers. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 34 - Business English IV (Offered in Spain)
This course is intended for students whose skills are between upper intermediate and advanced level. It reflects the fast changing world of business with materials from authentic sources. Students study business topics and acquire proficiency in written and oral communication. They study case studies, practice group work situations and give presentations which all helps to improve their business communication. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 88 - English as a Second Language I (Offered in Spain)
This course is an intermediate level general English course taken simultaneously with Elements of Writing I. Task-based language activities are introduced in short readings and film segments which simulate real situations which the students are likely to encounter. Grammar is taught using oral, written and interactive exercises. Formerly ESL 026. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 89 - English as a Second Language II (Offered in Spain)
This general English course takes the students from intermediate to upper intermediate level. It aims to continue to build upon the skills acquired in English as a Second Language I. Task-based language activities are introduced in short readings, and film segments which simulate real situations which the students are likely to encounter. Grammar is taught using oral, written and interactive exercises. Formerly ESL 038. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 90 - English as a Second Language III (Offered in Spain)
This course is a continuation of English as a Second Language II and will provide students with the opportunity to improve their academic writing skills in preparation for more advanced courses which will require research papers. The text will focus on the writing modes, rhetorical devices and language points required for academic success. Paragraph structure will be reviewed and students will be prepared to write three — and four paragraph essays. In addition, basic grammatical structures will be constantly reviewed. Formerly ESL 039. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 91 - Elements of Writing I (Offered in Spain)
Students are introduced to the process approach to writing and keep a portfolio of their work. Revision techniques are practiced; students address grammatical issues within the context of their writing. Formerly LST 103. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 92 - Elements of Writing II (Offered in Spain)
The course continues to develop the skills introduced in Academic Writing I. Students develop a portfolio of their work. In addition, some of the writing assignments are in response to readings, and the final paper involves the use of outside sources. The goal is to prepare students for College Writing Seminar. Formerly LST 104. Credits for this course do not count towards a degree.
Credits: 3
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ESL 99 - Transitions to Academic Writing I (Offered in Boston)
This course serves as a transitional writing course for English Language Learners. Students will build on advanced English language skills focusing on communication skills in an academic setting.  Students will develop writing skills, while focusing on grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, reading skills, and essay development (revising and editing their work). Students will be introduced to information literacy skills to access library and online database resources.
Credits: 3
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ESL 100 - Transitions to Academic Writing II (Offered in Boston)
This credit bearing course serves as the most advanced level for English Language Learners who demonstrate academic proficiency in English.  This course will continue to refine advanced college writing skills in an academic setting, and will use college level readings and writing assignments to demonstrate a mastery of college level writing proficiency.
Credits: 3
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EXM 696 - Educator Licensure Comprehensive Exam
The purpose of the comprehensive exam is to demonstrate knowledge of the substantive issues, key research questions, theories, empirical evidence, and implications related to the student’s graduate education licensure coursework and requires artifacts from across their course of study. The foundation of the exam are the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers which guide all teacher licensure programs.
Credits: 0
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EXM 699 - Comprehensive Examination
The purpose of the comprehensive exam is to demonstrate knowledge of the substantive issues, key research questions, theory, empirical evidence, and implications related to a specific area.
Credits: 0
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EXM 700 - Comprehensive Examination
The purpose of the comprehensive exam is to demonstrate knowledge of the substantive issues, key research questions, theory, empirical evidence, and implications related to a specific area.
Credits: 0
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FNCE 520 - Commercial Lending and Banking
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the world of commercial credit analysis & loan review. Topics covered will include; loans to business or commercial & industrial loans (C & I loans), loans for the acquisition and construction of real estate for resale (A & C loans), small business lending and asset based lending. The role of the credit analyst within the underwriting process and the responsibilities of the commercial lenders and senior management will be discussed. In addition to instruction, students will have the opportunity to work in groups on assigned handouts from the real world of commercial banking. Student questions are always welcome and common sense is a priority.
