Academic Programs :: Undergraduate Programs

Acct 100. Financial Accounting. This course provides an introduction to financial accounting for undergraduate business majors. Topics covered include: using accounting information to support decision making, the accounting cycle, interpreting financial accounting data, and solving financial accounting problems.

Acct 101. Managerial Accounting*. This course is a continuation of Acct 100. Financial Accounting. It provides an introduction to managerial accounting for undergraduate business majors. Topics covered include: activity-based costing, standard costing, just-in-time systems, total quality management, transfer pricing, budgeting, cash flow optimization, time value of money, and financial statement analysis. The course also addresses environmental, political, legal, ethical, and quality concerns. *Prerequisite: Acct 100.

Acct 125. Accounting Fundamentals for Managers. This course provides a practical overview of basic principles of financial and managerial accounting. Topics that are covered include the fundamentals and terminology of accounting, basic financial statements, financial ratios, financial reporting standards, cost accounting, cost-based pricing, marginal costing, budgetary controls, overhead allocation, transfer pricing, and cost of capital. This course provides insight into the key accounting methods used and issues faced by modern businesses.

Comm 100. Business Communication. This course provides students with a foundation in business communication and writing. Topics covered include: foundations of business communication, effective business communication, communication in teams, barriers to communication, communication in teams, effective listening, planning and writing business messages, communicating information, writing business reports and proposals, making effective presentations, ethical issues in communication.

Comm 101. Technical Writing. This course covers the essentials of technical writing, including writing and revising manuals, usability testing, and producing formal reports. Topics include profiling audiences, the technical communications process, researching, designing pages, using visual aids, developing websites, writing formal and informal reports, preparing recommendations and feasibility reports, developing proposals and user manuals, making oral presentations, writing letters, and applying for jobs.

Comm 110. Public Speaking. This course covers the fundamentals of public speaking. Students will learn a myriad of techniques in addressing an audience in an effective manner. Critical thinking will be assessed in the handling of assigned speeches. Appropriate argumentative speaking will also be addressed so that the student can better inform their audience with an eye on persuasion. Students will learn how to research a topic and how to organize their thoughts and draft an outline of their speech before delivery. Student's reservations about speaking in front of a crowd will be handled in a manner to ensure success in presentation and they will learn how to associate themselves with the audience to inflict emotion and passion. Speeches will be recorded so that the student can reflect on their speech and make notable observations about their voice inflection and tone.

CST 107. Microcomputer Applications. This course provides an introduction to using microcomputer applications to increase productivity. Topics include working with documents, worksheets, databases, and presentations suitable for coursework, professional purposes, and personal use. The course is designed to meet the needs of business administration, computer science, management, and education students. Only limited experience with a computer is required; knowledge of basic business mathematics is assumed.

Cst 115. Computer Architecture & Organization. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to computer architecture and organization. It presents hardware design principles and shows how hardware design is influenced by the requirements of software. The goal of this course is to illustrate the principles of computer organization using extensive examples drawn from a range of commercially available computers.

Cst 117. Internet and Web Programming. This course provides an introduction to the Internet and hands-on activities to enable the student to understand the essential concepts of HTML and XHTML programming. Topics include fundamental concepts of internetworking, basic concepts of web site design and deployment, characteristics of a user-friendly web page, using lists and tables, working with frames, using color and graphics, and making web sites accessible for people with disabilities.

Cst 120. Program Logic & Design. This introductory course provides students with a foundation in programming concepts and methodologies. Topics covered include: programming concepts, SIMPLE SEQUENCE control structure, IFTHENELSE control structure, DOWHILE control structure, trailer record logic, modularization, CASE control structure, DOUNTIL control structure, program documentation, data structures, structure charts, program design techniques, object oriented program design, file concepts and processing, and control break processing.

Cst 140. Programming in JavaScript. This course provides an introduction to programming using the JavaScript language. Topics covered include: developing web applications, integrating JavaScript with HTML, writing functions, defining objects, creating interactive forms, using frames, and coding event handlers.

Cst 143. Programming in Visual Basic. This course introduces Visual Basic programming in the .NET environment. Visual Basic is approached as an object-oriented, data-driven language. This course is designed for individuals with little programming experience. Topics include syntax, semantics, debugging, and integrating applications with the Web.

Cst 144. Assembly Language. This advanced course provides an in-depth introduction to assembly language and a survey of the fundamentals of computer architecture. Throughout the course, hardware and software concepts are integrated, using a simple, horizontally microprogrammed computer as a unifying model. Topics include syntax, semantics, linking, execution, and debugging. Advanced topics include the design of optimal instruction sets and writing an assembler and a linker using Java or C++.

Cst 145. Programming in Java. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Java programming language. This course shows how to create different Java application programs and applets from start to finish, including correct syntax and common errors. Topics include Java's predefined classes and methods; and user-defined classes, methods, and packages. The course also covers basic concepts of object-oriented design and programming.

Cst 148. Programming in C/C++. This advanced undergraduate course is designed to teach aspects of the C/C++ programming language. Topics include basic syntax, input and output, basic operators, using library functions, and creating classes and objects. The course also covers the basic features of object-oriented design using C++ and provides a comparison of C++ with Java. Course modules focus on a single example program and describe its implementation in detail.

