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ENGL 6314 Speculative and Science Fiction Literature
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; may be repeated for credit, with approval of program director (if topics differ in the semesters).
In-depth analysis of the science fiction and/or speculative fiction genre, including theoretical and historical foundations.
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ENGL 6315 Postcolonial and Anglophone Literature
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; may be repeated for credit, with approval of program director (if topics differ in the semesters).
In-depth analysis of a selected period, major movement, or author in postcolonial and anglophone literature. Focuses on relations between literature, culture, language, and political context.
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ENGL 6316 Modern and Contemporary Literature of China
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; may be repeated for credit, with approval of program director (if topics differ in the semesters).
In-depth analysis of 20th and 21st Century literature from China. Focuses on the relation between literature, culture, language, and the context in which it was produced.
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ENGL 6322 Applied Translation
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Dalkey Certificate in Applied Literary Translation.
A graduate Publishing course whose primary focus is on securing an applied knowledge of literary translation, and on understanding best practices in drafting an acceptable translation in particular. Cross-listed with PUBL 6322 .
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ENGL 6330 British Literary History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
In-depth analysis of a selected period or major movement in British literary history. Focuses on the relation between literature and the history of the time. May not be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6332 American Literary History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
In-depth analysis of a selected period or major movement in American literary history. Focuses on the relation between literature and the history of the time. May not be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6333 Form and Poetics
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 6360 .
A graduate Creative Writing studio course in which the primary focus is on understanding the nature of poetics as it relates to creative writing, and on understanding form, including traditional and experimental forms of writing.
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ENGL 6340 Literary Theory
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
In-depth analysis of literary theory and criticism and its application to literature. Cross-listed with CRTH 6317 . May not be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6350 Genre Studies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
In-depth analysis of a genre, including theoretical and historical foundations. May not be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6360 Graduate Writing Workshop
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A studio course in which the primary texts are student manuscripts. The workshops examine principles and techniques of creating, evaluating, and revising writing in the fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction categories. The course requires class members to review writing produced by other workshop members. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6361 Graduate Poetry Writing Workshop
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A studio course in which the primary texts are student manuscripts. The workshops examine principles and techniques of creating, evaluating, and revising writing in the poetry genre. The course requires class members to write original work and to review writing produced by other workshop members. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6362 Studies in Latino Literature
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course will provide a survey of literature written by Latino authors in the U.S. This course will explore the diversity of social, political, economic, personal, and cultural experiences of Latino people through the use of poetry, novels, short stories, and essays written by such authors. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6363 Graduate Fiction Writing Workshop
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A studio course in which the primary texts are student manuscripts. The workshops examine principles and techniques of creating, evaluating, and revising writing in the fiction genre. The course requires class members to write original work and to review writing produced by other workshop members. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6364 Graduate Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A studio course in which the primary texts are student manuscripts. The workshops examine principles and techniques of creating, evaluating, and revising writing in the creative nonfiction genre. The course requires class members to write original work and to review writing produced by other workshop members. This course may be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 6365 Literature and Science
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
In-depth analysis of literature in the interdisciplinary field of Literature and Science, including theoretical and historical foundations. May be repeated for credit, with approval of program director (if topics differ in the semesters).
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ENGL 6366 Narrative and Narratology
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Overview of theoretical approaches to narrative texts in all media, emphasizing the elements, uses and effects of narrative as an organizational paradigm for human experience. May be repeated for credit, with approval of program director (if topics differ in the semesters).
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English as a Second Language - Graduate |
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ESLN 6310 Assessment in Bilingual and ESL Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course is designed for professionals in education to explore the fundamental theories and practices concerning the assessment of English Learners and bilingual students.
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ESLN 6311 Foundations of Bilingual and ESL Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Integrating the fields of ESL, bilingual, and multicultural education, it studies the conceptual, linguistic, sociocultural, historical, political, and legislative foundations of bilingual and ESL education.
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ESLN 6312 Principles of Second Language Teaching
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course is designed for professionals in education to gain a comprehensive framework of the knowledge and skills essential for teaching English Language Learners.
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ESLN 6313 Teaching Second Language Literacy
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills for promoting oral language, reading, and writing development in English for English Language learners.
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ESLN 6314 Teaching English as a 2nd Language
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course is designed to help educators to explore a variety of second language teaching methods, teaching principles, techniques, and strategies used for working with English Language Learners.
