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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
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CAHE 702. STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
(3). Theories of late adolescent … … with academic disciplines. PRQ: CAHE 522 or consent of
department.
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CAHE 751. COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES (3). Seminar on … …
research on student characteristics. PRQ: CAHA 555 and 6 semester hours of guidance and/or
measurement, or consent of department.
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CAHA 716. ADULT LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE (3). Research, theory, … … in the
workplace. PRQ: CAHE 561 or ETT 561X, or consent of department.
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CAHC 586. INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING (1-15). Work individually or in small groups in a
practical situation under guidance of a staff member of that setting and a university supervisor. May be
repeated to a maximum of 15 semester hours. Enrollment in more than one section of this course
during a semester is permitted. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of department.
Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
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ETT 569. PRACTICUM: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN (3). Instructional design methodology in an
applied setting. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U rading. PRQ: Consent of
department.
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ETT 586. INTERNSHIP IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (6). Work in a practical situation
under guidance of a staff member from that setting and a university supervisor. May be repeated to a
maximum of 12 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of department.
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ETT 699. MASTER’S THESIS (3-6). Open only to students who elect to write a thesis for the M.S.Ed.
degree. Student enrolls with the faculty member directing the thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of
6 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of department. Recommended: ETR 520.
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ETT 740. SEMINAR: Instructional Technology Curricula EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
FOUNDATIONS (3). Development of courses and programs at the college level. Examination of the
historical, theoretical, and research foundations of educational and performance yechnology. PRQ: ETT
510 or consent of department.
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ETT 770. PRACTICUM: INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (3). Instructional media administration
techniques in an applied setting. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.
PRQ: Consent of department.
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ETT 786. INTERNSHIP IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (6). Work in a practical situation
under guidance of staff member from that setting and a university supervisor. May be repeated to a
maximum of 12 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of department.
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ETT 799A. DOCTORAL RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION (3-15). May be repeated to a
maximum of 60 semester hours. Student must accumulate 15 semester hours prior to graduation. S/U
grading. PRQ: Candidacy for the doctoral degree and consent of chair of doctoral committee.
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ETT 799B. DOCTORAL RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION (1). Students must have accumulated
15 semester hours in ETT 799A and have a scheduled dissertation oral defense. May not be repeated.
S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of chair of doctoral committee.
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ETR 587. PRACTICUM IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (1-6). Applications
of educational research and evaluation approaches through practical in-class exercises and supervised
participation in field-based activities. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.
PRQ: Consent of department.
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ETR 699A. MASTER’S THESIS (1-6). Investigation of an issue or problem related to educational
research and evaluation. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ:
Consent of department.
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ETR 699B. MASTER’S PROJECT (1-6). Applied project serving as the capstone experience of the
degree. Designed to address the needs of an identified issue or problem in educational research and
evaluation. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of
department.
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ETR 786. INTERNSHIP IN RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT (3-15). Work in a practical situation
under guidance of staff member from that setting and a university supervisor. May be repeated to a
maximum of 15 semester hours, although typically only 3 semester hours may be applied to the
program of study. S/U grading. PRQ: Consent of site and university supervisors.
Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
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LEBM 586. INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (1-12). Work individually …
… to the program of study. LEBM 586 is ordinarily to be taken 2 semester hours per term for 3
consecutive terms for a total of 6 semester hours. S/U grading. PRQ: LEBM 501 and LEBM 521, or
consent of department.
Department of Teaching and Learning
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Certificates of Graduate Study
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Environmental Education
↓
Outdoor Education (15)
This certificate is designed for both formal and nonformal educators who want to gain the content
knowledge and skills to successfully teach in, for, and about the outdoors. Graduate students must
consult with the certificate adviser before beginning study.
