JUSR 201 - Restorative Justice Facilitation
This experiential learning course provides skill-building for hosting restorative dialogues. Through roleplay and debriefing, students practice three aspects of restorative work: pre-dialogue preparation and assessment, dialogue facilitation, and post-dialogue mentoring and support. Students develop the necessary skills and reflective practices to host restorative circles that build community, respond to community concerns, and reintegrate community members.
CTR 201 - Clinical Trial Internship
In the Clinical Trial Internship course, students gain practical work experience at a qualified clinical trial site. Students have the opportunity to apply clinical trial skills and knowledge and learn new scientific technical and soft skills in a supervised occupational setting. Through this experience, students gain an understanding of the importance of ethics, the roles of regulatory bodies, the responsibilities of clinical research personnel, and other typical functions involved in human research trials.
CTR 101 - Introduction to Clinical Trial
This Introduction to Clinical Trial course provides foundational knowledge, core competencies, and skills required in the rapidly growing field of clinical research including academia, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology industries. Students cover fundamental concepts and principles of clinical trials, such as the phases of clinical trials, clinical trial design, protection of human subjects, research ethics, regulatory compliance, data collection and management, roles of the clinical research teams, and responsibilities of clinical research organizations.
CMS 290 - Communication and Media Studies Capstone Experience
This course provides students an opportunity to connect the relationship between principles and theories taught in the Communication and Media Studies curriculum and apply those principles to practices in the workplace. Under supervision, students get hands-on, professional work experience in communication, media, journalism, advertising, public relations and/or other related industry internships.
CMS 270 - Media and Globalization
This course explores media through the lens of globalization. Students will explore how history, political systems, economics, and cultural values influence media around the world. Students will study media systems and genres in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
CMS 255 - Writing for Digital Media
This course teaches students to write for digital media, with a focus on the use of social media in journalism. Students will learn how to write for various digital platforms such as vlogging, blogging, social media, and podcasting, in a professional context. This course also emphasizes the political, ethical, and social implications of digital media writing.
CMS 220 - Representation in the Media
CMS 220 - Representation in the Media
This course critically examines historical and contemporary media representations of identity in television, news, advertising, magazines, popular music, film, and social media. Students will engage in textual analyses of media and reflect on issues of socioeconomic inequality in society and their impact on media institutions.
CMS 216 - Relational Communication
This course provides an advanced engagement in interpersonal communication theory and research associated with communication in various stages of platonic and romantic relationships including initiation, maintenance, and dissolution.
BHHS 220 - Addiction Recovery Assessment & Treatment
In Addiction Recovery Assessment & Treatment, students learn about the key elements for evaluating people struggling with substance use, including screening, assessment, and diagnostic criteria. A thorough evaluation of substance use sets the stage for skill development and application of integrated treatment planning based on person-first recovery principles and multiple theoretical models.