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English
  

  • ENGL - 6475 The Short Story: Crossing Cultures (3)

    Examines the short story as genre and analyzes the ways in which writers from a variety of backgrounds and contexts make meaning. Encourages analytic responses to the texts that help to understand cross-cultural boundaries. Equivalent to ENGL-575.
  

  • ENGL - 6483 Literature of the Environment (3)

    Involves many forms of dialogue on issues pertinent to humanity’s relationship with the Earth. By reading works by writers from diverse fields and by writing in response, the student will gain a better understanding of our planet and its needs and a better control of writing in response to learning. Equivalent to ENGL-5483, ENGL-583.
  

  • ENGL - 6485 Film: Analysis, Criticism, Ideologies (3)

    Course examines, analyzes, and, where appropriate, “reads against” a canon of American and foreign films using contexts from social, political, and literary-critical theory. Equivalent to ENGL-585. Prerequisites: take ENGL-3111, ENGL-3112, ENGL-3121, ENGL-3122.
  

  • ENGL - 6500 Play Analysis (3)

    Study of drama, with emphasis on critical analysis of structure, genre, theme, style, character, language, dramatic event, and points of view (actor, director, critic, audience). Introduction to theatre research methods.
  

  • ENGL - 6505 Major English Authors (3)

    Concentrated study of selected authors. Students may take course for credit more than once, because the selected authors selected change from year to year. Equivalent to ENGL-510.
  

  • ENGL - 6510 Major American Authors (3)

    Individual American writers will be studied in-depth. Students may take course for credit three times providing different authors are studied. Equivalent to ENGL-520. Prerequisite: take ENGL-3121 or ENGL-3122.
  

  • ENGL - 6515 Major Black Authors (3)

    Concentrated study of selected Black authors. Students may take course for credit more than once, because the authors change from year to year. Equivalent to ENGL-515.
  

  • ENGL - 6520 Contemporary Literature (3)

    Focuses on the work and related background of Anglophone writers after 1945. Course may be taken for credit three times providing different authors or topics are studied. Equivalent to ENGL-524.
  

  • ENGL - 6525 Women Writers (3)

    Examines works by women writers with attention to their cultural and historical contexts. Explores ideas about women’s writing, its reception, and its place in the literary canon. May be repeated for credit under a different topic.
  

  • ENGL - 6550 Shakespeare’s Plays (3)

    Reading and analysis of Shakespeare’s plays. This course is offered in two segments “Plays before 1600” and “Plays after 1600.” When both courses are taken, the first meets core requirements and the second is credited as an elective. Graduate students will address textual problems. Equivalent to ENGL-551.
  

  • ENGL - 6570 Writing Theory and Practice in the Secondary Classroom (3)

    Provides a forum for sharing ideas and proven strategies for teaching writing at the high school level and models an inquiry-oriented classroom to learn, practice, and reflect upon instructional strategies in writing at the secondary level. Equivalent to ENGL-573. Prerequisite: take ENGL-4205  ENGL-4600 .
  

  • ENGL - 6575 Reading Theory and Practice in the Secondary Schools (3)

    Focuses on building reading comprehension strategies appropriate for readers in secondary schools. Teacher processes for developing critical literacy, engaging students, and connecting to texts. Reveals how highly engaged young adult readers produce meaning, and teaches meaning-making strategies to use with reluctant readers. Includes 12.5 hours of micro-teaching field experiences for undergraduates seeking certification in English secondary education. Equivalent to ENGL-574. Prerequisites: take ENGL-4205 , ENGL-4600 , EDCP-2101 .
  

  • ENGL - 6580 Read and Rap: Literature for Young Adult Readers (3)

    Introduces the variety of literatures available for young adult readers (middle school and high school students). Examines establishing criteria for the selection of literature for young adults, including criteria related to student interests, reading levels, quality of materials, and psychological, historical, cultural, political, and social issues. Emphasizes the components necessary for the creation of thematic literature units to be used in secondary language arts classrooms. Equivalent to ENGL-533.
  

