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2013-2014 Undergradate & Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]
Course Descriptions
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Communications |
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COMM 494 - Mass Communication Law and Ethics Credits: 3
A study of the special laws of libel, First Amendment problems, free press vs. fair trial, copyright, the Internet, ethical issues, and regulatory provisions that pertain to mass media. Prerequisite(s): junior standing. Term(s) Offered (F=Fall, Sp=Spring, Su=Summer): F, Sp, Su.
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COMM 604 - Contemporary Rhetorical Criticism Credits: 3
This course is a graduate seminar in the practice of rhetorical criticism. Rhetorical criticism examines the process of how we communicate with symbols and the various techniques used by rhetors. Students analyze how symbolic artifacts (films, speeches, images, words, performances, and “discourse” in general) act on people. That is, how does a text inform, entertain, arouse, or persuade an audience? Students explore various rhetorical theories and methods, including neo-Aristotelian, ideological, narrative, generic, metaphoric, and feminist approaches.
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COMM 611 - Communication and Personal Relationships Credits: 3
The course is an introduction to the contemporary research, topics, theories, and methodologies of communication and personal relationships. In the course, students will explore interpersonal communication in a variety of contexts including, but not limited to: (a) marital communication and relational satisfaction; (b) dialogic communication in romantic relationships; (c) family communication systems; (d) friend and social network systems; (e) disclosure of private information; (f) relational dialectics; and (g) problematic/abusive behavior within interpersonal communication. The course will focus on current research trends in the area, paradigmatic shifts in the field of personal relationships over the past decade, and how interpersonal communication scholarship lends itself to improving social interactions and communication competence in a number of venues.
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COMM 612 - Health Communication Credits: 3
An introduction to the many ways that we, as human beings, communicate about our health. This seminar has been designed to integrate numerous theoretical and methodological perspectives on health communication in order to give students a broader scope of how health messages and health communication processes are enacted, mediated, conceptualized, and studied. Students will read and analyze how health messages are communicated interpersonally, organizationally, rhetorically, and through the mass media. Through studying these diverse health communication processes, students should become more aware of how these processes influence and impact each other (e.g., television messages about smoking impact how people discuss tobacco use interpersonally).
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COMM 615 - Communication and Culture Credits: 3
This course explores the intersection between rhetoric and public culture. Traditionally, rhetoric scholarship has focused on the conception, composition, presentation, and reception of messages that tend to be persuasive in nature. Scholarship in cultural studies, on the other hand, has tended to analyze the production of meanings and how they relate to social practices. Drawing from the two fields, we will explore how different cultural texts and their meanings are produced, interpreted, and circulate. Specifically, we will investigate such issues as: ideology, hegemony, polysemy, discourse, text/context, rhetor/audience, publics, place/space, collective memory, narrative, and power. In addition, we will learn about the different research practices of rhetorical criticism and cultural ideas.
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COMM 623 - Telecommunications Operations: A Leadership Approach Credits: 3
This course covers two areas: 1) management of broadcast stations and cable systems, both commercial and non-commercial and 2) leadership theory and practice. Cases and topics specific to the telecommunications industry will be stressed. Topics will include management theories, functions and roles. Principles of leadership will be applied to personnel management, sales management, promotion and marketing, and program management. Different leadership approaches will be examined including, but not limited to skills approach, style approach, situational approach, and contingency theory. Culture and leadership, leadership ethics, and women and leadership will be addressed.
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COMM 631 - Organizational Rhetoric Credits: 3
This graduate seminar examines organizational communication from a rhetorical perspective. Students will investigate the communicative processes through which formal organizations influence public attitudes. Additionally, students will examine how members within organizations use persuasive methods to reinforce particular organizational values and goals, to generate collective identities, and to motivate others to work in particular ways. Students will attempt to answer questions such as: How do organizations persuade customers to purchase their products? How do they communicate with their stakeholders? How do they manage organizational crises? This course will allow students to understand how organizational members use various forms of communication, such as public relations, to accomplish their goals.
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Computer Information Systems |
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CIS 377 - Introduction to Database Concepts Credits: 3
Introduction to database theory. Discussion of data structures, indexed and direct file organizations, models of data including hierarchical, network, and relational. Discussion of data analysis, design, implementation, and database administrator functions. Application of database, data definition languages, data manipulation languages, and/or data manipulation through a host language. Prerequisite(s): CIS 261 Cross-Listed: Dual listing as CS 377.
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CIS 454 - Managing Information Technology Credits: 3
An introduction to the financial, technical, and strategic information systems planning process. Emphasis is on the relationship of the information systems planning process to overall business goals, policies, plans, management style, and industry conditions. The selection of large system projects, assessment of a currently installed system, determining approaches to staffing, software, hardware, processing, and financing an information system are studied. Prerequisite(s): CIS 305 .
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CIS 477 - Applied Software Development Project Credits: 3
Application of computer programming and system development concepts, principles, and practices to a comprehensive system development project. A team approach is used to analyze, design, document, and implement realistic systems of moderate complexity. Use of project management methods, project scheduling and control techniques, formal presentations, and group dynamics in the solution of informal systems problems. Prerequisite(s): CIS 305 , CIS 375 , CIS 377 , and an advanced programming language. Senior standing.