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Foundations of Education - Graduate |
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FEDU 6300 Special Topics in Foundations of Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
May be repeated when topics vary.
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FEDU 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
The scientific method applied to educational problems; systematic application of hypothesis formation and decision-making through elementary research design principles, survey procedures and historical analysis.
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FEDU 6322 Educational Assessments
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Focus on strategies, techniques and higher level thinking skills for developing classroom assessment and beyond. Evaluate and critique teacher-made and standardized tests. (Formerly : “Foundations of Educational Measurement”
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FEDU 6323 Cultural & Social Foundations of American Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education VOICE Program
Analysis of social, political and economic forces that impact education in the United States. (Formerly : “Cultural Foundations of American Education”.)
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FEDU 6331 Human Growth and Development
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
An introduction to the current theories and empirical research with emphasis on the physical, affective, psychosocial, and cognitive development of humans throughout the lifespan.
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FEDU 6332 Adult Development
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Theories of adult development and implications for adult learners. Explores theories of cognitive, intellectual, and epistemological adult development. Topics include the nature of adult development, psychological and socio-cultural aspects of adult development, and implication for instruction.
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FEDU 6333 Principles of Human Learning
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Applications of behavioral, social and cognitive theories of learning. Particular emphasis will be placed on cognitive theories of learning, metacognitive skills and how to promote metacognitive skills to develop self-regulated learners.
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FEDU 6334 Foundations of Adult Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Overview course designed to give participants an understanding of the field of practice in adult education. It will offer an overview of the major historical developments of adult education, particular to the U.S. and will examine the philosophical roots of adult education.
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FEDU 6335 Diversity and Adult Education
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course entails an analysis of diversity in the adult educational context. Various psychosocial developmental factors of diverse identity groups and the influence of these variables on adult instruction will be studied.
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Film - Graduate |
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FILM 6300 Selected Topics in Film
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
May be repeated when topics vary.
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FILM 6310 Critical Theory
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Become familiar with the history and ideas of critical social theory and how to apply to contemporary situations.
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FILM 6311 Film and Psychology
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Study of film structure and the psychological techniques employed by filmmakers to generate audience interest, emotional involvement and satisfaction.
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FILM 6312 Film, Fantasy, & Romance
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Explores some of the more creative uses of film and the imaginative literary genres from which these films derive: fantasy, romance and science fiction.
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FILM 6313 Political Film
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Examines films that reveal key aspects of power in society: democratic, capitalistic or otherwise.
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Finance - Graduate |
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FINC 6300 Selected Topics in Finance
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352 .
May be repeated when topics vary. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6352 Financial Management
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351 , ECON 6351 , and QMSC 6351
Effects of projects and financial policy on shareholder wealth. This course focuses on the basic concepts and methods of finance, including net present value, the capital asset pricing model, and market efficiency, within the context of the valuation of assets, risk and return, cost of capital, financial planning and forecasting, and agency theory. (Formerly FIN 6315) (Credit will not be given for both FINC 6352 and FIN 3615.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6361 Investments
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352 .
The course objective is to achieve an understanding of the various types of investments and their relative merits; security prices and yields; investment objectives, principles and standards for selection of specific investments; introduction to portfolio management. (Formerly FIN 6317) (Credit will not be given for both FINC 6361 and FIN 6317.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6362 Financial Institutions & Markets
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352
Study of the financial markets, instruments and the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6363 Financial Modeling
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352
This course combines the application of financial theories and concepts, spreadsheet skills and Visual Basic to analyze financial statements, prepare cash budgets, prepare financial forecasts, perform time value of money, stock and bond analysis, perform breakeven and leverage analysis, make cost of capital and capital budgeting decisions, perform portfolio analysis, and apply Visual Basic for financial analysis. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6364 Applied Technical Analysis of Energy and Commodity Markets
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to trading mechanisms of various financial products, such as stocks, bonds, futures, commodities and foreign exchanges. The coverage will emphasize technical analysis of securities. Fundamental analysis will also be discussed. Formerly “Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities”. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6365 Derivatives
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352
Covers how futures and options function, how and why they are used, and how they are valued. Topics include the mechanics of futures markets, hedging strategies using futures, interest rate futures contracts, mechanics of options markets, trading strategies involving options, and pricing options using binomial trees and the Black-Scholes- Merton model Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6366 Risk Management & Insurance
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352
This course focuses on the fundamentals of risk management and insurance by exploring sources of risk, the costs of risk, and the methods available to individuals and corporations to mitigate the cost of risk. Topics include health insurance, homeowners insurance, auto insurance, commercial property and liability insurances, insurance markets, and insurance regulation. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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FINC 6367 International Finance
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FINC 6352 or concurrent enrollment with FINC 6352 .
