Apr 18, 2024  
2021-2022 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses are listed alpha-numerically. The 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series are undergraduate courses. The 5000 series are graduate courses that can also be taken by undergraduates with cumulative grade point averages of 2.75 or higher, who have satisfied all listed prerequisites and whose registration is approved by the department head or program chair responsible for the course. The 6000 series courses are restricted to graduate students only. Courses below 1000 are developmental in nature, are not counted in GPA calculations and do not count toward any Florida Tech degree.

Courses that may be taken in fulfillment of Undergraduate Core Requirements are designated as follows: CL: computer literacy requirement, COM: communication elective, HU: humanities elective, LA: liberal arts elective, Q: scholarly inquiry requirement, SS: social science elective, CC: cross-cultural, Hon: course may include honors sections during some semesters. These designations follow the course descriptions. Other courses that satisfy Undergraduate Core Requirements are identified by the course prefix: any MTH course can be used toward meeting the mathematics requirement; and any AVS, BIO, CHM or PHY course, or EDS 1031  or EDS 1032 , toward meeting the physical/life sciences requirement.

 

Human-Centered Design

  
  • HCD 6999 Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Research and preparation for the doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the doctoral program

Information Assurance and Cybersecurity

  
  • CYB 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • CYB 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CYB 0002   Corequisite: CYB 0002  
  
  • CYB 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CYB 0003   Corequisite: CYB 0003  
  
  • CYB 5015 Fundamentals of Programming for Cybersecurity

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews fundamental programming concepts for pursuit of an advanced degree in information assurance and cybersecurity. Also reviews implementation of data structures and algorithms in assembly, C and C++ programming languages through practical examples and exercises.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval and noncredit for information assurance and cybersecurity majors
  
  • CYB 5017 Fundamentals of Mathematics for Cybersecurity

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews fundamental mathematics concepts for pursuit of an advanced degree in information assurance and cybersecurity. Also reviews topics in probability, statistics and calculus through practical examples and exercises.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval and noncredit for information assurance and cybersecurity majors
  
  • CYB 5272 Computer and Information Security

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines concepts of modern computer security from a practical point of view. Includes vulnerability analysis, threat modeling and risk assessment, and techniques for asset protection. Discusses economic, legal and ethical issues in computer security. Emphasizes a systemwide view of security and includes a survey of current literature.
  
  • CYB 5275 Enterprise Information Security

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores the interconnections between security solutions and the enterprise. Includes legal and regulatory considerations, attack and trust models, risk and the economics of security.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5280 Host and Application Security

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores security-related aspects of host-based computer security. Covers the elements of systems that make them secure or vulnerable, defense architectures, forensics, reverse engineering, metrics, virtualization and other topics. Conveys key concepts through hands-on examples.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5285 Secure Operating Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies security within operating systems. Provides understanding of the design challenges, software mechanisms and issues affecting operating system security. Includes the ability to compare the security merits of different operating systems. Uses case studies.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5288 Secure Computer Systems and Organization

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents the organization of computer systems from a security perspective. Focuses on the interactions between computers and their environments, virtualization and cloud computing. Covers the fundamental concepts of computer organization including machine code, instruction sets, input and output, and memory.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5290 Secure Data Communications and Networks

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores data communications, networking and network security. Provides a foundation of networking including TCP/IP, other communications protocols and routing. Uses practical network security schemes to enable students to identify and implement a variety of network and communications security measures.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to CSE 5231 Computer Networks  or ECE 5534 Computer Networks 1 
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5400 Special Topics in Information Assurance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores new and emerging topics within the various disciplines included in the field of information assurance. Subject matter varies, depending on the instructor and other available resources.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits, provided the topics change.
  
  • CYB 5660 Secure Software Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the importance of building security into the design, implementation and testing phases of software development. Covers coding techniques that avoid known vulnerabilities and test strategies that can uncover previously unknown weaknesses. Includes discussion of security policies and design principles.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5665 Secure Web Services

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores Web technologies including Web services, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and the Semantic Web. Includes approaches for securing new Web technologies.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5675 Data Mining for Cybersecurity

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores data mining and machine learning in cybersecurity environments. Includes a variety of data mining and machine learning algorithms and their utility in cybersecurity tasks (signature, anomaly, scan, intrusion detection). Also covers network traffic profiling and privacy-preserving data mining.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5677 Biometric Authentication Technologies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores biometric authentication technologies including fingerprint, eye and facial biometrics. Presents biometric system design, applications, security considerations and other topics. Conveys key concepts through examples.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5678 Cryptography and Information Hiding

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores various ways in which information can be hidden including encryption, watermarking and steganography. Includes writing software to explore course concepts.
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
  
  • CYB 5800 Advanced Topics in Information Assurance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers advanced topics in selected areas of information assurance at the graduate level. Subject matter varies, depending on the instructor and other available resources. 
    Prerequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272   Corequisite: CSE 5272  or CYB 5272  
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits, provided the topics change.
  
