May 01, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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Labor

  
  • LABOR 320 - Union Administration


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The purpose of unions is to represent the immediate interest of its members and broader interests of working people in society. These social goals require the effective use of administrative functions. In this course, students will explore what the administrative functions of unions have been, how administration is changing as more unions move beyond the limits of business unionism and how the operations of unions can best be carried out to support the labor movements’ social justice mission. We will use a case study approach to investigate the range of administrative functions through the lens of the classical management and bureaucracy theories of Taylor, Fayol and Weber. We will move on to more to a secondary and more in-depth examination of those functions as they are perceived in more current adaptive theories of Crozier, Deming and Lewin. Finally, we will explore the ideal union organization using theories of transformational organizations and sustainably.

    033849:1
  
  • LABOR 325 - Workers’ Rights and Human Rights


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course not only explores how diverse groups of working people from around the world have understood and defended their rights over time, but examines the historical evolution and relationship between what came to be understood as “workers’ rights’ and “human rights.” How have the very notions of workers’ rights and human rights changed over time, what has their relationship been, and how have these understandings shaped the efforts by various actors to both defend and attack the rights of working people? How has the understanding, application, and defense of rights been shaped by race, gender, nationality, and class?

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences | Diversity Area: International

    036773:1
  
  • LABOR 330 - Race, Class, and Gender at Work: Divisions in Labor


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The workplace is one of the most important arenas in which race, gender and class inequality is created or reproduced. This course explores how and why race, class and gender shape employees’ experiences in the workplace and in communities. We will focus on questions of how to define race, class and gender at work; how historic divisions have impacted inequality in the U.S. in the past and today; how work is changing in the US (lower levels of unionization, increased inequality, rise in low wage work, etc.): how workers have responded to these changes in the workplace; and how unions, worker organizations, and public policy have or have not addressed these critical issues.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: United States

    036774:1
  
  • LABOR 335 - Globalization and Labor


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines a number of global dynamics that have prevented trade unions and workers from developing world-wide solidarity; the negative impact these dynamics have had on the power, rights, and living conditions of workers; and current strategies to overcome these dynamics. In particular, the course focuses on critiquing and developing strategies whereby US workers can work to strengthen the rights of workers and unions outside of the United States, the importance of such strategies, and the difficulties of undertaking them.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

    036776:1
  
  • LABOR 340 - Field Placements in Workers’ Organizations


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Students majoring or minoring in Labor Studies may elect, with advisor approval, to complete a field placement with a labor union or worker organization. Applicants for Field Placement must be in good academic standing with a GPA of 2.5 or better. Union placements may include the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the state federation of many Mass. Unions; regional associations such as the Greater Boston, Merrimack Valley or North Shore Labor Councils; SEIU Local 615, representing service workers; Teamsters Local 25, representing transportation and warehouse workers; or others. Examples of worker organizations offering placements include the Massachusetts coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH), Jobs with Justice and Community Labor United. A field Placement is an opportunity for students who are considering the field as a career to apply classroom knowledge in practice while gaining experience and networking within the labor movement.

    036876:1
  
  • LABOR 345 - Labor and Sex Trafficking in a Global Economy


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course explores the global trafficking of human beings in historical, legal, economic, political, and social contexts, encompassing both labor and sex trafficking.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    040858:1
  
  • LABOR 450 - Labor and the U.S. Economy


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course places contemporary problems of labor - union decline, wage stagnation, rising inequality, rising insecurity - in the context of the history of U.S. capitalism. Major topics include income and wealth distribution, workplace power relations, labor radicalism, unemployment, race and gender discrimination, household labor, the welfare state, migration, and globalization. No prior study of economics is assumed.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite:

    • completed First Year Seminar or
    • a minimum of 30 credits or
    • permission of instructor


    041137:1
  
  • LABOR 480 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Independent Study | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit up to two times/6 credits

    Description:
    This course is an opportunity for labor studies students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of labor studies under the mentorship of a single professor> The course will typically involve a major research paper. The student will met with the supervising faculty member prior to initiating the independent study to create a syllabus and writing assignments appropriate to a 400-level course in Labor Studies. The student will submit a written statement at the beginning of the semester describing the scope of the project and responsibilities; the faculty member will sign off on the statement. The student will then meet weekly with the professor, including an end-of-semester review. Students must contact the faculty member in advance of registration to create a plan of study.

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Language and Culture Institute (non-credit)

  
  • LANGINST 002 - Haitian Creole I - Beginner


    0 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The Haitian Creole Summer Institute offers a three component intensive program in Haitian creole. All course make use of a language lab and cultural activies to enhance the study of the language .

    033062:1
  
  • LANGINST 003 - Haitian Creole II - Intermediate


    0 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The Haitian Creole Summer Institute offers a three component intensive program in Haitian creole. All course make use of a language lab and cultural activies to enhance the study of the language .

