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Mechanical Engineering |
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MECH 6698 - Thesis I
Prerequisite: 18 graduate credit hours. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.
3 credit hours.
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MECH 6699 - Thesis II
Continuation of Thesis I.
3 credit hours.
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Management |
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HCAD 6601 - Management of Health Care Organizations
Identification of the characteristics of health care organizations and the dimensions of management in such organizations. Examination and application of the principles of management necessary for the successful operation of health care organizations.
3 credit hours.
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HCAD 6602 - Management Information Systems in Health Care
The use of computers in the health care field. Review of the history of information systems and their application in health care settings. Survey of problems and issues inherent to health care information management.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6625 - Knowledge Management
This course will familiarize you with some of the organizational and management issues surrounding the emergence of information and knowledge as key factors in developing and maintaining a competitive advantage for firms. The course is organized around two ideas: knowledge as a manageable asset and why people in organizations sometimes don't use what they know. A basic assumption of the class is that organizations are complex adaptive systems operating in highly competitive, information- and knowledge-rich environments. This course will also use perspectives from Positive Organizational Scholarship as a possible framework for understanding how to get people in an organization to use what they know.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6626 - Design and Implementation of Benefit Systems
This course provides an overview of the issues, processes, successful practices, and policies involving benefit administration. The focus will be on managing benefit administration and its relation to strategic business planning. Topics include innovative welfare plan design, defined benefit systems, ERISA law, HRIS and other related automated processes. Students will acquire a basic working knowledge of welfare benefit plans, defined benefit systems, retirement plans, and recent innovations in consumer-driven healthcare and associated laws. Emphasis will be placed on determining the impact of benefit policies on business profitability.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6627 - Human Resource and Financial Decision Making
This survey course focuses on basic financial concerns that impact HR and how an HR manager can become a more active participant in the boardroom through having a strong grasp of concepts such as payroll, taxes, budgeting, benefits, compensation, and deferred compensation administration.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6628 - Building a Consulting Business
How to establish, manage and maintain a consulting practice. Topics include: financing, marketing, client contacts, legal and accounting issues and networking.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6637 - Management Process
A study of the traditional functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and coordinating, along with an analysis of human behavior in organizations and the exploration of new paradigms in business and management systems.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6645 - Management of Human Resources
Prerequisite: MGMT 6637 or PSYC 6619 or PADM 6601 . A study of organizational practices in the management of human resources. Manpower planning, recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and contemporary problems of the field.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6650 - Entrepreneurship
Prerequisites:FINC 6601 , MGMT 6637 , and MKTG 6609 . Deals with the establishment of a new business venture, covering such topics as site development, market analysis, staffing, inventory control, personnel relations, and funding.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6655 - Corporate Governance and Business Strategy
Prerequisite: MGMT 6637 The primary participants who determine the direction and performance (i.e., governance) of corporations and the shareholders, the management, and the board of directors. The rights, obligations, and impacts of these direct participants in corporate governance are explored along with the roles that various corporate constituents can, do, and should play in determining corporate direction, strategy, and performance.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6656 - Integrating the Enterprise
Prerequisites: MGMT 6637 , FINC 6601 , and MKTG 6609 . This course will focus on developing a systemic understanding of an enterprise, integration of its functional parts as a cornerstone of its sustained competitive advantage, and creation of its unique business model to achieve it.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6662 - Organization Theory
Prerequisite: MGMT 6637 . A survey of the literature on theories of organization with emphasis on contemporary theories. Application of the theories to management and organizational problems will be attempted. Difficulties arising between theory and practice will be examined.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6663 - Leadership and Team Building
Prerequisites: MGMT 6637 or PSYC 6619 or PADM 6625 . Examination of the impact of theories and research findings relevant to leadership and team building in organizations. The role of the leader and teams in organizations; the knowledge and skills required for successful leadership and team building. Assessment of one's own leadership and team building capabilities.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6664 - Organizational Effectiveness