  • CYB 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • CYB 5998 Capstone Project in Information Assurance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Acts as the capstone for the information assurance program. Requires individual research into a major-related topics, issue or problem appropriate to the student’s area of concentration. Includes supervision by a graduate faculty member and culminates in formal written and oral reports.
    Must be enrolled in information assurance and cybersecurity (8098)
    Requirement(s): Nonthesis project chair approval and successful completion of 18 credit hours
  
  • CYB 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Research and preparation of a thesis under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Thesis supervisor approval and a maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the master of science degree requirements

Interdisciplinary Science

  
  • ISC 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • ISC 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: ISC 0002   Corequisite: ISC 0002  
  
  • ISC 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: ISC 0003   Corequisite: ISC 0003  
  
  • ISC 1162 Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the structure and function of the human body. Emphasizes the human body as an integrated system. Includes basic principles and concepts related to the structure of biological molecules, cells, tissues and organs, and the systems of the human body. Also includes in-class practicum and online components as part of the course. Not recommended for students interested in health professions.
  
  • ISC 5200 Professional Interdisciplinary Science Master’s Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Exposes students to a broad range of topics from STEM, business, government and nonprofit sectors. Discusses the challenges of these topics during weekly informational seminars. Includes possible report presentations of student internship and research projects from groups/teams.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval
  
  • ISC 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval of Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • ISC 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Research and preparation of a thesis under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Thesis supervisor approval and a maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the master’s degree requirements

Introduction to Engineering

  
  • EGN 1000 Introduction to Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces engineering problem solving and professional aspects and ethics of engineering with lectures, lab demonstrations and field trips. Includes productive uses for microcomputers and spreadsheets. Also introduces the fields of science and engineering taught at Florida Tech.
  
  • EGN 1100 Machine Shop Certification 1

    Credit Hours: 0
    Introduces machine shop safety, using personal protective equipment, and reading and understanding material safety data sheets. Provides training for use of machine shop equipment and machine parts needed to complete a simple project.
  
  • EGN 1150 Combined Machine Shop Certification

    Credit Hours: 0
    Introduces machine shop safety and the use of personal protection equipment. Reviews machine shop rules. Provides training in the use of various machine shop equipment and machine parts for a simple project. Combines EGN 1100  and EGN 2100  into a single course.
  
  • EGN 2100 Machine Shop Certification 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Reviews machine shop safety, using personal protective equipment, and reading and understanding material safety data sheets. Also reviews machine shop rules. Requires valid certification 1 for registration.
    Prerequisite: (EGN 1100  or EGN 1150 ) and valid certification 1

Languages and Linguistics

  
  • LNG 1101 Elementary French 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in French and French culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
  
  • LNG 1102 Elementary French 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in French and French culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1101  
  
  • LNG 1201 Elementary German 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in German and German culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
  
  • LNG 1202 Elementary German 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in German and German culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1201  
  
  • LNG 1301 Elementary Spanish 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in Spanish and Spanish culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
  
  • LNG 1302 Elementary Spanish 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in Spanish and to Spanish culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Passing score on the placement exam or prerequisite course. Native speakers may not take this course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1301  
  
  • LNG 1401 Elementary Japanese 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the two basic language skills of listening and speaking in Japaneses, and Japanese culture. Native speakers may not take this course.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
  
  • LNG 1402 Elementary Japanese 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues the introduction to the two basic language skills of listening and speaking in Japaneses, and to Japanese culture. Native speakers may not take this course.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Prerequisite: LNG 1401  
  
  • LNG 1601 Elementary Italian 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in Italian and Italian culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
  
  • LNG 1602 Elementary Italian 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Italian and Italian culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Native speakers may not take this course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1601  
  
  • LNG 1701 Elementary Chinese Language and Culture 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces Chinese language (Mandarin/Putonghua) and culture. Includes basic pronunciation (syllable and tones) and the writing system (radicals and strokes). Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for the beginner. Covers approximately 300 Chinese characters. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
  
  • LNG 1702 Elementary Chinese Language and Culture 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues LNG 1701 . Provides deeper understanding of Chinese language and culture. Includes constructing terms and phrases from basic characters, expanding vocabulary, understanding grammar and increasing conversational ability, developing reading skills, and writing not only correct but also beautiful characters in the language.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Prerequisite: LNG 1701  
  