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TLCI 501 – Principles and Concepts of Outdoor Education (3)
TLCI 511 – Advanced Field Experiences in Outdoor Teacher Education (3)
TLCI 570 – Planning and Implementing Outdoor Education Programs (3)
Two of the following (6)
TLCI 503 – Introduction to Educational Research in Outdoor Education (3)
TLCI 517 – Nature, Art, and Crafts in Outdoor Education (3)
TLCI 519 – Leisure and the Outdoors (3)
TLCI 525 – Teaching Physical Science in the Outdoors (3)
TLCI 526 – Teaching Natural Science in the Outdoors (3)
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Department of Electrical Engineering
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ELE 699A. Master’s Thesis (1-69). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours taken every
semester of enrollment, but only 6 semester hours will count towards the degree. PRQ: Consent of
department.
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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699A. Master’s Thesis (1-6). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. May be taken every
semester of enrollment, but only 6 hours will count towards the degree. PRQ: Consent of department.
Department of Technology
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699B. Master’s Thesis (1-6). Open only to students who elect to write a thesis for the master’s degree.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Once student registers for thesis they must
maintain continuous registration until thesis is completed. May be taken every semester of enrollment,
but only 6 hours will count towards the degree. PRQ: Consent of department.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES
School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
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COMD 687. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PRACTICUM: SPEECH AND HEARING CLINIC (1-3).
School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
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605. INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING (3). Crosslisted
as CAHC 605X. Introduction to a biopsychosocial/family systems approach to assessment and
intervention with patients and families experiencing a physical illness, trauma, or disability.
Examination of issues involved in providing mental health services in medical settings. Open only to
students admitted to the Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Post Masters Certificate program.
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606. MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING: FAMILIES, DISABILITY AND
CHRONIC ILLNESS (3). Crosslisted as CAHC 606X. Exploration of the major forms of disability
and chronic illness, the impact of these conditions on individuals and family members experiencing
them, and resources for those who are impacted by them. Implications for medical family therapy and
counseling. PRQ: FCNS 605 or consent of school.
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607X. MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING: FAMILIES STAYING WELL AND
COPING WITH ILLNESS (3). Crosslisted as CAHC 607. Examination of medical family therapy and
counseling approaches for maintaining family wellness and facilitating family responses to illness
across the developmental life cycle. PRQ: FCNS 605 or consent of school.
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608X. CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND
COUNSELING PRACTICE (3). Crosslisted as CAHC 608. Impact of individual and family beliefs,
narratives, and meanings, with particular emphasis on cultural and spiritual contexts, upon the
experience of illness and medical treatment, pain, and grieving and acceptance of death. Techniques for
eliciting patient and/or family beliefs pertaining to internal resources and spiritual practices and for
working with family belief systems around health and illness, and for strengthening a culturally
sensitive provider/patient/family relationship. PRQ: FCNS 607X or consent of school. CRQ: FCNS
609X.
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609X . MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING PRACTICUM (3). Crosslisted as
CAHC 609. Supervised medical family therapy and counseling practicum at Northern Illinois Proton
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Treatment and Research Center. Collaborate with attending physicians and on-site treatment team;
provide supervised medical family therapy and counseling to individuals, couples, and families.
Individual and/or group supervision of live and recorded sessions. A minimum of 100 clock hours of
direct patient contact is required. S/U grading. PRQ: FCNS 607X and consent of school. CRQ: FCNS
608X.
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614. MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY AND COUNSELING INTERNSHIP (6). Crosslisted as
CAHC 614X. Supervised participation in provision of family therapy, counseling, and psychoeducation
to individuals, couples, and families in a medical setting. A minimum of 200 clock hours of direct
patient contact is required. S/U grading. PRQ: FCNS 609X and consent of school.
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Certificates of Graduate Study
Eating Disorders and Obesity
↓
Post Master’s Certificate
Medical Family Therapy and Counseling
This certificate is jointly administered by the College of Education and the College of Health and
Human Sciences. The certificate has been designed to provide career enhancement for licensed mental
health professionals to enable them to provide, within a variety of medical settings, family therapy and
counseling services to patients and their families. See the section on Inter-College Interdisciplinary
Certificates for a complete description of this certificate.
