Apr 19, 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.

 

Biology

  
  • BIO 5575 Biology of Cancer

    Credit Hours: 3
    Comprehensively overviews the biology and molecular biology of neoplastic disease. Emphasizes recent research with oncogenes and oncogenic viruses. Presents lectures on causes, spread and treatment of cancer.
  
  • BIO 5576 Molecular Genetics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the essential topics in molecular genetics, beginning with the classic experiments involving bacteria and bacteriophage, progressing to the current focus on mapping human disease. Emphasizes reading and discussing primary research literature with particular attention on the experimental approaches used.
  
  • BIO 5585 Protein Structure and Function

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the essential biochemical and biophysical techniques used for protein expression, purification and characterization. Covers current research topics in protein metabolism and human diseases. Also covers protein-based drug and biosensor development in nanomedicine.
  
  • BIO 5630 Sensory Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces vertebrate sensory systems, emphasizing the mechanisms of sensory processing and perception of events of varying complexity. Includes student review and discussion of current literature and several experiments.
  
  • BIO 5635 Introductory Neurobiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces cellular and molecular mechanisms, modulation of ionic channels and biochemistry and pharmacology of synaptic transmission. Reviews synaptogenesis, axonal pathfinding and neuronal apostasies.
  
  • BIO 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
  
  • BIO 5990 Biological Sciences Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presents and discusses current research by visiting scientists, university faculty and graduate students.
  
  • BIO 5991 Biological Research Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presents and discusses thesis or dissertation research.
  
  • BIO 5995 Biological Research

    Credit Hours: 3 - 9
    Research under the guidance of a faculty member of the biological sciences in a selected area of biology.
    Requirement(s): Considered a full-load course
  
  • BIO 5997 Industrial Internship

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Involves at least 400 hours of supervised research activities in an approved industrial summer internship program.
    Requirement(s): Requires acceptance into an industrial summer internship program approved through the program coordinator
  
  • BIO 5998 Biological Research Rotation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Familiarizes the student with research carried out in various labs. Covers special problems, techniques and experimental designs. The student completes two rotations of approximately seven to eight weeks in different labs.
  
  • BIO 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Research and preparation for the master’s thesis.
  
  • BIO 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval of Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • BIO 6999 Dissertation

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

Biomedical Engineering

  
  • BME 0002 Final Program Examination

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

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

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: BME 0003   Corequisite: BME 0003  
  
  • BME 1045 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces and overviews biomedical engineering. Provides some historical perspectives and discusses biomedical applications from electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering perspectives in both descriptive and quantitative terms. Uses a lab portion to provide hands-on experience with high-tech computer software and sensors.
    (CL)
  
  • BME 2081 Rigid Body Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces force and moment static and dynamic equilibrium of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies with applications in biological systems. Discusses centroid and center of gravity applications for biomechanical kinematic and kinetic equilibrium.
    Prerequisite: (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 1001   
  
  • BME 3030 Biofluid Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces fluid hydrodynamics; flow kinematics; equations of mass, momentum and energy conservation; dimensional analysis for experimental setups; and biological systems circulation and rheology.
    Prerequisite: PHY 2002  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • BME 3081 Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies basic biomechanics concepts. Includes many aspects of dynamics, introductory kinematics and motion analysis, and mechanics of materials as applied to the study of the human musculoskeletal system.
    Prerequisite: BIO 3201  and (BME 2081  or MEE 2081 )
  
  • BME 3222 Biological Signals and Applications

    Credit Hours: 3
    Brings together fundamental mathematical techniques indispensable to the study of signals and systems in bioengineering. Covers properties and applications of Fourier series, and Fourier and Laplace transforms to linear continuous systems with applications to biomedical engineering. Includes MATLAB® and introduces state-space systems descriptions.
    Prerequisite: ECE 4991  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • BME 3240 Computational Methods for Biological Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the use of numerical methods for solving problems typically encountered in biological systems and biomedical engineering. Uses MATLAB® to implement the numerical methods covered.
    (CL)
    Prerequisite: BIO 3201  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: BIO 3201  
  
  • BME 3260 Biomaterials

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the classes of biomaterials (polymers, metals, ceramics) and physiological responses to biomaterial implantation. Includes material properties, host responses and biomaterial characterization techniques.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1010  and CHM 2001 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 1001  
  
  • BME 3261 Biomechanics and Biomaterials Lab

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces methods to test and characterize classes of biomaterials used in biomedical engineering. Includes polymers, metals, ceramics and composites; mechanical properties and structural behavior of biological tissues; experimental design and empirical observation; data collection, interpretation and presentation; and instrumentation uncertainty.
    Prerequisite: BME 2081  and BME 3081  and BME 3260   Corequisite: BME 3081  
  