Credits: 3
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FNCE 521 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
This financial course is designed to provide the analytical framework needed to understand and evaluate financial statements, employ and interpret financial ratios, and perform basic financial analysis. We will examine the current financial statements and ratios of companies to assess their profitability and risk and to identify the connections between their strategic decisions and their financial footprints. ”Profit” is examined through a critical lens.
Credits: 3
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FNCE 560 - Evaluating Capital Investments
This course focuses on the financial-economic analysis of corporate investment decisions. One of the most important decisions a firm makes is how to best allocate its capital resources. Business managers need to be able to analyze and communicate the value impact of proposed capital expenditures and strategic decisions. We will explore such topics as discounted cash-flow analysis, alternative decision criteria, mutually exclusive investments, lease vs. buy decisions, monte-carlo simulation and real options.
Credits: 3
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FNCE 570 - Financial Markets and Institutions
This course is intended to help you understand the role of financial institutions and markets play in the business environment that you will face in the future. It also helps you to develop a series of applications of principles from finance and economics that explore the connection between financial markets, financial institutions and the economy. On the financial markets side, we will learn about the role of money and the importance of interest rates in determining economic activity; determinants of level of interest rates. On the institutions side, we will learn commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, the Federal Reserve Systems and their role of in the economy. We analyze issues in innovation and regulation with basic principles of financial economics. Recent events are used to illustrate concepts and develop analytical skills.
Credits: 3
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FNCE 580 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
This course acquaints MBA students with the theoretical and more practical aspects of investment analysis, for security selection and portfolio managment purposes. The goal is to expose students to material that any participant in the investments industry-from private investor to pension fund consultant to portfolio manager-will find useful. We also explore active vs. passive investment strategies, fundamental vs. technical analysis, trading practices, and performance evaluation. The role of futures and options in hedging and speculation will be explored. Students are expected to become familiar with current events in the financial news. The course includes a deeper coverage of some tools that are familiar from the first finance course (Financial Management) and, mostly, other tools not seen previously in the curriculum.
Credits: 3
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GD 105 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Introduction to visual problem solving with computers and an overview of the computer’s growing importance as a resource for visual communications. In addition to the hands-on expereince with computers and peripherals, students will gain an understanding of the potential of this tool and its role within the development of information technology. Projects will be grounded in the context of the history of image and word. Satisfies Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expressoin General Education Requirement.
Credits: 3
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GEO 315 - World Geography
A comprehensive study of world regions (excluding North America) focusing on both the distinctive character of each region and their communal linkages in an increasingly interconnected and changing world. Emphasis is placed on the practical and theoretical application of global geographic issues.
Credits: 3
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HCMT 530 - Healthcare: Across the Continuum and Trending Topics
The U.S. health care system constitutes a significant portion of our nation’s economy, accounting for approximately $3.0 trillion in 2014. According to the U.S Department of Labor, there are more than twelve million jobs in hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, home health service providers and nursing homes. This estimate does not include many of the important support services that focus on insurance, reimbursement, compliance, regulation, and more. If a person “works in healthcare,” that can mean anything from the direct bedside care of a patient in a hospital, managing an ambulance and transport company, selling and marketing a new medication, or lobbying government offices for policy or regulatory changes. This course will explore the multiple layers of the healthcare industry and expose students to facets that may not be obvious through routine interactions. In addition, because nothing in healthcare remains static, we will focus on trending news items and how they may affect policies, payments, or patient care.
Credits: 3
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HCMT 550 - American Health Policy
The healthcare system is the U.S. is complex, highly regulated and influenced by numerous stakeholder groups and special interests. This course will introduce students to the historical public policy context in which our current system operates, including how legislation is made and the role state and federal governments play. The course will explore how the healthcare delivery system is structured and regulated with a special emphasis on how public policies have, and continue to, influence healthcare delivery and innovation. In addition, the course will cover the financing of healthcare-both public and private-and explore the rising costs of healthcare. After covering issues surrounding quality, access to care and the uninsured, the course will delve into understanding the recently passed healthcare reform law and its impact on key healthcare stakeholders.
