D Courses

Pre-requisites: one of the following: MATH 142, MATH 161, HONS 161 or MATH 200 with a grade ≥C.
An introduction to decision making in the business environment using statistical and data analysis procedures. Computer software is used extensively. Written communication skills are emphasized as a means to incorporate analysis results into the decision making process. Topical coverage includes discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.

Pre-requisites: DSCI 245 and one of the following: MATH 142, MATH 161, HONS 161, (MATH 200 with a grade ≥C) or permission of the instructor.
This course offers and in-depth study of decision making in the business environment using statistical and data analysis procedures. Statistical methods used in decision making include chi-square tests, analysis of variance, correlation, simple and multiple regression, time series analysis, and forecasting. Computer software is used extensively for both analysis and presentation. Case studies or projects are used to integrate statistical methods with problem solving and communication skills.

Cross-listed: HSCI 467S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Dental Hygiene or Health Science.
Students explore alternate career paths and essential skills needed to create a professional development plan related to the diverse roles of the allied health professional.

Cross-listed: HSCI 469S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Dental Hygiene or Health Science program. Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning proficiency required.
Integration of applied statistics, critical appraisal of research, clinical expertise and client values are examined to formulate evidence-based decisions in providing effective healthcare.

Cross-listed: HSCI 471S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Dental Hygiene or Health Science program.
Basic principles of research and the facilitation of the development of analytical skills for evaluation of professional research culminating in the writing of a scientific research report.

Cross-listed: HSCI 477S.
Pre-requisites: admission into Dental Hygiene or Health Science.
This course focuses on the development of leadership skills and personal attributes needed to fulfill the professional roles of the allied health care professional.

Cross-listed: CMSD 487S, HSCI 487S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Communication Sciences, Dental Hygiene, or Health Science programs.
Management and policy creation for healthcare programs and businesses, specific disciplines in healthcare are discussed according to student needs.

Cross-listed: CMSD 488S, HSCI 488S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Communication Sciences, Dental Hygiene, or Health Science programs.
Overarching themes of cultural diversity and global perspectives are employed in the application of theories and concepts of relationship building, ethics and communication for the healthcare provider.

Pre-requisites: admission to DNHY program.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–senior capstone.
This course incorporates the major learning themes of the dental hygiene curriculum resulting in a student-generated culminating capstone project.

Cross-listed: HSCI 491S.
Pre-requisites: acceptance into Dental Hygiene or Health Science program.
A foundation course providing fundamental theories, teaching strategies and applications in education and leadership.

Cross-listed: HSCI 492S.
Pre-requisites: DNHY 491S or HSCI 491S.
A practicum experience in didactic, clinical or laboratory instruction integrating leadership, professionalism, ethics, educational theories and teaching strategies, with a focus on assessment and evaluation.

Cross-listed: HSCI 494S.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201, acceptance into Dental Hygiene or Health Science program.
A course offering historical and diverse perspectives on health based on folklore and mythology.

Pre-requisites: admission to the DNHY graduate program.
This seminar courses focuses on the use of technology in healthcare.

Focusing on healthcare providers, this course provides skill building in the critical areas of leadership development. The content develops the leadership skills essential for achieving personal and organizational objectives.

This course provides a foundation in scholarly writing in health research. In the first of two courses in developing a research project, students use electronic databases to search, retrieve, and synthesis evidence-based literature in the process of writing a literature review.

This course offers an overview of general principles of teaching, learning and evaluation in academic and community oral health programs. Emphasis is on dissecting the components of program development (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation).

This course introduces evidence-based concepts to prepare the instructor /health promoter for a successful teaching experience. Major themes include learning and teaching styles, learning objective development, lesson planning, assessment strategies and classroom management techniques in traditional, laboratory, online and community settings.

Pre-requisites: DNHY 605S, DNHY 610S.
This course focuses on the study of course and curriculum development, leadership, administrative theories and andragogy unique to the profession of dental hygiene.

In this thematic seminar students use current evidence to engage in discussion on topics related to the roles of advocate and health promoter.

Pre-requisites: DNHY 605S, DNHY 610S.
This course focuses on theories and methods of clinical instruction and supervision, including psychomotor skill development, competency-based evaluation, student mentoring and remediation. Organizational and administrative philosophies in clinical education based on accreditation standards are examined.

This thematic seminar provides the student with opportunities to investigate and discuss current literature on healthcare policy and finance.

