Graduate School - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas

The Graduate School: Departments and Course Descriptions
NURS5111 Clinical Practicum: Advanced Health Assessment (Even years,
Su) Clinical practicum companion course for NURS 5102: Advanced Health Assessment.
Opportunities to conduct health assessments on a variety of clients. Corequisite: NURS 5102.
NURS5123 Advanced Pharmacology (Even years, Su) Advanced concepts and
application of pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetics of broad categories of agents used
for disease management of individuals. Provides the student with the knowledge and skills to
manage (including the prescription of pharmacologic agents) a client’s common health problems
in a safe, high quality, cost-effective manner.
NURS5141 Clinical Practicum: Advanced Concepts in Health Promotion
with Diverse Populations (Even years, Sp) Clinical practicum companion course for
NURS 5042. Provides opportunity to develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion interventions
for selected clients. Corequisite: NURS 5042.
NURS5143 Advanced Pathophysiology (Odd years, Fa) This course is designed
for nurses experienced in the management of pathophysiological disorders. It includes mechanisms
of disease, the immune response and selected system based disorders.
NURS5212 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing I (Odd years, Sp) Focuses
on utilization of advanced theories, concepts, knowledge and skill in the care of diverse adult
populations with complex acute health problems. Prerequisite: all core courses.
NURS5225 Clinical Practicum: Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing I (Odd
years, Sp) Clinical practicum for NURS 5212. Application of advanced theories, concepts,
knowledge and skill in the care of diverse adult populations with complex acute health problems.
Corequisite: NURS 5212. Prerequisite: all core courses.
NURS5232 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing II (Even years, Fa) Focuses
on utilization of advanced theories, concepts, knowledge and skill in the care of diverse adult
populations with complex chronic health problems. Corequisite: NURS 5245. Prerequisite: all
core courses.
NURS5245 Clinical Practicum: Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing II (Even
years, Fa) Clinical practicum for NURS 5232. Application of advanced theories, concepts,
knowledge and skill in the care of adults with chronic health problems. Corequisite: NURS
5232. Prerequisite: all core courses.
NURS5303 Foundations of Nursing Education (Odd years, Fa) Considers the
principles, philosophies, theories, and strategies of teaching, learning, and evaluation needed
in nursing education.
NURS5313 Curriculum and Evaluation in Nursing Education (Even years,
Sp, Su) Considers knowledge and skills needed for curriculum and program development
and evaluation for a variety of nursing eduation settings.
NURS5323 Teaching in Nursing Practicum (Even years, Sp) Supervised experience
in the nurse educator role in both classroom and clinical settings.
NURS579V Independent Study (Even years, Fa) (1-3) Independent study
designed by student with faculty advisor. May be completed as alternative to thesis.
NURS589V Workshop (Irregular) (1-3) Practice-based topics for the advanced practice
nurse.
NURS599V Seminar (Irregular) (1-3) Selected topics in nursing explored in discussion
format.
NURS600V Master’s Thesis (Even years, Fa) (1-3) Student research to fulfill
degree requirement for the MSN. Prerequisite: NURS 5013 and NURS 5023.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (OPMG)
Also offered through Graduate Resident Centers
Sandra Parker
Chair of Studies
4207 Bell Engineering Center
479-575-7426
E-mail: ncsloan@uark.edu
http://www.opnsmgmt.uark.edu/
• Professor Parker
• Visiting Professor Long
• Associate Professor Pohl
• Visiting Assistant Professors Bailey, Berthelot, Brown, Carmichael,
Collier, Daniell, DelCastillo, DeWitt, Doise, Donaldson, Donatelli,
Gagnon, Garner, Green, Gualandi, Hart, Hurd, Hutto, Ives,
Lasareff-Mironoff, Martin, Mickelson, Miller, Moores, Nethercutt,
Noland, O’Neal, Paulson, Rasmussen, Raynor, Rister, Roy,
Sandsmark, Shemwell, Sloan, Teague, Valetutti, Vash, Ward,
Wilke, Wilson, Yeager, Zilinsky
Degree Conferred:
144
M.S.O.M. (OPMG)
The Master of Science program in Operations Management
is directed toward the acquisition of practical knowledge in the
management of work processes and people. Areas covered include
project planning, quality management, economic decision-making,
supply chain management, operations research, safety management,
inventory techniques, and human behavior analysis.