Cst 160. Analysis of Business Requirements. This course introduces the student to the processes involved in establishing business requirements and highlights the critical differences between requirements analysis and systems design. Requirements analysis is concerned solely with the problem space or the universe of discourse pertaining to the enterprise, how it uses information, and what problems it seeks to overcome. System design operates in the problem solution space, entails a specific application of a particular technology to address a problem. Thus requirements analysis is concerned with what is to be done, not how to do it, which is a critical distinction for management, given the growing emphasis on performance contracting in government and business.

Cst 161. Data Communication. This course provides students with an overview of data communications in today’s business environment. Topics covered include: data communications and telecommunications, OSI reference model, TCP/IP protocol stack, LAN and WAN architectures, Internet technologies, role of ISPs, voice-oriented networks, mobile computing, digital and analog transmissions, distributed systems, frame relay networks, backbone networks, network management systems, and network and internetwork security management.

Cst 162. Data-Driven Web Sites. This course introduces the methods that enable web designers and developers to build and deploy dynamic Web applications that interact with a database. Topics include the relational database concepts, web server programming using Visual Studio and Active Server Pages, form validation, and table look-ups. This course also provides a review of HTML and JavaScript.

Cst 163. Distributed Systems*. This advanced course introduces the principles and paradigms of distributed systems. Topics include: communication principles, processes, naming, synchronization, consistency and replication, and security. The client/server model is discussed in detail. Advanced topics include threads, interprocess communication, namespaces, multiphase commit, transaction processing, and fault tolerance. *Prerequisite: Cst 161.

Cst 164. Graphics and Web Design. This advanced course helps students build on their HTML skills to create enhanced web pages and to gain experience evaluating web site designs. Students are introduced to major web site developer’s tools including Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Topics include HTML and XHTML, using graphics, creating hyperlinks, using cascading style sheets, using Dreamweaver, using Flash, using Fireworks, and extending web site functionality using JavaScript functions.

Cst 167. Security Implementation and Management. This advanced course provides in-depth coverage computer system security concepts and techniques, focusing primarily on networks. Both theory and practice are addressed. Topics span the range of basic and advanced security issues and include problem-solving and risk management methods.

Cst 168. Systems Administration. This advanced course provides an over of the tasks and techniques that are best practices in system and network administration. The course’s content is independent of specific manufacturer’s platforms or technologies. The course covers the key principles of system administration and support practices, including simplicity, clarity, generality, automation, communication, and basics first. It also examines the major areas of responsibility for system administrators within the context of these principles. Topics include change management, version and revision control, server upgrades, maintenance windows, and service conversions.

Cst 170. Data Structures. This advanced course is focuses on data structures as an essential topic in computer science. Topics include the role of data structures and their relationship to algorithms; overloading operators and overriding methods; and developing stacks, queues, hashes, linked lists, trees, sorts, and searches. Java is used throughout the course for implementation and demonstration.

Cst 171. Algorithms and Complexity*. This advanced course extends the analysis of data structures begun in Cst 170. This course provides a review of traditional and current topics in sequential algorithms, and introduces the student to the theory of parallel and distributed algorithms. Distributed and parallel computing is increasingly important in computer science, driven by the growth of and resources provided by the Internet, as well as advances in cluster and grid computing. The mathematical concept of complexity is used to illustrate how to pick the best algorithm for a task. Java is used. *Prerequisite: Cst 170.

Cst 182. IT Project Management. This undergraduate course provides students of computer science and management with an introduction to IT project management. The course is comprehensive, covering terminology, tools, and techniques. Topics include: the triple constraint of project management, project management life cycle, the project management body of knowledge, work breakdown structures, project selection methods, network diagramming, critical path analysis, cost estimating, earned value management, and team building. Microsoft^® Office Project is used.

CST 183. Object-Oriented Software Design. This advanced course provides a comprehensive, balanced coverage of systems analysis and design within the object-oriented paradigm. This course builds on the traditional concepts and techniques of systems analysis and design covered in Cst 191. Topics covered include requirements elicitation, use cases, system sequence diagrams, agile modeling, and extreme programming.

Cst 185. Operating Systems Principles. This advanced course covers concepts in operating systems analysis and design. General topics of process, resource, and file management are presented and analyzed against different system architectures and performance constraints. Topics include software I/O buffering, concurrent processes, mutual exclusion, synchronization and deadlocks, processor scheduling, memory management, and system resource control.

Cst 187. Software Quality Assurance. This advanced course introduces the student to the techniques and philosophies of software quality assurance (SQA) and its unique position in the broader context of overall quality assurance efforts. Topics include: process improvement, testing, inspections, defects tracking, and measurements. The purpose of this course is to help students establish a clear understanding of what software quality is and how implement quality assurance plans and procedures in an organizational context. National and international standards for quality are compared and contrasted.

Cst 188. Theory of Programming Languages*. This advanced course covers the formal design and specification of programming languages. It explores various notational methods used to describe language syntax and semantics. The properties of imperative and object-oriented languages are compared and contrasted. Topics include: parsing, semantics, memory management, exception handling, variable scoping, binding time, subroutines and co-routines, data abstraction, exception handling, control logic, concurrent processing, language dialects and standardization. *Prerequisite: Cst 145.

