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Course Descriptions

 

Accounting
  

  • ACCT 500 Accounting Theory (3)

    A required seminar course that explores the rationale and structure of accounting theory including the concepts underlying current accounting thought. Students will conduct a focused research project that bears to their intended area of practice that facilitates a broadened perspective by exploring relevant technical constructs in a theoretical context.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ACCT 507 Data Analytics and Accounting Information Systems (3)

    This course applies the data analytics cycle to the financial reporting, auditing, and tax settings. The role of accounting information and internal control systems in maintaining data integrity will be examined. This course will provide graduate accounting students with hands-on experience in data and text mining as well as analyzing medium to large data sets. The creation of data visualizations using accounting information by employing current software tools and analysis techniques will be among the topics addressed.  
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MS-Accountancy program.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 508 Management Accounting (3)

    This course examines the use of cost data in management planning, performance evaluation, and decision making. The behavioral implications of management accounting reports and the use of quantitative models are also covered.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 509 Advanced Auditing Concepts (3)

    Various strategic and ethical aspects of external auditing are examined in this course. The focus is on current issues facing the auditing profession with an emphasis on the challenges facing the audit practitioner in the foreseeable future.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ACCT 510 Internal Auditing and Forensic Accounting (3)

    This course examines current theory and practice of internal auditing viewed as a component of organizational governance. The effectiveness of various internal audit activities will be evaluated with an emphasis on the role that the internal audit function should play in detecting fraud.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • ACCT 515 History of Accounting Thought (3)

    The evolution of accounting thought from the ancient through the post-modern period is examined. Accounting as a social phenomena is studied historically in its relevant economic and political contexts. Western and non-Western historical traditions frame the study of accounting’s role in the transformation of societies and economies and its importance in the development of social institutions.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 518 Financial Case Analysis (3)

    Generally Accepted Accounting Principles-based issues that relate to real-world accounting cases are covered. The objective is to facilitate the understanding of GAAP and its application to business problems. The consequences of GAAP interpretations on the independent audit function and the interrelationships of GAAP and GAAS in the financial reporting environment are examined.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 520 Independent Study in Accounting (1-3)

    Individual study of a given accounting topic to be defined by the student in consultation with the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 531 Advanced Accounting (3)

    The primary focus of the course will be the accounting for business combinations, consolidated financial statements, and foreign currency issues. The secondary focus of the course will be on the accounting and financial reporting of non-profit entities.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ACCT 538 Business Taxation (3)

    This course focuses on basic concepts and applications of taxation of corporations, parternships, and other relevant entities. The course is intended as a survey of taxation topics across the functional areas of accounting practice. Specific topical coverage will vary due to the dynamic nature of taxation and related issues.
    Prerequisite(s): Addmision into the M.S. in Accountancy Program.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ACCT 540 Research in Taxation (3)

    Students learn to research relevant areas of the tax laws. Objectives include acquiring the technical skills necessary to identify tax situations, isolating the tax issues, and developing the documentary support and arguments for acceptable solutions to complex tax problems. Upon completion of the course, students are able to use the major tax services (including computerized tax information resources) in order to prepare a tax memorandum that communicates the tax issues and related primary and secondary sources of federal tax law. The procedural processes for representing a taxpayer before the Internal Revenue Service are addressed.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • ACCT 550 International Accounting (3)

    An introduction to the accounting issues faced by companies engaged in international business. Topics include international issues related to financial reporting, taxation, transfer pricing, management accounting, and auditing.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the M.S. in Accountancy Program
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • ACCT 560 Special Topics (3)

    This elective can be customized to provide an in depth review of selected issues which may affect external (i.e., financial, tax) and internal reporting within the local, national, and international areas.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 9 credit hours.
  

