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Mercy College 2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Human Resource Management |
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HRMG 530 - Accounting and Finance for the Human Resource Professional
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course provides students with an overview of the finance/accounting function of an organization, and its relation to human resource activities. Topics include: roles of key finance/accounting personnel, nature of the accounting system, external and internal financial reporting, introduction to cost accounting and the application of cost accounting techniques to human resource activities, and an introduction to budgeting and the application of budgeting techniques to planning and controlling human resource activities.
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HRMG 630 - Employment Law — A Survey of Labor and Employment Laws
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
In addition to providing an overview of the history, concepts, and issues involved in personnel law, this course helps the human resource manager design and implement practices and procedures that assure that the organization complies with federal, state, and city statutes and regulations. Topics include: age, sex, race and such issues as sexual harassment, health and safety, affirmative action and drug testing.
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HRMG 650 - Current Issues in Human Resource Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to understand, critique and apply business and psychological problem-solving techniques to current and critical human resource management concerns. Recent topics have included: new training techniques, employee assistance programs, mergers and acquisitions, minority and cross-cultural issues, plant closings and worker forewarning, quality of work-life, and computer literacy.
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HRMG 730 - Organizational Behavior
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course broadens understanding of both the formal and informal aspects of how people behave in organizations and how the human resource administrator may affect that behavior. The critical elements of human behavior in an organizational environment are examined. Among the topics considered are: individual behavior patterns, superior/subordinate relationships, group dynamics, communications, motivation, and decision-making. Through a variety of assessment and training devices, students learn ways to predict and control certain performance behaviors in order to meet organizational goals.
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HRMG 750 - Wage and Salary Administration and Compensation
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management and HRMG 530 Accounting and Finance for the Human Resource Professional
This course is an introduction to the compensation function in a human resources department and an overview of compensation program design and administration. Topics include compensation philosophy, job analysis and job design, compensation surveys, wage and salary administration, the use of incentives to encourage productivity, tax considerations in compensation planning, pay equity legislation, and executive compensation.
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HRMG 755 - Benefits Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management and HRMG 530 Accounting and Finance for the Human Resource Professional
This course provides an overview of the employee benefits function, focusing on the philosophical and practical issues influencing the design and implementation of company-sponsored group benefits arrangements. Topics include group life and disability insurance, medical and dental plans, health maintenance organizations (HMO), retirement plan design and administration, and benefits cost containment.
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HRMG 770 - Labor Relations
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
The course examines the legal framework affecting collective bargaining in the United States and the labor relations function through which organizations deal with their unionized employees. Topics include history of the United States labor movement, major federal labor legislation, the role of the National Labor Relations Board, contract negotiation and administration, mediation and arbitration, and union avoidance tactics.
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HRMG 775 - Employment Law Today: Practical Application of Employment Laws in Today’s Work Environment
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management and HRMG 630 Employment Law — A Survey of Labor and Employment Laws
This course explores the most pressing legal issues and provides updates on current laws that affect human resource management, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the EEOC, sexual harassment, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and Family and Medical Leave Act. Topics include: preparing for unemployment hearings, EEOC “test” visits, “negligent hiring,” writing job descriptions that comply with ADA, wrongful discharge, and avoiding age discrimination suits. Students apply what they learn by reviewing samples of policies, procedures, separation agreements and releases to identify problem areas and draft improved versions; informal group analyses of legal issues; analysis of court decisions, and role-plays.
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HRMG 780 - International Human Resource Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course examines international human resource management on a global perspective. Topics include: strategy, negotiation, organization, the context of culture, selection, training, organization development, communications and motivation, and leadership.
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HRMG 785 - Research Techniques and Capstone Preparation (cc)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course prepares students for writing the Capstone Research Project. It is designed to provide practical experiences in writing and research that will support successful completion of the Capstone Project in fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. in Human Resource Management. Topics include developing an area of research, evaluating research sources, research methodology, data analysis and Capstone project format and style.
For explanation of the Core Course Requirements, click here .
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HRMG 799 - Internship in Human Resource Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
This course provides internships in organizations with practicing human resources professionals. Students must complete a written project at the conclusion of the internship. The internship is supervised by a faculty mentor and evaluated by the director of the program. Prerequisite: Students must have completed all 500- and 600-level courses and two 700-level electives. Student must arrange all aspects of the internship at least one quarter prior to enrollment. Days and hours to be arranged
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HRMG 810 - Capstone Research Project:
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): A GPA of 3.0 must be achieved prior to beginning thesis work and HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
A research project which concludes in a comprehensive research paper designed to integrate the theoretical concepts and issues related to a human resource management graduate study. It is supervised by a faculty mentor and evaluated by a second faculty member and the program director.
