2024-2025 Course List

This course examines the complexities of ethical dimensions of leadership utilizing theoretical ethics, historical and contemporary ethical conceptual lenses, and case studies focused on leadership and moral dilemmas.

This graduate level course examines key aspects of guiding reflective group processes including principles, techniques, best practices, and activities. The design of this course uses active learning, discussion of readings, and applied practice through participating in reflective individual and group exercises.

This course offers opportunities to survey the past and current literature pertaining to experiential education and subsequently engage in meaningful philosophical and interpretive discourse. Comprehensive foundational readings about the philosophy, principals, and values of experiential education will be included.

This course explores strategies and approaches that are commonly used for facilitating experiential learning and are compatible with the principles and philosophies of experiential education.

A field-based course typically used for independent research or projects. This course can be repeated in the degree plan of study.

This course provides a venue for the completion of the Creative Project, one of the options for the graduate Capstone Experience required by the College of Graduate Studies and Research. The intent of a Creative Project is to develop a professional project that provides evidence of mastery in selected areas within the field of experiential education.

This course provides a venue for the completion of an Alternate Plan Paper, one of the options for the graduate Capstone Experience required by the College of Graduate Studies and Research. The intent of an Alternate Plan Paper is to engage in secondary research and scholarly writing using APA format and citation style. The APP is usually focused on an in-depth review of literature on a topic of choice within experiential education and is usually a minimum of 24 pages.

This course entails the creation of an assessment portfolio that documents student's progress and growth throughout their master's program. Portfolio components will include coursework, field experiences, essays, learning proposals, reflection papers, and capstone experiences.

This variable credit course is for the development and completion of the Thesis Capstone option for the MS in Experiential Education. Typically, after consultation with their advisor, students register for 3 credits of ExEd 699 for thesis proposal writing that entails the introduction, review of literature, and method chapters. In the following semester(s), 3 additional credits of ExEd 699 entail data collection, data analysis and writing of the final complete thesis.

This course emphasizes cognitive, emotional, and social development within our diverse society. Multi-generational local and national-level underrepresented/diverse family forms and practices are highlighted, relating to inter/intrapersonal communication, conflict resolution, mate selection, marriage/family dynamics, sexual development, family strengths, stress and crisis, parenting, decision-making, parent-child relationships, and the balancing act of family and work. As an introductory level course, no prerequisite knowledge is required.

Goal Areas:

GE-05

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

An overview of the scope of family consumer sciences and the career potentials of the profession.

Goal Areas:

GE-02

Relationship of clothing to people from cultural, social, psychological, economic and aesthetic perspectives.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

An introductory nutrition class which emphasizes the scientific method and natural science principles from biochemistry, physiology, chemistry, and other sciences to explain the relationships between food and its use by the human body for energy, regulation, structure, and optimal health. GE-3 non-lab

Goal Areas:

GE-03

Introduces students to basic food science, food preparation and culinary techniques. The course is taught from the lens of different global cultures and the roles of individuals and nations in a global context using food habits as a model. Foods from around the world are prepared by students to develop culinary skills.

An analysis of the child life specialist occupation; emphasis on the unique role this profession plays within the medical community.

This course provides an overview of pediatric palliative and end-of-life care issues. This course will aid students who are seeking a Child Life Specialist internship.

The science of six nutrient classes, including digestion through metabolism and excretion, sources, functions, deficiencies and excess symptoms. The course covers the foundational knowledge and application of nutrition knowledge to clinical care, including weight control and common chronic conditions requiring nutrition therapy.

Prerequisites:

Select One Course: CHEM 106 or CHEM 111

This course will provide students with knowledge of appropriate health, safety, and nutrition practices implemented in developmentally appropriate educational programs for children ages birth through eight years. Emphasis includes childhood acute and chronic illness, social, emotional and environmental health, health appraisals, health practices, safety promotion and first aid.

Physical, psychological, social, and managerial aspects of housing. Reciprocal relationship between housing and people. Guidelines and basic principles in planning for individual and family needs.

Economic decision making related to achieving maximum satisfaction from resources spent in the marketplace on housing, food, clothing, transportation, and other dimensions of the family. Basic information about the functions and responsibilities of the consumer, laws and agencies affecting consumer well-being and sources of help.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This class will explore the complex modern food system from a systems lens, including the development, establishment, and execution of policies regarding the production and availability of food and food/nutrition practices as well as the environmental impact of those practices. Policies that are explicit (set by law) and implicit (not the result of legislation) and the programs that derive from them will be explored. Agricultural systems and policies at the personal, local, national and global level will be considered.

Goal Areas:

GE-10

Nature and scope of family and consumer sciences (FCS) education for grades 5-12. Principles and application of traditional, career/technical and critical science FCS education perspectives studied. Presentation of varied FCS teaching methods and techniques.

Study of the family from a historical perspective; in terms of the family system and the broader ecological system; in terms of stresses faced and coping responses. This course will address issues at each of four life stages: infancy and early childhood; the school years; transition from school to adult life; and the adult years.

Study of the role of the family in the development of the young child. Provide teachers and care providers with knowledge and understanding of family systems and appropriate interactions with families. Students will participate in a service learning activity.

Introduction to principles and hands on application of construction techniques for clothing and home furnishings. Emphasis on terminology, equipment, application and practice of sewing skills. Emphasis on consumer aspect of textiles and applications. Student projects will be aligned with sewing skills and experience.