The operations management program is operated at Graduate
Residence Centers in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Florida, as well as
at Fayetteville. Evening classes are offered in eight-week terms with
five terms scheduled during an academic year. Selected courses are
available by video and Internet. The operations management curriculum
is aimed at the needs of working managers of technical and
logistics operations, as well as managers of production, service delivery
and support functions in a wide spectrum of organizations, ranging
from business/industry to military, government and non-profit.
The program is open to students regardless of the major they selected
as an undergraduate. The subject matter is patterned after the industrial
engineering curriculum but is less technical and does not require
a calculus mathematics background.
Before students complete more than 12 hours of course work
toward the operations management degree, they must successfully
complete the following courses (or equivalent courses or demonstrate
knowledge of these subject areas):
OMGT 4313 Law and Ethics
OMGT 4323 Industrial Cost Analysis
OMGT 4333 Applied Statistics
OMGT 4853 Data Processing Systems
These courses are offered at the undergraduate level and cannot
be applied toward the requirements for a Master of Science in
Operations Management degree.
To fulfill requirements for the M.S.O.M. degree, a student must
earn a total of 30 semester hours credit in the program. While a thesis
is not required, upon approval of the program director students may
take up to six thesis hours to be applied toward the 30 semester hours
required for degree completion. The six hours of thesis must be completed
on the Fayetteville campus.
Operations Management (OMGT)
OMGT4223 Occupational Safety and Health Standards (Sp) Survey of existing
and proposed standards by examining fundamental physical, economic, and legal bases.
Performance vs. specific standards. Enforceability and data collection. National consensus and
promulgation process. Includes a design project using a computer. (Same as INEG 4223)
OMGT4303 Industrial Safety Administration (Irregular) Principles of accident
and industrial disease prevention; organization and operation of industrial safety and hygiene
programs; conformance with federal occupational safety and health regulations.
OMGT4373 Quality Engineering and Management (Irregular) Provides the
student with complete coverage of the functional area of “Quality Assurance”; ranging from
the need for such a function, how it works, techniques utilized, and managerial approaches for
insuring its effectiveness. Prerequisite: INEG 3313.
OMGT4523 Automated Production (Irregular) Industrial robots and robot programming,
industrial logic control systems, programmable controllers for the control of work stations,
and conveyor systems. On-line computer and microprocessors. Group technology, flexible
manufacturing systems, and computer-integrated manufacturing laboratory required.
OMGT4553 Production Planning and Control (Sp) Operational problems of production
systems including control of purchased materials inventory; scheduling of a job shop,
batch, and continuous production process for single and multi-item product lines; planning of
work force and inventory under seasonal and stochastic demand.
OMGT4583 Operations Productivity and Automation (Irregular) An examination
of methods to improve industrial productivity including quality circles, robots, machine
vision, programmable controllers, computer numerical control, and computer-assisted manufacturing.
OMGT4613 Production and Inventory Control (Irregular) Operational problems
of production systems including control of purchased materials; scheduling of job shop, batch,
and continuous production processes; planning of work force and production under seasonal
demand. Inventory models and strategies are compared.
OMGT4623 Strategic Management (Irregular) Case studies covering the spectrum
of strategic management issues facing typical organizations. Designed to provide analysis and
synthesis experience to apply principles of operations management. Should be taken in last
half of degree program
OMGT4783 Project Analysis and Control (Irregular) Introduction to the Critical
Path Method and Program Evaluation and Review Technique. Project planning and control
methods; activity sequencing; time-cost trade-offs; allocation of manpower and equipment
resources; scheduling activities; computer systems for PERT/CPM.
OMGT4853 Data Processing Systems (Sp, Su, Fa) Fundamentals of computers
and data processing. Computer hardware and software. Word processing and spreadsheet
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