NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

388 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS HS 3520 Strategic Forecasting & Evaluation of Human Performance Factors in Aviation (3 credits) This course provides students with advanced instruction on factors affecting cockpit/flight management. Topics include managing aircraft systems in a variety of environments, flight planning, communications, navigation, laws and rules related to private aviation, and orientation to in-flight environmental considerations unique to flight. HS 3530 Integration of Technical Foundations of Flight Management (3 credits) In this course, students will gain Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) training. This training will enable students to develop proficiencies in using the aircraft’s instruments and navigational equipment. Organization and planning are emphasized to effectively combine the information from charts, plates, radios and ATC. Furthermore, this course will provide students with an understanding of instrument management through take-off, flight, and landing while simultaneously exploring the human factors that affect each phase of flight. Examines in detail how human factors such as stress, emotion, attention management, health/physiology, and human psychology impact cockpit management. Advanced strategies for monitoring and modulating human factors are also discussed. Case examples will be utilized to further students’ understanding of how mistakes could have been avoided or have been avoided in the aviation industry. HS 3540 Application of fundamental Competencies in Commercial Aviation (3 credits) The Commercial License course examines in greater depth and breadth flight management by analyzing issues and topics unique to commercial aviation. This course is designed to develop the student’s advanced aeronautical knowledge and skill in the operation of complex airplanes to a level commensurate with safe operations as a commercial pilot. Topics include management of commercial aircraft systems in a variety of environments, commercial flight planning, laws and rules governing commercial aviation, and the development of skills needed to communicate and navigate commercial flights. Prerequisite: HS 3530 HS 3550 Leadership Principles and Effective Communication in Flight Instruction (3 credits) The Certified Flight Instructor course provides students with the fundamentals of flight instruction. Specifically, the objective of this flight training course is to develop in each student adequate instructional knowledge and skill in the procedures and pilot operations needed to safely exercise the privileges of a certified flight instructor certificate with an airplane - single-engine rating. The course examines flight management, while simultaneously educating students in the skills necessary to teach others how to fly Topics include human learning, memory, and motivation; teaching and supervisory methods; overcoming barriers to effective communication; professionalism; and lesson planning. HS 3990 Supervised Experience in Human Services I (3 credits) This field experience will be individually arranged and will provide supervised on-site administrative experience (175 hours). Students are expected to propose two non-profit community-based organizations (CBO) and will complete their field experience in one of these. These experiences will provide an in-depth look at nonprofit systems, program development and evaluation, fundraising and issues faced by nonprofit organizations in changing economic and political climates and will be supervised by NSU faculty on a weekly basis. HS 4100 Rehabilitation Principles and Case Management (3 credits) The purpose of this course is to study the progression of rehabilitating individuals with disabilities in our society today. The relationship that exists among the different agencies and entities in the rehabilitation process will be highlighted and emphasized along with factors that facilitate or hinder the collaborative process. Principles and current practices in the process of rehabilitation will be introduced. These may include: the goals and models of case management in rehabilitation, client/consumer interviewing and assessment, planning for appropriate and effective intervention strategies, services, and benefits included in a rehabilitation plan, monitoring & evaluation of client progress, and follow up and closure. HS 4200 Accountability in Human Services Admininstration (3 credits) This course provides an overview of the rehabilitation process including historical developments and theoretical underpinnings, with an emphasis on the current operational aspects of local, state, and federal rehabilitation service delivery systems, as well as private and not-for-profit agencies. Additionally, the course will provide an understanding of how to select the services that will meet the unique needs of individuals and assisting them and their families in developing and implementing an individual rehabilitation plan. The course will also outline strategies for working with families in order to improve access and engagement in the rehabilitation process. HS 4250 Program Planning and Evaluation (3 credits) This course provides an overview of the competencies necessary to critically plan, implement and evaluate human service programs. Relevant program evaluation models are reviewed and a primer of quantitative and qualitative research methods is provided. Data collection techniques and the ethics and standards of evaluation