  • ENGL - 6635 Writing Fellows Practicum (3)

    Exploration of theory and practice of tutoring in the context of Writing Across the Curriculum. Students will read theoretical materials about teaching writing, the writing process, and transfer theory as well as pedagogical materials about one-to-one conferences, writing groups, peer review, and writing in the disciplines. Students will complete a variety of hands-on tasks, including responding to student writing, interviewing professors, and working with student writers. Prerequisite: none.
  

  • ENGL - 7100 Introduction to Graduate Studies (3)

    This course provides an introduction to graduate work in English, developing the terminological, bibliographic, and analytical skills fundamental to graduate-level research. Topics include English as a discipline, graduate-level research skills, and current issues and practices in the field. Equivalent to ENGL-800.
  

  • ENGL - 7200 Seminar: Studies in Theory (3)

    Focuses on extensive readings in a major area of rhetorical, literary, and critical theory. Possible topics include feminist theory, psychoanalytical theory, deconstruction, narrative theory, reader-response theory, cultural studies, ethnic studies, and postcolonial studies. This course, under a separate topic, may be repeated for credit. Equivalent to ENGL-830. Prerequisites: take ENGL-3111, ENGL-3112.
  

  • ENGL - 7300 Seminar: Philosophy in Literature (3)

    Focuses on philosophical themes in literature. Offers a forum at an advanced level where thematic studies are the focus of investigation in literary works. Equivalent to ENGL-840.
  

  • ENGL - 7500 College Composition Theory and Practice (3)

    Introduces the histories, theories, and practices of composition studies to prepare future instructors for college composition. Topics are approached from both the perspective of current theoretical debate and practical classroom application, and include composing processes, collaborative writing, peer-reviews, argument and the rhetorical tradition, creating assignments, ways of responding to student writing, assessment, and grading. Equivalent to ENGL-815. Prerequisite: take ENGL-4100 .
  

  • ENGL - 8530 Seminar: Theories in Technical and Professional Writing (3)

    Focuses on theoretical and scientific approaches to studying rhetoric and writing in the context of business and technical environments and explores pedagogical principles for teaching business-related writing. Prerequisites: ENGL-4100 : Advanced Composition, ENGL-4600 : Rhetorical Theory and Practice, an equivalent course in rhetoric, or permission of the instructor.
  

  • ENGL - 8540 Seminar: British Literature (3)

    Explores selected works of British literature. Focuses on period, theme, or author in English literature, with the literature placed in its cultural and historical context. Course may be repeated once for credit under a different topic. Equivalent to ENGL-845. Prerequisites: take ENGL-3111, ENGL-3112.
  

  • ENGL - 8550 Seminar: American Literature (3)

    Focuses on a period, theme, or author in American literature. Typically, students read both primary and secondary literary works and secondary critical and historical analyses. This course, under a separate topic, may be repeated once for credit. Equivalent to ENGL-850. Prerequisites: take ENGL-3121, ENGL-3122.
  

  • ENGL - 8560 Seminar: Women’s Literature (3)

    Explores selected works of women writers with attention to the cultural and historical contexts in which they wrote. Focuses on the development of a tradition of women’s writing English, including British, American, and/or Anglophone writers. May be repeated for credit under different topics. Equivalent to ENGL-855.
  

  • ENGL - 8570 Seminar: World Literature (3)

    Explores selected works of world literature. Focuses English, including translations from other languages and works written in English. Focuses on period, theme, or genre, with the literature placed in context. Course may be repeated once for credit under a different topic. Equivalent to ENGL-865.
  

  • ENGL - 8700 Graduate Research (1-4)

    Individual reading and research in English under the supervision of the English faculty. Students may take course for credit more than once providing it is a different topic. Equivalent to ENGL-870.
  

