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PSYC (Psychology)
	PSYC 627 - Teams in Organizations Credits: 3 This course explores issues related to working in teams in organizations. Topics include defining team success, stages of team development, team communication, managing team conflict, team diversity, leadership in teams, and virtual teams. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 691 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-4 Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 692 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 717 - Applied Research Methods in I/O Psychology Credits: 4 Integration of research design, methodology, and statistical analysis (regression and analysis of variance) as typically used by I/O psychologists. Students learn how to select appropriate methodologies for the study of issues in I/O psychology, analyze quantitative data using SPSS statistical software, interpret results accurately, and discuss and report statistical findings. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 728 - Leadership and Motivation Credits: 3 This course explores major leadership theories and processes including trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, and modern theories of leadership, such as transformational leadership. Theories of leadership effectiveness are discussed. This course also explores human motivation in the workplace, including motivational theories such as self-regulation theory, the job characteristics model, and goal-setting theory. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 729 - Personnel Selection Credits: 3 This course explores the employee selection process, when an employee first joins an organization. Topics include the strengths and weaknesses of different selection instruments and strategies, legal issues related to selection, decision-making, and the importance of validity in the selection context. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 730 - Tests and Measurements Credits: 3 An overview of the development, use, and validation of psychological tests used in organizational contexts. Topics include reliability and validity, test construction, item analysis, ethics, test administration, and computerized testing. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 731 - Work Attitudes Theory and Measurement Credits: 3 Exploration of employee attitudes, attitude change, and the measurement of job-related attitudes through the use of organizational surveys. Through practical experience with surveys, students develop skills in survey techniques. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 735 - Organizational Development Credits: 3 This course explores the theory and practice of organizational change and development, change processes, organizational development interventions, and the evaluation organizational development initiatives within organizations. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 794 - Internship (COM) Credits: 1-3 Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses. Check Course Availability
	PSYC 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-6 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
PUBH (Public Health)
	PUBH 702 - Public Health Theory and Practice (COM) Credits: 3 Introduction to the theory and practice of public health. This course will address foundational public health knowledge including topics related to the profession and science of public health as well as public health factors related to human health. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 720 - Public Health Practice (COM) Credits: 3 This is a supervised graduate practicum in a public health environment for MPH students to integrate program curriculum in an applied setting. Special attention will be given to ethical considerations of public health practices. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 721 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience I (COM) Credits: 1 Students will have the opportunity to build on public health knowledge gained throughout the program and develop practice-based skills that enhance individual career goals. Through course projects and community engagement, students will be able to demonstrate additional skills such as leadership, communication, and teamwork. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 722 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience II (COM) Credits: 1 This course builds on knowledge and skills gained in Public Health Applied Practice Experience I. Students will continue to build on and apply knowledge gained throughout the program and develop practice-based skills that enhance individual career goals. Throughout this course students will gain community-based public health practice experience and begin developing their final capstone project. Prerequisites: PUBH 721 . Check Course Availability
	PUBH 723 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience III (COM) Credits: 1 This is the final course in the Public Health Applied Practice Experience series. Students will finalize their capstone project outlines in preparation for the Public Health Integrative Learning Experience. Prerequisites: PUBH 722 . Check Course Availability
	PUBH 730 - Public Health Integrative Learning Experience (COM) Credits: 6 This culminating course in the MPH program allows students to integrate and synthesize the curriculum in seminar discussion and through a large research paper on contemporary public health science and practices that can be published in a peer-reviewed journal or presented at a state or national professional meeting. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 733 - Environmental Health Credits: 3 This course examines causes and approaches to control environmental health problems including consideration of human health risks and effects of biological, chemical, and physical agents affecting individuals and communities. Topics include the environmental regulatory framework; identification of susceptible populations; approaches to environmental risk assessment, abatement, protection, and prevention; environmental justice principles and stakeholder interests; and the public health basis for environmental health policy decisions. Prerequisites: Admission into the Master of Public Health program or permission of instructor. Cross-Listed: HSC 733 . Check Course Availability
	PUBH 751 - Public Mental Health Credits: 3 Explore topics on the connection between physical and mental health, social determinants linked to behavioral disorders, community-based approaches to mental health care, and prevention strategies. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 755 - Program Planning and Evaluation Credits: 3 An introduction to public health program planning and evaluation including: target population needs assessment; stakeholder engagement; and public health program design, organization, leadership, utilization, resource management, and evaluation. Prerequisites: Admission into the Master of Public Health program or permission of instructor. Cross-Listed: HSC 755 . Check Course Availability