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Computer Science |
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CS 365 - Operating Systems Credits: 3
The course includes the fundamental principles of operating systems, resource allocation and use by applications, device organization, interrupts, concurrency, user/system state, and protection. It develops each of these areas in greater depth: scheduling and dispatch, preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling, processes and treads, file systems, buffering, encryption, virtual memory, paging, swapping, security, protection, and related topics. Both Microsoft and Unix systems will be covered. Prerequisite(s): CS 201 , CS 215 , CS 301 , CS 311 .
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CS 377 - Introduction to Database Concepts Credits: 3
Introduction to database theory. Discussion of data structures, indexed and direct file organizations, models of data including hierarchical, network, and relational. Discussion of data analysis, design, implementation, and database administrator functions. Application of database, data definition languages, data manipulation languages, and/or data manipulation through a host language. Prerequisite(s): a program language, e.g., Visual Basic, Java, C#, etc. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed as CIS 377 .
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CS 411 - Network Management and Security Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of network management and security. It covers topics in communication technologies, communication design, communication protocols, and communication system planning and development. It includes distributed computing, encryption technology, and collaboration technology. It will introduce security sites representing the state of the art in security. It will cover major security concerns of IP security, network security, security in distributed object systems, security in distributed systems, Web security, email security, viruses, trojans and worms, firewalls, and denials of service. Hands-on assignments with system and firewall configuration. Prerequisite(s): CS 201 , CS 301 , and CS 365 .
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CS 483 - Senior Software Development Project Credits: 3
This course applies computer programming and software engineering concepts, principles, and practices to a comprehensive system development project. A team approach is used to analyze the problem, and then specify, design, implement, test, validate, and deliver a software package that solves the problem. Teams will use software engineering techniques and project management techniques, including milestones and formal presentations, to create and test the package solution to the system problem. Meets The University Core Curriculum D1: Synthesis category. Prerequisite(s): CS 201 , CS 301 , CIS 305 , CS 365 , CIS 367 , CIS 375 , and CIS 377 and Senior Standing.
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Criminal Justice Studies |
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CRIM 234 - Introduction to Corrections Credits: 3
This course will examine the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of the correction systems and organizations. Topics include but are not limited to sentencing options, treatment of prisoners, prisoner subcultures, prison, life, rehabilitative programming for prisoners, prisoner healthcare, prisoners’ rights, community-based corrections, prisoner release and reentry, and the nature of working in and managing prisons. Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and CMST 101 or CMST 107 .
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CRIM 311 - Convict Criminology Credits: 3
This course introduces the “Convict Criminology Perspective” as a means to educate students, prisoners, and general public. Convict Criminology is a new way of thinking about crime and corrections. Convict criminology is a developing field in critical criminology that “… consists primarily of essays and empirical research conducted and written by convicts or ex-convicts, on their way to completing or already in possession of a Ph.D. or by enlightened academics who critique existing literature, policies, and practices, thus contributing to a new perspective on criminology, criminal justice, corrections, and community corrections” (Ross and Richards, 2003, p. 6) Students will complete required readings, and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through interaction with the professor and other students in the classroom. This course provides students with opportunities to discuss course topics and material both in class and through email. Prerequisite(s): two of the following CJS courses: CRIM 234 , CRIM 244 , POLS 208 , SOC 225 .
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CRIM 411 - Criminal Procedure Credits: 3
This course is an examination of the common law and federal rules of evidence. Topics include but are not limited to the law of searches and seizures, the exclusionary rule, confessions, types of evidence, chain of custody, examination of witnesses, hearsay, and testimony. Prerequisite(s): two of the following CJS courses: CRIM 234 , CRIM 244 , POLS 208 , SOC 225 .
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Decision Sciences |
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DSCI 445 - Operations Management Credits: 3
This course presents the basic fundamentals of managing operations. It covers issues in selecting, operating, controlling, and updating systems so that goods or services are produced on time, at minimum cost, and according to customer specifications. Topics include forecasting, capacity planning, facility location, inventory management, material requirements planning, Just-in- Time, and total quality management. Prerequisite(s): MNGT 305 , ECON 265 , and MATH 215 .
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DSCI 601 - Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions Credits: 3
The course focuses on the concepts and techniques used to manage resources required to produce the goods and services of an organization, including the design, operation, control, and updating of operational systems. The course also addresses concepts used to solve business problems and facilitate sound managerial decisions, including linear programming and extensions, network modeling, project management, and multicriteria analysis. Prerequisite(s): MNGT 611 . Open only to MBA majors. Term(s) Offered (F=Fall, Sp=Spring, Su=Summer): F.
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Dental Assisting |
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DTAS 158 - Practice Management, Ethics, and Jurisprudence Credits: 3
This course provides comprehensive consideration of dental ethics, jurisprudence, office procedures, and techniques for seeking employment. The student is prepared to assume the role of the business assistant, including receptionist duties, correspondence, computer usage, and management of financial accounts. Term(s) Offered (F=Fall, Sp=Spring, Su=Summer): Sp.
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