  • BME 4030 Biofluid Mechanics 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews basic fluid mechanics principles. Includes conservation equations in both integral and differential formulations; macrocirculation modeling of the cardiovascular system; circulation modeling of microvascular systems; and flow modeling in lungs, articular joints, and the lymphatic system.
    Prerequisite: BME 3030  
  
  • BME 4050 Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers special topics in biomedical engineering.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits
  
  • BME 4100 Tissue Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies basic mechanics concepts applied to human biological systems. Includes aspects of statics and mechanics of materials. Discusses tissue mechanics and cellular biomechanics.
    Prerequisite: BME 3081  
  
  • BME 4110 Tissue Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies strategies to engineer different tissues and organs. Considers the impact of biomaterial properties, the use of stem cells and other aspects of the cellular microenvironment for engineering tissues. 
    Prerequisite: BME 3260  and BIO 3201   
  
  • BME 4150 FDA Medical Device Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys regulatory science in the medical device industry. Covers regulations regarding the product development and marketing approval processes, manufacturing controls and post-market activities, and regulatory compliance. Commercialization will also be covered. 
    Prerequisite: BME 3260  
  
  • BME 4191 Design Methodologies and Practice

    Credit Hours: 1
    Focuses on developing an understanding of the ethical issues facing biomechanical engineers. Also develops skills in project planning and engineering economics. Presents relevant design projects and case studies by faculty and local practicing physicians. Requires development of a project proposal for BME 4292 Biomedical Engineering Design 1 .
    Prerequisite: BIO 3201  and BME 3081  and BME 3260  and COM 2223   Corequisite: BME 3260  and COM 2223  
  
  • BME 4241 Transport in Biological Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Brings together fundamental engineering and life science principles to cover key transport concepts in biomedical engineering. Emphasizes heat, mass and momentum transport to solve problems related to biological systems.
    Prerequisite: BME 3030  
  
  • BME 4252 Biomedical Measurement and Instrumentation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces engineering aspects of detection, acquisition, processing and display of signals from living systems. Covers biomedical sensors, ions and gases in aqueous solution, force, displacement, blood pressure, blood flow, heart sounds, respiration and temperature. Includes therapeutic and prosthetic devices and medical imaging instrumentation.
    Prerequisite: BIO 3201  and ECE 4991  
  
  • BME 4253 Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Covers implementation of key principles of instrumentation design and techniques used in acquisition and processing biomedical signals. Includes biomedical imaging methods (diagnostic ultrasound imaging, optical imaging and Raman spectroscopy). Also includes design and implementation of biomedical devices including ECG, EEG, and neural stimulation.
    Prerequisite: BME 4252   Corequisite: BME 4252  
  
  • BME 4292 Biomedical Engineering Design 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers project definition, design and development of potential biomedical products in the context of the student’s major capstone project. Presents best practices for designing a marketable medical device. Includes the design process from the clinical problem definition through prototype and clinical testing to market readiness.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: BME 4191 
  
  • BME 4293 Biomedical Engineering Design 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues BME 4292 . Covers project definition, design and development of potential biomedical products in the context of the student’s major capstone project. Presents best practices for marketable medical device design. Includes the design process from the clinical problem definition through prototype and clinical testing to market readiness.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: BME 4292 
  
  • BME 4300 Independent Study in Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Includes student/faculty research on subjects topical to biomedical engineering at a level commensurate with advanced undergraduate standing.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
  
  • BME 4320 Biomedical Engineering for Global Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    Exposes junior and senior undergraduates in biomedical engineering and premedical sciences to global issues in healthcare. Focuses on medical devices and their proper use in the clinical setting. Emphasizes devices used to improve patient outcomes and reduce cost. Includes new technology trends in various venues through labs and lectures.
    Must be enrolled in biomedical engineering (7048) or premedical degree program (7036, 7139, 7091). Minimum student level - junior
  
  • BME 4370 Biomedical Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces and discusses classical control theory, block diagrams, applications of Laplace transforms, feedback control and stability analysis (including PID controllers). Introduces use of computational software analysis for designing and evaluation complex control systems for Biomedical Engineering applications. 
    Prerequisite: BME 3222  
  
  • BME 4410 Introduction to Biomedical Imaging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces medical imaging technologies from a biomedical engineering perspective. Discusses instrumentation, physics, mathematics and clinical applications of medical imaging modalities including x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, ultrasound, optical, fluorescence and molecular imaging.
    Prerequisite: BIO 3201   and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) and PHY 2002  
  
  • BME 4444 Neuroengineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on applying engineering to neuroscience using models of neural function. Emphasizes neural interfaces and prosthetics from basic to advanced, including brain computer interfaces. Stresses strategies for design of rehabilitative assistive technologies.
    Prerequisite: BME 3240  
  
  • BME 4700 Biomechanics 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the mechanics of biological systems. Describes relevant anatomy and physiology, and discusses methods and models to characterize their mechanical behavior. Presents a wide selection of biomechanics-related topics.
    Prerequisite: BME 3030  and BME 3081  
  
