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Drexel University Course Descriptions Drexel University Graduate Course Descriptions: College of Nursing and Health Professions 2008-2009 The College of Nursing and Health Professions 2008-2009 Graduate Course Descriptions Semester Term Behavior Counseling Sciences Courses ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Computer Studies Courses........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Creative Arts in Therapy Courses .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Emergency Medical Services Courses ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 English Courses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Family Therapy Courses .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 General School of the Health Professions Courses ................................................................................................................................................ 18 Management Courses ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Philosophy Courses ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Physical Therapy Courses ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Physician Assistant Courses .................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Rehabilitation Sciences Courses ............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Research Courses .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Social Sciences Courses .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Statistics Courses .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 1 Behavior Counseling Sciences Courses CMPS 532S - INFO SYSTEMS & MED INFORMATICS Credits: 3.00 BCS 401S - PUBLIC POLICY PERSP PSYCH REHA College: Nursing & Health Professions The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the historical Department: Health Services Administration and current contexts of shifts in public mental health care policies leading up to and including the development of psychiatric rehabilitation program approaches. CMPS 703S - BIOMED COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Credits: 3.00 Credits: 3.00 College: Nursing & Health Professions College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Behavioral Counseling Department: Health Services Administration BCS 402S - COMMUNITY SUPPORT SRV MNGMT CMPS 750S - ADVANCED COMPUTER APPLICATIONS This course recasts traditional case management models and Credits: 3.00 methodologies into a framework that considers the advantages of College: Nursing & Health Professions services management on behalf of consumers in psychiatric Department: Health Services Administration rehabilitation programs. In particular, a strengths model is advanced, along with an emphasis upon defining and developing non- conventional community support resources. Creative Arts in Therapy Courses Credits: 3.00 College: Nursing & Health Professions ARTS 508S - DEVELOPMENTAL BODY MOVEMENT Department: CNHP - Behavioral Counseling Covers the psychosocial aspects of normal movement development from infancy to adulthood, with material on disturbances in development and clinical implications. BCS 403S - PSYCH REHAB PROGRAM SUPERVIS Credits: 2.00 The content of the class includes in leadership, supervisory styles, College: Nursing & Health Professions conflict resolution, and individual and program staff performance Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy improvement methodologies. Students will gain direct experience in Restrictions: working alongside mentor in agency staff supervision. Credits: 3.00 May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Behavioral Counseling ARTS 509S - NORMAL & ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT Provides an overview of major theories and models of developmental BCS 404S - PSYCH REHAB PROGRAM MANAGEMENT psychology, which are then applied to understanding the classifications This course recasts traditional case management models and of psychological disorders. methodologies into a framework that considers the advantages of Credits: 1.00 services management on behalf of consumers in psychiatric College: Nursing & Health Professions rehabilitation programs. In particular, a strengths model is advanced, Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy along with an emphasis upon defining and developing non- Restrictions: conventional community support resources. Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Credits: 3.00 Creative Arts in Therapy College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Behavioral Counseling ARTS 510S - CLINICAL GUITAR METHODS Assists students in developing functional guitar methods within a Computer Studies Courses variety of musical styles to facilitate music therapy processes. Credits: 1.00 CMPS 500S - MICRO APPLIC HEALTH CARE College: Nursing & Health Professions Credits: 3.00 Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy College: Nursing & Health Professions Restrictions: Department: Health Services Administration Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Creative Arts in Therapy CMPS 530S - COMPUTER APPL IN HEALTH CARE Focuses on the effective use of microcomputers in a health care ARTS 511S - CLINICAL PIANO METHODS delivery system, including application packages for management Credits: 1.00 documentation, research, and spreadsheet use. College: Nursing & Health Professions Credits: 3.00 Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy College: Nursing & Health Professions Restrictions: Department: Health Services Administration Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Creative Arts in Therapy 2 Credits: 2.00 ARTS 515S - CLINC DIAGN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY I College: Nursing & Health Professions Presents clear descriptions of diagnostic categories of psychopathology Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy contained in the DSM-IV-R to enable clinicians and investigators to Restrictions: diagnose, communicate about, study, and treat mental disorders. Also Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): discussed are biopsychosocial etiological factors of pathology and Creative Arts in Therapy pharmacological methods of treatment. Credits: 1.00 College: Nursing & Health Professions ARTS 525S - THEORIES OF MUSIC THERAPY I Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy Provides an overview of clinical and research literature, along with Restrictions: video and audio examples related to child musical development. Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Credits: 1.00 Creative Arts in Therapy College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy Restrictions: ARTS 516S - CLINC DIAGN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY II Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Continues ARTS 516. Creative Arts in Therapy Credits: 1.00 College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy ARTS 526S - THEORIES OF MUSIC THERAPY II Restrictions: Covers the relationship of music therapy to psychodynamic and Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): humanistic theories. Creative Arts in Therapy Credits: 1.00 College: Nursing & Health Professions Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy ARTS 518S - INTRO TO DANCE/MOVEMT THERP I Restrictions: Familiarizes students with dance/movement therapy processes, group Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): process through movement interaction, and basic structures and Creative Arts in Therapy techniques of D/MT as it relates to adult populations. Credits: 1.50 College: Nursing & Health Professions ARTS 529S - MUSIC THERAPY SKILLS I Department: CNHP - Creative Arts Therapy Focuses on approaches and methods of music therapy as applied in Restrictions: mental health, mental retardation, and medical and physical disability Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): for adult and child clinical populations.
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