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HRMG 820 - Capstone: Project in Human Resource Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): A GPA of 3.0 must be achieved prior to beginning project work and HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
The project is the integration of a student’s theoretical research and investigative skills, which are applied to a real setting in a host organization. The field study, or project, is supervised by a faculty mentor and evaluated by a second faculty member and the program director. Students must begin the Capstone no later than one year after completing their coursework. Students must complete the capstone within 18 months of registering for the thesis or the project.
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HRMG 890 - Capstone Continuation
Credit(s): No credit, but cost is equivalent to one credit.
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
Students who have completed all coursework but have not completed their capstone project within the required subsequent term must register for this course each subsequent term until the project is completed. Only two consecutive terms of capstone continuation registration permitted.
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HRMG 899 - Maintenance of Matriculation
Credit(s): No credit.
Prerequisite(s): HRMG 500 Introduction to Human Resource Management
Students are expected to register in successive terms to maintain status as a matriculated student. However, if a student cannot enroll in a term, maintenance of matriculation is required. The fee is $100 per term and is processed as a registration. Maintenance of matriculation without attending class is limited to one year. Students who have not maintained matriculation and wish to return to their program within one year after their last course will be charged the fee for each missed term. Activated U.S. Military Reservists are not required to pay the fee.
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International Business |
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INBU 702 - International Finance
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Analysis of the balance of payments and the international monetary systems. Includes the role of reserves in international payments, the adequacy of international liquidity, a study of proposed international monetary arrangements and the role of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and other facilitating agencies. This course may also be used towards a concentration in Finance.
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INBU 703 - International Trade
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Includes a review of the principles of international trade, its magnitude, direction, and industrial classification, as well as the institutions (GATT, etc.) facilitating it. The course focuses on practical techniques and problems of exporting and importing with special attention to small business. Topics include: sources of marketing information, techniques of payment and collections, currency fluctuation problems and, hence, balance of payments analysis, sources and uses of funds to finance foreign trade, and government assistance.
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INBU 704 - Management of International Business
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Focuses on the management of direct international investment, commonly known as multinational corporation. Examines the nature, growth, and new directions of direct investment, and how these are related to changing economic, social and monetary conditions. Subject matter emphasizes operational, financial, economic, social, political, and governmental considerations of international managers.
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INBU 705 - International Marketing
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
The study and analysis of the special problems of marketing in the international marketplace. Marketing problems of overseas subsidiaries of multinational firms are explored, as well as the importing and exporting activities of domestic firms. This course may also be used towards a concentration in Marketing.
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INBU 706 - Comparative International Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Comparisons among national managerial systems are made to emphasize contrasts and similarities. The functional interrelationship between managers and their international environments as well as the problems of cross-national cooperation are highlighted.
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INBU 798 - Independent Study in International Business
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602
A special project designed by the student, faculty member and the coordinator to maximize a current educational experience covering material not currently offered as a regular course.
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Management |
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MGMT 703 - Project Analysis and Program Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Survey of managerial criteria for effective planning and management. Topics discussed may include analysis and establishment of objectives, cost benefit, analysis, resource allocation, methods of planning, output measurement, control, work flow, interpersonal competence and assessment techniques.
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MGMT 704 - Managerial Planning and Control Systems
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Formulation of integrated long-range and strategic plans relating to organizational objectives, expense centers, performance centers and investment centers. Also studied are methods of performance measures and information handling.
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MGMT 705 - Management Decision Theory
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Survey of the decision-making processes and methods for examining, defining, analyzing and solving complex problems. Emphasis is on defining objectives, value systems and methods for identifying and assessing alternative courses of action.
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MGMT 706 - Executive Decision Analysis
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Analysis of modern decision theory and its applications to executive decisions. Discussion emphasizes decision analysis under uncertainty and use of capital Baying and behavioral approaches to executive decisions. Stress will be on practical applications of quantitative analysis in marketing, behavioral science, production and finance. Case studies analysis is extensively used.
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MGMT 707 - Small Business and New Venture Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
The role of a small business in a dynamic free enterprise economy. Designed to stimulate a creative approach to the problems of a small firm by entrepreneurs. The course emphasizes: establishing new enterprises, financing, organizing, planning, operating, marketing, growth and acquisitions.
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MGMT 708 - Management of Technology and Product Innovation
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Survey of innovation technology, management theory, and entrepreneurship within an organization. Topics include opportunities and threats, technological forecasting, evaluation of new products and services, the management of new research and developments, stimulating creativity, economic evaluation of research products, organizational characteristics, and estimating and controlling research and development costs. (course can be used to meet either Management or Marketing concentration requirement)
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MGMT 723 - Behavior Concepts Applied to Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Application of behavioral concept techniques to the problems of managers and supervisors in large and small enterprise. Topics include approaches to personnel assessment, development and motivation of managers, and the fundamentals of executive performance. Role-playing and the case approach are used extensively to develop effective skills in all interpersonal communication and human relations.