Discussion of international monetary system; balance of payments concept; institutional and structure arrangements within the foreign exchange market; basic foreign exchange market products; importance of parity condition; exchange rate determination; Eurocurrency and Eurobond market; international equity market; foreign currency options and futures; hedging foreign exchanges exposure; international capital budgeting and working capital management; and cost of capital and capital structure in multinationals. (Formerly FIN 6313) (Credit will not be given for both FINC 6367 and FIN 6313.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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Forensic Science - Graduate |
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FORS 6300 Special Topics in Forensic Science
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
May be repeated when topics vary.
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FORS 6311 Forensic Science and the Law
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
An overview of the American legal system, courtroom proceedings, and evidentiary rules related to Forensic Science.
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FORS 6312 Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Survey methods exhuming human remains for determining a victim’s identity, time and cause of death, racial ancestry, age, gender for crime. Includes laboratory/cemetery where students will exhume remains.
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FORS 6330 Forensic Biology and Criminalistics
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 4325 or Approval of instructor.
An introduction to the basic and more advanced principles in forensic biology, DNA science and criminalistics.
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Gaming - Graduate |
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GMNG 6311 Fundamentals of 3D Modeling
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and 3 s.h. of upper-division math.
Fundamental 3D theories, principles, methodologies for creating and exploring 3D computer models, modeling techniques including texturing, lighting, and rendering 3D models. Apply the concepts to one or more programming projects. A major term-long team project ending with presentation.
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GMNG 6314 Fundamentals of Game Networks
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): COSC 6339 or a background in networking with concurrent enrollment in COSC 6339 .
Study the theory and application of massively multiplayer game development. Topics will include design, architecture, and development of massively multiplayer gaming systems. Network, security, and database techniques used in the development process will also be covered.
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GMNG 6316 Advanced Level Design
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MATH 3321
Gaming Mathematics for Non-Programmers and experience with 3D Modeling. In-depth coverage of level design theory for games and simulations, and applications of leveling theory in designing levels, characters, and objects.
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GMNG 6322 Intelligent Agents for Games
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): GMNG 6343 , or permission from instructor.
Critically examine what intelligent agents are, how to design them, and how new techniques arising from this field can be applied to problems requiring intelligent solutions in games. Reference will be made to the different types of problems which intelligent agent techniques can help solve, such as automating decision making, recognition tasks, etc. It will equip students with sufficient understanding of current theory and applications so that they will be able to apply that knowledge to address future software and business needs.
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GMNG 6343 Artificial Intelligence for Games
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Coursework in Probability and Statistics, Algorithms, or permission of instructor.
Navigation, pathfinding, non-player character behavior, strategic intelligence, content generation, conversational behavior, coordinated behavior, learning-player modeling, strategy learning, etc. Combine design and technology to craft a powerful, engaging player experience. Readings in contemporary Game AI. Term project.
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History - Graduate |
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HIST 6300 Selected Topics in History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
May be repeated when topics vary.
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HIST 6302 Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Approval of instructor.
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HIST 6310 U.S. Social History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Study of the major social, ethnic and racial groups in American society and the forces, including war, immigration and religion, which have changed them.
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HIST 6311 20th Century U.S. History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Subjects to be considered include America’s role in the two world wars, the New Deal, the war in Vietnam and the reforms of the Kennedy-Johnson administrations.
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HIST 6313 Religion in America
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course introduces students to religious trends in the U.S. from colonial times to the present.
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HIST 6314 Modern British History
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Study of 19th and 20th century British history with particular attention to the emergence of parliamentary democracy and the two world wars.
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HIST 6315 African American Studies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course introduces students to African American history and culture from colonial times to the present.
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HIST 6316 Nazi Germany
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Study of the origin and development of Nazi Germany through readings in key historical sources.