  • ENGL - 8750 Graduate Research (1-4)

    Individual reading and research in English under the supervision of the English faculty. Students may take course for credit more than once providing it is a different topic. Equivalent to ENGL-870.
  

  • ENGL - 8751 Research in Workplace Rhetoric (3)

    Explores writing practices of workplace writers. Introduces students to qualitative research methods in the field of Writing Studies. Prerequisites: ENGL-4100 : Advanced Composition, ENGL-4600 : Rhetorical Theory and Practice, equivalent course in rhetoric, or permission of instructor.
  

  • ENGL - 8800 Capstone: Internship in Writing/Writing Pedagogy (3)

    Provides students with contextualized learning specific to their future career goals in the application of workplace writing or writing pedagogy. Prerequisites: ENGL-7500 : Composition Theory and Practice, ENGL-8530 : Seminar: Theories in Technical and Professional Writing, and ENGL-8751 : Research in Workplace Writing.
  

  • ENGL - 8900 Graduate Thesis (3)

    Provides the English student with the opportunity to synthesize graduate work by developing and completing a thesis specific to the student’s interests in English. Equivalent to ENGL-890. Prerequisite: take ENGL-8700 .
  

  • ENGL - 8950 Comprehensive Examination in English (1)

    Students prepare for and take a comprehensive exam drawn from the graduate level seminars in literature, rhetorical, and critical theory. Emphasis is on a critical reflection of literature. Results are used as a formative assessment. Equivalent to ENGL-892.

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENTR - 3000 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (1-3)

    Special topics course exploring issues in entrepreneurship.
  

  • ENTR - 3100 Principles of Entrepreneurship (3)

    Emphasizes what it takes to start a business by examining the differing forms of entrepreneurship and all aspects of the entrepreneurial process. Equivalent to ENTR-310.
  

  • ENTR - 4100 Entrepreneurial Opportunity (3)

    Emphasizes the different methods of locating and/or creating entrepreneurial opportunities. Equivalent to ENTR-410. Prerequisite: take ENTR-3100 .
  

  • ENTR - 4200 Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance (3)

    Emphasizes the financial measurements essential for monitoring and managing an entrepreneurial venture. This course is specifically tailored for entrepreneurs who are not accounting majors. Equivalent to ENTR-420. Prerequisites: take ENTR 3100  ,  ENTR-4100 , ACCT-2110 , and FIN 3110 .
  

  • ENTR - 4300 Entrepreneurial Ethics and the Law (3)

    Emphasizes the legal challenges inherent in entrepreneurial ventures and suggest strategies for meeting those challenges without sacrificing business objectives. Equivalent to ENTR-430. Prerequisite: take ENTR-4100 .
  

  • ENTR - 4400 Entrepreneurial Finance (3)

    Emphasizes the basic financial concepts and tools for financial decision making in entrepreneurial environments, with special focus on start-up ventures. Equivalent to ENTR-440. Prerequisites: take ENTR-4200 , FIN-3110 .
  

  • ENTR - 4500 Business Leadership Theory and Practice (3)

    Emphasizes the transformational strategies necessary to lead an entrepreneurial company. Equivalent to ENTR-450. Prerequisites: None.
  

  • ENTR - 4600 Entrepreneurial Marketing (3)

    Emphasizes the marketing methods, tools, and tactics necessary for successfully building and launching a new business opportunity. Equivalent to ENTR-460. Prerequisites: take ENTR-4100 , MKTG-2100 .
  

  • ENTR - 4700 Social Entrepreneurship (3)

    Explains the concept of social entrepreneurship, its significance and practical relevance in the context of business discipline. Demonstrates how business skills can be effectively used to address complex social problems. Evaluates opportunities for developing social ventures, strategies for mobilizing resources, and systematic methods for the measurement of performance. Equivalent to MGMT-460. Prerequisite: take ENTR-3100 .
  

