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ACFN 5003 - Accounting and Finance Analysis Seminar I CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
Foundation course integrating and applying the basic principles of accounting and financial analysis. Topics include the financial reporting model, entity valuation theory, revenue and expense recognition, asset and liability measurement, equity reporting, executive compensation, and financial statement disclosure analysis.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5103 - Accounting Theory Seminar CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of the theoretical foundations of financial reporting, including current accounting practices and theories. Topics include generally accepted accounting principles, authoritative pronouncements, measurement of assets and liabilities, efficient market issues, and global accounting practices.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5133 - Computer Modeling in Accounting and Financial Analysis CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of advanced spreadsheet and database techniques for decision analysis in accounting and financial analysis. Topics include Visual Basic for Applications, XBRL, probabilistic simulation of accounting and financial analysis problems, and relational database structures.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5143 - Quantitative Methods in Accounting and Financial Analysis CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of the foundational quantitative techniques applicable to accounting and financial analysis. Topics include probability theory, hypothesis testing, decision analysis, linear programming, and project management.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5163 - Controllership CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
Controllership provides a study of management planning and control in functional and divisional organizations, responsibility accounting, and performance measurement. Topics include budgeting, transfer pricing, out-source decisions, activity based accounting systems, and vendor inventory monitoring systems.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5173 - Advanced Cost Accounting and Decision Theory CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of specialized topics in product and service costing along with concepts and applications pertaining to the analysis of complex decisions. Topics include advanced cost-volume-profit techniques, forecasting, linear programming, network analysis, decision tree analysis, simulation analysis, queuing theory, and Markov processes.
Prerequisite: ACFN 5163 Controllership.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5193 - Taxation and Business Strategy CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of business taxation, opportunities for tax planning and methods of minimizing taxation including the formation of taxable entities, operating and liquidation stages. Topics include entity selection, methods of capitalization, tax accounting methods, deferred compensation plans, taxation of corporations and shareholders, and tax research.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5223 - Global Accounting and Financial Analysis
3 Credit Hours
A study of issues regarding financial reporting and analysis in the global economy. Topics include comparison of International Accounting Standards and U.S. generally accepted accounting principles international market risks and currency issues.
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ACFN 5233 - Accounting and Financial Information Systems CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of the planning, design, and implementation of accounting and financial information systems. Topics include: relational database structures; transaction and reporting cycles; internal controls, fraud prevention, and ethical issues; enterprise resource planning systems; and systems development.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5243 - Auditing and Attestation CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of concepts and practices of auditing and attestation. Topics include auditing and attestation standards, professional ethics, substantive testing, control testing, analytical procedures, computerized methods for extracting and analyzing audit data, and audit reporting.
Prerequisite: ACFN 5233 Accounting and Financial Information Systems.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5263 - Financial Statement Analysis CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
The course investigates the information content of financial statements included in corporate reports and announcements. Topics include methods of measuring income, assets, liabilities, liquidity, solvency, return on assets and equity interest, and forecasting financial statement balances and cash flows.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5293 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Theory CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of the development and implementation of sound investment strategies. Emphasis is placed on security analysis techniques, evaluation of various types of securities and their associated risks, and the operation of securities markets. Special attention is paid to portfolio construction and management.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5303 - Derivative Securities: Analysis and Accounting CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
An advanced study of the characteristics of and accounting for derivative securities including call options, put options, future and forward contracts, and swaps. Additional topics include risk analysis, hedging, arbitrage, and financial engineering to achieve financial objectives.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5313 - Fixed Income Analysis CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
A study of concepts and applications pertaining to the valuation of simple and complex fixed income investments. Topics include: features and risks associated with fixed income investments; yield measures, spots rates, and forward rates; duration and convexity; valuing bonds with embedded options; valuing mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, valuing interest rate derivative instruments; and general principles of credit analysis.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5333 - Finance Seminar
3 Credit Hours
A seminar emphasizing the practical application of advanced financial concepts under conditions of uncertainty such as measuring risk and return, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, derivative securities, financial planning, corporate restructuring, and financial management by multinational corporations.
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ACFN 5363 - Accounting and Financial Analysis Seminar II
3 Credit Hours
The integration of concepts in accounting and financial analysis. Topics include corporate planning, working capital management, capital markets, tax implications of business decisions, information systems and internal controls, investment strategies, ethics, risk valuation, present value analysis, dividend policy, and completion of a capstone experience.