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Interdisciplinary Studies - Graduate |
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INDS 6300 Selected Topics in the Humanities
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Focuses on a humanities topic not belonging exclusively to any single traditional discipline. Topics include cross-disciplinary objects of study (e.g., utopianism) and cross-disciplinary heuristics (e.g., feminist hermeneutics). May be repeated with permission of advisor.
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INDS 6302 Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester.
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Approval of advisor.
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INDS 6305 Interdisciplinary Research Project
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Last semester of MAIS program.
Required course for students with first concentration in bioinformatics, computer science, or math. Option for all other concentrations. Requires approval of concentration coordinator.
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INDS 6307 Thesis Project
Cr. 3 per semester.
Semester Credit Hours: 3 semester hours
Course Level: Graduate
Master’s Thesis.
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INDS 6308 Master’s Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.
Course Level: Graduate
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INDS 6309 Master’s Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.
Course Level: Graduate
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INDS 6312 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAIS program; Must be taken within first 15 s.h. of course work.
Investigates the formation, history and current status of traditional disciplines as background for the study of the theory and practice of interdisciplinary studies; considers how disciplines interact and how projects cross disciplinary lines.
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INDS 6313 Gender Studies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A review of recent work in gender studies in humanities and social sciences.
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INDS 6315 Cultural Studies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
An interdisciplinary study of the main problems linking culture and society. Cross-listed with CRTH 6315 .
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INDS 6316 Critical Theory
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status.
This course will develop critical thinking skills and introduce students to critical theories and methodologies that cross disciplinary lines with special attention to social justice and social formation. Cross-listed with CRTH 6316 .
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INDS 6317 History of American Thought
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
A survey of American intellectual history. Content areas will include religion, politics, economics, philosophy, culture, and social commentary.
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INDS 6321 Interdisciplinary Research
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): INDS 6312 .
This course allows students to design and execute research in multiple concentrations. On-line research will be included.
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INDS 6322 American Thought: Studies in Ideology
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
This course introduces students to the methodology of researching, analyzing sources, and writing papers in the field of American Studies.
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INDS 6324 Ethics
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
An inquiry into the principles and problems of moral psychology.
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INDS 6326 Social Philosophy
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
An analysis of the principles of justice as they apply to politics, economics, and culture.
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Language - Graduate |
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LANG 6310 Linguistics and Reading
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Study of relationship between language/language acquisition and reading. Focus on normal language acquisition, reading acquisition and on students with limited English and language disabilities.
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Literacy Studies - Graduate |
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LITY 6304 Practicum in Literacy
Cr. 3
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission into the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development Graduate Program
Connecting research-based traditional and New Literacies theoretical foundations to instructional practices under supervision in a field setting. Includes development of virtual multi-literacies portfolio.
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LITY 6330 Using Multicultural Literature in Schools
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development graduate program.
Evaluation and selection of children and adolescent multicultural fiction and non-fiction literature, literacy approaches with an emphasis on comprehension and assessment of literacy development. (Formerly C&I 6330).
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LITY 6331 Instruction for Students with Literacy Difficulties
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development graduate program.
Research-based study of instructional strategies for age-appropriate prevention and intervention to promote literacy development for the struggling student, including those with dyslexia.
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LITY 6332 Literacy Leadership and Critical Policy Action
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development graduate program.
Examination of the role of a literacy leader; how public policy impacts P-12 literacy curriculum and instruction; how to become an informed maker of multi-literacy policies.
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LITY 6333 Theory and Application of Writing for Globalized Learning
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development graduate program.
Analysis of the researched-based theoretical dimensions of traditional and virtual written communication to promote effective pedagogy for writing growth of 21st century students. Includes development of virtual multi-literacies portfolio.
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LITY 6334 Foundations in Developmental Reading
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development graduate program.
Study of reading foundations, focusing on necessary skills for standard development; examination of dyslexia and how these skills are underdeveloped in readers with dyslexia.
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LITY 6340 Professional Literacy Research
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): FEDU 6321 , LITY 6360 , Admission into the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development Graduate Program.
Designing and conducting original school-based action literacy research projects. Including development of virtual multi-literacies portfolio.
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LITY 6360 Theoretical Foundations of New and Traditional Literacies
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development Graduate Program.