  • ENTR - 4880 Entrepreneurial Internship (3)

    Provides entrepreneurship students with supervised practical experience. Associates each intern with a start-up company (incubator or hatchery) where there will be opportunity for the intern to participate in meaningful decision making. Equivalent to MGMT-490.
  

  • ENTR - 4900 Entrepreneurial Project (3)

    Designed to bring together all the knowledge students have acquired as it relates to the entrepreneurial process. Students work on individual projects that help them experience features of entrepreneurship first hand with the intent of assisting the student with taking the first steps to becoming an entrepreneur. The course creates a link between the educational experience at the university and the competitive entrepreneurial environment. Prerequisites: Completion of all required courses in program.
  

  • ENTR - 5000 Special Topics in Advanced Entrepreneurship (1-3)

    Special topics course exploring advanced issues in entrepreneurship.
  

  • ENTR - 7100 Principles of Corporate Entrepreneurship (3)

    Emphasizes the tools needed to allow a manager to react flexibly, faster, aggressively and innovatively in order to maintain the competitive edge of an entrepreneur. Equivalent to ENTR-730.
  

  • ENTR - 8100 Corporate Entrepreneurial Opportunity (3)

    Emphasizes the different methods of locating and/or creating entrepreneurial opportunities. Equivalent to ENTR-810. Prerequisite: take ENTR-7100 .
  

  • ENTR - 8500 Corporate Entrepreneurial Leadership (3)

    Emphasizes the transformational strategies necessary to lead an entrepreneurial company. Equivalent to ENTR-850. Prerequisite: take ENTR-8100 .

Finance
  

  • FIN - 3000 Special Topics in Finance (1-3)

    Special topics course exploring issues in finance.
  

  • FIN - 3110 Principles of Financial Management (3)

    Deals with theory and practice of the financial management function in planning, raising, and directing the efficient allocation of funds within the firm. Lecture/ discussion/online course. Equivalent to FIN-301. Prerequisites: take ACCT-2110 , STAT-2700 .
  

  • FIN - 3501 Investments (3)

    Involves study of the principles of investment securities with varying degrees of risk and return. Includes topics on investment risk, historical risk-return relationships, valuation of alternative financial instruments, technical analysis, procedures of the securities industry, formula investing, tax considerations, investment companies, and personal investment policy. Equivalent to FIN-460. Prerequisite: take FIN-3110 .
  

  • FIN - 4110 Advanced Corporate Finance (3)

    Focuses on the application of financial management tools and techniques. The case study method is used to cover such topics as profit planning, leverage analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, and valuation of the firm. Equivalent to FIN-420. Prerequisite: take FIN-3110 .
  

  • FIN - 4201 Insurance and Risk Management (3)

    Analyzes the nature and scope of the various risk exposures generally facing individuals and profit and nonprofit organizations. Examines alternate methods of dealing with risk exposures, including the use of insurance as a risk-handling device. Features topics on personal risks, property risks, third-party liability risks, and the nature and types of insurance contracts. Students will learn to apply risk management techniques to their professional and personal affairs. Equivalent to FIN-440. Prerequisite: take FIN-3110 .
  

  • FIN - 4350 International Financial Management (3)

    Focuses on international aspects of financial management. Particular emphasis is placed on control of exchange rate and financing multinational corporations. Equivalent to FIN-425. Prerequisites: take FIN-3110 , MGMT-4600 .
  

  • FIN - 4501 Financial Options and Futures (3)

    The study of modern concepts and issues in financial options and futures markets. Emphasis on risk management in financial institutions and applications in corporate finance and funds management. Equivalent to FIN-436. Prerequisite: take FIN-3501 .
  

  • FIN - 4502 Advanced Investments (3)

    A review of investment and portfolio management theory. The objective will be to develop superior long-term investment strategies. Current literature will be reviewed. Equivalent to FIN-465. Prerequisite: take FIN-3501 .
  

