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Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)
  

  • MFT 238 - Couple Therapy


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    This is a comprehensive and thorough couple therapy workshop. Through the use of role-playing, videotape, lectures and demonstrations, students are exposed to relevant theories of couple therapy. The focus is on interviewing assessment of interactional dynamics and intervention. Topics covered are: creation of positive expectancies and exchanges, cognitive restructuring, contingency contracting, and marriage enrichment. Treatment strategies are examined for a variety of problem areas such as sexual dsyfunctions, child-rearing problems, partner abuse (emotional and physical), jealousy and conflicts regarding affiliation and independence.
  

  • MFT 239 - Families in Transition


    Semester Hours: 3

    Fall, Spring
    Separating, divorcing and families suffering a loss through death of a member are the focus of this course. Relevant theories of separation and divorce are considered, along with incidences and sociocultural information. Emotional responses, identity change, responses of children and family structural changes are discussed, along with the appropriate treatment approaches. Also considered are familial grief responses and short-term crisis intervention with families.

     
  

  • MFT 240 - Family Therapy and Chemical Dependency


    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically
    This course provides an overview of chemical dependency and its systemic effect upon family roles and functions. It provides a biopsycho-social model of understanding of addiction in adolescence and adulthood and its concomitant family codependency issues. Students learn about planned intervention, relapse prevention, 12-step recovery, and alternative clinical management strategies of short/long-term systemic family treatment goals.


     
  

  • MFT 241 - Family Law and Ethics


    Semester Hours: 3

    Spring

    This course is designed for marriage and family therapists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors and attorneys. Topics covered include: all aspects of divorce, the grounds, custody, visitation, maintenance, alimony, child support, equitable distribution, separation and separation agreement, the legal processes of divorce including litigation, mediation and arbitration, client relationships, and other topics such as incest, abuse, neglect, elder law, children’s issues such as PINS, juvenile delinquency, and adoption law. In addition, the course will contain additional information outlining professional ethical guidelines for mental health professionals as prescribed by New York statutes, as well as national professional organizations. Issues covered will include: a therapist’s responsibility to clients and research participants, confidentiality, professional competency and integrity, financial arrangements, advertising, and record keeping. The presentation of the course is geared toward the issues that clinical practitioners encounter in therapeutic settings. Video and case history materials are utilized.
  

  • MFT 242 - Divorce Mediation for Mental Health Professionals


    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically
    This course is designed for marriage and family therapists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors and possibly attorneys who wish to better understand divorce mediation in New York state. Topics covered include: a short history of divorce mediation in the United States, the similarities and differences between adversarial law practices and mediators, the procedural aspects of conducting a divorce mediation, along with widely used practice procedures. The presentation of the course is geared toward the issues that clinical practitioners encounter in therapeutic settings. Video and case history materials are utilized.


     
  

  • MFT 243 - Historical Approaches, Family Perspectives and Current Theories of Alcohol and Drug Abuse


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course is designed to expose students to the current scope of alcohol and other drug problems, provide a historical perspective on substance abuse problems, and discuss policy, funding and trends in the United States from a family systems perspective. Socioeconomic and sociocultural theories of substance abuse and addiction will be explored with regard to special populations and communities.
     
  

  • MFT 244 - Biopsychosocial Influences and Psychopharmacology of Addictive Behavior


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course provides a basic understanding of the impact of addiction on the body from the behavioral, psychological and physical perspective. Neurotransmitters and their role in detoxification, relapse and remission will be addressed. State-of-the-art psychopharmocological interventions will be highlighted. This transdisciplinary foundation underlies the work of all addiction counselors and professionals.
     
  

  • MFT 245 - Evaluation, Assessment and Intervention With the Chemically Dependent and Their Families


    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically
    This course concerns psycho-social evaluation, diagnosis (DSM-IV) and assessment of the signs and symptoms of acute and chronic stages of alcohol and drug use, abuse and multiple addiction. There is special emphasis on the effects of substance abuse on the family (codependency) and the work place. Alternative models of intervention such as Johnson Institute techniques, EAP programs and self-help concepts are thoroughly explored. Treatment modalities will be examined. Use of videotapes, role-play and experiential exercises enhance in-class discussion and reading assignments.


