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HIST 1002 - WRITING SEMINAR FOR MAJORS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will reinforce the proper techniques of historical research in the development of a major research project.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Junior or Senior Status
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HIST 1113 - MEDIEVAL EUROPE: 1100-1500
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Role of nobility, peasantry, church, development of towns, beginnings of national states, education, and culture.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1127 - MODERN BRITAIN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar that examines the history of Britain in the Twentieth Century. Topics to be discussed include: the British constitution, parliament and parties, the monarchy, the economy, social classes, Britain and the two World Wars, “the troubles” in Ulster, the British Commonwealth, Britain and European Union, and Britain and America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1170 - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The revival of classical thought, literature, and art in 14th- and 15th-century Italy; development of humanism with its secular tendencies and emphasis on the human personality; the Northern Renaissance of the 16th century; movements for reform in the church; Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation; the spread of Protestantism, and the Catholic Reformation (counter reformation).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1300 - ENGLAND TO 1689
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Surveys the development of English social, political, economic and cultural history through the “glorious revolution”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1342 - RUSSIA SINCE 1860
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Pre-Revolutionary Russia, its social structure, political tensions, beginnings of industrialization, 1905 Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution and establishment of the Soviet State, Civil War, the Stalin Period, World War II and the Post War “thaw.”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1381 - EUROPE 1914-1945
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
History of both Western and Eastern Europe from World War I through the end of World War II, with emphasis on national and ethnic tensions, the failure of democracy, depression, the growth of fascism, international conflicts, and war.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1385 - EUROPE SINCE 1945
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
History of Western and Eastern Europe: the Postwar reconstruction, communism in Eastern Europe; Europe in the Cold War; economic, social and cultural changes; the Revolutions of 1989.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1405 - SLAVERY IN AMERICA, 1619-1865
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This reading/discussion seminar will consider a variety of issues relating to the enslavement and emancipation of African-Americans in Colonial America and the U.S., Including but not limited to: African origins, the Atlantic slave trade, the middle passage, early colonial slavery, varieties of colonial slavery, slaves and free blacks and the American Revolution, slave religion, slave society, slave families, the politics and law of slavery, slave resistance and rebellions, slaves and free blacks and the Civil War, abolitionism, and abolition.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1409 - THE EARLY REPUBLIC: US 1789-1848
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the social, ideological, political, diplomatic, geographic, and religious atmosphere that influenced the founding of the United States of America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1410 - AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1763-1783
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an upper division course that considers the history of Revolutionary America between the 1750s and the 1790s.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1413 - AMERICAN LABOR HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This three-credit upper division reading seminar will explore the development and implementation of labor systems and the roles and experiences of American workers within those systems from the Colonial Era to the present.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1416 - AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY TO 1890
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Exploration of women’s themes in American history, including changing expectations of gender roles, evolving nature of work and family life, race relations and ethnic difference, and the participation of women in important social and political movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1417 - AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY SINCE 1890
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Continuation of topics covered in HIST 1416.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1430 - CIVIL WAR HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an upper division course that considers the impact of the Civil War upon the development of the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1505 - FILM AND HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar on the moving visual image as historical artifact. Examines the impact of film and video on the historical profession. Seeks to provide expertise in the technologies of film-making required for scholarly use of visual resources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1521 - THE PACIFIC WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the conflict between the United States (and its allies) and the Empire of Japan, 1941-1945. Both American and Japanese perspectives are explored.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1523 - WORLD WAR II FILM SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
World War II film seminar is an upper-level seminar designed to coordinate with HIST 1520, World War II. It examines the films produced during World War II which contain a war information message, illustrates visually the subjects studied in the World War II course, and provides a laboratory for the study of the visual image as historical artifact.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1535 - COLD WAR CULTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the political, social, and cultural history of the Cold War in the United States, emphasizing themes such as civil rights and civil liberties, the McCarthy period, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the Vietnam War, the rise of the new left and the new right, the Reagan presidency, and the fall of the Soviet Empire.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HIST 0620 or 0602
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HIST 1600 - POSTWAR JAPAN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An exploration of the social, political, economic and industrial elements which allowed the Japanese to create an economic superpower on a resource poor archipelago. Using an historical framework, the course will concentrate on the post-World War II era.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1602 - RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar that examines the origins, identities, and theological conceptions of the major non-Judeo/Christian religious traditions. The course of study includes the scriptures, cultural contexts and worship practices of these religions as well as the intimate relationship of religion to other aspects of human behavior.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1603 - JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a study of the beliefs and practices of the three major Monotheistic religions. The course examines the historical origins, development, theological concepts and worship practices of what are sometimes called the ‘Abrahamic Faiths.’ It emphasizes the distinct character of each religion as well as variations within each, and seeks to discern continuity and differences among the three. This course is designed to be a companion to History/RELGST 1602, “Religions of the World,” to provide a more searching treatment of the Western religious traditions. The approach combines elements of a seminar, in which student preparation and participation are important, with lecture segments and also makes significant use of video and web-based resources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1605 - RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM, 1865-1916
