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2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Undergraduate Courses
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Undergraduate Programs
Accounting
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ACC 206 - Accounting Principles I
(3 Credits)
This course is concentrated in financial accounting concepts. Topics include: Corporation cycles, internal control principles, the valuation of cash, receivables, inventories, and plant assets.
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ACC 207 - Accounting Principles II
(3 Credits)
The course continues a concentration in financial accounting theory. Topics included are Stock transactions, dividends, Bonds, Investments, Statement of Cash Flows, and Financial Analysis. The course continues with an Introduction to Managerial Accounting.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 206 -
ACC 220 - Accounting Applications using QuickBooks
(3 Credits)
This course introduces the student to QuickBooks. QuickBooks software is used for daily bookkeeping in the small business environment. Throughout this course accounting concepts are reinforced. Rather than focusing on traditional journal entries to record transactions, QuickBooks approaches recording transactions much like completing forms. This course prepares students for QuickBooks certification.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 207 -
ACC 301 - Federal Taxes I
(3 Credits)
An introduction to the Federal Tax System for the individual taxpayer. Topics include filing requirements, determination of income, computations of taxes, and special tax problems of proprietorships.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 206 -
ACC 302 - Federal Taxes II
(3 Credits)
A more advanced study of topics in income taxes including partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts. Tax research is required.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 206 , ACC 301 -
ACC 306 - Intermediate Accounting I
(3 Credits)
This course provides the accounting major with a full review of concepts and principles underlying financial accounting and their application in the accounting process. The valuation of balance sheet items including cash, receivables, inventories, plant assets, intangible assets and current liabilities are studied. FASB statements are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 207 -
ACC 307 - Intermediate Accounting II
(3 Credits)
A continuation of Intermediate Accounting I. The remaining balance sheet accounts and their related effect on operations are studied including the accounting for taxes, pensions, leases and accounting changes and the preparation of the statement of cash flows.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 306 -
ACC 378 - Cost Accounting
(3 Credits)
The purpose of the course is to present the essential issues of cost and managerial accounting in a one-semester course primarily designed for accounting majors. Topics to be studied relate to the development and use of costing systems to provide management with timely, accurate, and competitive cost information and performance reports. The course structure includes basic cost accounting terminology and an analysis of cost accumulation systems defined 1) by type of product such as job order costing, process costing, and joint costing and 2) by definition and measurement of costs such as standard costing, variable costing, and absorption costing. The service, retail, and manufacturing sectors will be included in the presentation of these various costing systems. In terms of planning and control, students will examine decision making in areas of cost behavior analysis, budgeting, variances, and feedback and control in performance evaluation systems. Topics also include overhead allocation and the contemporary cost accounting theories, such as the theory of constraints, total quality management, and activity based costing.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 207 , ITG 149 -
ACC 450 - Advanced Accounting
(3 Credits)
This course examines the essential issues of Advanced Accounting in a one-semester course primarily designed for accounting majors. Topics covered relate to the theory and practice of accounting for business combinations (ASC Topics 805) and consolidated financial statements (ASC Topic 810) and include recent changes. This class incorporates information from all preceding financial accounting courses and provides an in-depth study of consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions. The theory and practice of accounting for foreign currency transactions and foreign currency financial statements, and partnership accounting are also addressed in this course.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 307 -
ACC 453 - Auditing
(3 Credits)
A study of objectives, standards, and procedures employed by the professional accountant in performing audits. Topics include ethics, legal liability, internal control, statistical sampling, audit objectives, and auditing standards applicable to materials under examination. Current periodical literature is used in the course and the student is required to solve auditing cases.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 307 , ACC 378 -
ACC 456 - Accounting Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating companies provide students with opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
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ACC 457 - Accounting Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating companies provide students with opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
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ACC 463 - Accounting Information Systems
(3 Credits)
This course surveys topics relating to accounting information systems of business. It emphasizes the accountant’s interaction as a user, evaluator and designer of accounting information systems. Topics include the study of basic concepts pertaining to accounting information systems, systems documentation techniques, data base systems, controls of systems, fraud, accounting cycles, and electronic commerce.