    033063:1
  
  • LANGINST 004 - Haitian Creole III- Advanced


    0 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The Haitian Creole Summer Institute offers a three component intensive program in Haitian creole. All course make use of a language lab and cultural activies to enhance the study of the language .

    033064:1
  
  • LANGINST 005 - Techniques of Haitian Creole


    0 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Course in Techniques tanslation for advanced student offered by The Haitian Creole Summer Institute.

    033065:1
  
  • LANGINST 006 - Latin by the Sea


    45 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    033626:1

Latin

  
  • LATIN 101 - Fundamentals of Latin I


    4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Latin 101 introduces students to the Latin language by teaching them to read, write, and speak in elementary forms. The goals are to enable students (1) to read elementary texts with some ease and fluency, (2) to manipulate Latin and English grammar, and (3) to enhance their English vocabulary.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020861:1
  
  • LATIN 102 - Fundamentals of Latin II


    4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Latin 102 continues the reading, writing and speaking exercises of LATIN 101 . Particular attention will be given to using and understanding complex sentences and to increasing Latin vocabulary. The goals are to enable students (1) to read increasingly complex Latin texts with some ease and fluency, (2) to manipulate the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Latin, and (3) to deepen their knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020864:1
  
  • LATIN 115 - Intensive Elementary Latin


    8 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    An intensive course aimed at developing reading skills in Latin. This course covers a year’s worth in one semester. Open to students with no previous training in Latin.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020871:1
  
  • LATIN 126 - Intensive Elementary Latin


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course focuses on mastery of the fundamentals of the Latin language, acquired by listening to, speaking, reading, writing, and translating Latin. Each lesson will include a series of short introductory videos, main lesson videos, and concluding videos. Assignments will be both on-line via VoiceThread and live via Skype. Reading and vocabulary will center around ?rberg’s Lingua latina per se illustrata: familia romana and themes of nature and family.

    031407:1
  
  • LATIN 201 - Intermed Latin


    Formerly LATIN 211
    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Review of the basic grammar and introductory reading of prose, to include Caesar and Pliny. Students with three years of high school Latin May Qualify.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020873:1
  
  • LATIN 202 - Ovid-Metamorphoses


    Formerly LATIN 222
    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Continuation of LATIN 201 . Reading in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020876:1
  
  • LATIN 212 - Intermediate Latin


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This is a multi-pronged, rigorous course designed for students who have one year of college Latin, two years of high school Latin, or the equivalent. Students will learn to read intermediate Latin texts fluently. Each session will be introduced by a series of video presentations and assignments to be completed verbally via VoiceThread before the main session, which will consist of a series of readings and assignments in composition and the art of translation. Concluding videos will challenge students to refine their mastery of target skills with exercises in active Latin.

    020875:1
  
  • LATIN 220 - Readings in Latin Literature


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This fourth-semester Latin course will introduce students to a variety of Latin authors, focusing on the goals of enhancing the students’ reading speed and proficiency, developing their ability to analyze literary structure, and increasing their understanding of Roman culture and history as well as its lasting influence.

    039435:1
  
  • LATIN 300 - Roma Aeterna: Latin Reading Fluency


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The goal of this course is for the student to gain reading fluency through integrated development of the four language skills-reading, listening, writing, and speaking. The program of study includes comprehensible input in class, extensive reading at an appropriate level outside of class, and focused practice work for deep retention of vocabulary, contextual understanding of grammar, and idiomatic usage in phrasing and sentences.

    040190:1
  
  • LATIN 301 - Cicero


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Reading in Cicero’s orations, philosophical, or rhetorical works; background and scholarship.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020877:1
  
  • LATIN 302 - Caesar


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Reading in the works of Caesar; background and scholarship.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020878:1
  
  • LATIN 303 - Roman Comedy


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Reading in the plays of Plautus and Terence; background and scholarship.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020879:1
  
  • LATIN 309 - Lucretius


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Reading On the Nature of Things; background and scholarship.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020885:1
  
  • LATIN 310 - Virgil


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Reading in the works of Virgil with primary emphasis on the Aeneid; background and scholarship. Required for Latin majors, and for combined Greek/Latin majors.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020886:1
  
  • LATIN 314 - Catullus and Horace


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    In this course we read, in Latin, significant excerpts from the poetry of Catullus and Horace. We discuss the influences of lyric and Hellenistic poetic traditions; the political back ground of the late republic and early empire; and attitudes toward love, death, and nature.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: LATIN 202 

    033207:1
  
  • LATIN 320 - Latin Letters


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    A survey of the epistolary genre in Latin literature. Readings will focus on Cicero, Seneca and Pliny; short examples from Horace, Ovid, Fronto and Petrarch will also be included. Letters will be considered in historical, social and literary contexts. Students will evaluate the structure, content and evolution of the genre.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: LATIN 202  or equivalent