Prerequisite: MGMT 6637 or PSYC 6619 or PADM 6625 . Identification of the criteria necessary for developing and maintaining effective organizations. A study of the concepts that may be utilized in the management of these criteria. Approaches that may be examined and applied to problem situations through cases and role playing.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6667 - Multicultural Issues in the Workplace
Prerequisite: MGMT 6637 or PSYC 6619 . Overview of theory and practice of diversity in the workplace; examination of the impact of changing workforce demographics on current and future productivity and competitiveness of organizations. Various forms of bias; methods for overcoming negative impact. Implementation of diversity programs; self-awareness of attitudes and behavior toward diverse groups. Issues addressed include gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, veteran status.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6669 - Strategic Management
Prerequisites: completion of all core and at least four of the advanced courses in the MBA curriculum. This course examines management policies and strategies for the complex organization operating in a dynamic environment, from the viewpoint of top-level executives of the organization. It also develops analytic and systematic frameworks for the management of numerous elements involved in assuring the fulfillment of the goals of the total organization and integrates the student's general business knowledge with knowledge acquired in the MBA curriculum. Emphasis on development of oral and written skills by examination and dicussion of cases and by other appropriate instructional methods. Completion of a significant project is required as part of this course.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6670 - Selected Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to students and instructor. May be taken more than once.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6671 - Employment Law
Prerequisite: MGMT 6645 This course is designed to provide the student with a general understanding of the nature and intent of the various state and federal statutes governing the employment relationship. Topics like race and gender discrimination in the workplace, disability issues, the investigation of sexual harassment claims, workplace safety and health compliance, employee privacy issues, employee discharge and discipline procedures, the employment of aliens, and the nature of employee rights are analyzed in detail.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6678 - Personnel Management Seminar
Prerequisites: ECON 6625 , MGMT 6637 or PSYC 6619 , MGMT 6645 or PSYC 6620 . A seminar in the personnel and manpower management function of the modern work organization. The use of an integrated behavioral, quantitative, and systems approach permits an applied multidisciplinary synthesis of the various aggregate manpower management subsystems required in the modern work organization.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6680 - Current Topics in Business Administration
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours or permission of the instructor. An integrative course examining the role of business in society and relating the business firm to its social, political, legal, and economic environments. While the exact content of this seminar is expected to vary from trimester to trimester in accorance with the varied academic interests and professional backgrounds of different faculty handling the course, the basic theme is the role of the business firm as the "keeper" of the market machanism and the means for organizing resources in the economy.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6686 - Global Business Simulation
Prerequisite: ACCT 6620 , ACCT 6621 , FINC 6601 , FINC 6602 , MKTG 6609 The course is a business strategy simulation where teams of students run a company in a head-to-head competition against companies run by other class members. The company operations parallel those of actual companies operating globally in the same industry.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6690 - Research Project
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours or permission of the instructor. Independent study under the supervision of an advisor.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6694 - Internship
Prerequisite: 24 credits of graduate work. An on-the-job learning experience with a selected organization, arranged for course credit and under the supervision of a faculty advisor. 3 or 6 credits.
0 credit hours.
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MGMT 6695 - Independent Study I
A planned program of individual study under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6696 - Independent Study II
A continuation of Independent Study I.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6698 - Thesis I
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Periodic meetings and discussion of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.
3 credit hours.
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MGMT 6699 - Thesis II
A continuation of Thesis I.
3 credit hours.
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Marketing |
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MKTG 6609 - Marketing
All intensive study of modern marketing fundamentals in a diverse, global economy; study of the decision-making problems encountered by marketing managers, using lectures and case studies.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6616 - Buyer Behavior
Prerequisite: MKTG 6609 . An examination of the principal comprehensive household and organizational buyer behavior models and the behavioral science theories on which such applied methods are based. Analysis of the buyer at the individual level, at the social level, and at the organizational level.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6627 - Database Marketing
Prerequisites: MKTG 6609 or equivalent, QANL 6604 or equivalent.
