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JOUR 560 - The Media Business
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course reviews the history of U.S. news organizations from the nation’s founding to current media trends. Instruction includes a review of why the journalism profession is referred to as the nation’s “fourth estate” and why independent media are important to a democratic society. Also explored are the most recent developments in the expansion of broadband, multimedia operations and the convergence of cutting-edge Internet companies with global corporate conglomerates.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JOUR 561 - Seminar in Cultural Literacy
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course explores race, ethnicity and cultural identity as they relate to news production and distribution. Students will explore a range of historical figures and events that inform a foundation of understanding our increasingly diverse news and cultural landscape.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JOUR 562 - International Journalism
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course will introduce students to what has been called “development journalism” or the Dr. Hemant Shah amended approach of “emancipatory journalism.” Students will be exposed to histories and philosophies of journalism as practiced by people in the so-called “Third World.” Students will also be exposed to a variety of international press traditions and competing notions of the press through the lens of the world’s majority (women, people of color and the poor) populations.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JOUR 597 - Master’s Project I
3 hours.
6 Credits
The master’s project is the student’s most sustained effort of the program. The project is designed to develop the student’s ability to conduct in-depth research over an extended period and to gather and organize large amounts of material. The final product of the Master’s Project must focus on the student’s out-of-unit content area and must be produced for multiple platforms. The project is not a master’s thesis in the traditional academic sense, but rather an in-depth exploration using the skills of a journalist.
Prerequisite(s) Successful completion of core requirements; permission of the advisor
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JOUR 599 - Master’s Project
6 hours.
6 Credits
The master’s project is the student’s most sustained effort of the program. The project is designed to develop the student’s ability to conduct in -depth research over an extended period and to gather and organize large amounts of material. The final product of the Master’s Project must focus on the student’s out-of-unit content area and must be produced for multiple platforms. The project is not a master’s thesis in the traditional academic sense, but rather an in-depth exploration using the skills of a journalist.
Prerequisite(s) Department permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
Contact Hours 6
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JOUR 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a master’s graduate student engaged in study prior to the achievement of master’s candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or for thesis proposal defense enroll in this course. Additionally, students needing additional time to complete a Master’s Project enroll in this course after initial enrollment in the appropriate Master’s Project course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) Department permission and JOUR 597
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
Contact Hours Three
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LAAR 501 - Critical Thinking in the Built Environment
Three hours.
3 Credits
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 505 - Plants
1 hours.
1 Credits
Offered (FALL)
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LAAR 506 - Plants II
1 hours.
1 Credits
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LAAR 507 - Plants III
1 hours.
1 Credits
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LAAR 510 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio I
Ten hours.
6 Credits
This course is an introduction to the design vocabulary and spatial principles necessary to organize exterior landscape spaces. Students study art and sculpture as a basis to begin explorations into concept development, drawing materials and techniques, model building and collage. Studies in this studio remain abstract in nature to ensure that students grasp the importance of design composition, human scale, and space definition in landscape settings. Students design one small urban space at the end of the course to assess their knowledge of concepts learned in the course.
Prerequisite(s) Admission to program or permission of the Department Chair.
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LAAR 511 - History I: of Landscape Architecture
3 hours.
3 Credits
A survey of historic traditions in garden design and landscape architecture that covers cultural and aesthetic traditions from the Monastic Gardens to the American estate, parks and land planning works of Frederick Law Olmsted. Multiple texts and visual materials are utilized to study the spatial organization, local and regional landscape contextual relationships, and cultural traditions of all landscapes studied. Emphasis is placed on the social, cultural, artistic, political and technological forces that influenced the design of built landscapes in different time periods and geographic locations. This lecture course requires students to write critical papers, deliver in-class special reports, and produce other analytical special projects that analyze the structure and historical importance of built landscapes.