  • BME 5100 Tissue Structure and Function

    Credit Hours: 3
    Considers the relationship of the composition and structure of human tissue systems to the tissue’s mechanical and biological function. Discusses in detail the concept of mechanotransduction.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BME 3081 Biomechanics 
  
  • BME 5103 Transport Processes in Bioengineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies mass, momentum and heat transfer within the human body, between the human body and the environment and in the design of devices and systems involved with transport processes in medical and clinical settings.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • BME 5105 Drug Delivery

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies delivery strategies for drugs, growth factors, and other pharmaceuticals. Focuses on biomedical strategies for controlled release and targeted delivery instead of the pharmacokinetics. Calculates release profiles for different systems using transport phenomena.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BME 3030 Biofluid Mechanics , and BME 5300 Biomaterials  or CHE 5300 Biomaterials 
  
  • BME 5259 Medical Imaging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents the interdisciplinary principles of medical imaging techniques such as diagnostic ultrasound, radiography, x-ray computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Includes the physical principles, noise modeling and signal processing for each imaging modality.
    Prerequisite: (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) and MTH 2401  
  
  • BME 5300 Biomaterials

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the fundamentals of biomaterials, biomaterial modification strategies, scaffold fabrication and characterization, and host response to biomaterials post implantation. Discusses development of biomaterials for selected tissues/organs.
  
  • BME 5310 Cardiovascular Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces techniques to study the cardiovascular system as an aid in designing treatments and diagnosing health conditions. Includes cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, system modeling and assist devices; cardiac bioelectricity and mechanisms of arrhythmias; hemodynamics and pulsatile blood flow; and other topics related to heart mechanics.
  
  • BME 5400 Biofluid Mechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces fluid hydrodynamics; flow kinematics; equations of mass, momentum and energy conservation in both integral and differential formulations; similitude and dimensional analysis for experimental setups; systemic, coronary, cerebral, renal and pulmonary circulation; and blood rheology.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MTH 2201 Differential Equations/Linear Algebra  and PHY 2002 Physics 2 
  
  • BME 5401 Advanced Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues study of biomechanics concepts. Covers stress strain and transformation; mechanical properties of biomaterials; combined (axial, torsion, bending) and transverse loading; viscoelastic modeling and failure criteria for bio-tissues; experimental deformation analysis; pressurized vascular tissue analysis; and bone stability analysis.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BME 3081 Biomechanics 
  
  • BME 5500 Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers strategies needed to engineer tissues and organs. Considers the impact of biomaterial properties, use of stem cells and other aspects of the cellular microenvironments for engineering different types of tissues. Discusses the FDA approval process for engineered products.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BIO 5210 Applied Physiology , and BME 5300 Biomaterials  or CHE 5300 Biomaterials 
  
  • BME 5569 Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the principles of materials science and cell biology underlying the design of medical implants, artificial organs and matrices for tissue engineering.
    Prerequisite: BIO 4010  or CHE 3260  
  
  • BME 5700 Biomechanics of the Biological Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the mechanics of the biological systems using a multiscale approach. Presents the anatomy and physiology of each biosystem and applies the laws of the mechanics to understand its biological function at each level of the hierarchical structure.
    Prerequisite: BME 5780 
  
  • BME 5702 Biomedical Applications in Physiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces current health issues in human physiological systems. Includes the practical application of current biomedical engineering technologies (pacemakers, defibrillators, ventilators, prosthetic joints, heart valves and others) to monitor, repair, replace or augment those systems.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BIO 5210 Applied Physiology 
  
  • BME 5710 Orthopedic Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the mechanical and structural aspects of the human skeletal system. Includes the analysis and design of orthopedic implants such as hip and knee replacements.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BME 3081 Biomechanics 
  
  • BME 5720 Biomedical Instrumentation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes concepts and techniques of instrumentation in bioengineering. Emphasizes the effects of instrumentation on the biological system under investigation, transducers and couplers, data conversion, conditioning and transmission, and experimental problems in acute and chronic procedures with static and dynamic subjects.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to MTH 2201 Differential Equations/Linear Algebra 
  
  • BME 5730 Biophotonics and Microscopy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces optical phenomena and the optical properties of biological tissue, basic elements of optics and optical sources. Emphasizes lasers in the context of biomedical applications. Also includes engineering principles of various microscopy modalities.
    Recommended: Background knowledge in ordinary differential equations.
  
  • BME 5740 Cellular Biomechanics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the basic knowledge of cell biology and the basic knowledge of engineering mechanics. Introduces the necessity to study cell mechanics, the various aspects of the study of cell mechanics, and the major results obtained to date in these aspects.
  
