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2022-2023 Academic Catalog V2 [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
Animation
Business
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BUS 101 - Introduction to Business
(3 Credits)
Introduction to Business is designed for first year students. By delving into the units of this course, students will fine-tune their direction and choice of career in business. This course will provide students with a general business overview and expose them to basic business concepts and practices. This introductory course will help to establish a viable business vocabulary, foster critical and analytical thinking, and refine business decision-making skills. Introduction to Business will provide a synopsis of a variety of business management topics such as marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, and start-ups.
Business Analytics
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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 makes 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 -
BA 329 - Advanced Analytics
(3 Credits)
This course builds on business analytics (BA328) and provides students with more advanced data analytics techniques to enable them to handle more complicated business situations. The course concentrates on predictive and prescriptive analytics, and covers topics such as advanced regression models, advanced time series forecasting methods, linear and nonlinear optimizations, Monte Carlo simulation, spreadsheet modeling, and data mining.
Prerequisite(s): BA 328 -
BA 428 - Data Mining
(3 Credits)
This course combines programming and data mining. Data mining uses techniques and algorithms to study data sets trying to find patterns in them and make forecast based on these patterns. Students will learn how to apply data mining techniques to big data and extract useful information for decision making. This is a hands-on course with many real-world applications in each topic. A computer software, R, Python, or any other will be used extensively in this course. The course covers topics such as data exploration and preparation, database management, dimension reduction, ensemble learning, cluster analysis, classification, association rule, anomaly detection, and web mining and text mining.
Prerequisite(s): BA 329 -
BA 492 - Business Analytics Capstone
(3 Credits)
This capstone course combines programming and senior project. Students will learn basic programming skills and apply them to a final project. Students will learn how to use programming to transform structured and unstructured data into reporting- consumable data structures, and then present it using today’s sophisticated reporting tools. Students will apply these programming skills and the models learned in previous business analytics courses to a senior final project. The course covers topics such as data structure and flow control, data preparation, anonymization, reporting tools and technology, and delivery methodology.
Prerequisite(s): BA 428
Communications
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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 285 - Public Speaking
(3 Credits)
This course applies modern communication theory to public and professional speaking. Students study and analyze speech preparation, writing and delivery, and they develop persuasive techniques for interpersonal, group, and public communication.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
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 351 - Hip Hop, Culture, and Society
(3 Credits)
“Hip hop” is a term for the art, music, dance, literature, identity, style, and politics stemming from the boroughs of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. In this course, students will critically examine various components of hip hop and how they have impacted fashion, business, politics, and culture. Students will explore the relationship between these elements and society through the medium of hip hop. Students will trace the historical development of hip hop and investigate the power dynamics between hip hop practitioners and the wants and needs of corporate interests.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 176 -
COM 364 - Communication and Social Media Practicum
(3 Credits)
Combining skills in writing, design, photography, and video, students will gain experience using contemporary technologies to communicate in a variety of social media contexts. Students will examine audience, purpose, and genre as the foundations for developing appropriate media strategies, and students will apply the strategies to use social media applications effectively. (Previously ENG 364)
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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 486 - Argumentation & Negotiation
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop and enhance the student’s oral and written skills in argumentation/debate and negotiation. Students will analyze and discuss the philosophical bases and principles of debating skills as they apply to a variety of social, business, interpersonal, and professional arenas. Some focus on negotiation, as a supplement to argumentation, will also be incorporated.
Prerequisite(s): COM 285 -
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 315 - Wealth & Poverty
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the subjects of wealth and poverty. Students will learn different economic theories regarding wealth accumulation and its impediments. Topics of study to include: educational attainment, accident of birth, technological change, contemporary conditions, globalization, urbanization, labor markets, market concentration, tax codes, and emerging theories from current debates on the subject.
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
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
First-Year Experience
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FYE 101 - First-Year Experience: Moving In
(1 Credit)
This course guides first-year students in the transition from high school to college. Students are introduced to the academic and social expectations, demands, and opportunities of college, and are provided with tools to assist in the transition. They acquire strategies in technology use, time management and study skills while also gaining an awareness of mental health and wellness resources. Students participate in collaborative activities to support and sustain each other in a diverse and inclusive College community.