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ACFN 5403 - Oil and Gas Accounting CIP Code 520304
3 Credit Hours
Students will learn methods used to account for oil and gas exploration, production, and sales. Students will examine the full cost and successful efforts methods, accounting for production and sales, joint interest accounting, taxation of oil and gas, and SEC reporting.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5610 - Special Topics in Accounting and Financial Analysis CIP Code 520304
1-3 Credit Hours
This course involves the study of an accounting and financial analysis topic of current or special interest. The purpose of this course is to take advantage of a one-time class opportunity such as a visiting professor or as a platform for development of new courses and electives. Courses in this series may be taken with different topics for a maximum of nine credit hours.
Note: UC
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ACFN 5711 - MAFA Capstone Experience
1 Credit Hours
Pass/Fail course required each semester for MAFA students who have not completed the capstone experience by the end of regular program coursework. The student will be required to show satisfactory progress toward completion of the capstone experience. This course does not qualify to be counted as part of the minimum thirty hour requirement for the MAFA degree or as part of the fifteen hours that must be taken after admission to candidacy.
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AIS 4143 - American Indians Today #
3 Credit Hours
Current social issues affecting Native American peoples are linked to their unique Constitutional relationship to the U.S. Federal Government. Using the ethno-historic method, this class links current Indian issues to Native American history, through an examination of Indian-white relations since Colonial times. Sovereignty and wardship are recurrent themes developed in the class.
Cross-listed: ANTH 4143, SOC 4143.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4143, ANTH 4143, SOC 4143.
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AIS 4153 - Archaeology of North America
3 Credit Hours
The archaeology of native North America, with emphasis on major phases of prehistory, from passage across the Bering Straits theory, to early protohistoric horizons. Emphasis on material culture and life ways through ethnographic analogy. The course begins with the history of American archaeology. Topics include: introduction to archaeology; history of North American archaeology: Paleo-Indians; the Archaic period; the Southwest; Woodland traditions.
Cross-listed: ANTH 4153, SOC 4153.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4373, ANTH 4373, SOC 4373.
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AIS 4173 - Indians of the Plains #
3 Credit Hours
The course, an examination of the Great Plains from the earliest human occupation to present, focuses on the pre-Columbian Plains from an archaeological perspective, and the post-contact period, from an ethnological perspective.
Cross-listed: ANTH 4173, SOC 4173.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4173, ANTH 4173, SOC 4173.
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AIS 4183 - Ancient Mesoamerica #
3 Credit Hours
The archaeology and ethnography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, which includes present-day Mexico and Central America. An examination of the major civilizations: Olemec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec. Time periods covered from earliest inhabitants to early contact with Europeans after 1502.
Cross-listed: ANTH 4183, SOC 4183.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4183, ANTH 4183, SOC 4183.
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AIS 4373 - American Indian Spirituality #
3 Credit Hours
An exploration of spirituality and the religious traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North and Central America. Topics include: American Indian religions; creation myths; cosmography and power; the acquisition and maintenance of power; the manifestation of power; new religions.
Cross-listed: ANTH 4373, SOC 4373.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4373, ANTH 4373, SOC 4373.
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AMST 5003 - Theory and Practice in American Studies
3 Credit Hours
An examination of the theory, method, and practice of graduate scholarship in American Studies. Students will enhance skills in research and critical thinking, formulate and articulate original research projects related to the American experience, practice writing and oral presentations in a variety of formats, and discuss publication.
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AMST 5013 - Seminar in American Politics
3 Credit Hours
An analysis of American political institutions at the federal, state, and local levels, and the interactions between government and the population. Various topics will be offered.
Note: May be repeated with different topics for a maximun of six credit hours.
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AMST 5023 - Seminar in American Philosophy and the Law
3 Credit Hours
An examination of the philosophical values and legal norms that have historically been used to regulate the social and political community in the United States. Various topics will be offered.
Note: May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.
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AMST 5033 - Seminar in American Policy
3 Credit Hours
An analysis of American domestic and foreign policies at the federal, state, and local levels, and the interactions between institutions, agencies, and the population.
Note: May be repeated for 6 hours on different topics.