     
  

  • MFT 246 - Treatment Planning and Addiction Counseling of the Chemically Dependent and Their Families in Recovery


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The study and practice of addiction counseling techniques for individual, group and family treatment will be explored. Stages of recovery and the impact of the defense structure of the patient (denial, projection, rationalization) at each juncture will be reviewed as well as the implications for relapse and relapse prevention. Advanced issues in family recovery, marriage therapy and ACOA treatment will be identified. A variety of teaching tools including role-play, family sculpture and videos will be incorporated to enhance in-class discussions and reading assignments.
     
  
  

  • MFT 248 - Current Issues Seminar in the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug-Abusing Clients and Their Families


    Semester Hours: 3
    Summer
    This course addresses current issues in substance abuse such as substance abuse and HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, treatment issues with dually disordered individuals, principles of confidentiality and ethical dilemmas in the treatment of substance abuse by professionals.  Students will be versed in development of individual and family treatment planning, record keeping, case finding and referral. The role of the alcoholism counselor, communication skills and the Canon of Ethics will be explained.





  
  
  

  • MFT 260 - Sexual Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course describes the history of sex research and sex therapy. It defines the common sexual issues and sexual dysfunctions seen by marriage and family therapists. It presents a thorough detailed investigation of the basic traditional therapeutic models for the treatment of sexual problems. The course explores the systemic basis of sexual issues, placing them in an interpersonal context, and describes systemic assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. In so doing, the possibility of combining the fields of sexual and martial therapy is examined.
     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MFT 238  and 266 .
  

  • MFT 265 - Gender Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy


    Semester Hours: 3
    January, Summer
    Using the perspectives of contemporary men’s/women’s studies and feminist scholarship, this course focuses on the constructed nature of gender roles, the effects of these constructions on the lives of women and men, and the possibilities for change and individual empowerment that a critical awareness and gender informed therapy can create.




  

  • MFT 266 - Seminar: Family Therapy


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    This course includes an intense examination of theories, rationale, assumptions, goals and interventive strategies used in family treatment. Students are introduced to concepts and techniques of the family systems approach to therapy through role-playing, videotapes, readings and demonstrations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Seminar: Family Therapy I.)
  

  • MFT 267 - Seminar: Family Assessment and Intervention


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall and Spring
    This is an intense and thorough examination of diagnosis, assessment and treatment strategies from each of the major schools of family therapy. Demonstration of various assessment techniques such as the genogram, eco-map and sculpting. Various types of dysfunctional family systems are presented and analyzed. Treatment strategies are explored. Therapeutic-alliance patterns, destructive interactions and distracting subgroups are examined.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Seminar: Diagnosis, Assessment and Intervention in Marriage and Family Therapy I.)
  

  • MFT 269 - Practicum and Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy I


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This practicum is geared toward the professional and develops skill building in systemic therapy. Students develop psychotherapeutic initiatives and access resources in acquiring a diversified ethical professional role. It bridges theoretical writings of family systems experts and combines them with their ethical application in clinical practice. This course explores the various therapeutic interventions within family interactions. The evolving challenge to understand family patterns will be undertaken as the class enters the operational environment of the clinical world in which they work. This course includes 150 hours of supervised clinical field work during which students complete a minimum of 15 direct client contact hours toward the required total needed to graduate from the MFT program.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A grade of B or better must be achieved to pass the practicum and register for MFT 298  and 299 .  MFT 238 , 266 , 267 , and COUN 210 . (Formerly Practical and Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy.) 
  

  • MFT 270 - Practicum and Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy II


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This practicum is geared toward the professional and develops skill building in systemic therapy. Students develop psychotherapeutic initiatives and access resources in acquiring a diversified ethical professional role. It bridges theoretical writings of family systems experts and combines them with their ethical application in clinical practice. This course explores the various therapeutic interventions within family interactions. The evolving challenge to understand family patterns will be undertaken as the class enters the operational environment of the clinical world in which they work. This course includes 150 hours of supervised clinical field work during which students complete a minimum of 15 direct client contact hours toward the required total needed to graduate from the MFT program.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A grade of B or better must be achieved to pass the practicum and register for MFT 298  and 299 . MFT 238 , 266 , 267 , and COUN 210 . Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail. (Formerly Practical and Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy.)
  