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Managerial Analytics |
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ANLC 752 - Data Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Concepts, best practices and common techniques for managing data are covered: relational data modeling, data warehousing, data governance, ‘Big Data’ and database administration. Students engage in hands-on learning using contemporary data management tools and techniques, such as SQL programming language, to develop their knowledge and experience of data management.
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ANLC 753 - Visualization
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Students learn to design and present data to an observer in a way that yields insight and understanding. This course focuses on the design, construction and presentation of data visualizations from the business perspective using Tableau. This course will also include lessons on the psychology of data visualization incorporating concepts such as attention/pre-attention, perception and cognition to enable a better understanding of how data visualization can be optimized.
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ANLC 754 - Fundamental Modeling Methods for Business (Formerly titled- Data Business Decision and Analysis)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 and ANLC 751 .
This class provides a structured approach to help students develop essential skills and experience that will assist in making more objective, innovative, timely data-driven business decisions. The course will examine applied research methodology, including data exploration and analysis with R programming language.
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Marketing |
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MKTG 701 - Marketing Communication and Advertising
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
The role of mass and personal communication and sales promotion in marketing management and their social and economic implications. Research findings in communication theory behavioral sciences, and comprehensive models of buyer behavior will be particularly stressed. The course surveys the planning, implementation and measurement of effectiveness of marketing communication activities. Students will be required to develop integrated promotional campaigns based on actual marketing information.
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MKTG 702 - Marketing Research
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
Examination of information requirements for marketing decisions. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of cost and benefit analytical tools for evaluating various marketing information systems designs. Other topics include the design of surveys and experiments, decision models, and performance criteria.
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MKTG 703 - Sales Management and Forecasting
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602
Management of selling activities and the outside sales force as one major phase of marketing management is emphasized. Includes discussion of the administrative activities of sales force managers from the district manager up to the top-level sales force executive in the firm. Organization of the sales department, operating the sales force, planning sales force activities, and analysis and control of sales operations are covered. Major emphasis is given to determining market and sales potentials, forecasting sales, preparing sales budgets, and establishing territories and quotas. Cases will be used to stress practical applications.
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MKTG 705 - Consumer Behavior
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
The multidisciplinary approach to understanding consumer behavior in the marketplace, integrating the contributions of anthropology, psychology, sociology and economics. Reviews the role of the behavioral sciences in marketing in such areas as determination of product choice, brand loyalty and switching, and company loyalty policies. Topics include: learning theory motivation, diffusion of innovation, reference group theory, role-playing, perception and attitude formation. Managerial implications will be examined using case studies.
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MKTG 709 - Product Development Strategy
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
The management of the product mix is under study. New product decisions play a dominant role in the formation of a corporate strategy. The course presents an analytical approach to new-product decisions. Covered are product policy considerations, new-product search and evaluation, economic analysis, and the factors leading to the decision to market, test market or discontinue a product.
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MKTG 710 - Management of Marketing Operations
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602
An analysis of the marketing process including formulation of policies; planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the activities of marketing functions; review of the relation of marketing research; consumer motivation study; advertising; and selling. The case study approach is used.
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MKTG 750 - Marketing Seminar
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602
Analysis of processes that shape marketing policy to maintain profitable operations. Emphasis upon the utilization of planning theory, game theory and decision-making. Application of these techniques will be illustrated by cases and actual marketing problems of companies.
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Master of Business Administration |
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HLCR 700 - Medical Ethics and The Law
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLCR 720 .
This course involves the application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of medical ethics and the law. Students will explore medical ethics and law as unique disciplines with overlapping concepts, distinct parameters and a specialized focus. The course will discuss and emphasize how law and ethics have been largely blended into common standards of professional conduct. Students will gain an understanding of the elements that comprise the healthcare profession, the internal and external impacts of the profession, and their individual role within the ever-changing healthcare profession.
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HLCR 720 - Financial Management of Healthcare Institutions
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 501 , MBAA 502 , MBAA 507 .
Survey of healthcare organizations’ financial decisions in the changing healthcare landscape. Topics include sources of funds, investment evaluation of expansion, improvement, and placement of capital projects, evaluation of publicly-traded healthcare companies, health plan pricing and finance, and healthcare provider risk-sharing arrangements.
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HLCR 740 - Healthcare Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLCR 720 .