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AMST 5833 - American Studies in Perspective
3 Credit Hours
An examination of the historical, political, and material culture of the United States in an effort to provide a model for interdisciplinary study as practiced in the field of American Studies. Topics addressed in the course may include specific events, discrete periods, or larger themes, but in each instance they will serve as significant case studies for the interdisciplinary investigation of the American experience.
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AMST 5843 - Literature & American Society
3 Credit Hours
This course explores the influence of literary texts, both fiction and non-fiction, upon the development of American institutions, attitudes, and political expressions. An examination of the relationship of selected American novels and other texts to the major themes of American history.
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AMST 5853 - Literature and American History
3 Credit Hours
An examination of the relationship of selected American literature to the major themes of American history.
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AMST 5923 - Seminar in American Studies
3 Credit Hours
An analysis of topics in the field of American Studies. Various topics will be offered..
Note: May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of nine credit hours.
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AMST 5952 - Professional Experience
2 Credit Hours
Designed to provide individualized instruction and guidance in refining a seminar or term paper prepared in another class for submission for publication or presentation at a scholarly meeting.
Prerequisite: HIST 5430 Seminar: U.S. History.
Restrictions: Instructor permission.
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AMST 5980 - Thesis
1-6 Credit Hours
Students pursue a research topic and write a thesis under supervision of an American Studies graduate faculty member. Restricted to students enrolled in the American Studies graduate program.
Prerequisite: AMST 5923 Seminar in American Studies.
Restrictions: Must have completed 21 hours in the American Studies program.
Note: Cannot be taken by students who have completed or enrolled in AMST 5993 Public Internship in American Studies. Any combination of Thesis may be taken for a maximum of six credit hours.
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AMST 5993 - Public Internship in American Studies
3 Credit Hours
Practical experience in an approved public or private historical museum or site, or other institution (including educational institutions) which is designed to serve the public and which promotes the study of American society and culture.
Restrictions: Must have completed 21 hours in the American Studies program.
Note: Required for American Studies graduate students who choose not to write a thesis. Cannot be taken by students who have completed or have enrolled in AMST 5890 Thesis.
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ANTH 4143 - American Indians Today #
3 Credit Hours
Current social issues affecting Native American peoples are linked to their unique Constitutional relationship to the U.S. Federal Government. Using the ethno-historic method, this class links current Indian issues to Native American history, through an examination of Indian-white relations since Colonial times. Sovereignty and wardship are recurrent themes developed in the class.
Cross-listed: AIS 4143, SOC 4143.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4143, ANTH 4143, SOC 4143.
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ANTH 4153 - Archeology of North America #
3 Credit Hours
The archeology of native North America, with emphasis on major phases of prehistory, from passage across the Bering Strait to early protohistoric horizons. Emphasis on material culture and life ways through ethnographic analogy. The course begins with the history of American archeology. Topics include: introduction to archeology; history of North American archeology; Paleo-Indians; the Archaic period; the Southwest; and Woodland traditions.
Cross-listed: AIS 4153, SOC 4153.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4153, ANTH 4153, SOC 4153.
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ANTH 4173 - Indians of the Plains #
3 Credit Hours
The course, an examination of the Great Plains from the earliest human occupation to present, focuses on the pre-Columbian Plains from an archaeological perspective, and the post-contact period, from an ethnological perspective.
Cross-listed: AIS 4173, SOC 4173.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4173, ANTH 4173, SOC 4173.
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ANTH 4183 - Ancient Mesoamerica #
3 Credit Hours
The archaeology and ethnography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, which includes present-day Mexico and Central America. An examination of the major civilizations: Olemec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec. Time periods covered from earliest inhabitants to early contact with Europeans after 1502. Credit may only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4183, ANTH 4183, SOC 4183.
Cross-listed: AIS 4183, SOC 4183.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4183, ANTH 4183, SOC 4183.
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ANTH 4373 - American Indian Spirituality #
3 Credit Hours
An exploration of spirituality and the religious traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North and Central America. Topics include: American Indian religions; creation myths; cosmography and power; the acquisition and maintenance of power; the manifestation of power; new religions.
Cross-listed: AIS 4373, SOC 4373.
Note: Credit can only be earned in one of the following: AIS 4373, ANTH 4373, SOC 4373.