Cst 190. Database Systems. The course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to database systems. Students will be taken through the entire process of database development and implementation. Topics covered include: basic database concepts, file systems and databases, relational database model, database design and implementation concepts, entity relationship (E-R) model, database tables and normalization, structured query language (SQL), database design process, transaction management and concurrency control, distributed database management systems, object-oriented databases, client server systems, data warehouse, databases in ecommerce, web database development, and database administration.

Cst 191. Systems Analysis and Design. This course covers the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques, tools and perspectives essential for systems analysis and development. Topics covered include: systems concept, software development life cycle (SDLC), joint application development sessions, prototyping, rapid application development, object oriented development, systems engineering, requirements development, project management, principles of system design, systems development and maintenance. Computer assisted software engineering and integrated developments environments will be emphasized.

Cst 192. Management Information Systems. This course provides students with an overview of the fundamentals of management information systems in business. It describes how information systems provide organizations with their information life blood, and explains how they are managed. Topics covered include: the role of information systems in business, ethical considerations, communications, electronic commerce, database management, the software development life cycle, and systems integration.

Cst 193. Database Design*. This advanced course provides students with a detailed introduction to key theoretical issues in database design and information modeling. Topics include a survey of information/data modeling methods, relational database management systems, relational algebra and calculus, entity-relationship modeling, object-oriented concepts, dependencies and (de)normalization, indexing, concurrency, SQL, UML, security, client-server, XML, and data mining and warehousing. *Prerequisite: Cst 190.

Cst 195. Human-Computer Interaction. This advanced course provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Students will learn practical principles and guidelines needed to develop high quality interface designs that users can understand, predict, and control. This course covers theoretical foundations, and design processes such as expert reviews and usability testing. Numerous examples of direct manipulation, menu selection, and forms fill-in are used to give students an understanding of excellence in design. Topics will include the foundations of ergonomics and will include design critiques of of cell phones, consumer electronics, desktop displays, and Web interfaces.

Cst 196. Intelligent Systems. This advanced course provides an introduction to intelligent systems and their applications to business and industry. The focus is to offer practical guidance on integrating useful intelligent systems to solve real-world problems. Topics include: decision support systems, data mining, data warehousing, online analytical processing, expert system, and neural networks. Knowledge management and the integration of Web-based technologies are emphasized throughout the course.

CJ 100. Introduction to Criminal Justice. This course provides the student with an overview of the criminal justice system in America. The main topics include the criminal justice process and the Rule of Law, the police, the courts system, and the corrections system. Also included is an overview of the juvenile justice system and criminological theory, as well as the role of incarceration both as a punishment and as a preventative measure aimed at protecting society.

CJ 105. Introduction to Juvenile Justice. This course provides students with an overview of the theoretical and historical foundations of juvenile justice as a system apart from adult criminal justice. Topics include: theories of juvenile offense; measurements of prevalence; the role of police, the courts, and corrections in processing offenders through the system. Also covered are neglected youth, juvenile victimization, detention, certification of offenders as adults, probation and parole, the death penalty, and students' rights and school crime.

CJ 110. Criminal Law. Contemporary criminal law has pervasive effects on American society. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of criminal law. It provides an overview of general legal principles, grounded in the historical development of criminal law. Topics include the nature and history of criminal law, criminal liability, the concept of crime, the legal and social dimensions of crimes against persons and crimes against property. Other forms of crime, such as offenses against public order or public morality, are covered, too. The administration of justice, punishment, and sentencing are covered in the context their function in society. Finally, various defenses are discussed, such as justifications and excuses.

CJ 115. Corrections. This course provides a sociological and humanistic approach to understanding the corrections system. Institutional and community sanctions are discussed from the point of view of offenders and corrections workers. A fundamental concept is that corrections is a system of interconnected parties, and not just a standalone service to society. Topics include an overview of the corrections system, the history of correctional thought and practice, punishment and prevention, the law of corrections, the correctional client, jails and short-term detention, probation, community corrections, prison and long-term incarceration, corrections for juvenile and women offenders, race and ethnicity, and the death penalty.

CJ 120. Ethics in Criminal Justice. This course focuses on the roles of ethics and morality in the context of issues of crime, law, and justice. The course emphasizes the concepts, principles and theories that modern society defines as representing ethical thought and how these concepts can be applied to criminal justice. Topics include how ethics and morals affect our understanding of issues in criminal justice, how crime and justice are linked to ethics and morality. Theories of crime based on free will, determinism, relativism, self-interest, and psycho-social development are covered. Finally, lawmaking, criminal punishment, and unethical professional behavior are discussed.

CJ 125. Introduction to Law Enforcement. This course introduces the student to the law enforcement system and describes the broad framework of laws that all U.S. citizens are expected to obey. Topics include the changing nature of crimes today, in comparison to the traditional organization and functions of law enforcement. Also discussed is the history and evolution of law enforcement in America, freedom and justice, criminal and civil offenses, roles and responsibilities of law officers, investigation processing, interviewing, searching and arresting, protecting the rights of citizens, facing the national drug problem, victimization, the courts, and other elements of the criminal justice system.

