Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation/RHB

Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information. 

 

670     WORKSHOP IN REHAB (1 TO 4)

Workshop courses to meet the needs of in-service rehabilitation professionals as well as providing courses on a one-time basis to meet special interest needs.

700     FOUNDATIONS OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (4)

Introduces rehabilitation. Topics include history, philosophy, legislative bases, organizational structures, rehabilitation process and procedures, public and private sectors of rehabilitation, rehabilitation agencies, and professional issues and ethics.

701     COUNSELING THEORY AND PRACTICE (1 TO 5)

Surveys the major theories of counseling and provides opportunities to develop the basic skills associated with the counseling process. Also addresses the key philosophical and ethical issues associated with the counseling profession.

702     MEDICAL ASSESSMENT (1 TO 5)

Necessary terminology and knowledge of disabilities and disorders for understanding and interpreting medical reports. Symptomology, treatment, functional limitations, and other management aspects of specific disabilities encountered in the course of employment are covered. Titles vary.

703     APPLIED RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION (1 TO 5)

Introduction to current rehabilitation research and rehabilitation program evaluation models.

704     PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT: SEVERE DISABILITY (1 TO 5)

Psychological issues associated with specific disabling conditions. An in-depth review of the general adjustment process to disability and definitions of normality and abnormality.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.

705     BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT (1 TO 5)

Surveys psychological tests and measurements with emphasis on attitude, interest, vocational, and personality tests. Understanding of basic principles and their application to counseling in various settings are stressed.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701 (EDL 751 IS RECOMMENDED).

706     SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN COUNSELING THE SEVERELY DISABLED (1 TO 5)

Techniques of counseling individuals who are different by reason of disability. Includes counseling for adjustment to disability, problem solving, and motivation.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, 702, 703.

707     MEDICAL ASSESSMENT (1 TO 5)

Necessary terminology and knowledge of disabilities and disorders for understanding and interpreting medical reports. Symptomology, treatment, functional limitations, and other management aspects of specific disabilities encountered in the course of employment are covered. Titles vary.

711     VOCATIONAL EVALUATION AND JOB PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES (1 TO 5)

The history, philosophy, theoretical basis, goals, function, and scope of vocational evaluation. Theories and principles concerning work and career development are also explored.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 702, 705, EDL 751 RECOMMENDED.

712     INDUSTRIAL REHABILITATION (1)

Familiarizes rehabilitation professionals and students with industrial rehabilitation (IR), and how IR programs assist in the successful placement of people with disabilities. May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

PREREQUISITE: GRADUATE STANDING OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

714     WORK INCENTIVE (1)

Familiarizes rehabilitation professionals and students with the available legislated and regulatory work incentives, and how they assist in the placement of people with disabilities. Includes the following programs: Social Security Act (SS), state and federal Workers Compensation, Targeted Job Tax Credit (TJTC), and various personal insurance (LTDD, STD, Catastrophin). May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

PREREQUISITE: GRADUATE STANDING OR PROGRAM CONSULTANT APPROVAL.

716     EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST TRAINING (3)

Familiarizes rehabilitation professionals and students with the concept of Supported Employment including definition, worker identification, learning styles, worksite and task analysis, development and implementation of skill training and support services; and demonstrates how Supported Employment is used in placement of people with disabilities. May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or approval of program consultant.

PREREQUISITE: GRADUATE STANDING OR PROGRAM CONSULTANT PERMISSION.

718     DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (5)

Exposes rehabilitation professionals and students to the philosophy and practices of business and industry; incorporates specific skill competencies in job development and job placement in working with business and industry; and demonstrates how these skills assist in enhancing employment opportunities and job placement of people with disabilities. May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 711, GRADUATE STANDING OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

720     CASE MANAGEMENT IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (4)

Develops specific case management skills in diagnosis, information processing planning, service arrangement, program monitoring, and job placement. Emphasis on case management techniques, ethics, consultation strategies, and specialized counseling skills development.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 700, 702, 711 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

721     PROGNOSTIC ASPECTS OF VOCATIONAL EVALUATION (5)

Study of processes, principles, and techniques used to determine and predict work behavior and vocational potential. Consideration is given to adapting assessment tools and systems to clients needs.

PREREQUISITE: OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED; INTRODUCTION TO VOCATIONAL EVALUATION; RHB 701, 702, 703, 711.