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ART 5113 - Studies in Art Education
3 Credit Hours
Foundations of art education, art education theories, and relationships between theoretical aspects and practical aspects of art education. Emphasis on current issues and trends.
Prerequisite: ART 3542 Elementary Art Education and ART 4233 Secondary Art Education with a minimum grade of C.
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ART 5213 - Ceramics
3 Credit Hours
Supervised study in advanced problems in form development. Special emphasis on kiln operation and glaze chemistry.
Prerequisite: ART 3423 Ceramics I with a minimum grade of C.
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ART 5313 - Advanced Painting
3 Credit Hours
Supervised advanced study in pictorial styles, iconological problems and special techniques in oil or acrylic.
Prerequisite: ART 3323 Painting I or 4123 Painting II with a minimum grade of C.
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ART 5323 - Individual Study: 2D Design
3 Credit Hours
Advanced study in two-dimensional design using various media.
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BIOL 5003 - Advanced Experimental Design
3 Credit Hours
Students learn the principles of experimental design to be applied across biological disciplines, including experimental systems, generating hypotheses, use of experimental controls, data collection, statistical applications, scientific writing, and ethical considerations.
Restrictions: Natural Sciences, M.S. major with instructor permission.
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BIOL 5103 - Developmental Biology CIP Code 260404
3 Credit Hours
Students explore morphological and molecular transitions associated with the development of living systems at the sub-cellular, cellular, and organismal levels.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3114 Genetics and BIOL 3124 Cell Biology.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4103.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4103 and BIOL 5103.
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BIOL 5112 - Modern Biological Concepts
2 Credit Hours
A critical reappraisal of selected topics in the biological sciences made through a series of assigned reading, seminars, lectures, and student-led discussions. Topics for discussion include development, behavior, ecology, molecular genetics, and cellular physiology.
Restrictions: Must have completed 18 hours of science coursework.
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BIOL 5133 - General Virology
3 Credit Hours
Basic principles relevant to bacteriophages, plant and insect viruses; biochemistry of viral infection in hosts; and ecology of viruses. In vitro and in vivo demonstrations of basic phenomena associated with replication and biological properties of viruses.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3224 Microbiology.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4133.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4133 and BIOL 5133.
BIOL 3114 Genetics is recommended.
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BIOL 5164 - Medical Microbiology
4 Credit Hours
Discussion of general microbial aspects of infectious diseases including special bacteriology, rickettsiology, virology, medical mycology, protozoology, and helminthology. Principles of immunology and epidemiology are reviewed in laboratory procedures and lectures.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3224 Microbiology.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5164L Medical Microbiology Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4164.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4164 and BIOL 5164
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BIOL 5200 - Advanced Topics in Biology
1-5 Credit Hours
In-depth examination of an area of Biological Sciences, including reading of the current literature. Specific content and format will be determined by the specific course offered and the needs and interests of the participants.
Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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BIOL 5214 - Animal Parasitology CIP Code 260101
4 Credit Hours
Students explore the structure, life history, phylogenetic interrelationships, identification, physiology, and ecology of animal parasites.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3013 Animal Biology OR BIOL 3224 Microbiology.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5214L Animal Parasitology Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4214.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4214 and BIOL 5214.
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BIOL 5234 - Mammalogy CIP Code 260701
4 Credit Hours
Students will be introduced to the study of mammals including phylogeny, taxonomy, ecology, behavior, anatomy, physiology and life histories of mammals, with an emphasis on North American species.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3013 Animal Biology.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5234L Mammalogy Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4234.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4234 and BIOL 5234.
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BIOL 5242 - Trends & Issues in Molecular Biology#
2 Credit Hours
Advanced coverage of a topic in Molecular Biology. Content and format will be determined by the needs and interests of the participants.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3114 Genetics and BIOL 3124 Cell Biology.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4242.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4242 and BIOL 5242.
May be repeated with permission of the instructor.
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BIOL 5264 - Ornithology CIP Code 260101
4 Credit Hours
Students are introduced to the study of birds including taxonomy, ecology, behavior, migration, and life histories of birds found in the New World north of Mexico with emphasis on Oklahoma species.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3013 Animal Biology.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5264L Ornithology Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4264.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4264 and BIOL 5264.