Credits: 3
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HCMT 560 - Healthcare Finance
The U.S. healthcare system is financed by every facet of society: individuals, businesses and government. This course will decipher the complex underpinnings of our system from a financing perspective, with a focus on who pays for it, how it’s paid for, who generates the costs and what does the future hold. The course will review the basics of managerial accounting in a healthcare setting, understanding balance sheets and financial statements and analyzing financial conditions of healthcare organizations. The course will also cover what goes into costs in a healthcare system, including labor costs, acquisition costs, regulation and insurance. The course will also explore the role and types of healthcare insurance in more detail, with an emphasis on contracting, cost-shifting and the role of government. After examining current and innovative payment structures, the course will take a macroeconomic view of the current landscape to examine what may happen under health reform. While the course will touch on the principles of healthcare economics, prior experience with economics is not a prerequisite.
Credits: 3
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HCMT 570 - Health Informatics and Health IT Systems
Advances in technology have greatly impacted the organization, delivery and management of healthcare. This course will explore the basic tenets of health informatics, with an emphasis on how managers can use and leverage information technology to successfully lead their organization. The course will review the health informatics landscape and the fundamentals of using information technology, including the regulations that govern its use, such as the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. Issues of interoperability, security, privacy and confidentiality will be addressed, as will the federal “meaningful use” guidelines. The advent of electronic medical records has given rise to new advances in computerized physician order entry, clinical decision support and quality improvement initiatives. Importantly, the course will also explore the future of health informatics, including the impact on patient decision making and the rise in telemedicine. Throughout the course, students will explore the operations management principles necessary to successfully manage their informatics infrastructure for peak organizational performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
students will explore the operations management principles necessary to successfully manage their informatics infrastructure for peak organizational performance.”
Credits: 3
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HCMT 580 - Regulation and Strategic Planning
Many industries in the U.S. are regulated - airlines, utilities, automobiles - but few are impacted as greatly by various and often competing regulations as the U.S. healthcare system. As such, a successful leader in healthcare must understand the complex regulatory environment in order to strategically plan for her or his company’s growth and ensure the ultimate goal of any healthcare delivery system - the delivery of quality, patient-centered care. This course will provide students with a broad and fundamental understanding of the various regulations (federal, state and local) guiding and impacting the U.S. healthcare system with a focus on how to think strategically and critically about the management and growth of healthcare companies. The course will focus on regulations impacting hospitals and provider groups, but will also review the regulatory landscape for health insurance companies and life sciences companies. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis on risk management in the context of identifying, measuring and managing risk, especially the use of data to develop a comprehensive risk management strategy. Students will become familiar with the strategies used in healthcare management to proactively and reactively manage various regulations, stakeholders and risks.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 500 - History of Higher Education
This course will engage students in an examination of the historical foundations of the American system of higher education from its colonial roots serving a small number of the privileged elite to the current-day dynamic system of institutions serving large numbers of students with increasingly diverse learning needs and career goals. Course participants will trace this systemic evolution within the framework of three major developments that spanned the 20 th century: the expansion and diversification of knowledge, the expansion of student enrollments with increasingly diverse learning needs, and the expansion and diversification of program delivery models.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 501 - Theories of Higher Education Leadership
Higher education leadership in the 21st occurs in one of constant and ever-evolving change. This course will focus on the necessity of higher education leaders having the understanding of theories of higher education leadership, including ongoing challenges, the state of contemporary higher education, and be open to continually learning. The focus of this course will also be to provide foundational focus or the study of higher education leadership theory and research, including emphasizing collaboration, character, and empowering all constituencies. Additionally, this course focuses on contemporary issues in higher education by identifying the integrative nature of the historical, philosophical, and sociological forces that have shaped and continue to shape United States higher education leadership.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 502 - Evolving Roles of the Professoriate in Higher Education
This course examines the contemporary, research-based issues of the evolving role of the professoriate in of higher education. Focus is on understanding historical and current structures, cultures, policies, and purpose for the roles of faculty in post-secondary settings. Understanding these evolving roles and perspectives of higher education will be used as the foundation to reflect on the implications for the future of higher education personnel and current issues facing the 21st century professoriate in higher education. Students will study current patterns and trends of the evolving roles of the professoriate in higher education and to understand and participate effectively in addressing current challenges in higher education and provide research-based proposals to promote quality higher education.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 510 - Professional and Personal Development for Leaders