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the long-range impact of the Northern victory in the Civil War; the restructuring of the economy of the United States, business expansion, the rise of finance capitalism, and various reform movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1613 - PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course traces the revolutionary process which brought the communist party of China to power. Changes which have occurred socially, politically, and economically are explored, as are the relations with the countries of Asia, the United States, and various international bodies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1617 - UNITED STATES IN THE 1960’S
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores American politics, culture, and society in the 1960s. Topics include the “Camelot’s” years of the Kennedy administration, the great society, the Vietnam War at home, the civil rights movement and the rise of the new left and women’s liberation movements, rock and roll, the sexual revolution and the counterculture, and the emergence of new age spirituality.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HIST 0620 or 0601
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HIST 1620 - THE VIETNAM WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint the student with American involvement in Southeast Asia, in particular with the second Indochina War. Some attempt will be made to provide a background of Vietnamese historical and cultural perspective. The major portion of the course will focus on American policy, at home and abroad, and the manner in which five American presidents tried to deal with the “Indochina problem”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1679 - MEXICO
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Mexican history from the Aztecs to the present. We will discuss the conquest, the Colonial Era, the struggle for independence, nineteenth-century liberalism, the Porfirian dictatorship, the Twentieth-Century Revolution, the formation of a single party state, the temptations of socialism, the oil boom, the debt crisis, and the “crisis of the system” now being experienced by Mexico.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1774 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the foundations of Christianity in Roman times and its worldwide diffusion up to the present. The emergence of differing Christian identities, the experiences of Christians in various societies, and the role of Christianity in significant social and political developments in the West are emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1800 - DIRECTED READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a specified course of study, comparable in content to a special topics course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1810 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1820 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a defined task of research on campus under the supervision of a faculty member of an appropriate department, and in which the fruits of the research are embodied in a thesis, extended paper, laboratory report, or other appropriate form.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1830 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HUMAN 0500 - DIGITAL TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce tools and technologies in humanities computing for undergraduate digital research. We will create opportunities for engagement beyond the classroom, as students work together in teams to create websites, produce scholarship, and offer service in the public humanities. The course is modeled on the “Humanities Lab”, which emphasizes project-based learning, collaboration, and long-term project development. The course does require some programming, database design, and mark-up instruction, but on a level that assumes no prior knowledge or experience with computers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HUMAN 1500 - MULTIMEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A capstone course in which students will refine their previous digital projects and produce new ones to be assembled in a digital portfolio, suitable for job applications or graduate school applications. Students will also begin their job search by identifying and locating potential employers and targeting their materials for those positions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IS 0400 - Intro to Information Systems
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary information systems and demonstrate how these systems are used throughout global organizations. The focus of this course will be on the key components of information systems people, software, hardware, data, and communication technologies, and how these components can be integrated and managed to create competitive advantage. Through the knowledge of how IS provides a competitive advantage students will gain an understanding of how information is used in organizations and how IS enables improvement in quality, speed, and agility. This course also provides an introduction to systems and development concepts, technology acquisition, and various types of application software that have been prevalent or are emerging in modern organizations and society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1410 - Data and Information Management
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The database-oriented course provides the students with an introduction to core concepts in data and information management. It is centered on the core skills of identifying organizational information requirements, modeling them using conceptual data modeling techniques, converting the conceptual data models into relational data models and verifying its structural characteristics with normalization techniques, and implementing and utilizing a relational database using a multi-user database management system. The course will also include coverage of basic database administration tasks and key concepts of data quality and data security.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1411 - ADVANCED DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will cover advanced topics related to data modeling and management using some of the latest technologies found in the industry (such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, MYSGQL).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 1410
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IS 1412 - GRAPHIC DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course, students learn how to effectively use Adobe Creative Suite programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises and projects, you will gain a working knowledge with each of the Adobe applications and learn the advantages they provide. Skills learned in this class allow students to design for printed or electronically displayed materials, such as business logos, brochures, posters, flyers, or websites. These skills are typically needed to pursue a career as a Graphic Designer, but are useful across many different disciplines to make an employee more resourceful, especially Marketing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1415 - Web Development
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended to provide the basis needed for students to become a web professional or a key contributor to web application decisions made by an organization. Students will gain front-end web development skills, positioning them to become a Front-end Web Developer, Web/User Experience Designer, Web System Analyst, or Website/E-commerce site content manager. Knowledge of the web will be critical as no matter what career is pursued, as the web is the platform of the present & future.