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LAAR 513 - Environmental Resources I
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic tools and concepts necessary to analyze natural systems for land use suitability. The principles governing ecosystems within the urban context are also studied. Ecologically based tools such as soil types, site inventory/analysis, watershed analysis, plant zones and ecosystems, renewable and non-renewable resources, heat islands and micro and macro-environments, wildlife corridors, and other natural and manmade systems are explored. Contemporary concepts related to ‘green systems and products’ are also explored relative to an understanding of how designers craft sustainable landscapes. The aim of this lecture course is to build a kit of landscape tools that construct a sense of land and environmental stewardship in the practice of landscape architecture. This course is cross-listed with CREP 542 .
Prerequisite(s) Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
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LAAR 520 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio II
Ten hours.
6 Credits
This design studio builds upon the abstract art related design elements and principles covered in LAAR 510 . Emphasis is placed on the introduction of small scale urban projects that incorporate urban sites and their context. In particular, design projects are crafted to assist students in learning how to link design concepts with functional site programs. The course also reinforces the graphic techniques and graphic conventions typically used in the landscape architecture profession, the use of plan, section, elevation and 3-dimensional drawings to communicate ideas and spatial organization, and the craft and use of model building to convey design intent, spatial organization, and human scale in space.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 510 and LAAR 511 , ENST 512 or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 522 - Technology I: Grading & Drainage
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course incorporates the study of techniques and methods commonly utilized by the profession to mold and shape the earth’s surface in an ecologically and technically aesthetic manner. Course materials focus on the technical tools necessary to transform spatial design ideas into physical reality. Specific topics include concepts of land contours and slope analysis, the mathematical formulas and graphic conventions typically utilized for the grading of land surfaces, the balance of cut and fill when molding the land surface, and the calculations for storm water runoff to meet established city and other codes. The course instructor utilizes land model building exercises, lectures and film, multiple textbooks, and weekly problem-solving exercises to assess the information learned in the class. The course material reviews the grading of urban housing, streets and roads, parking lots, side-walks/curb cuts, steps/ramps, ponds, and other elements of the urban landscape.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 510 and ENST 512 , or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 523 - Plant Materials
3 hours.
3 Credits
The study of plant materials is an introduction to woody plant materials (trees, shrubs, groundcovers) in terms of their botanical identification, common name, design characteristics, urban use and special uses in the urban realm. The course is a field-oriented course that requires visiting multiple sites to review plants in different urban growing conditions. The range of sites visited includes large residences, small/large public parks, natural preserves, and arboreta. In addition, the physical structure of plant root systems, growing form/habit, leaf structure, bark conditions, flowers and other identification characteristics are studied. Students are tested weekly through field plant identification tests on plants collected and studied the previous week.
Prerequisite(s) Admission in the program, permission of instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 525 - GIS: Geographic Information Systems for Landscape Architects
3 hours.
3 Credits
This computer software application introduces students to the use of a program that provides access to information layers important to the inventory and analysis of the urban environment. Students learn how to access data files (topography, land zoning, architecture, etc.) The course is less about the statistical analysis of GIS data and more concerned with the layering of different inventory files to formulate an analysis of specific landscape project sites and their context. Tools include: spatial modeling, visual analysis, resource management, site design, and the creation of visual data maps that convey the inventory and analysis process common to the practice of landscape architecture.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 520 , ENST 770 or permission of instructor.
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LAAR 530 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio III
Ten hours.
6 Credits
This course addresses more complex creative conceptual ideas that are based on the intrinsic nature of sites, the interface between architectural structure and landscape features, the use of increased functional programs for site organization and human habitation, the layering of information from various sources to analyze sites and produce drawings, and the integration of natural and manmade systems within the urban environment. Projects in this design studio begin to introduce the student to real-world projects within urban com-munities in the Baltimore area and region. The interplay of natural systems, architectural massing, urban infrastructure, and socio-political conditions test the students growing knowledge of design process with sites of increased scale. The student assessment is also based on an overlay of past courses relative to grading and drainage, three-dimensional computer and other graphic skills.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 520 , or permission of instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 532 - Technology II
3 hours.