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BIOL 5324 - Principles of Fisheries & Wildlife Management
4 Credit Hours
Introduction to professions of fisheries and wildlife management and an examination of the processes which must be identified, described, measured, analyzed, and predicted in order to manage successfully fish or wildlife populations.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3524 Ecology.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4324.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4324 and BIOL 5324.
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BIOL 5343 - Biological Aspects of Environmental Health
3 Credit Hours
This course will highlight selected, current health issues associated with the interactions of humans with the environment, as well as the issues related to regulating human interactions with the environment on a local, national, and global level. Students will focus on the scientific basis for these impacts and potential solutions to these issues, including local, national, and global policy initiatives.
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BIOL 5354 - Immunology CIP Code 260101
4 Credit Hours
Students explore the immune mechanism of the animal body involved with resistance to infection, production of allergic conditions, and the use of serological methods in other scientific fields. Lab exercises giving experiences in the basic antigen-antibody reactions.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3114 Genetics OR BIOL 3124 Cell Biology.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5354L Immunology Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4354.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4354 and BIOL 5354.
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BIOL 5543 - Molecular Biology
3 Credit Hours
Advanced coverage of molecular cell biology and molecular genetics. Lectures describe the molecular and cellular mechanisms used to control differentiation and tissue maintenance. Topics may include: gene regulation, chromosome structure, genome organization, signal transduction, cell cycle regulation, and cell adhesion.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3114 Genetics and BIOL 3214 General Entomology.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4543.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4543 and BIOL 5543.
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BIOL 5554 - Limnology
4 Credit Hours
Origin, evolution, and physical and chemical characteristics of lakes and streams. Structure and function of plant and animal communities and aquatic ecosystems: Limiting factors, nutrient cycles, and trophic dynamics. Water quality aspects of fish culture. Lectures, lab, and field.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3524 Ecology and CHEM 1123/1131 General Chemistry I Lecture and Lab.
Co-requisite: BIOL 5554L Limnology Lab.
Cross-listed: BIOL 4554.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both BIOL 4554 and BIOL 5554.
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BADM 5203 - Business Analytics Survey CIP Code 520201
3 Credit Hours
Students will be introduced to a broad understanding of the collection, storage and use of data to improve performance and make key decisions in each of the functional areas of business. Students will learn practical knowledge and skills necessary to choose systems and software, design and obtain data sets, analyze data for meaningful results and report their insights to diverse audiences.
Prerequisite: MBA 5123 Analysis for Business Decision Making.
Note: UC
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MBA 5013 - Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management
3 Credit Hours
Essential elements of statistics and management designed for students without an undergraduate business degree or who fail to pass the statistics entrance examinations.
Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree. Graded Pass/Fail.
Note: (may not be counted toward 36-hour MBA degree requirement).
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MBA 5023 - Business Foundations II: Marketing and Economics CIP Code 520201
3 Credit Hours
Essential elements of business law, economics, and marketing including ethical and global dimensions designed for students without an undergraduate business degree or who fail to pass entrance examinations in economics or marketing.
Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree. Graded Pass/Fail.
Note: (may not be counted toward the 36-hour MBA degree requirement)
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MBA 5033 - Business Foundations III: Accounting and Finance
3 Credit Hours
Essential elements of accounting and finance designed for students without an undergraduate business degree or who fail the accounting or finance entrance examinations.
Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree. Graded Pass/Fail.
Note: (may not be counted toward 36-hour MBA degree requirement)
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MBA 5053 - Foundations of Healthcare Administration CIP Code 512211
3 Credit Hours
Students will learn the prefixes, suffixes and root words commonly found in the field of medicine and health care. They will study the medical billing, coding and insurance skills needed to work in a wide range of specialties within the medical field. Students learn not only the submission of claims to the insurance carrier but reviewing medical records, verifying patient benefits, submitting a secondary claim, posting payments and appealing the insurance carrier’s decision. Students gain real world experience with coding and billing through the use of interactive software modules.
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MBA 5113 - Reasoning for Business Decision Making
3 Credit Hours
Key concepts in critical reasoning for business are presented including hypothesis formation and assessment, deductive and inductive logic as well as a comprehensive model for business decision making that emphasizes the relation of the courses in the core MBA program.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate statistics course or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management.