    033532:1
  
  • LATIN 321 - Advanced Readings in Latin Literature


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    In this fifth-semester Latin course, students will read Latin texts selected from a wide variety of eras, from ancient to modern. Its primary goals are to strengthen the students’ reading speed and comprehension, to enhance their facility for literary analysis, and to expose them to the rich traditions of Latin literature

    040705:1
  
  • LATIN 330 - Latin Love Poetry


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course focuses on readings in the amatory poetry of Catullus, Horace, Virgil and the Roman elegists. Significant attention is paid to historical, philosophical, and cultural context, literary history and genre distinctions, and the love poets’ use of their poetry to reflect their constructions of self and society. Students will be introduced to relevant secondary literature.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    020881:1
  
  • LATIN 335 - Latin Historians


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course surveys the Latin historians, focusing primarily on Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. Earlier writers, such as Cato the Elder, and later ones, such as Ammianus Marcellinus, are briefly considered. Substantial excerpts of these historians will be read in Latin and studied in their historical, social and literary contexts.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: LATIN 202  or equivalent

    033602:1
  
  • LATIN 397 - Special Topics


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course will cover selected topics in Latin, taught by staff or visiting lecturers.

    032540:1
  
  • LATIN 415 - Methods of Teaching in the Latin Language


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course explores the theory and practice of teaching in the schools (K-12). We will discuss pedagogical approaches that have been developed in recent decades and the textbooks that they have produced. Members of the class will develop imaginative activities and techniques for teaching out to students.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: One 300-level LATIN course

    033097:1
  
  • LATIN 460 - History of Latin Literature


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course is a survey of Latin literature by genre and chronology from the earliest Latin writing through the reign of Hadrian. Students will read selections of Latin prose and poetry from the works of all major authors and will evaluate the structure and content of each work within its historical and literary contexts. The goals of the course are to give students a strong foundation in the development and evolution of Latin literature and to prepare them for subject area examinations for prospective teachers of Latin such as Praxis and MTEL.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: One 300-level LATIN course

    035605:1
  
  • LATIN 478 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Directed projects in Latin language and literature.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Instructor consent

    020894:1
  
  • LATIN 479 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Directed projects in Latin language and literature.

    020896:1
  
  • LATIN 490 - Honors


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Special projects in Latin language and literature for honors candidates.

    020897:1

Latin American Studies

  
  • LATAM 100 - Native Peoples of South America


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    An introductory survey of the native cultures of South America. Emphasis is placed on a comparison of selected cultures through the analysis of native history, levels of social and political integration, contact with European cultures, and contemporary status.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    020783:1
  
  • LATAM 101 - Latin America: Contemporary Society and Culture


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course introduces the people, events, and trends shaping Latin American societies and cultures today. Readings provide a historical overview and examine regional similarities and local differences, including: social institutions such as family; politics and political cultures; religious institutions and practices; and ways that race, ethnicity, and gender shape national cultures and subcultures.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: Humanities

    020790:1
  
  • LATAM 205L - Latin American Film


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines Latin American feature and documentary film to analyze social, cultural and political themes and issues. Topics include: the development of national cinemas and their genres; film as art and industry; film and political engagement; representations of women and gender; and selected social and cultural subjects.

    LATAM 205L and CINE 205L  are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International

    020798:1

  
  • LATAM 210G - Food, Culture, and Society in Latin America


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course explores the history and cultural significance of food in Latin America. Topics include indigenous agriculture; ritual uses of food; how European colonization changed food habits; the development and social impact of export crops; food and national identities; and problems of food self sufficiency. Assignments, including some field work, also examine food and cultural stereotyping. Counts toward the concentration in Latin American studies. Capabilities addressed: Critical reading, critical thinking, clear writing, collaborative learning, academic self-assessment.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Intermediate Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102  and a minimum of 30 credits

    Degree students only

    Students may not take more than one 200G (Intermediate Seminar) course

    020859:1

  
  • LATAM 240L - Work, Environment, and Revolution in Latin America


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course explores the place of work, environment, and political struggle in the past and present of Latin America. How have struggles around work and environment shaped Latin American history and culture? The course examines themes of environmental justice, food sovereignty, indigenous rights, and labor conflicts within the context of economic and environmental transformation.

