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INSS 693 - Decision Support Systems
Three hours.
3 Credits
In this course, students integrate areas leading to and contributing to management decision making. The course focuses on management’s need and uses for decision and expert systems, various management support tools, and implementing management support systems. The course includes contemporary topics in Decision Support Systems (DSSs), Executive Information Systems (ElSs), Expert Systems (ES), Neural Networks (ANN), and Groupware. It provides hands-on practice in building and using decision support and expert systems software applications.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 687 .
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INSS 695 - Data Analytics for Decisions
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on the development, governance, management and utilization of analytical and computational models for structured and unstructured data to solve business needs. Information architectures, business intelligence and data mining topics relevant to the business domain are covered.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 587 and INSS 586 . Student must pass these courses with a grade of B or better.
Co-Requisite(s) None
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INSS 696 - Current Issues in Information Technology
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides students with opportunities to learn about the current issues in technological advances in the field of information technology through current readings, discussions and experiences. The content of the course varies from semester to semester based on paradigm shifts in business. Currently topics include Electronic Commerce, Internet and Intranet, EDI, Applications of World Wide Web, etc.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 687 .
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INSS 840 - Foundation in Information Systems
Three hours.
3 Credits
Explores and discusses the interdisciplinary nature of information systems. Examines the assumptions, concepts, theories, and methodologies that inform research about the behavioral aspects of information systems. Pedagogical issues and techniques are also studied.
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INSS 841 - Information Systems Strategy
Three hours.
3 Credits
Examines the information systems industry and outlines tools for formulating and evaluating information systems strategy, including an introduction to the economics of technical change, models of technological evolution, and models of organization-al dynamics and innovation.
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INSS 842 - Information Systems Seminar I
Three hours.
3 Credits
Current issues and practices in the strategic management of information technology are analyzed and discussed. Examines different approaches to managing the information systems function within a broad organizational context.
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INSS 843 - Information Systems Seminar II
Three hours.
3 Credits
Explores and discusses current topics related to information systems. Current topics include, but are not limited to, Electronic Commerce, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, and underlying security issues.
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INSS 850 - Dynamics of Information Systems in Organizations
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course explores concepts, framework, tools, techniques, and processes that assist management in its interaction with and directions of computer-based information systems organizations. Emphasis on redesigns of information flows to meet the needs of functional areas of organizations.
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INSS 851 - Knowledge-based Information Systems
Three hours.
3 Credits
Focuses on discussion of knowledge-based tools, techniques, and applications utilizing a significant amount of knowledge about functional business areas. Case studies from a number of business domains are selected for analysis.
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INSS 852 - Enterprise-wide Infrastructure
Three hours.
3 Credits
Explores critical issues of communication infrastructure among information systems from technical, strategic, and organizational perspective. Network standards, connectivity and flexibility issues are examined in a global context.
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INSS 853 - Management Databases
Three hours.
3 Credits
Examines the interlocking technological and managerial issues that arise in the operation of distributed systems with emphasis on database technologies. Focuses on analysis and solutions for business problems in a distributed environment.
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INSS 854 - Information Systems Security
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on information systems security and information assurance. The emphasis is on a policy perspective. Topics covered include principles of security enhancements, risk management, compliance and forensics.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
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INST 501 - Theories of International Relations
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course presents Graduate Students with the conceptual and theoretical tools needed to assess the: sources, concepts, theories, evolution of, and current trends in the world order. Following the in-depth review of theoretical debates, the class will discuss current issues and global challenges. Throughout the course, the distribution of responsibilities and the legitimacy of current policies undertaken to address these challenges will be assessed.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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INST 505 - International Development Administration
Three hours.
3 Credits
At the crossroads between Public Administration, Management, and Development Studies, this course introduces students to the world of development policies’ implementation and results’ assessment. The paradigm shifts around “development” and “global justice”, “global development governance” agents, especially IGOs; NGOs, and the administrations of developing states are analyzed. Specific development programs are presented, and their tools and results assessed and discussed.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 506 - Human Rights
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on the developing systems, laws and norms of the promotion of human rights. The course examines legal, political, cultural and economic aspects of human rights including ideological and cultural perspectives.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 508 - North/South Global Issues
Three hours.