  • FIN - 4530 Financial Institutions and Markets (3)

    This course focuses on both the financial system and its important players. Topics include operation of the securities markets, determination of interest rates, characteristics of important financial instruments, portfolio policies of financial institutions, and the effect of government’s regulation on the financial system. Equivalent to FIN-455. Prerequisite: take FIN-4110 .
  

  • FIN - 4805 Independent Study (3)

    Independent study is intended to provide better students with the opportunity to study a topic of their choice in finance under professional supervision. Only students prepared to devote considerable time and effort should undertake an independent study. Students contemplating an independent study should first choose a definite area for investigation within finance and an instructor to sponsor the work. Equivalent to FIN-470.
  

  • FIN - 4810 Internship (3)

    Designed to provide finance students with supervised practical experiences in applied settings. Equivalent to FIN-480.
  

  • FIN - 5000 Special Topics in Advanced Finance (1-3)

    Special topics course exploring advanced issues in finance.
  

  • FIN - 7101 Problems in Financial Management (3)

    Covers the problems faced by the financial officer in management of funds in the business firm. Emphasizes developing skills and techniques to implement capital expenditure policies, solving short-term and long-term financing problems, and establishing dividend policies. Equivalent to FIN-801. Prerequisite: take ACCT-6100 .
  

  • FIN - 7501 Investments (3)

    Studies the principles of investment in securities with varying degrees of risk and return. Includes topics on investment risk, historical risk-return relationships, valuation of alternative financial instruments, technical analysis, procedures of the securities industry, formula investing, tax considerations, investment companies, and personal investment policy. Equivalent to FIN-850. Prerequisites: take FIN-7101 , STAT-2700 .
  

  • FIN - 7805 Independent Study (3)

    Independent study is intended to provide better students with the opportunity to study a topic of their choice in finance under professional supervision. Only students prepared to devote considerable time and effort should undertake an independent study. Students contemplating an independent study should first choose a definite area for investigation within finance and an instructor to sponsor the work. Equivalent to FIN-870.
  

  • FIN - 7810 Internship (3)

    Designed to provide finance students with supervised practical experience in applied settings. Equivalent to FIN-880.
  

  • FIN - 8101 Advanced Financial Management (3)

    An intensive study of theories and analytical tools with emphasis on their application to the solution of various financial problems of business firms. Includes topics on working capital management, capital expenditure decisions, estimation of the cost of capital, and dividend policy decision. Equivalent to FIN-865. Prerequisites: take FIN-7101 , STAT-3700 .
  

  • FIN - 8350 International Finance (3)

    Explores all areas of corporate finance from the perspective of a multinational corporation concentrating on decision elements that are rarely encountered by domestic firms such as multiple currencies, varying rates of inflation, differing tax systems, multiple money markets, exchange rate controls, segmented capital markets, and country risks. Emphasizes how to take advantage of being multinational. Equivalent to FIN-825. Prerequisites: take FIN-7101 , MGMT-7500 .
  

  • FIN - 8501 Derivatives (3)

    Covers the theory and practice of derivatives. Explains pricing, hedging, markets and institutions, and the regulatory environment of derivatives. Emphasizes financial and real options, forward and futures contracts, equity and index derivatives, foreign currency, commodity, and interest rate derivatives, swaps, and the recent expansion into trading of exotic options. Incorporates risk into the management of derivatives. Studies the organized and over-the-counter derivative markets and regulations. Equivalent to FIN-853. Prerequisite: take FIN-7501 .
  

  • FIN - 8530 Financial Markets (3)

    Covers analysis of financial markets with emphasis on understanding and predicting interest rates and stock prices. Includes topics on structure and behavior of interest rates, flow of funds analysis, operation of security markets, portfolio policies of financial institutions, effect of monetary and fiscal policies of financial markets, capital market theory, and measurement of market efficiency. Equivalent to FIN-830. Prerequisite: take FIN-7101 .
  

