2021-2022 School of Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Graduate and Professional Studies Courses
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Management |
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MG 5740 - Intercultural Negotiation and Conflict Management
In today’s dynamic, global business environment, leaders create and foster their business operations by their successful negotiations and their long-term relationships. These relationships can break down due to ineffective negotiating behavior, conflict management, and cultural insensitivities. Failures can also result from misunderstandings and misperceptions about the other parties’ positions and interests. Leaders often use the same methods of negotiation in personal, professional, and political worlds. Students will study the theory, processes, and practices of negotiation, conflict resolution, and relationship management to help develop more effective negotiations, increase cross-cultural communication, and crisis management in a variety of situations. Successful leaders utilize and apply a combination of perceptual, persuasive, analytical, and interpersonal skills. Students will explore individual preferences and what motivates them while balancing power, political influence, and critical issues in how people communicate and interact within a global context. (Pre-requisites: MG 5140 ) Credits: 4
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MG 5836 - Information Systems in Human Resource Management
Students will gain exposure to current HR management information systems used across a variety of sectors. Emphasis will be placed on how these systems can facilitate more effective team communication, build more robust platforms for analyzing HR approaches, and support the overall strategy direction of a firm. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 5910 - Change, Innovation, and Systems Thinking
Entrepreneurial skills and thinking are actively sought by more competitive and profitable growing businesses. Employee engagement consistently affects key performance outcomes including profitability, regardless of industry. This course will examine change and systems thinking while exploring inter-relationships, perspectives, and boundaries when it comes to scope, scale and what might constitute an improvement. Students will explore both entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in relation to creating and fostering new opportunities. Combining theory with practice, students will have the opportunity to test the theories, models, and strategies learned in the classroom and gain access and insight from leaders in the entrepreneurial community. Students will learn to navigate complex and changing environments on the fly, applying lessons learned to a variety of scenarios, including ambiguity and shifting circumstances along with facing the fear of failure. (Pre-requisites: MG 5140 ) Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 5950 - Employee and Labor Relations
The goal of this course is to examine organizational conflict with a focus on managing and resolving employee disputes. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes and procedures to legalistic, adversarial methods of dispute resolution will be explored. Knowledge and skills developed are those needed to analyze complex conflict and dispute situations, using appropriate investigation techniques, shape appropriate processes to involve the right parties, constructively negotiate settlements, select mediators and facilitators, and design dispute resolution program Examine the steps of union organizing, card signing, petitions, hearings, persuading, elections, TIPS and FORE, early warning signs, vulnerability and climate assessments, prevention strategies and tactics. Explore positive employee relations strategies and union avoidance prevention programs. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 5990 - Special Topics: Management
A changing selection of courses designed to offer a variety of enrichment studies in Business and Management. Permission of Program Director. Credits: 4 The course may be repeated for credit with different topics.
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6040 - Research Methods
This course will provide an overview of graduate level research for the capstone project in both the Master of Science in Management and the Master of Arts in Public Policy. Students will learn about the various methods of research in the discipline, research design, and proper formatting and writing of formal papers. Specific focus will be placed on topic development, developing a research outline, conducting a literature review, constructing an annotated bibliography, and proper citation styles that make use of the Chicago Manual of Style (for MAPP students) and the APA style (for MSM students). This course will provide all students the tools to do research and, in addition, will prepare them for the final capstone project to be developed in the subsequent Strategic Capstone course. Credits: 2
Credits: 2 |
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MG 6060 - Real Estate Market and Feasibility Analysis
This course introduces students to the real estate analysis and valuation. Specific topics will include property asset and space markets, real estate development, and market analysis methods techniques to evaluate project feasibility. Students explore what drives the demand for development and potential political, legal and regulatory challenges. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6090 - Compensation and Benefits
The purpose of this course is to help students develop their skills and knowledge in compensation and benefits. Topics covered in the course include benefits, Affordable Health Care Act, overview of philosophies of compensation, total compensation, global and domestic compensation issues, job analysis, compensation analysis, market surveys, and survey data analysis. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6110 - Project Management
This course will examine various techniques used to manage complex projects in the context of overall organizational goals and strategy. The course will examine the roles of team members as well as the impact of team building, planning, scope management, time management, and budgetary constraints. This course combines theory and practice by encouraging students to learn the fundamentals of Project Management, such as project planning and control, risk management and then to use them in practice on their own projects. Through a variety of readings, case studies, and exercises, students will explore the knowledge and skills required to successfully manage projects. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6115 - Strategic Project Management
This course will examine and apply numerous practices and procedures utilized to manage complex projects from start to finish. The course will examine the various tools including GANTT and PERT charting, scheduling, budgeting, costs, and resource allocation. The course will identify the role of teams and human resources including staffing, negotiations, and conflict resolution and the relationship to developing and implementing successful projects throughout the organization. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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MG 6120 - Quality and Lean for Healthcare
This course focuses on the tools and philosophies applied to create a total quality work environment. Emphasis on improving leadership capabilities, employee / team performance. The term “Lean manufacturing” is used to describe a business philosophy whose ultimate aim is to meet the needs of the customer by efficiently providing a defect-free product in a timely fashion through the elimination of waste. Waste is broadly defined and considered to be any activity, delay, or resource consumed that does not directly add value toward meeting the needs of a customer. Students will have opportunities to analyze and apply lean concepts and tools in a healthcare environment. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6230 - Technology and the Art of the Sale
With the growth of social media and the digital age customers now have unprecedented access to information, a new reality that is changing the way salespeople do their jobs. Salespeople must now shift the focus from “selling to serving” customers in order to provide the marginal value necessary to build customer loyalty. In this course students will review the psychology of sales from the perspective of this new reality, exploring how this has shaped buyer behavior. Students will learn how to successfully leverage technology to their advantage and negotiate a sale in this constantly shifting environment. Emphasis will be placed on a range of likely sales venues, ranging from social media to a conference. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6250 - New Product Development for a Global Consumer
As a decision-science, marketing enables companies and organizations to assess the needs of consumers (business, residential, governmental, and other non-profit entities) to develop and bring to market products and services with global appeal that satisfy consumer needs while also satisfying the needs of other stakeholders including society as a whole. In this course, students will gain practical experience working with concepts at the center of marketing such as how consumers make buying decisions, how data supports new product development decisions, how company strategies affect consumer needs, wants, and demands and vice versa, and how product lines and society’s goals are enhanced through new product development all while operating in the context of a global environment. Resources for the completion of projects include but are not limited to applicable software (free trials, open source as much as possible), community experts, related industry journals and articles, and textbook. (Pre-requisites: MG 5140 , AC 5310 , FI 5320 , EC 5600 , and MG 5910 ) Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6315 - Real Estate Finance
This course provides focus on investment and financing issues in real estate. Project evaluation, financing strategies, investment decision making and real estate capital markets are examined. The impact of the financing decisions on real estate investment risks and return, and various real estate financing techniques will also be covered. Specific topics include: legal considerations in real estate finance, present value concepts, fixed rate mortgage loans, adjustable rate and variable payment mortgages, underwriting and financing residential properties, income-producing properties and valuation fundamentals, leases, projecting cash flows, investment value, investment and risk analysis, financial leverage and financing alternatives. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6340 - Applied Business Statistics I
This course presents fundamentals of probability and provides an overview of the statistical tools and methodologies in the context of business strategy and project management. Topics include probabilistic decision making, hypothesis testing, statistical quality control, and regression analysis. This is a case-based course which allows students to apply their knowledge to specific problems. *Requires statistical software package Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6350 - Strategy, Risk, and Decision-Making
Linking theory to practice, students will be actively engaged in examining, experiencing and applying the process of strategic thinking, planning, implementation, and measuring through critical thinking and problem solving. Globalization is increasing requiring organizations to adapt to changing markets new competitive pressures, and to leverage an organization’s competitive advantages regarding resources, competencies and capabilities. Students will explore how to view the organization as a whole, while evaluating internal and external driving forces impacting strategy and decisions impacting both short-term and long-term organizational goals. Students will assume the roles of key decision makers in analyzing these issues and make strategic recommendations in support of the continuous improvement through a team based interactive scenario tool. This course will critically examine the various strategic decisions and managerial skills needed to confront, not only the current business climate, but also to plan for the future in a variety of firms and organizations. Using a combination of case studies, discussion, critical thinking and current industry field research, students will assume the roles of key decision-makers and/or advisors in analyzing these issues and offering recommendations for strategic change. (Pre-requisites: MG 5140 , AC 5310 , FI 5320 , EC 5600 , MG 5740 , MG 5910 , and MG 6250 ) Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6410 - Professional and Organizational Ethics
This course explores and analyzes the interrelationships of professions and the moral and social implication of the organization and its decisions. Topics include: theories of morality, moral development and decision making, personal morality versus employer loyalty and cultural issues and the impact on business decisions. Individual and collective choice and its application to competitive markets and contemporary moral issues will be explored. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6415 - Ethical Decision Making for Leaders
The moral implications of leadership and decision making are explored with respect to their social impacts, and the challenge that exists between achieving desirable outcomes and attending to the means by which they are achieved. This course examines and analyzes the interrelationships among various stakeholders. Topics include: analysis of ethical decision-making; interaction and conflicts among personal, professional, and organizational values; the influence of cultural diversity on individual and group values; current issues; and the influence of ethical considerations on organizations. Competitive global environments and the organization’s position on moral issues will be explored. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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MG 6420 - Issues in Ethics for Healthcare
This course explores and analyzes the interrelationships among stakeholders in the healthcare industry. The moral implications of the healthcare organization and its decisions are explored with respect to their social effects, and the tension that exists between achieving desirable outcomes and attending to the means by which they are achieved. Topics include: theories of morality; analysis of ethical decision-making; interaction and conflicts among personal, professional, and organizational values; the effect of cultural diversity on individual and group values; current issues; and the impact of ethical considerations on healthcare organizations. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6520 - Grant Writing and Contract Management
This course examines the use of contracts and grants in providing social services. Explores the theoretical background of government contracts and grants; the management of third‐party services from the perspectives of government agencies, private sector contractors, and nonprofit organizations; and the skills needed to write effective grant and contract proposals. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6610 - Strategic Planning and Policy
This course will examine the process of strategic thinking and planning, including how the strategic planning process is influenced by national and international crises. Organizations are undergoing a series of revolutionary changes, including vertical integration, horizontal consolidation, strategic alliances and joint ventures, entrepreneurial startups, and specialized niche networks. This course will critically examine these and other changes and discuss the various strategic decisions and managerial skills needed to confront them in a variety of firms and organizations.
The primary focus of the course is on the strategy of the business unit, which is the foundational level for competitive analysis and the venue for an analysis of the issues central to the firm’s short-term and long-term competitive success. Using a combination of case studies and industry field research, students will assume the roles of key decision-makers and/or advisors in analyzing these issues and offering recommendations for strategic change. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6615 - Operational Planning and Policy
Students will examine and apply the process of strategic thinking and planning. Globalization is forcing organizations to undergo and adapt to changing markets, consolidation, strategic alliances and ventures, specialization, and tactical startups. Students will explore and implement the various strategic decisions, competitive analysis, and managerial skills required to support both short-term and long-term organizational goals. Students will assume the roles of key decision makers in analyzing these issues and make strategic recommendations. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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MG 6630 - Strategic Fundraising
This course presents the techniques and strategies behind successful non‐profit fundraising in the areas of planning, budgeting, control and other activities in the context of the non‐profit institution. Fundraising is more of an art rather than a science because fundraising is about people, personalities, and personal relationships. Topics include: identification and evaluation of potential donors, development of strategies, differentiating your organization, and developing a comprehensive plan. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6640 - Dynamics of Nonprofit Governance
This course examines the new trends and standards in the area of nonprofit governance. It is designed to explore policy issues associated with governance issues, as well as provide practical to those in nonprofit management. The structure of non‐profits in relation to board composition and arrangement are examined. Topics include interactivity with the executive director and staff, board development, board management, committee operation and responsibility. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6830 - Strategic Human Resource Management
This course is based on a proactive approach to the management of people and resources. Using their workplace as the starting point, students will walk through a strategic, competency‐based facilitation model of human resource management and will deal with practical aspects of managing people in the workplace in activities ranging from the assessment of the global environment to the identification of staffing needs and competencies that impact human resource decisions. This course covers the basics in the functional areas of HR: job analysis, staffing, job design, training, performance appraisal, compensation, succession planning, work‐life balance and termination. Emphasizes the strategic rather than the administrative role of HR and, therefore, its thrust will be HR as a business partner to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Students will examine the role of socio‐technical systems and its interaction with human resources and all stakeholders (human element) in relation to moving the organization forward. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6880 - Supply Chain Management
This course examines the concept of logistics management from the perspective of competitive strategy, costs and performance, and benchmarking. The course will also discuss recent innovations in supply chain management, such as “just‐in‐time” and “quick response” methodologies. Strategic, tactical and operation decisions in supply chains will be examined as well as Internet-enabled supply chains including: customer relationship management ERP and supply chain automation and integration. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6890 - Quality Analysis for Technology
This course focuses on the managerial study of continuous improvement tools and methods required to create a total quality work environment. Readings and assignments focus on improving leadership abilities, promoting employee involvement/teamwork, and initiating performance management techniques to measure progress. In addition, quantifiable processes are introduced to measure performance viability of different processes through statistical quality controls, such as SPC, and root cause analysis. The System of Profound Knowledge developed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming will be introduced to provide an understanding of the importance of optimizing the organization as a system. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6895 - Quality and Technology in the Workplace
This course will explore and apply managerial decision-making in support of the continuous improvement required to create a total quality work environment. Students will research and execute decisions around leadership capabilities, statistical quality controls, and processes designed to improve root cause analysis and implementation of quality driven strategies. Persistent change techniques including Lean, and Six Sigma will be examined, and an outline of national quality honors (Baldrige) and global quality conformations (ISO) is introduced. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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MG 6920 - Legal Issues in Healthcare
The purpose of this course is to examine the background, foundation, and ethical aspects of the United States’ legal system and the role of the legal and political environment as it affects the health care industry. Topics include: liability, negligence, taxation, antitrust, compliance, and emergency care. This course will examine contemporary issues affecting the industry and local facilities. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6940 - Applied Business Statistics II
Picking up where Applied Business Statistics ends, this course will further explore statistical tools used in strategic decision making like conjoint analysis and multi-dimensional scaling, stochastic control and noise theory. Using “real-world” problems, students will develop frameworks for cause-and-effect logic that supports predictive analysis for developing suitable hypotheses. Emphasis is placed not just on gathering data but also on the interpretation of data and the limitations of each tool. Prerequisite: MG 6340 Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6950 - Global Capstone
The Global Capstone will require students to integrate principles, theories, and methods learned throughout their program. This culminating project enables students to think more strategically when faced with the challenges of bringing new ideas to market. Students creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learned knowledge in a project having a professional focus, and communicate the results of the project effectively at a professional level. Each student will undertake a major investigation of an organizational challenge in the global workplace, be it from the student’s own experience or in a field in which the student hopes to secure employment. Through the use of research, survey data and marketing research methods, students will complete an investigation of consumer and market needs, competitive practices in satisfying those needs, and the role of bringing their idea to a potentially global market. Students will ideate and develop a business case so that it can move forward towards implementation within a company. (Pre-requisites: MG 5140 , AC 5310 , FI 5320 , EC 5600 , MG 5740 , MG 5910 , MG 6250 , and MG 6350 ) Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6970 - Capstone Project
This capstone experience requires students to integrate principles, theories, and methods learned in courses required through their program. Students creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learned knowledge in the project having a professional focus and communicate the results of the project effectively at a professional level. Prerequisites: Completion of MBA Core Courses. Offered every other term online. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MG 6975 - Strategic Capstone
The Capstone project provides an integrative experience in developing an actual program or solution to an organization problem. Students assume responsibility for all components of completing the paper, from selecting the topic, researching the literature, preparing a research design and writing solutions while working closely with their instructor and a peer partner to complete the paper. The capstone experience requires students to integrate principles, theories, and methods learned in prior courses required throughout their program. Students creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learned knowledge in the project having a professional focus and communicate the results of the project effectively at a professional level. Credits: 2
Credits: 2 |
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MG 7320 - Statistical Modeling for Managers
This course trains students to apply statistical tools towards building robust predicative models. This is a hands-on course that focuses on using JMP® software to build optimization and simulation models with a variety of applications from finance to marketing. Students will become familiar with fundamentals such as cost functions, curse of dimensionality, distance measures in multidimensional space and statistical methods such as parametric and non-parametric statistical tests, supervised and unsupervised learning for regression and classification problems including generalized linear modeling techniques, logistic regression, KNN, Naïve Bayes’, dimension-reduction techniques such as principal components analysis, clustering techniques like k-means, hierarchical and DBSCAN. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
Professional Writing |
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PW 5020 - Editing and Publishing
The course is designed to introduce students to the field of professional publishing and editing. Students will gain competency in the following areas: identifying target audiences and markets, editing in the professions, manuscript version control, following style guidelines, understanding the roles of writers and editors, the writer/editor relationship, and publishing industry trends and protocol. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 5400 - Public Relations Writing
This course focuses on understanding the basic concepts, skills, and practices of public relations writing. Communication protocols involving the media and specific writing tasks are covered. Writing assignments include creating a media kit that contains a variety of items such as a news release, a feature article, and an opinion piece. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 5500 - Writing for Digital and Social Media
This course will introduce students to critical concepts and practical skills related to writing for digital and social media. Emphasis will be placed on online writing formats, particularly website content, online news articles, blogs, social media messages, and visual formats such as infographics. In addition, students will consider how design elements and text enhancements (i.e., italics, bold, color, font selection, typeface size) convey content and contribute to the meaning of messages. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 5600 - Business and Technical Communication
This course is designed to give an overview of the business and technical communication genre. Students will produce instructive, informational, visual, and persuasive documents based on well-defined and achievable outcomes. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 5990 - Special Topics in Professional Writing
Topics for this course will vary from term to term. Special topics of particular interest to professional writers will be explored within the context of student generated writing assignments. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 6005 - Creative Nonfiction
In this course we will explore the genre(s) of Creative Nonfiction in which people write creatively about their own experiences, about the experiences of others, and about the world around them. Typically, Creative-Nonfiction genres employ standard aspects of craft found in most fiction, but Creative Nonfiction includes autobiography and memoir, travel writing, research-based personal essays, and, more recently, blogs and websites. We’ll read a number of examples of Creative Nonfiction, and then students will focus their efforts in this course on the writing of their own Creative Nonfiction narrative. Credits: 5
Credits: 5 |
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PW 6920 - Digital Platforms for Professional Writers
Digital Platforms for Professional Writers introduces students to the concept and practical use of digital platforms to maintain professional writing portfolios. Students examine digital platforms as a marketing tool that reflects individual professional interests and career goals. Specific focus in Digital Platforms for Professional Writers is given to setting up a digital platform and examining brand identity, marketing trends in professional writing, and audience-centered design. Credits: 3 Course is Offered Pass/Fail.
Credits: 3 |
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PW 6930 - Brand Development for Professional Writers
Brand Development for Professional Writers is focused on establishing brand identity as a professional writer through the use of digital platforms. Attention is focused on using personal mission statements, social media, marketing techniques, and communication strategies to communicate a professional writing brand in a digital platform. Credits: 3 Course is Offered Pass/Fail.
Credits: 3 |
Political Science |
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PO 5220 - Regional Studies: Africa
Colonialism, tribalism, sexism, and racism combined with natural resources, cultural, and ecological riches intersect in one of the most complex geopolitical environments on the planet, Africa.
In this course, students will cover the history, gender roles, political economy, Chinese influence, illicit trafficking, and instruments of US government power to inform a simulated strategic recommendation for the Lake Victoria region of East Africa.
Students will model an Interagency Policy Committee process and create a recommendation for a principal for the US president. In this simulation, the African continent is a strategic battleground upon which modern great power competition is unfolding, and the US National Security Council needs help to formulate a strategy, founded in Africa’s history and culture, to position the US to compete against its adversaries and to facilitate economic and social opportunities for Africans.
Join us for this challenging and complex course modeled on real life policy making processes for an in-depth look at the East Africa region and the geopolitical factors that drive its progress and the influence of outside powers. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5221 - Regional Studies: Europe
European Studies, a part of the Regional Studies family of courses, focuses specifically on the continent of Europe. Returning to prominence with the rise of populism in Europe and the not-coincidental return of Russia as a prominent regional actor, Europe is a region of central importance to the U.S. Students will be exposed to comparative looks at the political, economic, and military systems in Europe, with an emphasis on discovering the similarities and differences between the various regions of Europe. In addition, themes which cut across the various regions will also be discussed and interpreted. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5250 - International Relations Theory
This course is a graduate-level introduction to contemporary theories and problems in international relations. The objectives of this course are (a) to introduce students to mainstream theories of international relations; (b) to assess the explanatory power of these theories and examine how to apply them to the study of international politics; and (c) to demonstrate how these theories can be used to formulate foreign policy. The main theories discussed in this course include realism and liberalism as well as the postmodern discussion of international relations. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5330 - State and Local Government
The late Speaker of the House, Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neil is often quoted as having said all politics is local. In this course, students examine the roles state and local governments play in the American system of federalism. The course examines the relationship between and among localities, states and the federal government. Students will have the opportunity to focus on the various roles of state and local government from the ability to make laws, regulate behavior, impose taxes and provide for the common good. The limitations of government is also examined. Particular attention is given to policy issues like voting and voter registration, education, school finance, health care, law enforcement and tax and debt limitations. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5410 - International Political Economy
International Political Economy is a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks understanding of global events, the actions of both states and non-state actors, and the impacts of economic phenomena on the global marketplace. The “market” is comprised of many actors, but most importantly, the role of the nation state is the principal actor. Despite its primacy within the international arena, the nation-state must compete with other entities (Multi-national corporations, international institutions, regional trade organizations, and other non-aligned groups) in the pursuit of power within the global marketplace. The market is exploited by such entities as a result of the inherent pursuit of power, an unmitigable force of global politics. If “politics is concerned with the distribution of power in society”, it must be appreciated that the dominion of political activity belongs to each actor within the international system, as each attempt to maximize its own power relative to competitors. Therein lies the crux of the study of International Political Economy, and the focus of what this course seeks to present.
This course will explore the foundations of modern global political economy and the interplay between politics and economics. We will investigate the way in which states derive power from their respective economies and how this power is leveraged by states in relation to other states, non-state actors, and within established international institutions. Unlike an undergraduate economics course, this course will build upon basic economic fundamentals and overlay that foundational knowledge onto the field world politics at the graduate level. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5450 - Advanced Seminar in US Foreign Policy: America in a Multi-Polar World
This course will provide an analysis of American foreign policy from the perspectives of both domestic American politics and international relations. Policy with reference to the Soviet Union, the Third World, political and military allies, terrorism, nuclear and conventional weapons, international organizations and human rights are considered as they relate to specific presidencies. There will also be a discussion of post-9/11 US foreign policy and its differences from Cold War and post-Cold War world policies. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5850 - International Security
This course examines international security in a broad context. Beginning with notions of national security and domestic sources of foreign policy, it will expand to include analysis of timely security issues such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missile defense, arms control and disarmament, arms sales, and the military industrial complex. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5910 - Terrorism
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of terrorism and its challenges for national security. Students will explore numerous features of the subject including, but not limited to, definitional dilemmas, the origins and evolution of terrorism, tactical and targeting innovation, the psychology and characteristics of terrorist actors, including women, case studies (e.g. Palestine, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Ireland, North America), and counter-terrorism strategies. Both international and domestic terrorist actors will be explored. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 5990 - Topics Course
Topics for this course will vary from term to term. Special topics of particular interest to public policy and international relations will be explored within the context of student generated assignments.
Here is an example of a few of the course types:
International Organizations
This course looks at the role international organizations play in the international system. The emphasis is on the development of international organizations and their proliferation. Entities such as the United Nations and the European Union are included along with other regional organizations, NGO’s, and PVO’s.
International Development
This course is designed to build a core understanding of the most basic models used in development (and in the developmental discourse) as well as expose you to the many themes of development. This course will also look at the role actors in the international system play in development. The course - just like the problems of development themselves - is multi-disciplinary. The course draws on history, economics, and politics to discuss the problems and prospects of development.
Women and Development
This course examines the politics and policies of international development from a gender-sensitive perspective. The course assumes that the term “development” must be understood within an historical and political context, and that development affects women and men, rural and urban people, rich and poor, differently. We will explore the following: the meanings, history, and political context of development; the uneven impact of development and specific issues that illustrate this uneven impact; and development policies and organizations.
International Law
International law commonly is defined as the rules, principles, and norms which govern the interaction among states. In this course, we will investigate the basic question underlying this debate over the utility of international law: does international law act as a constraint on state autonomy, or is it merely used by states when it is in their self-interest? In an effort to address this question, we will focus on the fundamental principles of international law, sovereignty and non-intervention, and will consider whether these principles have been eroded in recent decades as a result of growing support for new international legal norms, including human rights.
Collective Security and Peacekeeping
This course explores the origins of the idea of collective security, examines the attempts to organize international security collectively, and assesses possibilities and opportunities for collective security arrangements after the Cold War.
Global Change and US Foreign Policy
This course examines the transformation of the U.S. role in the post Cold War world. Specific attention is paid to the political, economic, environmental, and cultural changes affecting the role the US plays globally today. Credits: 4
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PO 6020 - Public Policy Analysis
This course will introduce the student to the policy lifecycle. It will build on knowledge gained through the program to add to the student’s toolset for policy formation, implementation and review. Participants will also discuss issues such as agenda setting and goals of the policy process. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 6030 - Economic Analysis
This course is an analysis of economic phenomena (prices, taxation, market values) from the perspectives of economic institutions (government, markets) and the decisions that they make. Topics covered will include the role of government and markets in advancing the public good, effects and limitations of government economic policies, and analysis of the effects of economic decisions on the institution and the public. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PO 6040 - Research Methods
This course will provide an overview of graduate level research in the Master of Arts in Public Policy program. Students will learn about the various methods of research in the discipline, research design, and proper formatting and writing of formal papers at the graduate level. Specific focus will be placed on topic development, developing a research outline, conducting a literature review, constructing an annotated bibliography, and proper citation styles. This course will provide all students the tools to conduct research and prepare graduate level writing in the discipline. Credits: 2
Credits: 2 |
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PO 6220 - Governmental Policy Makers
The United States Congress both constitutionally and pragmatically, plays an indispensable role in the formulation of Public Policy. This course will examine the way in which this complex institution fulfills its essential role. Among the issues the course will deal with are the role of committees, lobbyists, the executive branch, constituency groups, and the media, and the way these groups help shape policy in local, regional, and federal government. This course will also explore current issues and trends in local and regional government. It will use a spectrum of issues to give students an understanding of the purpose of mixed levels of government, the relationship between governing elites and the people from whom their authority is theoretically derived, the differences between the theory of government operation and its practice, and the utility and organization of government from the executive to the local level. This course will also examine the growing role of the Executive Branch, not only in implementing the policies enacted by Congress, but in setting the policy agenda for the nation. Institutional tensions between the Executive and Legislative branches will be studied and the wartime powers of the Presidency will be considered. The Judiciary will be studied in light of recent challenges to its independence and differing conceptions of the activism versus conservatism of the bench. The evolution of the confirmation process will also be studied. Credits: 4
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PO 6310 - Public Finance and Budgeting
Government intervention in the economy, the form of that intervention and the impact of governmental policy at local, state, and federal levels will be examined in this course. Students will focus their study on economic tools of analysis used in public finance and budgeting by the public sector. Public policies to address externalities, perverse incentives, public goods, social insurance, and the effects of taxes are among the topics examined in detail. Credits: 4
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PO 6320 - Leadership and Negotiations
The focus of this course is the interplay between effective leadership, the art of negotiation, and timely and effective decision-making. Apart from serving as marketing terms, each of the three concepts are critical to effective public policy making. The course examines their interplay within the context of public servants and their efforts to serve the public good. In addition to specific public policy, students will examine the role that perception plays in the public policy process. Ethics and power are important aspects of this course. Credits: 4
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PO 6390 - Human Rights and International Law
International law is commonly defined as the rules, principles, and norms which govern the interaction among states. In this course, we will investigate the basic question underlying this debate over the utility of international law: does international law act as a constraint on state autonomy, or is it merely used by states when it is in their self-interest? In an effort to address this question, we will focus on the fundamental principles of international law, sovereignty and non-intervention, and will consider whether these principles have been eroded in recent decades as a result of growing support for new international legal norms, including human rights and human security, through concepts such as the responsibility to protect (R2P). Credits: 4
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PO 6450 - International Organizations
This course looks at the role international organizations play in the international system. The emphasis is on the development of international organizations and their proliferation. Entities such as the United Nations and the European Union are included along with other regional organizations political and security organizations as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private volunteer organizations (PVOs). The course also examines human rights issues and the increasing demand for human security at the expense of national sovereignty. Credits: 4
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PO 6490 - Research in Public Policy
This course is designed to provide the student with the tools necessary to conduct graduate level research and writing. The course will focus on formulating a research question, a review of methodologies, creating a research outline, and conducting preliminary research on the topic of the student’s choice. The course will provide some fundamental readings in policy analysis. Students will work with library staff to access discipline related scholarship. The final goal of this course is to prepare students for graduate level research throughout the program generally and their capstone experience specifically. Credits: 4
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PO 6555 - Democracy Under Threat
The meaning of our Constitution, arguments over separation of powers, and the vision of a group of men in 18th century Philadelphia seem to preoccupy the talking heads on cable news every night. Discussion of the principles of American democracy and where it is headed have exploded since the 2016 election and the subsequent impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but the trend lines have been forming for over a decade. There is abundant and disturbing evidence that democracy and democratic values are in retreat worldwide. Hundreds of books, research papers and monographs have been written on the subject in recent years, and articles appear daily in major newspapers. This course will offer a rigorous comparative academic study of these topics and empower students to evaluate democratic and authoritarian indicators and understand contemporary stresses and challenges to the cause for human freedom. Credits: 4
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PO 6560 - Arms Proliferation and Collective Security
This course explores the origins of the concepts of arms control and collective security, examines the attempts to organize international security collectively, and assesses possibilities and opportunities for collective security arrangements after the Cold War. Alliances, balances of power, and international organizational approached to security will be discussed as well as arms control regimes and deterrence and their impact on efforts to develop security regimes. Credits: 4
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PO 6650 - Program Evaluation
Program evaluation is a key component in the public policy process. Once a policy has been developed, operationalized and implemented, policy analysts must conduct program evaluation. Policy evaluation seeks to assess the design, implementation, outcomes, efficacy, and outcomes of a program. The evaluation works to identify both barriers to successful implementation as well as opportunities for improved outcomes. Students will focus on a variety of evaluative tools in this course. Credits: 4
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PO 6950 - Capstone Project
This course will be the culminating experience in the Master’s Program. In the first part of the course, students will look at advanced techniques in research. Emphasis will be put on choosing an appropriate topic and methodology in the field. This course requires students to integrate principles, theories, and methods learned in courses throughout the program. Students will creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate what they have learned in a project focusing on effective problem solving in the field. Students communicate the results of the project effectively, and team with peers to give and receive feedback during the process of creating and presenting the report. Credits: 4
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PO 6975 - Capstone Project
The Capstone project provides an integrative experience through the student’s efforts in developing an actual program or public policy. The students assume all components of completing the policy paper, from selecting the topic, preparing a research design and writing of the policy solutions. This capstone experience requires students to integrate principles, theories, and methods learned in courses required through their program. Students creatively analyze, synthesize, and evaluate learned knowledge in the project having a professional focus and communicate the results of the project effectively at a professional level. Credits: 4
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Sport and Recreation Management |
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SM 5750 - Management and Practice in Sports and Recreation
This course examines effective management practices of sport and recreation; including facility and event management, organizational structure and governance, hiring practices, policy development, diversity, and financial principles. The main focus of these topics will be with regard to the profession of intercollegiate coaching and the practical application of the topics covered. Credits: 4
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SM 6390 - Current Issues in Sports and Recreation Management
The course explores current issues in sport and recreation management. Students will critique and develop reasonable solutions to current issues, such as participant safety, athlete mental health, diversity and inclusion, finance, sexual misconduct, equality and access, and environmental impact. Students will also explore and evaluate current literature on issues facing sport and recreation managers. Finally, students will delve deep into the current issue that most interests them and investigate its impact on the sport and recreation industry. Credits: 4
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SM 6710 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports
This course explores relevant legal issues as they relate to amateur and professional sport, including tort law, contracts and statutory law. Additionally, as leaders in sport are asked to make ethical decisions, this course will examine ethical decision making and the influence of relevant stakeholders on the decision process. Credits: 4
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Art Education |
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MAE 602 - Contemporary Issues in Art Education
In this course students will learn about contemporary theories and research being conducted within the realm of Art Education and will consider how these insights can be applied to their own teaching. Use of a wide variety of sources will facilitate students in exploring a topic of interest in depth so that they might present it to their classmates, providing a rich understanding of many contemporary studies for all students. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MAE 603 - Technology, Curriculum, and Assessment in Art Education
Students will explore contemporary techniques for curriculum planning and measurement for all grade levels K-12 in the area of Art Education. This course will rely on developmental processes as they relate to instruction and curriculum planning, such as scope and sequence. It will address individual, cultural, and community needs of students and will culminate in a project-based writing piece focusing on developing curriculum and program assessment. A strong emphasis will be placed on utilizing technology within the curriculum and for assessment practice to engage students and broaden visual learning. Students will complete up to 20 hours of fieldwork. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MAE 607 - Psychology of Educational Development and Learning
This course will examine the impact of typical and atypical development of children from infancy through their school-aged years on their ability to succeed in the academic environment. Influences that affect the whole learner (physical, cognitive, social, emotional) will be explored. Connections will be made to those developmental influences that cultivate or diminish creativity. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MAE 608 - The Exceptional Learner
This unique course is designed to first challenge the students in defining exceptionality, normalcy, and individual differences, and simultaneously present our understanding of these concepts in historical, sociological, cultural, psychological, legal and educational contexts. Students will learn about learning differences in terms of style and conditions that present unique challenges in the educational arena. Specifically, they will gather information about various educational disability conditions, how they are assessed, addressed, and dealt with in our public schools. They will learn about the laws governing these educational processes, and begin to understand how individual educational plans are developed and implemented. This course requires up to 10 hours of fieldwork. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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MAE 609 - Elementary and Secondary Methodologies
This course will examine both developmental levels of fine art education methods. Best practices of teaching art content including policy and safety, materials and budget, competency-based instruction that meets National Core Arts Standards, differentiation, and assessment are some of the content areas to be studied and developed. Students will become orientated to the NHTCAP required assessment in MAE 701 and 702. Students will complete up to 15 hours of fieldwork. Credits: 2 Repeatable for up to 4 credits.
Credits: 2 |
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MAE 610 - Research and Professional Identity
Candidate will research and complete the NH TCAP Teacher Common Assessment of Performance Portfolio and the Professional Art Educator Portfolio while completing the final culminating placement. The TCAP serves as the student’s thesis. It is a common assessment all aspiring educators in New Hampshire must complete and pass to be recommended for certification. This final, academic study will directly influence the writing of one’s educational philosophy and portfolio of professional work. This course will meet every other week on campus or virtually. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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MAE 701 - Elementary Culminating Fieldwork
This is a supervised, full-time, semester-long placement where Student Teachers gradually assume responsibility of visual art classes taught by a qualified cooperating teacher in a public elementary school. Student Teachers will thereby demonstrate the appropriate pedagogical, collaborative, visual art and professional skills essential for successful teaching of diverse student abilities, content, teaching styles, and media. Student Teaching is conducted under the guidance of an assigned Supervisor who is a member of the Art Education clinical faculty. Seminars focus on Professionalism, Pedagogy, Collaboration, and Content Knowledge, meeting every week on campus or virtually. Student Teachers will complete the NHTCAP during this class. Prerequisite(s): minimum 3.4 cumulative GPA; completion of program requirements for Art Education and application approval by the Art Education Director. Credits: 4 Repeatable up to 8 credits.
Credits: 4 |
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MAE 702 - Secondary Culminating Fieldwork
This is a supervised, full-time, semester-long placement where Student Teachers gradually assume responsibility of visual art classes taught by a qualified cooperating teacher in a public secondary school. Student Teachers will thereby demonstrate the appropriate pedagogical, collaborative, visual art and professional skills essential for successful teaching of diverse student abilities, content, teaching styles, and media. Student teaching is conducted under the guidance of an assigned Supervisor who is a member of the Art Education clinical faculty. Seminars focus on Professionalism, Pedagogy, Collaboration, and Content Knowledge, meeting every week on campus or virtually. Student Teachers will complete the NHTCAP during this class. Prerequisite(s): minimum 3.4 cumulative GPA; completion of program requirements for Art Education and application approval by the Art Education Director. Credits: 4 Repeatable up to 8 credits.
Credits: 4 |
Visual Arts |
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MFV 8010 - Graduate Seminar I
This first graduate seminar seeks to place contemporary art in context. Students are given an overview of the primary theoretical and art historical events of the Modernist and Postmodern periods (1950-present). Students are asked to consider that art exists in a social and cultural context. Each student will produce short writing assignments that accompany assigned readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 801) Credits: 4 Pass/No Record
Credits: 4 |
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MFV 8020 - Graduate Seminar II
The second graduate seminar will concentrate on helping students to develop a voice for articulating the relationship of their own practice to key artists and theorists from the 20th century to the present. Students will learn to articulate an understanding that art exists in a sociocultural and political context. In addition to group discussion, students submit short writing assignments as a response to assigned readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 802) Credits: 4 Pass/No Record
Credits: 4 |
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MFV 8030 - Graduate Seminar III
The third seminar explores the role of the artist in contemporary society. Since the beginning of the last century, identity as an artist has been a central cultural concern. Historically, the idea of a fixed/authentic identity has been called into question by a variety of cultural shifts and critical inquiry. The status, role and activity of the artist has likewise shifted under ongoing reappraisals. Students participate in writing assignments and class discussions as well as readings, and video and film viewing. Each student will produce written papers that accompany assigned readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 803) Credits: 4 Pass/No Record
Credits: 4 |
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MFV 8040 - Graduate Seminar IV
The fourth seminar consists of comprehensive student and faculty led discussions comprising of topics and/ or readings that are important to the students’ individual studio work, and that will assist in the writing of their thesis. In addition; the central ideas regarding the student’s practice are solidified from analysis and reflective commentary of peers, mentors, visiting artists, and faculty. Students are required to thoroughly research the work of other artists, movements, or other areas of creative enterprise that have made a substantial impact on their own work. They are also urged to develop a competent response to the critical a questions regarding both context and content in their own practice in advance of their thesis defense. (Formerly appeared as MFV 804) Credits: 4 Pass/No Record
Credits: 4 |
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MFV 8260 - Thesis Research and Writing
Students learn to apply the critical understanding of the integration of theory and practice within their own studio practice. Content for this class is driven by student work and research, each student’s thesis paper is guided by their interests and work. The thesis is seen as an extended artist statement, a useful document that articulates who they are as artists and an understanding of what context their work strives to operate within. (Formerly appeared as MFV 826) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8270 - Professional Practices
In this seminar students will explore tactics for creating and sustaining their art profession. Students will finalize a professional portfolio of CV, artist statement, resume, images of their work, business card, as well the development of a website or a blog. Discussion will focus on potential professional opportunities for each individual, now and in the future. Each student will set professional goals and develop skills to succeed in meeting these goals. (Formerly appeared as MFV 827) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8510 - Studio Component: Visual Arts I
This first semester studio component will involve the student fulfilling the work goals they created for themselves in discussion with their advisor during the first residency. Goals should include but are not limited to; the number of works to be completed; the type of material and technical skills to be developed; conceptual ideas to be developed; research of concepts, artists and methodologies. Each student will produce short writing assignments that accompany their readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 8510) Credits: 1 to 8 Repeatable up to 1 time. Pass/No Record
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MFV 8520 - Studio Component: Visual Arts II
This second semester studio component will involve the student fulfilling the work goals they created for themselves in discussion with their advisor during the second residency. Goals are guided by work completed during the first semester and should include but are to limited to; the number of works to be completed; the type of material and technical skills to be developed; conceptual ideas to be developed; research of concepts, artists and methodologies. Each student will produce short writing assignments that accompany their readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 852) Credits: 1 to 8 Repeatable up to 1 time. Pass/No Record
Credits: 1 to 8 |
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MFV 8530 - Studio Component: Visual Arts III
This third semester studio component will involve the student fulfilling the work goals they created for themselves in discussion with their advisor during the third residency. Goals are guided by work completed during the second semester and should include but are not limited to; the number of works to be completed; the type of material and technical skills to be developed; conceptual ideas to be developed; research of concepts, artists and methodologies. Each student will produce short writing assignments that accompany their readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 853) Credits: 1 to 8 Repeatable up to 1 time. Pass/No Record
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MFV 8540 - Studio Component: Visual Arts IV
This fourth semester studio component will involve the student fulfilling the work goals they created for themselves in discussion with their advisor during the fourth residency. Building on the work created in the last three semester goals should aim the student forward towards the development of a serious body of thesis work and should include but will not be limited to; the number of works to be completed; the type of material and technical skills to be developed; conceptual ideas to be developed; research of concepts, artists and methodologies. Each student will produce short writing assignments that accompany their readings. (Formerly appeared as MFV 854) Credits: 1 to 8 Repeatable up to 1 time. Pass/No Record
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MFV 8910 - Elective I
Students take one six-hour elective each residency. These electives are workshop-, studio-, or performance-based and are assigned with the intention of expanding the students artistic practice outside their chosen field of study. Students are encouraged to engage and create in a context outside their traditional studio or classroom. (Formerly appeared as MFV 891) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8920 - Elective II
Students take one six-hour elective each residency. These electives are workshop-, studio-, or performance-based and are assigned with the intention of expanding the students artistic practice outside their chosen field of study. Students are encouraged to engage and create in a context outside their traditional studio or classroom. (Formerly appeared as MFV 892) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8930 - Elective III
Students take one six-hour elective each residency. These electives are workshop-, studio-, or performance-based and are assigned with the intention of expanding the students artistic practice outside their chosen field of study. Students are encouraged to engage and create in a context outside their traditional studio or classroom. (Formerly appeared as MFV 893) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8940 - Visual Arts Thesis Project
In their final residency, the graduating student will install their Thesis Exhibition in an appropriate and professional manner, and verbally defend their written Thesis and Thesis Exhibition. The student will also have the opportunity to give a 15 minute public artist presentation on their creative practice. (Formerly appeared as MFV 894) Credits: 2 Pass/No Record
Credits: 2 |
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MFV 8950 - Final Residency: Exhibition
Attendance at and participation in the final residency for Thesis Exhibition. (Formerly appeared as MFV 895) Credits: 0 Pass/No Record
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Project Management |
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PM 590x - Internship in Project Management
This internship allows students to connect and apply the academic and theoretical study of project management with practical experience in the field. Students have the means to apply academic concepts to solve real world business problems. The internship is designed for students to better understand the work expectations and individual organizational culture while developing and managing projects. Credits: 1 to 2
Credits: 1 to 2 |
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PM 5110 - Leadership for Project Managers
This course combines theory and practice by encouraging project managers to learn traditional and contemporary leadership theories and apply them to the analysis of the behavior of leaders, colleagues, and subordinates. Topics include the leadership responsibilities of creating effective teams, organizations and cultures; the exploration of different leadership styles; and applying change management to projects and teams. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PM 5115 - Leading People and Projects
IT project managers have the responsibility of the planning, procurement and execution of a project through various resources and stakeholders. Topics include the leadership responsibilities of creating effective teams, organizations and cultures; the exploration of different leadership styles; and applying change management to current projects and teams. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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PM 5135 - Professional Communication and Research
Today’s companies need project managers with good communication skills to foster teamwide trust and eliminate conflict and confusion.
Project managers must envision a project and make this vision understood by those around them. Students will develop the ability to select and apply best practices in researching information, writing project related documents, and creating effective presentations for stakeholder buy-in. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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PM 5210 - IT Change Management
This course explores the formation and development of teams and potential interpersonal conflicts and resistance to collaboration. Students will develop an understanding and the ability to apply change management. Topics include but are not limited to configuration and formal change control process and business process reengineering. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PM 5215 - IT Projects and Change
Effective project managers need to be able to utilize a variety of tools in the formation, development, and potential interpersonal conflicts among teams. Students will develop an understanding and the ability to apply change management. Topics include but are not limited to configuration and formal change control process and business process reengineering. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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PM 5310 - Project Management and Procurement
In this course students will examine and analyze aspects of planning, managing, and controlling IT purchasing and finance. Applying economic criteria to alternate designs and proposals, students will explore various methods to measure productivity and value. Internal and external factors including the management of contractors and subcontractors in support of best practices and the efficient management of available resources will also be explored. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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PM 5315 - Procurement Analysis for Projects
Applying economic criteria to alternate designs and proposals, students will explore various methods to measure productivity and value. Students will examine and analyze aspects of planning, managing, and controlling IT purchasing and finance. Internal and external factors including the management of contractors and subcontractors in support of best practices and the efficient management of available resources will also be explored. Credits: 3
Credits: 3 |
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PM 5410 - Ethics and Compliance for IT
Project managers need to develop and foster a culture of ethical compliance in an effort to prevent, identify, and correct legal and ethical issues within an organization. This course examines and analyzes the interrelationships and key ethical issues that can arise from each. Topics include but are not limited to collective decision making, liability, privacy issues, and social responsibility. Credits: 4
Credits: 4 |
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