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 Administration
of Justice
| ADJ 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies.
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| ADJ 505 |
Constitutional Issues in Law Enforcement: Students
undertake an in-depth study of decisions by the US Supreme Court
and other appellate courts that affect rights of criminal suspects
from the time of investigation to trial. |
| ADJ 521 |
Management Issues in Law Enforcement: Students examine issues facing law enforcement from a management perspective, with an emphasis on structure, policies, discipline, budgetary problems, public relations, and civil liabilities. |
| ADJ 552 |
Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Examines the sources, activities and legal implications of international terrorism and globalized crime. It analyzes strategies and processes of responding and combating criminal networks and activities across borders and evaluates the impact such strategies and processes have on human and civil rights.
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| ADJ 571 |
International Human Rights : Examines the
conceptual evolution of human rights and evaluates existing systems
and instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights
in the world. It also explores the fundamental relation between
state and cultural sovereignty and the application of rights
worldwide. |
| ADJ 572 |
Complex Humanitarian Emergiencies—Prevention and Responses : Focusing on complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs), this course addresses the capacity to govern in the face of violence, turmoil, and conflict. The course will examine public policy challenges of developing and implementing the necessary systems to monitor, anticipate, and react to critical response incidents and natural disasters. As such, the course will evaluate early warning methodologies and review the scientific research and competing approaches to preventing and mitigating complex humanitarian emergencies. |
Health
Services Administration
| HSA 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies. |
| HSA 501 |
Introduction to Health Services:This course will explore the historical development, current state and possible future trends of health care financing and delivery in the United States. Course components include a general overview of the size and scope of the health care system, issues related to the underlying need for health care, different modalities for financing and reimbursement and will conclude with evaluation and policy issues. Note: R.N. students take HSA542: Nursing Administration in lieu of this course. |
| HSA 509 |
Human Resources Management:This
course will assist students in understanding the effective use
of human resources to achieve organizational goals within the
constraints imposed by ethical considerations and legal obligations.
The processes used to determine human resource requirements,
recruitment, selection, development, utilization and accommodation
of human resources in contemporary organizations will be explored. |
Holistic Counseling
| HLC 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies.
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| HLC 509 |
Toward Synthesis: On the Level of Mind/EmotionsThis course begins with an explanation of the theoretical underpinnings of current principal psychotherapeutic approaches. It surveys the theories of Freud, Jung and Adler, extending to behaviorism, person-centered therapy, existential therapy, transactional analysis, rational emotive, Gestalt, reality and cognitive-behavioral therapies. The course explores the psychology of imagination and creativity, and challenges students to deepen their awareness of their own cognitive-emotional lives as related to their physical existence, creativity, and sense of meaning and purpose. |
Humanities
| HUM 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies.
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| HUM 501 |
Social and Ethical Issues: a Global Perspective :
With the explosion of worldwide communications, the globalization
of the economy, and the increase of international conflicts, this
course takes a global perspective on major ethical issues impacting
our daily lives as members of a world community. From business
to world politics, students will examine enduring ethical concepts.
Case studies will be used to explore contemporary applications
to such issues as armed conflict, overpopulation, global degredation,
and education/literacy. This course will encourage students to
seek solutions to improve the world in which we live. |
| HUM 503 |
Great Writers I:Classic authors of major influence in world literature are discussed in relation
to the humanities. Emphasis is directed to timeless themes in drama, fiction,
and poetry that can enrich contemporary appreciation of universal human values
as they have been expressed through the ages.