Analysis and comparison of New Literacies and traditional literacy theories that impact literacy education; focus on cognitive, linguistic, cultural, social, and neurobiological development. (Formerly : Survey of Reading Instruction; Foundations of Literacy Learning) (Formerly C&I 6360).
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LITY 6362 Assessment of Multi-Literacies Learning
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development Graduate Program.
Study of formal and informal literacy assessment tools, instructional resources, and theoretical underpinnings that guide the use of these tools, including process of dyslexia screening.
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LITY 6363 New and Traditional Literacies across the Content Areas
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development Graduate Program.
Application of research-based virtual and traditional literacy approaches across the content areas including: evaluation, selection and application of digital media and traditional reading materials in classrooms. Including developing of virtual multi-literacies portfolio.
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MGMT 6300 Selected Topics in Management
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 6351 or consent of the instructor.
May be repeated when topics vary. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6351 Management and Organizational Behavior
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing required for enrollment
This course provides an overview of managerial functions with an emphasis on the study of individual, group and inter-group behaviors in organizations; focus will be contemporary management theories with an emphasis on practical applications. (Formerly MGT 6320) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6351 and MGT 6320.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6352 Management Information Systems
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Basic competency in computer literacy.; graduate standing required for enrollment
This course focuses on current (and future) information technology capabilities that can be leveraged for strategic and operational advantage, as well as the limitations and potential problems involved in the use of information technology. (Formerly MGT 6316) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6352 and MGT 6316.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6353 Management of Diversity in Organizations
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6351 and MGMT 6351
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop the necessary knowledge and skills in the areas of inter-personal, team-building, communication, mentoring, counseling, decision-making and problem solving, conflict management and negotiation; emphasis will be placed on managing a diverse work force and cross-functional teams with a focus on practical applications. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6354 Leadership and Organizational Change
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6351 and MGMT 6351
This course examines the key role of the leader as a change agent in organizations. Students will be able to understand various models and theories of organizational change and the role of the leader in the diagnosis and implementation of change. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6355 Operations Management: Creating Competitive Advantages
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): QMSC 6351
This course focuses on using operations to compete and win sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. Operations management covers the design, operation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services. (Formerly QMS 6322) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6355 and QMS 6322.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6359 Seminar in Strategic Management
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all MBA Core Courses - MGMT 6354 may be taken concurrently.
Using cases and recent articles, this course focuses on value creation through strategic formulation and implementation. (Formerly MGT 6331) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6359 and MGT 6331.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6367 International Operations Management
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): QMSC 6351 and MGMT 6352
This course examines various strategic and operational issues in the design, planning and execution of a firm’s international operations, including acquisition of input resources, location of production facilities and logistics. The course will cover a range of topics from a strategic overview of international operations to detailed operational mechanisms to match global supply with demand from multinational markets for a firm’s products and services. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6369 International Business Strategy
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): ECON 6367 , FINC 6367 , MGMT 6367 , MGMT 6377 and MKTG 6377
Using an international consulting project, this course focuses on value creation through strategic formulation and implementation in the global marketplace. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6371 Contemporary Management Issues
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 6351
Provides an understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of corporate environment in the current global economy in which business and its environment are not clearly separated. Includes discussion of emerging technologies, globalization, future trends, Learning Organization, recruiting and training the knowledge worker, Corporate Universities, mergers, acquisitions, Innovation Dilemma, Information Technology, and strategy transformation. (Formerly MGT 6326) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6371 and MGT 6326.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6372 Organizational Theory and Development
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 6351
Theoretical foundations and action strategies of organizational theory and development with emphasis on organizational analysis. Role of the general manager, problems and challenges of corporate managers in complex organizations, strategies in a turbulent environment. (Formerly MGT 6335.) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6372 and MGT 6335.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6373 Seminar in Behavioral Decision Making
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 6351
Factors that affect individual judgment and decision making; effect of group dynamics on decision making; strategies for improving decision making. (Formerly MGT 6336.) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6373 and MGT 6336.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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MGMT 6374 Human Resources Management
Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 6351 .
This course encompasses an analysis of the classical and contemporary administrative functions involved in the management of people within organizations. Emphasizes staffing, EEO regulation, compensation policy, performance appraisal, and training and career development within the context of an increasingly diverse, internationalized, and competitive organizational environment. (Formerly MGT 6328) (Credit will not be given for both MGMT 6374 and MGT 6328.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
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