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American Studies - Graduate |
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AMST 6314 Modern, Social, Political, and Cultural History: 1600-1865 Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Class Hours Per Week: 3 Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0 Course Level: Graduate
Introduces MAIS American Studies students to the social, political, and cultural history of the U.S. from 1600-1865. This course will be taught not as a history course, but as an interdisciplinary course that pays attention to the cultural factors of the time. |
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AMST 6315 Modern, Social, Political, and Cultural History: 1865-present Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Class Hours Per Week: 3 Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0 Course Level: Graduate
Introduces MAIS American Studies students to the social, political, and cultural history of the U.S. from 1865 to the present. This course will be taught not as a history course, but as an interdisciplinary course that pays attention to the cultural factors of the time. |
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AMST 6316 Methods in 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 the methodology of researching, analyzing sources, and writing papers in the field of American Studies |
Biomedical Sciences - Graduate |
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BIMS 6300 Selected Topics in Biomedical Sciences 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. |
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BIMS 6305 Masters Professional Science 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): Thirty hours of course work at the graduate level or permission of the graduate director. The culminating experience in the MS Professional science program that provides a supervised opportunity to practice professional skills in an industrial setting. Internship report and oral presentation required for graduation. May be repeated once for credit. |
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BIMS 6310 Management and Marketing Scientific Technologies Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Class Hours Per Week: 3 Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0 Course Level: Graduate
Provides marketing principles and global markets with focus on scientific technologies. Project management skills to manage diversity, conflict, and change in corporate, government and nonprofit including entrepreneurial ventures. |
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BIMS 6311 Biochemistry 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 is a broad introduction to the fundamentals of biochemistry, especially those relating to thermodynamics, molecular pathways and regulation. |
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BIMS 6312 Research Methods in Science 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 graduate students to conduct guided literature and laboratories-based research and independently write a research paper and/or article(s) for publication. The course will help students develop methods in scientific research, how to research current literature, formulate a hypothesis, and develop a scientific methodology to study a problem. |
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BIMS 6313 Cell & Molecular 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 fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, concentrating on understanding the experimental basis of these disciplines as well as the current state of knowledge. An intensive survey of cellular and molecular structure and function that make life possible. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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, pharmacokinetics, ligand-receptor interactions and their consequent biological effects. Secondary emphasis will be placed on toxins that effect biological systems. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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”) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 responsible business practices. Formerly Business and Society Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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COMM 6302 Independent Study Cr. 3 Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval. Independent study in any topic related to Communication. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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COSC 6302 Independent Study Cr. 3 Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing and approval of instructor. Course may be repeated with different topics. |
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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 Computer 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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COSC 6326 Applied Cryptography Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): Fundamentals of Cryptography or Graduate standing. This course introduces students to the main programming constructs and packages to implement secure cryptographic protocols using a high-level programming language. The main implementational aspects of symmetric encryption, public-key encryption, key exchange, digital signatures, elliptic-curve cryptography, and secure computation will be presented using hands-on experiments and activities. |
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COSC 6327 Cyber Forensics Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 6313 This course is to familiarizes students with skills and best practices for computer forensics investigation and analysis. Students will learn how to gather and analyze digital evidence and use critical thinking skills to solve computer-based crimes. |
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COSC 6328 Deep Learning Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 6315 In this course students will gain foundational knowledge of deep learning algorithms and get practical experience in building neural networks in TensorFlow. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.” |
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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. |
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COSC 6338 Parallel and distributed 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 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. Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing |
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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. |
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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”. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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COSC 6348 Natural Language Processing Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 6315 In this course, students will be given a thorough overview of Natural Language Processing and how to use classic machine learning methods. Students will also learn about Statistical Machine Translation as well as Deep Semantic Similarity Models (DSSM) and their applications. |
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COSC 6349 Computer Vision and Image Processing Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Course Level: Upper Division
This course introduces fundamental concepts and techniques for image processing and computer vision. Topics to be covered include image formation, image filtering, edge detection and segmentation, morphological processing, registration, object recognition, object detection and tracking, 3D vision, etc. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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COSC 6354 Cloud Security Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 6359 (Cloud Computing) or Graduate standing. The objective of this course is to identify the main cloud computing security issues and challenges such as data privacy, processing and storage confidentiality and integrity, infrastructure and networking attacks. |
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COSC 6355 Internet Security Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): Internet Security Essentials or Graduate standing. The course introduces student to advanced topics in Internet security. It covers Internet security threats, vulnerabilities of networking protocols and the different types of attacks. |
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COSC 6356 Network Security Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 4339 Telecommunication & Networks or Graduate standing. The objective of this course is to learn the main aspects of modern security protocols in the fields of authentication, Web, IP and wireless networks. |
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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. |
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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” |
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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. |
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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. |
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COSC 6370 Advanced Topics in AI Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 4322 This course will cover selected topics from: advanced pattern recognition, neural networks, expert systems and fuzzy systems, evolutionary computing, learning theory, constraint processing, logic programming, probabilistic reasoning, computer vision, speech processing, and natural language processing. |
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COSC 6375 Programming for Data Science Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 1337 Python programing using Jupiter notebooks, gathering input and manipulating input/output, building reusable functions with parameters and return values, decisions and repetition using conditional statements and loops. |
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COSC 6376 Predictive Analytics Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 3331 Identify the ideal analytic tool for specific data analysis needs; understand valid and reliable ways to collect, analyze, and visualize data; and utilize data in decision making for organizations. |
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COSC 6378 Data Visualization Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Scalable pattern discovery methods on massive transactional data, discuss pattern evaluation measures, and study methods for mining diverse kinds of patterns, sequential patterns, and sub-graph patterns. |
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COSC 6379 Data Science in Healthcare Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): COSC 6375, COSC 6315 Health Informatics innovation, Healthcare Data Models, Healthcare data literacy, Data Analytics for Genes and Medicine. |
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COSC 6380 Capstone Course Cr. 3 Semester Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): Completion of entire core or instructor permission. Integration of skills in data visualization, probability, inference and modeling, data wrangling, data organization, regression, and machine learning. Students will apply the knowledge base and skills learned throughout the series to a real-world problem. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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COUN 6303 Practicum in Counseling Cr. 3 Course Level: Graduate
Prerequisite(s): COUN 6333 , COUN 6321 , COUN 6327 , COUN 6329 , and COUN 6311 . 30 s.h. completed in Professional Counseling Program and Consent of Instructor. Experiences in field situations under supervision. Includes seminars. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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): Full admission into the counseling program and successful completion of background check. Study will include principles, procedures and ethics of assessment in counseling, assessment instruments, statistical concepts and evaluation and interpretation of assessment data. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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