3 Credits
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LAAR 533 - Environmental Resources II
3 hours.
3 Credits
The content of this course includes the study of plants from a morphologic and physiologic adaptability standpoint. The soil structure, nutrient chemistry and contaminant loading conditions within the city are explored relative to the best practices for introducing and sustaining plants in harsh urban environments. The course also builds upon the tools learned in Environmental Resources I and uses case studies to test these tools in varying urban conditions. Students study ecological needs and planting practices as well as the design benefits of plants in the urban environment. The class looks at typical urban street conditions, urban wetlands, brown-fields and city parks as areas with unique plant requirements. Baltimore offers great opportunities to also study environmental systems that bisect the city such as Herring Run watershed. The assessment of knowledge learned in this class is based on written papers, test, and special projects.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 513 , LAAR 523 , LAAR 520 or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 540 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio IV
3 Credits
This design studio continues the educational objective of introducing increasingly complex site, conceptual, technical, and landscape scale in the study of landscape architecture place making. The projects are focused on community design and the physical manipulation of environments to revitalize and enhance human engagement and living in urban neighborhoods. Typical issues of concern that impact on physical design solutions include community identity and open space in urban neighborhoods Studio projects are drawn from real Baltimore neighborhoods where possible to provide students with realistic clients and client needs. The learning assessment in the course is built upon the students’ application of previous course materials. Students will be expected to develop design packages that include inventory/analysis, conceptual sketches, site plans/sections/elevations/3-dimensional drawings, grading and drainage, and other components typically utilized by landscape architects to convey project information.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 530 , or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 541 - Technology III: Advanced Site Construction
3 hours.
3 Credits
This is a course that teaches students the skills and information necessary to ensure that creative landscape architecture designs can be effectively constructed and sustained over time. The dominant information covered is a cross section of typical construction materials utilized in the profession and technical drawings traditionally used to convey construction methods. Specific topics include: concrete, brick, wood and other construction materials, layout of design elements on sites, drawing conventions for construction drawings, stresses and construction material strengths, cost estimation, and other information needed to develop a package of construction drawings utilized by contractors to effectively build landscape architecture projects. The learning assessment in this course is based on the students’ ability to successfully take a series of small design projects and build a complete construction document package utilizing conventional landscape architecture vocabulary. The course also introduces students to the latest technologies and building systems that ensure green and sustainable land-scape environments.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 522 and LAAR 532, ENST 770 or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 545 - Sustainable Structures and Applications
Three hours.
3 Credits
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 546 - Storm Water Design in the Urban Landscape
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the subject and core concepts of Environmental Site Design (ESD) and stormwater management principles and practices in the urban landscape. The student will be presented with the scientific, sustainability, economic, regulatory, planning, design, construction and policy aspects of urban stormwater management.
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 547 - Landscape Performance Assessment Methods & Systems
Three hours.
3 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary course that orients students to methods and rating systems of assessing performance of built and proposed landscape architecture projects. Methods and rating systems that will be covered in this course are drawn from landscape as well as other disciplines such as architecture, urban planning, engineering and industrial ecology and will include: landscape focused-Sustainable SITES initiative, green building and site planning oriented LEEDS rating system, Life cycle assessment, ecological footprint, design for environment and Instructor developed-methods.
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 550 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio V
Ten hours.
6 Credits
This design studio addresses issues related to the planning and design of the urban landscapes at a citywide and regional scale. Studies focus on advancing skills in land development, site programming and master planning, and site design of urban landscape projects that have a strong interface with architecture and urban infrastructure. Emphasis is in this course is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of landscape architecture in the urban realm. Studio projects enhance the students’ knowledge of architecture, planning, engineering and the work of other allied professions through the study of site, municipal/city guidelines and zoning, new architecture construction, preservation efforts, roadway and environmental infrastructure systems, transit and other urban systems. When it is possible, this interdisciplinary urban study is accomplished through a real-world Baltimore-based project that includes multiple disciplines and public or non-profit agencies. The assessment of student learning is based on the students’ effectiveness in organizing a complex array of information into creative design solutions based on their advanced standing and successful study in previous design, technology, natural resources and other program courses. The socioeconomic and cultural aspects of design and planning are also addressed within this course.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 540 , or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 551 - History II: 20th Century History and Theory of Landscape Design
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is an historical investigation of the development of landscape architecture and urban design in the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on the rise of modernism in architecture and landscape architecture, the ecological critique of modernism, emerging theories of landscape design, and twentieth century urban design and theory.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 511 or permission of instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 552 - Planting Design
3 hours.