	PUBH 761 - Social Epidemiology Credits: 3 This course will combine theory from the social sciences with rigorous epidemiological methods to explain the connections between social factors and health status. An emphasis will be placed on social inequalities and health inequalities/disparities. Throughout this course, students will gain an understanding of the ways in which social, psychological, political, cultural, and economic circumstances influence our chances for a healthy life. Check Course Availability
	PUBH 762 - Cultural Perspectives in Public Health Credits: 3 This course will offer an in-depth view of the concept of culture as one framework for understanding human behavior as it relates to the general relationship between culture and health and specifically population health. Check Course Availability
PUBR (Public Relations)
	PUBR 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
RANG (Range Science)
	RANG 510 - Grassland Monitor & Assessment Credits: 2 A course emphasizing the quantitative measures used in vegetation analysis, root growth, and utilization. Vegetation sampling theory and plot selection will be covered. Use of similarity index, health, and trend for grassland monitoring and assessment will be explained. Basic statistics and the microcomputer will be used to analyze biomass, basal cover, frequency, and density data. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 520 - Watershed Management Credits: 3 Study of the management of physical/biological settings and processes along with the human activities on water and watershed considering preventative and restorative strategies in a natural resource rangeland setting. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 521 - Grassland Fire Ecology Credits: 3 The course is designed to describe the ecological effects of fire on grassland ecosystems. It also provides insight into the history of fires, the people who use them and why, the parts of a fire, how fires behave in relation to fuel and weather, and the conducting and safety of prescribed burns. Cross-Listed: WL 521 . Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 525 - Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Credits: 3 Principles and practical application of the assessment and monitoring of rangeland plant communities. Course will be offered in a hybrid format. In the online portion of the course, students will learn how to set objectives, determine parameters to measure, select appropriate techniques, and analyze quantitative data. The laboratory portion is a 1-week intensive field session held in late summer, providing substantial field experiences including performing a wide variety of sampling techniques, collection and analysis of assessment and monitoring data, and learning how state and federal agencies assess and monitor rangelands. Students will also work in teams to develop a monitoring plan for a specific property, collect and analyze initial data, and present the plan and results to the land owner. Corequisites: RANG 525L . Prerequisites: STAT 281. Check Course Availability
	RANG 525L - Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Lab Credits: 0 Laboratory to accompany RANG 525. Corequisites: RANG 525 . Check Course Availability
	RANG 530 - Ecology of Invasive Species Credits: 3 Ecological principles and their application to invasive species. Discussion of population, community, and ecosystems level characteristics affecting a wide variety of invasive plant and animal species. Discussions will include current global consequences and governmental policies/programs designed to limit the spread of invasives. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 540 - Grassland Plant Identification Credits: 2 Study of plants that have ecological and/or agricultural importance in the Great Plains, Plant identification, Grassland ecosystems and plants forage value, palatability, and utilization by both domestic livestock and wildlife. Cultural and historical uses of grassland. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 591 - Independent Study Credits: 1-3 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	RANG 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	RANG 710 - Principles of Forage Quality Credits: 3 The course provides an in-depth study of the chemical characteristics of forage components and the interactions with ruminant physiology and digestion that influence forage feeding value and the laboratory procedures used to evaluate forages for grazing livestock. Students should have knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, ruminant nutrition, and plant physiology so that they can develop an understanding of the chemical characteristics of forages and how they affect the value of forages to grazing livestock. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 750 - Grazing Ecology and Management Credits: 3 Ecological principles of domesticated livestock grazing and their application to manage grazing lands will be discussed. Theoretical and applied models of plant/animal interactions will be presented. Grazing systems and their management of ecosystem services will be presented as balance between production and conservation outcomes. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	RANG 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	RANG 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-6 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
RECR (Recreation)
	RECR 515 - Sport and Recreation Facility Management Credits: 3 This course provides students with an advanced study of the management of recreation and sport facilities. Including planning and design, operations, fiscal and personnel management, legal considerations, safety and control, maintenance, and equipment. Check Course Availability
	RECR 750 - Foundations of Sport and Recreation Administration Credits: 3 This course will emphasize the management functions of planning, organizing, implementing, and controlling of the different fields within the sport and recreation management industry. Decision-making, problem solving, communications, ethics, issues, and trends will be covered. Check Course Availability
	RECR 760 - Advanced Sport and Recreation Marketing Credits: 3 This course provides students with an advanced study of the principles of marketing through sport and recreation including market research and analysis, development of a strategic marketing plan, using the 4 P’s of marketing (promotion, place, price, and product) as they apply primarily to the collegiate sport and recreation setting. Check Course Availability
	RECR 762 - Ethics in Sport and Recreation Credits: 3 This course will enable students to gain a deeper understanding of the moral reasoning processes of sport and recreation administration professionals primarily in the collegiate setting. Students will develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to apply moral reasoning in dealing with ethical dilemmas in sport and recreation administration. Additionally, students will explore and clarify their career goals, as well as, gain hands on experience to further their professional development. Check Course Availability
SE (Software Engineering)
	SE 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-5 Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
SEED (Secondary Education)
	SEED 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-5 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
SOC (Sociology)
	SOC 500 - Social Policy (COM) Credits: 3 A review of social welfare legislation; current trends and issues in, and implementation and administration of, social policy in a variety of practice areas. Check Course Availability
