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2020-2021 Rivier Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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NSG 518 - Advanced Pharmacology
This course focuses on developing the tools (knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies) needed by the advanced practice nurse to ensure that management of pharmacologic agents is based on sound therapeutic judgments and decision-making processes founded by knowledge of pharmacology. This course will cover pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs in persons both well and ill, as well as the relationship between the pathophysiology of disease particularly as it relates to pharmacotherapeutics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 521 - Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practicum/Seminar I
This course includes a practicum combined with a seminar and is designed to help the student integrate advanced clinical and theoretical material for patient populations across the life span related to: (1) developing psychotherapeutic relationships and skills in triage, crisis intervention, and individual therapy; (2) assessing, diagnosing, treatment planning, and evaluation of outcomes with individuals in triage, crisis intervention and individual therapy; and (3) application of knowledge of psychopharmacology to the patient situation.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 504 , NSG 502 , NSG 516 , NSG 517 , NSG 518 , NSG 602 , NSG 606
Co-requisite: NSG 520
Offered: Spring, Fall Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 522 - Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Theory II
This course will provide students with cognitive and experiential learning for patient populations across the life span in the areas of group dynamics, group psychotherapy, family systems theory and family therapy. General Systems theory will be presented for understanding the forces which operate within groups and families, with special application to therapeutic groups and family therapy. Group dynamics in educational settings will also be discussed with emphasis upon facilitating optimal learning experiences. Significant tasks and responsibilities of the group and family therapist will be identified. Major models of group and family therapy will be introduced with emphasis on the use of interactional brief approaches appropriate to a variety of nursing settings. Ethical issues confronting group members and therapists will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 520 , NSG 521 Co-requisites: NSG 523
Offered: Spring, Fall Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 563 - Advanced Nursing Leadership II
This course focuses on promoting adaptation of optimal delivery of nursing services through human systems interactions. Theories of decision-making, change, conflict management, risk management, and relevant research findings provide the framework for exploring the process of change. Budget, quality assurance, performance appraisal, strategic planning, staffing and scheduling, managing a culturally diverse workforce, and ethical/legal issues are also addressed. The application of nursing and health care informatics is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 561 , NSG 562 Co-requisite: NSG 564
Offered: Spring Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 601 - Quality Healthcare Improvement
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to assure high quality, safe, and efficient family health care outcomes in a variety of practice settings. The PDCA (plan, do, check, and act) cycle for identifying need and planning change will be integral to course work. Current health policy including the impact of the PPACA as they relate to safe, high quality, effective, equitable, patient centered and efficient care will be addressed. Interdisciplinary team work, collaboration, and positive practice environments will be studied and assessed. Strategies for assuring accountability and reliability in care processes will also be studied, as well as considering healthcare access and cost. The work of key national and international regulatory, discipline specific and quality/safety oriented professional associations will be reviewed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 3
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NSG 602 - Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare
This course will focus on the comprehensive framework of criteria for the evaluation of reports of nursing research. The framework will incorporate the components of conceptual, theoretical and empirical structures for nursing research. The course focus will be on evaluation and synthesis of research rather than the conduct of original research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 3
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NSG 610 - Advanced Health Policy
This course is designed to empower the advanced nursing student with the tools to influence health policy as a nurse leader and patient advocate. The course will analyze the legal, ethical, cultural and social issues inherent in policy development. Students will consider the many dimensions of the present health care crisis, such as cost, access, equity, quality, globalization and provision of care to diverse populations across the lifespan and select a health policy issue of interest. The student will complete an immersion experience to further their understanding of the issue and will analyze the policy in written, graphic and oral forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 3
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NSG 615 - Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Educators
This course focuses on the advanced health assessment skills of the master’s prepared nurse. Emphasis is on comprehensive data collection, health risk appraisal, developmental and family/systems assessments, and advanced physical assessment relative to the Nurse Educator or Nurse Leader roles. Course topics include acute and chronic illness, genetics, cultural and spiritual needs, documentation standards, health literacy, and principles of teaching and learning. Additional focus on the decision-making process related to normal and abnormal health status of individuals and diverse populations is included.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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NSG 616 - Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