  • ACCT 570 European Origins of Modern Accountancy (3)

    This Study Abroad course will trace the intellectual developments of modern accounting thought through its European origins from Renaissance Italy to the emergence of professional accounting and auditing in Great Britain. Students will explore the extant historical literature pertaining to the European origins of accounting and auditing as well as visit important sites including modern accounting’s birthplace in Venice.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Instructor and Program Director
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 575 European Financial Markets (3)

    This Study Abroad course will address the development, function, and integration of European financial markets and institutions.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor and Program Director.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • ACCT 589 Advanced Taxation (3)

    An in-depth study of advanced taxation issues that pertain to business entities including corporations, partnerships, and other relevant pass-through entities. The course will examine contemporary issues relevant to students whose intended area of practice is taxation.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the M.S. in Accountancy Program and ACCT 538 (or equivalent)
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • ACCT 599 Contemporary Accountancy Issues (3)

    A required seminar in contemporary accountancy issues including financial reporting, assurance, and taxation. The specific topics covered will be determined by the contemporaneous standard setting, regulatory and economic environment. Students will complete a focused research project that bears to their intended area of practice.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Science in Accountancy program.
    Course Frequency: Spring

Arts and Cultural Management
  

  • ARCM 570 Leading Arts and Cultural Organizations (3)

    This course focuses on the role of arts and cultural institutions in society, and the artists and managers who lead them. Students will examine the rapid changes occurring domestically and globally in the performing and visual arts, as well as the humanities, and analyze the impact of these changes within the nonprofit and public domain. Specifically, the course will address leadership, management, and ethics; cultural policy; creative placemaking; and strategic planning and evaluation in a changing environment.

     
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ARCM 571 Arts Education, Community Engagement, and Advocacy (3)

    Individuals of all ages benefit from arts education programs, which in turn bolsters the quality and power of communities.  In this course, students will examine current trends in arts education within the context of school districts and community-centered cultural institutions. Through an exploration of related programs, funding, standards, and advocacy, students will design arts education programs and create plans for communicating their impact. Arts education will serve as the foundation for broader discussions of how artists and arts institutions should and do advance social justice. The course is designed for the arts administrator though it is equally valuable to the educator.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ARCM 572 Data Management and Cloud-Based Technologies (3)

    Arts and cultural leaders use technology every day to engage patrons, raise revenue, manage operations, ensure cyber protection, market, and process ticket sales. Understanding cloud-based technologies ensures that these leaders are making cost-effective, productive, and secure technology-based decisions. In this course, students will assess the potential value of new technologies for organizations and apply those technologies to gather, analyze, and secure data. Students will have exposure to cloud-based technologies relevant to arts and nonprofit organizations and will analyze and integrate technology systems into an existing arts or nonprofit organization’s operations and strategy.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • ARCM 573 The Patron-Based Arts Organization (3)

    Arts managers are presented with unique complexities in marketing and fundraising. By focusing on the patron, arts organizations can best engage audience members as lifelong organizational supporters. In this course, students will learn marketing and fundraising theories and strategies that lead to engaged and active audiences, and ultimately sustainable institutions. Working with nonprofit organizations, students will test and explore their own skills and interests in arts and cultural management by developing a professional portfolio of arts marketing and development products, including audience analysis research and a grant proposal. Research, discussion, and reflection are central components of the course.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • ARCM 574 Managing Arts and Cultural Resources (3)

    The unique nature of arts and cultural organizations presents complex management challenges for executive leaders, administrators, and governing entities. Leaders and managers are tasked with acquiring and managing limited financial, physical, human and communications resources in creative ways in order to effectively operate complex institutions. This includes innovative organizational partnerships and arrangements, and entrepreneurial models that help nonprofit organizations succeed in a competitive environment. In this course, students will benefit from active engagement with arts and cultural institutions by analyzing their management and operations.
    Course Frequency: Spring

Biology
  

  • BIOL 502 Special Topics in Marine Biology (1-4)

    Special studies designed to supplement regular offerings made in the program or to investigate an additional, specific area of marine biological research. Previous special topics courses have included Marine Genomics, Coral Reef Biology, Biology of Deep-Sea Organisms, and Marine Biodiversity.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 4 credit hours.
  

  • BIOL 502L Special Topics in Marine Biology Laboratory (0)

    Optional laboratory section to accompany BIOL 502 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 502  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 503 Special Topics in Ecology (3-4)

    Investigation of advanced specific areas of ecology beyond General Ecology (BIOL 341). Examples of offerings may include Marine Microbial Ecology, Benthic Ecology, Community Ecology, and Aquatic Pollution.
    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 341 or permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Note: Note: This course may sometimes include a lab, in which case the number of credits will be four.
  