This course focuses on developing one’s understanding of professional and personal development for leaders. Additional focus will be on the understanding adult development throughout the life span and its implications for educational leadership and practice. Research supports that educators at every level must interact with adults and an appreciation for the developmental tasks of career and personal and cycles is essential. Course content is designed to stimulate thinking about how to promote growth and transformation in leadership skills in one’s professional and personal life.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 511 - Professional Communications in Higher Education
The overall goal of this course is to develop research-based professional communication skills and knowledge. Theory about professional commination to enhance understanding about communication in higher education will be the focus. In addition to research in this area, focus will also be on application of these skills. These skills include the ability to deliver excellent presentations, skills necessary to organize, implement, and evaluate effective meetings that produce results, all appropriate high level written communication skills such as writing executive memos, as well as technical papers, and overall clear and appropriate business writing. Further, this course explores the importance of interpersonal communication and encourages exploration and identification of one’s own communication style and behavioral tendencies through measures of adapting to differences in different settings.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 512 - The Role of Faculty in Colleges and Universities
This course focuses on the various aspects of the professoriate. These various roles include, teaching, scholarship, service to the organization, as well as service for special projects, as necessary. College teaching is a profession built on professional knowledge and skills, including content expertise, practice/clinical skills, and research expertise. These skills are critical and are the foundation for all college faculty. Therefore, the ever-evolving role of the professoriate in colleges and universities and how this role is tied to other aspects of the college or university such as the financial realm, will also be researched. Additionally, skills necessary for success in the role of the professoriate in 21 st century higher education will be explored. Students will study research around the critical role of faculty in colleges and universities and gain skills necessary to participate effectively the future development of a quality 21 st century higher education system.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 520 - Legal Issues in Higher Education
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to laws and legal issues that impact higher education. By the end of the course, students should have a substantive understanding of the broad regulatory landscape impacting colleges and universities, both public and private, and be able to recognize when a legal issue presents itself in situations involving students, faculty, or administration. An exploration of the legal frameworks that impact the administration of postsecondary educational institutions will be a focus. Legal issues pertaining to the various constituents of colleges and universities - students, faculty, and administrators will constitute the major focus of this course.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 521 - Ethical Leadership
This course will examine “self” in relation to the ethical platforms that individuals and future leaders in higher education will need to understand and how personal beliefs and actions might affect or influence one’s ability to be an effective leader in higher education. This course will also examine the fundamental aspects of ethics as it relates to the theoretical nature of the topic of ethical aspects of higher education including all constituencies who are affected by the impact of ethical or non-ethical decisions.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 530 - Action Research
This course provides an overview of action research theory and methods and describes how ongoing action research can be used for improvement in a multifaceted higher education setting. The steps for conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and analyzing an action research project are explicitly researched and discussed. Examples of action research projects that apply to professional settings and higher education settings will be explored.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 531 - Budget, Finance, and Operations in Higher Education
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the financial environment and operations within colleges and universities. Students will develop skills and strategies for interpreting financial information and other available data to evaluate the performance of an institution, will examine external reporting requirements, and will explore the business requirements of market position, enrollment, and alternative sources of income. Additionally, the course will focus on using budgeting and financial data as solid resources for strategic, long-term, and short-term planning and goal setting.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 589 - Contemporary Research Readings in Higher Education Administration
This course will focus on the contemporary issues in higher education, as it relates to the students Masters Thesis. Students will participate in researching and analyzing current research in higher education on a targeted research topic and how this targeted research focus affects the short-term and long term success and viability of 21 st century colleges and universities. Further, students will focus on and synthesize this contemporary research and develop a compressive masters thesis.