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MBA 5123 - Analysis for Business Decision Making
3 Credit Hours
This course covers the development, implementation, and utilization of business models for managerial decision making. Students will study key quantitative decision-support tools useful in all areas of management. This course will discuss some of the most widely used tools of management science (including Optimization Models, Simulation Models, Project Management, etc). The emphasis will be on model formulation and applications, rather than the mathematical developments. Spreadsheets will be used extensively along with real cases to prepare managers for the types of problems they will encounter on the job. The goal is to empower students to identify, model and solve practical business problems.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate statistics course or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management and MBA 5113 Reasoning for Business Decision Making.
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MBA 5213 - Organizational Behavior
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the conceptual tools and skills for managing people in organizations. The course includes such topics as increasing motivation, communicating effectively, negotiating sound agreements, managing conflicts, and exercising leadership in work teams. The course utilizes theory, experiential learning, case analysis, and group learning.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate Principles of Management or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management.
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MBA 5223 - Operations Management
3 Credit Hours
This course develops the conceptual and analytical skills needed to address the issues related to the creation and distribution of goods and services. It emphasizes the role of the operations function as a competitive weapon and examines how operations strategy can be integrated with the corporate strategy and other functional strategies. It discusses the increasingly important role of global competition, technology, and total quality. Other topics include process design, capacity planning, technology choice, planning and inventory control, and just-in-time systems. Technology is emphasized.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate Principles of Management or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management.
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MBA 5313 - Managerial Accounting
3 Credit Hours
The theories, concepts, and techniques that are involved in meeting the information needs of managers. Topics include the management control systems which facilitate routine planning and control, as well as non-routine decision-making. Also includes cost-profit-volume analysis, profit planning, internal reporting for business segments, differential costs and revenues, and behavioral aspects of managerial accounting.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate principles of accounting or MBA 5033 Business Foundations III: Accounting and Finance (should be taken in sequence by semester with all lower numbered MBA courses, such as all those listed above, taken concurrently or previously)
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MBA 5323 - Managerial Finance
3 Credit Hours
Concepts and theories of financial management applied to the firm; a study of both domestic and international business organizations and their unique financial characteristics. Cases, problems, and readings are utilized to illustrate financial analysis and solutions.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate principles of finance or MBA 5033 Business Foundations III: Accounting and Finance (should be taken in sequence by semester with all lower numbered MBA courses, such as all those listed above, taken concurrently or previously)
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MBA 5333 - Marketing Strategy CIP Code 521401
3 Credit Hours
Introduces fundamental concepts in formulating domestic and international marketing strategies. Emphasis will be placed on identification and evaluation of marketing opportunities, issues relating to the marketing mix, and marketing strategy implementation and organization.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate principles of marketing or MBA 5023 Foundations II: Marketing and Economics (should be taken in sequence by semester with all lower numbered MBA courses, such as all those listed above, taken concurrently or previously)
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MBA 5343 - Managerial Economics CIP Code 520601
3 Credit Hours
The application of economic theory to business decision making with an emphasis on resource cost and productivity analysis for product definition and capital investment, output cost and revenue analysis for profit maximization, and macroeconomic analysis for market placement and positioning.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate principles of economics or MBA 5023 Foundations II: Marketing and Economics (should be taken in sequence by semester with all lower numbered MBA courses, such as all those listed above, taken concurrently or previously)
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MBA 5413 - Strategic Management
3 Credit Hours
Policy formulation in both domestic and international business organizations. Designed to provide the student with the opportunity to apply principles acquired at the graduate level to actual decision-making situations. Integrates twenty- four hours of required MBA courses.
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in all lower numbered MBA courses listed above (up to 6 hours of 5300 level courses may be allowed in the following semester if taken with the capstone to complete graduation requirements). Also, student must have full admission to the MBA program, and may not be on academic probation. Permission of MBA advisor required.
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MBA 5423 - Human Resource Management
3 Credit Hours
Students investigate major human resource functions that include planning, staffing, training, compensation, performance appraisal, and labor relations. Students explore current issues in the field of human resource management utilizing theory, experiential learning, case analysis, and group learning.
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MBA 5503 - Contemporary Business Issues
3 Credit Hours
Business Trends seminar devoted to an investigation, analysis, and discussion of American business trends, policies, and current issues.