Prerequisite(s): ITG 148 , ITG 149 , ACC 307
Business
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BA 328 - Business Analytics
(3 Credits)
This course enables students to compete in a data-driven business environment. The availability and extensive use of data in business today made analytics one of the most sought-after skills for students. The course provides student with the analytical tools and techniques to enable them to turn data into meaningful insights, and consequently take better and more profitable business decisions. The course introduces students to the different types of business analytics: Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. Topics covered in the course include single and multiple linear and nonlinear regressions, time series analysis and forecasting techniques, and linear optimizations.
Prerequisite(s): STA 326
Communications
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COM 120 - Communication Theory and Design I
(3 Credits)
This course provides an introduction to the theories and principles of communication necessary for developing persuasive messages, with a focus on visual media. Students will be introduced to standard software applications and communication tools (including Adobe Creative Cloud) as a means of learning foundational communication, design, and production techniques.
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COM 121 - Communication Theory and Design II
(3 Credits)
This course is a continuation of the theories and principles of communication with a focus on developing visual communication messages as part of a coherent media strategy. Students will learn advanced features of standard software applications (including Adobe Creative Cloud) in graphics, photography, and video.
Prerequisite(s): COM 120 -
COM 210 - Introduction to Journalism and Newswriting
(3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the basics of news gathering, online information gathering, interviewing, and writing. The course provides instruction in newswriting in print, online, and multimedia environments. Students will also examine ethical and legal issues involved in the craft of journalism.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
COM 220 - Strategic Communication Writing
(3 Credits)
This course introduces students to a variety of strategic communication contexts, with an emphasis on public relations writing for both internal and external audiences across a variety of media. In addition, ethical issues pertaining to strategic communication situations will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): COM 210 -
COM 300 - Special Topics in Communication
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide in-depth study of one particular component of communication. Topics may vary from year to year.
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COM 310 - Strategic Communication Planning
(3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the theories, functions, and processes of planning media- and public relations campaigns in political, business, and non-profit contexts. Students will gain experience in working collaboratively to develop strategic communications plans and products.
Prerequisite(s): COM 220 -
COM 341 - Group Dynamics
(3 Credits)
Group Dynamics is a course designed to introduce students to the experiential group dynamics process. An experiential group’s primary focus is on developing a student’s understanding of group-level processes and of his or her own behavior in groups. The method is essentially inductive, moving from specific group experience to general ideas about group processes. By drawing on their own resources, students attempt to come to terms with the task of becoming a group and increasing their understanding of group processes.
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COM 342 - New Technologies in Communication
(3 Credits)
New Technologies in Communication is a course that will increase your knowledge of cutting-edge trends in both business and personal communication. You will learn about the advantages, dangers, and especially success strategies for using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Blogs, Texting, Data Mashups, Skype, Podcasts, iPhone 3G, Photobucket, and more. You will learn how to write a resume that will get you past the latest ATS (applicant tracking systems), develop a Facebook page that will impress both friends and employers alike, use Flickr videos to communicate with both customers and employees, and blog for fun and profit. This course will serve as an introduction to students less familiar with the latest communication technology, while providing more advanced students with the opportunity to take their skills to the next level.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 , ITG 149 -
COM 343 - Mass Communication
(3 Credits)
With a focus on the current directions in mass communication theory, this course examines the effects of the mass media in areas such as attitude modification, role modeling, violence, and socialization. Using case studies, the theory and practice of public relations writing is introduced.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 161 , PSY 160 -
COM 350 - Intercultural Communication
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide international business management majors and other students with a critical background on improving the effectiveness of and reducing the barriers to business communication within and among cultures. Included in the course will be intensive examination of cultural self-awareness, training/preparation for corporate overseas work assignments, communication theories, components of culture, specific skills for managing written and oral intercultural communication such as meetings, negotiations, and social interaction within different cultures.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
COM 420 - Communication Law and Ethics
(3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of legal and ethical issues pertaining to traditional print and broadcast media, as well as Internet communication and advertising. Students will review U.S. case law involving issues such as libel, privacy, copyright, censorship, and licensing, and will examine these issues from other cultural and legal perspectives. The course will also address ethical responsibilities of communication professionals. It is recommended that students have completed COM 310 or an upper-level LAW course as a prerequisite to this course.
Prerequisite(s): COM 310 -
COM 492 - Capstone Communication Portfolio
(3 Credits)
This course provides hands-on guidance in helping students assemble a digital portfolio in preparation for careers in strategic communication. Students may draw upon communications-related work acquired throughout the program as they develop, assemble, format, and organize a portfolio that showcases their strengths as professional communicators.