  • MFT 280-289 A-Z - Special Topics


    Semester Hours: 1-4

    Periodically
    Specific courses designed to explore emerging topics in marriage and family therapy.  As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for these special topics courses will be available each semester in the Semester Planning Guide. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken.

     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Workshops.)
  

  • MFT 295 - Supervised Alcohol and Drug Counseling I


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course concerns practice in counseling of chemically dependent individuals and their families in a social agency which is sanctioned in the treatment of alcoholism/chemical dependence.  Fieldwork supervision is provided by an agency staff member who meets the NYFAC requirements and is University-approved. The student is supervised on a weekly basis by a faculty member.  Assignment is determined by the student’s interest and readiness.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A minimum of 300 hours is required. Student’s grade will be derived from a composite of fieldwork supervisor and faculty supervisor evaluations as well as attendance.
  

  • MFT 296 - Supervised Alcohol and Drug Counseling II


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course concerns practice in counseling of chemically dependent individuals and their families in a social agency which is sanctioned in the treatment of alcoholism/chemical dependence.  Fieldwork supervision is provided by an agency staff member who meets the NYFAC requirements and is University-approved. The student is supervised on a weekly basis by a faculty member.  Assignment is determined by the student’s interest and readiness.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A minimum of 300 hours is required. Student’s grade will be derived from a composite of fieldwork supervisor and faculty supervisor evaluations as well as attendance.
  

  • MFT 297 - Supervised Internship in Divorce Mediation


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience working with couples in divorce mediation. It is a practical component that consists of 150 supervised hours across the semester. The practice will take place in a community, legal, or social service agency. An agency staff member approved by the university provides fieldwork supervision. A university faculty member also supervises the student on a regular basis. The student’s interest and academic readiness determines placement.
  

  • MFT 298 - Group Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy I


    Semester Hours: 3

    Fall, Spring
    This course concerns practice in marriage and family therapy in a social agency. Fieldwork supervision is provided by an agency staff member approved by the University. The student is additionally supervised on a weekly basis in a group setting by a faculty member. Assignment is determined by the student’s interest and readiness. A minimum of 150 client contact hours must be completed during the semester.

     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MFT 269 , 270 , both with grade of B or better.  (Formerly Individual Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy.)
  

  • MFT 299 - Group Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy II


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course concerns practice in marriage and family therapy in a social agency. Fieldwork supervision is provided by an agency staff member approved by the University. The student is additionally supervised on a weekly basis in a group setting by a faculty member. Assignment is determined by the student’s interest and readiness. A minimum of 135 direct client contact hours must be completed during the semester.  Students should expect to spend a minimum of 20 hours per week at the agency.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MFT 298 . (Formerly Individual Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy.)
  

  • MFT 311 - Family Therapy With the Single-Parent Family System


    Semester Hours: 1.5
    Periodically
    Study of the phenomena of the single, custodial-parent family system, how it has evolved, how this family differs in function and structure from the traditional two-parent family. The unique qualities and problems of the single-parent family are examined in relation to family roles, alliances, interactional patterns and therapeutic interventions.
  

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  

  • MBA 201W - Library Information Resources


    Semester Hours: No credit
    Fall, Spring

    The library information resources workshop ensures that all graduate students establish in their first semester the ability to fully utilize the extensive information, data, and other resources available through the University’s Axinn Library. Since the library’s resources and services are constantly expanding, the information resources workshop is continually updated to reflect the most contemporary and efficient utilization of these resources to enable students to solve business problems and to perform sophisticated business research. This workshop offers extensive coverage of the library’s Lexicat system, access services, reference services, media services, curriculum materials center, government documents and other resources.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to matriculated graduate students in the Zarb School of Business. A fee equivalent to .5 s.h. is charged for this workshop.  This workshop does not carry credit toward the M.B.A. or M.S. degree.
  

  • MBA 202W - Information Technology


    Semester Hours: No credit
    Fall, Spring
    This workshop presents an introduction to the use of computer hardware, software, and connectivity in a business environment. Software including spreadsheet modeling, database management, groupware, and Internet tools is covered. Students gain an understanding of computer capabilities and limitations, and the appropriate use of information technology in domestic and global environments. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to matriculated graduate students in the Zarb School of Business. A fee equivalent to .7 s.h. is charged for this workshop.  This workshop does not carry credit toward the M.B.A. or M.S. degree.
  