CJ 130. Criminology. This course introduces students to the study of criminal behavior. It addresses the classical, neoclassical, biological, psychological, and sociological theories of the causes of criminal behavior and society's responses. Topics include an overview of criminology as a social science, patterns of crime and crime statistics, research methods and theory-building, crimes against property and persons. Also include are classical theories, positivism, ecological and social disorganization theory, subcultural theory, conflict theory, and social control and social learning theory.

CJ 135. Community Policing. This course covers the fundamentals of community-oriented policing and problem-solving. The course focuses initially on the history of policing and the changing nature of criminality in America, including the development of more community-oriented government and police. Topics include the evolution of policing, changes crime and society, community-oriented programs, planning and implementing community-oriented policing, training personnel, managing diversity, comparing policing in America to foreign countries.

CJ 140. Criminal Justice Management. Effective management is vitally important to the criminal justice system. Managers must develop organizations that meet the needs of their communities and those of criminal-justice workers. Topics include managing in justice-centered organizations, human relations management, responsibility and authority, staff development, ethical practices, evidence-based best practices, and community relations.

CJ 145. Constitutional Law. This course covers the foundations for understanding constitutional law, the guarantees given in the U.S. Constitution to citizens, and the effect of constitutional amendments on the criminal justice system. Topics include a historical overview of constitutional law, the role of the Supreme Court of the United States, the guarantees of civil rights and civil liberties, the Bill of Rights, the other amendments, and changes in Constitutional law and interpretation over time by the U.S. courts system.

CJ 150. Introduction to Forensic Science. This course provides an overview of forensic science (criminalistics) for students who are studying criminal justice or who intend to pursue a career in forensic science. It discusses applications of criminalistics to criminal investigations, technique, and the capabilities and limitations of modern crime labs, Topics include crime scenes, physical evidence, organic and inorganic analyses, forensic technology, arson and explosions, serology, fingerprints, firearms, computer forensics, and the future of criminalistics.

CJ 155. Criminal Courts System. This course addresses the history, traditions, and legal principles that are the foundation of the courts as essential part of the American criminal justice system. Topics include comparison of state and federal courts, federal procedures, basic rights and liberties of all U.S. citizens – including victims and the accused. An important focus will be students' understanding the roles of judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense counsel, police, and probation officers and other court-related personnel in the criminal court process.

CJ 160. Criminal Investigation. This course provides an introduction to methods of criminal investigation: It covers the investigative process and recent changes in the methods used in the field. The course examines the investigative methods used for the various major crime categories. It also spans activities from first responders at a crime scene to the presentation of evidence in a court of law. Topics include recording crime scene evidence, laboratory and technical services, locating witnesses, interviewing, arresting suspects, case preparation and presentation. Also included are organized crime, violence and threat assessment, and community-oriented problem-solving policy.

CJ 165. Criminal Evidence. This course focuses on the methods and procedures for developing, documenting, and presenting evidence. It focuses on the Bill of Rights as the historical basis for the rules of evidence used in criminal trials throughout the U.S. Topics include the history and development of the Law of Criminal Evidence, using evidence to determine guilt or innocence, direct and circumstantial evidence, witnesses and testimony, hearsay and exceptions to the use of hearsay, the Exclusionary Rule, when improperly obtained evidence can be used, obtaining evidence by the use of search warrants, documenting the crime scene, maintaining the chain of custody, and collecting various forms of evidence to build a case.

CJ 170. Criminal Procedure. This course explores the criminal justice process, examining an accused person's guaranteed protections under the Bill of Rights, as well as the roles of the prosecuting and defense attorneys and the federal judicial system. Topics include requirements for arrest, search and seizure, confessions, and pre-trial identifications. The U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court decisions that create law are essential elements of the course.

Econ 100. Microeconomics. This course provides a general introduction to microeconomics. Microeconomics is also called price theory and the theory of the firm. It describes economic forces and processes from the perspective of individuals and firms that are engaged in economic activity. It examines what they face when buying and selling their goods and services, including considerations of pricing goods and determining how many goods to produce. It also looks at markets and investigates the different circumstances of monopoly, perfect competition, imperfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly.

Econ 101. Macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the operation of aggregate economic forces and processes on a country’s economy. This course examines all the key components of macroeconomics, including: developing national accounts data, dealing with the business cycle, analyzing aggregate supply and demand, the role of savings and investment, determinants of economic growth, the use and consequences of fiscal and monetary policies, the determinants of inflation, world trade, and challenges of macroeconomic policy.

Econ 125. Economics for Managers. This course provides students with a framework in the basic principles of modern economics. Microeconomic topics covered include demand, production, costs, marginal analysis, and varying market structures. Macroeconomic topics include spending, inflation, unemployment, and international relations. The course focuses on the application of economic theories the pragmatic demands of business decision-making with applications to operations, marketing, and finance.

Econ 160. International Economics I. This course is an overview of international trade theory. Topics include world trade, labor productivity, comparative advantage, the Ricardian model, The Hecksler-Olin-Samuelson framework, economies of scale, and imperfect competition in international trade, the theory of external economies, and international labor mobility.

Econ 161. International Economics II. This course is a continuation of Econ 160 International Economics I. It expands the foundation in trade theory established in Econ 160 to cover international monetary economics. Topics include exchange rate determination, open economy macroeconomics, the international monetary system, global capital markets, and the economic development of underdeveloped countries.