Credits: 3
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HEDL 590 - Masters Thesis
At the conclusion of this course and the program, each student submits a substantial, critical, analytical, master’s level, scholarly research paper that is referred to as the Masters Thesis. The Masters Thesis should be a substantive written document synthesizing the current research in Higher Education Leadership. A substantial component of the Masters Thesis is the inclusion of the student’s research from all courses of the Master in Higher Education program. A formal proposal for the Masters Thesis is submitted to the student’s advisor for approval, in advance of researching and writing the Thesis. The Masters Thesis is an integrated compilation of all work competed in the program and should demonstrate skills in research in the area of higher education.
Credits: 3
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HLS 105 - Introduction to Homeland Security
This course will survey the homeland security terrain as it familiarizes students with federal, state, local and private strategies, policies, and homeland security initiatives; domestic and transnational terrorism; critical infrastructure protection methodology; homeland security-related technologies; the Intelligence Community and associated issues; foreign government homeland security strategy; and the homeland security role of defense agencies.
Credits: 3
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HLS 205 - America’s Intelligence Community
This course will provide students a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and the issues associated with national intelligence operations in free societies. The course explores the role intelligence plays in America’s homeland security, national defense and policy strategies. Core intelligence issues and intelligence-related laws and policy are examined.
Credits: 3
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HLS 505 - Introduction to Homeland Security
This course will map and examine the homeland security terrain as it familiarizes students with the essential theories, ideas, and issues that constitute the emerging discipline of homeland security. Students will be introduced to national, state, local and private strategies and polices; public and private homeland security initiatives; best practice theory; and the relationship between homeland security and homeland defense agencies.
Credits: 3
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HLS 510 - Asymmetric Threats to the American Homeland
The central purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical, practical, organizational and operational aspects of asymmetric terror organizations. Through the context of the U.S. security domain, students are provided an understanding of the methodologies and trade-craft utilized by clandestine groups to organize, recruit and operate. The course addresses the various forms of terrorism along with successful anti-terror strategies used to compromise violent clandestine groups.
Credits: 3
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HLS 525 - Intelligence Issues in Homeland Security
The course objective is to provide students a graduate-level understanding of the organizational, operational, and substantive issues in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). The course explores the role of intelligence as it relates to homeland and national security. Students will discuss issues relating to collection, analysis, fusion, dissemination, policy and strategy impact, intergovernmental relations, and oversight. The course investigates intelligence support issues and collection methodologies associated with non-federal agencies. The entire intelligence community is examined along with the laws, regulations, and governing policy that impact U.S. intelligence operations.
Credits: 3
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HLS 530 - Graduate Research in Homeland Security
The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students an introductory-level understanding of the research methodologies, theoretical models, and problem-solving skills that government personnel or those employed in a homeland security-related field are likely to encounter during their careers. This course explores the practices and modalities of quality research as students are introduced to an array of qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Students learn how to conduct case study and policy analysis research. Students also learn a number of effective problem-solving techniques, how to write about numbers, and how to display data in research or presentations.
Credits: 3
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HLS 532 - Critical Infrastructure Protection
Protecting critical infrastructure is one of the most important aspects of homeland security. This course introduces students to America’s infrastructure, the central role it plays in a modern society, and the network theory titled Model-Based Vulnerability Analysis (MBVA) used to protect these national assets. Each infrastructure sector is examined along with the inherent difficulties associated with protecting complex systems and networks. The course presents the fundamentals of risk assessment and teaches students how to arrive at an optimal investment strategy for protecting an asset or asset component. Through the application of theory, principles, and methodology, and by studying case examples, students will be able to construct effective protective strategies for infrastructure in their discipline, region, or state. The course examines the economic impact of major system failure caused by malfunction, disaster, or attack.