This course helps future educators measure and evaluate the level of learning their students have achieved and presents fundamental concepts of what constitutes reliable tools and rubrics for measuring students’ classroom and clinical performance. It explains how to develop a test blueprint, assemble, administer, write and score all types of tests and test questions, and analyze tests and test performance for both classroom and clinical evaluation. Concerns such as academic honesty, cheating, and maintaining test security throughout the testing process are discussed as well as guidelines for deterring cheating on both paper and pencil and online exams are included. This course offers strategies for evaluating higher cognitive levels of learning (Blooms Taxonomy) and for evaluating written assignments with scoring rubrics. In addition, it explores important social, ethical and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation. Evaluation strategies used by nurse educators are discussed as well as how they balance the aspects of admission, progression, and retention to ensure good program outcomes.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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NSG 620 - Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
This graduate level course will provide students with a broad overview of biostatistical methods and concepts used in the health sciences. The emphasis is on interpretation and concepts rather than calculations or mathematical details. Statistical formulas will be kept to a minimum. An objective is to provide students with an ability to read the scientific literature in order to critically evaluate study designs and methods of data analysis. Basic concepts of statistical inference including hypothesis testing will be reviewed. Specific topics will include levels of measurement, frequency distributions, power analysis, reliability and validity and correlations. Additional topics will include linear regressions, t-tests, ANOVA, and Chi-Squared analysis. Examples of the use and abuse of statistical methods will be drawn from the current biomedical literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 3
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NSG 715 - Leadership Capstone Practicum
This course is designed to for those students who enter the DNP Systems Leadership Track with less than 500 supervised practicum hours earned in their Master’s program. Working with the Program Director, students will develop individualized goals working under the direction of a nurse leader, in the area of information systems, nursing leadership, data driven decision making or any other health-care topic that designed to improve population health outcomes or decrease the per capita cost of healthcare. Under advisement of the DNP Program Director, students may enroll in 2-4 credits per semester, repeated to a maximum of 8 credits total or until 500 supervised practicum hours have been earned.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 2-4
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NSG 800 - Scientific Foundations for Practice
This course will take a practical approach to the application of nursing theories and discuss the philosophy of science, foundations of knowledge and development, and how to integrate and disseminate knowledge in advanced practice nursing. Interdisciplinary theories will also be discussed, with an emphasis on the advance practice nurse’s role on interdisciplinary patient care team.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Fall Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 802 - Interpretation of Quantitative Research for Healthcare
The foundational concepts of this course are designed to assist the advanced practice nurse become proficient in the reading and interpretation of quantitative health sciences research. Statistical concepts related to the health sciences will be included, to promote synthesis of the data and direct application to improved patient outcomes or practice change. Students are expected to demonstrate understanding of quantitative concepts by interpreting both individual and group quantitative research studies. Students learn to identify the particular analysis required and how to interpret the results of an array of commonly used quantitative methods. A graduate course in fundamentals of research, methods and design, or statistics within the last three years is recommended prior to this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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NSG 805 - Health Research Methods
This course builds on student’s understanding of scholarly inquiry, knowledge generation, research design methods and research utilization as best practices in health care. Specifically the course objective will focus on critically evaluating a research study design, the data collection process, the analysis and the presented interpretation of the results as it related to the potential improvement of patient outcomes.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 810 - Epidemiology in Advanced Practice Nursing
This course introduces students to the study of diseases and ill health through patterns of occurrence in human populations. The approaches of epidemiology in estimating the burden of disease, and in evaluating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies are analyzed. Statistical concepts related to epidemiological research is explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Spring Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 815 - Evidence Based Leadership Practices
This course will focus on translating research evidence into quality practices that improve patient outcomes. A unique integrative, collaborative approach will be used to apply critical appraisal of the research process. Three sections of scholarship are included: critical appraisal of research to support scholarship, scholarship of administrative practice, and scholarship of clinical practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered: Fall Semester
Credits: 3
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NSG 850 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar I
This is the first in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should identify a faculty guide to help provide guidance during the development of their scholarly project. Under the guidance of the faculty member, the student will identify an external committee member that may serve as an expert to the student during the development of their scholarly project. This mentor should be approved by the faculty chairperson prior to progressing on the student’s scholarly project work. Students will present their scholarly project to the DNP Scholarly Committee at a predetermined date and time, so committee feedback may help guide the scholarly project. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have met the course learning objectives, progressing towards their scholarly project.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 805
Offered: Fall.