  • LNG 2101 Intermediate French 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews French grammar, emphasizing conversation and reading assignments from literature and culture at the intermediate level.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Two years of high school French or prerequisite course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1102  
  
  • LNG 2102 Intermediate French 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews French grammar, emphasizing conversation and reading assignments from literature and culture at the intermediate level.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Prerequisite: LNG 2101  
  
  • LNG 2301 Intermediate Spanish 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews Spanish grammar, emphasizing conversation and reading assignments from literature and culture at the intermediate level.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Two years of high school Spanish or prerequisite course
    Prerequisite: LNG 1302  
  
  • LNG 2302 Intermediate Spanish 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues a review of Spanish grammar, emphasizing conversation and reading assignments from literature and culture.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Two years of high school Spanish or prerequisite course. Native speakers may not take this course
    Prerequisite: LNG 2301  
  
  • LNG 3085 Special Topics in Foreign Language Literature

    Credit Hours: 3
    An advanced study of a particular author, a group of authors, a historical literary movement or a literary theme or genre in the original foreign language. Topics announced before registration.
    (HU) (LA)
    Prerequisite: LNG 2102  or LNG 2302  
  
  • LNG 3301 Advanced Spanish 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes selected readings from Spanish literature and other timely topics for continued development in reading, writing and speaking skills
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Requirement(s): Four years of high school Spanish or prerequisite course
    Prerequisite: LNG 2302  
  
  • LNG 3302 Advanced Spanish 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes selected readings from Spanish literature and other timely topics for development in reading, writing and speaking skills.
    (CC) (HU) (LA)
    Prerequisite: LNG 3301  

Law

  
  • ELA 2601 Law 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates the operational responsibilities of individuals in light of political, moral, social, ethical and jurisprudential considerations.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • ELA 2602 Law 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers advanced topics in the legal aspects of the banking system. Analyzes in depth the Uniform Commercial Code, financial instruments, bankruptcy, creditor-debtor relationships and securities regulations.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: ELA 2601  
  
  • ELA 2603 Administrative and Personnel Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the effects of administrative and personnel law on the decision-making responsibilities of practitioners. Explores the impact on personnel policies and practices of organizations. Addresses the development, intent and implications of proactive labor legislation from the federal to the local level.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: ELA 2601  
  
  • ELA 3001 Legal Aspects in Healthcare Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the legal concepts that confront most healthcare professionals. Includes HIPPA, limitations, civil procedures, medical records, organizational structures (HMO, MMO, PPO and others), patients’ rights, state and federal laws, living wills and healthcare powers of attorney and professional liability insurance.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: ELA 2601  

Liberal Studies

  
  • LIB 3000 Foundations of Liberal Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the interdisciplinary nature of liberal studies. Introduces and discusses the roles of critical and creative thinking, ethics and scholarly inquiry in liberal studies.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online.
    Prerequisite: COM 1102  
  
  • LIB 4100 Critical Thinking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the processual nature of critical thinking. Provides the tools necessary to become a sophisticated thinker. Develops higher-order thinking abilities for academic and career success, and to connect ideas with life experiences and contemporary issues.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online.
    Prerequisite: LIB 3000  and SOC 4000  
  
  • LIB 4800 Critical Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the connections between critical and creative thinking as expressed through expository writing. Engages students in scholarly activities. Underscores the idea that writing is a social, collaborative practice.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online.
    Prerequisite: LIB 4100  
  
  • LIB 4900 Liberal Studies Capstone

    Credit Hours: 3
    Facilitates understanding of interdisciplinary studies. Requires a semester project. Provides feedback and counsel on the project. Analyzes final scholarly inquiry for the program.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online.
    Prerequisite: LIB 4800  

Management

  
  • MGT 4011 Management Theory and Thought

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews contemporary management philosophies and theories. Focuses on managing enterprises in today’s rapidly changing global economy. Covers developing strategies, vision, planning, organization and controlling.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4017 Program Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses responsibility and authority of a program manager and the integration of program fluctuations in complex organizational structures. Discusses interpersonal relationships and conflict resolution within matrix organizations.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4070 Special Topic in Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    In-depth study in a specialized area of management in the public, private or government sector. Topic of study to be approved by the instructor.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4084 Materiel Acquisition Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the life cycle process involving the acquisition of materiel and material systems. Need requirements analysis, cost and schedule considerations, and procurement policies and procedures are studied.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4206 Contract Changes, Terminations and Disputes