  • BIOL 504 Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4)

    A lecture and laboratory study of the special applications of microbiology to domestic water and waste water and solid wastes, food and dairy products, and industrial processes. Includes the microbial distribution and its role in various marine and freshwater, terrestrial, animal, and product environments. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 504L  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 410
  

  • BIOL 504L Applied and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 504 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 504 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 506 Conservation Biology (3)

    A course exploring the origin, maintenance, and preservation of biodiversity at all levels: genetic, population, community, ecosystem and biosphere. The focus will be on applying ecological, genetic, and evolutionary principles to problems of conservation. Optional field trips will make use of the rich biota of the Charleston area.
    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 341(General Ecology) and either BIOL305 (Genetics) or BIOL 350 (Evolution), or permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 406, EVSS 506  
  

  • BIOL 513 Marine Conservation Genetics (3)

    This course will introduce students to genetic tools and analyses and how they have been applied to habitat conservation, harvesting, captive breeding programs, invasive species, and forensics. 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: BIOL 413
  

  • BIOL 513L Marine Conservation Genetics Laboratory (1)

    This laboratory course provides hands-on training of open-source analytical software and published and unpublished datasets that focus on genetic tools and analyses and how they have been applied to habitat conservation, harvesting, captive breeding programs, invasive species, and forensics. 
    Prerequisite(s) or corequisite(s): BIOL 513  
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: BIOL 413L
  

  • BIOL 514 Environmental Immunology (3)

    This course, directed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students, addresses the role of the immune system in maintaining the health of human and wildlife populations. Lectures and independent reading followed by classroom discussion build skills in critical analysis of current literature in immunotoxicology, clinical and comparative immunology.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 523 Genomics (4)

    This graduate course examines key concepts and recent advances in genomics. Students gain an advanced understanding of genome organization, genome sequencing/characterization, transcriptomics, comparative genomics, and proteomics. Laboratory combines wet lab and bioinformatic approaches to perform genomic analysis. Lecture three hours per week, laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 523L  
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: BIOL423
  

  • BIOL 523L Genomics Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 523 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 523 
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • BIOL 527 Marine Tetrapod Biology (3)

    This course explores the complex ecology, morphology, physiology, behavior and conservation of marine reptiles, birds and mammals of the South Carolina Lowcountry. 
    Prerequisite(s): None.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: BIOL 427
  

  • BIOL 532 Biology of Fishes (4)

    A study of the biology of fishes, emphasizing diversity and evolution, morphology, physiology, ecology, life histories, behavior, systematics, and biogeography. Laboratory work focuses on groups important in the local fauna. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 532L  
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: BIOL 432
  

  • BIOL 532L Biology of Fishes Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 532 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 532  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • BIOL 535 Marine Botany (4)

    Introduction to taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, and ecology of marine plants. Major groups of seaweeds and planktonic algae from the coast of South Carolina will be emphasized. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week. 
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 537L 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 435
  

  • BIOL 535L Marine Botany Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 535 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 535  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 537 Biology of Invertebrates (4)

    Classification, morphology, physiology, behavior and life histories of invertebrates. Laboratory work will emphasize the study of living material from the local fauna. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 537L  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 437
  

  • BIOL 537L Marine Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 537 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 537  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 544 Plant Ecology (4)

    Plant Ecology will explore the population ecology of plants covering the genetic, spatial, age, and size structure of plant populations. The focus will be on understanding the origin of these different kinds of structures, understanding how these influence each other, and understanding why these change with time.
    Prerequisite(s): General Ecology (BIOL 341) or permission of the instructor.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 544L  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 444, EVSS 544  
  

  • BIOL 544L Plant Ecology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 544 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 544 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 545 Systematic Biology (3)

    An in-depth coverage of the principles of systematics with emphasis on reconstruction of relationships and evolutionary history of organisms. Topics include current theories of systematic and evolutionary biology, methods of phylogenetic systematics and critical evaluation of phylogenetic hypotheses.
    Prerequisite(s): At least one upper division course in organismal biology.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 549 Biology of Coral Reefs (3)

    An introduction to the biology and ecology of reef-building corals and coral reefs. Topics to be covered include coral ecology (nutrition, reproduction, population structure, and distribution), taxonomy and systematics, biogeography and reef-building processes. The course will also cover natural and human induced disturbances on coral reefs and discuss exploitation and coral reef management options.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: BIOL 449, EVSS 519 
  

  • BIOL 570 Statistical Programming for Biologists (3)