Engineering Management

Emgt 100. Introduction to Engineering. This is a foundation course in engineering. It is designed to provide undergraduate students an overview of engineering concepts and methods used by engineers. It introduces students to professionalism and ethics in engineering, providing basic coverage of the elements of style for technical writing and engineering presentations, as well as introducing the basic concepts in engineering math, statistics and engineering economics.

Emgt 110. Introduction to Engineering Analysis. This course covers engineering modeling and simulation in a practical fashion and provides undergraduate students the fundamentals in engineering analysis and its applications in various major engineering fields. Engineering analysis is one of requisites for students who major in engineering or engineering management, enabling them to learn how to use a systematic approach to provide engineering solutions.

Emgt 145. Technological Entrepreneurship. This is an undergraduate course aimed to provide an overview of how to manage and market high-tech products and services in established companies and in engineering start-ups. The topics include strategy, corporate culture, partnership and alliance, R&D, high-tech customers, product development and management, distribution and pricing, advertising and promotion, e-commerce, and social, ethical and regulatory issues in high-tech business.

Emgt 150. Engineering and Technology Management. This undergraduate level course provides an overview of how to manage engineering and technology efforts. Topics include major principles of engineering management, functions of technology management, managing through the product life-cycle, managing engineering and technology projects and managing engineering careers.

Emgt 151. Introduction to Systems Engineering. This course provides an overview of systems engineering. Topics include the structure of complex systems, the system development process, systems engineering management, managing conceptual development, engineering development, post-development, and special topics such as software systems engineering and decision tools.

Engl 100. English Grammar. This is a self-study grammar course for students who have already studied the basic grammar of English. It concentrates on particular grammatical points and structures to address the common confusions and questions in these areas. The course is organized in grammatical categories. It covers the following topics: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc. Mastery of English grammar cannot be learned solely by studying theoretical premises. Consequently, this course is heavily focused on students engaging in practice exercises.

Engl 101. English Composition. This course recognizes that good writing is based on clear thinking. So to begin the writing process, an individual needs to be clear about what it is he/she wants to say. In order to prepare students to write effectively, the course covers the following topics: planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, formatting and submitting. It also provides guidance for different styles of writing, including: narrative and descriptive writing, analytical writing, persuasive writing, report writing, and literary writing. Finally, it looks at how students should conduct research efforts and write up their findings.

Fin 100. Principles of Finance*. This course introduces the student to key concepts, practices, and issues in finance. Topics covered include: capital and financial market systems, investment banking, interest rates, public offering, private placements, valuation of financial assets, investment in long-term assets, time value of money and capital budgeting techniques, break-even analysis, operating and financial leverage, capital structure, and earnings per share (EPS). *Prerequisite: Stat 100.

Fin 101. Financial Management*. This course is a continuation of Fin 100. Principles of Finance. It introduces the student to advanced concepts, practices, and issues in financial management. Topics covered include: capital-budgeting, cash flow analysis, cost of capital, determining financial mix, dividend policy, financial forecasting, working-capital management, liquid asset management, and international business finance. *Prerequisite: Fin 100.

Fin 102. Personal Finance. The course provides a comprehensive discussion of key topics in personal financial planning and management. Topics covered include: personal financial planning, quantitative approaches to financial planning, money management, personal tax strategy, financial institutions, financial services, major types of investment opportunities and instruments, risk management, online banking, retirement planning, financial privacy, and financial aspects of estate planning.

Fin 160. International Finance. This advanced course covers the processes and complexities of international business finance. Topics covered include: international financial management, measuring and managing foreign exchange exposure, financing the global firm, foreign investment decisions, managing multinational operations, international portfolio theory, currency risk management, and interest rate risk management.

Gov 100. U.S. Government and Politics I. This introductory course covers the structure, powers, and processes of the American political system. It reviews the development of democracy from the colonial period, the creation of the Constitution, and how the U.S. government has developed and functioned over the past two centuries.

Gov 101. U.S. Government and Politics II*. This course is a continuation of Gov 100. U.S. Government and Politics I. It covers the structure, powers, and processes of the American political system in greater depth. It reviews how the U.S. government has developed over the centuries and how in functions within a federal system that gives substantial powers to state and local governments as well as private organizations and individuals. *Prerequisite: Gov 100.

HA 100. Introduction to Health Services. This course provides the student with an overview of the healthcare system in America. The main topics include the demand for and access to healthcare services, the roles of organizational and individual healthcare services providers, such as ambulatory services, hospitals, mental and behavioral health services, long-term care, medical groups, and research and technology organizations and pharmaceutical industry, how healthcare system is paid, managed, regulated and evaluated as well as national health policy.

HA 101. Essential Medical Terminology. This course introduces to students essential medical terminology that they will encounter in their careers in the healthcare field. The course covers medical word parts, root words, and abbreviations as well as medical terminology in body systems and patient care.

HA 102. Introduction to Healthcare Law and Ethics. This course covers the fundamentals in the laws and ethics that health services and medical professionals are facing in their practice. It provides overviews of major laws and regulations governing healthcare services and the legal and court system. It also introduces major legal issues in healthcare practices, and the rights and the responsibilities of healthcare providers and recipients. Included also are topics on legal issues in healthcare organization workplace, such as labor and employment laws, as well as ethics issues facing healthcare providers in dealing with life, childhood, death and other issues.