3 Credits
The objective of this course is to identify global issues and to study, analyze and discern their wider ramifications. The course also examines the need for international cooperation to help ameliorate international problems and make the world safe and prosperous for all.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 509 - American Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will focus on the study of United States foreign policy. Specifically, the course will examine an analysis of this country’s role, resources, and policies as a great hegemonic power. Special attention is given to the relationship between foreign and domestic policies that impact and shape the decision-making process of the international community of nations.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 510 - Sub-Saharan Africa
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the political, economic and social histories and culture of Africa with a view towards understanding the challenges which have developed in creating the image of Africa and its peoples. The historical survey will set the tone for an examination of such topics as the expansion of foreign trade relations, nation-building, health care issues, ethno-national conflicts, development and social change.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 511 - The Middle East
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the political, economic and social histories and culture of the Middle East with a view towards understanding challenges which have developed in creating the image of the region and its peoples. Specific topics to be addressed include political violence and terrorism, civil society, foreign and domestic trade, and the impact of Islam on shaping development and social change.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 512 - The Caribbean-Latin America
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the political, economic and social relations, histories and cultures of the Caribbean and Latin America, with a view towards understanding the challenges which have developed in creating the image of the region and its peoples. Specific topics to be addressed include political violence and civil society, foreign and domestic trade and its impact on shaping development and social change.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 513 - Asia
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the political, economic and social relations, histories and cultures of Asia with a view towards understanding the challenges which have developed in creating the image of the region and its peoples. Specific topics to be addressed include political violence, civil society, foreign and domestic trade and their impact on shaping development and social change within the region.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 514 - Western Europe
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course assesses social and political challenges faced by the 21st century Europe, in particular through the institutions and politics of the European Union, their historical developments and the EU transformation into a complex supra-national entity. Introducing first the philosophical and historical sources of the European construction, the class questions the nature of European governmental structures and focuses on the various fields of intervention of the EU.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 515 - Russia and the Former Soviet States
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the political, economic and social relations, histories and cultures of Russia and the Former Soviet States with a view towards understanding the challenges that have developed in creating the image of the region and its peoples.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 516 - The Politics of the Global Environment
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course focuses on the political dimensions of trans-boundary ecological problems. It examines contemporary political responses to global environmental challenges and facilitates creative formulations of data-based analysis of these challenges. In addition, the course examines how developments in the environment interact with political consideration to influence world politics.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 520 - Public International Law
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course presents the sources, evolution, and current tools and instruments of Public International Law by analyzing and discussing the legitimacy and future prospects of mutually agreed rules, norms, international courts in an world of: soft-law, flexible policies, and open global governance. The differences between municipal and international legal orders and their consequences for the latter are addressed.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 522 - Multi-National Corporations and Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics
Three hours.
3 Credits
Multinational corporations (MNC) and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs), and transnational networks, increasingly relevant as agents of world politics, are the object of both criticism and praise. This class aims at exploring their current roles and influence in a globalized world, and how they shape the concept of, and the conversation around, “global governance” and “global justice.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 523 - Fundamentals of Intelligence
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is a survey of the field of US intelligence. It provides a basic overview of the fundamentals of intelligence through a brief history of the development of intelligence as a profession. The course examines the structure of the US national intelligence community and provides a general framework and understanding of the intelligence community and its functions at the macro level.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 580 - Internship in International Studies
Three hours.
3 Credits
This internship is designed to permit students to gain on-site experience in selected non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations and business. Periodic conferences with the faculty advisor and the agency supervisor will aid in determining the student’s program. Students will submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
Prerequisite(s) Permission of the coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 601 - Seminar in International Studies
Three hours.
3 Credits
Students will prepare a research paper in an area of interest under faculty supervision by bringing together and integrating knowledge acquired in the basic core and electives. Students will submit research findings orally and in writing.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 602 - Seminar in Comparative Politics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will exam alternative theoretical approaches to the study of comparative politics. Topics include (I) theory building, (2) research method, and problems, and (3) cross national research analysis. These approaches will be applied to selected political systems and will be used to analyze the systems’ responses to such challenges as political and economic development, democratization, stabilization and ethnic conflict.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 603 - Seminar in Research Design and Methodology
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course introduces students to the theoretical foundations, practical and professional relevance of qualified research, especially empirical research, applied to the field of world affairs. Students will analyze the research cycle steps, learn the relevance and use of tools of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, and demonstrate their research skills by developing a full research design.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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INST 604 - Contemporary African Philosophy and Literature
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course is aimed at a reading of a select number of African literary and philosophic texts focused on grasping the lived existential experience out of which these texts are articulated. In this critical exploration the focus is on examining the African experience of the modern world.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 606 - Applied Intelligence Research Methods
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces students to intelligence research methods to address practical intelligence problems. Using military and intelligence databases and both qualitative and quantitative methods, the course will focus on the collection, analysis, and presentation of data in an environment in which researchers must be cognizant of the potentially classified nature of the information being processed.