  • FIN - 8901 Graduate Thesis/Project: (6)

    Provides an opportunity for intensive study of a problem chosen by the student. A candidate who is approved for the thesis option will be required to defend the thesis orally. The thesis option is limited to outstanding students who have been recommended by a minimum of three faculty in the College of Business and Public Administration and approved by the dean. Students interested in pursuing a doctorate in business should select the thesis option. Equivalent to FIN-890.

First Year Seminar
  

  • FYS - 1001 Interdisciplinary Humanities (3)

    Introduces systems-thinking approaches to understanding literature, history, and philosophy in an interdisciplinary context. Emphasizes cultural, historical, philosophical, and environmental impacts on complex systems to demonstrate the interconnectedness of the world around us. Encourages transferability of these thinking strategies to other academic and personal contexts to help foster lifelong learning and innovative solutions to life’s challenges.

Gender and Sexuality Studies
  

  • GNSX - 1200 Gender and Identity in Literature (3)

    Examination of various types of literary works that reflect the experience and construction of gender and sexual identity. May emphasize selected genres or the literary contributions of a gender-defined group (e.g., women writers). Addresses influence of gender and sexual identities on literary expression; influence of literature on gender and sexual identities; terminology and methods of literary analysis and evaluation.
  

  • GNSX - 2000 Topics, Gender and Sexuality (3)

    Examines topics in gender and sexuality studies. Focuses study through topic-related readings, research, and/or projects. Note: Can be repeated for credit with a different topic.
  

  • GNSX - 2100 Introduction Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)

    Through an interdisciplinary survey perspective, provides an introduction to gender and sexuality studies as a field. Introduces concepts from anthropology, communication, literature, political science, and sociology that examine gender and sexuality as a social reality. Equivalent to IAI S9 900 Interdisciplinary Social/Behavioral Science I.
  

  • GNSX - 3099 Theories in Practice (3)

    Surveys theoretical developments in the fields of gender and sexuality studies. Covers key concepts, thinkers, and debates in feminism, sexuality studies, and masculinity studies. Requisite courses: Take GNSX-2100 .
  

  • GNSX - 3400 Global Politics of Gender (3)

    Addresses gender issues in the local context of women’s movements in several regions and countries around the world as articulated by feminist scholars within those countries. Uses a comparative perspective to consider the diversity of issues and perspectives within women’s/feminist movements around the globe.
  

  • GNSX - 3450 History Of Sexuality In The US (3)

    Provides a historical perspective on how sexual attitudes, politics and human rights shape social policies and practices in current contexts. Examines the role of sexuality during major historical moments, including medieval sexuality, 20th Century American history, focusing on the work of sexologists, queer history, HIV/AIDS, and other topics.
  

  • GNSX - 3500 Methods of Inquiry (3)

    Examines approaches to research and research methodologies utilized by feminist and queer scholars to study issues related to gender and sexuality. Considers ethical and political dimensions to research methods and knowledge production. Requisite courses: Take GNSX-3100.
  

  • GNSX - 3600 Politics Of Reproduction (3)

    Examines the various ways that power shapes human reproductive rights and behavior from an historical, contemporary, national and global perspective.
  

  • GNSX - 4000 Advanced Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)

    Examines advanced topics in gender and sexuality studies. Focuses study through topic-related readings, research, fieldwork and/or projects. Note: Can be repeated for credit with different topic. Requisite courses: Take GNSX-3100.
  

  • GNSX - 4700 Independent Study (1-3)

    Individual readings and/or project in gender and sexuality studies under the supervision of the faculty. Can be repeated for credit with different topic.
  

  • GNSX - 4800 Internship in Gender and Sexuality Studies (1-3)

    Provides supervised, practical experiences in applied settings. Students work under the direction of a site supervisor and faculty director to carry out directed tasks in an approved field site related to the discipline of gender and sexuality studies. Note: To be enrolled in this course, students must have their proposals approved.
  