Credits: 3
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NSG 870 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar III
This is the third in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should work under the guidance of their assigned chairperson to continue progress and near completion of their approved scholarly project. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have met the course learning objectives, progressing towards their scholarly project.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 860 Offered: Fall.
Credits: 3
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NSG 895 - Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project Practicum
Doctor of Nursing Practice students are required to complete a clinical scholarly project in order to meet the program requirements and be eligible for graduation. The DNP Scholarly Project is a project that brings together the practice and scholarship aspects of the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. It is designed to address complex practice issues that affect groups of patients, healthcare organizations, or healthcare systems utilizing informatics, technology, and in-depth knowledge of the clinical and behavioral sciences. The clinical scholarship required in the DNP Scholarly Project reflects mastery and competency in the student’s area of expertise.
Over the four clinical practicum semesters a DNP student will form a Scholarly Project Team, minimally including the student, a faculty guide, and an external expert who has expertise in the student’s identified topic of interest. Under the direction of the approved Scholarly Project Team, the student will develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate a sustainable, evidence-based project targeted to improve patient safety and quality of care, in a complex healthcare system. There will be one on campus Seminar required each semester while enrolled in NSG 895.
Students enrolled in NSG 895 will continue this course until completion of their scholarly project. The student will be required to enroll in the course a minimum four times, a total of 12 credits. Additional enrollment into the practicum for varied credits (1-3) will be allowed at the discretion of the Program Director until completion of the scholarly project.
Prerequisites & Notes
12 Credits required for program completion. Students must enroll in 3 credits per semester until 12 credits are earned; then may enroll in 1-3 credits at the discretion of the Program Director until the DNP Scholarly Project is completed.
Credits: 12
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NSG 900 - APRN Re-Entry Clinical Practicum
This course focuses on the application of theory and research findings to the primary care of families within the context of communities and the larger society, which forms the social environment for health care. The course provides opportunities for students to assess the health of a client population, as well as individual and family health in a community-based setting. Students are expected to demonstrate progress toward autonomous practice in clinical decision-making, selection of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, and evaluation of outcomes. Re-introduction to the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner is fostered under the guidance of preceptors in the practice setting.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Graduate Nursing Education Program Director required.
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Semester
Credits: variable
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PH 101 - Introduction to Public Health
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of public health, using a cross-cutting systematic approach that incorporates a historical and modern day perspective on examining disease causation, social determinants of health, epidemiology and prevention interventions for individual and population-based care.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 105 BIO 106
Credits: 3
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PH 125 - Environmental Health
This introductory course focuses on the physical, biological and human factors that affect the natural and built environment and the impact of these factors on the health of individuals and communities. This course reviews global environmental concerns that address occupational health and safety, air and water quality, food safety, sanitation and environmental justice.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 201 - Epidemiology in Public Health
This course examines the historical and current uses of epidemiology and the links between data, epidemiologic analysis, patterns of disease and injury in identifying public health problems, disease patterns and the evaluation of effective interventions.
Prerequisites & Notes
, MA 110
Credits: 3
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PH 202 - Health Systems and Services
This course explores the public health professionals’ role in health care and the public health workforce with special emphasis on managed care, organizational health care, public health systems, public health services and access to care at national and international levels.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 203 - Public Health Seminar
This course offers a forum for presentations and case studies on environmental health, food safety, disease outbreaks and health issues across the lifespan. These significant health issues will be taught by public health officials with expertise in these areas. Discussions will assist students in connecting theory to practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 204 - Health Promotion, Marketing & Communications
This interactive course investigates communication theory and techniques, and marketing concepts utilizing mass media strategies to produce effective public health promotion messaging.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 214 - Public Health Internship I
This course offers students the opportunity to apply basic public health knowledge gained in the classroom to a project in their area of interest. The students will work with public health practitioners or researchers in a public health work setting. The students will complete a minimum of 40 hours on the project per credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approval of the program Director.