An examination of methods useful for analyzing customer databases and developing data-driven marketing startaegies. The exploration of insights from statistical analysis of customer life cycles, customer lifetime value, response experimentation, and predictive modeling. This course includes customer data analysis leading to performance metrics, marketing accountability, and dashboards.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6629 - Social Media Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 6609 or equivalent. Online social interaction and information gathering is increasingly popular. A large number of users also produce and contribute multimedia content. The medium of choices ranges from blogs varying in sophistication and complexity to sites like Facebook, Google Plus, and Twitter. This course will focus on using these platforms (social media, listservs, blogs, wikis, podcasts, mobile apps,etc.) as a way to communicate to a wide variety of audiences. We will explore and utilize techniques to successfully integrate these platforms into product, event, organization, and newscontent promotion as well as explore the importance of online reputation management. You will learn these aspects of online promotion through regular readings, course assignments, discussion posts, and social media campaign creation. Upon completion of the course, you will know the basics of effectively using web platforms as mass communications tools.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6632 - Nonprofit and Services Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 6609 . An examination of the service product in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Unique tools for analysis of service quality and the service encounter, including the roles of the customer and the service provider in service production, service expectations and scripts, and positioning. Communication and management strategies for service expectations, demand management, and organizational flexibility.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6638 - Competitive Marketing Strategy
Prerequisites: MKTG 6609 plus three additional graduate credits in marketing. Focuses on product, price distribution, and promotion strategies that will give a company a competitive advantage. Also, corporate self-appraisal, market segmentation, and competitor evaluation.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6639 - Marketing Research and Information Systems
Prerequisites: MKTG 6609 and QANL 6604 . A managerial approach to marketing information flow, including recognition of information needs and an overview of marketing research as part of an information system. Special attention to evaluation of research design and measurement methods, effective utilization of research output, and problems encountered in establishing a marketing information system.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6641 - Marketing Management
Prerequisites: MGMT 6637 and MKTG 6609 . A case-based review of the basic decision-making problems in marketing management, with an emphasis on information gathering and strategy. Topics include both U.S. and international problems in product, promotion, distribution channels, sales management, and pricing. Cases will consider both physical products and services in the consumer and business-to-business environments.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6643 - Product Management
Prerequisites: MGMT 6637 and MKTG 6609 . The search for new product ideas and their evaluation; the organizational structure necessary for the development and introduction of new products and the management of a product line; the commerical aspects of product design, packaging, labeling, and branding; considerations involved in making product deletion decisions; and the social and economic effects of managing product innovation.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6645 - Distribution Strategy
Prerequisites: MGMT 6637 and MKTG 6609 . Analysis of channel strategies, theory and economic justification of distribution channels, direct and indirect methods of control, behavioral states of channel members, costing the channel, and management of changes in distribution.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6651 - International Marketing
INTB 6644 Prerequisites:: INTB 6644 and MKTG 6609 . The application of marketing principles and techniques in a global environment. A managerial approach to international marketing as it pertains to product policies, market channels, pricing, and advertising in a foreign market. Emphasis on marketing in different cultural settings.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6670 - Selected Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to students and instructor. May be taken more than once.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6690 - Research Project
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours or permission of the instructor. Independent study under the supervision of an advisor.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6693 - Internship
Prerequisites: Six credits of MK concentration courses and approval of internship coordinator. A program of field experience in selected organizations in marketing and public relations.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6695 - Independent Study I
A planned program of individual study under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6696 - Independent Study II
A continuation of Independent Study I.
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6698 - Thesis I
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis
3 credit hours.
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MKTG 6699 - Thesis II
A continuation of Thesis I.
3 credit hours.
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Modern Language |
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MODL 6601 - Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching or permission from the instructor. Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies is an introduction to the most prominent approaches to teaching foreign languages at the college level. The course aims to explore a comprehensive set of practices for a proficiency-oriented language pedagogy. To that end, it will discuss the role of the instructor, recent methodological patterns, the incorporation of grammar, communicative skill areas, context, testing, as well as syllabus and curriculum design. The course will also feature a tecnological component via the discussion of the use Internet-based and digital technology for the development of communicative skills and through the inclusion of on-line class meetings.
4 credit hours.
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MODL 6602 - Foreign Language Acquisition
Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching program or permission from instructor. This course will study the process of acquiring a foreign language with an emphasis on the learner's experience at the college level. The course will emphasize cognitive and socio-cultural aspects of language learning and stress the development of communicative proficiencies both within and without the classroom context. The impact of technology on language learning will also be explored through couorse readings and on-line class meetings.
4 credit hours.
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MODL 6603 - Culture and Literature in Foreign Language
Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching program or permission from instructor. This course explores the different and often contrasting ways in which culture and literature have been taught within the foreign language context at the college level. Ultimately, the course proposes the use of both elite and popular culture so as to rredefine the language classroom as a place where students gain an essential awareness about international issues and patterns. A technological component will also be present in an exploration of digital video for language learning and internet-based literary analysis as well as via on-line class meetings.
4 credit hours.
