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University Course Descriptions

  

Course Numbering System

Each course is represented by four capital letters followed by a four-digit numeral (e.g., FINC 3311).

The letters form an abbreviation for the instructional area while the numeral is interpreted as follows:

First Digit: The first digit indicates academic level and provides information regarding restrictions as to undergraduate and/or graduate student enrollment:

1000 and 2000 series –undergraduate lower division
3000 and 4000 series – undergraduate upper division (normally for undergraduate students but with advisor approval for graduate students).
6000 series – graduate courses (for graduate students only except for undergraduates with an approved mixed load petition).

Second Digit: The second digit indicates the amount of credit awarded. For example, a course numbered 4331, carries three semester hours of credit.

Third and Fourth Digits: The third and fourth digits are used to distinguish between courses within an instructional area. Course Punctuation

One of the following marks of punctuation may immediately follow the course number, or may separate a series of course numbers. Internal punctuations (between multi-listed courses) take precedence over all punctuation in a series of course numbers. The significance of each mark of punctuation is as follows:

  • Colon – A colon (:) following a course number indicates that the course may be taken as an independent one-semester course. This also applies when two course numbers are separated by a colon.
  • Comma – A comma (,) between course numbers indicates that both courses must be taken before credit is received for either, but the second course may be taken first.
  • Hyphen – A hyphen (-) between course numbers indicates that both courses must be taken before credit is received for either. The first course must be completed before the student enrolls in the second course, or if “concurrent enrollment only” is shown in the course description, both courses must be taken at the same time.
  • Semicolon – A semicolon (;) between course numbers indicates that the first course may be taken and justify credit without completion of the second course, but the second course cannot be taken without the first as prerequisite.

The three numbers in parentheses (0-0-0) after each course title indicate the number of semester credit hours, the number of class hours per week, and the number of additional laboratory or activity hours per week.
 

Biomedical Sciences - Graduate
  

  • BIMS 6314 Scientific Communications

    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
    A course designed to improve the communication of scientific knowledge and gain experience and gain experience in the types of scientific writing required for: submitting articles for publication; preparing presentations for lectures and seminars; preparing posters for meetings; preparing resumes and curriculum vitae.
  

  • BIMS 6315 Physiology

    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
    The material covered will provide students with an overview of several physiological systems and concepts related to homeostasis and how changes in the function of these systems and concepts contribute to pathophysiology.
  

  • BIMS 6316 Biostatistics

    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
    A course in the practical application of statistics to analyze and draw conclusions from data sets. This course will utilize computer statistics software.
  

  • BIMS 6317 Bio Ethics

    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
    This course deals with the ethical considerations needed for a career in Biomedical Science. It will cover topics such as ethical conduct in research, use of humans and animals, and mentorship.
  

  • BIMS 6318 Integrative Human Cardiovascular Control

    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 the BIMS Core Courses and Instructor Approval
    Focused on human cardiovascular physiology, this course covers the effects of the physical environment on adaptation and neural integration of the cardiovascular system.
  

  • BIMS 6319 Neuro Cardiovascular

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIMS 6318 
    Focused on human neuro cardiovascular interactions, this course covers advanced studies in the autonomic nervous system as well as dysfunction of neuro-cardiovascular interactions.
  

  • BIMS 6320 Bioinformatics

    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 4313 , MATH 3391 , Completion of BIMS Core Courses, and Instructor Approval.
    A basic introduction to the study of biological information stemming from molecular genetics, proteomics and metabolomics; with the practical tools of mathematics and computer science including microarrays and application programs.
  

  • BIMS 6321 Pharmacology and Toxicology

    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
    Emphasis on fundamental principles of pharmacology that include pharmacodynamics, pharmokinetics, ligand-receptor interactions and their consequent biological effects. Secondary emphasis will be placed on toxins that effect biological systems.
  

  • BIMS 6322 Biochemical and Molecular Genetics

    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.
    Biochemical and molecular aspects of the inborn errors of human metabolism. Particular attention will focus on laboratory methods employed for the detection of hereditary disease, including organic and amino acid analysis, and routine metabolic screening. Molecular studies will include common techniques such as DNA and RNA isolation and purification; electrophoresis or nucleic acids.
  