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MBA 5513 - Project Management CIP Code 520201
3 Credit Hours
This course involves the application of management processes to complex interdisciplinary organizational environments through the study of project management. Topics covered will include: principles of project planning; staffing and budgeting; resource allocation; optimization of project cost; schedule and performance standards; human resource issues and international projects. Students will also learn to develop a network plan, use the PERT method, analyze crashing techniques and work with the software Microsoft Project to perform project analysis.
Note: UC
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MBA 5523 - Business Law CIP Code 520101
3 Credit Hours
Corporations operate within an environment that is comprised of relationships with customers, investors, employees, competitors, and suppliers. The primary focus of this course will be to examine those federal and state laws that regulate these relationships. Appropriate attention will be paid to the various social, ethical, and political forces that influence the development and enforcement of laws. Additionally, the course will highlight aspects of the international legal environment of business.
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MBA 5533 - Information Systems for Managerial Problem Solving
3 Credit Hours
Provides future managers with an understanding of IS uses in solving management problems. Emphasis is placed on selection of systems for computerization and designing systems, including feasibility, financial constraints, training and other management concerns.
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MBA 5543 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
3 Credit Hours
This course consists of readings and analysis regarding logistics systems, supply chain management, order processing and information systems, customer service inventory management, materials flow and handling, packaging, transportation, warehousing, international logistics and strategic issues in logistics.
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MBA 5553 - Advanced Seminar in Managerial Economics
3 Credit Hours
This course examines advanced issues involving one or more of the following: the economics of technology choice, consumer behavior, industrial organization, regional economics, macroeconomic forecasting, anti-trust and regulation, and macroeconomic policymaking.
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MBA 5610 - Special Topics in Business Administration
1-3 Credit Hours
This course involves the study of a business administration topic of current or special interests. The purpose of this course is to take advantage of a one-time class opportunity such as a visiting professor or as a platform for development of new courses and electives. (May be repeated up to 6 hours.)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
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MBA 5640 - Independent Study in Business Administration
1-3 Credit Hours
This course will provide opportunity for students to study topics independently based on specific individual needs. (May be repeated up to 6 hours.)
Prerequisite: The course requires approval by the MBA Program Director.
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MBA 5653 - Internship in Executive Management
3 Credit Hours
This course allows credit for participation in an executive level internship with approval of the firm and the position by the MBA Program Director. Credit for this course involves extensive analysis of the executive decision making processes employed by the interns firm according to guidelines supplied by the MBA office.
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MBA 5711 - Masters Research
1 Credit Hours
Student will enroll in this course each semester until completion of masters research project; may not be counted towards 36-hour MBA degree requirement.
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MBA 5923 - Capstone Practicum
3 Credit Hours
This course capstone is an assigned field experience in which the student applies previous MBA course knowledge by providing pro-bono consulting services to instructor-approved or instructor-selected local businesses.
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in all lower numbered MBA courses, listed above, student must have full admission to MBA program, and may not be on academic probation. Permission of MBA advisor is required.
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PMBA 5143 - Quantitative Methods and Decision Theory
3 Credit Hours
This course is a study of the quantitative methods and the use of decision theory to solve business decisions. Topics will include statistical analysis, forecasting, statistical process control, linear optimization, project management, network analysis, decision tree development, and queuing theory. Spreadsheets will be used extensively along with real cases to prepare managers for the types of problems they will encounter on the job.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate statistics course or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management.
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PMBA 5233 - Organizational Leadership and Conflict Management
3 Credit Hours
A study of theories and concepts that provide leadership and management of conflict for organizations. Topics will include contingency theories, behavioral theories, self management, team leadership, supervision, communication, motivation, negotiation, and conflict management.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate management course or MBA 5013 Business Foundations I: Statistics and Management.
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PMBA 5353 - Accounting Information for Management CIP Code 520301
3 Credit Hours
Students explore the theories, concepts, and techniques involved in the accounting needs of managers. Students will investigate the use of financial accounting instruments, management control systems which facilitate routine planning/control and decision-making as well as cost-profit-volume analysis, profit planning, and behavioral aspects of managerial accounting.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate accounting course or MBA 5033 Business Foundations III: Accounting and Finance.
Note: Topics will include product and service costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, organizational fraud, and accounting ethics.