This course examines the history of telehealth and identifies emerging trends in technology-assisted care. It assesses the growing impact of telehealth in the US Healthcare system and the use of electronic communication to remotely provide healthcare information and services as providers, patients, businesses, and payers all seek more effective and cost-efficient ways to deliver care. The course also considers federal and state legislation and regulations that govern practice, risk management implications, billing and coding issues, and hardware / software requirements.
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HLCR 760 - Healthcare Systems
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLCR 720 .
Students will gain an understanding of the major components and overall organization of the U.S. healthcare system from the perspective of providers, consumers, and policy makers, with a focus on the role of industry executives. Financial, managerial, and strategic issues will be explored and discussed. Topics include discussion and analysis of major sectors of the U.S. healthcare system providers, producers, consumers, payers, and other intermediaries.
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HLCR 770 - Healthcare Policy, Politics and Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLCR 720 .
This course broadens understanding of fundamental ideas, issues and controversy in healthcare policy, politics and management and thereby provides a solid foundation for future studies in the healthcare profession. Discussion topics include the quality, cost and accessibility of healthcare services, healthcare delivery, financing and reform, and the social distribution of healthcare, disease and disparities.
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HLCR 780 - Healthcare Informatics
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLCR 720 .
An introduction to the current practice of health informatics and the role that health information technologies (HIT) can play in improving the performance of health care delivery, financing and innovation. Major course topics address challenges related to the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and other medical and healthcare databases in patient care settings, and their effective use in managing and improving personal and public health. Related topics include acquisition, storage, use and representation of medical data; medical terminology and associated databases.
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MBAA 501 - Financial Accounting
Credit(s): 3
Study of basic accounting concepts and methods, and their significance to management and to the financial analyst. Topics include an introduction to financial statement analysis, the measurement of income and capital, accounting for fixed assets, inventory costing and price level changes, measuring and accounting for corporate debt, corporate investment in securities, and computer applications in accounting. This course does not require previous training in accounting.
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MBAA 502 - Corporate Finance
Credit(s): 3
A survey of the financial structure of the firm, its demand for funds to finance the acquisition of assets and the sources available to satisfy this demand. Analysis of the firm’s capital structure and alternative financing sources and techniques will also be covered. Major attention will be on the capital budgeting, the investment and dividend decisions of a corporation. The course also studies the structure of the financial system, with emphasis on the supply and demand for lendable funds and the term structure of interest rates.
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MBAA 504 - Marketing Systems
Credit(s): 3
(For M.S. Accounting Students Only). Survey analysis of the operations of marketing systems. The course emphasizes strategic planning, coordination, and adaptation of marketing operations to opportunities in profit and non-profit organizations. Focus is placed upon the principal decision components of national and international marketing including product development, promotion, pricing and distribution. Case studies are extensively employed.
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MBAA 507 - Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to the quantitative skills that business students will need in their professional careers. Statistical concepts include methods of summarizing and reporting data such as descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, box plots, correlation, and measures of expected value. Probability concepts include methods of estimating outcomes with probability rules, Venn diagrams, probability trees, binomial calculations, and expectations of normally distributed data. Sampling concepts include methods of making inferential estimates based on sampling and confidence interval procedures. This course makes extensive use of Microsoft Excel to apply the class content to a range of business uses.
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MBAA 535 - Communication Processes
Credit(s): 3
(For M.S. Accounting Students Only). This course in the MBA curriculum offers content that will be applicable throughout the student’s program of study and business career. Written and oral communication skills will be emphasized through student practice. Topics covered will include interoffice communications, reaction papers, written analysis reports, oral presentations, and interpersonal communication skills. The latest electronic and computer aids will be utilized where applicable. (Class size will be limited for individual attention. This course cannot be waived.)
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MBAA 601 - Quantitative Methods in Business Research (cc)
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 501 , MBAA 502 , MBAA 507 .
Statistical methods applicable to business research and decision-making. Includes major probability distributions: binomial, normal, T. F and Chi square, tests of hypotheses for means, regression and correlation techniques, time series analysis, and index number methods. Extensive use of computers is required.
This is the core course for students entering the MBA program as of Fall 2020. For an explanation of the core course requirements, please click here .
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MBAA 602 - Managerial Economics
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 501 , MBAA 502 , MBAA 507 .
Application of economic analysis to managerial problems of the business enterprise. Includes approaches to management decision-making, demand conditions and the construction of demand models, theories and practices in forecasting, production functions and measurements, the determination of relevant costs for decisions, marginal analysis, market structures and pricing strategy, and capital budgeting problems. The role of government in the market economy, regulation and anti-trust will be extensively analyzed.
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MBAA 604 - Operations Management
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 501 , MBAA 502 , MBAA 507 .
Analysis and synthesis of important problems encountered in the management of industrial operations. Analytical methods employed in solving problems such as inventory, queuing, network models, linear programming and Pert are explored. Emphasis is on problem- solving and decision-making in such areas as investment in operations, production planning, scheduling and control, reliability and maintenance.