  • BIMS 6323 Principles in Biomedical and Bioengineering Sciences

    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 present basic principles in biomedical and bioengineering sciences with a focus on inventing new devices to address problems in the medical and surgical industry.
  

  • BIMS 6324 Phytochemicals, Cancer and Disease

    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.
    Studies in plant derived phytochemical bioactive molecules, their preventative effects in cancer biology and disease. Cell signaling pathways and other related mechanisms in disease prevention will also be discussed.
  

  • BIMS 6325 Comparative Genomics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIMS 6320 
    Comparative studies of genomes and genomic information among species with a concentration on the genome.
  

  • BIMS 6326 Clinical Immunology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of core classes.
    Review and update students to various facets of basic immunology, clinical immunology, and approaches to study immune function and ongoing innovative research.
  

  • BIMS 6332 Microbial Metabolism

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Previous/concurrent enrollment in BIO 4310 or BIO 4313; Graduate standing.
    Investigation of the interrelationships of energy utilizing and producing metabolic pathways. Consideration will be given to glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle, oxidative pathways of fatty acids and amino acids, and the pathways of lipid and sterol formation, in addition to various aspects of gluconeogenesis and the pentosephosphate shunt. (Formerly : “Studies in Intermediary Metabolism”)
  

  • BIMS 6341 Molecular Biology of Cancer

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 1
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Advanced topics in cancer at the molecular level and how this affects cellular and molecular biology.
  

  • BIMS 6399 Faculty-Guided Research/Thesis

    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 the BIMS Core Courses and Director Approval.
    The culminating experience in the MS in Biomedical Science program that provides a supervised opportunity to perform research. Thesis and oral defense required for graduation. Must be repeated at least once for credit.

Biology - Graduate
  

  • BIOL 6300 Selected Topics in Biology

    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 when topics vary.
  

  • BIOL 6305 Internship

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    This course is for students in the MS in Biomedical Sciences-Professional Science Master’s Program. It prepares students interested in industrial biomedical sciences careers. May be repeated once for credit.
  

  • BIOL 6310 Virology

    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 3343 
    Immunology Biology of viruses with special emphasis on infectious diseases and applications in gene therapy.
  

  • BIOL 6333 Advanced Cell Biology and Proteomics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s)/Co-Requisite(s): BIOL 4310  and Graduate standing.
    Advanced concepts in cell and molecular biology and studies in proteomics.
  

  • BIOL 6337 Computer Science for Bioinformatics

    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 6320, MATH 3391 , and Graduate standing.
    Computer Science programs for bioinformatics: includes programming in PERL and use of applied programs.

Business - Graduate
  

  • BUSI 6351 Business and Society in the International Environment

    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
    To understand corporate social performance, business ethics, issues management, stakeholder management, corporate governance, the natural environment, and consumer protection to promote resopnsible business practices. Formerly Business and Society Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • BUSI 6390 Field Studies/Internship

    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 6 hours within major, and consent of instructor.
    Provides students the opportunity to apply classroom theory to actual practice. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • BUSI 6391 Study Abroad

    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 an opportunity for immersion into international culture.  May be repeated when topics/locations vary. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour.

Communication - Graduate
  

  • COMM 6300 Special Topics

    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.
  

  • COMM 6302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.
    Independent study in any topic related to Communication.
  

  • COMM 6331 Studies in Communication Theory

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Survey of the communication field focusing on the construction and function of contemporary theories in communication.
  

  • COMM 6334 Studies in International and Intercultural Communication

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Survey of contemporary theories on the nature of culture, how cultures vary, and the challenges of communication between cultures.
  

  • COMM 6335 Studies in Rhetoric and Persuasion

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Explores rhetorical theories and their application in various contexts for the purpose of more fully understanding how persuasion works.
  

  • COMM 6340 Media Studies

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Explores media theories and their application to better engage the relationship between media, culture, technology, and social change. Cross-listed with CRTH 6318 .