  • MBA 203W - Calculus for Business Applications


    Semester Hours: No credit
    Fall, Spring
    This workshop focuses on a basic overview of calculus required for a better understanding of certain aspects of the business curriculum.  Topics include functions, analytic geometry of the plane, differentiation, and integration as applied to business decision making.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to matriculated graduate students in the Zarb School of Business.  A fee equivalent to 1.2 s.h. is charged for this workshop. This workshop does not carry credit toward the M.B.A. or M.S. degree. (Students enrolled in the M.S. programs in accounting, taxation and marketing are not required to take this workshop.)
  

  • MBA 204W - Statistics for Business Applications


    Semester Hours: No credit

    Fall, Spring

    This workshop focuses on a basic overview of statistics required for a better understanding of certain aspects of the business curriculum. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, basic probability rules, discrete probability distributions, continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions for the mean, estimation and hypothesis testing for the mean.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to matriculated graduate students in the Zarb School of Business. A fee equivalent to 1.2 s.h. is charged for this workshop.  This workshop does not carry credit toward the M.B.A. or M.S. degree.     

     
  

  • MBA 205W - Teamwork and Oral Communication Skills


    Semester Hours: No credit
    Fall, Spring
    This workshop is intended to improve teamwork and oral communication skills. The students develop knowledge and skills related to working in groups; in addition, they learn the basics of how to make oral presentations in a business setting. Available literature on these skills is used to make students aware of the different aspects and nuances required to effectively work in teams and for oral communication. Additional activities are conducted as part of the workshops where the students test their skills on these two aspects. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to matriculated graduate students in the Zarb School of Business. A fee equivalent to .7 s.h. is charged for this workshop. This workshop does not carry credit toward the M.B.A. or M.S. degree.
  

  • MBA 350 - Integrative Capstone Course


    Semester Hours: 3

    Fall, Spring
    A capstone course integrating all of the functional areas of business administration. Using case analyses and a team-based business-game simulation, students learn to apply their previous M.B.A. course work in corporate-level business strategy situations. Students will develop, present and implement detailed recommendations toward the resolution of complex business problems within a company or industry that must be supported by appropriate documentation of research and analysis. Written and oral reports are required. Additional pedagogical mechanisms, such as the development of business plans may be used.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    6 s.h. of electives in concentration and completion of all advanced core courses. Open only to matriculated Zarb School of Business graduate students.

Master of Health Administration (MHAE)
  

  • MHAE 233 - Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Community Health Programs


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Health agencies have as one of their missions the provision of education, screening, medical services, etc., to the community. This course prepares students to determine the goals and objectives of the agency; the needs of a target population; the capabilities of the agency to meet those needs; strategies for developing and implementing programs, and evaluating their effectiveness.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open to M.S. Community Health  majors only.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • MHAE 263 - Internship: Supervised Field Experience for Health Teachers


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Directed observation, participation and teaching service in elementary, junior and senior high schools for health education teacher candidates who have not student taught or who are teaching in a nonhealth field. Alternative health service agency experience for candidates with previous satisfactory health teaching experience.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MHAE 262 , HED 213 ; COUN 207 . Pass/Fail grade only.
  

  • MHAE 268A - Health and the Elementary School Child


    Semester Hours: 1.5
    Once a Year
    The focus on this course is on instruction of health education, preschool to 6th grade. Developmentally appropriate health information, instructional strategies and curricula planning with emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches are discussed. The school environment and school health services for this population is included.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Either MHAE 268A will be selected in consultation with an adviser, depending upon the student’s documented previous elementary school experience.
  

  • MHAE 269 - Current Trends in Telecommunications and Microcomputer Applications for Health Professionals


    Semester Hours: 1.5
    Periodically
    Concepts, methodology and applications of microcomputers in the field of health, designed for the professional who is relatively unfamiliar with automation systems. This course presents a practical overview of automation applications in the health field, including telecommunications via microcomputers as software programs written specifically for health educators/administrators and similar professionals. It also identifies and discusses issues and ethical challenges that have arisen as new systems are adopted and old ones are modernized.
  