Prerequisite(s): COM 310
Criminal Justice
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CJ 150 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide an overview of the criminal justice system, including coverage of American judicial system, law enforcement, crime problem, and other components. The objective of this course is to provide students with a procedural framework of the criminal justice process. After completion of the course students will have an understanding of the history of criminal justice in the Unites States, various components of the system and their relations, challenges of administering criminal justice and more.
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CJ 210 - Criminal Investigation and Forensics
(3 Credits)
This course focuses on forensic science as an application of science to the law. This course focuses on the forensic science of criminal investigation. Forensic science comprises several disparate fields of study. This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of forensic science including the history and definition of forensic science, legal framework in which forensic science in the USA is conducted, commonly applied and recently developed applications, potential forms of evidence and their analysis, presentation of facts and opinion in a court of law, and more.
Prerequisite(s): CJ 150 , SOC 161 -
CJ 320 - Computer Crime and Cyber-Terrorism
(3 Credits)
This course introduces students to computer forensics, the art and science of using technology to obtain evidence for use in criminal and civil court. The course also focuses on computer crime statutes, management of evidence and industry best-practices for examining computers that might contain crime-related information. After completion of the course students will have an understanding of different aspects of digital crime and terrorism.
Prerequisite(s): LAW 302 -
CJ 330 - Business Crime
(3 Credits)
This course focuses on the general provisions of the criminal law that apply to business conduct. Some of the provisions that will be covered include the standard for corporate criminal liability, the federal fraud offenses, conspiracy, money laundering, obstruction of justice, perjury, and the United States Sentencing Commission’s Sentencing Guidelines. The course will also explore the impact of Criminal Justice policy on managerial decision-making, as well as those aspects of criminal procedure especially relevant to business such as the corporate attorney-client privilege.
Prerequisite(s): LAW 302 , CJ 210 -
CJ 340 - Juvenile Justice
(3 Credits)
The arena of juvenile justice is more than just distinct from other areas of our criminal justice system. The treatment, protocol, and procedure afforded to underage offenders has often been described as its own criminal justice system. Students will learn both theoretically and pragmatically why underage offenders must be handled differently. Further, students will learn the basics for how the law recognizes and implements these differences, including initial engagement, arrest, prosecution of, disposition, and supervision. Of special interest will be the treatment of serious felonies, as well as those juveniles offenders who are either very young, or conversely, nearly adults. Additionally, the course will address whether current procedures are adequately suited for the future of the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite(s): LAW 302 -
CJ 350 - Criminology
(3 Credits)
This course will provide a comprehensive overview of causes of crime and the criminal mindset. This study of Criminology will include biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime causation, as well as a history of its study. Specific crimes that are illustrative of main theories will be reviewed, as well as discussion on the ultimate issue of Criminology, crime reduction.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 161 , LAW 302 -
CJ 410 - Criminal Justice Ethics
(3 Credits)
The course examines the criminal justice system through an ethical lens, identifying ethical issues in practice and in theory, exploring ethical dilemmas, and suggesting how ethical issues might be resolved by criminal justice specialists. The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the ethical issues in criminal justice system.
Prerequisite(s): CJ 320 , CJ 330 -
CJ 450 - Seminar in Criminal Justice
(3 Credits)
This seminar is a capstone course for all criminal justice majors. The course focuses on different contemporary aspects of criminal justice, including issues and content on general as well as specific topics. Areas covered will include legal, criminological, social, and ethical issues surrounding deterrence and sentencing; discussion will also include creation and policing of criminal statutes, criminalization/decriminalization, defenses, and investigative techniques used. A survey of four main CJ courses: Crim Law, Criminology, Investigations and Forensics, and CJ Ethics will be a major part of this course. Of paramount concern will be an understanding of how all these arenas interrelate with one another.