Notes: approval required for off-campus sites.
Pre-requisites: DNHY 605S, DNHY 610S, DNHY 615S, DNHY 625S.
This course focuses on an individualized learning experience to apply principle and theories in an emphasis area.

Pre-requisites: DNHY 505S, DNHY 615S.
In this thematic seminar, students discuss the relational, operational and analytical skills key to success in administration a including the application of leadership, management theory and organizational behavior. Topics include accreditation, quality assurance, policymaking, relationship building, strategic planning, conflict resolution and communication.

Notes: may be stacked with DSST 501.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
Disability and persons with disabilities have been with us throughout the history of humankind. This course familiarizes students to disability as a component of the diverse tapestry of society. Historical disability conceptualizations and issues are discussed. Contemporary and emerging explanations of disability in contemporary society and Disability Culture are explored.

Cross-listed: GWSS 418.
Notes: may be stacked with DSST 510.
Pre-requisites: junior standing or instructor permission required.
This course teaches students to recognize, analyze, and comprehend disability, and disabled persons, as part of the rich tapestry of human experience; including disability intersections with other diverse identities and groups in society. Working through interdisciplinary scholarship, cultural artifacts, and first-person accounts, students will learn how disability compliments and also complicate existing identity categories and notions of diversity.

Notes: may be stacked with DSST 520.
Pre-requisites: successful completion of a university diversity course or permission of the instructor.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
This course explores how laws and policies affect diverse people and groups; majority and minority, domestically and globally. It goes beyond laws and policies affecting discrete groups based on their characteristics by addressing intersectionalities, analyzing beliefs and practices that transcend specific times, identities, and locations. It looks at how societies and contexts frame people’s individual characteristics and traits and develop policies and practices.

Pre-requisites: DSST 410 or permission of the instructor.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–senior capstone.
This course provides students the opportunity to develop a community-based, service-learning project with colleagues from multiple academic disciplines. Under the direction of the instructor, students participate in a project that addresses universal access in the context of a diverse society. Weekly lectures integrate conceptual and practical learning relative to universal access for diverse populations including those with disabilities.

Pre-requisites: baccalaureate degree or instructor permission.
Disability and persons with disabilities have been with us throughout the history of humankind. This course has been developed to familiarize students to disability as a component of the diverse tapestry of society. Historical disability conceptualizations and issues will be discussed. Contemporary and emerging explanations of disability in contemporary society and Disability Culture will be explored.

Notes: may be stacked with DSST 410.
Pre-requisites: baccalaureate degree or instructor permission.
Disability shapes, and is shaped by, multiple social and cultural identities as well as lived experiences. This course teaches students to recognize, analyze, and comprehend disability, and disabled persons, as part of the rich tapestry of human experience; including disability intersections with other diverse identities and groups in society. Working through interdisciplinary scholarship, cultural artifacts, and first-person accounts, students will learn how disability compliments and also complicates existing identity categories and notions of diversity.

Notes: may be stacked with DSST 420.
Pre-requisites: bachelor's degree or permission of the instructor.
In this course, students explore how laws and policies are formulated and applied across diversities; minority and majority, advantaged and disadvantaged. We investigate the explicit and implicit effects of laws and policies and how they enhance and inhibit human rights for people based on characteristics such as gender and gender identity, race and ethnicity, disability, religion, and economic status. Beginning with a foundation in U.S. laws and policies, students also explore international human diversity and human rights. We assess historical and contemporary approaches to human rights including mechanisms employed by leaders such as the founding leaders of the U.S., Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela of South Africa, and apply them to contemporary issues and events.

Pre-requisites: bachelor's degree or permission or instructor.
This course addresses Disability Studies as it as unfolded within and across the humanities and liberal arts. Over the last generation, disability studies scholars have analyzed representations of people with disabilities as they appear in literature, myth, art, film, photography, music and theatre. These fields reflect and shape the meaning and reality of disability. Poetic and other artistic modes of discourse can deepen our understanding of the lived experience of disability.

Notes: may be stacked with DSST 490.
Pre-requisites: DSST 510 or permission.
This course is applies classroom learning to community settings. Students in this course will participate in community engaged service learning with colleagues from multiple academic disciplines. Under the direction of the instructor and working with a community mentors, students will participate in projects that enrich the community by enhancing universal access and full participation in society by diverse groups.