Credits: 1-6
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PH 225 - Introduction to Quantitative Public Health Data Management
This course focuses on the creation, management and analysis of quantitative public health data sets. Students will become familiar with software packages that are used for data entry, cleaning, analysis, and presentation. Software packages that may be used in the class include EpiInfo, MS Access, SPSS, and/or SAS. Concepts that will be covered include form creation, data entry, quality control, programming skills, and effective presentation of public health data.
Prerequisites & Notes
PH 101 and undergraduate statistics
Credits: 3
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PH 302 - Health Policy and Politics
Health Policy and Politics prepares the student to act as an advocate on behalf of clients, families, communities, and health professionals. This course offers students of nursing and public health the opportunity to explore health care, political processes and health related issues through an analysis of legal concepts, decision-making and ethical reasoning in examining health policies at state and federal levels. Students attend selected organizational meetings to observe the policy process.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 3
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PH 304 - Food Safety and Hygiene
This course surveys food safety practices, food borne illnesses/outbreaks and the importance of hygiene practice with safe food handling for preserving population health.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 313 - Public Health Internship II
This course offers students the opportunity to apply their public health knowledge and skills to a project in their area of interest. Students will work in one or more of the essential services of public health. The students will work with public health practitioners or researchers in a public health work setting and will complete a minimum of 40 hours on the project per 1 credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approval of the program director.
Credits: 1-6
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PH 320 - Nutrition: A Public Health Perspective
This course will introduce students to the factors that influence the nutritional status of a population. Students will learn basic concepts of human nutrition, examine the role of nutrition in relation to chronic disease prevention, and learn how to identify and critically evaluate sources of nutrition information. Issues related to food policy, sustainability, and food industry practices will also be addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PH 101 PH 201
Credits: 3
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PH 330 - Public Health Research
This course focuses on the elements of the research process, critical review of healthcare research, and the translation of research into the development of knowledge in healthcare disciplines. Students participate in a simulated research process through identification of a research problem, application of an appropriate theoretical framework and a review of the literature. Students will suggest changes in healthcare practice based on research findings and discuss strategies for evaluation of outcomes. This course may be writing assisted.
Prerequisites & Notes
, undergraduate Statistics course
Credits: 3
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PH 336 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness
This course highlights approaches to national and international threats to health, issues of preparedness, response to natural disasters and innovative approaches to addressing health problems across the globe.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 400 - Global Health and Health Disparities
The course addresses public health issues of national and international importance. The focus areas include HIV, poverty, and exploring health disparities of vulnerable populations including women, infants and children. Measuring health and socio-economic development (equity and social justice) are explored in conjunction with examining approaches to reducing morbidity and mortality.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 402 - Program Planning and Evaluation
This course examines the elements of program development through identifying risk factors, analyzing data sets, reviewing cost effective interventions and program effectiveness using community assessment models for program planning and evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 404 - Communicable Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases
This course is an exploration of prevention, detection and control of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cancer, obesity), unintentional injury and violence.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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PH 425 - Directed Study
This course is a student-initiated and planned exploration of an advanced topic in an area of special interest not available in listed course offerings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of department required. Senior and qualified junior majors only.
Credits: 3
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PH 495 - Public Health Internship/Capstone
This course offers students the opportunity to explore areas of interest in public health practice in local, state, national or international levels. The capstone project must meet the approval of the Program Director and Dean.175 hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Program Director required.