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PMBA 5363 - Domestic and Global Marketing Management
3 Credit Hours
This course will assist students in developing a marketing plan in an increasingly global economy and uncertain environment. The course will use cases to assist students in applying marketing tolls in making decisions.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate marketing course or MBA 5023 Foundations II: Marketing and Economics.
Note: Topics will include marketing strategic planning, buyer behavior, marketing mix, and marketing analysis.
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PMBA 5373 - Financial Planning and Control
3 Credit Hours
This course presents a practical application of the concepts of advanced financial planning and control in using limited financial resources and assets in the most effective fashion.
Prerequisite: Approved undergraduate finance course or MBA 5033 Business Foundations III: Accounting and Finance.
Note: Topics will include measuring risk and return, capital structure, asset management, financial planning, and corporate restructuring.
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PMBA 5433 - Corporate Strategy and Simulation
3 Credit Hours
A study of corporate strategy development, analysis, and implementation from domestic corporations to multinational corporations. The course will use computer simulation software to apply and practice strategic decision making.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required PMBA core courses with the exception of the PMBA 5913 Integrative Project or Research.
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PMBA 5443 - Organizational Development and Change Management
3 Credit Hours
A study of organizational change causes, organizational diagnosis, and the implementation of organizational intervention strategies. The course will use the case method and simulation to apply concepts.
Prerequisite: Completion of PMBA 5233 Organizational Leadership and Conflict Management.
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PMBA 5453 - Leadership Skill Development
3 Credit Hours
Students will complete an assessment of their leadership skills and their current effectiveness in applying those skills. The focus of the course will be developing skills, including team building, motivation, communication, critical thinking and problem solving behavior.
Prerequisite: Completion of PMBA 5233 Organizational Leadership and Conflict Management.
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PMBA 5463 - Creativity and Innovation
3 Credit Hours
The course addresses how to tap into individual and group creativity in order to innovate within entrepreneurial markets. Students focus on identifying and/or creating opportunities that can be commercialized in independent markets, traditional institutions, and/or for social benefit.
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PMBA 5913 - Integrative Project or Research
3 Credit Hours
Students will be required to develop and complete for an organization, a project that integrates previous coursework components. In lieu of the project, students may choose to develop and complete a research thesis in an area of interest.
Prerequisite: This class must be taken in the last semester of the program requirements and must have the approval of the program director.
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CHEM 5113 - Advanced Organic Chemistry CIP Code 400501
3 Credit Hours
A high level examination of the many aspects of organic chemistry including an in-depth investigation of reaction mechanisms and an overview of synthetic strategies. Recent developments in the field of organic chemistry will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3223/3232 Organic Chemistry II Lecture and Lab.
Cross-listed: CHEM 4113.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both CHEM 4113 and CHEM 5113. UC.
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CHEM 5123 - Spectroscopic Methods in Chemistry CIP Code 400501
3 Credit Hours
A survey of modern spectroscopic and physical methods in chemistry. For each method, a brief introduction to underlying theoretical principles will be given and examples of applications from the literature will be discussed in detail.
Note: UC.
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CHEM 5213 - Advanced Biochemistry CIP Code 260202
3 Credit Hours
Students will learn advanced topics in selected areas of human biochemistry including hormone action, neurotransmission, digestion, and transport, and of plant biochemistry including photosynthesis and plant metabolism.
Cross-listed: CHEM 4723.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both CHEM 4723 and CHEM 5213. UC.
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CHEM 5223 - Polymer Chemistry CIP Code 400501
3 Credit Hours
An introduction to polymer chemistry with emphasis on polymer structure and properties, nomenclature, theory and practice of polymerization techniques. Selected processing and characterization techniques are introduced.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3123 Organic Chemistry I Lecture.
Cross-listed: CHEM 4223.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both CHEM 4223 and CHEM 5223. UC.
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CHEM 5233 - Bioinorganic Chemistry CIP Code 400501
3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the principles of bioinorganic chemistry and a survey of current research in this field. Topics will include a survey of metals in biological systems, metalloenzymes, metal ion transport, and metals in medicine.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3123 Organic Chemistry I Lecture.
Cross-listed: CHEM 4233.
Note: Credit cannot be earned in both CHEM 4233 and CHEM 5233.
CHEM 3413 Inorganic Chemistry and CHEM 4214 Biochemistry are recommended. UC.
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