  • GNSX - 4850 Undergraduate Research (1-3)

    Provides an opportunity to further develop research skills in quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods and to actively participate in a practical research experience. Note: Can be repeated for credit with different topic. Requisite courses: Take GNSX-3500 .
  

  • GNSX - 4869 Sex, Drugs, Rock, and Recovery (3)

    Explores the concept of sexual health and examines related multicultural topics from theoretical and clinical perspectives. Develops strategies to work with sensitive sexual topics in the treatment realm and examine their personal attitudes toward atypical sexual behaviors. Fosters increased comfort in discussing sexual issues with clients.
  

  • GNSX - 4900 Senior Seminar (3)

    Presets current debates in gender and sexuality studies as the culminating experience of the Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor. Focuses on synthesis of pervious coursework and application of theory and research within the context of activism and advocacy. Requisite courses: Take GNSX-3500 .

Geography
  

  • GEOG - 1100 Geography, Non-Western World (3)

    Examines the ways in which location, climate, resources, and cultural factors promote and inhibit change in the developing areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
  

  • GEOG - 2100 Physical Geography (3)

    Features investigations into the natural systems of the earth and their relationship to human activities. Includes examinations of the earth’s energy, water, and nutrient balances and how these balances influence and are influenced by human activities. Examines soils, climates, hydrology, tectonic activity, landforms, and vegetation from a global as well as urban perspective. Emphasizes understanding the various natural systems and how they relate to the built environment. Equivalent to GEOG-310.
  

  • GEOG - 2200 North American Geography (3)

    Examines the spatial and environmental aspects of economic activity. Covers the economics of prehistory and continues through the origin of agriculture and cities. Investigates aspects of the global and regional economy, including urban systems, agricultural systems, forestry, mineral resources, and ocean resources. Equivalent to GEOG-320.
  

  • GEOG - 2500 World Regional Geography (3)

    This teleclass, produced by PBS and Annenberg/CPB, builds an understanding of geography by examining the eleven regions of the world, their characteristics, and their interconnections. Perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography are used. It also provides an examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex features of the world’s civilizations and environments and insights into a range of global geographic issues and global change. Equivalent to GEOG-405.
  

  • GEOG - 3100 Nonwestern Economic Geography (3)

    Examines the development and status of economic systems in various regions of the world other than Western Europe and North America, the importance of economics to geographical region, and the geographical differences that effect economics. Prerequisites: None
  

  • GEOG - 4470 Human Geography (3)

    Examines methods and approaches in human geography. Analyzes spatial perspective including the concepts of culture, landscape, region related to interpretation of human settlement patterns, social conflict, and social change. Equivalent to GEOG-447.

Geographical Information Systems
  

  • GIS - 2100 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems-(GIS) (3)

    Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provides researchers, policy makers, and citizens with a powerful analytical framework for decision making. GIS has advanced the way in which many disciplines examine problems by incorporating components of space and time not previously considered. An introduction to the principles and theory behind geographic data and experience in the use of state-of-the-art GIS software and related equipment will be provided.
  

  • GIS - 2200 Intermediate Geographical Information Systems-(GIS) (3)

    Principles of data acquisition, processing, and display through digital methods will be covered. Spatial structures and algorithms will be used as examples of current GIS applications. Vector-based GIS analysis and mapping will be examined from the physical, biological, and social sciences. Spatial querying, database management, site suitability analysis, proximity analysis, geo-database creation, and model building will be introduced. Prerequisite: take GIS-2100 .

Global Studies
  

  • GBLS - 2100 Cross-cultural Relationships (3)

    Explores the application of anthropological, historical, political, and sociological concepts, techniques, and information to understanding cross-cultural relationships across the globe. Discusses the relevance of cross-cultural relationships to economic, social, cultural, and political development issues.