Computer Science - Graduate
  

  • COSC 6105 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 1
    Semester Credit Hours: 1
    Class Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6205 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 2
    Semester Credit Hours: 2
    Class Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6300 Special Topics in Computer Science / 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): Graduate Standing.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • COSC 6302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing and approval of instructor.
    Course may be repeated with different topics.
  

  • COSC 6305 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6308 Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member, under whom the student has taken at least one course; A minimum overall “B” average in the program.
  

  • COSC 6309 Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member, under whom the student has taken at least one course; A minimum overall “B” average in the program.
  

  • COSC 6310 Multimedia Development and Programming

    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 3317 , or Graduate standing, or good understanding of object-oriented programming.
    A study of media theory and programming skills, such as a creating immersive media driven applications for DVD, CD-ROM and Web; broadcasting TV-quality video on the office LAN and broadband Internet.
  

  • COSC 6312 Fundamentals in Cybersecurity

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Prerequisite(s): COSC 6338  , and COSC 6339  .
    This introductory-level course provides an overview of computer security topics, with a focus on understanding the most common threat types and implementing basic protection systems for device, data, and network protection.
     
  

  • COSC 6313 Internet Engineering

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Prerequisite(s): COSC 4339   
    This course introduces students to advanced topics in computer networks and the Internet. It provides a comprehensive coverage of the major advancements in the Internet architecture with a focus on routing protocols and their design, IP subnetting/addressing and a deep analysis of the internals of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). The course also discusses recent developments on the Internet such as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization. 
  

  • COSC 6315 Data Science using Machine Learning

    Cr. 3.0
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 3391 , Programming experience
    Introduces how machine learning uses computer algorithms to search for patterns in data and how to use data patterns to make decisions and predictions with real-world examples.
  

  • COSC 6320 Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Pervasive 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): COSC 6339 .
    This course provides an in-depth coverage of issues in mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive information systems. This will include the current and emerging applications, wireless and mobile infrastructure, devices, middleware, and network access issues.
  

  • COSC 6325 Policy, Strategy, and Ethical Issues in 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): COSC 3325  or equivalent.
    Information systems policies and procedures to support the organization’s mission; contemporary information systems strategic planning and policy. A survey of contemporary legal and ethical issues faced by information systems professionals. Case studies will be used to illustrate current best practices.
  

  • COSC 6329 Data Warehousing and Data Mining

    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 6336 
    Data warehousing; OLAP; data mining; data marts; advanced topics in integration of different technologies.
  

  • COSC 6333 Computer Science 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): Core Completed.
    If a substantial part of the core is complete and student is concurrently enrolled in the remainder of the core, student may petition to enroll in the same semester. A one-semester course designed to assist the student in the Project Option to complete the special requirements of the Option. The project requires approval by a graduate faculty advisor in the student’s area of interest in the semester prior to its inception. Student will develop and prepare a proposal, conduct the research, write the drafts and the final report, and make a presentation to students and program faculty, if required, all with the help of the faculty advisor. Presentation is encouraged.
  

  • COSC 6335 Computational 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): COSC 6338  Corequisite(s): 6 s.h. upper-division math.
    In this course techniques for designing computational frameworks for a number of interdisciplinary applications are investigated. The computational mechanisms covered in the course range from analytical modeling to stochastic processes.
  

  • COSC 6336 Database Systems 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): 3 s.h. of programming or equivalent experience.
    Design principles of large database-based applications and distributed database. Formerly “Database Design.”
  

  • COSC 6337 Web Mining & Information Retrieval

    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 3325  or Graduate standing
    To provide a comprehensive coverage of various topics in Web data mining including Web usage mining, Web content mining, and Web structure mining. To learn the different techniques from machine learning, databases, and information retrieval to extract useful knowledge from Web data which could be used for business intelligence, site management, personalization, and user profiling.
  

  • COSC 6338 Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing

    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 3332  or equivalent or instructor approval.
    Organizational and operational analysis of digital computers at the component and functional levels. Design and performance issues. Algorithms and architectures for parallel processors.
  