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| HUM 504 |
Great Writers II:In this study
of such major authors as Plato, Racine, Shakespeare, Goethe, Flaubert
and Tolstoy, students continue to read and discuss classic works
of major significance. Emphasis is placed on the critical analysis
of the works with a view toward understanding and appreciating
them not just in their own time period and culture, but also in
an attempt to discover how they both reflect and illuminate contemporary
experience. |
| HUM 505 |
World Civilizations I: This course
focuses on the distinctive cultural achievements that characterize
the seminal Western civilizations. Students examine growth and
decline of national aspirations and how the humanities shape
cultural identity. |
| HUM 506 |
World Civilizations II: This course
proposes that through the humanities, students can effectiely learn to appreciate the ancient cultures of the Eastern world. The arts, wisdom, and ways of life in historic civilizations are the theme of a cross-cultural survey from the Middle East to Asia. |
International Relations
| INR 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies. |
| INR 511 |
Philosophical Foundations of Politics:Examines and evaluates the intellectual contributions to the foundations of political
order and justice of the main political thinkers since Socrates. The course
analyzes and evaluates the key questions and answers regarding human nature
and its direct relation to the construction and maintenance of political
systems. Its purpose is to lay the groundwork for the study of comparative
and international politics. |
| INR 512 |
Justice and Order in International
Relations: Examines in theoretical and practical terms the
relationship of justice and order at different levels of human interaction,
such as that between people as members of different state organizations
and as part of the world community. Its objective is to find a balance
not only in the way political order relates to justice, but also in
the way that people can balance their state citizenship with world citizenship,
i.e., national identity and human identity. |
| INR 513 |
Comparative Political Development:Analyzes and compares different roads to establishing political order, taking
into consideration the specific circumstances prevailing in different parts
of the world. In the context of the concept of justice, the course relates
the establishment and maintenance of political order to economic development,
and by extension, the way economic development relates to the maintenance
of political order. |
| INR 516 |
Identity, Harmony, and Conflict: Examines
the role that social and religious identity plays in the interaction of
people within an established political order as well as between different
political orders. For example, is religious and social identity
a factor for harmonious relations between people or is it a source of
conflict between individuals and groups? |
| INR 521 |
Social and Ethical Issues: a Global Perspective :
With the explosion of worldwide communications, the globalization
of the economy, and the increase of international conflicts, this
course takes a global perspective on major ethical issues impacting
our daily lives as members of a world community. From business
to world politics, students will examine enduring ethical concepts.
Case studies will be used to explore contemporary applications
to such issues as armed conflict, overpopulation, global degredation,
and education/literacy. This course will encourage students to
seek solutions to improve the world in which we live. |
| INR 522 |
Integration and Globalization Politics: Examines
the ways by which the international system is being transformed
and the effects such a transformation has on established political
and orders as well as on the lives and identities of people. |
| INR 531 |
Just and Unjust Wars:Examines the concept of the just war theory from the point of view of different
religions in regards to the declaration and conduct of conventional war.
It also examines the ethical implications of contemplating nuclear, biological
or chemical warfare. |
| INR 542 |
Dispute and conflict Resolution: Examines sources of conflict at different levels of human interaction and explores negotiation, mediation, and arbitration strategies to managing crises and resolving disputes between groups and individuals. |
| INR 552 |
Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Examines the sources, activities and legal implications of international terrorism and globalized crime. It analyzes strategies and processes of responding and combating criminal networks and activities across borders and evaluates the impact such strategies and processes have on human and civil rights. |
| INR 561 |
Contemporary Problems in Central and
South America: This course focuses on the major political,
social, and economic problems of the late twentieth
century Latin America as well as United States-Latin American foreign
relations and issues of common hemispheric interest. Historical
background is provided as a framework for understanding current
problems, and select countries are examined in depth. |
| INR 571 |
International Human Rights : Examines the
conceptual evolution of human rights and evaluates existing systems
and instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights
in the world. It also explores the fundamental relation between
state and cultural sovereignty and the application of rights
worldwide. |
| INR 572 |
Complex Humanitarian Emergiencies—Prevention and Responses : Focusing on complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs), this course addresses the capacity to govern in the face of violence, turmoil, and conflict. The course will examine public policy challenges of developing and implementing the necessary systems to monitor, anticipate, and react to critical response incidents and natural disasters. As such, the course will evaluate early warning methodologies and review the scientific research and competing approaches to preventing and mitigating complex humanitarian emergencies. |
| INR 586 |
Politics of the Middle East: This course
analyzes contemporary issues facing the Middle East and their influence
on global politics. Issues examined will include fundamentalism,
cultural identities, economic pressures, and threat of political
instability as well as prospects for prosperity and political development
at both the national and regional levels. |
Information
Systems Science
| ISS501 |
Structured Systems Analysis : This course
examines the structured systems development life cycle and rapid
prototyping alternatives that may be applied to applications development
process. Topics in this course include information systems planning
in support of the organization's objectives, determination of
requirements, an introduction to software project management,
modern structured analysis, and preliminary design. Additional
topics include: event-driven design, object-oriented methodologies,
conversion of legacy systems to a distributed environment, and
application maintenance. Appropriate case tools, project management
and development software will be used to support these activities. |
Management
| MGT 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies. |
| MGT 501 |
Management and Organizational Theory:
Students will explore classic management and organizational theories as they
apply to contemporary business organizations. Integration of the individual
into the organization, an examination of the human factor in organizational
dynamics and the processes of team |
| MGT 503 |
Business Law:This course concentrates on the legal aspects of business organizations. The
law controlling agency, partnerships, and corporations is examined. Emphasis
is on the rights, duties and liabilities surrounding principal, agent, partner,
shareholder, officer and director. Students are also exposed to a survey
of the law of contracts, personal property, bailments, bankruptcy, commercial
paper and secured transactions. |
| MGT 509 |
Human Resources Management:This course will assist students in understanding the effective use of human
resources to achieve organizational goals within the constraints imposed
by ethical considerations and legal obligations. The processes used to
determine human resource requirements, recruitment, selection, development,
utilization and accommodation of human resources in contemporary organizations
will be explored.
