2007-2008 Catalog (PDF) - Colorado State University-Pueblo

College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies
Program Plan
Summer
Courses Titles Credits
NSG 208 Basic Pharmacology......................3
NSG 231 Introduction to Professional Nursing..2
NSG 232/L Fundamentals of Nursing/Lab........7
NSG 302/L Health Promotion &
Assessment/Lab ............................4
NSG 307 Health & Disease Systems ............3
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TOTAL 19
Fall
Courses Titles Credits
NSG 312/L Nursing Care of Childbearing
Families/Lab ..................................6
NSG 322/L Nursing Care of the Adult I/Lab .....7
NSG 332/L Pediatric Nursing/Lab ....................6
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TOTAL 19
Spring
Courses Titles Credits
NSG 351 Research in Nursing (hybrid).........3
NSG 382/L Psychiatric Nursing/Lab.................6
NSG 420/L Nursing Care of the Adult II/Lab ....7
NSG 431 Gerontological Nursing ..................3
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TOTAL 19
Summer
Courses Titles Credits
NSG 442/L Public Health Nursing/Lab .............6
NSG 451 Healthcare Management & Issues....3
NSG 452/L Nursing Process: Synthesis/Lab....8
NSG 471 Healthcare Informatics...................3
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TOTAL 20
Masters of Science Courses Taken By Seniors
Undergraduate nursing students may elect to take
nursing graduate courses during their senior year. The
policies are outlined in the Graduate Program section
of this catalog.
TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Dr. Victoria Marquesen: Associate Dean
Faculty: Peters, Pettit, Piazza, Piquette, Ramirez, Ryan
Mission of the Teacher Education
The Teacher Education Program has a primary
mission of preparing teachers of quality and distinction.
At Colorado State University-Pueblo, preparing
teachers is a campus-wide responsibility, with faculty
and administrators involved in support of the program’s
mission. An integral component of the program is its
formal partnership with 17 school districts and four
community colleges in southern and southeastern
Colorado. The joint efforts of students, faculty, and
administrators across all partners focus on improving
the quality of learning in classrooms in elementary,
secondary, and higher education.
Conceptual Framework—Building and Bridging
Communities of Learners
A Conceptual Framework is a guide for how a teacher
education program is planned and organized, summarizing
its philosophical views of the roles of teaching
and learning and its essential understandings of how
students become teachers. The conceptual framework
of teacher education at Colorado State University-
Pueblo is Building and Bridging Communities of
Learners. The organizing theme of learning
communities focuses the attention of faculty and
students on the essential nature of teaching and
learning: How does community shape learning and
achievement? What are the roles of successful
learners and teachers? What social interactions are
necessary for both learning and community? How is
the definition of a learning community changing in an
increasingly technological age? What is the relationship
between the concept of learning community and
the democratic ideal of American education?
For faculty at CSU-Pueblo, the vision of quality
education requires a learner-centered environment in
which learning (not teaching) is at the core. All learners
will achieve in communities in which learning is publicly
and constructively discussed, a positive climate
surrounds all members, and support exists for all
learners’ individual growth and development.
Inclusive, equitable communities require constant
attention to the nature of relationships among teachers
and students. CSU-Pueblo students will be prepared to
participate as learners and teachers in overlapping and
expanding learning communities–from the University
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