    LABOR 240L  and LATAM 240L and ANTH 240L  are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences | Diversity Area: International

    041284:2

  
  • LATAM 255L - Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course introduces students to the history and cultures of early Latin America, an area of the world that includes Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America), South America, and the Caribbean. In this class we will examine the political, cultural, and social dimensions of the major Pre-Columbian civilizations; the causes and consequences of Spanish and Portuguese colonization; the establishment of New World societies and economies in the sixteenth century; and the vastly divergent forms of mature colonial society across the continent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. HIST 255L  and LATAM 255L are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    000534:2
  
  • LATAM 256L - Skyscrapers and Shantytowns: Latin America since 1800


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This class attempts a wider reckoning of the last two centuries in our “Latin” hemisphere, broadening and contextualizing core topics such as slavery and revolution, contraband and informality, inequality and exclusion, economize booms and busts, environmental and technological change, gender and demographic change, migration and mass culture. In addition to these core interpenetrating themes, the class also addresses how history is produced, consumed, and transformed. HIST 256L  and LATAM 256L are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    000533:2
  
  • LATAM 262L - Latin American, Iberian, and Afro-Luso-Brazilian Literatures in Translation


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Taught in English, this course offers students the opportunity to study in translation major works from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking contexts that shed light on human concerns, ideas, and realities. Students will interrogate the meaning and value of reading literature as a laboratory of the mind that affords insight into human experience, in particular the experiences of individuals who belong to cultures, races, or genders different from one’s own. No knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese required.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: Humanities

    028797:2
  
  • LATAM 270 - Human Rights in Latin America


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This interdisciplinary course explores recent Latin American history, society and culture from the perspective of human rights. The course focuses on the three generations of human rights, political rights, social and economic rights and women’s, children’s and indigenous rights, and places them in regional and comparative perspective.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    033901:1
  
  • LATAM 300 - Spanish Conquest in North and South America: 1492-1600


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Starting with Columbus, the Spanish left an extensive literature of eyewitness accounts of exploration and conquest in North and South America. By examining these accounts in detail, students get a better grasp of the nature of indigenous cultures at contact and a more complete understanding of how the conquest and destruction of native peoples came about.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures

    020810:1
  
  • LATAM 303 - Reform and Revolution in Latin America


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines case studies of twentieth-century political movements in Latin America that have attempted to restructure social and economic systems and establish new political orders. Readings provide historical background. Topics include: guerrilla insurgency; revolutionary agendas and reforms; revolutionary cultures and identities; and new social movements, including women’s movements.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits

    020819:1
  
  • LATAM 336L - Ancient Mesoamerica


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course uses archaeological and ethnohistorical data to chart the prehistoric transformation of Mesoamerica into the setting for several of the ancient world’s most intriguing urban civilizations, including those of the Maya and the Aztecs. Emphasis is given to the common social patterns and ideological premises underlying the region’s long-term cultural and political diversity. ANTH 336L  and LATAM 336L are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

    001118:1
  
  • LATAM 350 - Latin American Popular Cultures


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines popular culture in Latin America. Topics include religious rituals and symbols; secular festivals; dance; food; and sport. Introductory historical and theoretical frameworks provide analytical tools for examining tensions between elite and popular cultures; popular cultures as oppositional and national identities; production and consumption of popular cultures; and the meanings that cultural symbols acquire in Diaspora.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Diversity Area: International

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits

    032513:1
  
  • LATAM 360 - Language and Power in the Americas


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines the nature of language power in the construction and history of cultures, nations, and identities in the Americas. The relationships among indigenous languages and colonizing languages Spanish, Portuguese, and English, and their role in the cultural self-fashioning and formation of political subjects will be studies through themes including contact, conflict, conquest, resistance, translation, and transculturation. No knowledge of Spanish required.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

    020826:1
  
  • LATAM 375L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures


    Formerly Brazilian Civilization
    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course will offer an introduction to the cultures, histories, and politics of the Portuguese-speaking world (namely Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissua, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe) as seen primarily through key literary, historical and filmic texts. Materials and class discussions will center around themes of colonialism, the struggle for independence, post-colonialism, gender, class, race, dictatorships, national identity, historical memory, and (im)migration. This course includes an explicit focus on comparison between the cultures of Brazil, Portugal and those of the PALOP (Portuguese-Speaking nations of Africa), specifically their experiences with colonialism, the path to independence, and post-colonialism.

    LATAM 375L and PORT 375L  are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

    000291:1

  
  • LATAM 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema


    Formerly LATAM 380
    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines some of the film cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa (more specifically, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, and Angola), including their representations of popular culture, poverty and famine, underdevelopment, favelas and musseques, classism, racism, sexuality, gender and childhood. At the same time, the course analyzes movie language, film aesthetics, social debates about cinema and social role of the filmmaker by comparing and contrasting national cinema industries of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Portugal. All films will be spoken in Portuguese and West African Portuguese Creoles but subtitled in English.