HA 104. Epidemiology and Community Health. This course is an introduction to epidemiology and community health from a managerial perspective. It covers the following topics: concepts, principles and applications of epidemiology, including infectious diseases, measuring and interpreting morbidity, healthcare planning and needs assessment, quality measurements, mortality and risk adjustment, descriptive epidemiology, epidemiology’s applications in finance and cost-effectiveness analysis and evidence-based management, epidemiology study methods and applications in specific diseases that impact community health.

HA 120. Information Technology for Health Professions. This course covers the foundations of information technology in healthcare and management. The topics include introduction to IT, hardware, software, networking and telecommunications, medical informatics, administrative and accounting applications using IT, telemedicine, IT used in public health, radiology, surgery, pharmacy, dentistry, rehabilitation, medical devices, assistive technology, information resources used as assisted instruction, expert systems, health info online and the security and privacy in electronic age.

HA 130. Healthcare Organization Management. This course provides a systematic understanding of organizational principles and practices in managing health service organizations. The course covers the core knowledge in healthcare organizations such as organizational behavior, leadership, group dynamic, team building, designing and managing alliances, organization learning and development, organization strategy formulation and managing change.

HA 140. Health Services Marketing. This course introduces health services marketing. The topics include the history of health service marketing; basic marketing concepts, societal context of healthcare services consumption; the nature of healthcare markets, healthcare consumers and consumer behavior; healthcare products and services; factors influence health services utilization; marketing strategies, promotion, advertising and sales as well as emerging marketing techniques in marketing health services.

HA 150. Healthcare Management. This course introduces undergraduate students to healthcare management. It covers broad management topics, including leadership, management and motivation, organizational behavior, strategic planning, performance and quality improvement, financing healthcare, health insurance, health information, costs and revenues, healthcare professionals, human resources, teamwork, cultural diversity, and ethics and laws.

HA 151. Managed Healthcare. This course introduces students to the study of managed healthcare. It covers topics in the history and evolution of managed care, the main types of managed care organizations, healthcare delivery system, how managed care actually manages healthcare and deliver services, nonmedical operations of MCOs, Medicare and Medicaid programs and the regulations in managed healthcare.

HA 152. Long-Term Care Management. This course provides an overview of the long-term care system and its management. The topics include the concept of a continuum of care, consumers and providers, external forces such as regulations, licensures and accreditations, reimbursement resources, and quality assurance and improvement and major ethic issues. It also covers the topics in governance, management, technology, marketing, community relations and future trends in managing long-term care.

HA 199. Health Politics and Policy. This course provides an overview of health policy in America. It covers the politics that shape the nation’s health policy, including key ideas, values and frameworks that essential to understand health politics and policy, the political institutions involving in formulating national health policy including Congress, the President, the Court and state governments, health policy process involved these social forces interacted with government in shaping healthcare policies, the outcomes of programs, policies and problems, and reform healthcare system, and health policy from international perspectives.

Hist 100. World Civilizations I. This course provides an overview of world civilizations from the dawn of humanity through approximately 1500. The course traces the roots of early civilization, paying special attention to the political and cultural interactions between them, the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, the Renaissance, and the development of religious, political and philosophic thought.

Hist 101. World Civilizations II. This course provides an overview of world civilizations from 1500 to the present. The course will cover: civilizations in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas; the Age of Exploration; European colonization of the Americas; the rise of Western thought and political dominance; the Cold War; and the effects of globalization.

Hum 100. Humanities I. This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the humanities as they relate to early human civilization. The student will gain a further understanding of our roots and origins and some of the important contributions passed down from the earliest of mankind. Emphasis is placed on early advances in technology, art, music, dance, travel, poetry, and education.

Hum 101. Humanities II. This course provides an in depth look at the humanities from the period of the Renaissance to the present day. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the actions that shaped our world into what it is today. Areas covered are the Protestant Reformation, the first applications of scientific analysis, the Baroque Style, music, art, literature, theater, the Enlightenment Period, Romanticism, Industrialization, Colonialism & Modernism.

Mgt 100. Introduction to Business. This course provides a practical overview of basic principles of business management. The course covers topics in the areas of marketing, sales, finance, accounting, business law, organizational behavior, contracting, and procurement. It provides insight into key issues businesses face and how they are run.

Mgt 101. Principles of Management. This course provides students with a solid foundation in the theory and practice of modern management. Theories, concepts, and processes of both classical and modern management will be discussed. Other covered topics include: leadership, human resource management, conflict in line and staff relationships, delegation, accountability in organizations, role and types of organizational communication, ethics in business, diversity at the workplace, change and stress management, quality and innovation, operations control, international management, and technology in business.

Mgt 102. Legal Environment of Business. The course focuses on how the legal environment affects business operations and decision-making. The importance of critical legal thinking is emphasized throughput the course. Topics covered include: domestic and international legal environment of business, the legal and regulatory environment, ethical business management, and the Internet and e-commerce.

Mgt 105. Retail Management. This course provides students with an introduction to retailing. Topics covered include: strategic planning, identifying target customers, choosing a retail location, pricing, store image, and other factors in managing a retail business.