Credits: 6
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PH 501 - Public Health: a Population-based Approach
This course explores the paradigm shift of traditional public health practice approaches to the incorporation of a population-based framework. Students will explore the concept of the social determinants of health, principles of health equity and the importance of using an equity framework in program design. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated community-based agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 504 - Communicable & Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology
This course provides students with a global perspective of the epidemiology of communicable diseases, covering methods of infectious disease epidemiology and the “new” public health environment of chronic diseases. Students will apply epidemiologic principles to examine the molecular mechanisms for disease pathogenesis and relevant epidemiologic issues of prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated public health agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 510 - Behavioral Health & Health Promotion
This course examines how theory informs health promotion and public health practice, and health behaviors in the context of 21st century public health. Students will gain a theoretical and conceptual perspective of the public health research and practice that informs models of health promotion. Using an applied learning approach, students will evaluate theory-based public health programs and link principles to practice. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credit (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 520 - Public Health Genomics & Informatics
This course focuses on the emerging field of public health genomics and the role genomics plays in trending the leading causes of death in the United States. Students will investigate the interaction of diseases, the environment, and behavioral risk factors in relation to public health genomics as a means of improving public health outcomes. Students will also explore the dynamics of integrating informatics data.
Credits: 3
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PH 530 - Environmental Health
This course frames the impact of environmental influences on health and well-being. Addressing public health aspects of environmental issues, students will be exposed to the fundamental science and methods of environmental health; regulatory domains of environmental health law; environmental hazards, such as toxins, chemicals and natural biohazards; occupational health; and the hazards of living in the natural world. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated communities. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 550 - Global Health
This course will allow students to apply principles of population-based public health approaches to understand and develop sustainable solutions to complex global health challenges. Using case-based and problem-based learning approaches students will apply system-level thinking, critical thinking and problem-solving skills during interactive lectures that utilize multimedia resources.
Credits: 3
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PH 575 - Practicum & Seminar
Practicum experiences expose students to the complexity of population-based public health practice in the “real world”. Students will be able to integrate, apply and synthesize knowledge though experiential activities in the public health work environment. Sites may include local and state public health agencies, local non-profits, community-based organizations, state associations, hospitals and community clinics. All students are expected to complete 125 hours of practicum work experience in a structured setting with agency leadership support. Students will have defined project oriented work assigned to them as agreed upon by the student and the agency. Students will need to produce a tangible deliverable to satisfactorily complete the practicum experience. This may include a draft proposal; literature review; analysis/evaluation of agency program; report on significant participation of or development of an event; creation of a public service announcement, brochure, flyer and/or media release. Students will also be required to participate in weekly online seminars to share lessons learned. A final oral presentation of the experience and product as well as an evaluation of the experience is required.
Credits: 4
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PHI 205 - Theories of Ethics
What makes an action morally good or bad? This course is designed to be a comparative study of the major classical, modern, and contemporary ethical theories concerning the origin and nature of moral value.
Credits: 3
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PHI 209 - Contemporary Moral Issues
This course is an examination of the moral and legal ramifications of various prominent contemporary issues worked out against the background provided by ethical theory. Topics for consideration include: abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war and peace, terrorism, violence, sexuality, discrimination, animal rights, world hunger, and the environment.
Credits: 3
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PHI 223 - Technology, Values, and Society
This course is a study of the history and philosophy of technology, that examines the nature of technology, its impact on society, and its implications for a broad range of social and moral values. Topics for consideration include: biomedical technology, computer and information technology, technological risk, technology and the environment, technology and gender, and technology and public policy.
Credits: 3
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PHY 101 - Introduction to Physical Science
This course introduces students to fundamental concepts in the physical sciences. Examples from everyday life are used to identify and promote an understanding of some basic principles that govern the physical world. Logical reasoning, critical thinking, modeling, and communication skills are emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered when needed.
Credits: 4
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PHY 103 - Everyday Science
This is a web based core science course intended to clarify misconceptions, extend the science knowledge base and apply scientific reasoning to answer questions from everyday life. Basic academic skills will be emphasized. It is completely delivered over the Internet. See http://www.rivier.edu/chemistry/phy103 for more information.
Prerequisites & Notes
Rivier University entrance requirements, good research skills and the ability to work independently.