  • MHAE 276 - Computers and Their Application to Health Administration


    Semester Hours: 1.5
    Once a Year
    Assuming little or no prior experience, this course introduces the health administrator to the computer and its capabilities, defined in terms of software, hardware and options available in the marketplace. The process of computer decisions is built in stages beginning with the understanding of what is currently happening in the operation, followed by what can be computerized, concluding with a model for evaluating the various vendors.
  

  • MHAE 290 - Sexual Health


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, January, Summer
     This course emphasizes the several components of sexual physiology that contribute to the sexually healthy state. Such topics as stages of physical growth, conception, childbirth, fertility and infertility, contraception, sterilization and abortion are explored. Also considered are the problems of adolescent pregnancy, the effects of chronic and serious illness on sexuality, drug use and sexually transmitted diseases as they affect sexual functioning. The historical relationships between medical and mental health care systems and sexual health care in our society are studied.
  

  • MHAE 300 - Departmental Seminar


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Serves an integrative and culminating function with respect to the student’s studies and experiences in the School of Education. Emphasis is on themes which cut across traditional course and departmental lines; selected student papers and research may be compiled in year books of health education.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Matriculation in the department and completion of all course work in professional education. Pass/Fail grade only. NOTE: successful completion of MHAE 300 may be offered in place of either the departmental comprehensive examination or the Master’s Essay in MHAE. This course may not be used to satisfy any part of the basic 33 s.h. requirement for a Master of Science degree in Education.
  
  
  

  • MHAE 304 - Capstone Experience


    Semester Hours: 1
    Fall, Spring
    This experience is a collaborative effort with a selected faculty member to enable the student to demonstrate the skills and knowledge gained during graduate study. It includes a portfolio, the contents of which will include past work in the program as well as work described in a contract resulting from this experience. The contract will be developed at the initial meeting between the faculty member and the student. The contract also requires one research project related to the student’s particular program and interests and developed with faculty feedback and guidance. The research project is meant to enable the student to integrate theories and concepts from graduate course work with the student’s intended professional practice setting. The completed portfolio including the research becomes a part of the student’s permanent record.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    For students in the CAS programs only. Pass/Fail grade only.

Master of Science in Physical Education (MSPE)
  
  

  • MSPE 231 - Applied Sport and Exercise Biomechanics


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    An investigation of the structural and mechanical bases of human movement and exercise programming. Anatomical and mechanical factors that influence effective and efficient movement patterns will be emphasized. The relationship of these factors to developmentally appropriate physical education will be covered.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (2 hours lecture, 1 hour lab). May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. (Formerly PESP.)
  

  • MSPE 232 - Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    An investigation into the functional systematic adaptations made by the human body in adjusting to the various types of physical activity. The role of physical activity and its relationship to human development, and applications to physical education will be emphasized, (2 hour lecture, one hour lab).

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. (Formerly PESP.)
  

  • MSPE 233 - Essentials of Motor Behavior


    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Age-related changes in motor behavior from infancy through adulthood, analysis of developmental stages and critical components of fundamental motor skills, theories and principles of learning applied to motor performance; analysis and evaluation of variables affecting development, learning and performance of motor skills with application to teaching and coaching (2 hours lecture, one hour lab).

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. (Formerly PESP.)
  

  • MSPE 235 - Movement and New Games for Elementary Physical Education Teachers


    Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
    Every other year
    Designed to expand the individual’s understanding of movement and games content. Lectures and learning experiences reinforce the definition, historical origin and key elements of both subject areas. Emphasis placed on how the two subject matters contribute to physical education; how theory is put into practice; and how teachers can plan for successful delivery and presentation.
  
  

  • MSPE 237 A-Z - Special Topics


    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Periodically
    Specific courses designed to explore emerging topics in physical education and sport. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for these special topics courses will be available each semester in the Semester Planning Guide. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. 
     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Special Topics in Physical Education and Sport.)
  

  • MSPE 240 - Introduction to Physical Activities


    Semester Hours: 3
    January/Summer
    This course is intended to provide pre-service teachers with the pedagogical and content knowledge necessary to successfully address team sports, individual/dual sports, outdoor/leisure activities, and fitness activities in physical education class.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course meets three of the six credit hours of physical activity courses needed as a prerequisite for the MSPE program. This course may not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. Same as MSPE 237B.
  

