Courses
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- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Requires enrollment in the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or instructor permission.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction and review of the philosophical underpinnings, concepts and principles relevant to the experimental and applied analysis of behavior.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Requires enrollment in the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or instructor permission.
This course will provide a comprehensive review of the concepts, experimental designs, and methods of analysis used in behavior analytic research and practice. Single-subject methodologies, graphing, and visual analysis will be emphasized.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Requires enrollment in the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis program or instructor permission.
This course will address conceptual and technical content relating to the identification of target behaviors, implementing behavior recording strategies, conducting functional behavior assessments, and review of issues relating to the assessment of behavior.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ABA 501, ABA 502 or PSY 505, or instructor permission
This course will address conceptual and technical content relating to specific procedures used to increase, decrease, modify, or maintain socially relevant behaviors.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ABA 501, ABA 502 or PSY 505, or instructor permission
This course provides a comprehensive review of major areas of conceptual and theoretical research in behavior analysis. The course will cover topics relating to the basic research in complex operant conditioning, theoretical extensions of behaviorism, verbal behavior, and behavior analytic approaches understanding human behavior.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ABA 501, ABA 502 or PSY 505, or instructor permission
This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the ethical standards and practices of behavior scientists and applied behavior analysts. The course will cover topics relating to the history and purpose of ethical guidelines, principles of ethical practices, and the roles of scientists, practitioners, and professional organizations in society. Special emphasis will be placed on the ethical standards and responsibilities of applied behavior analysis in the clinical setting.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ABA 501, ABA 506, or instructor permission
This course covers content relating to the effective training and maintenance of staff performance in behavioral health services. Topics to be emphasized include methods of supervision, instructional and training procedures, performance management, process analysis, and professional requirements of supervision.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ABA 501, ABA 502 or PSY 505, or instructor permission
This course is designed to develop competence in understanding how principles of behavior are discovered and described in the context of basic research.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrolled in the M.S. in ABA program, and a valid clear/cleared criminal background report on file with the university
The primary objective of this course is to deliver to students an experiential exposure to behavior analytic procedures and consulting practices. This course is designed to meet the experience standards and supervisory requirements as stipulated by the Behavioral Analysis Certification Board (BACB). This course will place emphasis on basic consultation and direct implementation.
Note: This course may be repeated for up to nine credit hours.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrolled in the M.S. in ABA program, and a valid clear/cleared criminal background report on file with the university
The primary objective of this course is to deliver to students an experiential exposure to behavior analytic procedures and consulting practices. This course is designed to meet the experience standards and supervisory requirements as stipulated by the BACB. This course will place emphasis on program management, consultation and supervisory strategies.
Note: This course may be repeated for up to six credit hours.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrolled in the M.S. in ABA program
The primary objective of this course is to guide students through the process of conceptualizing, developing, and implementing research in the field of behavior analysis.
Note: This course may be repeated for up to four credit hours.
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Completion of a minimum of 35 credits of ABA 500 level courses and AIS 535 or permission of Program Director.
The capstone project is in written format and requires analysis of primary clinical research literature as an indicator of knowledge gained throughout the program.
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: ABA 589, Permission of instructor
The student develops a thesis with the help of a thesis committee. Appropriate thesis forms must be completed prior to enrollment. The thesis must be approved by the thesis committee and the Office of Graduate Education and Research. The student should consult the department and the Office of Graduate Education and Research for specific requirements
- Prerequisites: College approval
Contact department for information about when ACT 598 is offered.
- Graded: A/F
This course guides graduate students through the process of locating, critically selecting, and managing scholarly sources. Emphasis also on graduate program-specific scholarly writing rules of style compliance. Hands-on practice searching of online databases and other Internet resources is an integral part of the course. Issues discussed and applied include plagiarism, authorship & publishing research, using program-specific databases, organization, critical thinking, content evaluation, and copyright basics. Appropriate for any discipline at any graduate level.
- Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Designed for upper-level athletic training students who have completed a majority of program competencies and proficiencies and are ready to apply their skills in the field. This course is also appropriate for graduate-level students who are pursuing a career in the field of athletic training.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: None
This course will be presented in two units – a pathology unit and a pharmacology unit. The pathology unit will focus on the general medical conditions commonly seen in the field of athletic training including but not limited to asthma, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, infectious disease, dermatological conditions, etc. In addition to sport injury pathology, recognizing various systemic diseases will also be covered. Pharmacological concepts will include drug legislation, drug forms and routes of administration. Terminology, prescription, systems of measurement and the various types of drugs used in the profession will be covered.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: None
Athletic trainers function within the context of a complex healthcare system. Students will demonstrate an understanding of risk management, legal considerations, governmental regulation, healthcare delivery mechanisms, insurance, reimbursement, documentation, patient privacy, human resources, and facility management. Further, the provision of high quality patient care requires that the athletic trainer maintain current competence in the constantly changing world of healthcare. Athletic trainers must also embrace the need to practice with the limits of state and national regulation using moral and ethical judgment. As a member of the broader healthcare community, athletic trainers work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and refer patients/clients when such referral is warranted.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Admission to the AT Master's program
Techniques used in the evaluation of athletic injuries to the foot, ankle, knee, hip and lower spinal region. Emphasis is placed on taking a medical history, performing a medical observation, physical palpation, functional and special testing, and injury pathology and injury epidemiology. Techniques and concepts are presented with a strong focus on the importance of the use of an evidence-based approach to orthopedic assessment practices.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ATR 520
A Continuation of ATR 520 with an emphasis on the upper quadrant of the body including the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck, head and trunk.
- Graded: A/F
- Co-requisites: ATR 542
Students will receive initial training in injury recognition, injury prevention, injury evaluation and injury treatment procedures. The focus with be on musculoskeletal injury, but will also cover such topics as physiology if injury, sport equipment fitting, risk management, etc.
- Graded: A/F
- Co-requisites: ATR 541
Students will learn and develop skills in orthopedic taping and bracing with specific emphasis on common techniques used in both the athletic and clinical settings. Student will practice application skills in a lab setting. Instruction will include, but not be limited to prophylactic techniques, casting/splint design for specific orthopedic injury, fitting and application of surgical braces, etc.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: None
The students use the principles of manual therapies to deepen their anatomical and biomechanical understanding of the human body. They will learn how to use this knowledge to assist their patients through manual therapy. Topics include muscle energy, kinesiotaping, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization and cupping.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: ATR 521
This course will teach theory and hands-on skills necessary for the integration and application of therapeutic exercise into the treatment and rehabilitation protocols used by athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals. This course will cover the use of (but not necessarily limited to) the following therapeutic interventions: Techniques to reduce pain, limit edema, restore joint mobility, restore muscle extensibility, restore neuromuscular function, improve strength, endurance, speed and power, improve balance, neuromuscular control, coordination and agility, improve gait, posture and body mechanics, improve cardiovascular fitness, understand functional exercises (eg: sports specific activity), develop exercises which comprise home based programs, utilize aquatic therapy rehabilitation techniques, etc..
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: This course should be taken in the final semester of the student's enrollment in the AT master's program.
This internship course is the final clinical placement experience course that students will take in their last semester of enrollment in the athletic training master’s program. This is an immersive internship allowing students to get the full experience of working in the field under the supervision of certified, licensed athletic trainer or other health care professional. Students will have the opportunity to seek out unique internship experiences anywhere in the U.S., with the assistance of the NMU AT faculty.