This course will enhance the student?s understanding of addiction medicine and the effects of trauma from a microscopic, mesoscopic, macroscopic, and generational perspective. By weaving elements of basic science, assessment, and diagnosis, students will learn to understand and manage these disorders by integrated knowledge to propose evidenced based approaches for treatment. Special attention will focus on co-occurring disease processes and treatment approaches.

Nutritional assessment and care of children with special needs resulting in feeding difficulties requiring medical nutrition therapy.

This course provides students with understanding and knowledge of the philosophies and methods used to improve effectiveness and efficiency of organizational processes for businesses. Topics may include statistical methods for quality improvement in manufacturing and service operations. Emphasis is given to both the technical and managerial issues in understanding and implementing quality as a component for success in today's global business environment.

The purpose of this elective within the MSPM program is to enable students an opportunity to learn about the functions an operations manager provides and the different purposes of each function. In this course, students will explore the multidisciplinary roles of operations managers including budgetary obligations, performance management, and a variety of objectives to achieve in support of the organization's operational and strategic goals. The course will provide opportunities to integrate functions and processes such as determining resource requirements, risk analyses, and budgets, with similar functions required of an operations manager.