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NSPS 6601 - National Security Programs: Architecture and Mission
An inquiry into the nature and scope of the U.S. national security programs' architecture. Areas covered include the current architecture, legal, and regulatory basis, integrating national security programs into the agency's missions, developing security policies and strategies, and the oversight of the NSPs.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6602 - NSP Personnel Security Programs
A study of the personnel security programs. Specific analysis of behavioral issues and their impact on loyalty and trustworthiness determinations. Students will study government clearance processes.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6603 - National Security Charter, Legal Issues, and Executive Orders
An analysis of the legal framework, charter, and executive orders that guide the creation and operations of the U.S. intelligence community.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6604 - Securing National Security Information Systems
A comprehensive introduction to network security issues, concepts, and technologies. The core technologies of access control, cryptography, digital signatures, authorization, network firewalls, and network security services are reviewed. Issues in security policy, risk management are covered.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6606 - Contemporary Issues in National Security Programs
Students will select from a range of topics relating to current issues and concerns within the national security architecture. Each student will be required to write a paper and deliver an oral presentation on a selected topic.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6607 - Architecture of Protected Information
Students will review contemporary theories and practices for the identification of information requiring or deserving protection and will evaluate how such protection may be achieved while allowing the use of the information. Contemporary legal principles and regulatory processes will be explored , in both private and governmental sectors. The application of sound information security practices will be reviewed, and program analysis models will be explored.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6608 - The Development of the United Nations
A study of the formation of the United Nations system, the drafting of the United Nations Charter, function of it principal organs, evolution of the role and structure of the organization from 1945 to present day, and its impact on international relations and conflict resolution.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6609 - International Organizations and Counter-Terrorism
A study of terrorism and the international response to this phenomenon: who are terrorists and what steps are governments obligated to take under international law to prevent and suppress their activity? How is the international community responding to facilitating technical assistance to states and regional groupings to help them respond to terrorism? How have the 18 international instruments and relevant United Nations and regional resolutions on counter-terrorism been effective in responding to international terrorism and how can their impact be evaluated?
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6610 - NSP Cost Modeling & Contract Administration
An in-depth analysis of the federal acquisition process, costs of national security programs, and their role in meeting federal agencies' mission objective. Students will study the relationships among the federal acquisition process, budget planning, and national security programs.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6611 - NSP Situational Eval&Failure Analy Models
A comprehensive study of evaluation techniques and processes that measures the scope and effectiveness of security programs. Students employ the use of situational analysis, failure analysis, case studies, and other research-oriented approaches.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6612 - Integrated Studies in Safeguards and Countermeasure Designs
A study of the selection of safeguards and countermeasures in support of national security programs. Examines the relationships among protection needs, mission accomplishment, available safeguards, and countermeasures. Analysis of the impact of the protective architecture and reconciliation with the budgetary and human resource realties.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6613 - NSP Issues in Research and Policy Analysis
An introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods used for research and policy analysis. Students will become familiar with basic types of research designs, survey research methods, evaluation methods, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics, and their application to national security programs.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6620 - Bioterrorism and Biodefense
This course provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding terrorism employing biological pathogens specifically, and terrorism in general. A new topic in academia, it crosscuts many established academic areas. It comprises the history, origins, motivations, and techniques used by many terrorists; preparedness, detection, treatment, and response during pre-, trans-, and post-attack times; government programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond; and legal, economic, mental health, and policy issues. Lecture, discussion, a writing assignment, and a tabletop decision-making simulation will be the teaching methods used.
1 credit hours.
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NSPS 6621 - National Security Incident Mapping
This course combines a variety of methods to introduce the various ways that terror risks can be analyzed, detected, and prevented. In addition to the bio-terror tabletop exercise, the class will also involve a problem-based learning project focused on assessing risk on critical infrastructures in a nearby neighborhood. Students will be tasked with evaluating the various conceptual and technical tools available or caused by terrorism including, crime mapping technology, crime risk assessments, and crime prevention through environmental design. The class will use the problem-based learning method in groups to tackle a specific set of real-life problems. This approach simulates real-life risk assessment and response scenarios since group decision-making and problem-solving process is an important part of assessing risk. Accordingly, students will be evaluated on how they organize their research and planning activities and cooperate in their groups.
2 credit hours.
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NSPS 6625 - Information Systems Threats, Attacks, and Defenses
This course provides an overview of the actors, motives, and methods used in the commission of computer-related crimes and describes the methods used by organizations to prevent, detect, and respond to these crimes. (Also see CJST 6625 )
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6626 - Firewall and Secure Enterprise Computing
This course covers theory and practices of Internet firewalls and many of the details and vulnerabilities of the IP and embedded protocol sites. In the laboratory and online portion of the course students will construct, deploy, and test a real firewall against common Internet attacks. (Also see CJST 6626 (formerly CJ 626)).