    LATAM 380L and CINE 380L  are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

    037697:1

  
  • LATAM 454L - Argentina


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course is a cultural interpretation of Argentina based primarily on historical, cultural, and literary works. The aim is to explore the process of nation-building in the Latin American context. Topics include: the role of the intellectual in political culture; gender and nation; literature and nationalism; media and politics; and globalization. LATAM 454L and SPAN 454L  are the same course.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: Knowledge of Spanish and permission of instructor

    000158:1
  
  • LATAM 478 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Instructor consent

    020835:1
  
  • LATAM 479 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits

    Description:
    Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Department consent

    020837:1

Linguistics

  
  • LING 151 - Elementary American Sign Language I


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course provides an introduction to American Sign Language with an emphasis on receptive skills, vocabulary, and grammar; it also introduces the linguistics of ASL. In addition, through readings, guest speakers, and videotapes, the course seeks to help students develop their awareness of issues important to the Deaf community.

    021309:1
  
  • LING 152 - Elementary American Sign Language II


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    A continuation of LING 151  with emphasis on receptive and expressive skills. Note: LING 152 may be used as a distribution course only after successful completion of LING 153 .

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: LING 151  or permission of instructor

    021311:1
  
  • LING 153 - Elementary American Sign Language III


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course provides an intensive review of introductory ASL, followed by further study of grammar and language skills, correlated with advanced elementary level reading related to Deaf culture.

    Course Attribute(s):
    Distribution Area: World Languages

    021317:1
  
  • LING 479 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Independent research under the supervision and guidance of a member of the Linguistics faculty. Permission from the instructor must be obtained before registering for this course.

    021332:1

Management

  
  • MGT 130 - Introduction to Business


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Familiarizes students with the nature of business and its relationship to other institutions in society. The course examines business ownership, organization, management, marketing, human resources management, production, and finance. In addition, it explores issues in the relationships between law and business and government and business.

    022295:1
  
  • MGT 303 - Managing Organizations


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Examines theory, research, and practice in the management of organizations. Students learn to make use of analytical tools for recognizing diagnosing, and acting on managerial problems related to organizations to their objectives, and to the development of human resources. The course emphasizes at the macro level, such as organizational analysis and design, and at the micro level, such as managerial behavior motivation, and interpersonal relations.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: 

    • BC 290  or ACM 299 with grade of B- or higher and
    • a minimum of 60 credits

    Pre- or corequisite: MATH 134  or MATH 135  or MATH 140  or MATH 141  or MATH 145  or MATH 146  

    College of Management students only

    022349:1

  
  • MGT 330 - Business Environments and Public Policy


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Examines the interaction of business and government in the contemporary public policy process in the United States. The course helps students become familiar with the private sector’s effect on the public sector as well as the public’s effect on the private. It also examines how government promotes, regulates, and competes with private enterprise.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: 

    • BC 290  or ACM 299 with grade of B- or higher and
    • a minimum of 60 credits

    Pre- or corequisite: MATH 134  or MATH 135  or MATH 140  or MATH 141  or MATH 145  or MATH 146  

    College of Management students only

    022374:1

  
  • MGT 331 - Managerial Ethics and Social Issues


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Examines the kinds of ethical principles (e.g. justice, equality, rights and obligations, and the public interest) generally offered in justification of ethical judgments. Students learn to apply these principles to the social and economic issues that managers face, such as pollution, safety, discrimination, and fiduciary and product responsibilities. The course includes a research paper on an ethical problem in management.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Pre- or corequisite: MATH 134  or MATH 135  or MATH 140  or MATH 141  or MATH 145  or MATH 146  

    Management students only

    022383:1

  
  • MGT 401 - Int Hum Resource Mgt


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Examines the role of human resource manager in both public and private sector organizations. Topics include personnel planning, selection, appraisal, training, and development, compensation, and international aspects.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022426:1

  
  • MGT 402 - Labor Relations


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course explores the changing world of work in this country, particularly for those who spend their lives in offices, factories, and stores in non-managerial positions. The course examines the negotiation of pay and conditions in union and non-union settings. We also survey a range of contemporary labor issues, such as the rise of part-time and flexible work, work-family life issues, changing workforce demographics and the impact of technologies for surveillance and monitoring. We also consider the broader role of unions in politics and corporate governance from an international perspective.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022432:1

  
  • MGT 421 - Management Practices


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Focuses on job-relevant skills that entry-level and middle-level managers need to acquire if they are to meet the challenges posed by problems in their work that involve dealing with people. The course focuses, for example, not on theories of group dynamics, but on how a manager can effectively chair a committee or lead a project team; not on theories of power but on short and long term strategies for acquiring and using power. The course focuses, therefore, on skill acquisition and practice rather than on understanding conceptual material. Required readings are used to further understanding of concepts introduced in MGT 303  and to facilitate skill practice.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022455:1

  
  • MGT 431 - The Legal Environment of Business


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Seeks to help students broaden their understanding of our legal and regulatory system and how it affects them as business managers. Businesses have become increasingly subject to law and regulations. Legal and regulatory provisions pervade such aspects of business as the sale of securities, marketing practices, product liability, and business relationships with employees, customers, and other interested parties. This course assists students in developing their ability to meet the legal and regulatory demands and responsibilities of business today.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022471:1