  • MSPE 242 - Basic Movement, Motor, and Manipulative Skills


    Semester Hours: 3
    Summer
    This course is designed to expand the individual’s understanding of fundamental motor skills in elementary school physical education. Emphasis is placed on identifying critical elements of these skills, integrated learning theories reflecting literacy concepts, creative assessment tools, and recognizing developmentally appropriate learning experiences that are consistent with current theory.
  
  
  

  • MSPE 248 - Contemporary Dance, Rhythms, and Educational Gymnastics


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    The purpose of this course is to increase the individual’s knowledge of contemporary dance, rhythms, and educational gymnastics. The course focuses on the ways students learn, develop, and perform advanced levels of the content area. Theories of movement related to these activities are explored, as well as how the content may be used to promote pro-social behavior.
  
  
  

  • MSPE 254 - Introduction to Adventure Education and Social Development Challenges


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course provides the individual with the opportunity to explore personal and social growth within the context of adventure education. It provides model progressions, activities, and techniques consistent with current learning and adventure education theory. Individuals also have the opportunity to safely experience risk, challenge, and team-building activities.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Same as PESP 254.
  

  • MSPE 256 - Historical and Sociocultural Perspectives in Physical Activity and Sport


    Semester Hours: 3
    Spring
    This course uses historical and sociocultural perspectives to examine ways that one’s heritage, culture, and socioeconomic level influence individual and group participation in physical activity and sport. Individuals examine local and global agencies that support physical education by advocating for physical activity. Requires 25 hours of field observation in high-needs district grades 7-12.
  

  • MSPE 257 - Implementing Health-Related Fitness and Wellness in School Curricula


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Individuals develop a variety of innovative health-related and wellness learning experiences for children in preschool through grade 12. Comprehensive models and use of technology for planning and implementing programs, and assessing the student’s level of fitness and change in attitude toward fitness are discussed for a variety of diverse school settings.
  

  • MSPE 258 - Planning and Implementing Preschool and Elementary Physical Education Experiences


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall
    This course is designed to assist individuals in developing teaching skills for physical education at the preschool and elementary levels. Opportunity for application of these skills is provided through peer teaching and field experiences, lesson planning, assessing student performance, and the development of an indepth teaching unit. Requires 25 hours of field observation in preschool and elementary schools.
  

  • MSPE 260 - Planning and Implementing Secondary Physical Education Experiences


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course is designed to help the student develop teaching skills for physical education at the middle and high school levels. The opportunity for practical application of these teaching skills is provided through peer teaching and field experiences. The course includes class management, motivation, safety, unity and lesson planning and reflection, assessment, uses of technology in teaching, integration of literacy skills, and discussion of gender, socioeconomic, and multicultural issues affecting teaching decisions. Requires 25 hours of field observation in middle and secondary schools.
  

  • MSPE 262 - Inclusion for Physical Education Special Needs Populations


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Individuals acquire knowledge and skills that enable them to create developmentally appropriate individualized educational programs for students with disabilities in grades PreK-12 physical education. They also implement a basic motor assessment tool, and evaluate public schools and recreation buildings for accessibility. Activities used in mainstreaming, inclusion and adapted physical education programs are applied to field based experiences. Requires 20 hours of field observations with special needs population.
  

  • MSPE 264 - Innovative Instructional Strategies, Curriculum, and Assessment Techniques in Physical Education


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course introduces effective and innovative teaching strategies for physical education instruction. It also provides opportunities for the development of knowledge, tools, and resources for planning and implementing units and lessons that are developmentally appropriate for culturally diverse populations. Individuals are also given opportunities to examine a variety of assessment techniques for evaluating curriculum content and learning outcomes. Requires 5 hours of field observation in middle or high schools.
  
  
  

  • MSPE 270 - Electronic Portfolio Development


    Semester Hours: 1
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    This course is designed to use new technologies to document evidence of teacher effectiveness and competency, and to guide the individual’s long-term professional development. Individuals draw on two bodies of literature: multimedia development and portfolio development to complete a comprehensive written and electronic portfolio.
  