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6627 - Internet Investigations & Audit-Based Computer Forensics
Theory and techniques of tracking attackers across the Internet and gaining forensic information from computer systems. The course includes case studies of Internet-based crimes and addresses limits of forensic techniques. (Also see CJST 6627 )
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6628 - Computer Viruses and Malicious Code
This course addresses theoretical and practical issues surrounding computer viruses. (Also see CJ 628)
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6629 - Practical Issues in Cryptography
Examples of current historical cryptography and stegonagraphic systems; major types of cryptosystems and cryptanalytic techniques, and how they operate; hands-on experience with current cryptographic technology. (Also see CJ 629)
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6630 - Risk Assessment&Management National Security
This graduate level course provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the concept and nature of risk in society, currently and historically. One of the primary goals of the course is to assess the role that risk and uncertainty have played in the development of a wide variety of public and private approaches to recognizing and resolving risks of loss. Lecture, discussion, a writing assignment and several individual and team presentations will be included in the teaching methods used along with several, semi-structured, student-led case studies.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6641 - National Security World and National Threat Modeling
An analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, risks, and appropriate countermeasures that must be analyzed to model the United States world and national assessment strategy.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6642 - Integrated Studies of the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Communities
An introduction to the history, theory, principles, and object of U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Analysis of the impact on national security programs and objectives.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6643 - Seminar in Sensitive Evaluation, Techniques, Safegaurds, and Countermeasures
Prerequisite: NSPS 6612 . The analysis and study of the uses of classified techniques in national security programs, using the principles and techniques of the Integrated Studies in Safegaurds and Countermeasure Designs course.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6644 - Cross-Impact Analysis: National Security Future Issues
This course is an advanced examination of the uses that can be made of the Cross-Impact Analysis methodology. Non-traditional, problem-solving evaluation of national security issues will be utilized. Emphasis will be on estimating the likelihood and nature of anticipated events that may influence projected factors. A multidisciplinary approach will be utilized. The focus of the course will be on the implementation of empirically derived strategies in the analysis of national security future issues.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6645 - National Security: Issues in Deception
To achieve and sustain high-performance during our National Security enterprise requires focus, discipline and imagination. It also requires thoughtful oversight, visionary leadership and highly effective administration.The purpose of the new certificate is to provide students and security professionals with the opportunity to expand their knowledge and technology skills.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6646 - The Structure of National Security Decisions
This graduate level course provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the intuitive, structured and deliberative nature of national security decisions. A global context, the limitations of the human mind along with political and organizational pressures combine to challenge national security decision makers. The purpose of this course is to bias the odds of a wise decision in the decision-makers favor. Lecture, discussion, a writing assignment and several individual and team presentations will be among the teaching methods used. In addition, several partially structured, student-led case studies will be presented to drive the discussions.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6647 - The Economics of National Security
This far-reaching course explores the fundamental economic national security questions facing our society. How much of our national wealth is allocated currently to help ensure our national security? How and by whom is our national security budget determined? What is a life worth? How can a more cost-effective national security budget be achieved? These and other economic questions will be explored in this far-reaching examination of national security economics.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6648 - Achieving Excellence in National Security Administration
This graduate course consists of a survey of the methods used by effective private sector managers and administrators to help ensure that their organizations achieve consistently high levels of performance. This survey will be supplemented by focused conversations about how these well researched and practical methods could be applied to administrative challenges within the American national security enterprise. Includes lecture, discussion, and student-led case studies.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6650 - National Security: Policy and Strategy
A foundational inquiry into national security policy and strategy which examines the structure, role, and processes employed by the government as well as agencies, departments, and sectors that comprise the aggregate national security community. Students will gain an understanding of the national security strategy and policy processes and their relationship to national security operations, decision making, and architecture.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6651 - A Study of Designated Approving Authorities Criteria
This course provides comprehensive coverage of the elements pertaining to a study of designated approving criteria in NSTISSI Standard 4012 and analyzes the information security functions of the designated approving authority.
1 credit hours.
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NSPS 6652 - System Administration in Information Systems Security
This course provides comprehensive coverage of the elements pertaining to a study of System Administration in Information Security as promulgated by NSTISSI Standard 4013 and analyzes the performance standards of system administrators.
1 credit hours.
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NSPS 6653 - Information Systems Security Officers
This courses provides comprehensive coverage of the elements pertaining to a study of Information Systems Security Officers as promulgated by NSTISSI Standard 4013 (E_ and analyzes the performance standards for the information system security officer at the entry, intermediate, and advanced levels.
1 credit hours.
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NSPS 6654 - Information System Approval and Certification
This course provides comprehensive coverage of the elements pertaining to the approval process for Information Systems and certifying authorities as designated by NSTISSI Standard 4015 and analyzes the INFOSEC functions of system certifiers.