  
  • MGT 434 - Mngng Global Environ


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course is designed to familiarize students with the world of international business. It introduces students to the special problems and issues firms encounter by virtue of operations abroad. It focuses on such concerns as relationships with host governments, and the complexities of planning, communicating, and controlling in the international arena.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022479:1

  
  • MGT 450 - Advanced Topics in Managing Organizations


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Treats particular current issues and topics in the areas of human resource management, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and/or international management. Important, current topics, such as re-engineering, innovation, downsizing, or globalization often overlap two or more of the above areas. These advanced topics build on earlier courses and explore topics in depth. The specific topics are announced prior to pre-registration.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022497:1

  
  • MGT 469 - Entrepreneurship Practicum to help launch your own startup


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    If you have a business/idea that you’re in the process of launching or want to launch, MGT 469 Entrepreneurship Practicum may be of interest to you. We will spend the semester test marketing your business description, unique value proposition, market definition, competition, product/service, business model, and legal structure. Experienced CEO, VP Sales/Marketing, VP Development, CFO, and Legal Counsel Entrepreneurs will guess lecture throughout the semester.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits

    Instructor consent

    037698:1

  
  • MGT 470 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Organizations


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Introduces students to entrepreneurship and small business management. This course focuses on writing business plans, analyzing financial data, and exploring legal issues in the creation of new enterprises. The course also provides students with an opportunity to evaluate their career interests and personal skills in the area of entrepreneurship and small business management.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MGT 303  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022524:1

  
  • MGT 480 - Management Internship


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Provides students with opportunities for full- or part-time work experience in a management setting. On-site supervisors and faculty sponsors provide guidance and supervision for each intern.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 63 credits

    Management students only

    Department consent

    022550:1

  
  • MGT 481L - Introduction to Environmental Management and Clean Energy


    Formerly MGT 481
    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course examines the rapidly growing field of environmental management in the context of climate change and corporate sustainability. We will assess the strategies pursued by business as it engages with the challenges and opportunities presented by various environmental issues, including resource scarcity, increasing demand for clean energy and energy efficiency, air and water pollution, hazardous waste, environmental reporting and disclosure, and working with environmental organizations and regulatory authorities. We will discuss the impact of regulatory, market, and voluntary approaches to addressing environmental concerns through improved organizational environmental performance. The course will introduce students to the relevant scientific, economic, and policy aspects of climate change and consider their physical, regulatory, and market impacts on business in various sectors. The students will have an opportunity to use this newly acquired knowledge by constructing an actionable environmental management plan for an individual business sector of their choice.

    036906:1
  
  • MGT 488 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    A student-initiated research project on a management topic, supervised by a member of the management faculty. The course is open to a limited number of students each semester.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    Department consent

    022555:1

  
  • MGT 490 - Strategic Management


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Focuses on the organization as a whole from a perspective that takes into account both the role of top management and the future of the organization. The course is designed to be the capstone course in the student’s College of Management curriculum. It develops an approach for identifying the mission of the organization, exploring its external environment for opportunities and risks, and relating these to internal strengths and weaknesses. This course is required of all College of Management students.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: AF 301  and MGT 303  and MGT 330  and MKT 301  and MSIS 301  and a minimum of 60 credits and completion of at least 80% of MAP Miles. 

    Pre- or corequisite: MGT 331 

    Management students only

    Department consent

    022558:1

  
  • MGT 498 - College of Management Honors Research Seminar


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The CM honors research seminar and thesis program is a two-semester course sequence. This seminar covers research and research methods, and is intended to position students to successfully complete a research project during the second semester. During the first semester, students will work with the program coordinator and later a faculty advisor to define the project. The program is structured around a series of assignments and milestones during which students will work with guidance from a faculty advisor and program coordinator toward a project that meets course goals.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits and department consent

    038984:1
  
  • MGT 499 - College of Management Honors Thesis Seminar


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The CM honors research seminar and thesis Program is a two-semester course sequence. In this seminar, students successfully complete a research while working closely with a faculty advisor to define the project, which builds upon work completed in the per-requisite course, CM Honors Research Seminar. The honors thesis project stretches and grows a student’s capabilities. Therefore, the program is structured around a series of assignments and milestones during which students will work with guidance from a faculty advisor and program coordinator toward a project that meets course goals.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: 



    038989:1

Management Science and Information Systems

  
  • MSIS 105 - Introduction to Information Systems


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Introduces computers, information systems, and their use in society for students with minimal prior knowledge in this area. Topics include overviews of current information technology concepts and components, the Internet, and productivity software tools. The course offers an extensive hands-on component in the use of current technology. This course cannot be counted toward the management information systems or management science concentration in the College of Management.