Offered summer term 1
Credits: 3
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PHY 112 - Physics II
PHY112 is the second course in a two-semester, algebra-based sequence that covers fundamental principles of physics. Topics include: electrostatics, electricity, magnetism, nuclear physics, optics, and other selected topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered spring every other year (Upcoming spring 2021)
Credits: 3
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POL 170 - Migrants, Immigrants, Refugees: A Contemporary History
In this course students will address migration, the mass movements of peoples in various historical contexts in the modern era. While the study of immigration to the United States and New England will be emphasized, the movement of peoples such as those suffering flight and expulsion, escape from persecution, war and tyranny, and the need to find sustainable incomes will also be considered in depth. Political, historical, and religious moral theories will be considered.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is cross-listed with HIS 170.
Credits: 3
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POL 218 - Women in Politics
Women in Politics
This is a course on women in politics throughout history and today. Top themes addressed will be definitions of women and gender, the political representation of women, and regional comparisons.
We are an institution founded by and for women and two-thirds of our student body are women. Additionally, women’s involvement in politics is relevant because of an increase of woman leaders around the world.
Credits: 3
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POL 220 - Comparative Elections, Parties, and Voting
This is a course on elections, political parties, and voting behavior. Top themes addressed will be different electoral systems and party systems, why and how people vote, and regional comparisons. 2020 is an election year in the U.S., and a class about elections, voting, and political parties is highly relevant to students’ lives as they watch the presidential election. Considering the increasing divisiveness in American politics over recent years, it is important for students to understand the history and legacy of our electoral systems and how they can affect political discourse and the quality of democracy.
Credits: 3
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POL 230 - Modern Middle East
The course guides students through the historical and cultural evolution of the Middle East, moving from pre-Islamic culture to the formalization and spread of Islam as the primary shaper of the region’s political and social development. The course will connect samples of Middle Eastern literature, art, and music to provide a vivid understanding of the region. Specific attention will be given to distinct forms of Islam, the effect of Colonialism, and recent developments resulting from Western interventions.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is cross-listed with HIS 230.
Credits: 3
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POL 235 - Democratic Transitions
The course examines the interaction between domestic and international factors in bringing about democratic transitions. By considering numerous examples in a variety of countries and continents, this course will also focus on how authoritarian regimes breakdown and when democratic consolidation occurs.
Credits: 3
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POL 250 - Introduction to Political Science
This course is a study of fundamental problems of political science and a comparison of various political systems, institutions, and political processes.
Credits: 3
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POL 252 - U.S. Federal, State and Local Government
This course provides an introduction to the government of the United States at the national, state, and local level with an emphasis on the structures and institutions of government as well as the background of federal-democratic processes, public opinion, voting behavior, pressure groups and political parties.
Credits: 3
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POL 292 - Comparative Politics
This course is an analysis of the processes and functions found in different political systems. The politics of selected countries representing different levels of development are examined.
Credits: 3
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POL 294 - International Relations and Politics
This course is a study of the behavior of states in their relation with each other in view of providing an understanding of causes of war and the conditions of peace. Topics covered include origins of the modern international system, the Cold War and beyond, evolution of the world economy, the global transformation and fragmentations, international security, and international law and organizations.
Credits: 3
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POL 300 - Contemporary Political Ideologies
This course is a comprehensive study of the political and theoretical foundations of the major political ideologies- liberalism, democracy, socialism, communism, fascism-and their variants.
Credits: 3
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POL 307 - United States Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century
This course investigates the major developments in U.S. foreign relations in the twentieth century. Students will discuss the emergence of the United States as a world power and investigate U.S. involvement in two World Wars and the results of that involvement.
Credits: 3
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POL 315 - Modern China
This course provides a history of China from the Opium Wars to the present. It explores the political, economic, social, and intellectual upheavals which constitute recurrent elements in Chinese history.
Credits: 3
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POL 320 - Modern Russia
This course is a survey of the history of Russia and the U.S.S.R. Emphasis will be placed on the political, economic, and social developments of the nineteenth century, the revolution of 1917, and the evolution of the Soviet state. Cross-listed with HIS320.
Credits: 3
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POL 370 - Comparative Legal Systems
Comparison of various western legal traditions (common law and Roman law) with sharia law, and other law traditions will be offered. Also, the ways in which legal systems reflect culture and economic development will be considered.