    Programming and applied statistics are critical tools in the environmental and biological sciences. This course is designed to introduce students to programming and statistical analysis using a modern programming language. Students will learn how to create reproducible workflows for importing, filtering, and statistically modeling data. This course will help students that are pursing future careers in data science and research in the environmental and biological sciences. 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: BIOL470
  

  • BIOL 600 Physiology and Cell Biology of Marine Organisms (4)

    A study of the regulatory mechanisms found in marine organisms, especially as these relate to interactions between the organism and the environment. Mechanisms will be discussed at the organismal, organ-system, tissue, and cellular levels. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 600L 
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: EVSS 620  
  

  • BIOL 600L Physiology and Cell Biology of Marine Organisms Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 600 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 600 
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • BIOL 601 Ecology of Marine Organisms (4)

    The study of living organisms in the marine environment - population and community ecology, reproduction and life histories, productivity, evolution, and biogeography. A broad overview of these elements is followed by detailed consideration of major coastal and oceanic ecosystems around the world. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 601L 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: EVSS 622  
  

  • BIOL 601L Ecology of Marine Organisms Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 601 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 601 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • BIOL 610 Physical Oceanography (4)

    A study of the physics and chemistry of ocean and estuarine waters, circulation, waves, and tides. Lecture and laboratory work emphasizes the interrelationships of physical, chemical, geological and biological processes in the sea. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 610L 
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: EVSS 623  
  

  • BIOL 610L Physical Oceanography Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 610 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 610 
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • BIOL 611 Biometry (4)

    A broad treatment of statistics concentrating on specific statistical techniques used in marine biological research. Topics covered include sampling procedures and analysis of distributions (binomial, poisson and normal), hypothesis testing and estimation with emphasis on analysis of variance and experimental design (Latin-square, nested, randomized block, and factorial), analysis of frequencies, regression, and correlation. Several nonparametric and multivariate methods that are pertinent to research in the marine biological science are also discussed. Emphasis is on application of statistical techniques and not theory; therefore, a knowledge of mathematics through calculus is expected. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 611L 
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: EVSS 624  
  

  • BIOL 611L Biometry Laboratory Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 611 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 611 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • BIOL 620 Graduate Core Seminar (1)

    Seminars on contemporary topics in marine biology acquaint students with the variety of disciplines and techniques available to scientists working in the marine environment. Designed especially to stimulate new-to-the-program students to choose thesis topics. Two hours per week. (620-fall, 621-spring)
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • BIOL 621 Graduate Core Seminar (1)

    Seminars on contemporary topics in marine biology acquaint students with the variety of disciplines and techniques available to scientists working in the marine environment. Designed especially to stimulate new-to-the-program students to choose thesis topics. Two hours per week. (620-fall, 621-spring)
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • BIOL 641 Marine Parasitology (4)

    The morphology, life cycles, ecology, physiology, and pathogenic effects of animals parasitic in or on marine hosts are considered. The parasites to be studied include protozoa, helminths, arthropods, and other miscellaneous groups typical of the marine environment. The principles and practice of parasite taxonomy and evaluation, along with morphologic and physiologic studies, are emphasized in the laboratory. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 641L 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 641L Marine Parasitology Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 641 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 641 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BIOL 643 Fisheries Science (3)

    A general introduction to methods of harvesting aquatic resources, and collection and evaluation of biological data to effectively manage these resources. Topics include age and growth analysis; mortality, recruitment and yield; production and early life history; stock assessment techniques; and the detailed study of certain important fisheries. Lectures three hours per week.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Cross-listing: EVSS 726  
  

  • BIOL 644 Aquaculture (3)

    Principles and techniques of aquaculture, with emphasis on warm-water species that spend all or part of their lives in salt water. Status and potential of aquaculture, including detailed discussions of established and candidate species. Design and management of aquaculture systems. Importance of water quality, feeding and nutrition, diseases and predators, genetics and breeding and economic considerations in aquaculture. Lectures three hours per week.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Cross-listing: EVSS 721  
  

  • BIOL 646 Aquatic Toxicology (3)

    An introduction to assessing the effects of toxic substances on aquatic organisms and ecosystems. Topics include general principles of toxicology, fate and transport modes, quantitative structure-activity relationships, single-species and community-level toxicity measures, regulatory issues, and career opportunities. Examples are drawn from marine, freshwater, and brackish-water systems. Lectures three hours per week.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Cross-listing: EVSS 746  
  