Prerequisite(s): CJ 410 , ENG 465 -
CJ 456 - Criminal Justice Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating organizations provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to the Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
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CJ 457 - Criminal Justice Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating organizations provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to the Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
Economics
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ECO 200 - Microeconomics
(3 Credits)
This course deals with economics of the firm and the individual. It delves into utility theory of the consumer, the theory of the optimal input use of the producer and the rationing mechanism of the perfectly competitive product and resource markets. It also describes the various noncompetitive markets such as monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopsonistic market structure and how economic decisions are made in such markets.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 136 -
ECO 201 - Macroeconomics
(3 Credits)
This course intends to give the business student a basic understanding of the free enterprise, capitalistic, aggregate economic system. It deals with the classical concepts of aggregate demand and production and supply, national income and product measures, the consumption and investment aspects of Keynesian economics, the supply side of economics and its applications. It also discusses money creation and money supply and the role of money in the economy, the banking system and the Federal Reserve System. The course rounds off with a discussion of the role of government in an economy, the use of fiscal, monetary, income, and foreign trade policies to guide the economy.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 136 -
ECO 300 - Intermediate Microeconomics
(3 Credits)
The course is a rigorous coverage of resource allocation theory and its applications. Topics include theory of consumer behavior, production theory, firm behavior, and price determination under different market conditions. The course also analyzes market efficiency and externalities.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 200 -
ECO 301 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
(3 Credits)
The course is a comprehensive analysis of contemporary theories of employment, money and inflation, business cycles, and economic growth, including a thorough study of the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies in economic stabilization and their implications for business activities and economic growth.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 -
ECO 344 - Money and Banking
(3 Credits)
The course analyzes the structure and functions of the U.S. financial system with its three elements: financial markets, institutions, and instruments. The course concentrates on the banking system, especially the role of the Federal Reserve and commercial banks, and the effectiveness of monetary policy as an economic policy tool. In addition, the course introduces students to financial market volatility and the roots and consequences of financial bubbles.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 -
ECO 383 - International Economics
(3 Credits)
The course analyzes current international financial systems, exchange rate regimes, and balance of payments and their adjustment mechanisms with emphasis on the effect of fiscal, monetary, and exchange-rate policy for internal and external balance. The course also surveys international capital movements and the relationship between trade and economic growth. In addition, the course outlines comparative advantage theories of trade, and trade policies of tariffs and quotas.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 -
ECO 401 - Labor Economics
(3 Credits)
The course introduces students to labor market analysis. This includes wage determination and incentives workers face and their effects on the formation of families, determination of birth rates, migration, population change, and aging. The course also addresses minimum wage policy, investment in human capital, return on education, earnings inequality, and unions.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 200 , ECO 300 -
ECO 442 - Industrial Organization
(3 Credits)
The course analyzes market structure in competitive and non-competitive markets with emphasis on the interactions among firms, and its effect on market outcomes of output and prices. The course pays special attention to oligopoly, anti-trust policy, cost variations with scale of production, collusive behavior, barriers to entry, advertising, and pricing policies.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 300
English
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ENG 175 - Critical Writing I
(3 Credits)
Study and practice of the process of composition, concentrating on exposition. In addition to emphasis on audience and purpose, coursework focuses on the principles of unity, development, coherence, and sentence effectiveness in the paragraph and essay. Accuracy, correct grammar, and vocabulary development are also emphasized.
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ENG 176 - Critical Writing II
(3 Credits)
Study and practice of the standard methods of development (Definition, Division, Example, Comparison, Cause, and Process) as techniques for development in writing. Coursework will focus on each method individually and then on a combination of methods employed for different writing purposes (Description, Narration, Argument, and Exposition). Accuracy, grammar, and vocabulary development are also emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 -
ENG 235 - Self-representation, Professionalism, and Technology
(3 Credits)
Through a series of hands-on assignments and case studies, students will learn the basics of presenting themselves professionally in textual, visual, and oral discourse. We will discuss and practice communicating clearly, respectfully, and persuasively through mediums such as emails, proposals, and visual and text postings. The course will focus on the needs of different audiences and how to tailor messaging appropriately. The course will also address the ways people present themselves in a variety of contexts, including the classroom, workplace, and popular mediums such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
ENG 236 - Expository Writing II
(3 Credits)
This course applies the principles learned in Critical Writing I and II (ENG 175 and ENG 176) to argumentative writing. The course begins by applying argumentative rhetorical strategies to general issues, then focuses on specific workplace issues, and concludes by applying argumentative strategies to the analysis of literature. Throughout the course, arguments are grounded in close readings of common texts, and accurate assessment, summary and quotation are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 246 - Introduction to Film