Mgt 115. Operations Management. This course surveys the field of operations management. Topics covered include: quality, quality function deployment, quality conscious purchasing, theory of constraints, capacity management, process management, location and layout design, resource planning, lean systems, waiting lines, technology management, supply chain management, forecasting, and aggregate planning.

Mgt 122. e-Commerce. This course provides students with an overview of electronic commerce and the technologies that are needed to support it. Topics covered include: using Internet technology to gain business advantage, operating electronic funds transfer, creating business opportunities in electronic commerce, implementing Web sites, ethical issues, and developing business plans for technology ventures.

Mgt 131. Organizational Behavior. This course provides a comprehensive treatment of key concepts, practices, and issues in organizational behavior. Topics covered include: personality, trust, emotions, perception, attribution, power, politics, values, attitudes, motivation, leadership, communication, groups and group formation, teams and team-building, individual and group decision making, organization culture and environment, conflict management, and human resource policies and practices.

Mgt 132. Human Resources Management. This course focuses on the basics of human resource management in organizations. Topics covered include: strategic human resource management, human resources planning and recruitment, training and development, compensation, performance appraisal, employee security, and safety. The role of unions in human resource management will be covered.

Mgt 133. Organizational Communication. This course introduces students to basic principles for effective organizational communication. Topics covered in the areas of: communication competencies; Interpersonal communication skills; verbal vs. nonverbal communications; managing communication conflict; intercultural communication; team building; communication with customers and clients; group communication; making effective presentations; etc.

Mgt 135. Leadership. This course provides a survey of theory and practice of leadership in the organization. Topics covered include: leadership behavior, theories of leadership effectiveness, delegation, empowerment, power and influence, contingency theories of leadership, charismatic and transformational theories of leadership, participative leadership, leading change in organizations, leadership in teams and decision making groups, leadership training and development, and learning organizations.

Mgt150. Project Management. This course examines current tools and perspectives in the arena of project management. Topics covered include: project life cycle, project selection, project planning, project control, project execution, project closeout, organizing project efforts, identifying needs and articulating requirements, change control, motivating matrixed team members.

Mgt 160. International Business. The focus of this course is on the behaviors and functions required for successful business management in today’s challenging global multicultural environment. Topics covered include: globalism, environment of international management, social responsibility and ethics, cultural management and styles, cross cultural communication, cross-cultural negotiations, international business strategy, global and cross border alliances, control systems for global operations, cultural shock, diversity, global labor relations, leadership and motivation in a multicultural context.

Mgt 190. Entrepreneurship. This advanced course presents the essentials of entrepreneurship and how to start and manage successful business ventures. Topics covered include: developing entrepreneurial ideas, forms of business ownership and franchising, marketing analysis and marketing planning, advertising and promotion, financial planning and financing, developing winning business plans, operational and service planning, global aspects of entrepreneurship, leading and growing a new venture, planning management succession.

Mgt 195. Business Policy and Strategy. This is a capstone course that involves the application of concepts and techniques of strategy formation, implementation and evaluation. Topics covered by the course include: globalization and global issues that impinge of strategic management decisions, environmental issues, e-business, vision and mission statements, developing business policies, generic strategies, external and internal strategic management audits, choosing among alternative strategies, implementing and evaluating business policy and strategy, and integrating culture and strategy.

Mgt 198. Directed Readings and Research. This course consists of supervised readings and research projects focusing on a specific area of management. It is open to undergraduate students, who are majoring in management, IT management, marketing management, or international management.

Mkt 100. Principles of Marketing. This introductory marketing course provides students with a basic understanding of the concepts, forces, institutions, and methods involved in marketing of goods and services. Topics covered include: market research, consumer and business buyer behavior, market segmentation, target marketing, market positioning, new products development, product lifecycles, pricing, distribution, supply chain management, and ethics in marketing.

Mkt 101. Marketing Management. This course provides an in-depth treatment of marketing management principles, strategies, and practices. Emerging trends in the field are given comprehensive treatment. Topics covered include: reverse marketing, experiential marketing, Internet marketing, customer relationship management, global marketing, brand marketing, market oriented strategic planning, consumer and business markets, market segmentation and target marketing, product life cycle, new product and service development, brand strategy, pricing and pricing strategies, integrated marketing communication, promotional strategies, sales force management, and total marketing management.

Mkt 110. Marketing Communications. This course provides an introduction to the advertising and marketing communications tools that support sales efforts of the firm. Topics covered include: the integrated marketing, marketing mix, marketing planning, the legal environment, advertising, promotion, and public relations.

Mkt 150. Marketing Research*. This course introduces the student to key concepts, techniques, tools, issues and terminologies of marketing research. Topics covered include: purpose and uses of marketing research, online marketing research, marketing research process, ethics in marketing research, marketing research problem and objectives definition, research design, designing data collection forms, secondary data and online databases, qualitative data collection methods, survey data collection methods, measurement in market research, quantitative data analysis, and interpretation of data analysis results. The use of SPSS is integrated into the course. *Prerequisite: Stat 100.

Mkt 160. International Marketing. This advanced course covers the processes and activities of international marketing, with emphasis on export development and management. Topics covered include: concepts of international marketing and export management, the international environment, export market selection, market entry strategies, export entry modes, product and pricing decisions, export financing payment methods, promotion and market communications, export order and physical distribution, and the organization and planning of international marketing activities.