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| MGT 510 |
Operations Management:This course introduces tools and techniques necessary to assure effective and
efficient operations in both service and manufacturing settings. Managerial
decision making, forecasting, queuing and inventory control are enhanced
by use of techniques such as total quality management (TQM), statistical
process control (SPC), supply-chain management, and quantitative evaluation
of capacity, location, layout and resource planning. Prerequisite: PRE510
Quantitative Analysis, Calculus and/or Statistics or equivalent or permission
of instructor. |
| MGT 518 |
Managerial Economics:This course provides a survey of micro- and macro-economic theory with an emphasis
on material vital to managerial decision-making. Students will explore
the economic behavior of business organizations with a focus on price theory,
production theory and economic analysis. The determination of national
income, monetary and fiscal policy and international trade are addressed.
Prerequisite: PRE518 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics or equivalent or
permission of instructor. |
| MGT 530 |
Marketing Management:Students survey the role of marketing in business and in society. They explore
consumer behavior, market segments, product positioning, new product development
and policy, pricing, distributing, advertising and sales management. Case
studies will be utilized to enhance critical thinking and analytical decision-making. |
| MGT 538 |
Global Business :This course presents the
backgrounds, patterns and practical operations of global, multinational
businesses. Topics include transnational corporations, global
trade, global financial flows and international human resources
management. The interactions between business policies and the
host country's sociopolitical and economic environment are investigated.
Use of case studies and business simulation models provide practical
application of theories to enhance learning. |
| MGT 540 |
Social and Ethical Issues: a Global Perspective :
With the explosion of worldwide communications, the globalization
of the economy, and the increase of international conflicts, this
course takes a global perspective on major ethical issues impacting
our daily lives as members of a world community. From business
to world politics, students will examine enduring ethical concepts.