(3 Credits)
This course is an introduction to American film and culture. Students will explore the ways Hollywood films are produced, the way they look, and the way they tell stories. In examining these elements - modes of production, stylistic and aesthetic devices, narrative forms, and themes - students will review how the production of American films has become systematized into a set of well-established genres. By looking at various genres in different historical contexts, students will examine the broader American culture that Hollywood both reflects and produces.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
ENG 255 - Introduction to Literature
(3 Credits)
The course acquaints students with the basic tools for beginning to analyze and discuss literature. Students will therefore read excerpts from a variety of different literary genres, including drama and poetry. The mechanics and terms specific to each genre will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 256 - Creative Writing
(3 Credits)
The course provides a treatment of the elements of fiction, drama, and poetry from the writer’s point of view. Students work with the instructor and other students to analyze their creative works. Imagination and personal experience are both employed as tools used during the creative process of writing. With consultation from students, the instructor will determine specific genres to emphasize.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 270 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
(3 Credits)
A treatment of the elements of fiction from the writer’s point of view. Elements covered are Getting Started (Freewriting, Journal Keeping), Story Form and Structure (Conflict, Crisis, and Resolution), Showing and Telling (Detail), Characterization (Direct and Indirect Methods of Presentation of Character), Fictional Place and Time (Setting, Atmosphere), Point of View (Narrator, Person) and Revision. Imagination and personal experience are both employed as tools used during the creative process of writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 274 - Survey of British Literature
(3 Credits)
Students will study the stylistic and thematic characteristics of the important periods of British literature. Students will become aware of the historical, social, and political contexts for each of the periods. Students will become familiar with the key figures and major works within each period.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 276 - Survey of American Literature
(3 Credits)
Students will study a selection of American texts that were central to the development of a uniquely American vein of literature. We will trace the development of a variety of American identities and examine the cultural and intellectual changes that paralleled these developments.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 300 - Workplace in Film
(3 Credits)
This course studies film as the dominant literary genre of the twentieth century. Focusing on contemporary films set in workplace environments, the course seeks to define cultural beliefs and anxieties surrounding work and life in our modern times. The course brings the fields of literary studies and film analysis to bear directly on business issues.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 343 - Contemporary American Culture
(3 Credits)
Meeting at the crossroads of philosophy and cultural studies, this course examines excerpts from contemporary literature, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as contemporary film, to detect trends in cultural beliefs and world views, especially those pertaining to personal and social responsibility.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
ENG 355 - Contemporary World Literature
(3 Credits)
This course examines contemporary texts from outside the traditional Western canon to analyze and appreciate the diversity of expressions of the human experience through literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 , ENG 255 -
ENG 364 - Communication and Social Media Practicum
(3 Credits)
Combining skills in writing, design, photography, and cinematography, students will gain experience using contemporary technologies to communicate in a variety of media. Students will examine audience, purpose, and genre as the foundations for developing appropriate media strategies, and students will apply the strategies to use video, blog, and photo sharing applications effectively.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 -
ENG 376 - American Literature
(3 Credits)
This course examines selected works of American literature from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetic writings in relation to their context in American social and intellectual history as they trace the evolution of the American dream and our national identity.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , HUM 104 -
ENG 421 - Literary Criticism
(3 Credits)
The way we read a text determines the kind of information we gain from it. This course will examine different methodologies (psychoanalysis, feminist, deconstruction, etc.) for reading texts, and students will explore a variety of texts in light of these methodologies in order to understand what is offered by each.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 , ENG 255 -
ENG 456 - English Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating organizations provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to the Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
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ENG 457 - English Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating organizations provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to the Career Services who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
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ENG 465 - Research Writing I
(3 Credits)
A capstone writing and research course which uses an adaptation of the scientific method to initiate significant research in business. This course should be taken in the senior year. Students will design, research, draft, and revise a mini-thesis on an important “hot” topic in their major. Special attention will be paid to the use of the Internet in conducting research.
This course should be taken in the senior year.
Prerequisite(s): STA 326 -
ENG 466 - Research Writing II
(3 Credits)
The course builds upon the foundation of research established in Eng 465, which required a significant piece of research in the student’s major. In this course students will prepare an analysis of the credibility and reliability of research sources with special attention to Internet sources. Students will also be required to write a piece of writing typically found in their major based on a detailed audience analysis. Students will use Power Point to present polished, formal presentations summarizing their work. Special attention will be paid to the skills required to put a written research document into an oral presentation.