Prerequisite(s) INST 523
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 607 - Ethics in International Affairs
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course discusses whether and how the various stakeholders on the world stage should act according to ethical and moral principles, such as fairness, justice, and equality. It assesses ethical debates in world politics from the traditional realm of security issues and Just War to the issue of global wealth distribution. It also considers the validity and effectiveness of international adjudication of justice.
Prerequisite(s) INST 501
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 780 - Advanced Internship in International Studies
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course offers exposure to and experience in international studies through participation in government agencies, as well as non-government and international organizations under the supervision of qualified faculty. Internship agency/site must be relevant to the student’s concentration. Students submit a public policy report to the graduate faculty and must receive a “B” grade, or better, to receive credit. Prerequisite: completion of all course work.
Prerequisite(s) Achievement of candidacy or permission of coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 788 - Supervised Research
Three hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research activities in areas of their interest under the supervision of qualified faculty. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
Prerequisite(s) Achievement of candidacy or permission of coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 789 - Supervised Research
Three hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research activities in areas of their interest under the supervision of qualified faculty. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
Prerequisite(s) Achievement of candidacy or permission of coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 790 - Special Topics in International and Cultural Studies (Study Abroad)
Three hours.
3 Credits
This is a five-week intensive immersion study/research abroad that will examine important contemporary issues related to the geographic areas to be studied and visited. The course includes lectures, discussions, and an extensive experiential learning component, such as guided visits to relevant historical, cultural, political and economic locations. Topics to be studied vary according to the targeted general region or subregion.
Prerequisite(s) Permission of coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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INST 797 - Thesis Guidance
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a master’s 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 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) Completion of Coursework and Comprehensive Exam
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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INST 799 - Thesis Defense
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course allows master’s 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 is counted as 3 credit hours of the overall 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) Completion of Intent to Defend form for School of Graduate Studies
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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JOUR 501 - Reporting and Writing for Knowledge-Based Journalism
Three hours.
3 Credits
The emphasis of this core course is on news values, news writing skills and reporting techniques used in a variety of media, including print, broadcast, digital, social and mobile. The classroom will serve as a news room, but students will use the entire city as their beats to develop, write and produce stories on a variety of issues.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 502 - Information Gathering and Research
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course focuses on information gathering and research for media professionals. Specific areas of focus include critical thinking, computer search tools, writing, editing, information use, language use, interviewing, research tools, library use, government documents (including Freedom of Information Act requests), business documents, human sources, etc. The course prepares students to conduct research and to assess and use information in media-related decision making. Emphasis will also be given to the ethical collection and reporting of information discovered during the research process.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 503 - Mass Communication Law and Ethics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course in the master’s program in journalism provides aspiring journalists with a practical and substantive “knowledge-based” understanding of global media law – and its protections and constraints – along with various significant ethical problems, which confront today’s journalists, in general, and emerging integrated digital media journalists, in particular, who work within a developing world context. It examines major free speech principles and trends in U.S. and international media law and ethics. The course analyzes a wide range of issues and practical considerations pertaining to the First Amendment in the U.S. and related press freedoms and challenges abroad. Specifically, it may include the following areas: censorship, speech distinctions, emotional distress and physical harm, privacy, libel, newsgathering, reporter’s privilege, media and the courts, obscenity, indecency and violence, advertising (commercial speech), intellectual property (copyright and trademarks), and electronic media regulation.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 510 - Editing Techniques
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on the study of the application of more complex editing skills required of news editors, including learning advanced news and feature editing techniques, copy editing, line editing, editing for background and context and using quotations, statistics, maps, graphs and charts.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 512 - Investigative Reporting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course requires students to apply their skills in research and writing to produce investigative stories on societal, governmental and/or scientific issues for print, broadcast and online formats. The goal is to examine an issue that goes beneath the surface to discover not only the publicly available information, but also harder-to-find information that seeks to present the fullest possible picture. The course will also require students to confront the ethical issues and problems that face investigative journalists, to learn to develop and protect sources and to think critically and skeptically.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 513 - Feature Writing
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course emphasizes advanced elements of stylized, long-form, storytelling used in magazine and newspaper features. This literary, poetic and sometimes “spoken word” journalism combines the finest elements of creative and expository writing.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 515 - Profile and Biography Writing
Three hours.
