All Courses

  • Spring 2020 - The Drug Enforcement Admin (PHCY-5243-40)

    Given the declaration of opioid dependence and addiction as a public health emergency in the United States, this course will examine the role and function of the DEA in combating this crisis. Through case law, scholarly publications, and timely articles the course will explore both the powers of the DEA as well as the limitations that have been placed on the Agency. In addition, the course will provide insight into the complexities of the opioid crisis and the challenges facing health professionals and health institutions when working closely with regulators to develop programs that reflect both the best interests of individual patients and the best interests of society. Strategies to provide solutions to the opioid crisis are considered. Prerequisite: PHCY 5241 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Language Development (SPPA-3160-01)

    Deals with the development of semantics, syntax, morphology, discourse, and pragmatics for typically-developing children from infancy to adolescence. Includes prelinguistic and paralinguistic communication, the cognitive correlates of communication, and written language. Considers the effects of sociocultural context and multiple language acquisition. Application component provides weekly experience in language sample analysis. Prerequisite: SPPA 1010 or instructor permission. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - State Reg of Health Profession (PHCY-5244-40)

    This course examines how state regulatory agencies assure the initial competence of practitioners, as well as their continuing competence in the years following the completion of academic training. The course also examines the factors that are applied to the regulation of health care settings, using the structure-process-outcomes typology of Donabedian. Prerequisite: PHCY 5241 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Health Econo Decision Analysis (PHCY-5142-40)

    This class is designed to provide the student with the methods deterministic and stochastic decision analysis with special focus on the systematic process used to create decision-analytic models. Prerequisite: PHCY 5141. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Comparative Effective Research (PHCY-5143-40)

    This class is designed to provide the student with the methods of comparative effectiveness research with special focus on how various decision makers use comparative effectiveness data to assist in decision-making. Prerequisite: PHCY 5141 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Patient Reported Outcomes (PHCY-5144-40)

    This course is designed to provide an overview of methods pertaining to the development and evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROs) and the role they play in regulatory, reimbursement, and market access decisions. Prerequisite: Admission in the MS in Health Services Administration program. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Healthcare Human Capital Plan (PHCY-5443-40)

    This course will provide skills for developing and managing human capital by the health institution leader through exploration of best practices for human capital selection and development to optimize the performance of the workforce while complying with legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements through extensive use of case studies and models. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Grad Problm Course (PHCY-5160-46)

    Allows in-depth exploration of topics in pharmaceutical sciences, at the graduate level, that are mutually agreed upon by the student and faculty. Prerequisite: consent of Instructor. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Independent Study

  • Spring 2020 - Signals & Systems (EE-3220-01)

    Discrete and continuous-time signals and systems. Topics include linear time-invariant systems; convolution; difference equations; FIR and IIR systems; sampling, aliasing, reconstruction, and quantization. Frequency domain concepts include discrete and continuous Fourier transforms, Z-transforms, system frequency response, Laplace transform properties, and applications of digital filters and DFT analysis. (Offered in the spring semester only.) Prerequisite: EE 2220. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Global Econ Issues (ECON-1000-01)

    Economics: creating value through trade, enhancing society through ideas, and protecting the environment by design. This introductory course will help you understand better on how people use both free markets and government regulations to create value, enhance society, and protect nature. You will explore how economic ideas and tools address big global issues like poverty and prosperity, inequality of wealth, capital and labor, sustainable development, free trade vs fair trade, climate change, war and peace, migration, brain drains, and science and nature. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Sports Economics (ECON-1400-01)

    Examines economic issues pertaining to professional and collegiate sports. Topics include: determinants of player salaries, owner profits and team values; effects of salary caps, revenue sharing, etc. on competitive balance; labor markets and discrimination; antitrust issues, and the impact of franchises on local economies. Prerequisites: none. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture

  • Spring 2020 - Game Theory (ECON-4350-01)

    Discusses a variety of important concepts from game theory, the study of how individuals interact strategically. Focuses on the development of students' ability to think strategically. To that end the course covers basic concepts in game theory; notions related to credibility; and notions related to forming and evaluating strategies. Prerequisites ECON 3010 and 3020. 1/27/2020 - 5/8/2020, Lecture, BU, 211

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