  • BIOL 649 Comparative Genomics (4)

    An in-depth consideration of genome structure, evolutionary dynamics, and computational analysis driving multidisciplinary “-omics” approaches to medicine, organismal biology, and environmental science. Students discuss landmark primary literature emphasizing a comparative phylogenetic framework for new advances in genomics and analyze genome-scale data in the computer lab to develop a research proposal. A background in cellular or molecular biology is recommended.
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 649L 
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
  

  • BIOL 649L Comparative Genomics Laboratory (0)

    Laboratory section to accompany BIOL 649 .
    Corequisite(s): BIOL 649 
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
  

  • BIOL 650 Seminar in Marine Biology (1)

    A seminar covering topics in marine biology, fisheries and aquaculture, marine biomedical science or coastal ecology.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Repeatable: Up to 3 credit hours.
  

  • BIOL 690 Independent Study (1-4)

    An individual directed study of issues or topics in an area of marine science. The topic and project outline must be approved by the thesis committee and the program director.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.
  

  • BIOL 700 Research and Thesis (1-4)

    Individual thesis research in marine biology. No more than four semester hours of the thesis may be counted toward fulfilling the minimum degree requirements.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 4 credit hours.
  

  • BIOL 900 Continuous Research Enrollment (1-9)

    Students who are nearing the end of their coursework for their degree and who have begun work on their master’s thesis topic may need to utilize the Continuous Research Enrollment course to maintain a suitable level of enrollment for their programs. Linked directly to students’ research on a thesis topic and must be considered as a progress report toward that end when graded by the thesis advisor. The course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Form submission and program approval.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated when taken within the program’s time limit requirements.
    Restriction(s): Continuous Research Enrollment hours cannot be used as part of a program of study towards a degree. Continuous Research Enrollment hours may not be taken in lieu of thesis hours, but may be taken in combination with thesis hours, if no additional hours are available or necessary.

Business Administration
  

  • MBAD 500 Law of Corporate Governance (2)

    A study of legal and ethical issues regarding the structure and operation of corporations. Topics include the corporation as a legal and moral “person”; legal and ethical responsibilities of directors, shareholders and officers in the U.S. and internationally; and government regulation of corporations, securities markets, and fair competition.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 502 Accounting Issues for the Business Manager (3)

    In this six week intensive course, students will be exposed to regulatory and ethical issues related to financial and tax reporting, current techniques to measure costs and benefits for decision making purposes, responsibility accounting and tax minimization strategies in the United States as well as other international jurisdictions.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 503 Financial Management (3)

    This course provides students with a working knowledge of the principles of financial management, with an emphasis on decision making. Course materials and instruction will focus on the primary goal of shareholder wealth maximization and steps taken towards this goal.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 504 Managing and Leading in Organizations (3)

    In this course, students apply critical thinking in their analyses of organizations, employing a variety of perspectives. The course focuses on managing self, others, goals, and processes. Through contemporary projects and cases, students develop leadership and management capabilities that are ethically sound, globally aware, and environmentally sustainable.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 505 Creativity and Innovation (2)

    The global business environment is characterized by rapid technological change, ambiguity and uncertainty. To achieve sustainable competitive advantage, organizations must innovate through creative thinking and problem solving to design socially- and environmentally-responsible market opportunities. Students learn to foster innovation at the individual, group and organizational level through projects and cases.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 506 Operations Management (3)

    Businesses are always looking for efficiencies in their operations. Operations Management teaches the fundamentals of product creation, development, production, and distribution as well as quality control, logistics, and analysis of the production process. The student will learn practical, real-world skills for retail, manufacturing, or service organizations.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 515 International Financial Markets and Risk Management (3)

    This class is designed to provide a framework for understanding how international financial markets operate and the use of the financial tools to develop strategies to reduce the risks involved in international finance.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 503 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • MBAD 516 Financial Modeling (3)

    This course examines financial modeling and covers a wide range of topics within all fields of Finance that lend themselves to financial modeling. The course will examine modeling in four primary areas: (1) corporate finance models, (2) fixed income securities models, (3) portfolio models, and (4) option pricing models.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 503 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • MBAD 517 Advanced Corporate Finance (3)