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FYE 102 - First-Year Experience: Moving Forward
(1 Credit)
This course builds upon the transition students begin in FYE 101 by reinforcing and building strategies for meeting the academic and social expectations, demands, and opportunities of college. Students acquire strategies in studying, time management and critical thinking while also gaining insight into their own identities and learning styles, the importance of mental and physical selfcare, and opportunities for civic and social engagement. In workshop formats, students engage directly with diverse members of the College’s learning community.
Prerequisite(s): FYE 101 -
FYE 103 - First-Year Experience: Moving Up
(1 Credit)
This course builds upon the skills, understanding and experiences first-year students gained in FYE 102. Students review the academic and social expectations, demands, and opportunities of college before learning strategies for succeeding professionally. In particular, students assess their aptitude for careers, explore career options, learn skills for communicating, working, and presenting themselves in work environments. In addition, students spend time mapping out the types of experiences or opportunities they wish to pursue in their second, third, and fourth years at the college. Alternatively, students will be given the opportunity to map out alternative success paths that might not require four-year degree completion, including pursuing certificate programs and other types of training programs, both in and outside of the college.
Prerequisite(s): FYE 102
Foundation
Graphic Design
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 Resource Management
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HRM 228 - Human Resource Management
(3 Credits)
The course applies the principles of the management of people in business. Topics include equal employment opportunity, diversity management, human resource planning, training and development, compensation, employee rights and discipline. The importance of human resource management to the effectiveness of every management position is stressed. Case studies and experiential exercises are utilized extensively throughout the course to reinforce the application of course concepts.
Prerequisite(s): MGT 202 -
HRM 305 - The Troubled Employee
(3 Credits)
This course will provide the student with a basic understanding of job-related emotional problems and the counseling tools and skills to effectively deal with them. Topics of study will include alcohol and drug problems, anger at work, stress, directive and non-directive counseling, and coping skills for the worker.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 160 -
HRM 347 - Technology in HR Today
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the technical skills required for the 21st century human resources environment. This course explores the role of HR in a technology-driven environment: HRIS systems in corporations, online recruiting, information age responsibilities of HR, online legal environment for HR, role of IT in training and IT-driven changes to HR operating systems. Computer lab exercises, case studies and experiential exercises are utilized extensively in the course.
Prerequisite(s): HRM 228 -
HRM 435 - Special Topics in Human Resource Management
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to cover a variety of topics to meet and anticipate the changing needs of the dynamic HRM environment that exists in the business arena. Modules will be drawn from such current topics as the role of social media on HR, the impact of globalization, the role of technology in shaping the workforce and the workplace, performance management, diversity management, and cultural issues.
Prerequisite(s): HRM 228 -
HRM 468 - Talent Acquisition & Management
(3 Credits)
The course is designed to provide students with a critical understanding of staffing and selection within organizations. This course explores the nature of selections programs and their legal context, measurement concepts basic to selection, the development of a selection program, and major selection instruments used. Issues connected with rightsizing, layoffs, etc., are also discussed, along with the importance of establishing and maintaining a culture which promotes employee retention. Case studies, current literature, and experiential exercises are utilized extensively throughout the course.
Prerequisite(s): HRM 228
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 420 - Professional Ethics in Human Services
(3 Credits)
This course is designed for Human Service students and others pursuing careers in Human Services. The purpose of this course is to provide a depth of understanding to relevant ethical issues, guidelines, and practices. Students will know the codes of ethics for National Association of Human Services (NOHS), National Association of Social Work (NASW), American Psychological Association (APA), and International Certification for Drug and Alcohol Counseling (ICADC), and how to apply the codes to a variety of situations common in the field. Through reading and discussion of case studies, students will develop competence in utilizing a range of decision-making models. Such models will be applied to salient issues confronting groups and individuals struggling with a range of issues including but not limited to; interpersonal relations, grief, sexuality, addiction, non-clinical mental health issues, unemployment, and end-of-life issues. The course also will help students understand ethical best practices in regard to supervision, termination, mandated reporting, boundaries, informed consent, confidentiality, and the rights of clients.
Prerequisite(s): HS 160
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