1 credit hours.
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NSPS 6668 - Weapons of Mass Destruction I:Chemical&Biological Agents
An in-depth analysis of technological issues protecting the public from biological and chemical agents that may be used as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6669 - Weapons of Mass Destruction II:Radiological Agents
Radiological materials pose a serious national security concern. This course will provide an in-depth analysis of the scientific, technological, and policy issues involved in providing protection from the misuse of these agents.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6670 - Special Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to the students and instructor. May be taken more than once.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6680 - Research Methds in National Security
An introduction to social science research methods used in national security for purposes of undertaking intelligence analysis. Students will become familiar with basic types of research design; open source vs. classified research material, and will be exposed to qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6690 - Research Project I
Individual guidance on a research endeavor.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6691 - Research Project II
Prerequisite: NSPS 6690 Individual guidance on a research endeavor. NULL
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6693 - National Security Internship I
The student's formal educational development will be complemented by field placement experience in various security settings or agencies. Accepted candidates are placed on summer assignments within an element (agency or industry) of the U.S. Government's national security program. Field experience is supervised by designated agency and department personnel.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6694 - National Security Internship II
Prerequisite: NSPS 6693 . The student's formal educational development will be complemented by field placement experience in various security settings or agencies. Field experience is supervised by designated agency and department personnel.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6695 - Independent Study
A directed independent learning experience, the topic and format to be agreed upon by the student and supervising faculty.
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6697 - Thesis I
Prerequisite: 15 graduate credits and approval of the instructor. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress toward the completion of the thesis. Includes review of the literature, methodology (research design, survey instrument development, etc). Minimum of six credits required (NSP697 and NSPS 6698 ; NSPS 6699 optional at the discretion of the instructor).
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6698 - Thesis II
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Approval of the instructor. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress toward the completion of the thesis. This will include review of the literature, methodology (research design, survey instrument development, etc). Minimum of six credits required (NSPS 6697 and NSP 698; NSPS 6699 optional at the discretion of the instructor).
3 credit hours.
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NSPS 6699 - Thesis III
Prerequisite: 15 graduate credits. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress toward the completion of the thesis. This includes review of the literature, methodology (research design, survey instrument development, etc.). Minimum of six credits required (NSPS 6697 and NSPS 6698 ; NSP 699 optional at the discretion of the instructor).
3 credit hours.
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NUTR 6601 - Nutritional Biochemistry I: Fundamentals
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in organic chemistry or introductory biochemistry. Lectures examine the structures, properties, and metabolism of four major classes of bio-organics (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins/amino acids, nucleic acids/nucleotides) with special attention to their biologic roles and nutritional aspects of their metabolism.
3 credit hours.
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NUTR 6602 - Nutritional Biochemistry II: Applications
Prerequisite:NUTR 6601 . Lectures emphasize integration and control of metabolic pathways and also survey certain areas of biochemistry and molecular biology with their interconnections with genetics, disease, and patient management, including dietary modifications.
3 credit hours.
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NUTR 6603 - Nutritional Physiology
Prerequisites: undergraduate course in organic chemistry or introductory biochemistry plus a course in human physiology or cell biology. Selected tissue/organ systems and their specific relation to nutrition. Overview of renal physiology, the endocrine system, essentials of gastrointestinal tract physiology, cardiovascular system, excitable tissues (nerve and muscle), cell physiology, cell membranes, and transport functions.
3 credit hours.
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NUTR 6604 - Vitamin Metabolism
Study and integration of the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and nutritional aspects of vitamin metabolism in humans. Chemical nomenclature, structure-function relationships; structural analogs and antagonists; methods and principles of measurement and assessment of status; food sources; digestion; absorption; transport; tissue uptake and distribution; intracellular metabolism; storgage; excretion; biochemical function(s); correlation of clinical features of excess and deficiency with metabolic roles; vitamin-nutrient and vitamin-drug interactions; the role of vitamins in therapeutics and prophylaxis.
3 credit hours.
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NUTR 6605 - Mineral Metabolism
Study and integration of the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, and nutritional aspects of mineral metabolism in humans. Chemical forms; structural analogs and antagonists; methods and principles of measurement and assessment of status; food sources; digestion; factors influencing bioavailability; absorption; transport; tissue uptake and distribution; intracellular metabolism; storage; excretion; biochemical function(s); correlation of clinical features of excess and deficiency with metabolic roles; mineral-nutrient and mineral-drug interactions; and the role of minerals in therapeutics and prophylaxis.
3 credit hours.
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