Case studies will be used to explore contemporary applications
to such issues as armed conflict, overpopulation, global degredation,
and education/literacy. This course will encourage students to
seek solutions to improve the world in which we live. |
| MGT 555 |
Organizational Development: This course provides an overview of the field of organizational behavior with a focus on organizational culture, group behavior, interpersonal influence and organizational design, change and innovation. This course is centered on effective change management within organizations. Students will have the opportunity to improve skills in areas such as process consultation, managing change, team building and measuring organizational effectiveness. |
| MGT 560 |
Labor Relations: Students study collective
bargaining as an ongoing dynamic process and develop a process model of
collaborative bargaining. Special attention is given to resolution of negotiation
impasses unfair labor practices and employee grievances. Unique features
of public and private sector bargaining are highlighted. Prerequisite:
MGT509 Human Resources Management or permission of instructor. |
| MGT 561 |
Financial Management: Students become acquainted
with the tools and instruments that allow financial managers to
successfully manage current operations and predict long-term
needs. Emphasis is placed on current industry practices with investigations
of the investment, financing, and evaluation decisions necessary
for organizations to meet their fiduciary responsibilities. The
course is designed to show the application of finance theory to
current management issues. |
| MGT 562 |
Financial Accounting:Students explore and analyze real-world issues in financial planning and analysis with emphasis on preparation of business plans and financial forecasts. Students use accounting software to record, summarize, report and analyze financial information. Prerequisite: Accounting I & II or equivalent or permission of instructor |
| MGT 567 |
Creative Problem Solving :This course provides students with both the theoretical and practical applications of creatively solving problems in a wide range of organizational settings including, for example, healthcare, law enforcement, manufacturing, educational institutions, public sector, private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit entities. Students will work collaboratively and cooperatively to learn the connections between innovation, creativity, visualization, memory, thinking, overcoming mental barriers, problem definition, idea generation, idea evaluation, solution implementation and improved communication. |
| MGT 572 |
Complex Humanitarian Emergiencies—Prevention and Responses : Focusing on complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs), this course addresses the capacity to govern in the face of violence, turmoil, and conflict. The course will examine public policy challenges of developing and implementing the necessary systems to monitor, anticipate, and react to critical response incidents and natural disasters. As such, the course will evaluate early warning methodologies and review the scientific research and competing approaches to preventing and mitigating complex humanitarian emergencies. |
| MGT 575 |
Strategic Management and Business Policy: The
capstone course enables students to concentrate on the determination
and implementation of organizational strategy. The student takes
the point of view of an administrative leader who must integrate
organizational activities such as human resources management,
public relations, operations, marketing, finance, production disaster
planning and critical incident management. Major topics are the
determination of organizational strategy and the relationship
between an organization's economic strategy and the personal values
of senior administrators. This capstone course should be taken
as one of the last 2 courses in the degree program. |
Rehabilitation
Counseling
| RHB 500 |
Research Methods:
Students explore various research techniques and then apply that knowledge to
an analysis of existing research and to designing and implementing their
own research projects. The course includes preparation of a literature
review, qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation methods,
research designs, threats to internal and external validity, sampling techniques,
data collection methods, and ethical considerations. Note: This course
must be taken in the first year of graduate studies.
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| RHB 510 |
Counseling and Personality Theory : The
student will study the major counseling theories and the related
theories of personality development. This course provides the
opportunity to examine the following theoretical perspectives
to human development: psychodynamic, developmental, existential,
person-centered, behavioral, rational-emotive, cognitive-behavioral,
reality based, gestalt, transactional analysis, and systems theories. |
| RHB 523 |
Cultural and Psychosocial Aspects of Disability:
Effective practice requires an understanding of the cultural,
psychological and social factors that affect individuals with
disability. The concept that the social structure and the cultural
background of an individual significantly contributes to the perceived
disability is examined. Attitudes towards disability can influence
the rehabilitation process. |
| RHB 535 |
Career Development—Work and disability Issues :
The student will study the major career development theories and discuss the implications of these theories toward understanding functional capacity. Students will learn the importance of the concept of career ladders as it fits into job placement and career interests of the individual. Topics for discussion include reasonable accommodations, informed choice, information technology, assistive technology, functional capacity, benefits analysis and work incentives. |
| RHB 540 |
Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability:
Students learn significant medical and functional components of
disabilities with particular attention to the implications for
work and independent living. the major categories of disabilities
are discussed. Students acquire working knowledge of the use of
resources and the terminology to assist in the development of
appropriate individualized rehabilitation plans. The student will
develop an understanding of the bases for the diagnostic and prognostic
judgments in assessing the individual's functional capacity. |
| RHB 542 |
Evaluation and Assessment : Specific evaluative tools will be examined including intelligence, ability, achievement, interests, attitudinal, and personality instruments along with situational assessment and observation procedures. Students will approach evaluation within the perspective of a holistic assessment of the individual. Cultural and social factors will be considered with emphasis on a comprehensive understanding of the functional capacity of the individual. |
| RHB 550 |
Vocational Rehabilitiation and Employment : Students acquire knowledge for job development and appropriate job placement taking into account the interests and functional capacities of individuals with disabilities. As part of the process, students develop the skills for building partnerships with the consumer to support the principles of independent living. Topics related to job placement include reasonable accommodation, facilities design, job analysis and modification, identification of transferable skills, supported employment, job skill training, and job clubs. Students will learn how to do labor market surveys. Students also will acquire the knowledge for developing individualized employment plans. |
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