Suggested
Out-of-Department Electives
NOTE:
These courses were recommended by former and current SIRLS
Students and are only meant to encompass possible
course selections. It should in no way substitute for the
advice of an academic advisor nor should it be considered
complete since course times change or may be canceled. Please
proceed with academic caution.
ART 547 -- Mixed Media Book (3 units)
Description: Investigation of the book as a format for presenting
visual material; the process of making simple books. Contemporary
bookmakers will be presented. Graduate-level requirements
include an in-depth research project on a single aspect
of a current scholarly interest.
ED
P 511 -- Computer Applications in Education (3 units)
Description: Essentials of computer operations; integration
of computer technologies into the classroom; learning theory;
instructional design in the use of technologies; use of
presentation and related software; use and evaluation of
computer-assisted instruction software. Graduate-level requirements
include a substantial multimedia production project.
ED
P 512 -- Multimedia Production in Education (3 units)
Description: Design of multimedia for instructional applications
with an emphasis in production techniques and programming
tools. Graduate-level requirements include justification
of production with learning bases.
ED
P 519A -- Design of Instructional Technologies (3 units)
Description: Historical and theoretical bases for developing
instructional technologies; emphasis on relationship between
learning theory and instructional technologies.
ED
P 519B -- Design of Instructional Technologies (3 units)
Description: Historical and theoretical bases for developing
instructional technologies; emphasis on relationship between
learning theory and instructional technologies. Emphasis
on production and evaluation using multimedia and other
technologies.
ENGL
596K -- Methods and Materials of Literary Research (3 units)
Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information,
usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall
consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange
of the results of such research through discussion, reports,
and/or papers.
H
ED 601 -- Higher Education in the United States (3 units)
Description: The scope of higher education in the United
States; brief survey of historical developments and philosophic
bases, public policy issues at the state and federal level;
types of institutions and their purposes; characteristics
of faculty, students and curricula.
LRC
580 -- Children's Literature in the Classroom (3 units)
Description: Analysis and discussion of classic and contemporary
children's literature of all genres, and its relationship
to language, reading and culture. Graduate-level requirements
include an in-depth research paper or other project.
LRC
581 -- Multiethnic Literature and Literacy (3 units)
Description: Analyzes the use of multiethnic literature
that fosters self-concept, acceptance, and a sense of identity
to develop literacy. Includes readings from the major categories
of multiethnic literature about Black, Native, Hispanic,
and Asian Americans.
LRC
585 -- Literature for Adolescents (3 units)
Description: This course offers teachers, librarians, and
others an opportunity to explore and critique the wealth
of literature written especially for young adult readers.
MIS
511 -- Social Issues of Computing (3 units)
Description: Broad survey of the individual, organizational,
cultural, social and ethical issues provoked by current
and projected uses of computers. Graduate-level requirements
include an additional term paper.
NURS
634-- Data Management in Healthcare Systems (3 units)
Description: Focuses on development and maintenance of healthcare
databases for application in solving healthcare problems.
Design methods, database structures, indexing, data dictionaries,
retrieval languages, and data security are presented.
NURS
646 -- Health Care Information Systems (3 units)
Description: Focuses on the theoretical basis of healthcare
informatics with an emphasis on management and processing
of healthcare data, information, and knowledge. Healthcare
vocabulary and language systems, and basic database design
concepts are addressed.
NURS
650 -- Theory of Systems Management (3 units)
Description: Focuses on contemporary organizational theories
as they apply to complex healthcare systems. Emphasis is
placed on application of theory to organizational analysis
and decision making.
SIE
511 -- Human Factors and Ergonomic Design II (3 units)
Description: Advanced human-centered design with emphasis
on human-system interfaces. Applications to computer and
information systems, consumer products, manufacturing processes,
etc., according to student interest. A project will be required.
Graduate-level requirements include separate examinations
and a major project.
SIE
548 -- Operations Research Modeling (3 units)
Description: Make decisions as to the appropriate modeling
tool to use based on the problem setting, the constraints
on the solution process, the needs of the decision-maker,
and the data available. Building models and obtaining solutions
that consider the typical issues that arise when solving
real problems, multiple objectives, multiple constraints,
stochastic and deterministic elements, sensitivity analysis
and unknown data.
W
S 596R -- Research in Women's Studies (3 units)
Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information,
usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall
consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange
of the results of such research through discussion, reports,
and/or papers.
UA
Graduate Course Descriptions
http://catalog.arizona.edu/2004-05/courses/aaindex.html
Courses
Suggested by the Arizona Chapter of ASIS&T
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/azasis/Coursework.html
Arizona
Regents University
http://www.arizonaregentsuniversity.org/