Proper HTML & CSS conventions will be learned as these web technologies are leveraged in the construction of user interfaces. JavaScript & jQuery will be introduced late in the course to come full circle on the technologies used in front-end web development. Along the way, useful development tools, browser nuances & the evolution of web standards will be discovered by the students as their knowledge of website development grows.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400 or CS 0100 or CS 0455 or HUM 0500
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IS 1420 - SYSTEMS ANALYS AND DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course discusses the processes, methods, techniques and tools that organizations use to determine how they should conduct their business, with a particular focus on how computer-based technologies can most effectively contribute to the way business is organized and operates. The course covers a systematic methodology for analyzing a business problem or opportunity, determining what role, if any, computer-based technologies can play in addressing the business need, articulating business requirements for the technology solution, specifying alternative approaches to acquiring the technology capabilities needed to address the business requirements, and specifying the requirements for the information systems solution in particular, in-house development, development from third-party providers, or purchased commercial-off-the-shelf packages.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1425 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides in-depth knowledge of data communications and networking requirements including networking and telecommunications technologies, hardware, and software. Emphasis is upon the analysis and design of networking applications in organizations. Management of telecommunications networks, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of connectivity options are covered. Students learn to evaluate, select, and implement different communication options within an organization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1426 - HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Information technology professionals will encounter a variety of platforms in their career. The role of the IT professional is to select, deploy, integrate, and administer platforms or components to support the organizations infrastructure. This course covers the fundamentals of hardware and operating systems and how they integrate to form essential components of its systems. In addition, this course positions students to pass the CompTia A+ Certification exam. Students will gain hands-on experience with the many components inside of a computer, along with gaining operating system knowledge to accomplish the many routine tasks of a PC technician or IT specialist.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400 or CS 0100 or CS 0455
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IS 1428 - MOBILE APPS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches students how to take a mobile application from the ground to market by developing a mobile strategy, weighing design options, and leveraging technologies to build a desired application. Students will learn about the different components that form the mobile landscape and how we came to the rapid success that is seen today. Students will become familiar with the most widely adopted mobile platforms, the differences they have between them and learn about the distribution channels these apps must travel through before they are available in the marketplace. Students will design and prototype mobile apps using a variety of tools. Lastly, students will go through the application building process learning the concepts behind building basic Android mobile applications.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400 or CS 0015 or CS 0455
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IS 1430 - BUSINESS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the fundamentals of problem analysis, algorithm development, program design, object orientation, and a thorough working knowledge of an object-oriented programming language, with focus on business applications.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1435 - IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course allows students to experience the fundamentals of project management & demonstrates its value in helping organizations successfully complete projects. The course traverses through the Systems Development Life Cycle by understanding and applying techniques from different project management methodologies, such as the Waterfall & Agile methods. Creation of key project management deliverables, developed by student teams, emphasizes these learning objectives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IS 1420
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IS 1441 - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence, including the processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and current practices used to transform business data into useful information and support business decision-making. The development and use of data warehouses and data marts to support business analytics is discussed. Data mining, visualization, and statistical analysis along with reporting options such as key performance indicators, management dashboards and balanced scorecards will be covered. Text and web mining are discussed, and the application of selected data mining techniques to business decision making situations is illustrated. Technologies utilized in the course may include SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Business Objects, Crystal Reports, RapidMiner, Tableau, SAS, and R.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 1410 and STAT 1040
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IS 1445 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course involves a detailed analysis of particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1450 - ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the role of enterprise systems in organizations. It will focus on business processes, business process integration, and information technology for enabling the integration. This is necessary for effective planning and control of the organization to better utilize its resources and knowledge to obtain a competitive advantage. The course also covers selection and implementation of ERP systems. A part of the course will be set aside for demonstration and ‘hands on’ exercises with one of the available ERP software.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1460 - HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the application of clinical information systems utilized in modern healthcare. Healthcare processes and concepts will be reinforced through a hands on learning environment, enhancing a students familiarity with a healthcare information system. Scenario based learning will push students to analytically come upon solutions and apply them in this simulated environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1461 - HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Building upon HIM Application 1 experiences, students will explore various types of clinical information systems that are utilized in the healthcare industry. Students will perform common tasks within simulated environments to gain practical knowledge of these multi-faceted systems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 1460