    This class is designed to provide a framework for understanding how corporate financial analysis is an important aspect of strategic decision making and the advantages/limitations of different financial theories with respect to their practical application.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 502 , MBAD 503 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 518 The Global Economy (3)

    This class is designed to provide a framework for understanding how national and international macroeconomic markets interact, how they impact business performance and, therefore, how they affect business decisions.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 520 Global Enterprise (3)

    This course focuses on the functional areas of global enterprise.  Students will expand their learning by traveling to a foreign country and completing a real-life project with a company operating in the country they visit. By emphasizing the mechanisms and tools needed by businesses operating in the global area, students will develop an understanding of the skills and tools needed to operate globally.

     
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 521 Consumer Marketing Strategy (3)

    This course provides the foundations for understanding, developing, and implementing consumer marketing strategies in the modern marketplace. Through readings, cases, and applications, students will learn about consumer behavior and decision making; understand how to influence consumers through communications, product, and brand strategies; incorporate issues of diversity into marketing strategy; etc.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 525 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • MBAD 522 Marketing Research and Analysis for Decision Making (3)

    This class presents a comprehensive framework of marketing research from the perspective of decision making in addition to current trends in international marketing research, ethics, and the integration of the Internet and computers.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 525 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 523 Customer Experience Design in a Digitized World (3)

    Designing consumer experiences (CX) is of central importance for firms. As such, this course will arm you with skills to help design consumer experiences that enhance branding and loyalty. Recognizing the blending of consumers’ experiences between physical and digital spaces, this course will recognize the integrated nature of CX design in the 21st century and the social implications of digitizing these experiences.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 525  or approval from faculty
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 525 Marketing Management (3)

    This course provides students with an understanding of the principles of marketing management, with an emphasis on analysis and marketing planning. Through readings, cases, exercises, and applications, students will not only learn the essentials of marketing but also be able to apply them in a business context.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 526 Information Management for Competitive Advantage (2)

    Today’s businesses are growing increasingly digital and are capable of accurately measuring every aspect of their operations, from customer relationships, to financial, supply chain, marketing and human resources management, in real time. This course presents a managerial perspective on the effective identification, design, and use of information and information systems for strategic advantage and operational performance that spans all business functions.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 530 Principles of Revenue Management in Hospitality (3)

    The course introduces the principles and related theory of revenue management, examines the history and application of revenue management, explores the fit of a revenue management strategy to various types of organizations, identifies the requirements of revenue management, outlines the processes for implementation, and examines its place in the organization.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 531 Forecasting and Business Analytics in Hospitality (3)

    This course provides knowledge and hands-on skills on forecasting and business analytics used in revenue management. The student learns to use extensive data, statistical and quantitative analysis, exploratory methods, predictive models, time series and forecasting, to make fact-based decisions and drive actions in order to maximize revenues and profits.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 530 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • MBAD 532 Channel Management Strategies in Hospitality (3)

    This course outlines strategies related to setting the right prices, developing rate fences, and using multiple distribution channels to manage price more effectively. Students will focus on the impact of variable pricing and discounting on revenue management in the context of price elasticity, optimal price mix, perceived fairness, and congruence with positioning and sales strategies.
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 530 
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • MBAD 560 Special Topics (1-3)

    This course will be customized to provide an advanced, in depth review of selected issues in business.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MBA program.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
  

  • MBAD 570 Executive Communications 1 (1)

    Executive leadership is built on effective communication.  This course sequence spans eighteen months of the EMBA program. Our goal is to subdivide this sequence into thirds with each semester having an overall focus on a small set of concepts within executive communication.  The primary pool of communicative concepts to be covered throughout this course sequence are argumentation (570), persuasion (571), and leadership (572).  The secondary pool of concepts include organizational change, crises, storytelling and narrative, communicating management (including delegation, team-building, responding to conflict, deliberation and decision-making), communicating values (including trust, empathy, motivation, and inspiration), and communicating organizational culture. 
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 571 Executive Communications 2 (1)