  • COSC 6339 Network Design and 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): COSC 3325  or Graduate standing
    Concepts and mechanisms of data transport systems including information in the form of data, voice, and image, Network architecture, terminology, control, and general topologies. Current equipment and physical interconnection are explored in an applied model incorporating a range of network services to support application development, distributed processing, information centers, and distance learning. Emphasis is placed on the impact of data communications technology on organizations and on the design of future information systems.
  

  • COSC 6340 Computer System Architecture

    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 3317  or 3 semester hours of programming; or Graduate standing.
    Design concepts used in computer architectures to improve the performance of computations. Topics include operating systems, memory, instruction sets, assembly and machine languages, superscalar and parallel structures. Formerly “Software and System Architecture”.
  

  • COSC 6341 Internet Programming

    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 3317 
    A study of programming skills for Internet applications, through learning web development concepts with Active Server Pages and the .NET framework. Applications in the areas of web navigation, server-side and client-side computation, dynamic data processing, and distributed applications.
  

  • COSC 6342 Software Engineering Project 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): COSC 3317  or programming experience.
    A study of the software development process, how to plan and manage it, process improvement. We will also consider social and environmental factors.
  

  • COSC 6343 Intelligent Agents and Applications

    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 3391  and COSC 3317 .
    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 both business and engineering applications. Reference will be made to the different types of problems which intelligent agents techniques can help solve, such as automating decision making, recognition tasks. 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.
  

  • COSC 6344 Advanced IT Project 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): COSC 3325  or Graduate standing.
    Students will acquire and apply the knowledge and skills necessary to manage or lead successful IT and Information Systems project teams. Some advanced topics will be discussed. Term project required.
  

  • COSC 6345 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

    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 3333 or equivalent, or instructor’s approval.
    Study of algorithm design, analysis tools, and techniques for selected problems including sorting, searching, graphs, branch and bound strategies, dynamic programming, game theory, algebraic methods, parallel algorithms, and string matching.
  

  • COSC 6346 Automata and Formal Languages

    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 3333  or equivalent, or instructor’s approval.
    Introduction to fundamental concepts in automata theory and formal languages including grammar, finite automation, regular expression, formal language, pushdown automation, Turing machine, and an intro to computability and decidability. Study the properties of these models, and various rigorous techniques for analyzing and comparing them, using both formalism and examples.
  

  • COSC 6347 System Administration

    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 3325  or Graduate standing
    Develop insight and understanding of enterprise Linux systems at a level useful for systems and network administration. Installing and administering Linux. Basic system security, performance tuning, and system diagnostics will be discussed through the course. Students will develop an understanding of the Linux system architecture.
  

  • COSC 6350 Systems Analysis & 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): COSC 6361  or 6 semester hours of programming.
    Systems Development Life cycle and the technologies used to model, design, document, and implement high quality information systems. Systems analysis and design is the essence of the IS professional’s work. This course will allow students to synthesize their experiences in software development and project management, into a comprehensive project. CASE tools that emphasize object-oriented analysis and design principles will be used. Requirements determination, specification development, testing, documentation, and reporting will be emphasized.
  

  • COSC 6351 Decision Support 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): COSC 3325  or equivalent
    Support systems for decision-making in complex, technologically rich environments. Decision theory principles, problem identification, model formulation, and solution procedures. Sample quantitative and qualitative tools to study the behavioral aspects of decision making in a decision support environment. At least one expert system will be examined or developed. Neural networks are discussed.
  

  • COSC 6353 Information Systems Security

    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 6361  or 6 semester hours of programming.
    Develop knowledge and skills for security of information and information systems within organizations. Concepts and methods associated with planning, designing, implementing, managing, and auditing security at all levels and on all systems platforms, including worldwide networks. Techniques for assessing risk associated with accidental and intentional breaches of security. The associated issues of ethical uses of information and privacy considerations. Security in computer operating systems, networks, and data.
  

  • COSC 6357 Web Engineering

    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 6361  or 6 semester hours of programming
    Design and implementation of Internet and World Wide Web based application using the current technology. Other topics include data compression, multimedia data technologies, and wireless computing.
  

  • COSC 6358 Advanced Operating System Concepts

    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 6340  or equivalent
    Learning, understanding, and implementing operating system fundamentals, including process and thread management, concurrency with semaphores and monitors, deadlocks, storage management, file systems, and I/O. Hands-on experiences of operating system design and implementation and how it impacts application systems design and performance.
  