3 Credits
Students in this class will hone their nonfiction profile-writing skills in their own work and in careful analysis of their classmates’ pieces. They will study long-form narrative profiles to learn about structure, voice, theme and style and then apply what they learn by writing extended profiles, drawing on the practice of immersion reporting.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 520 - Legal Affairs Writing
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course guides students to understanding the complex issues raised by journalistic coverage of the American legal system and how to report intelligently and responsibly about events and issues arising from the courthouse beat.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 530 - Financial Journalism
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course teaches students how to understand what’s going on at companies – from multinational corporations to “mom and pop” stores – and to report and write stories about these businesses in a compelling way. As business becomes more influential in the lives of everyday citizens, it’s important for media to become more aggressive in acting as a watchdog. More than any other beat, covering business requires not only an understanding of complex numbers, but also the ability to use data and a compelling narrative to tell the reader something they need to know and that will impact their wallet.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 531 - Science Reporting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint reporters with all aspects of science reporting and writing. It will train participants to view new breakthroughs and discoveries with skepticism and will give students a working knowledge of many of the main areas of science coverage, including the environment, artificial intelligence, and human interaction with technology. There will be lessons on social media, online writing, news and feature writing, and writing long-form narratives.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 532 - Political Reporting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course teaches students the fundamentals of covering the American political world, as well as larger concepts that can help generate deeper context and understanding. This course is designed to provide a broad overview of this beat, from the grassroots to the White House. This course emphasizes deadline writing and critiquing of political and public policy news. Students are also encouraged to explore the use of social media to cover and explain campaigns and policy. The course encourages familiarity with the methods and insights of political and social science; the selection of readings includes many pieces of original research. Students should come away with the confidence to use such materials to inform their future reporting.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 533 - Multimedia Storytelling
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course looks at the changing climate of the practice of journalism. Television reporters have to shoot and edit their own video as well as write for the web. Print reporters must capture video, and often edit video files that are offered to the web. The course will focus on how to produce print and video versions of the same stories, which are then made available on multiple platforms. The best multimedia stories are multi-dimensional and combine compelling text, action for video, processes that can be illustrated with graphics, strong quotes for video or audio, and/or powerful emotions for still photos and audio. They use the strength of each medium to tell the story in dynamic ways that allow readers and viewers to experience stories in a more engaged way. In addition to covering those topics, the course will also examine the relationship between news organizations and social networks and what it means for how journalists tell and present stories in interactive ways.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 535 - Social Justice Reporting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will train students to cover social justice in areas such as health, education, government, and especially criminal justice and government. Students will develop their content knowledge, gain skills and practices, and learn how to apply all three.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 538 - Sports Journalism in the Digital Age
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will train students to cover social justice in areas such as health, education, government, and especially criminal justice and government. Students will develop their content knowledge, gain skills and practices, and learn how to apply all three.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 543 - Interactive Media
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course is an introduction to planning, media integration, and production techniques and tools of interactive media. Through practical exercises, this course will expose students to major component media, including computer text, graphics, photography, animation, speech, sound, and video.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 560 - The Media Business
Three 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.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 561 - Seminar in Cultural Literacy
Three 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.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 562 - International Journalism
Three 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.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 597 - Master’s Project I
Three 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
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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JOUR 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
Three 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) Successful completion of all coursework and JOUR 597
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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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
Three 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.
Prerequisite(s) None.
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LAAR 513 - Environmental Resources I
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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 533 - Environmental Resources II
Three 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
Ten hours.
6 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
Three 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 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
Three 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
Three 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
Six 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
Three 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 751 - Research Methods
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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 797 - Thesis Guidance
Three 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.
Co-Requisite(s) None
Contact Hours Three
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LAAR 799 - Thesis Defense
Three 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.
Co-Requisite(s) None
Contact Hours Three
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HOMG 600 - Principles & Practices of Food Service Management
Three 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
Three hours.
3 Credits
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HOMG 625 - Management of Lodging & Resort Operations
Three hours.
3 Credits
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HOMG 650 - Advanced Hospitality Marketing
Three hours.
3 Credits
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MGMT 860 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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
Three 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 - Entrepreneurship Seminar
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on classic and cutting-edge entrepreneurship theory and research. Students will explore, in depth, issues related to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and new venture creation from the psychological, sociological, marketing, and strategic management perspectives. Students are expected to develop a research paper of publishable quality as part of the class.
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MKTG 567 - Marketing and the Social Environment (Formerly Marketing Management)
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course combines both the fundamental concepts of marketing goods and services in a competitive marketplace and the increasing complexity of the social environment as it affects the organization and customers. The course is organized around the basic notions of pricing, marketing, advertising and promotion with a strong orientation to social responsibility.
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MKTG 675 - Advanced Marketing Management
Three 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.
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MKTG 676 - International Marketing
Three 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.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 567
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MKTG 677 - Promotions Marketing
Three 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.
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