	SOC 501 - The Research Process Credits: 3 Topics include conceptions of research, the philosophy of science, formal and grounded theory construction, the use of research literature, and qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches to research design. Check Course Availability
	SOC 502 - Social Deviance (COM) Credits: 3 This course examines the nature of negatively evaluated behaviors and the process by which customs, rules and normative structure of society are constructed. Check Course Availability
	SOC 504 - Sociological Inquiry Credits: 3 The course focuses on the use of sociological theory in both basic research and sociological practice. It examines the nature and uses of the broad orienting theories that guide sociological work, and also the production and application of unit theories which provide answers to specific research questions. Students participate in class activities through which they learn various aspects of theorizing. Check Course Availability
	SOC 516 - Drugs and Society Credits: 3 The course will examine explanations of drug use and the social construction of drug policies. Students will discuss the methods used to study patterns of drug use and theories of drug abuse and take an in-depth look at the histories, pharmacologies, and patterns associated with the most popular drugs. Students will study the social control of drugs, the connections between drugs and crime, and the causes and consequences of modern U.S. international drug policies. Cross-Listed: CJUS 516 . Check Course Availability
	SOC 533 - Leadership and Organizations (COM) Credits: 3 Emphasis is on the emergence of leadership patterns, group dynamics, small groups, and leadership in management. Check Course Availability
	SOC 540 - Urban Sociology (COM) Credits: 3 A study of the urban community, focusing on its development, social structures and institutional patterns. Prerequisites: SOC 100 or SOC 150. Check Course Availability
	SOC 555 - Juvenile Delinquency (COM) Credits: 3 A study of the youthful offender and the causes and consequences of delinquent behavior; preventive and rehabilitative programs are also discussed. Check Course Availability
	SOC 562 - Population Studies (COM) Credits: 3 A study of human populations with respect to size, distribution, and structure, with emphasis on theories of population growth and decline, population policies, and impacts on the environment. Check Course Availability
	SOC 583 - Sociology of Gender Roles (COM) Credits: 3 Female and male roles in relation to on another in a changing world are foci of this course. the nature of gender roles, their origin and maintenance, institutional features, and their variations over time and across cultures are examined. Prerequisites: SOC 100 or SOC 150. Check Course Availability
	SOC 590 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 1-3 A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students. Check Course Availability
	SOC 594 - Internship (COM) Credits: 1-3 Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses. Check Course Availability
	SOC 707 - Sociological Practice and Public Policy Credits: 3 This is an advanced course in the history, issues, theories, and methods of sociological practice; the social and political issues involved in sociological practice will also be covered. Check Course Availability
	SOC 709 - Evaluation Research Credits: 3 Focus on the conceptualization and design of evaluation studies of various governmental programs. Design includes clarification of objectives, selection of appropriate collection techniques, and specification of target groups. Check Course Availability
	SOC 710 - Research Methods Credits: 3 Major emphasis will be given to research design, problems of measurement, methods of data collection, and analysis and interpretation of data; including implications for basic and applied sociologies. An integral part of the course will be the development of a research project dealing with a current sociological issue or applied problem. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 711 - Qualitative Research Methods Credits: 3 Qualitative research methods of data collection, analysis, and presentation are examined; emphasis on fieldwork involving participant observation and intensive interviewing; includes consideration of the rationale, theoretical underpinnings and limitations of qualitative research; including implications for basic and applied sociologies. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 712 - Sociological Theory I Credits: 3 Critical examination and application of the main schools of sociological theory beginning with the system of Auguste Comte and ending with World War II. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 713 - Sociological Theory II Credits: 3 Sociological theories and issues from World War II to present; includes implications for basic and applied sociologies. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 714 - Race, Class, Gender Intersections Credits: 3 This class examines past and current research and theory in the discipline of sociology addressing race, class and gender intersections. Students will explore the transformation of these frameworks into concrete research at the micro-, meso-and macro-levels. Check Course Availability
	SOC 721 - Social Stratification Credits: 3 Theories of social stratification. Relationship between social class and education, occupational choice, political preference, religious affiliation and social mobility. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 725 - Social Organization Credits: 3 Elements of social organization. Analysis of social groups and complex social organizations. Examination of conditions and factors related to the integration and disintegration of social organizations. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 726 - Teaching Sociology Credits: 2 This course deals with pedagogical issues, theories, and techniques for teaching face-to-face and on-line college/university courses in sociology; students will identify and discuss the goals and purposes of higher education as they relate to teaching sociology; they will also design a course and develop a teaching philosophy statement, student learning outcomes, a course syllabi, lesson plans/training modules, and means of student assessment consistent with the teaching philosophy. Check Course Availability
	SOC 727 - Teaching Sociology Practicum Credits: 1-3 This is a supervised teaching experience; theoretical, pedagogical, and teaching issues will be discussed as they relate to this experience. Prerequisites: SOC 726 . Check Course Availability
	SOC 738 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Credits: 2 This course focuses on the methods of systematic inquiry used to determine the extent to which an instructor’s teaching produces desired learning outcomes. Check Course Availability
	SOC 739 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practicum Credits: 1-3 This is a supervised SoTL experience; students will use systematic inquiry to determine the extent to which an instructor’s teaching produces desired learning outcomes. Theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical issues will be discussed as they relate to this experience. Prerequisites: SOC 738 . Check Course Availability