Credits: 3
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HLS 540 - Modern Security Technologies
In today’s interconnected and technology-based society, government, and private agencies are more dependent than ever on technology to accomplish their missions. This course provides students an overarching examination of Homeland Security technologies. Students will learn how to leverage and use technology as a tool to facilitate the intelligence, prevention, protection, response, and recovery missions. The course broadens student perspectives about security-related technologies and enables them to understand the issues associated with identifying, implementing, and evaluating a new technology or the novel application of a technology in the Homeland Security field.
Credits: 3
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HLS 542 - Emergency Management in Homeland Security
This course is founded on the premise that effective homeland security leaders must possess a comprehensive understanding of emergency management principles, practices, strategies, and methodologies. This course introduces students to the dynamic field of emergency management and then works to deepen student understanding through the use of case study. Students learn to view emergency management and disaster from an administrative, political, social, and economic perspective. Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, legal, political, and policy issues are examined. Students learn how emergency managers operate before, during, and after a manmade, accidental, or naturally occurring disaster.
Credits: 3
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HLS 550 - Project Management for Homeland Security Leaders
To be successful in today’s rapidly evolving world, leaders and employees in the pubic and private sectors must possess a comprehensive understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices associated with project management. This course provides students the necessary knowledge and skill sets to identify, plan, and bring to fruition complex domestic and international projects in hyper-competitive environments. The course examines an array of project management issues, including planning, implementing, scheduling, budgeting, and assessing techniques. Students learn collaboration building skill-sets through a team-based approach to project, program, and portfolio management. This course will assist students to deliver projects in a timely, professional, and consistent manner.
Credits: 3
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HLS 555 - Cybersecurity for the Homeland Security Professional
This course examines practical, theoretical, and regulatory aspects of modern-day cyber threats and conflicts through the lens of U.S. Government cybersecurity policy. Through analysis of existing cyber threats, cybersecurity regulations and network attack case studies, the course explores the many challenges policy makers confront when attempting to codify domestic and international cyber security standards and enforceable laws. The course also examines smart and best practices in private-sector cyber security initiatives.
Credits: 3
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HLS 562 - Comparative Homeland Security
The overarching purpose of this course is to provide students a detailed examination of the national counterterrorism and homeland security strategies, policies, and practices employed by a variety of countries in Europe and Western Asia. Students work toward developing an understanding of the difficulties associated with national security-related policies. Learning how other countries cope with the terrorism phenomenon while balancing the need for security and the demands of a free society is the central theme of the course. The course includes a survey of counterterrorism policy responses in liberal democracies across the globe.
Credits: 3
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HLS 568 - Psychology of Terrorism
This course introduces students to the psychological aspects of terrorists, terrorism, mass-casualty, and catastrophic events. The course focuses on how seemingly good people are able to perpetrate acts of extreme violence. In addition, students are introduced to the psychological consequences experienced by victims and the general public when terrorism and other horrific acts occur and are then publicized in the media. The course will conclude by reviewing the status and fallacies related to the interventions applied to victims of extreme events.
Credits: 3
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HLS 570 - Transportation Security
The principle objective of this course is to broaden student understanding of the multidisciplinary and contrasting architecture of Homeland Security. Students examine a variety of contemporary issues in the areas of public health; citizen and state rights; border, maritime, aviation, and transportation security; the civil-military relationship; the impact of security on commerce; and the expanding role of law enforcement in national, regional and state security efforts. The course also examines the USA PATRIOT Act and the handling of citizens when they are detained for terrorist-related violations.
Credits: 3
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