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MBAA 605 - Business, Government and Society*
Credit(s): 3
Explores the environment is which business is conducted, with emphasis on legal, social, political, and ethical dimensions. Societal interests in environmental issues, equal opportunity, employer/employee relations, protection of creditors, consumers and the anti-trust laws are typical of the topics discussed. The demands for ethical responsibility in business are explored and evaluated.
This is the core course for MBA students prior to Fall 2019. For an explanation of the core course requirements, click here .
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MBAA 810 - Capstone Seminar I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
This course develops the skills necessary to complete a thesis capstone project. It is intended to help M.B.A. candidate’s draws upon the knowledge and skills acquired with the completion of the graduate curriculum. Under the supervision of a faculty member, a suitable research paper associated with the student’s concentration is researched in preparation for completion of the paper in MBAA 811. This may take the form of either a Thesis or Business Plan. The MBAA 810 professor assists the students in developing the detailed research techniques and skills needed for successful completion of the paper in MBAA 811 .
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MBAA 811 - Capstone Seminar II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 810 .
Under the guidance and supervision of his or her MBAA 811 professor, the student prepares a detailed multi-page thesis or business plan with a complete bibliography. Successful completion of this course is dependent upon the quality and rigor of the research and content of the thesis or business plan.
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MBAA 815 - Comprehensive Case Analysis I
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 602 .
This is the first course in the Track II Option of the Capstone requirement. It consists of an analysis of a cross section of various business problems and cases. Reaction papers will be required. Students will be formed into teams for oral presentations to be given to the faculty coordinator and the class.
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MBAA 816 - Comprehensive Case Analysis II
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MBAA 815 .
This course is the second half in the Track II Option of the Capstone requirement. Detailed analysis including appropriate recommendations of comprehensive business cases is required. Students will work in teams where written reports and oral presentations are developed. The audience for the presentations will include the class and the faculty coordinator, as well as invited guests from business, government and education. These invited guests will have input into each student’s presentation grade.
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MBAA 890 - Capstone Continuation
Credit(s): No credit, but cost is equivalent to one credit.
Students who have completed all coursework but have not completed their Capstone project within the required subsequent term must register for this course each subsequent term until the project is completed.
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MBAA 899 - Maintenance of Matriculation
Credit(s): No credit.
Students are expected to register in successive terms to maintain status as a matriculated student. However, if a student cannot enroll in a term, maintenance of matriculation is required. The fee is $100 per term and is processed as a registration. Maintenance of matriculation without attending class is limited to one year. Students who have not maintained matriculation and wish to return to their program within one year after their last course will be charged the fee for each missed term. Activated U.S. Military Reservists are not required to pay the fee.
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Mathematics Graduate Education |
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MTHE 535 - Problem Solving in Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
All of mathematics involves problem solving, yet in most courses, the activities of invention and discovery, which lead to problem solutions, is implicit in the discourse, but not often taught. This course will examine in detail the very processes that can be applied to finding solutions. Development of effective problem-solving strategies based on problems from content areas of mathematics to include numeration, algebra, geometry, data analysis, measurement, statistics, probability, discrete mathematics, pre-calculus, and calculus. The focus of this course is to increase students’ abilities to use knowledge and experience when encountering new and unexpected situations. Develop higher level thinking skills, learn to formulate, analyze, and model problems. This course is intended primarily for prospective mathematics teachers. Ten hours of fieldwork is required. Spring only
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MTHE 536 - History of Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course explores the history of mathematics tracing the contributions made by various cultures to the growth and development of mathematical ideas. Chronologically and topically, mathematics concepts are studied from their recorded beginnings in Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece, ancient and medieval China, India, Islam to early modern mathematics in Renaissance Europe. It reveals how the developments in mathematics have shaped the cultures that devised them. Fall only
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MTHE 537 - Advanced Euclidean Geometry
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course is designed to help candidates develop extensions and generalization of elementary geometry, including higher geometry of triangles, circles, quadrilaterals; constructions, and classical problems, as well as the use of the axiomatic system, and understanding and presentation of proofs. Candidates will also learn to use Geometer’s Sketchpad as an investigative tool.