3 Credits
The planting design course utilizes plants to enhance the design and aesthetic enjoyment of landscapes. The course presents a variety of urban project types to explore the full range of plants in the design of places that improve human comfort and safety in private and public urban spaces. Students utilize their prior design studio learning as well as technology knowledge to develop creative concepts for the use of plants in landscape architecture projects. The assessment of student learning in this course is based not only on the students’ knowledge of plants from LAAR 523-Plant Materials, but also based on their ability to effectively convey planting design information utilizing the drawing and technical conventions of the profession. This course also teaches the application of technical plant lists (sizing, specifications), cost estimates, and planting information specific to each plant.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 530 , LAAR 523 , LAAR 533 , or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
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LAAR 560 - Studio VI: Master’s Degree Project
6 hours.
6 Credits
This is a terminal master’s level design or planning project that tests the students’ base of professional knowledge in landscape architecture. Students initiate a design project based on the development of a specific question or proposition developed in the previous semesters Research Methods course. The project is further structured based on a Re-search Journal developed in LAAR 751 - Research Methods and approved by an established Thesis Committee. The assessment of student work in this course is based on the students’ consistent alignment with a clearly articulated research question, the quality of the work given prior course work, and the contribution the project to new knowledge within the profession of landscape architecture.
Prerequisite(s) LAAR 751 , completion of the entire design studio sequence (LAAR 510 -LAAR 550 ) or permission of Department Chair.
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LAAR 561 - Landscape Architectural Practice
3 hours.
3 Credits
Students examine the role of the landscape architect in a variety of work environments such as private practice, government practice, education and related industries. Study includes the legal, ethical, and contractual responsibilities of landscape architectural practice and basic procedures, management and information systems used in professional offices.
Prerequisite(s) Must be in the final year of the MLA program, LAAR 550 , or permission of the Department Chair.
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LAAR 562 - Urban Stream Restoration
Three hours.
3 Credits
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 572 - Urban Hydrology
Three hours.
3 Credits
Contact Hours 3
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LAAR 751 - Research Methods
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of research methods commonly used in landscape architecture. The focus in the course is on the development of each student’s individual scholarship, written thesis or the master’s project as terminal degree projects. Emphasis is placed on the articulation of a research “question” and the development of that question into an appropriate project type, methodology, supportive thesis committee, and scope of work and time frame for completing the project work.
Prerequisite(s) Must be in final year of the MLA program, LAAR 540 or permission of the Department Chair.
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LAAR 788 - Supervised Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research areas of their competence under the supervision of faculty. Students are required to submit research findings verbally and to submit a written report and other approved materials to the graduate faculty advisor. The Supervised Research project must adhere to the established Guidelines established by the department.
Prerequisite(s) The submission of a well organized, focused, operational research proposal and permission of the Department Chair or designated faculty advisor.
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LAAR 789 - Supervised Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research areas of their competence under the supervision of faculty. Students are required to submit research findings verbally and to submit a written report and other approved materials to the graduate faculty advisor. The Supervised Research project must adhere to the established Guidelines established by the department.
Prerequisite(s) The submission of a well organized, focused, operational research proposal and permission of the Department Chair or designated faculty advisor.
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LAAR 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
3 hours.
9 Credits
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LAAR 794 - Studio VI Master’s Project
3 hours.
3 Credits
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LAAR 797 - Thesis Guidance
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) Permission of the Thesis Advisor or Department Chair.