730     EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY (1 TO 4)

Addresses the sociocultural influences associated with chemical dependency. Examines models of drug and alcohol use and the personal evolution of chemical dependency, and the ethical and legal ramifications germane to work in the drug-abuse field.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701 AND 705, CNL 663 AND 863 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

731     TREATMENT APPROACHES IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY (1 TO 4)

The theory and practice of a variety of treatment modalities, including in-patient and out-patient approaches, family interventions, and group techniques. Emphasizes systems approaches and holistic intervention strategies. Also covers self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 730 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

770     INDEPENDENT READING AND MINOR PROBLEMS IN REHABILITATION (1 TO 3)

Independent study in areas of interest to students but not readily available in any existing course. May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

774     SELECTED PROBLEMS (3)

Examines techniques of rehabilitation applied to selected disability groups such as mental retardation, drug abuse, emotional disturbances, alcoholism, and cultural and social deprivation.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 771.

775     GRADUATE SEMINAR (1 TO 4)

Includes the study of community-related rehabilitation program efforts in terms of individualized systems analysis. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

801     INTERNSHIP I (2 TO 10)

Students spend approximately twenty to thirty hours per week in a selected rehabilitation setting performing assigned entry-level work consistent with the integration of skills, attitudes, and knowledge of rehabilitation counseling. Titles vary. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 700, 701, 702, 711, 720, CNL 863.

802     INTERNSHIP II (1 TO 10)

Culminating integrative experience for graduate rehabilitation counseling students. Students spend from twenty to thirty hours per week in a rehabilitation setting providing professional-level rehabilitation counseling and services to severely disabled clients. Titles vary. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

811     USE AND INTERPRETATION OF VOCATIONAL EVALUATION DATA (5)

Interpretation of evaluation data to client, rehabilitation personnel, and facility staff. Attention is given to vocational counseling, staff conferences, report writing, and follow-up.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, 702, 703, 711, 721, 704.

865     REHABILITATION COUNSELING PRACTICUM (4)

Provides counseling experience in which students, under supervision, actually counsel individuals with rehabilitation concerns including vocational, educational, medical, psychosocial, and personal issues.

PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, 702, 704, CNL 863 WITH A GRADE OF “B” OR BETTER IN ALL THESE COURSES.

873     INTERNSHIP VOCATION EVAL (15)

Supervised practical experience in a Vocational Evaluation unit.The student will concurrently spend two hours/week in Organization and Management of VE units seminar.

Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Care/RM

Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information. 

 

699     SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN REHABILITATIVE SCIENCES (1 TO 4)

Course enables students to explore selected research topics related to the rehabilitation of various patient populations. Students and faculty advisors will interact to establish specific course requirements. May be taken for letter grade of pass/unsatisfactory.

800 ; SEMINAR IN REHABILITATIVE SCIENCES (1 TO 2)

Various topics related to research in rehabilitative sciences are presented. Students hear faculty and guest speakers, as well as participate in seminar presentations. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

Religion/REL

Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information. 

 

510     EARLY AND MEDIEVAL WESTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT (4)

Survey of important themes in the religious thought of the major Western traditions. Selected readings from primary sources and secondary interpretations.

511     REFORMATION AND MODERN WESTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT (4)

Survey of important themes in the religious thought of the major Western traditions. Selected readings from primary sources and secondary interpretations.

515     CHRISTIANITY (4)

An examination of the structures of religious experience which have shaped the devolpment of Christianity in history. Institutional and ritual forms will be investigated as systems of meaning against the backdrop of the general history of religions.

516     JUDAISM: FAITH AND PEOPLE (4)

Judaism as a religious culture of a particular people is examined critically, historically and phenomenologically.

518     CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT (4)

Examination of the major themes and issues in the works of contemporary Jewish thinkers, e.g., Borowitz, Herberg, Fackenheim, Kaplan, Rothschild, Heschel, Rubenstein and Wiessel.

521     RELIGIONS IN THE BIBLICAL PERIOD (4)

Examination of selected religious movements and/or problems in the Biblical period and their interconnectedness and mutual influences.

522     TOPICS IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE (4)

Examination of selected aspects of Biblical literature from both literary and historical perspectives to explore the possible structures, functions, and meanings of this literature for its original community.

530     TOPICS IN AMERICAN RELIGION: (4)

Examination of selected topics in American religion to investigate basic religious structures and to explore the relationship of religious phenomena to their cultural context.