  • COSC 6359 Cloud Computing

    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 3325  or Graduate standing.
    Study of the conceptual and experimental issues in the design and implementation of cloud computing and its services. Formerly “Advanced Computer Communication”
  

  • COSC 6360 Fundamentals of Programming

    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 3317  or Graduate standing.
    Object-oriented programming using Java; abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. The concept of an abstract data type (such as a stack or queue or both) and their implementations. Programming projects will be assigned throughout the semester.
  

  • COSC 6361 Programming and Data Structures

    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 6360 .
    Not open to MAIS students except to satisfy the programming prerequisite. Will NOT count toward the 36 semester hour requirements. Object-oriented programming using Java; abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. The concept of an abstract data type (such as a stack or queue or both) and their implementations. Programming projects will be assigned throughout the semester.
  

  • COSC 6390 Integrating the Enterprise, IS Function and IS Technologies

    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 the entire core.
    Builds on previous courses, integrative in nature. Taught in seminar style. Current and strategic issues in information management from the executive perspective; analyze, synthesize, and respond at the highest organization level. Overall information needs of an organization and the role information systems play in meeting those needs. A major research paper based on a thorough literature search of primary sources in information systems; presentation of research.

Counselor Education - Graduate
  

  • COUN 6300 Selected Topics in Counselor 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): Approval of advisor and school dean.
  

  • COUN 6302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of advisor and school dean.
    No more than 6 semester hours on program of studies.
  
  

  • COUN 6310 Counseling in the 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): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    The role of the school counselor in providing essential service and comprehensive programs.
  

  • COUN 6311 Multicultural Counseling

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    Introduction to the cognitive, affective and behavioral considerations associated with counseling diverse client populations.
  

  • COUN 6316 Addiction Counseling: Theory and Techniques

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321  and COUN 6327 
    An introduction to the addiction process and methods of intervention. Includes exploration of the behaviors, feelings and defenses as positive/negative adaptive methods of coping.
  

  • COUN 6317 Couples and Family Dynamics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6327 .
    An introduction to the theory and techniques of couples and family counseling.
  

  • COUN 6318 Assessment in Counseling

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 .
    Study will include principles, procedures and ethics of assessment in counseling, assessment instruments, statistical concepts and evaluation and interpretation of assessment data.
  

  • COUN 6319 Death and Dying

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 
    Study of issues surrounding the process of death and grieving. Students will explore theoretical approaches to helping individuals experiencing grief.
  

  • COUN 6321 Professional Orientation & Ethics in Counseling

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    Study of the history, role identity, ethics, and legal standards of counseling. (Formerly : Professional Orientation to Counseling)
  

  • COUN 6322 Abnormal Human 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): COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 
    A survey of emotional, mental and behavioral dysfunction across the life span.
  

  • COUN 6325 Career Education: The Counselor’s Role

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    A study of career theories, methods of appraisal, and counseling techniques of the career development throughout the lifespan.
  

  • COUN 6326 Human Sexuality

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6311 , COUN 6321 , and COUN 6332 
    This course will cover sexual anatomy, the physiology of sexual function, and therapeutic methods of assessing, counseling, an referral procedures for clients.
  

  • COUN 6327 Theories of Counseling

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    A survey of current theoretical models and techniques utilized in counseling relationships.
  

  • COUN 6328 Gestalt Theory and Techniques

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 .
    Advanced study in the theory and techniques of Gestalt counseling.
  

  • COUN 6329 Group Counseling: Theory and Techniques

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 , and COUN 6333  .
    A study of group dynamics, process, theoretical applications, techniques and leadership skills in an experiential setting.
  

  • COUN 6330 Advanced Counseling Ethics and Law

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6311 , COUN 6321 , and COUN 6327 
    In-depth exploration of records management, an overview of business/family law and professional practice and the study of current board rules to enhance and protect clients.
  

  • COUN 6332 Counseling Across the Life Span

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    The course includes major theories of human development across the life span with understanding of stages and developmental tasks. The counseling process, interventions and strategies will be addressed in relation to the topical issues.
  

