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Quality Matters Certified Courses

Quality Matters is a faculty-driven, peer review process designed to recognize online courses that meet the highest standards of quality course design in order to facilitate student-centered learning and success.

To earn national recognition a team consisting of three certified peer reviewers conduct a formal review of the course guided by a research-based rubric for online course design. 

The rubric is consists of eight general standards which include: Course Overview and Introduction, Learning Objectives, Instructional Materials, Learner Support, Accessibility and Usability, Course Activities, Learner Interaction and Engagement, and Assessment and Measurement.

For a full list of Quality Matters certified courses, please visit the QM Database. Certified courses are listed by year and university. The following courses and faculty at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg have been recognized by Quality Matters.

2019

• ENT 6930, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Karin Braunsberger, 01/09/19
• SPN 1120, Spanish I, Margarita Altuna, 01/19/19
• CLP 4314, Health Psychology, Tiffany Chenneville, 01/24/19
• ECO 2023, Principles of Microeconomics, Rick Smith, 01/29/19
• ECP 3530, Economics of Health, Rick Smith, 01/31/19

2018

• EDF 3604 Schools and Society, Deanna Michael, 03/27/18
• EDA 6232 School Law, Glen Stewart, 03/28/18
• BUL 3320 Law & Business I, Nicole Stowell, 04/30/18
• SPN 1120 Spanish I, Margarita Altuna, 05/15/18
• GEB 6368 Global Business Environment, Hemant Merchant, 06/06/18
• EDA 6242 School Finance, Gary Tucker, 06/08/18
• EDF 6492 Applied Program Evaluation, Gary Tucker, 06/18/18
• MAN 6289 Organizational Change and Development, Mary Lippitt, 07/02/18 
• EDA 6503 The Principalship, Jenifer Hartman, 07/09/18
• PSB 4004c Physiological Psychology, Christina Salnaitis, 07/20/18
• EDA 6106 Administrative Analysis and Change, Jenifer Hartman, 07/23/18
• EXP 4404 Psychology of Learning, Otis Wilder, 07/25/18
• CCJ 4934 Human Trafficking: Theory, Research, and Practice, Joan Reid, 08/07/18
• EDA 6945 Administrative Practicum, Gary Tucker, 08/10/18 
• GEB 3373 International Business, Hemant Merchant, 09/12/18
• PSY 3204 Psychological Statistics, Mark Pezzo, 10/16/18
• ISM4212 Database Design & Administration, Varol Kayhan, 10/29/18
• ISM 6930, Data Visualization, Han Reichgelt, 11/02/18
• GEA 2000, World Regional Geography, Rebecca Johns, 11/28/18
• FIN 3403, Principles of Finance, Nina Schmidt, 12/04/18

2017

• ISM 4930 Business Process Analysis, Han Reichgelt, 03/04/17
• ISM 6930 ERP Systems Analysis, Han Reichgelft, 03/09/17
• LAE 4414 Children’s Literature in Education, AnnMarie Gunn, 03/10/17
• EEX 4746 Instructional and Adaptive Technology, Karla Morris, 05/08/2017
• ACG 4351 Cost Accounting and Control II, Patricia Gaukel, 06/28/2017
• EDS 6050 Principles and Practices of Educational Supervision, Jenifer Hartman, 07/28/2017
• MAN 6782 Organizational Strategies for the 21st Century, Dan Marlin, 09-28-2017

2016

• TAX 4001 Concepts of Federal Income Taxation, Carol Vance, 01/09/16
• MAN 3025 Principles of Management, Steve Diasio, 02/09/16
• CLP 4143 Abnormal Psychology, V. Mark Durand, 04/27/16
• PPE 4003 Personality Psychology, Vikki Gaskin-Butler, 05/02/16
• BUL 6652 Regulation and Reporting Environments, Nicole Stowell, 07/22/16
• POS 2041 American National Government, Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, 07/26/16
• DEP 4220 Autism Spectrum Disorders, V. Mark Durand, 09/07/16
• PSY 2012 Introduction to Psychology, James McHale, 09/13/16
• JOU 6708 Digital Media Law and Ethics, David Snyder, 10/28/16
• EXP 4680 Cognitive Psychology, Christina Salnaitis, 12/16/16
• ECP 3302 Environmental Economics, Rebecca Harris, 12/21/16

2015

• EDA 6192 Educational Leadership, Olivia Hodges and Bonnie Cangelosi, 03/17/15
• ISM 3113 Systems Analysis and Design, Christopher Davis, 03/29/15
• DEP 4053 Developmental Psychology, Tiffany Chenneville, 06/26/15

2014

• LIT 3155 Twentieth Century Literature, Barbara Jolley, 01/02/14
• LIT 3301 Cultural Studies and Pop Arts, Barbara Jolley, 01/16/14
• REE 3043 Real Estate Decision Making, Nina Schmidt, 07/11/14

2013

• LIT 3451 Literature and the Occult, Francis Tobienne, 05/07/13
• BUL 3320 Law and Business I, Nicole Stowell, 08/13/13

2012

• FIN 3604 International Finance, Todd Shank, 07/12/12