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IS 1488 - IS INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The IS internship uses the workplace as a living laboratory for students to study in depth about the IS discipline. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific education objectives. Thus, a student earns degree credits for what is learned, not for work performed for the internship supervisor. Instructor consent required.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1489 - IS INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity, usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member that is typically provided in directed reading or directed research courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IL 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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IT 0098 - LOGO PROGRAMMING FOR TEACHERS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Explores entry level programming for teachers using the logo language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IT 1101 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR 21ST CENTURY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
The computer is becoming an increasingly important tool for teaching and learning as computers with considerable capabilities proliferate in K-12 schools. In this course you will thus learn about computing in general and bout computer-based education in particular. The course will examine other tools available to teachers, such as digital cameras, scanners and so forth. The accompanying labs will emphasize hands-on learning of these teacher tools.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IT 1145 - INSTRNL TECHNLGY SCED-ENGLISH
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Computers are making a dramatic impact on teaching and learning. This course deals with how to use the computer and related technologies in the secondary education English classroom. The student will learn how to use computers for instructional purposes, to evaluate educational software designed for use in the secondary English classroom, to utilize the computer as a local and global communications tool, and to develop materials that incorporate communications technology for the teaching of English.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IT 1101
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IT 1161 - INSTRNL TECHN SEC ED-SOC STDS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course will give the student the opportunity to become familiar with instructional technology appropriate for secondary education social studies. The student will extend the skills and broaden the concepts learned in IT 1101 with an emphasis on social studies education. The student will learn to use computers for instructional purposes, to evaluate educational software designed for use in the classroom, and to utilize the computer as a communications tool. This will involve web-based and other multimedia project work relevant to the social studies classroom.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IT 1101
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IT 1165 - INSTRC TECHNLGY SCED-SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course will give the student the opportunity to become familiar with instructional technology appropriate for secondary education science. The student will extend the skills and broaden the concepts learned in IT 1101 with an emphasis on science education. The student will learn to use computers for instructional purposes, to evaluate educational software designed for use in the secondary science classroom, and to utilize the computer as a communications tool. This will involve web-based and other multimedia project work relevant to the science classroom.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IT 1101
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IT 1171 - INSTRNL TECHN SEC ED-MATH
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course will allow the student to become familiar with instructional technology appropriate for secondary education mathematics. The student will extend the skills and broaden the concepts learned in IT 1101 with an emphasis on math education. The student will learn to use computers for instructional purposes, to evaluate educational software, to utilize the computer as a local and global communications tool, and to develop materials that incorporate communications technology for the teaching of mathematics. This will involve web-based and other multimedia projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IT 1101
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IT 1172 - CALCULATORS IN MATH INSTRUCTN
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is designed to provide prospective mathematics teachers with expertise in the appropriate use of calculators, including graphing calculators, for teaching mathematics at the secondary level. Pedagogical and content knowledge are integrated within the context of technology usage and discussion of current reform efforts and issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IT 1101
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INDIST 0004 - CAREER EXPLORATION AND PLANNING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course will focus on major theoretical approaches to career development and the decision-making process. Its goals are to help students identify and explore their academic and career options and maximize the college experience to achieve their post-graduate plans.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ITAL 1181 - DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A reading of Dante’s divine comedy in English, using a bilingual edition.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 0053 - INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A course designed to provide both philosophical and historical foundations for consumers of mass media and those wishing to practice journalism. Provides an overview of American journalism-its underlying philosophies, history, theories, functions and ethics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1132 - REPORTING 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A course in news gathering and reporting with coverage of Richland township supervisors’ meetings or in-class exercises. Students are called upon to produce a range of journalistic writing, including hard news and human interest. Emphasis on deadline writing; reporter initiative; and clear and concise writing. Associated press style.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1133 - MAGAZINE WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students produce four or five magazine articles with emphasis on student ideas. Interviewing and information gathering skills are developed. The objective is publication with research of magazine markets. Associated press style.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1134 - FEATURE WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students produce weekly feature articles based on their ideas. Emphasis on student initiative and writing skills, including analysis of the best of American journalism. Consistent productivity is tested. Associated press style.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1135 - EDITORIAL WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed to introduce journalism students to an area of specialization in communications—the editorial. Emphasis on writing opinion for newspaper and electronic media and discussion of editorial policy-making, the means of per suasion and the roles of syndicated and local columns, editorial cartoons, letters to the editor and journals of opinion.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1136 - COPYREADING/EDITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A workshop in which students receive editing and headline writing experience of the type they would receive in a daily newspaper newsroom. The emphasis is on “doing,” with deadlines and demands for accuracy in a job potential field consistently in demand.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1137 - NEWSPAPER LAYOUT/DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students study and utilize a wide variety of newspaper lay out-makeup styles in this workshop. Speed, accuracy, and imagination are combined to produce attractive, readable page designs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1138 - REPORTING 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A rigorous course in which students accept responsibility for beat coverage. Students produce two stories a week with a minimum of errors. Emphasis on productivity, initiative and error-free writing under deadline pressure. Associated press style.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: JOURNL 1132