Health Administration
  

  • HLAD - 3101 Introduction to Healthcare Management Strategies (3)

    Reviews management theory and function and applies concepts to healthcare and other non-profit organizations. Reviews the functions of administrative and medical management emphasizing the interrelationships among planning, organizing, directing, and controlling for individual departments and for-profit and non-profit healthcare organizations. Equivalent to HLAD-301.
  

  • HLAD - 3102 Principles of Healthcare Microeconomics (3)

    Focuses on the principles of microeconomics which examine the basic fundamentals of the theory of the consumer, theory of the firm, market structures, resource markets, income distribution and poverty, and important issues of public choice, market failure, healthcare, and international economics. Introduces the theoretical and analytical framework at the introductory level of microeconomics that can be applied to healthcare. Equivalent to HLAD-302.
  

  • HLAD - 3103 Basics of Healthcare Informatics (3)

    Provides an overview of collection, storage, retrieval, communication, and optimal use of health related data, information, and knowledge. Covers introductory concepts of health systems analysis techniques, nature of computer applications in healthcare and problem-solving, and discusses the future of health information system technology. Includes an introduction to and use of database software in healthcare. Equivalent to HLAD-303.
  

  • HLAD - 3104 Healthcare Statistics (3)

    Provides a basic review of elementary statistics and intermediate algebra. Applies analysis to healthcare data. Covers required healthcare utilization statistics and analysis and its application to industry standards and current results. Includes utilization, productivity, use rates, financial ratios, and intensity of service analyses for a variety of healthcare organizations. Equivalent to HLAD-304.
  

  • HLAD - 3105 Healthcare Organization (3)

    Provides an understanding of how healthcare is organized in the United States and the way it is provided to consumers. Equivalent to HLAD-325.
  

  • HLAD - 3106 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)

    Presents use of descriptive and analytic epidemiology, include: classification of disease, definitions of incidence and prevalence, uses of rates, rate adjustment, outbreak investigation, study design, cohort studies, case-control studies, experimental studies, life tables, and screening. Equivalent to HLAD-335. Prerequisites: take HLAD-3103 , HLAD-3104 .
  

  • HLAD - 3107 Medical Sociology (3)

    This course applies sociological knowledge, concepts, and methodologies to healthcare processes for the purpose of enhancing the understanding of health administrators on the dynamics of interaction between patients and providers. In doing so, the course offers an overview of the diverse field of medical sociology from a theoretical and an applied perspective. Equivalent to HLAD-340. Prerequisites: take HLAD-3105 , HLAD-3108 .
  

  • HLAD - 3108 Policy Politics in Healthcare (3)

    Provides the student with theoretical tools required to understand local, state, and federal policies beginning with an appreciation of the policy process, policy analysis, healthcare ethics and its intersections with economics and political theory. Recent policy developments in healthcare are discussed from a political and ethical perspective.
  

  • HLAD - 3109 Ethics in Healthcare Admin (3)

    Presents some of the major ethical problems confronting society, the healthcare system, and the healthcare administrator. Each student will be encouraged to synthesize a personal professional philosophy to deal with the ethical dilemmas inherent in health services delivery.
  

  • HLAD - 3201 Healthcare Vocabularies (3)

    Provides an overview of concepts such as Systematized Nomenclature Of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED), Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9 and 10 Clinical Modification (CM) and Procedure Coding System (PCS), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) / Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), medical vocabulary standards, natural language processing and the role of clinical terminology in electronic health records. Prerequisites: None
  

  • HLAD - 3202 Healthcare Operations Management (3)

    Covers basics of operations improvement, provides overview of the significant environmental trends in the healthcare industry. Addresses procedures and services in healthcare, control of quality, in-depth study of quality and performance improvement methodologies, policy development and documentation in healthcare. Focuses on strategic implementation of process improvement programs, techniques and tools in the healthcare environment with its complex reimbursement systems, physicians relations, workforce challenges and strong governmental regulations. Prerequisite: HLAD - 3105 Healthcare Organization (3)  
 

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