This course should be taken in the senior year.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 , STA 326 -
ENG 485 - Presentation and Debate I
(3 Credits)
Presentation and Debate I is a senior-year course that applies modern communication theory to business and professional speaking. Students study and analyze speech writing and delivery, and they develop persuasive techniques for interpersonal, group, and public communication.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 , MGT 303 . -
ENG 486 - Presentation and Debate II
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop and enhance the business student’s oral and written skills in argumentation and debate. Students will analyze and discuss the philosophical bases and principles of debating skills as they apply to proposals, meetings, group problem solving, and negotiations.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 , MGT 303 -
ENG 492 - Senior Seminar in English
(3 Credits)
Students develop a field of specialization based on their interests. In conjunction with the instructor, students research and select a list of primary and secondary source readings appropriate to their specialization of choice. Based on a reading of those sources, students create an original journal-length research paper that contributes to their field.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 175 , ENG 176 , ENG 255
Finance
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FIN 333 - Financial Management
(3 Credits)
The course introduces students to corporate financial environments and provides them with basic analytical tools to evaluate corporate financial decisions. Major topics include financial analysis, time value of money, risk and return, financial security valuation, and capital budgeting.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 136 , ITG 149 , ACC 207 -
FIN 400 - Independent Study in Finance
(3 Credits)
Students with a special interest in a particular topic or area may apply to study under the individual direction of a faculty member. Independent study applicants must submit an application, including an outline of the proposed budget, to the appropriate faculty member. All independent studies must be approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and are restricted to Juniors or Seniors.
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FIN 441 - Equity and Fixed Income Securities
(3 Credits)
The course is a rigorous analysis of equity and fixed income securities. Equity analysis surveys various types and classes of stocks and different valuation models of public and private equity. Fixed income analysis introduces students to different classes of corporate and government bonds, with emphasis on bond yields, ratings, and durations. The course also analyzes risk and term structure of interest rates.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333 -
FIN 452 - Investment and Portfolio Management
(3 Credits)
The course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of modern portfolio theory and basic investment management tools. The course explores risk-return relationships of single assets and of a diversified portfolio. The course also evaluates relative investment performance compared to established market indices and outlines portfolio management tools of asset allocation and hedging.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333 -
FIN 456 - Finance Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating companies provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application to Career Services, who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333 -
FIN 457 - Finance Internship
(3 Credits)
Internships with participating companies provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in their field of study. This practicum encourages students to utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in the working world. Enrollment is restricted to Juniors and Seniors with proven academic success. Students must submit an application Career Services, who is responsible for coordinating the work assignment. Approval is granted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who also oversees the grading of the term paper. Course evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333 -
FIN 475 - Risk Analysis and Management
(3 Credits)
The course introduces students to the process of identifying domestic and international sources of corporate financial risk. The course prepares students to analyze and evaluate interest rate risk, exchange rate risk, and inflation risk. The course also introduces students to forward contracts, future contracts, swaps, and options as risk mitigating tools.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333 -
FIN 477 - Senior Seminar in International Finance
(3 Credits)
The course prepares students to apply basic and advanced financial management principles and methodologies to actual decision making situations using cases. Students are guided through various cases representing a broad range of industries and situations. The cases feature varying degrees of complexity involving capital structure, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and bankruptcy, and risk management, with a special focus on international issues.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 333
Health Care Management
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HCM 301 - Principles of Health Care Management
(3 Credits)
This course is intended to be an introduction to health care in the United States. Health Care in this country has come a long way since inception and continues to change steadily. Therefore, the course presents an all-encompassing introduction to our health care system ranging from beginning to current and includes the advent of health information, economic impact, and the changes in technology.
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HCM 302 - Financial Management in the Health Care Industry
(3 Credits)
This course will address the basics of financial management in health care organizations including accounting, cost analysis, managing financial resources, and other management tools. Budget development and FTE allocation will be addressed along with federal and state regulations.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 206 -
HCM 401 - Operations Management in Health Care Organizations
(3 Credits)
Ongoing demands for increased productivity, quality and service have resulted in a renewed emphasis on operational efficiency in the delivery of health care services. This course will utilize clinical practice settings and case studies to examine critical issues related to restructuring patient care delivery models and clinical practice.
Prerequisite(s): HCM 301 -
HCM 402 - Management of Information in the Health Care Industry
(3 Credits)
The focus of this course will be on exposure to the management of information to support decision-making, communication, and strategic planning. These include systems for managing human resources, improving quality of care and tracking organizational metrics.