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JOURNL 1140 - PHOTOGRAPHY IN COMMUNICATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A workshop in newspaper photography emphasizing coordination with writers and editors, artistic aspects, productivity and digital darkroom.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1142 - JOURNALISM PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Award of academic credits based on experience. Course available to members of the advocate, WUPJ radio station, editorial staff of backroads, and staff of the UPJ yearbook, with faculty consultation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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JOURNL 1144 - PUBLIC RELATIONS 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students study the concepts and practices of internal and external public relations. Along with contemporary theory, the course stresses writing, communication, layout and design. Writing skills expected.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1145 - BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students are introduced to broadcast journalism through traditional classroom instruction and writing of stories for radio and television formats.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1146 - PUBLIC RELATIONS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students study public relations taking a problem-solving approach. The workshop method enables students to experience various public relations “hands on.”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: JOURNL 1144
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JOURNL 1147 - THE MEDIA AND THE LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of the legal framework in which the mass media-law operates.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1171 - CONFERENCE IN WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The students are required to produce a 12,000-word writing project, a portion or all of which will be submitted for publication. Journalism students are required to write nonfiction projects, which might include a series of newspaper stories, one or more magazine articles, or a lengthy investigative reporting project. Non-journalism students may submit works of fiction (short stories, novel, etc.). Independent study format.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JOURNL 1173 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 12
3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-credit journalism internships have been established with area media, businesses, and organizations in order to provide a practical experience supplement to the academic program. Six internship credits may be applied to the journalism major. The credit value of each internship program is determined by the number of working hours involved.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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JAC 0100 - COMMUNITY LAB PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 0
Maximum Credits: 3
The community lab project provides JAC students experiential learning opportunities through job-shadowing, field trips, workshops, demonstrations, web-based certifications, service projects, and additional community-based activities.JAC Majors will be required to earn 3 credits of JAC 0100. The course will be offered every semester on a pass/fail basis and be worth 0.5 credits.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
Course Requirements: UPJ JAC Majors
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JAC 0200 - CORRECTIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an overview of the systems and practices of American criminal corrections, including the historical development of correctional practices, contemporary correctional structures and treatment, the experience of prisoners, alternatives to incarceration, punishment philosophies, and some of the most pressing problems and controversies in modern corrections.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 0265 - INEQUALITY, CRIME, AND JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Issues of crime and justice with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, and class will be examined from the perspectives of law enforcement, corrections, the legal process, and different socio-demographic groups in society. This course will explore the challenges of addressing crime in a society stratified by race, ethnicity, gender, and class, specifically looking at the experiences of socially disadvantaged groups (as both victims and perpetrators), the applicability of criminological theories to minority criminality, and the impact of inequality on the law-making process, the content of the law, the administration and enforcement of the law, and the quality of justice afforded socially disadvantaged groups.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or JAC 0715 or SOC 0715
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JAC 0400 - BASIC COMPUTER FORENSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the theory and principles of computer forensics, including search and seizure procedures, handling of evidence, hard drives as physical devices, file systems, and information storage.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 0715 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the numerous elements of the American criminal justice system, from defining and measuring crimes to the major components of the criminal justice system (police, criminal courts, and corrections). By exploring law and society in general, including the history, structure, function, and contemporary problems faced by each of the elements of the criminal justice system, the goal of this course is to create a fuller understanding of the criminal justice system, the ways it impacts our lives on a daily basis, and potential avenues of reform.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 0720 - CRIMINOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Criminology refers to the scientific study of crime, its causes, and social responses to it. This course provides a broad overview of the study of crime. It examines the legal definitions and elements of crime; surveys the major categories of crime, i.e. predatory and nonpredatory acts; reviews the major measures of crime; identifies the major correlates of crime, reviews and assesses the major theories of crime; differentiates types of offenders and explores various dimensions of their offending; and examines and evaluates the working of the criminal justice system.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or SOC 0010 or JAC 0715 or SOC 0715
