Course Descriptions
EN 113 - College Composition I (3)
This is a course designed to help students develop competence in writing at the college level with integrated reinforcements of critical reading and thinking skills. Students study the writing process and are instructed and guided in carrying this process through planning, drafting, and revising stages to final drafts of essays in the narrative/descriptive, analysis, casual, and comparative techniques. Students will receive reinforcement in editing and proofreading for organization, fluency, and conventions. This course meets the General Education Communication Goal 1b.
Prerequisite: Course required of all students with an ACT English AND Reading subscore of 18 or higher, or Redesigned SAT Reading and Writing subscore equal to or greater than 490, or ACCUPLACER score of at least 80 in Sentence Skills and at least 78 in Reading.
EN 114 - College Composition Ib (4)
This course will assist students in reinforcing and using the critical reading and writing skills necessary for successful completion of college-level academic coursework. Through an integrated approach to reading and writing, students will practice applying concepts to a variety of reading and writing tasks with a laboratory component to enhance writing, reading, and critical thinking skills. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory per week. This course meets the General Education Communication Goal 1b.
Prerequisite: Course required of all students with an ACT English or Reading subscore of less than 18 or Redesigned SAT Reading and Writing subscores less than 490, or ACCUPLACER score of 79 or less in Sentence Skills or 77 or less in Reading.
MSN632 Nurse Educator Practicum (3)
The role of the nurse educator is operationalized in this clinical course. The course is designed to meet the needs of the individual learner with regard to clinical experiences. The faculty works with the learner to develop goals and learning experiences relevant to the direct care and educational settings. Nurse educators must possess advanced clinical knowledge to teach complex clinical content effectively. Students engage in reflective analyses of nursing education practices, practice teaching clinical experiences, and examine evaluation methods and theories used in higher education and staff development. Because today's complex health care and increase patient acuity necessitates a continuing call for highly-skilled nurses at the patient point of care, nursing education students are expected to advance their clinical knowledge in a selected specialty to prepare them to fulfill the roles of the nurse educator.
Prerequisite: MSN522, MSN553.
Corequisite: MSN633, MSN643.
MSN643 Evaluation Methods (2)
This course will examine a wide selection of evaluation methodologies appropriate for the higher education and staff development settings. The course will explore evidence-based exemplar evaluation methods found in nursing education and emerging health care mandates. Students will also examine methods of learning assessment and program evaluation based on current educational and nursing research. Examination will include the use of the skills laboratory, clinical agency, and clinical simulation for educating and evaluating nursing skills.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN program.