Contact Hours Three
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LAAR 799 - Thesis Defense
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) Completion of LAAR 510 through LAAR 540 design studios, or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.
Contact Hours Three
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HOMG 600 - Principles & Practices of Food Service Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
This is a core graduate course in Hospitality Management that prepares students to examine the mechanisms and techniques employed in the management of food service companies. Comparisons, case studies, and selected topics focus on equity structures, operations, multi units, marketing and management of systems for a variety of public and private food service operations.
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HOMG 610 - Revenue Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
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HOMG 625 - Management of Lodging & Resort Operations
3 hours.
3 Credits
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HOMG 650 - Advanced Hospitality Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
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MGMT 860 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior
3 hours.
3 Credits
Scientific theories of individual and group behavior are examined and applied to topics such as leader-ship, managerial risk-taking, organization culture and change processes. Processes of perception, judgment, attribution and decision making are studied. Finally, since organizational behavior occurs mostly in social settings, the course introduces the social psychological effects of social settings on behavior with respect to motivation, performance, job satisfaction, group processes and organization justice.
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MGMT 861 - Seminar in Organization Theory
3 hours.
3 Credits
In this seminar, doctoral students are introduced to the principal theoretical perspectives in organization theory, such as resource dependence theory, institutional theory, structural-contingency theory, population ecology and transaction-cost analysis. These perspectives are used to guide understanding of organization change, innovation and effectiveness in corporate settings. In addition, empirical research is examined to illustrate how different theoretical perspectives require different empirical research methodologies.
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MGMT 870 - Seminar in Human Resource Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
An examination of selected theoretical and empirical literature describing the management of various activities designed to enhance the effectiveness of an organization’s work force.
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MGMT 871 - Seminar in Business & Society
3 hours.
3 Credits
A reading seminar treating classic and current readings dealing with interactions between business and its environment, particularly those involving non-economic stakeholders. Includes stakeholder analysis and other approaches to the non-economic tasks of the Chief Executive Officer and other General Managers. Understanding of ethical issues involved is emphasized, including understanding differing ethical systems of analysis and cultural differences. Included are issues in validating research, corporate public affairs management, and other current topics in the field.
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MGMT 872 - Seminar in Strategic Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
The seminar covers the major writings in the field of strategic management. Treats quantitative and qualitative approaches to the economic tasks of the Chief Executive Officer and other General Managers, including the integration of all functional portions of organizations. Included are International Strategy, Corporate & Business Unit strategies, and current topics.
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MGMT 873 - Comparative Management Systems
3 hours.
3 Credits
This seminar examines management practices and behavior in different countries and geographic areas. Assessment is made of the influence of socio-cultural factors, contextual variables such as size, technology, and market conditions in determining key characteristics of management systems. Emphasis is also placed on analyzing important issues in cross-national and cross-cultural management research.
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MGMT 874 - International Business Seminar
3 hours.
3 Credits
This is an intensive survey of the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical literature covering the strategic management of multinational companies. As a survey course it covers the various functional aspects of global business operations at the strategic level. Particular attention is placed on examining the multi-disciplinary nature of the literature in this field of study.
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MGMT 875 - Special Topics in Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on areas of current interest in management. Emphasis is placed on an in depth examination of a limited number of issues that are of current interest to management theorists. This allows students to further explore issues in their particular areas of interest in the management field, such as entrepreneurship, corporate governance, strategic human resource management, innovation and organization design.
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MGMT 876 - Research Implementation
3 hours.
3 Credits
The goal of this course is to have students identify a topic of interest and develop a publishable empirical research paper. This involves undertaking a full-fledged research process under the guidance of a faculty member over the course of the semester.
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MGMT 877 - The Entrepreneurship Process
3 hours.
3 Credits
The purpose of this doctoral seminar is to expose students to the entrepreneurship process, which is focused on the nexus of individuals and opportunities. The students will learn about the scholarly research within each stage of the entrepreneurship process. Given that the process is an individual-level undertaking within an overarching context, scholarly examinations of entrepreneurship-related phenomena incorporate research and theories from many different disciplines, including psychology, sociology, economics, and strategy, among numerous others.