540     TOPICS IN ASIAN RELIGION (4)

Studies in the religious dimension of Asian cultures, with emphasis on historical, social, and aesthetic perspectives.

544     RELIGION IN JAPANESE LIFE (3)

Examination of the role of religion in Japanese culture and society with attention to both historical development and current issues.

PREREQUISITE: GRADUATE STANDING.

557     UNDERSTANDING DEATH (4)

Basic issues in death and dying using resources from human sciences and humanities in a religious perspective.

561     RELIGION AND SOCIETY (4)

(Also listed as SOC 561.) Treatment of religion as a social institution. Examines the influence of religious ideas and organizations on other social institutions, and the influence of society on religion.

562     ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION (4)

(Also listed as ATH 546.) Anthropological approach to the meaning and function of religion in social life and the nature of the thought or belief systems that gave rise to different forms of religious life. Emphasis on primitive and peasant societies.

563     RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY (4)

An introduction to selected themes, issues, and problems in the interaction of religion and psychology. Differing points of view are considered.

570     STUDIES IN ETHICS (4)

A special topics course for intensified study of the ethical dimensions of a particular religious tradition or for concentrated study intheoretical or practical ethical problems.Topics to be announced with each offering.

578     ETHICS AND MEDICINE (4)

(Also listed as PHL 578.) An examination of the ethical issues confronting society in the area of medicine and health care, considered from the perspective of philosophical and theological ethics. Examples include ethics of abortion, euthanasia, experimental medicine, and behavior control.

582     PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: PROCESS (4)

Realism and the revolt against idealism. Cross-disciplinary analysis of major contemporary process philosophers and the implications of their thoughts for religion. Focus on Alfred North Whitehead.

583     PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: SECULAR (4)

Cross-disciplinary analysis of modes of human awareness through which religious meaning is expressed (sensation, morality, beauty, reason, and human relations). Examination of presuppositions of contemporary secular religion in existentialism.

635     BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT (4)

Analysis of black American religious thought through critical study of the writings of selected figures who have helped shape black religion from 1780 to the present.

641     ISLAM (4)

Study of the origin and development of Islam, including contemporary issues and problems.

643     ASIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY (4)

(Also listed as PHL 643.) Perennial themes in Asian cultures, such as individual, society, and cosmos; appearance and reality; time and history; and karma, freedom, and responsibility. Treatment of these themes in the philosophical traditions of Asian cultures.

656     RELIGIOUS THEMES IN LITERATURE (4)

Courses offered under this number provide intensive study of literary works in terms of significant and recurring religious themes and images as they can be traced in various cultures, and literary traditions.

670     WORKSHOP (1 TO 6)

Intensive study of selected problems (e.g., the teaching of religion in secondary school, medical ethics) to meet particular needs of participating students. Titles vary.

679     ETHICS IN AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY (3)

(Also listed as LAW 695 and MGT 695.) Ethical responsibilities of business in light of political, moral, social, and religious considerations. Emphasis on analysis and evaluation of the changing framework of responsibilities facing both business organizations and their leaders.

687     EVOLUTION, RELIGION AND ETHICS (4)

Introduction to the biological, philosophical, theological, and ethical aspects of evolution

693     SEMINAR IN RELIGION (4)

Topics vary.

694     EXISTENTIALISM (3 TO 4)

(Also listed as PHL 694.) Representative writers of the existentialist movement.

701     READING AND RESEARCH IN RELIGION (2 TO 4)

Intensive research in specialized areas. Students must submit written proposals, with faculty approval, for acceptance into course.

PREREQUISITE: A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS OF ADVANCED WORK IN RELIGION OR APPROVED RELATED COURSES; RELATED COURSES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT.

702     READING AND RESEARCH IN RELIGION (2 TO 4)

Intensive research in specialized areas. Students must submit written proposals, with faculty approval, for acceptance into course.

PREREQUISITE: A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS OF ADVANCED WORK IN RELIGION OR APPROVED RELATED COURSES. RELATED COURSES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT.

703     READING AND RESEARCH IN RELIGION (2 TO 4)

Intensive research in specialized areas. Students must submit written proposals, with faculty approval, for acceptance into course.

PREREQUISITE: A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS OF ADVANCED WORK IN RELIGION OR APPROVED RELATED COURSES; RELATED COURSES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT.