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KIN 451 - Instructional Methods in Physical Education Credits: 3
Prerequisite: KIN 351 , ED 300 , ED 302 , and admitted to Teacher Education program
Curriculum planning and design is followed by methodology of teaching team and individual activities. Experience is provided in preparing unit and lesson plans and in teaching selected activities following a set format.
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KIN 460 - Exercise Programming for Special Populations Credits: 3
Prerequisite: KIN 361 w/lab
Basic epidemiology, ecology and pathophysiology of common disease states, recommendations for exercise and concerns for exercise for diseased and other special populations.
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KIN 461 - Advanced Exercise Physiology Credits: 4
Prerequisite: KIN 361 w/lab
Study of advanced principles of exercise physiology; bioenergetics, adaptations that occur due to training at the molecular level, muscle physiology at the molecular level, environmental aspects of exercise, and effects of ergogenic aids. The lab component will consist of lab techniques to augment lecture material from the course.
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KIN 464 - Advanced Mechanical and Kinesiological Principles of Human Movement Credits: 3
Prerequisite: BSB 221 and KIN 390
Mechanical and muscular analysis of movement in relation to exercise, dance and sports; analysis of movement patterns with emphasis on use in teaching motor skills.
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KIN 470 - Motor Control and Learning Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSY 101
Study of the processes that lend to relatively permanent change in the performance of motor skills. Models and theories of practice, augmented feedback, information processing, and dynamic systems will be discussed.
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KIN 480 - Advanced Theory in Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Credits: 3
Advanced examination and assessment techniques and immediate treatment and rehabilitation procedures for athletic injuries.
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KIN 490 - Research in Exercise Science Credits: 6
Prerequisite: KIN 361
This course is designed as an optional research project for students seeking a degree in exercise science. Students will be required to choose a topic, conduct a review of literature, develop methodology, gather data, analyze data and write the findings in the appropriate format.
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KIN 495 - Sociocultural Foundations of Sport Credits: 3
Prerequisite: KIN 260
The role of sports and games in American cultures as expressive of meaning and values, the female athlete; the contribution of sports and games to human welfare.
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KIN 499 - Special Topics in Health and Kinesiology Credits: 1-6
Course developed to meet special needs, research or current relevant topics in Health and Kinesiology.
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LDR 101 - Freshman Leadership Seminar Credits: 1
This course focuses on leadership foundations and structural dimensions of leadership. The students will apply these systems as they pursue a deeper understanding of themselves as a core resource for learning and leadership growth.
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LDR 110 - Introduction to Leadership Studies Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the study of the leadership process. The course covers core themes and interpersonal skills necessary for leadership growth, focusing on how course materials relate to students’ own leadership experiences.
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LDR 120 - President’s Leadership Class Credits: 1-3
Taught by MUW’s president, this class scrutinizes transformative leadership in the modern world. The course is designed to enhance students’ intellectual curiosity through better understanding of their personal, educational and professional goals. Since multi-level ethical leadership training is foundational in preparing leaders in areas such as business, law, education, health care, government, and in civic and non-profit organizations, students will analyze current real-world conflicts and controversies. Students will participate in values clarification exercises both individually and in teams. This course will also develop and improve personal leadership skills by examining methodologies of conflict resolution. The course may include guest lectures, field trips and co-curricular experiences.
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LDR 201 - Sophomore Leadership Seminar Credits: 1
Prerequisite: LDR 101
This course focuses on the psychology of leadership and the interpersonal skills necessary for leadership.
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LDR 210 - Service Learning Credits: 1
Prerequisite: LDR 110
This course fuses community service with academic development and educational success. Through performance of thirty hours of activity addressing the needs of the community, students apply academic learning to solving community problems.
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LDR 220 - Paraprofessionals in the Collegiate Setting Credits: 2
This course focuses on paraprofessional leadership in a college setting. Students will examine various theories on college student development in order to gain an understanding of themselves and their peers. They will explore contemporary college student issues and develop the skills necessary to address these issues. This course will then explore the concepts of educational programming and developing communities within a collegiate setting.
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LDR 250 - Leadership Style/Substance Credits: 2
Introductory course on leadership. The exploration of leadership will begin by analyzing personal strengths and weaknesses, how relationships develop, and the importance of group dynamics. The class format will assist students in developing a personal leadership framework.
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LDR 301 - Junior Leadership Credits: 1
Prerequisite: LDR 101 , LDR 201 or LDR 250
In this course students explore leadership in the context of the community, state, nation, and world.
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LDR 399 - Special Topics in Leadership Studies Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Approval of Department Chair
A variable credit course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in Leadership in any discipline. These courses are not part of regular Leadership rotation. The topics may vary each time the course is offered.
Note: May be repeated for up to 6 hours credit with change in content.
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LDR 400 - Internship
1-3
Prerequisite: LDR 110
A practical, structured program of work or service experience with a participating employer or service organization of the student’s choice. The student intern must be employed or be of service a minimum of 40 to 120 hours depending on the internship (40 hours= 1 Credit). The student intern must be supervised by the employer or service organization leader and a faculty member. The student intern must complete a paper, a personal journal, and the supervisor’s evaluation must be submitted prior to the end of the semester in order for the student to gain credit for this course.
Note: Internship may be taken twice for a total of 6 hours.
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LDR 401 - Senior Leadership Seminar Credits: 1
Prerequisite: LDR 101 , LDR 201 , LDR 301 or LDR 250
In this capstone leadership course students will have the opportunity to analyze current trends and issues in the field of leadership.
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LDR 410 - Senior Seminar in Leadership Studies Credits: 3
Prerequisite: LDR 110
This course is designed for the senior Leadership Studies student and requires students to demonstrate their ability to research, analyze, and synthesize information and knowledge and communicate effectively regarding leadership studies and contemporary issues confronting the modern leader. Additionally, this course emphasizes presentation skills, professional etiquette, and the overall ability to communicate professionally in oral and written formats.
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LIB 201 - Digital Research Credits: 3
This course introduces digital research methods. Students will survey interdisciplinary research skills and techniques that broadly approaches digital inquiry, digital creativity, critical practice, and data as it may manifest in different disciplines. This course introduces students to knowledge, computing competencies, and the hands-on work necessary for using digital tools and methods of research. It also is the prerequisite for the Digital Studies Practicum, another required course for the minor.
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LIB 401 - Digital Studies Practicum
Students will investigate findings or a research question in their major (ongoing or proposed) with digital tools and communicate them effectively in a virtual environment.
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LS 099 - Learning Skills Laboratory Credits: 3
Development and/or improvement of academic skills in writing, reading, comprehension and computation. Emphasis is placed on self-assessment and goal setting, learning strategies, test taking strategies. It is designed to use a computer laboratory, but also involves one-on-one teacher contact and peer tutoring. This course cannot be used to satisfy any graduation requirements.
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LS 101 - Academic Support Laboratory Credits: 2
Development and/or improvement of academic skills in writing, reading, comprehension and computation. This class is beneficial for the beginning college student but is critical for students who have experienced difficulty with their academic progress. Emphasis is placed on self-assessment and goal setting, learning strategies, test preparation and test taking strategies. It is designed to use a computer laboratory, but also involves one-on-one teacher contact and peer tutoring.
Note: This course cannot be used to satisfy any graduation requirements.
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LS 102 - Academic Support Laboratory Credits: 2
Development and/or improvement of academic skills in writing, reading, comprehension and computation. This class is beneficial for the beginning college student but is critical for students who have experienced difficulty with their academic progress. Emphasis is placed on self-assessment and goal setting, learning strategies, test preparation and test taking strategies. It is designed to use a computer laboratory, but also involves one-on-one teacher contact and peer tutoring.
Note: This course cannot be used to satisfy any graduation requirements.
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MA 100 - Intermediate Mathematics Credits: 3
Designed for students who did not take two years of high school algebra, all entering freshmen with an ACT Mathematics subtest score of 18 or below, or for mature students who are returning to school and who have not taken an algebra course in several years. Real number arithmetic, solving linear equations and inequalities in one variable, graphing linear equations in two variables, polynomial arithmetic, factoring, rational expressions.
Note: This course cannot be used to satisfy graduation requirements.
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MA 100L - Intermediate Mathematics Lab Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Chair of Sciences and Mathematics
Support for students enrolled in MA 100 Intermediate Algebra is provided in a lab setting. Course content includes mathematics study skills instruction, peer tutoring, and support materials such as computer tutorials, video lessons, and study guides. This lab is an intermediate level class intended for those enrolled in MA 100 and cannot be used to satisfy graduation requirements.
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MA 111 - Modern Elementary Mathematics I Credits: 3
Sets, whole numbers, functions, logic, numeration and computation, number theory, integers, fractions, rational numbers, decimals, real numbers.
Note: Students must score 70% or above on arithmetic test given first class meeting. Two other opportunities will be given to make the requisite score later in the semester. Required of all majors in elementary or special education.
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MA 112 - Modern Elementary Mathematics II Credits: 3
Statistics, probability, measurement, informal geometry including congruence, constructions, similarity, transformations, and coordinate geometry.
Note: Required of all majors in elementary or special education.
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MA 113 - College Algebra Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT math subscore of 19 or higher, or MA 100 with grade of C or better (effective January 2010)
Equations, inequalities, functions and their graphs, inverse functions, polynomials, zeros of polynomials, exponentials and logarithms, systems of equations, systems of inequalities.
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MA 114 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT math subscore of 22 or higher, or MA 113 with grade of C or better
Right triangle trigonometry, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions and their graphs, analytic trigonometry and applications.
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MA 123 - Statistics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT Math subscore of 19 or higher, or MA 100 with a grade of C or better
An introduction to basic applications of descriptive and inferential statistics: organizing data, mean, median and mode, and standard deviation, boxplots, probability and discrete random variables, the binomial distribution, the normal distribution, sampling distribution of the mean, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for one population mean, the chi-square distribution.
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MA 130 - Precalculus Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT math subscore of 22 or higher, or MA 113 with C or better.
This course will cover functions and their graphs, including polynomial and rational functions, trigonometric functions, and exponential and logarithmic functions; systems of equations; and sequences and series. Emphasis will be placed on knowledge, skills, and techniques needed in higher level mathematics courses such as Calculus I.
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MA 150 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT math subscore of 22 or higher, or MA 113 with a grade of C or better
The basic concepts of differential and integral calculus with an emphasis on applications in business, life sciences, and social sciences.
Note: This course does not substitute for MA 181 Calculus I.
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MA 181 - Calculus I Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACT Math Subscore of 24 or higher, or MA 113 and MA 114 with C or better.
A thorough treatment of differential calculus including the concepts of limits, continuity, derivatives, and applications of derivatives.
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MA 182 - Calculus II Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 181
A thorough treatment of integral calculus including Riemann sums, applications of integrals, and techniques of integration, as well as the calculus of transcendental functions.
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MA 283 - Calculus III Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 182
Sequences and series, Taylor series, parameterization of curves, polar equations, conic sections and vectors.
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MA 284 - Calculus IV Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 283
Vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, extreme values and Lagrange multipliers, multiple integrals, and integration in vector fields, including Green’s Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem, and the Divergence Theorem.
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MA 298 - Independent Study Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: MA 181 and permission of the Sciences and Mathematics Department Chair
A faculty supervised course for math majors. It may meet as a class or it may be conducted as faculty-supervised research or as a reading course.
Note: May be repeated for a maximum of six hours.
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MA 301 - Concepts of Abstract Mathematics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 181
Logic, sets, proof techniques, relations, functions, and real number systems.
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MA 303 - Modern Geometry Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 301
Euclid’s axioms, incidence geometry, logic, Hilbert’s axioms, neutral geometry, history of the parallel postulate, non-Euclidean geometry and its philosophical implications.
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MA 304 - Modern Algebra Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 301
A writing course with an emphasis on proofs. Groups, rings and fields.
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MA 305 - Linear Algebra Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 182
Systems of linear equations, vectors, matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and applications.
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MA 306 - Differential Equations Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 181 , MA 182 , and MA 283 Prerequisite/Corequisite: MA 284
First-order linear and separable equations, second-order homogeneous and non-homogeneous equations, first-order systems, and Laplace transforms. Analytic, qualitative, and numerical techniques are used when appropriate.
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MA 310 - Probability Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 283 and MA 284
Probability, basic combinatorics, independence, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, probability densities, expected values, and joint random variables.
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MA 312 - Discrete Mathematics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 301
Fundamental topics within discrete mathematics including permutations, combinations, binomial theorem, inclusion-exclusion, mathematical induction, recursion, iteration, relations, functions, and other selected topics.
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MA 318 - Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 113 and one additional mathematics course numbered above MA 113 .
To prepare education majors to teach mathematics at the middle school or secondary level, this problem-based course will examine topics from the secondary school mathematics framework from an advanced perspective.
Note: This course is required for the mathematics secondary education major and cannot be used as an upper-level elective for the mathematics major or mathematics minor.
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MA 319 - Materials and Methods in the Teaching of Secondary Mathematics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program Required of all mathematics majors who will be licensed in secondary mathematics
Brief history of mathematics, objectives of the teaching of mathematics, consideration of topics that are or should be included in mathematics courses for junior and senior high school, a survey of instruction and technology in mathematics, and the use of these teaching techniques in specific teaching-learning activities. A minimum of ten hours of field experience beyond observation is required.
Note: This course is required for the mathematics secondary education major and cannot be used as an upper-level elective for the mathematics major or mathematics minor.
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MA 441 - Numerical Analysis Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 305 , MA 306 and proficiency with a computer programming language
Selected topics from numerical solutions of equations, interpolation, approximation, numerical differentiation, numerical solution of systems of equations, and numerical solutions of differential equations.
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MA 451 - Mathematical Statistics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 310
Theory and applications of sampling distributions, point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance, nonparametric tests.
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MA 454 - Foundations of Mathematics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 182 and MA 301
Predicate calculus, first order logic, Godel’s completeness theorem for first-order logic, Turing machines, discussion of Godel’s first incompleteness theorem, axiomatic systems for different number systems, for groups and for set theory.
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MA 455 - Advanced Calculus I Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 284 and MA 301
A rigorous treatment of the concepts from calculus: ordering the real numbers, sequence limits, completeness of the real numbers, continuity and its consequences, uniform continuity, the derivative, chain rule, Cauchy’s law of the mean, Taylor’s formula with remainder, L’Hopital’s rule, Riemann integrals, integrability of continuous functions, products of integrable functions, improper integrals.
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MA 457 - Complex Analysis Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 284 and MA 301
Introduction to functions of a single complex variable, which includes the complex number system, analytic functions, contour integrals, calculus of residues, conformal mappings, and applications.
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MA 459 - Theory of Numbers Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 301
Properties of integers, properties of primes, divisibility, Euclidean algorithm, Diophantine equations, Chinese remainder theorem, Wilson’s theorem, Euler’s theorem, multiplicative functions, quadratic residues, applications, other selected topics.
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MA 460 - Special Topics in Mathematics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Sciences and Mathematics Department Chair
This course will provide students with an opportunity to study areas of mathematics not available as a separate course.
Note: May be repeated once (3-3)
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MA 461 - General Topology Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MA 284 and MA 301
Set theory and logic, topological spaces and continuous functions, convergence, completeness, compactness, metric spaces, product and quotient topology, countability and separation axioms.
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MGT 312 - Introduction to Sports Management Credits: 3
This introductory sports management course emphasizes basic business principles as they relate to the sports-related enterprises and provides students with information they need to prepare for a variety of sports management careers.
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MGT 332 - Facilities & Event Management in Sports Credits: 3
Facilities and venues play an important role in the sporting experience. In this course, students will learn the principles and practices for operating athletic centers, recreational facilities, and management events.
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MGT 333 - Organizational Communication Credits: 3
Prerequisite/Corequisite: EN 102 and basic keyboarding skills
Written business communication with emphasis upon correspondence, messages and analytical reports. Multicultural communication, technology usage, business presentations, and ethical considerations are also covered.
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MGT 352 - Culture & Diversity in Organizations Credits: 3
This course focuses on the impact and importance of diversity in organizations. It aids in understanding the complexities and benefits of diversity and cultural differences, such as race and ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and physical and mental challenges, and explores researched strategies for effectively managing and leading a diverse workforce.
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MGT 371 - International Business Seminar Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior standing or approval of the Department Chair
The economic, political, and cultural aspects of international business operations.
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MGT 374 - Nonprofit Management Credits: 3
Content to cover general nonprofit practices and principles including nonprofit boards, executive leadership, accountability, outcomes measurement, strategic planning, management of staff and volunteers, fund raising, financial management, nonprofit specific laws and governance principles.
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MGT 381 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
Principles and techniques for operating an organization with emphasis on planning, organization, leadership, decision-making, controlling performance, ethics, and international environment.
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MGT 382 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 381 or POL 301 .
A study of manager, individual and group interactions within the organizational setting concluding with an analysis of leadership and current developments in changing behavior of organizations.
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MGT 384 - Strategies for the Managerial Woman Credits: 3
Development of skills to assume managerial positions with clear-cut goals and well-defined strategies for achieving objectives. Emphasis upon professional growth, career advancement, resume building, and balancing personal and career challenges.
Also Listed as: WS 384
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MGT 385 - Operations/Production Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: BQA 345 and MGT 381
Survey of the production/operations function; procedures and techniques used in designing and analyzing operation systems for the production of goods and services consumed by society.
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MGT 386 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 381 or POL 301 .
Objectives, functions, and organization of personnel programs. Emphasizes education and training selection and placement, job evaluation, employee service, employee relationships, safety and health, industrial relations and personnel research.
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MGT 387 - Intro to Health Care Management Credits: 3
Introduction ot Health Care Management discussions and analyses of the issues involved in the delivery of health care in the United States and around the world. It provides students with an overview of how health care institutions are organized and governed, the role of the management staff, and the management systems designed for their efficient and effective operation.
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MGT 388 - Compensation Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 386
This course will focus upon the planning and implementing of a total compensation system, including practical experience in job analysis, salary survey, and the development of a structured pay policy. An environmental study of the effects of compensation on behavior and legal implications of salary grades will also be included.
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MGT 389 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 386
A study of union-management relations. It focuses on negotiations and administration of labor agreements with emphasis on the development and application of the more significant bargaining issues. It describes the application of the more significant bargaining issues. It describes the transaction between two organizations – management and the labor union.
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MGT 399 - Special Topics in Management Credits: 3
A variable content course in which the students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Management that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered.
Note: May be repeated with change in content.
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MGT 400 - Internship in Management Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Advanced standing, 2.5 GPA overall and in major.
A practical, structured program of work experience in the field of Management with a participating employer of the student intern’s choice. The student intern must be employed a minimum of 40 to 120 hours depending on the internship (40 hours = 1 credit). The student intern must be supervised by the employer and a faculty member. The student intern must complete a research paper on a subject that will benefit the employer, a personal journal, and the supervisor’s evaluation must be submitted prior to the end of the semester in order for the student to gail credit for this course.
Also Listed as: BU 400
Note: Open to Business Administration majors with a concentration in Management only. Internship may be taken twice for a total of 6 hours.
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MGT 421 - Training and Development Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 386
Processes, methods, theories and current practices of training and development activities in business and corporate settings. Human resources development tractices which facilitate learning and change to enhance organizational objectives.
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MGT 422 - Sports Governance Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 312 Introduction to Sports Management
This course explores the managerial activities essential to governance in sports organizations and examines the functions of individual organizations within the larger context of the sports industry. It explains how sports organizations are governed, covering sports at all levels, from community organizations to national governing bodies.
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MGT 424 - Board, Community, and Volunteer Development Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 374
This course will help students understand the roles and responsibilities of boards and the unique aspects of nonprofit board governance. It will also explore the the fundamentals of community and volunteer engagement and emerging trends in volunteerism.
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MGT 430 - Health Care Quality Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 387
This course will familiarize the student with the concept of quality improvement across the health care continuum. The student will examine the processes associated with strategic planning, outcomes assessment, performance, and continuous quality improvement across different types of health organizations. Portfolio paper required for course completion.
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MGT 432 - Organization & Management of Sports Programs Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 312 Introduction to Sports Management and MGT 381 Principles of Management
This course focuses on the strategic administration (formulation, implementation, and evaluation) of institutional and community sports programs.
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MGT 440 - Health Care Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 387
This course examines the opportunities and constraints facing those who wish to innovate in health care organizations. Students will learn how to stimulate innovation and thought and how to create and sustain successful cultures of innovation in health care. The course will also discuss how to successfully create entrepreneurial health care ventures and will provide a framework for health care start-ups, development of business models and plans, capitalization and best practices for company launch. Portfolio paper required for course completion.
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MGT 470 - Comparative Health Care Systems Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 387
This course explores the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to health care delivery. The focus will be on the impacts of each approach on the health status of women, rural communities, and resource-poor populations both domestic and international.
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MGT 491 - Seminar in Human Resource Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MGT 386
The students enrolling in this course will be prepared for the SHRM certification exam at the National Convention for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Issues that will be addressed will be globally related, including: sexual harassment, compensation planning, disabilities, flexible workplaces, global education, and legal perspectives, along with approximately a hundred other topics. This course is a capstone that requires membership in the SHRM. Although, taking the SHRM certification exam will not be required to complete the course it is strongly encouraged.
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MGT 493 - Managing the Growing Business Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENT 280 and ENT 372
The objective of this capstone course for the Entrepreneurship Program is to provide the students with a series of concepts, frameworks and analytical techniques that will enable the student to manage rapid growth situations in unique and specific problems that accompany starting and growing an entrepreneurial venture by creating value through innovation and opportunity capture rather than by just efficiently managing ongoing operations.
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MGT 497 - Strategic Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Senior standing in major; minimum grade of “C” in the following: MKT 361 , MGT 381 , and MGT 385 ; prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in FIN 355
Using the case method, this course is designed to integrate the knowledge acquired in other courses and use it to formulate business policies. This is a capstone course that simulates a real business situation.
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MGT 499 - Independent Projects in Management Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Senior Standing and Permission of the Instructor and Department Chair
Independent project for an advanced or special-interest Management topic conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Note: May be repeated with a change in content.
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MIS 157 - Information Systems Using Microcomputers Credits: 3
Prerequisite: The ability to type 25 words per minute with no more than five errors. This course cannot be used as a business elective for business or accounting majors
An introduction to application software (word-processing, presentation graphics, and spreadsheet). Emphasis is placed on microcomputer use in a business setting.
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MIS 160 - Spreadsheet Applications Credits: 3
Coverage of intermediate and advanced computer application techniques such as spreadsheets, graphs, templates, databases, and macros.
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MIS 295 - Desktop Application Development Credits: 3
This course explores the use of programming languages(s), visual event-driven programming techniques, and the design elements necessary to develop business applications for the desktop computing environment.
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MIS 296 - Object Oriented Programming Credits: 3
This course explores the use of object-oriented programming techniques and the design elements necessary to develop business applications for different computing environments.
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MIS 297 - Digital Platform Programming Credits: 3
This course examines the use of programming techniques and design elements necessary to solve problems or find patterns in data utilizing complex data sets and tools commonly used in digital research
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MIS 298 - Data Structures Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 300
An introduction to the fundamental theories and practices associated with data, record, and file structure methodologies as used by Information Systems in the business environment. Topics include: concepts in sequential, direct, and indexed file structures; concepts in database structures; and introduction into the application and maintenance of both traditional, relational, and object-oriented database structures.
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MIS 300 - Introduction to Information Systems Credits: 3
Content to cover fundamental MIS concepts and principles, such as computer hardware/software, data organization, file management systems, overviews of database systems, decision support systems, executive information systems, expert systems, and information systems planning and development.
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MIS 320 - Database Applications Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 160 or MIS 300
Coverage of intermediate and advanced database application techniques such as the design of tables, forms, and reports, and the use of queries, subforms, macros, and modules.
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MIS 321 - Telecommunications Systems Management Credits: 3
This course serves as a review of telecommunications including its history, the fundamentals of data communications, an overview of data networking standards, an examination of emerging technologies, and the role of regulatory policy and market forces on the industry.
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MIS 322 - Web Development for Business Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 157 or MIS 160 or MIS 300
Designed to highlight the use of electronic commerce applications and virtual storefronts used by organizations to market themselves and their products to the public. Students will learn a variety of tools and techniques used to develop web pages for the business environment and will apply this knowledge in the design and development of websites for local businesses and organizations.
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MIS 330 - End-User Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: or concurrent enrollment in MIS 300 .
This course expores the management of end-users including client services, troubleshooting, support and training, needs assessment, input and output design, creation of documentation, and user interface design.
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MIS 340 - Health Care Information Technology Credits: 3
This course explores the role of information technologies in the effective management, support of greater quality and accessibility, and lowering of costs associated to health care. The focus will be on underlying systems both present and future, collection and storage of data, project management, and the ethics and security of the electronic health record. Portfolio paper required for course completion.
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MIS 390 - Enterprise Architecture Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 300
This course explores key issues in the planning and management of enterprise IT solutions with an emphasis on the integration of information and business processes across the functional areas of the organization.
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MIS 396 - Systems and Network Administration Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 300 or concurrent enrollment in MIS 300
An introduction to the fundamentals of managing computer systems, networks, and telecommunication operations. Students will receive instruction in lectures and then apply their knowledge in a hands-on lab by installing computer equipment and telecommunications hardware, by setting up local area networks, and by identifying and resolving problems related to hardware and network operations.
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MIS 398 - Network Operations Management Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MIS 300
An advanced course in the management of network operating system and telecommunication software. Students will receive instruction in lectures and then apply their knowledge in the management of networks in a hands-on lab by installing and maintaining a variety of computer software.
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MIS 399 - Special Topics in Management Information Systems Credits: 3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Management Information Systems that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered.
Note: May be repeated with change in content.
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