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MGMT 878 - Theoretical Foundations in Entrepreneurship Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
This doctoral seminar seeks to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories and theoretical extensions in entrepreneurship research. The seminar encompasses classic research in the discipline and an in-depth look at the major debates ongoing today. The aim throughout the seminar will be to debate the utility of the major theoretical perspectives, their respective strengths and weaknesses, and their comparative ability to explain relevant phenomena.
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MGMT 879 - Contemporary Research Topics in Entrepreneurship
The field of entrepreneurship is experiencing an exciting period in its development. The value of entrepreneurship finds the process being studied and applied in various domains, including strategic management, political science, poverty alleviation, and international markets, among other domains. The objective of this seminar is to provide doctoral students with awareness and understanding of emerging research streams in entrepreneurship.
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MKTG 675 - Advanced Marketing Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
Through the use of cases and projects, this course highlights issues development of and marketing of products and services. The student will obtain a manager’s understanding of brand, marketing, advertising and promotion strategies in both domestic and international markets.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 676 - International Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
The emphasis of this course is on emerging trends in international marketing including strategic international alliances and implications of decisions as they relate to ethics and social considerations. A project which encompasses a comprehensive economic, cultural, and competitive analysis of a country and an outline of a marketing plan for it will be required.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MKTG 677 - Promotions Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course highlights the world of promoting products and services in both net and brick and mortar organizations and expecting marketplace impact. Concepts like goal setting, positioning and segmentation, message strategy and tactics, media strategy and the legal, ethical and global implications of promotions and advertising are involved. The course emphasizes cases and projects.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 675
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MKTG 681 - Marketing in the Services Organization
3 hours.
3 Credits
Marketing services is a complex effort by an organization. Through cases, the course analyzes key processes in the delivery of process designed to satisfy customers. Analytical techniques are stressed and applied to a variety of cases and projects in industries like hospitality, health care, tourism, education, and transportation.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 675
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MKTG 880 - Foundations of Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to review and evaluate the classical and contemporary foundation literature of the marketing discipline. It will focus on the definition, domain, and scope of marketing, history of marketing thought, institutional foundations, marketing systems and social processes, and contemporary perspectives.
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MKTG 881 - Consumer and Organizational Buying Behavior
3 hours.
3 Credits
This seminar examines the literature to provide a solid foundation for consumer behavior analysis from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Coverage is given to research in psychology, organizational behavior, decision sciences and marketing that relate to various aspects of buyer behavior. Emphasis is placed on critical evaluation of the research, as well as on identifying topics that warrant further exploration.
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MKTG 882 - Seminar in Strategy and Global Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course examines current literature and cutting edge issues in a variety of marketing areas. The approach is based on student exposure to an intensive series of modules as indicated below by the following examples: Marketing Strategy: This module presents an overview of issues relating to planning, innovation, competitive strategy, and marketing program development. Global Marketing: This module focuses on the strategic issues associated with marketing in diverse international environments.
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MKTG 883 - Multivariate Techniques
3 hours.
3 Credits
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MKTG 884 - Research Implementation
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course aims at getting students to develop a publishable article. Emphasis is placed on students identifying an issue of importance and carrying out to a full-fledge research process.
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MKTG 890 - Social Issues and Public Policy in Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course focuses on exploring current issues of interest relating to societal marketing e.g. operations in urban areas, entrepreneurship, retail location decisions, marketing of social programs, consumer behavior of minorities, and ethical aspects of marketing to inner-city populations.
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MKTG 891 - Special Topics in Marketing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on areas of current interest in marketing, especially as it relates to the marketing mix. Emphasis is placed on examining cutting edge issues and research in the field. It is aimed at helping students gain in-depth knowledge of a particular issue.