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JAC 0725 - CRIMINAL COURT PROCEDURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This introductory course provides a broad overview of the role of courts in the American criminal justice system, including judicial procedure, organization, and personnel. The course will focus on how courts function and the elements of courts, trials, and criminal law. Students will explore theories of justice, dispute resolution, and criminal responsibility; learn about the roles played by the major participants in the process of adjudiciation and what happens at each stage of the criminal process; and discuss the influence of current political and social debates on the operation of the criminal courts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 0726 - DIGITAL AGE CRIME AND JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the impact of technology and science on the criminal justice system. It includes an overview of the use of technology to commit crimes like fraud, money laundering, identity and other theft, and child pornography, as well as a focus on technology in protecting the public (crime mapping, locating and tracking illicit activities, detecting weapons, explosives, and contraband, etc.), And science and technology in confirming the guilty and protecting the innocent (DNA analysis, biometrics, processing digital evidence, etc.).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 0735 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course offers an in-depth analysis and examination of current controversies in the criminal justice system, including contemporary criminal justice policy, application of the law, and criminal justice ethics. Students will be expected to acquire an informed understanding of the history and current status of these debates, the arguments being made on all sides, and the evidence used in support of each position in order to be able to formulate, articulate, and defend an informed opinion on these current controversies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 1150 - SOCIOLOGY OF LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological study of the law and legal institutions through an exploration of legal culture and the rule of law. The purpose of the course is to gain an understanding of how scholars have examined law-related phenomena to increase the understanding of broader social and cultural issues that influence the law and are influenced by the law. Students will be expected to gain an appreciation of the law as a complex, dynamic process that is part of the culture and society in which it exists.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 1400 - ADVANCED COMPUTER FORENSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course includes hands-on instruction in a computer laboratory. Topics include wiping and verifying target media, identifying and recovering windows artifacts, and forensics software tools such as FTK.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: JAC 0400
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JAC 1433 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course provides an overview to the field of juvenile delinquency. Topics covered include theories and research on causes of juvenile delinquency: juvenile treatment under law; correctional philosophy and practices in juvenile justice; and impacts of juvenile criminality upon the rest of society. Students emerge from the course with knowledge of causes, prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency and should be prepared to move into more detailed study of this subject.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100
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JAC 1700 - JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION AND CRIMINOLOGY SENIOR SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this required senior capstone course, students will draw on previous coursework and internship experience to produce a resarch project on a relevant issue in justice administration and criminology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Justice Admin and Criminology, LVL: Senior
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JAC 1801 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: JAC 0715
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JAC 1803 - DIRECTED READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a specific course of study, comparable in character to a regular course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: JAC 0715
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JAC 1810 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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JAC 1900 - JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION AND CRIMINOLOGY PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Students will gain experience in a public or private organization or agency appropriate to their fields of interest. Supervision by the host agency and faculty advisor. Students must write a summary and analysis of their field experiences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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Latin |
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LATIN 1300 - LATIN AUTHORS 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course students read selected works by Roman authors. The specific authors and works vary from term to term; the course may be repeated for credit when the material covered is different.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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LATIN 1302 - LATIN AUTHORS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course students read selected works by Roman authors. The specific authors and works vary from term to term; the course may be repeated for credit when the material covered is different.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Management |
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MGMT 0500 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory course in management. This course is designed to enhance the student’s knowledge and understanding of the four primary processes of management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling, with special emphasis on the planning and leading processes. We will also explore the major schools of management thought, the social role of business, managerial decision making processes and managerial ethics. Upon completion of the course the student should have a clear understanding and knowledge of the current managerial environment, its scope and complexities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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MGMT 1000 - MANAGEMENT POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An integrative course that focuses on strategic planning, policy formulation, and corporate decision making. Comprehensive cases are used to give the student practice in applying business theories to the solution of management problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 1520
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MGMT 1010 - BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND MODELING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course demonstrates integrated approaches to gathering and analyzing business data using excel and other computer based tools such as advanced graphics, regression based forecasting, sensitivity analysis, data base and macro programming. Analytical projects focus on company and industry-specific data from both web based and proprietary data base sources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUS 0300 and 0400 and 0500 and 0510; CREQ STAT 1040 or STAT 1100
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