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Inter-College Interdisciplinary Certificates
Certificates of Graduate Study
Homeland Security
↓
UNIV 590 - Internship (3-6)
Post-Master’s Certificate
Medical Family Therapy and Counseling (21)
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This certificate is jointly administered by the College of Education and the College of Health and
Human Sciences. The certificate has been designed to provide career enhancement for licensed mental
health professionals to enable them to provide, within a variety of medical settings, family therapy and
counseling services to patients and their families.
This interdisciplinary post-master’s certificate is available for individuals who are currently licensed in
a mental health profession. Admission to the certificate program requires approval of the admissions
committee.
Procedures for admission to the certificate program are available on the Post-Master’s Certificate in
Medical Family Therapy and Counseling website. It is required that the student have introductory
course work and supervised experience in marriage and family therapy or family counseling.
FCNS 605/CAHC 605X – Introduction to Medical Family Therapy and Counseling (3) FCNS
606/CAHC 606X - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling: Families, Disability and Chronic Illness
(3).
CAHC 607/FCNS 607X – Medical Family Therapy and Counseling: Families Staying Well and Coping
with Illness (3)
CAHC 608/FCNS 608X - Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Medical Family Therapy and
Counseling Practice (3)
CAHC 609/FCNS 609X - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Practicum (3)
FCNS 614/CAHC 614X - Medical Family Therapy and Counseling Internship (6)
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Geography
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507. TROPICAL HAZARDS (3). Study of the spatial problems associated with technical (humanmade) hazards, impacts on human activities and the environment, and risk mitigation response. Current
state of emergency response, planning, and management. Examination of the social and cultureal
context of human crises and regulatory issues in risk management. Focus on risk perception, risk
analysis, assessment and management using geospatial technologies and decision methods. PRQ:
GEOG 557 or consent of department.
557. FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS (3) For graduate students with little formal background in GIS or
computer mapping. Principles, components, and uses of geographic information systems. CRQ PRQ:
GEOG 552 or GEOG 556, or consent of department.
558. GEOVISUALIZATION (3). Theories, principles and approaches of geographic visualization.
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Fundamentals of cartographic representation, theoretical and practical issues of geovisualization, and
developing methods in exploratory spatial data analysis, animation, 3D representation, and virtual
environments. Lecture and laboratory.
PRQ: GEOG 557 or consent of department.
602. INTERNSHIP (1-6)
A. Physical Geography
↓
K. Mapping/Geovisualization
Work as an intern in an off-campus agency or firm. A sStudents completes intern tasks as assigned,
does readings, and prepares a paper under the supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated to a
maximum of 12 semester hours; only 3 semester hours may be applied to the degree program. S/U
grading. PRQ: Consent of department.
790. SEMINAR (1-3)
A. Physical Geography
↓
K. Mapping/Geovisualization
Lectures, discussions, and reports on topics of special interest in a particular field of geography. May be
repeated in one or more fields of geography to a maximum of 6 semester hours in any field of
geography. Each field may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours; students may register for
multiple sections under different topics simultaneously.
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Master of Science in Geography
↓
Requirements
GEOG 600 - Geography Seminar (1/2) (must accumulate at least 2 semester hours
prior to graduation; hours do not count toward required hours for the degree)
↓
Satisfactory completion of the requirements for either the thesis or non-thesis option.
No more than 6 semester hours of GEOG 602 may be applied to degree requirements.
Department of Physics
New Courses
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531. MEDICAL IMAGING I (3). Basic principles of imaging science for diagnostic applications and
therapy planning in radiation therapy. Imaging technology including 2-D x-ray imaging and 3-D
imaging using CT, MRI, and ultrasound. Mathematical methods of image reconstruction and
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anatomical structure identification. PRQ: Consent of department.
537. HEALTH PHYSICS AND RADIATION PROTECTION (3). Health risks of various types and
quantities of radiation. Dose limits established by various agencies. Methods of calculating dose
reduction from barriers near radiation producing machines as well as methods of measuring doses in
controlled and uncontrolled areas. PRQ: Consent of department.