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MATH 501 - Set Theory and Related Topics
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of axioms and operations, relations and functions, construction of real numbers, cardinal numbers, the Axiom of Choice, ordering and ordinals, other types, and special topics.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 505 - Abstract Algebra I
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, factor groups, products, Sylow’s Theorem, symmetric groups, free groups, ring homomorphisms, ideals, and quotient rings.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 506 - Abstract Algebra II
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of rings, ideals, maximal ideals, integral domains, polynomial rings, field of quotient of an integral domain, fields, vector spaces, field extensions, root of polynomials, finite fields, and special topics
Prerequisite(s) MATH 505 or departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 507 - Ordinary Differential Equations
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of the modern theory of Ordinary Differential Equations and dynamic system including existence and uniqueness theorem, system of differential equations, variation of parameters, Laplace transform, stability of equilibrium solutions, stability of linear system, Phase-plane analysis, stable and unstable and center manifolds, and bifurcation theory.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 508 - Combinatorics
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of enumerative combinatorics including factorials, binomials and multinomial, recursion and generating functions, Catalan numbers.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 510 - Applied Combinatorics and Graph Theory
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course deals with applications of graph theory and combinatorics in the social and life sciences. Topics to be discussed include graph algorithms, transport networks, RNA structures.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 512 - Probability and Statistics
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of relation of probability and statistical theory to practical problems, probability theory, infinite sample spaces, random variables distributions, testing hypotheses, sampling, correlation and regression.
Prerequisite(s) Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 514 - Applied Combinatorics and Graph Theory
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course deals with applications of graph theory and combinatorics in the social and life sciences. Topics to be discussed include graph algorithms, transport networks, RNA structures.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 510 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 517 - Foundations of Geometry
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of the axiomatic method for development of geometrical systems, the axioms of Euclid and Hubert, topics in Euclidean geometry, geometry of four dimensions, and plane hyperbolic geometry.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 518 - Modern Geometry
3 hours.
3 Credits
An introduction to various types of geometries as developed from sets of assumptions. Finite geometries, topics from Euclidean, projective and non-Euclidean geometries. Consideration of synthetic and analytic approaches.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 521 - Real Analysis I
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of the real number system, metric spaces, functions, sequences, limits, continuity, point sets, differentiation, and integration. Emphasis will be on basic ideas rather than the manipulative techniques of calculus.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 522 - Real Analysis II
3 hours.
3 Credits
A continuation of MATH 521 to include transcendental functions, infinite series, expansion of functions, and convergence.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 521 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 523 - Measure Theory
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of the set algebra and set operations, set functions, convergence of measure sequences, measure spaces and Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure, measure functions, convergence in measure and almost everywhere convergence, and signed measures.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 525 - Theory of Numbers
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of fundamental laws, linear-diophantine equations, property of integers congruencies, Theorems of Fermat and Wilson, quadratic residues.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 527 - Complex Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of functions of one variable, topics include multi-valued functions, branch cut, applications of residues, conformal mappings, Riemann mapping theorem, Schwarz-Christofel mapping, application to two dimensional fluid mechanics, and special topics.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 528 - Complex Analysis II
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is a continuation of MATH 527. This course will introduce more tools and techniques of complex variables to deal with problems arising from differential equations, fluid mechanics and material science. These techniques and tools include conformal mapping, special functions, asymptotic analysis, WKB approximation, and transform techniques.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 527 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 541 - Point Set Topology I
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of properties of metric and topological spaces, continuous functions, and applications to Euclidean spaces.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 542 - Point Set Topology II
3 hours.