  • MSPE 272A - Student Teaching


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Full-time teaching at the elementary and secondary level with the direction and supervision of cooperating teachers and field supervisors. For students seeking certification in physical education only. During the student-teaching experience, prospective teachers gradually assume full responsibility for organizing and teaching classes. Weekly seminars are required on topics including teaching methods, curriculum design, technology, and assessment in physical education. Also required are Special Seminars on issues such as child abuse and maltreatment, prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse, safety education, fire and arson prevention, and violence prevention.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
  

  • MSPE 272B - Student Teaching


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Full-time teaching at the elementary and secondary level with the direction and supervision of cooperating teachers and field supervisors. For students seeking certification in physical education only. During the student-teaching experience, prospective teachers gradually assume full responsibility for organizing and teaching classes. Weekly seminars are required on topics including teaching methods, curriculum design, technology, and assessment in physical education. Also required are Special Seminars on issues such as child abuse and maltreatment, prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse, safety education, fire and arson prevention, and violence prevention.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
  

  • MSPE 273 - Supervised Teaching


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Close clinical supervision of M.S. in Physical Education  students currently teaching physical education in an elementary or secondary school. Arrangements are made for supervised teaching at both elementary and secondary levels. Weekly seminars are required on topics including teaching methods, curriculum design, technology, and assessment in the content area. Also required are special seminars on issues such as child abuse and maltreatment, prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse, safety education, fire and arson prevention, and violence prevention. Individuals must obtain written permission from the employing school for the supervisory observations by university staff.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester. Pass/Fail grade only.
  

  • MSPE 274 - Supervised Teaching for Teachers Certified in Another Subject Area


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Supervision of M.S. in Physical Education  students currently certified in a subject matter other than physical education and seeking New York state teacher certification in physical education (Pre-K-12). Students demonstrate teaching at both Pre-K/elementary and middle/high school levels. Placement at both levels is required.  Seminars, including special seminars for certification on topics such as child abuse and maltreatment; prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse; safety education; fire and arson prevention; and violence prevention are required. Permission is needed to complete physical education requirements and for supervisory observations by University staff if completing assignments in a school where they are employed. 


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Pass/Fail grade only. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
  

  • MSPE 300 - Departmental Seminar


    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    Serves an integrative and culminating function with respect to the student’s studies and experiences in the School of Education. Emphasis is on themes which cut across traditional course and departmental lines; selected student papers and research may be compiled in year books of health education.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Matriculation in the department and completion of all required course work in professional education. Note: Successful completion of MSPE 300 may be offered in place of either the departmental comprehensive examination or the Master’s Essay in MSPE. This course may not be used to satisfy any part of the basic 33 s.h. requirement for a Master of Science degree in Education. Pass/Fail grade only.

Mathematics (MATH)
  
  
  

  • MATH 205 - Advanced Calculus in Finanace


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Applications of one-variable calculus in probability and statistics, multivariable differential calculus, differential and partial differential equations, stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MATH 61A or equivalent. This course may not be taken by math majors. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.
  
  

  • MATH 212 - Abstract Algebra


    Semester Hours: 3
    Every Other Year
    Groups, subgroups, cosets, Lagrange’s Theorem, normal subgroups, quotient groups, isomorphism theorems, group actions, Sylow theorems, the classification of finite abelian groups, and the Jordan-Holder Theorem.  Additional topics may include rings, fields, semigroups and automata. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    MATH 211 or 145. (Formerly Applied Algebra.)
  
  
  
  
  

  • MATH 233 - Geometry


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Advanced studies in the foundations of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry; axioms and models; neutral geometry; parallel postulates and different geometries; and hyperbolic and spherical geometry.  The focus of any given offering of the course may be in Euclidean geometry, neutral geometry, or non-Euclidean geometry. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Approval of the graduate coordinator of mathematics. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. (Formerly MATH 298A, 298L, 298Y.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • MATH 265 - Numerical Methods I: Analysis


    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Floating-point arithmetic. Finite-difference calculus. Polynomial, inverse, spline interpolation. Approximation: least-squares, polynomial, Chebyshev, rational functions. Numerical integration and differentiation. Solution of nonlinear equations. Solution of ordinary differential equations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    CSC 102 or ENGG 101 or MATH 147. Same as CSC 265 .
  
  
  
 

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