631. MEDICAL IMAGING II (3). Physics and mathematics in nuclear medicine. Nuclear isotope
production, interactions of nuclear decay products in tissue, PET, and SPECT designs. Methods of
image reconstruction from detector data. Chemical agents (such as monoclonal antibodies) to attach
isotopes to selected regions of the body for imaging. Digital X-ray imaging systems for 2-D imaging.
PRQ: PHYS 531 and consent of department.
634. RADIOLOGICAL PHYSICS AND DOSIMETRY (3). Methods of measuring and calculating
dose to the patient for common tumors. Field shaping techniques to increase dose conformity to the
target. External beam therapy as well as radioactive seed implants (brachytherapy). Various dosimeters
used for measurement as well as their limitations and accuracy. PRQ: PHYS 534 and consent of
department.
643. RADIATION ONCOLOGY FOR THE MEDICAL PHYSICIST (2). Types and stages of tumors
in the body. Modalities of treating cancer; when radiation can be used with curative intent and when it
can be used for palliation (pain relief). Clinical results and ways of demonstrating efficacy of the
treatment. Review of cell damage and repair mechanisms as they pertain to radiation treatment. PRQ:
PHYS 634 and consent of department.
646. TREATMENT PLANNING FOR RADIATION THERAPY (2). Planning techniques using 3-D
imaging for X-ray, electron and proton planning. Dose distributions superimposed on CT images of
human anatomy. Beam optimization methods using multiple fields to increase dose to disease sites and
spare healthy tissue. Dose optimization using IMRT (intensity modulated X-ray radiation therapy) and
IMPT (intensity modulated proton therapy). PRQ: PHYS 643 and consent of department.
648. COMPUTER MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR RADIOTHERAPY (2). Transport theory
including the Boltzmann Transport Equation and its application to radiation therapy calculations.
Radiation dose deterministic algorithms such as the broad-beam and pencil-beam methods, and
stochastic methods such as the Monte Carlo technique. Algorithms application to therapeutic charged
particle radiotherapy problems, including predictions of dose distributions in patient anatomy, absolute
dose predictions, and commissioning and validation studies. PRQ: PHYS 646 and consent of
department.
650. CLINICAL PRACTICUM I (3). Practical experience in radiation calibration and weekly QA
(quality assurance) of therapy machines. Students will be assigned tasks by dosimetrists, therapists, and
medical physicists from their clinical duties. Verification of accuracy of treatment plans and monitoring
of unit calculations. Measurement of doses in therapy beams using ion chambers, film, and TLDs.
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PRQ: Permission only. Open only to students in the medical physics specialization.
651. CLINICAL PRACTICUM II (3). Hands-on experience with CT and MRI scanners using various
types of phantoms. Calibration procedures and how to store and retrieve data for later analysis; use of
X-ray tubes for radiographic film and digital images. Acquire data for PET, SPECT and ultrasound
equipment, depending on equipment availability. PRQ: PHYS 650 and permission only. Open only to
students in the medical physics specialization.
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PHYS 534. NUCLEAR ENERGY AND RADIATION PHYSICS I (3). Radiation from nuclear
reactions and accelerators and the interactions of radiation with matter. Theory of particle interactions
including photons, electrons, protons, neutrons, and heavy nuclei. Natural and artificial Nuclear fission,
fusion, radioactivity, radiation detection, dose determinations and shielding. PRQ: PHYS 260 or PHYS
261 or PHYS 283 PHYS 383, or consent of department.
575. LABORATORY ELECTRONICS II (4). Applications and use of integrated circuits and computer
interfaces for experimental measurement and control. Includes digital electronics, digital-to-analog and
analog-to-digital conversion, mini and microcomputers, power supplies, and active filters and
oscillators. Includes lecture and one 3-hour laboratory period per week. PRQ: PHYS 375 or consent of
department.
790. Special Topics in Physics (3).
A. Solid State Physics
B. Elementary Particle Physics
C. Other Topics of Current Interest
E. Medical Physics
Lectures and discussions … …. PRQ: Consent of department.