    Credit Hours: 1
    Covers identification and use of appropriate performance metrics when evaluating contractor performance. Involves assessment strategies and performance remedies to make price contract changes after award and handling of disputes.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4207 Materiel Acquisition Management

    Credit Hours: 1
    Develops professional skills for making business decisions and advising other acquisition team members to successfully meet customers’ needs.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4208 Procurement and Contract Management

    Credit Hours: 1
    Covers use of the FAR and DFAR to develop effective market research and alternative acquisition strategies.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 4209 Contract and Subcontract Formulation

    Credit Hours: 1
    Covers the techniques and benefits of early industry involvement in shaping acquisition requirements. Involves basic procedures for acquisition of both commercial and noncommercial requirements.
    Requirement(s): To be used for military transfer credit only
  
  • MGT 5000 Financial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies accounting concepts, the accounting model, measurement processes, financial statements, financial analysis, the accounting cycle, monetary and fixed assets, inventory, current and long-term liabilities, and equity structures of partnerships, proprietorships and corporations.
    Requirement(s): Noncredit for MBA majors
  
  • MGT 5001 Managerial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on internal reporting to managers for use in planning and control, making nonroutine decisions and formulating major plans and policies. Includes cost-volume-profit relationships, flexible budgets and standards, job order and process cost, and cost allocation and accumulation.
    Recommended: Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5000 Financial Accounting 
  
  • MGT 5002 Corporate Finance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers concepts and tools of corporate financial management including corporate financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, quantitative techniques and practices. Considers the importance of ethics and the international aspects in financial decision-making.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5000 Financial Accounting 
  
  • MGT 5003 Public Finance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers concepts and methods of financial management in federal, state and local governments including the analysis of the theory and practice of public finance through taxation, debt instruments, intergovernmental funds and other revenue sources. Reviews financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and financial management practices.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5000 Financial Accounting 
  
  • MGT 5004 Commercial Enterprise in Space Capstone

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers concepts, tools and techniques for evaluating research proposals and studies. Involves designing, conducting, evaluating and presenting oral and written research. Builds on quantitative and qualitative research methods through assignments. Serves as the capstone course for the program.
    Requirement(s): Recommended for the graduating semester
  
  • MGT 5005 National Security Issues in Space

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines U.S. national security issues of telecommunications, imaging and physical devices/satellites in space related to the commercialization of space. Considers the role of governments to provide security, and protect and safeguard national assets in space. Discusses the historical roles of the U.S. military and NASA in space vehicle launches.
  
  • MGT 5006 Introductory Managerial Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies methods of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data for managerial decision making. Includes data presentation, measures of central tendency, dispersion and skewness; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling methods and sampling distributions; and confidence interval estimation of parameters and tests of hypotheses.
    Requirement(s): Noncredit for MBA majors
  
  • MGT 5007 Intermediate Managerial Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applies statistical theory to managerial problems, particularly methods of statistical inference for management decision-making. Includes F- and Chi-square distributions, nonparametric tests, analysis of variance, regression and correlation analysis.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5006 Introductory Managerial Statistics 
  
  • MGT 5008 Finance Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses advanced topics in finance including current activity, and financial tools and strategy. Blends financial theory with current practices in finance.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5002 Corporate Finance 
  
  • MGT 5009 International Law and Treaties in Space

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines known and anticipated international laws and treaties governing access to and ownership of outer space. Explores international and cross-national issues relating to launch and maintenance of orbiting vehicles/stations and surface bases in space. Also explores issues relating to legal liabilities from accidents or incidents in outer space.
  
  • MGT 5010 Seminar in Research Methodology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews research methods in managerial disciplines. Includes nature and sources of secondary data, primary data collection techniques, design of research projects, sample selection, model building, etc. Requires a research proposal and presentation of a fully documented research report on the results of the study.
  
  • MGT 5011 Management Theory and Thought

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews classical and contemporary management philosophies and theories. Focuses on managing enterprises in a rapidly changing global economy. Includes developing strategic vision, planning, organizing, directing and controlling, social responsibility and international management.
  
  • MGT 5013 Organizational Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the contributions to management theory made by the behavioral sciences. Gives a better understanding of the human being and why he acts as he does. Studies individual and group behavior. Extensively uses current periodicals and case materials.
  
  • MGT 5014 Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies information systems design associated with business organizations. Includes development life cycles, requirements analysis, systems design and performance considerations. Views information systems as strategic tools to provide competitive advantage.
  