	SOC 740 - Rural Community Development Credits: 3 Changes occurring in rural areas and their effects upon rural communities. Basic concepts, procedures, and processes for planning in a rural environment. Some alternative approaches to rural planning. National and International perspectives. Prerequisites: Instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	SOC 762 - Applied Demography Credits: 3 Focus on demographic publications and resources including Census data material; areas included are population, housing, agriculture, economics, vital statistics reports, special surveys and international materials. Emphasis on a variety of applications across disciplines. Students will also learn techniques for producing, locating, analyzing, and disseminating sociodemographic information for various geographical areas, statistical units, and political divisions; students will complete projects and sociodemographic reports. Check Course Availability
	SOC 764 - Modern Demographic Theory Credits: 3 Overview of the explanatory factors and determinants related to the population process of fertility, mortality, and migration. Emphasis on theoretical models that focus on developed and developing countries. Check Course Availability
	SOC 766 - World Population Issues Credits: 3 Focus on policy formulation and program evaluation as related to population issues; the political economy of national and international efforts are considered; planning a micro- and macro-level decision-making is examined; issues covered are population and resources, the value of children, international migration and major health problems. Check Course Availability
	SOC 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 1-3 Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	SOC 790 - Seminar Credits: 1-4 A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students. Check Course Availability
	SOC 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	SOC 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-6 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	SOC 794 - Internship Credits: 1-6 Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	SOC 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	SOC 898D - Dissertation - PhD (COM) Credits: 1-12 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
SPAN (Spanish)
	SPAN 591 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-6 Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
SPCM (Speech Communication)
	SPCM 501 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication (COM) Credits: 3 Advanced study of contemporary issues that have significant impact on interpersonal relationships. Students develop an understanding of the current communication research, theory, and social practices associated with these relational issues. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 510 - Organizational Communication (COM) Credits: 3 Explores communication processes in organizational contexts, theories of leadership, decision making and conflict, the application of principles that facilitate communication in organizations, and other selected topics. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 515 - Communication and Gender (COM) Credits: 3 This course examines gendered verbal and nonverbal communication processes and the ways men and women tend to communicate in interpersonal, family, group, organizational, and mass media contexts. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 516 - Rhetorical Criticism Credits: 3 Critical evaluation of American speakers from Colonial to contemporary times. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 540 - Health Communication (COM) Credits: 3 This course will examine the contexts and processes of communication about health, focusing on how professionals, patients, and practitioners interact in ways that constitute and influence health and medicine. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 541 - Health Communication Campaigns Credits: 3 Creation of evidence-based communication interventions to address the health needs of communities. The course requires students to identify contemporary health needs, select appropriate forms of health communication intervention, develop intervention messages and create a plan for assessing effectiveness of interventions. Students will also learn how to collect, analyze and interpret data using techniques such as surveying, interviewing, and moderating focus groups. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 582 - Travel Studies Credits: 1-5 This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences, as approved by, and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators of other institutions. Students will participate in hand-on activities, and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations. Includes pre-travel orientation, post-travel self-evaluation, and a written report. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 591 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-5 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 700 - Instructional Methods in Communication Credits: 3 Problems and issues in teaching the basic communication course, development of communication courses, and issues relevant to communication education. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 701 - Introduction: Graduate Studies (COM) Credits: 3 This class is an examination of methods of research, writing, & documentation. It also explores communication as a discipline. Required of all Masters students. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 702 - Communication Theory Credits: 3 This course discusses the history and roots of communication theory; the connections between theory and research; issues of epistemology, axiology and ontology; as well as evaluation of theories. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 787 - Research Methods in Communication Credits: 3 This course is an examination of the methods of social science research in the areas of communication studies and mass communication. The course includes planning and designing communication research, methodologies for conducting research, and analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data. Cross-Listed: MCOM 787 . Check Course Availability
	SPCM 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 1-6 Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-6 Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	SPCM 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
STAT (Statistics)
	STAT 510 - SAS Programming Credits: 3 Base SAS language and procedures for accessing data, manipulating data, creating data structures, managing data, producing graphs, producing reports, error handling, accessing data using SQL, and advanced programming techniques. Check Course Availability
	STAT 514 - Basic R Programming Credits: 1 An introduction to the R programming language. Topics will include the R programming language and environment, preparation and summarization of data, presentation of data, and programming basics. Check Course Availability
	STAT 515 - R Programming Credits: 3 The R programming language and environment, preparation and summarization of data, programming basics, data presentation and visualization, app creation, and advanced programming techniques. Prerequisites: CSC 150 or INFO 101. Check Course Availability