Prerequisite(s): HCM 301
Human Services
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HS 160 - Introduction to Human Services
(3 Credits)
The purpose of this course is to help students appreciate and understand the varied influences upon the delivery of human services to individuals and groups throughout history. Students will gain insight into how factors such as superstition, politics, economics, disease, religion, racism, pseudo-science, sexism, and science influence how societies determine the delivery of human services. Students will learn how the evolution of human service models has been far from a linear progression and what factors continue to exert influence upon the delivery of contemporary human services. In addition, students will be introduced to foundational theories of psychology, sociology, anthropology, in tandem with political considerations as factors shaping the modern delivery of human services to populations in need. Finally, the course will introduce students to the range of career opportunities within the field as well as some of the personal, interpersonal, ethical, and legal challenges facing the contemporary working human service professional.
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HS 310 - Family Dynamics for the Human Services
(3 Credits)
This course will focus upon the family as a dynamic, interactive, changing force in contemporary life. How families respond to and influence change will be examined. Social changes that have occurred and continue to occur in Western culture will be studied and their influences upon familial relationships will be explored. Such influences will be considered within the context of fundamental theories applied to the study of families and family life. This course will also study the nature of family relationships across the life-span, paying particular attention to the fluctuating nature and meaning of those relationships as they occur at various stages of familial and individual development. The course will begin with an introduction to the major theoretical perspectives governing the study of family relationships. This information will provide the student with a fundamental understanding and appreciation of the various ways in which science approaches the study of families and family relationships.
Prerequisite(s): HS 160 , PSY 160 , SOC 161 -
HS 410 - Case Management for Human Services
(3 Credits)
This course provides students with insight into the operations of case management as a process that human services professionals use in the delivery of services. Emphasis is placed on the process of interviewing, documenting social histories, administering assessments, applying the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), developing treatment plans, making referrals, recording events appropriately, maintaining service records, and terminating cases. In addition, the course will cover ethical issues involved in case management, as well as the emotional demands of the profession and self-care techniques for maintaining a healthy professional life.
Prerequisite(s): HS 310 -
HS 492 - Senior Seminar in Human Services
(3 Credits)
In this capstone course, students critically explore contemporary issues in the field of human services and integrate both theoretical and practical aspects gained through knowledge in prior courses within the program.
Prerequisite(s): HS 410 , ENG 465
Humanities
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HUM 103 - Humanities I: Our Cultural Heritage
(3 Credits)
Humanities I: Our Cultural Heritage explores the cultural and intellectual roots of Western society through an integrated study of the humanities. As defined by the course, humanities encompasses humankind’s search for meaning and expression–the journey to know and understand the world. Students will explore this definition on the historical, philosophical, literary, and aesthetic levels. HUM 103 covers intellectual and artistic movements chronologically, from prehistory through the late Middle Ages.
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HUM 104 - Humanities II: Roots of the Modern World
(3 Credits)
Humanities II: Roots of the Modern World explores humankind’s cultural and intellectual roots through an integrated study of the humanities. It traces the secular and scientific thought patterns of contemporary society by discovering and developing these ideas from the Renaissance through the twenty-first century. The course develops the philosophical, religious, historical, literary, and aesthetic themes of the period through selected readings, films, slides, and musical selections.
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HUM 105 - Literature-Based Humanities: Monsters in our Midst
(3 Credits)
In Literature-Based Humanities: Monsters in our Midst, students will study short works of imaginative writing to explore how literature can help us understand ourselves and the world around us. We will reconstruct some of the historical and cultural contexts in which our readings were produced and discuss how they might have been shaped by and, in turn, shaped the culture of their time. (This is not a creative writing class.)
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HUM 222 - Modern West Through Writers Eyes
(3 Credits)
The class focuses on the historical circumstances surrounding five of the major literary periods after the Middle Ages: Renaissance, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. It aims to equip students with a general understanding of both western history after the Middle Ages and the path that has brought western culture - its literature, philosophy, and art - to its present state.
Information Technology
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IT 253 - Presentation Design
(3 Credits)
This course covers the use of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2016 application which students are likely to encounter in their business careers. This course provides a thorough and complete coverage for the learning objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) PowerPoint 2016 Exam (77-729). Students will learn MS PowerPoint by using real world examples and labs. This course utilizes SAM 2016 and is applicable to the SAM 2016 License & Certification Program.