    022959:1
  
  • MSIS 110 - Introduction to Computers and Information Systems


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Introduces systems thinking principles, computers, information systems, and their use in business decision making. Topics include management information systems concepts and components, issues involving information management, productivity software tools. The course offers an extensive hands-on component in the use of state-of-the-art technology.

    022937:1
  
  • MSIS 111L - Managerial Statistics


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Provides the student with the basic statistical techniques needed for business decision making in areas such as operations management, quality improvement, marketing research, finance, and general management. The course examines collection and presentation of data, frequency distributions, basic probability, statistical inference, and regression. Students use statistical software for data presentation and analysis. IT 111L  and MSIS 111L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: MATH 129  or higher or placement above MATH 129

    Pre- or corequisite: MSIS 110 

    College of Management student only

     

    022939:1

  
  • MSIS 123 - Introduction to Information Security


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course will present an overview of the threats to your information technology infrastructure and intellectual property, with an emphasis on the detection and prevention of intrusions or theft. The protection of services such as web services, file sharing, and e-mail will be analyzed. The vulnerabilities and hardening of major operating systems such as Linux and Windows will be discussed. The course takes a holistic approach, discussing the technical but focusing on the need for proper training and procedures in the maintenance of an effective yet secure information technology infrastructure. While the material of the course is technical in nature, no systems administration or software development experience is assumed. A good familiarity with the use of the Internet and computers is required, and some knowledge of TCP/IP would be helpful.

    022963:1
  
  • MSIS 124 - Introduction to Visual Basic.NET


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This is an introductory course for Visual Basic.NET, an object-oriented, event-driven language that is a subset of the Visual Studio.NET environment. It is designed to provide the beginning Visual Basic programmer with the tools to create Visual Basic applications that conform to well-adopted Windows standards. In addition, it will introduce the students to object-oriented programming concepts, which are key to successful Windows and Web-based development efforts. Little or no programming experience is required.

    022964:1
  
  • MSIS 212 - Managerial Decision Making


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Provides the student with knowledge of more advanced decision making tools building upon the skills developed in MSIS 110  and MSIS 111L . The emphasis of this course is on using management information systems and quantitative analysis tools to improve the quality of managerial decision making. Topics include decision theory and analysis, optimization, simulation, and forecasting. Students use advanced functions in spreadsheet packages and decision support software for analysis of practically oriented problems in various management setting.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites:

    Management students only

    022944:1

  
  • MSIS 223 - Systems Security


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    An overview of information systems security, with applications. Topics addressed include a mix of Access Control Systems and Methodology, Telecommunications and Networking Security, Security Management Practices, Application and Systems Development Security, Cryptography, Security Architecture and Models, Operations Security, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, Systems Security Law and Ethics, and Physical Systems Security.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: MSIS 123 

    Management students only

    022971:1

  
  • MSIS 224 - Advanced Visual Basic.NET


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This is an advanced course for Visual Basic.NET, an object-oriented, event-driven language that is a subset of the Visual Studio.NET environment. It is designed to provide programmers familiar with the basic concepts and functionality of Visual Basic.NET with the tools to create more robust application programs that would be applicable in many organizations today. Students must have taken an introductory Visual Basic.NET course or have practical experience with Visual Basic.Net in order to take this course.

    022972:1
  
  • MSIS 230L - Relational Databases


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course provides a thorough review of basic relational database concepts and how to apply these concepts to a variety of application problems. The course focuses on the use and properties of relational database management systems. Topics covered include DBMS architecture levels, data modeling, data definition and manipulation capabilities of Structured Query Language programming, and programming techniques for accessing relational databases. IT 230L  and MSIS 230L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: IT 110  or MSIS 110  

    033534:1
  
  • MSIS 301 - Operations Management


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Introduces the student to the concepts and techniques used by organizations to support their fundamental task of producing goods and services. This course includes a balanced view of the manufacture of tangible goods and the production of less-tangible services. Topics covered include product and process strategy, quality management, production planning for manufacturing and for service organizations, and inventory management. The course also includes an examination of the interactions of operations management, quantitative decision making techniques, and information technology. Students use management science techniques and software to examine a wide variety of operations management problems.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites:

    Pre- or corequisite: MATH 134  or 135  or 140  or 141  or 145  or 146 .