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MTHE 538 - Methods of Teaching and Assessing Secondary School Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
The course is designed to prepare teacher candidates to teach mathematics at the secondary school level. The purpose of the course is to examine curricula, materials, methods, and the integration of content, methodology, assessment practices, and other related aspects of mathematics instruction at the secondary school level. Topics include curricular models and mathematical tasks, planning for instruction, assessment standards for school mathematics, adapting instruction for diverse learners including students with special needs and English language learners, classroom management, cooperative learning, motivational techniques, assessment, use of computers and calculators, use of manipulative materials, and communication with parents. Students will discuss the NCTM Standards, the New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology, and the ‘new’ Common Core State Standards as they relate to mathematics instruction. Another major component of this course is exploring assessment and evaluation practices, which are integral tools in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Assessment reflects the mathematics that all students need to know an be able to do. Assessment helps guide instruction and contributes significantly to all students’ learning. Therefore, teacher candidates will explore a variety of applications of assessment and evaluation to the classroom setting. Topics include measurement concepts, types of tests, (norm reference, criterion reference, aptitude, and teacher-made tests), concepts of test validity and reliability, student observations, rating scales, analyzing samples of student work, self-evaluation as well as other assessment techniques appropriate for English language learners, and diverse learners. The activities presented will include case studies and real-world models, which will enable students to work collaboratively on a variety of assessment issues, classroom projects, and individual presentations, thereby promoting a student-centered environment. Ten hours of fieldwork is required.
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MTHE 539 - Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course focuses differentiated instructional techniques in the secondary mathematics classroom. Differentiated instruction is teaching with student’s diverse learning styles in mind. It means starting where the students are rather than adopting a standardized approach to teaching that seems to presume that all learners of a given age or grade are essentially alike. Thus, differentiated instruction is “responsive” teaching rather than “one-size-fits-all” teaching. Teacher candidates will explore various instructional modalities and approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it, and/or how they can express what they have learned in order to increase the likelihood that each student will learn as much as he or she can as efficiently as possible. The course is based on the work of Carol Ann Tomlinson, and emphasizes instruction projects around the Content, Process, and Product that meet the needs of all levels of students in the class. Diversified learning will be viewed as a positive experience for students. Moreover, teacher candidates will explore models of culturally responsive teaching, and how teaching students from a variety of educational, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds enhance the learning climate for all students. The effective use of hands-on materials, technology, cooperative grouping, problem solving, questioning techniques, and assessment strategies will be explored in this course.
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MTHE 540 - Enriching the Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course is designed to help motivate students and pique their interest in mathematics. Hence, it is important to expose students to enrichment topics in mathematics that will help encourage them to find the subject matter interesting, appealing and motivational. Oftentimes, students view mathematics as a procedural discipline consisting of rules and standards algorithms, which, of course are important but can be easily forgotten — this is not the essence of mathematics. One of the benefits of exposing students to enrichment topics in mathematics is to emphasize conceptual understanding, which a student is less likely to forget. If conceptual understanding is emphasized, then a student can reconstruct a procedure that may have been forgotten. Also, if teachers are going to focus on the conceptual understanding of mathematical topics, they must have conceptual understandings of the mathematics themselves. One of the biggest challenges as we have been moving from procedurally oriented teaching to conceptually oriented teaching has been ensuring that the teachers have the necessary mathematical understandings.
Each enrichment activity presented in this course is an extension of the ‘mandated’ mathematics curriculum. Moving out of the confines of the syllabus to related topics and studying them in-depth can open up new areas of interests for students, which can be long-lasting and self-sustaining. Also, the enrichment units presented in each class session lend themselves to project-based learning, where students can work cooperatively to conjecture, validate, and prove a given mathematical situation. The overall purpose of this course is to stimulate the student to pursue mathematics study more seriously later on, or to motivate the student to improve his or her understanding of mathematical concepts, ideas, and principles.
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MTHE 541 - Mathematics for Elementary Level Educators
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course is designed to develop content knowledge expertise for candidates to teach mathematics at the early childhood and elementary school level. Candidates will explore and deepen their understanding of key mathematics concepts addressed in Grades K–6. Topics will include numeration, the base ten system, whole number computation, number theory, rational numbers, geometry, measurement, statistics, ratios, proportions, integers, and algebra.
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MTHE 542 - Enhancing Mathematics with STEM
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course explores teaching key mathematics standards using STEM for a compelling context for instruction. The course will introduce theory and practice for teaching and assessing the integration of STEM. Participants will study the history of STEM education and history of reform movements in mathematics and science education. Participants explore connections among reform-based and 21st Century recommendations in teaching, while learning to use technology as a tool for promoting student understanding.
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MTHE 543 - Robotics and Programming for the Classroom
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course introduces teachers to computer coding appropriate for K-12 students in authentic learning contexts, tied to core curriculum standards. In this course, programming gives way to utilizing robotics to support investigations, data collection and creativity to support science and math instruction. ELA applications will also be explored with elementary teachers. This methodology course is designed to support teachers’ building of pedagogical knowledge and equitable teaching practices needed to introduce and implement computer programming and robotics for all students.