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PSYC 627 - Teams in Organizations

PSYC 691 - Independent Study (COM)

PSYC 692 - Topics (COM)

PSYC 717 - Applied Research Methods in I/O Psychology

PSYC 728 - Leadership and Motivation

PSYC 729 - Personnel Selection

PSYC 730 - Tests and Measurements

PSYC 731 - Work Attitudes Theory and Measurement

PSYC 735 - Organizational Development

PSYC 792 - Topics (COM)

PSYC 794 - Internship (COM)

PSYC 798 - Thesis (COM)

PUBH 702 - Public Health Theory and Practice (COM)

PUBH 720 - Public Health Practice (COM)

PUBH 721 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience I (COM)

PUBH 722 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience II (COM)

PUBH 723 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience III (COM)

PUBH 730 - Public Health Integrative Learning Experience (COM)

PUBH 733 - Environmental Health

PUBH 751 - Public Mental Health

PUBH 755 - Program Planning and Evaluation

PUBH 761 - Social Epidemiology

PUBH 762 - Cultural Perspectives in Public Health

PUBR 592 - Topics (COM)

RANG 510 - Grassland Monitor & Assessment

RANG 520 - Watershed Management

RANG 521 - Grassland Fire Ecology

RANG 525 - Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring

RANG 525L - Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Lab

RANG 530 - Ecology of Invasive Species

RANG 540 - Grassland Plant Identification

RANG 591 - Independent Study

RANG 592 - Topics (COM)

RANG 710 - Principles of Forage Quality

RANG 750 - Grazing Ecology and Management

RANG 791 - Independent Study (COM)

RANG 792 - Topics (COM)

RECR 515 - Sport and Recreation Facility Management

RECR 750 - Foundations of Sport and Recreation Administration

RECR 760 - Advanced Sport and Recreation Marketing

RECR 762 - Ethics in Sport and Recreation

SE 592 - Topics (COM)

SEED 592 - Topics (COM)

SOC 500 - Social Policy (COM)

SOC 501 - The Research Process

SOC 502 - Social Deviance (COM)

SOC 504 - Sociological Inquiry

SOC 516 - Drugs and Society

SOC 533 - Leadership and Organizations (COM)

SOC 540 - Urban Sociology (COM)

SOC 555 - Juvenile Delinquency (COM)

SOC 562 - Population Studies (COM)

SOC 583 - Sociology of Gender Roles (COM)

SOC 590 - Seminar (COM)

SOC 594 - Internship (COM)

SOC 707 - Sociological Practice and Public Policy

SOC 709 - Evaluation Research

SOC 710 - Research Methods

SOC 711 - Qualitative Research Methods

SOC 712 - Sociological Theory I

SOC 713 - Sociological Theory II

SOC 714 - Race, Class, Gender Intersections

SOC 721 - Social Stratification

SOC 725 - Social Organization

SOC 726 - Teaching Sociology

SOC 727 - Teaching Sociology Practicum

SOC 738 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

SOC 739 - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practicum

SOC 740 - Rural Community Development

SOC 762 - Applied Demography

SOC 764 - Modern Demographic Theory

SOC 766 - World Population Issues

SOC 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM)

SOC 790 - Seminar

SOC 791 - Independent Study (COM)

SOC 792 - Topics (COM)

SOC 794 - Internship