    Executive leadership is built on effective communication.  This course sequence spans eighteen months of the EMBA program. Our goal is to subdivide this sequence into thirds with each semester having an overall focus on a small set of concepts within executive communication.  The primary pool of communicative concepts to be covered throughout this course sequence are argumentation (570), persuasion (571), and leadership (572).  The secondary pool of concepts include organizational change, crises, storytelling and narrative, communicating management (including delegation, team-building, responding to conflict, deliberation and decision-making), communicating values (including trust, empathy, motivation, and inspiration), and communicating organizational culture. 
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 570  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • MBAD 572 Executive Communications 3 (1)

    Executive leadership is built on effective communication.  This course sequence spans eighteen months of the EMBA program. Our goal is to subdivide this sequence into thirds with each semester having an overall focus on a small set of concepts within executive communication.  The primary pool of communicative concepts to be covered throughout this course sequence are argumentation (570), persuasion (571), and leadership (572).  The secondary pool of concepts include organizational change, crises, storytelling and narrative, communicating management (including delegation, team-building, responding to conflict, deliberation and decision-making), communicating values (including trust, empathy, motivation, and inspiration), and communicating organizational culture. 
    Prerequisite(s): MBAD 570  and MBAD 571 
    Course Frequency: Summer
  

  • MBAD 590 Integrated Capstone (3)

    The primary objective of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to engage in integrative thinking and application. This entails confronting an organizational problem, which requires students to make connections among a variety of aspects, including their prior coursework, as well as the relationship of practice to theory.
    Prerequisite(s): Prior completion of all other required and elective courses in the MBA program.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • MBAD 599 Independent Study (3)

    This is an independent study course for MBA students who are unable to take a core or emphasis area course during its normally scheduled time. The course is intended to replicate the material from the course the student is unable to take.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when course content varies.

Business Law
  

  • BLAW 509 International Business Law (3)

    This course will give the student a basic overview of the regulatory framework of international business. This will involve both examination of the law of the United States as it affects international business and regulations set by bodies outside of the United States.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • BLAW 529 Commercial Law (3)

    This course covers selected aspects of business law including contract law, Articles 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) (e.g. sales, leases, negotiable instruments, banking, electronic funds transfer, and secured transactions), bankruptcy, trusts and estates, auditor liability, and real property.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • BLAW 560 Special Topics (3)

    This course is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of selected legal topics, such as securities and negotiations, which might affect accounting professionals.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.

Child Life
  

  • CHLI 601 Introduction to Child Life (3)

    A comprehensive overview of the field of child life. Coverage will emphasize the multidimensional, interdisciplinary nature of children, adolescents, and families interacting with the healthcare system using a developmental framework. Topical coverage will include definitions, theories, clinical presentation, research, assessment, intervention issues related to pediatric illness and care.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • CHLI 602 Therapeutic Play for Child Life Specialists (3)

    A comprehensive overview of play, theory of play, and technique and practice of play central to the field of child life. Course will emphasize normative, nondirective, medical, and therapeutic play in a child life setting. Techniques for effective intervention and play within a medical setting will be included.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program; successful completion of Semeter 1 MSCL coursework
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • CHLI 603 Death and Dying (3)

    A comprehensive overiew of dying, death, and bereavement with emphasis on children and families. Focus includes social meanings of dying and death, developmental perceptions, the impact of culture, religion, and ethnicity, the dying process, and bereavement. Legal issues in the healthcare setting and end of life processes will be explored.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program
    Course Frequency: Spring
  

  • CHLI 604 Program Development and Practicum in Child Life (3)

    A comprehensive overview of child life programming for children and families with application in the children’s hospital. An emphasis on program development skills relating to both intervention and prevention. A focus on applying information technology including websites, blogs, email newsletter, and social networking in addition to didactic contact.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  

  • CHLI 605 Psychological Aspects of Illness, Trauma, and Hospitalization (3)

    A comprehensive overview of pediatric illnesses and their impact on the child and family. Coverage will emphasize the multidimensional, interdisciplinary nature of children and families interacting with the healthcare system using a developmental framework. Coverage includes pediatric illnesses, treatment, and the effects of medical intervention on children and families.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program
    Course Frequency: Fall
  

  • CHLI 606 Family Issues (3)

    A comprehensive overview of family processes transitions throughout the lifespan, and the impact of pediatric illness on the family system. Includes diverse models of the family, family functioning, conflict, and the parent-child relationship. Parenting strategies and effects of medical interventions and end of life issues on the family are examined.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Child Life, M.S. program
    Course Frequency: Fall
 

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