Credits: 3
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POL 401 - Constitutional History of the U.S.
This course is a study of the evolution of constitutional law in the United States. It begins with the drafting and ratification of the Constitution and the doctrine of judicial review and chronicles the development of major constitutional principles in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Constitutional decisions dealing with civil rights and First Amendment guarantees are discussed in depth. Cross-listed with .
Credits: 3
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POL 410 - International Organizations
This course will focus on the philosophy and principles of international organizations and on a broad range of issues with which these organizations try to deal.
Credits: 3
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POL 412 - International Law
In this course students will examine the law of nations, subjects of international law, the law and the individual territorial questions, international transactions, and war.
Credits: 3
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POL 425 - Directed Study or Community Service
This is a student-initiated and -planned exploration of an advanced topic in an area of special interest not otherwise available for study. Permission of the department faculty advisor is required. It may consist of formal, supervised study of a law-related academic subject with a qualified Rivier instructor. Alternatively, it may involve a law-related, unpaid community service project. Either alternative must be accompanied by a syllabus or learning contract stating the educational goals of the project or course of study as developed and agreed upon in advance by the student, department faculty advisor, and instructor or work supervisor. For a service-learning project, the contract must also state the agreed-upon community service goals. Limited to seniors and qualified juniors who are pre-law students.
Credits: 3
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POL 464 - The New Globalism
The purpose of this course is to examine the multidimensional transformation occurring across the globe: technological, economic, cultural, and institutional. The course will enable students to consider the opportunities as well as the perils created by such transformation. Cross-listed with HIS464.
Credits: 3
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POL 495 - Internship
The internship will provide students with an opportunity to gain supervised work experience in an area related to history and political science. It is available to senior majors who have maintained a 2.5 average in their major or minor field.
Credits: 3
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PSY 101 - General Psychology
This course is an introduction to the aims and methods of modern psychology and a survey of the central areas of psychological investigation. Topics include but are not limited to: research methods, biological foundations of behavior, sensation and perception, emotion, learning, memory, human development, personality theory, psychological disorders, and social psychology influence and interaction.
Credits: 3
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PSY 203 - Psychology of Communication
This course is an exploration of the many ways in which humans communicate and miscommunicate with each other. How humans communicate in dyads, small groups and on social media is explored. Topics include: language acquisition, verbal and nonverbal messages, person perception, emotions and affective communication, interpersonal relations, listening, persuasion and group dynamics.
Credits: 3
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PSY 204 - Biostatistics
This course is an introduction to basic concepts of measurement and statistical analysis with special emphasis on applications in health science and nursing research. Topics include: scales of measurement, tables and graphs, descriptive statistics, probability and inferential statistics, including estimation and hypothesis testing, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression, chi-square, nonparametric methods, and selection of the appropriate statistical test.
Prerequisites & Notes
A prior course in college Algebra is strongly recommended.
Credits: 3
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PSY 205 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
This course is an introduction to basic concepts of measurement and statistical analysis with special emphasis on applications in behavioral and social science research. Topics include: scales of measurement, tables and graphs, descriptive statistics, probability and inferential statistics, including estimation and hypothesis testing, various t-tests, univariate ANOVA, correlation and regression, chi-square, nonparametric methods, and selection of the appropriate statistical test. Psychology majors must take this course in the fall of their sophomore year.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor. This course requires a one-credit weekly SPSS Statistics lab component. A prior course in college algebra is strongly recommended.
Credits: 3
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PSY 205L - Statistics Lab
Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of how to utilize the statistical software package, SPSS, to create tables and graphs, find measures of central tendency and variability, as perform univariate statistical analyses, including t-tests, ANOVA, correlation and regression.
Credits: 1
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PSY 208 - Child Psychology
This course is a comprehensive exploration of the physical, social, and psychological processes of growth and development through age 12 including a survey of research methods and designs commonly used in developmental psychology. May be writing assisted.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of the instructor. Students cannot take both PSY 208 and PSY 212.
Credits: 3
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