    College of Management students only

    022945:1

  
  • MSIS 310 - Introduction to Coding for Business


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course introduces students to graphical and procedural coding concepts using modern programming languages. The emphasis is on developing algorithms to solve a wide variety of business problems, and geared to students with no prior exposure to computer science or coding. It teaches students to think logically, and potentially advance on to further programming courses.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites:

    Pre- or corequisite: MATH 134  or MATH 135  or MATH 140  or MATH 141  or MATH 145  or MATH 146  

    Management students only

    022946:1

  
  • MSIS 411 - Advanced Database Systems


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course introduces various advanced topics on relational databases to students who have already had a preliminary to intermediate level of understanding on relational databases and the Structured Querying Language (SQL). In particular, the course will focus on advanced SQL programming techniques such as stored procedures, triggers, and query optimization, as well as various database administration topics. It will also cover at depth data modeling, database design, and implementation. After completing the course, students will build a solid technical foundation for dealing with large-scale, data-intensive tasks that are increasingly common in many contemporary organizations.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites:

    Management students only

    022977:1

  
  • MSIS 425L - Project Management


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Covers techniques and managerial concepts of project management. This course prepares students to manage either complex physical projects or complex software development projects. Topics presented in this course include project life cycles, economic analysis of projects, work breakdown structure, cost estimation, and the scheduling, staffing, directing, and controlling of projects. The course also covers the use of management science techniques and computer software for project management. IT 425L  and MSIS 425L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MSIS 110  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    022992:1

  
  • MSIS 428L - Information System Security


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course provides a broad overview of the threats to the security of information systems, the responsibilities and basic tools to ensure information security, and the levels of training and expertise needed in organizations to reach and maintain a state of acceptable security. Students will learn and understand the key issues associated with protecting information assets, determining the levels of protection and response to security incidents, and designing a consistent, reasonable information security system, with appropriate intrusion detection and reporting features. IT 428L  and MSIS 428L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MSIS 110  and a minimum of 60 credits

    College of Management students only

    032236:1

  
  • MSIS 454L - Supply Chain Management


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    This course teaches the leading-edge tools and techniques that enable the management of an organization to create sustainable profitable growth by managing the entire supply chain. A supply chain consists of suppliers, manufacturing centers, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail outlets. Supply chain management involves the full synchronization of market demand with flows of materials, information, other resources, and finished products through the entire system of raw materials to retail. The goal of supply chain management is to ensure that merchandise is produced and distributed a the right quantities, to the right locations, at the right time, satisfying service-level requirements while minimizing system-wide costs. Use is made of mathematical and information systems modeling techniques for supply chain management. MSIS 454L and SCSM 454L  are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits

    Corequisite: MSIS 301 

    022998:1

  
  • MSIS 455 - Decision Analysis


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    In this course, students will learn to make better decisions and help others to make better decisions across the range of business functions. This interactive course covers a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques that together ensure a decision quality process. These include tools for: defining the right decision context, classifying the relevant issues, identifying and clarifying what is known and not known, investigating the potential impact of uncertainty and how to handle it, generating alternatives, valuing potential outcomes, and committing to action. These techniques are applied in different organizational settings and to a variety of types of business problems.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MSIS 212  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    032237:1

  
  • MSIS 461L - Systems Analysis and Design


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Introduces recent approaches to the analysis and design of computer information systems, including the hands-on use of computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools. The changing role of the systems analyst in both operations and systems applications in today’s organizations is examined. The course critically analyzes systems development methodologies, including life cycle models and prototyping; reviews user-led developments and current approaches which facilitate user-developer collaboration; discusses effective diagramming and notational techniques now available to define and document functional requirements and operational business processes; and examines current methods used to test and evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usability of documented requirements and convert them into efficient systems design or re-engineering processes. Topics include CASE tools, module and transaction design, human-computer interfaces, and system configuration. This course includes practical experience in analyzing and designing an organizational application. It discusses the concept of quality as applied to information systems and business process redesign as well as the role of information systems in managing quality within an organization. IT 461L  and MSIS 461L are the same course.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: MSIS 110  and a minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    023000:1

  
  • MSIS 478 - Special Topics in Management Science and Information Systems


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Addresses a specific topic in management science and information systems. Special topics courses are offered as one-time supplements to the department’s curriculum. Descriptions of special topics courses are available during advance registration.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites:

    Management students only

    023003:1

  
  • MSIS 480 - Management Science and Information Systems Internship


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    Provides students with opportunities for full- or part-time work experience in a management science and information systems setting. On-site supervisors and faculty sponsors provide guidance and supervision for each intern.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits

    College of Management students only

    Department consent

    022947:1

  
  • MSIS 488 - Independent Study


    1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    A student-initiated research project on a management sciences topic, supervised by a member of the management sciences faculty. The course is open to a limited number of students each semester.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits

    Management students only

    023011:1

  
  • MSIS 498 - College of Management Honors Research Seminar


    3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
    Course can be counted for credit once

    Description:
    The CM honors research seminar and thesis program is a two-semester course sequence. This seminar covers research and research methods, and is intended to position students to successfully complete a research project during the second semester. During the first semester, students will work with the program coordinator and later a faculty advisor to define the project. The program is structured around a series of assignments and milestones during which students will work with guidance from a faculty advisor and program coordinator toward a project that meets course goals.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits and department consent

    038987:1
 

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