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MTHE 550 - Colloquia for Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics I
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course will focus on classroom strategies designed to create a climate conducive to effective instruction in secondary school mathematics. This course is linked to the internship experience where teacher candidates will have the opportunity to discuss, implement, and reflect on the latest research-based teaching practices and how theoretical models compare to practical experiences. In addition, teacher candidates will be introduced to the New York State Mathematics Core Curriculum, the NCTM Standards and Principles, and the ‘new’ Common Core State Standards, which will provide the framework for each seminar for both mathematics content and process. Mercy College mathematics education faculty, clinicians and guest speakers will be invited to selected sessions to facilitate discussions and share their expertise and experience, which will center on emerging problems common to practicing mathematics teachers as well as other issues that affect classroom life. Teacher candidates are expected to implement the suggestions discussed in their colloquium sessions in their respective classrooms.
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MTHE 551 - Colloquia for Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics II
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course will focus on classroom strategies designed to create a climate conducive to effective instruction in secondary school mathematics. This course is linked to the internship experience where teacher candidates will have the opportunity to discuss, implement, and reflect on the latest research-based teaching practices and how theoretical models compare to practical experiences. In addition, teacher candidates will be acquainted with the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, which will provide the framework for each seminar for both mathematics content and process. Mercy College mathematics education faculty, clinicians and guest speakers will be invited to selected sessions to facilitate discussions and share their expertise and experience, which will center on emerging problems common to practicing mathematics teachers as well as other issues that affect classroom life. Teacher candidates are expected to implement the suggestions discussed in their colloquium sessions in their respective classrooms.
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NURS 502 - Computer Technology
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course integrates a variety of innovative computer technologies that support nursing and evidence-based practice. The course emphasizes computer technology skills needed for research, nursing administration and nursing education. This course addresses nursing informatics for the master’s prepared nurse. Principles of improved care are explored through distance learning, use of the internet, and interprofessional collaboration.
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NURS 503 - Health Policy
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course addresses the health care environment and the influences of technology, economics, politics, and sociocultural factors locally and globally. Key policy issues are presented as well as the organization of the health care system, health care financing and barriers to care. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the master’s prepared nurse in advancing values such as social justice through policy processes and advocacy.
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NURS 504 - Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in graduate nursing program or permission of nursing program director.
This course introduces students to basic concepts, principles, and methods of biostatistics, and its critical role in the field of nursing, community health, and public health. This course examines probability, random variation, statistical probability distributions, descriptive techniques to summarize data, and statistical methods used for data, inference, use of analytical software and database creation and management. This course also also examines data analysis and the appropriate statistical tests needed to answer specific research questions and interpretation of results based on statistical analyses.
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NURS 510 - Diversity
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course addresses issues of diversity as they relate to both the direct and indirect care of individuals, families and communities as well as the interactions between and among, providers, community and society. The students will focus on concepts such as race, ethnicity, immigration status, sexual orientation, vulnerable populations, ability/disability and other attributes of groups of people in society.
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NURS 514 - Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course addresses the development of nursing as a scholarly discipline for the master’s prepared nurse. This course represents the central concepts of the metaparadigm of the nursing disciplines; person, environment, health and nursing. Students develop an understanding of the ethical and moral issues relevant to contemporary nursing practice.
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NURS 515 - Theoretical and Research Foundations of Nursing
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): NURS 504
This course explores the development of nursing as a scholarly discipline. Theories and models related to the phenomena of concern to nursing are explored and evaluated with an application made to advance nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration. Students will further develop their skills in nursing research through examining the application of theory to research. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of research studies will be addressed.
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NURS 520 - Research Perspectives and Methods
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): NURS 514 .
This course focuses on the principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative research as applied to nursing and the ethical implications inherent in conducting research. The steps of the research process are examined in depth by critically analyzing published studies of interest to nursing. The vital role of research in evidenced based practice, quality improvement and outcomes evaluation is explored. Students will begin to explore the concepts of translational research.
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NURS 525 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1–3
This is an original course of study planned by the student in conjunction with a graduate faculty member to provide the graduate student the opportunity to pursue an area of educational interest or to conduct a project that advances professional preparation.
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NURS 601 - Capstone (cc)
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): NURS 515
This course addresses the research process which is necessary to examine a clinical problem. The concepts studied include implementation/improvement science, evidenced based practice, translational science and scholarship. The utilization of these concepts lead to the application of research in a clinical setting.
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NURS 602 - Capstone–Part II
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): NURS 601 .
This course addresses the research process necessary to further examine a clinical problem or nursing issue identified in NURS 601. Capstone Part II focuses on recognizing the gaps in evidence based practice and creating initiatives to address the gaps in evidence.