3 Credits
A continuation of MATH 541 to include axioms, quotients and products, compactness and connectedness, metrization, Stone-Cech compactification, and paracompact spaces.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 541 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 551 - Algorithms and Computations I
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of features and basic data structures of a high-level programming language. Algorithm construction and methods for evaluating efficiency of algorithms are studied.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 552 - Algorithms and Computations II
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of techniques in design and analysis of computations; algorithms are developed and applied. The data structures which enhance algorithm design and implementation are studied. Implementation is done in high-level language capable of structured, modular programming.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 551 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 553 - Computational Mathematics
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course covers topics on numerical analysis and methods, computational statistics and linear algebra with application in bioinformatics.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 555 - Introduction to Functional Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the students to the modern theory of Functional Analysis. Topics discussed include: Linear mappings; Metrization; Seminorms and local convexity; completeness; The Hahn-Banach Theorem; Weak Topologies; Duality in Banach Spaces; Hilbert Spaces and Operators on Hilbert space; and some applications.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 557 - Foundation of Harmonic Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the students to various topics related to tools, techniques and applications of the theory of Harmonic Analysis. Topics to be discussed include: Fourier series on T; Convergence of Fourier series; Interpolation of Linear operators; Fourier transforms on the line; Fourier Analysis on local compact Abelian groups; Almost Periodic Functions.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 559 - Numerical Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to derive and apply techniques of numerical analysis and computational mathematics. Topics include: arithmetic and well-posed computations; Gaussian elimination; functional iteration for a single equation and for a system of equations; computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors; Weierstrass’ approximation theorem; the pointwise error in interpolation polynomials; Hermit interpolation and Chebyshev polynomials; finite elements method.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 553 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 561 - Mathematical Modeling
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course is designed to study the formulations of abstract mathematical models for real phenomena. It provides an introduction to the theory of model construction as a formal system examines a variety of applications of the theory and provides practice in the building models.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 575 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of the modern theory of partial differential equations including wave equations, heat equations, Laplace equations, Maximum principles, distributions, Sobolev spaces, linear elliptic equations, energy method for evolution problems, and semigroup methods.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 631 - Biostatistics
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course introduces principles, concepts, methods, techniques, algorithms, tools, and strategies of biostatistics. It covers topics as: graphical and numerical descriptive statistical techniques, probability calculations, probability distributions, point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 522 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 632 - Advanced Biostatistics
3 hours.
3 Credits
A continuation of MATH 631 with emphasis on analyzing data arising in the health and life sciences to include advanced inferential statistical methods, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression and correlation analysis, chi-square analysis of frequencies, and nonparametric statistical methods.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 631 or Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 633 - Applied Regression and Correlation Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
The study of relationships among variables, including linear regression with one or more independent variables, methods of estimating parameters and testing hypotheses, diagnostics and remedial measures, selection of independent variables via stepwise and other forms of regression techniques, model building, nonlinear regression, and time series.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 512 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 635 - Computational Linear Algebra
3 hours.
3 Credits
It is the study of algorithms for performing linear algebra computations, most notably matrix operations, on computers. It is often a fundamental part of engineering and computational science problems. Common problems in computational linear algebra include computing the following: LU decomposition, QR decomposition, singular value decomposition, eigenvalues.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 640 - Mathematical Analysis of Several Complex Variables
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the students to several topics in the theory of several complex variables. The topics include holomorphic functions of several complex variables, domains of holomorphy, complex manifolds and function theory on complex manifolds.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 528 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 643 - Introduction to Algebraic Topology
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course is designed to introduce students to various topics in Algebraic Topology. Topics will include the following: The fundamental group, covering spaces, homology, cohomology and homotopy theory. A student taking this course is expected to be familiar with basic topics in algebra and point set topology.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 541 or Department permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 645 - Distribution Theory and Fourier Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course is designed to introduce students to various topics in Fourier Analysis and Distribution Theory. Topics will include the following: Fourier Transforms, Fourier Series, Distributions Theory. A student taking this course is expected to be familiar with basic Real Analysis.
Prerequisite(s) Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 655 - Differential Geometry
3 hours.
3 Credits
Differential geometry has applications in computer graphics, medical imaging, and vision. This course will familiarize students not necessarily with those applications but with the basic lexicon of differential geometry, and will be an introduction to Riemannian geometry in higher dimensions. Topics include: the exterior differential calculus, applications to curves and surfaces in 3-space, various notions of curvature.
Prerequisite(s) Departmental permission
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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