  • COUN 6333 Counseling Techniques

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 .
    Techniques and processes of interviewing and counseling in an experiential setting. Use of audio and videotaping with clients.
  

  • COUN 6334 Family Counseling Technique

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6317, COUN 6321, COUN 6327.
    This course is designed to familiarize students with applications of current theoretical models and interventions when providing family counseling.
  

  • COUN 6335 Counseling Couples

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6317, COUN 6321, COUN 6327.
    This course is designed for students to provide counseling, assessment, treatment planning, and related services to couples for relational development and family origin influences.
  

  • COUN 6336 Counseling Children and Adolescents

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6327 , COUN 6333 .
    Assessment and techniques for working with children and adolescents in personal or family systems. Developmental child and adolescent individual and group counseling methods along with parent/guardian involvement interventions.
  

  • COUN 6337 Crisis & Trauma Response

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 
    Introductory course in crisis and trauma response/intervention for mental health professionals, trained paraprofessionals and laypersons, including crisis/trauma models, crisis and trauma assessment, strategies, applications, ethical and legal aspects of crisis and trauma intervention.
  

  • COUN 6338 Introduction to Play Therapy

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6327 , COUN 6332 , and COUN 6333 
    This course provides an overview of the essential elements and principles of play therapy, including history, theories, modalities, techniques, applications, and skills. Further, an experiential component focuses on play therapy skill development within the context of ethical and diversity-sensitive practice. It also includes assessment and techniques for working with children and adolescents in personal and family systems along with parent/guardian involvement interventions.
  

  • COUN 6339 Play Therapy in School Settings

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6327 , COUN 6332 , and COUN 6333 
    Designed for use by the school counselor and professional licensed counselors in schools to deal with adjustment, academic and milder forms of behavioral difficulties typically encountered in the school setting. Containing history, theories, modalities, techniques, applications, and skills. Further, an experiential component focuses on basic play therapy skill development within the context of ethical and diversity-sensitive practice. It also includes assessment and techniques for working with children and adolescents in personal, family, and school systems along with parent/guardian and school involvement interventions.
  

  • COUN 6340 Advanced Counseling Techniques

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 , COUN 6329 , COUN 6333 .
    Advanced counseling skills development. Individual and group assessment of each student’s counseling skills.
  

  • COUN 6341 Advanced School Counseling

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6310 , COUN 6311 , COUN 6321 , and COUN 6327  
    This course will provide students the basic provisions needed to establish and sustain effective collaboration in schools, including working with the differences and civersity in roles, abilities, and cultures that make up school systems as well as understanding the role of consultation in schools.  Students will show evidence of the ability to conceptualize the collaboration needed to implement school-based mental health programs.
  

  • COUN 6342 The American Community College

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    A comprehensive description of American community colleges, and the changing role of student services.
  

  • COUN 6343 Advanced Psychopathology & Psychopharmacology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6318 , COUN 6332 
    Introduction to psychopharmacology for counseling. Topics include basic neurobiology, pharmacokinetics, assessment, and history taking, and drugs as they relate to the treatment of various disorders. Course will focus on the classifications of psychotropic drugs, their indications for use, intended drug actions, common side effects and adverse reactions. Course content also includes criteria of psychiatric diagnosis, use of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the theories of psychopathology. (Formerly : Psychopharmacology)
  

  • COUN 6344 The College Student

    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 the characteristics and needs of college students including student subcultures that affect the campus environment and the counseling services required for student success.
  

  • COUN 6345 Research and Program Evaluation

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    This course is designed to introduce students to the importance and uses of research in counseling. It will cover basic univariate statistics, how to critique published research, and how to use research in applied settings.
  

  • COUN 6346 Introduction to Student Services in Higher 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): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check.
    A comprehensive study of critical issues and trends in higher education student services as reflected in current research.
  

  • COUN 6347 Advanced Career Counseling and Assessment

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 6325 , COUN 6327 , and COUN 6318 
    This course provides advanced understanding and experiential application of career development and assessment. Students will administer and interpret career assessments to populations across the lifespan.
 

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