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NURS 604 - Integrated Health Assessment for Nurse Educators
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None
Health assessment integrates knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology (three Ps). Health assessment incorporates current and emerging genetic and genomic evidence in providing advanced nursing care to individuals, families, and communities. Students develop a clinical project that synthesizes the evidence for practice and expertise in a particular area of nursing.
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NURS 606 - Curriculum Processes
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None
This course addresses curriculum development within the context of evidence-based nursing practices, patient-centered care, culturally responsive strategies, and promotion of a professional environment for the master’s prepared nurse. Curriculum is developed within the framework of ethical analysis and clinical reasoning to assess, intervene, and evaluate nursing care delivery.
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NURS 609 - Instructional Strategies
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): NURS 606 Curriculum Processes
This course synthesizes educational theory, methods and strategies necessary for classroom, clinical practice, and online instruction. The process of nursing care for clinical care or community-focused population based on biopsychosocial, public health and nursing are examined with the context of teaching and learning processes. Ethical and legal issues inherent in classroom, clinical teaching, and clinical practice are explored.
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NURS 614 - Student Evaluation
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): NURS 609 Instructional Strategies
This course addresses the evaluation of student performance in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. Evaluation strategies include communication strategies and collaborative strategies in the design and coordination of patient-centered care for individuals and groups in a variety of settings.
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NURS 638 - Healthcare and Human Resource Management for Nurse Administrators
Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): None
This course addresses the role and responsibilities of the master’s prepared nurse administrator in healthcare. The concepts studied include leadership, data driven decision-making, conflict resolution, change theory and organizational relationships. These concepts are based on an ethical framework to promote culturally responsive, quality patient care in a variety of settings.
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NURS 644 - Nursing and Health Care Financing
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None
This course addresses the business and economic principles and practices utilized by the nurse administrator. The concepts studied include health care financing, budgeting, cost/benefit analysis, variance analysis and marketing. Additional topics include oversight and accountability based on an ethical framework.
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NURS 646 - Strategic Planning of the Health Care Organization for Nurse Administrators
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None
This course addresses the principles of strategic planning in health care organizations. The concepts studied include design and implementation of systems change strategies that improve both patient outcomes and the health care environment. In addition, the course will explore improvement initiatives within the context of interprofessional teams.
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NURS 648 - Measuring and Enhancing Organizational Performance in Health Care Delivery Systems for Nurse Administrators
Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): None
The course addresses concepts and processes of quality improvement, structure, process and outcome indicators in health care delivery systems. Concepts studied include quality improvement initiatives that integrate socio-cultural factors affecting the delivery of nursing and healthcare services.
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NURS 680 - Healthcare Delivery Systems and Innovation
Credit(s): 2
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course examines the economic, legal, fiscal, political, epidemiological and evolving global factors that influence health care delivery systems. Inter-professional health communication, collaboration, and the utilization of health information technology in promoting public health are explored. The impact of innovation as a driver of health care change is emphasized. Important components include access and utilization, sociopolitical advocacy, community engagement, and empowerment for safe, quality health services. Ethical and legal implications of health care decisions and the responsibility of creating a caring environment will also be examined.
The course covers current challenges faced by the U.S. health care delivery system and how health policy, both historically and today with the Affordable Health Care Act has sought to address these challenges. Health care delivery systems from other countries are compared with the U.S. health care delivery system for relative strengths and weaknesses. Health care concerns associated with population and public health, including how the behavior of individuals and groups influences health will be analyzed as well as risk factors associated with vulnerable populations. Logistics of the U.S. health care system will be analyzed with regard to how it is organized, who makes up the workforce, how health care is financed, the costs and value of health care, how it is managed, and the role of information technology. Finally, the future of health care delivery in the U.S. and health policy will be explored.
This course requires a grade of B (3.0) or better.
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NURS 681 - Theoretical Underpinnings of Advanced Practice
Credit(s): 2
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course focuses on the practice of nursing science as represented by selected theories, models and frameworks that support advanced nursing practice. Multiple ways of knowing and inter-professional knowledge development are explored. The interrelationship of nursing theory, inquiry, practice and research are discussed with a focus on theory-informed nursing practice that will enhance health and well-being of self, individuals, families, groups and communities. This course requires a grade of B (3.0) or better.
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NURS 682 - Ethical Decision-Making in Health Care
Credit(s): 2
Prerequisite(s): None.
This course provides a foundation in ethics. The primacy of ethics in a caring healing framework is emphasized. Ethical issues and dilemmas across the lifespan are discussed, including organizational ethics, health care rationing, clinical decisions involving genetics and end of life decisions, and health informatics. Students will develop skills in presenting well-reasoned arguments to participate in inter-professional ethics collaboration and decision making. This course requires a grade of B (3.0) or better.
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