  • MGT 5015 Organizational Planning and Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the concepts, theory, research and operational problems of modern organizations. Includes classical and modern organizational theory, emphasizing the latter. Covers recent research findings and the theory of human relations in industry. Involves students in case studies.
  
  • MGT 5016 Employee Relations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes, synthesizes and evaluates the major federal and state laws that impinge on the modern work environment. Draws on new insights in the human resources management discipline to abstract, summarize and evaluate the impact of legislation and laws regulating the employee/employer relationship.
  
  • MGT 5017 Program Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses responsibility and authority of a program manager and the integration of program functions in complex organizational structures. Discusses interpersonal relationships within matrix organizations, as well as program conflict resolution and organizational priorities.
  
  • MGT 5018 Policy and Strategy for Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the formulation and implementation of competitive strategies, emphasizing the role of top management. Employs case analyses to expose the multifunctional nature of decision-making at the top management level.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5002 Corporate Finance  and MGT 5019 Marketing 
  
  • MGT 5019 Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Approaches the marketing function from the point of view of the marketing manager. Examines the role of marketing in the firm, the economy and society. Introduces marketing concepts and operational approaches for marketing decision-making. Employs the case method to apply theory to the development of a marketing mix.
  
  • MGT 5020 Applied Management Project

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers concepts, tools and techniques for evaluation of research proposals and studies. Involves designing, conducting, evaluating and presenting oral and written forms of research. Assignments build on quantitative and qualitative research methods.
    Requirement(s): Recommended for the graduating semester. May serve as the capstone for certain majors. Must be taken during the last 12 credit hours of the program
  
  • MGT 5021 Business Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies how to understand, analyze and effectively deal with issues such as jurisprudence, contracts, property, agency, partnerships, corporations, sales, commercial paper and secured transactions. Also studies aspects of the Uniform Commercial Code.
    Requirement(s): Noncredit for MBA majors
  
  • MGT 5022 Analytical Methods for Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the fundamental concepts in business mathematics. Includes linear systems, linear programming (graphical method), matrices and logarithms; and differential calculus and its applications.
    Requirement(s): Noncredit for graduate management programs except to meet foundation requirements. Noncredit for MBA majors.
  
  • MGT 5023 Management and Administration of Contracts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Offers a comprehensive analysis of the procurement process and the resulting contractual relationships. Topics range from a history of procurement through considerations dealing with applicable laws, policies, regulations, methods of contracting, types of contracts and cost-pricing principles.
  
  • MGT 5024 Production and Operations Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the translation of product and service requirements into facilities, procedures and operating organizations. Includes product design, production alternatives, facilities location and layout, resource requirements planning and quality control.
  
  • MGT 5031 Seminar in International Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the problems of the senior executive in the management of the multinational firm. Examines executive decision making within the scope of international concerns relative to various economic, political and cultural environments.
  
  • MGT 5032 Personnel Management and Industrial Relations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents a survey of personnel management and industrial relations practices and procedures. Includes wage and salary considerations, employee benefits and incentives, and labor-management relations. Emphasizes the individual within the organization development of the human resource. Also includes the case-study method.
  
  • MGT 5033 Human Resources Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores issues surrounding the employment of human resources in various organizational settings using lectures/guided discussions and case studies. May include recruitment/selection, job analyses/evaluation, equal employment opportunity, training/development, compensation/benefits, appraisal, labor relations, health and safety, and separation/retirement.
  
  • MGT 5034 Law, Technology and Society

    Credit Hours: 3
    Critically examines the impact of technology on the legal system and social organization, origin and methodology of the common law. Provides a framework for analyzing social change caused by advancing technology. Analyzes legal concepts from the standpoint of societal reaction to technology. Uses the case study method.
  
  • MGT 5035 Public Administration and Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the problems of administrative management in public agencies and presents methods and strategies to remedy administrative management problems. Uses case studies to apply principles of effective public administrative management.
  
  • MGT 5037 Global Economic Environment of Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the importance and impact of foreign trade for the world economies. Emphasizes balance of trade, technology transfer and service economies, and trade barriers, GATT, NAFTA, the World Bank and other issues related to global trade.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5149 Economics for Business 
  
  • MGT 5040 Public Program Policy and Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides techniques for evaluating public policies and programs. Discusses analytical and other methods in the context of federal, state and local government applications. Includes case studies to reinforce the practical application of evaluation techniques in public sector organizations. As program capstone, requires significant research activity.
  
  • MGT 5042 International Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses world environments and specific international business activities such as foreign investment and international marketing. Examines the decision-making process for going abroad, along with current issues in international business.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MGT 5002 Corporate Finance  and MGT 5019 Marketing 
 

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