Math 100. Business Mathematics. This course introduces students to mathematical concepts and tools that are used in the functional areas of business. Topics covered include: basic mathematics, basic statistics and graphs, accounting mathematics, retail mathematics, simple interest, bank reconciliation, compound interest, annuities, sinking funds and amortization.

Math 105. College Algebra. This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics covered include: equations, polynomials, rational functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, and graphs.

Math 106. College Trigonometry*. This course is a continuation of Math 105. College Algebra. Topics covered include: trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities, equations, matrix operations, determinants, systems of equations, sequences, series, and probabilities. *Prerequisite: Math 105.

Math 110. Finite Math and Calculus I. This course is the first semester of a two-semester course in finite mathematics and calculus for undergraduate students. Topics include a review of algebra, linear functions, systems of equations and matrices, linear programming using graphical and simplex methods, mathematics of finance, logic, sets and probability, counting principles, and statistics.

Math 111. Finite Math and Calculus II*. This course is the second semester of a two-semester course in finite mathematics and calculus for undergraduate students. Topics include nonlinear functions, the derivative, graphs and the derivative, applications of the derivative, integration, applications of integration, multivariable calculus, and probability. *Prerequisite: Math 110.

Phy 100. Physics I. This course provides an introduction to college physics, using an algebra-based approach. Topics covered include: kinematics, dynamics, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, momentum, simple and harmonic motion, fluid dynamics, temperature, and heat. Practical laboratory exercises using computer simulations are an important component of the course.

Phy 101. Physics II*. This course provides an introduction to college physics, using an algebra-based approach. Topics covered include: electricity, magnetism, alternating current, reflection and refraction of light, special relativity, particles and waves, nuclear physics, and radioactivity. Practical laboratory exercises using computer simulations are an important component of the course. *Prerequisite: Phy 100.

Psy 100. Psychology I. This introductory class focuses on psychology from a natural science perspective. The course explores the biology of behavior, learning, sensation, perception, memory, consciousness, and approaches to psychology research.

Psy 101. Psychology II. This introductory survey class focuses on psychology from a social science perspective. The course explores intelligence, cognition, language, development, personality, motivation and emotion, and the causes and treatment of mental disorder.

Soc 100. Sociology I. The course provides an overview of sociology. The methods that sociologists use to study human behavior, relationships, and social institutions are discussed. The course will explore social and cultural structures that exist in different societies. Students will gain a better understanding of the connection between their lives and the larger society around them.

Soc 101. Sociology II*. This course is a continuation of Soc 100. Sociology I, focusing on current issues from a sociological perspective. It will focus on how modern institutions deal with such key social issues, such as economic inequality, race and ethnic relations, class and social stratification, gender relations, families, work, and health. *Prerequisite: Soc 100.

Soc 103. Business and Society. This course surveys key issues and concepts in the field of business and society, with an emphasis on ethics. Topics covered include: the corporation in society, corporate social responsibility and social responsiveness, ethical business management, the corporation and public policy, sustainable development, managing the challenges of technological change, consumer protection, the community and the corporation, managing a diverse workforce, and media relations.

Stat 100. Basic Statistics. This course is a first course in statistics for undergraduate students. Topics covered include: sources and methods of data collection, data types, presenting data in charts and tables, descriptive measures, basic probability, probability and sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, two-sample tests, one-way ANOVA and chi-square.

Stat 101. Business Statistics I. This is the first part of a two-term introductory course that focuses on the concepts and tools of statistics as applied to business. Topics covered include: sources and methods of data collection, descriptive and inferential statistics, basic probability concepts, properties of discrete and continuous random variables, normal and sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, fundamentals of hypothesis testing, and control charts. The use of Microsoft Excel is integrated into the course.

Stat 102. Business Statistics II*. This course is the continuation of Stat 101, extending the student’s understanding of the application of statistics to the functional areas of business. Topics covered include: analysis of variance, tests of two or more samples with categorical data, regression models, time series analysis, decision making and statistical applications in quality and productivity management. *Prerequisite: Stat 101.

Stat 110. Decision Science I. This course provides an introduction to management science for undergraduate business majors. Topics covered include: decision modeling, linear programming, applications of linear programs, and integer programming. This course emphasizes the use of spreadsheets as a tool to quickly set up and solve decision models.

Stat 111. Decision Science II*. This course is a continuation of Stat 110. Management Science I. It extends the introductory course in management science for undergraduate business majors to more advanced topics. Topics covered include: project planning and control using PERT/CPM, linear programming, decision making under risk and uncertainty, queuing theory, simulations, time-series analysis, qualitative forecasting techniques, and economic order quantity (EOQ) modeling. This course emphasizes the use of spreadsheets as a tool to quickly set up and solve decision models. *Prerequisite: Stat 110.

Stat 125. Statistics for Managers. This course focuses on the concepts and tools of statistics as applied to business. Topics covered include: sources and methods of data collection, descriptive and inferential statistics, basic probability concepts, properties of discrete and continuous random variables, normal and sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, and fundamentals of hypothesis testing. The analysis of variance and regression are introduced, as well as tests of proportions.