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IT 349 - Advanced Spreadsheet Concepts
(3 Credits)
This course will further enhance Microsoft Excel skills by utilizing case problems from the business world. Through problem solving and decision making, students will be able to make informed analytical decisions.
Prerequisite(s): ITG 149 -
IT 353 - Project Management with MS Project
(3 Credits)
This course will show you how you can manage your projects with Microsoft Project 2013, which will allow you to manage your projects efficiently and effectively. The course will show you how to control project work, schedules, finances, and keep project teams aligned. Student will learn through labs and projects. Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Project 2013 Exam (74-343).
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IT 440 - Web Applications
(3 Credits)
The course provides an understanding of the tools and develops practical skills for developing a variety of business applications over the Internet. In addition to acquiring basic skills for navigating the Internet and creating a personal electronic presence on the Web, the students will develop an understanding of the current practices and opportunities in e-banking, e-commerce, e-publishing and e-advertising, electronic shopping and distribution, e-marketing, social networking and more. The course also explores several of the problems surrounding e-business applications such as security and ethics.
Prerequisite(s): IT 353 -
IT 450 - Advanced Information Technology
(3 Credits)
This IT capstone course aims to increase students’ productivity by providing the skills and knowledge from the concentration to produce effective business projects. In addition, topics such as social networking, small business publications, photo editing, presentation graphics, multimedia, image processing, demo production and web design will be discussed.
Information Technology - General
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ITG 148 - Desktop Applications - MS Word
(3 Credits)
This course, along with its companion course, ITG 149, required of all students, covers the use of the Microsoft Office Word 2016 application which students are likely to encounter in their business careers. This course also provides a thorough and complete coverage for the learning objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word 2016 Exam (77-725). This course utilizes SAM 2016 and is applicable to the SAM 2016 License & Certification Program.
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ITG 149 - Desktop Applications - MS Excel
(3 Credits)
This course, along with its companion course, ITG 148, required of all students, covers the use of the Microsoft Office Excel 2016 application which students are likely to encounter in their business careers. This course provides a thorough and complete coverage for the learning objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Excel 2016 Exam (77-727). This course utilizes SAM 2016 and is applicable to the SAM 2016 License & Certification Program.
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ITG 325 - Database Applications with MS Access
(3 Credits)
This course prepares students to use information technology efficiently and effectively in the decision-making process. This course provides a thorough and complete coverage for the learning objectives for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Access 2016 Exam (77-730). This course utilizes SAM 2016 and is applicable to the SAM 2016 License & Certification Program.
Law
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LAW 301 - Constitutional Law
(3 Credits)
This course examines the legal environment established by the United States Constitution, including relations between state and federal government and the separation of power between branches of the federal government. The course also examines specific issues related to due process and judicial review, equal protection under the law, and individual rights.
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LAW 302 - Criminal Law
(3 Credits)
This course provides students with comprehensive coverage of the principles of criminal law, including principles of criminal responsibility, and the purposes, requirements, and limitations of criminal law. The course also addresses the mental and physical elements of crimes, crimes against persons, against property, against public orders, as well as the variety of criminal defenses.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 160 -
LAW 360 - Family Law and Human Services
(3 Credits)
This course examines the role of the court systems in adjudicating family issues encountered by human services professionals. Topics include marriage and divorce, child custody and support, alimony, and domestic violence. Students will become familiar with various legal and extra-legal means of resolving disputes that arise in domestic relations.
Prerequisite(s): CJ 150 , HS 160 , LAW 302 -
LAW 380 - Intro to Law: Legal Education & Employment after Graduation
(3 Credits)
This course examines the requirements and nuances of working and studying in the field of law following college graduation, which includes attending law school and/or working as a legal paralegal. The course will study legal writing, legal research, LSAT preparation and practical considerations like applying for post-graduate classes and legal positions.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
LAW 411 - International Law
(3 Credits)
This course provides an introduction to sources of international public law, relationships between stakeholders, and issues of jurisdiction. Sources of law examined include treaties, executive agreements, and customs; stakeholders include states, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations; jurisdictional issues include the role of tribunals, arbitration systems, and the International Court of Justice. Specific focus is placed on the role of international law in the United States, and the use of force among states.
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