  • BME 5780 Biomedical Engineering Analysis 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides mathematical tools proven essential to engineers and scientists. Includes linear vector spaces, linear transformations, tensor analysis and integral theorems with application to biomedical engineering. First of a two-course sequence on advanced mathematical methods.
  
  • BME 5781 Biomedical Engineering Analysis 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides mathematical tools that have proven essential to engineers and scientists. Includes Fourier methods, partial differential equations and complex variable theory with application to biomedical engineering. Second of a two-course sequence on advanced mathematical methods.
    Prerequisite: BME 5780 
  
  • BME 5790 Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses selected topics reflecting the current research interests of the faculty in the field of biomedical engineering.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • BME 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
  
  • BME 5900 Biomedical Engineering Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presents current research by university faculty, visiting speakers and graduate students. Required of all full-time biomedical engineering graduate students.
    Must be enrolled in biomedical engineering (8058)
  
  • BME 5998 Graduate Project in Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Student works with faculty member in biomedical engineering to define and execute a project in the field of biomedical engineering. May be repeated for credit.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
  
  • BME 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic.
  
  • BME 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • BME 6990 Research in Biomedical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Provides the opportunity to perform research with the research advisor before admission to candidacy. Enables the development of important skills necessary for an engineer or scientist to perform initial research to generate preliminary data.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval. Considered a full-load course when registered for three credit hours 
    May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits
  
  • BME 6999 Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.

Business

  
  • BUS 0002 Final Program Examination

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

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

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: BUS 0003   Corequisite: BUS 0003  
  
  • BUS 1301 Basic Economics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces basic macro- and microeconomic concepts. Includes the economic role of government, business and individuals. Seeks to acquaint the student with sufficient material to understand major concepts and terminology used in our economy and the global community.
    (SS)
    Requirement(s): College of Business majors may only use as Free Elective
  
  • BUS 1501 Foundations in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Exposes students to the skills, strategies and behaviors needed to launch and manage a new business venture. Introduces foundational concepts across multiple business disciplines (accounting, operations, marketing, manufacturing, management).
    Requirement(s): First in a two-course sequence
  
  • BUS 1502 Foundations in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applies the fundamental skills introduced in BUS 1501 Foundations in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 1  through a simulation or actual business launch. Allows students to engage in all aspects of initiation, development, growth and management of the new venture. Requires teamwork and good decision-making that impacts business operations, marketing and finance.
    Requirement(s): Second in a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: BUS 1501  
  
  • BUS 1601 Computer Applications for Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the use of PC applications across the major functional areas of business. Includes word processing, spreadsheets, database management, presentation software, and uses of the Internet and World Wide Web.
    (CL)
  
  • BUS 1801 Global Business Perspectives

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the functions and operations of business organizations in a global marketplace. Studies the structure, operation, financing, relationships and responsibilities of firms in context of current legal, social, regulatory and environmental issues. Requires critical thinking, communication, research, and individual and group problem solving.
    (CC)
  
  • BUS 2211 Introduction to Financial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the financial accounting environment, financial statements, the accounting cycle, and the theoretical framework of accounting measurement, emphasizing mechanics, measurement theory and the economic environment.
  
  • BUS 2212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues BUS 2211 Introduction to Financial Accounting , emphasizing concepts and issues associated with the accounting and management of businesses, with particular emphasis on understanding the role of accounting in product costing, costing for quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2211  or EAC 2211  
  
  
  
  • BUS 2601 Legal and Social Environments of Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates the operational responsibilities of business in light of political, moral, social, ethical and jurisprudential considerations.
  
  • BUS 2602 Environmental Law and Forensic Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the U.S. legal and environmental policy framework implemented through laws and the courts. Consulting forensics about environmental liabilities, responsible parties, international issues and legally defensible data are presented in cases about air/water pollution, toxic substance regulation and resource management.
  
  • BUS 2703 Business Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces methods of collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Includes data presentation; measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability distributions; hypothesis testing; confidence interval estimation; analysis of variance; regression and correlation.
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1010  or MTH 1701  
  
  • BUS 3208 Federal Income Tax 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces federal income taxation of individuals and business organizations. May include an overview of the federal tax system and tax law, taxable and tax-exempt income, deductible and nondeductible expenses, credits, the tax effects of property transactions and the tax implications of different organizational forms for a business.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2212  
  
  • BUS 3210 Intermediate Financial Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents financial theory in a decision-making context. Emphasizes corporate valuation (planning, forecasting, cost of capital), project valuation (capital budgeting, cash flows, risk), strategic financing decisions (optimal capital structure), tactical financing decisions and working capital management.
    Prerequisite: BUS 3401  
  
  • BUS 3211 Intermediate Accounting 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies financial reporting concepts and generally accepted accounting principles including the accounting cycle, current assets and current liabilities, emphasizing analysis of financial events and financial reporting alternatives.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2212  
  
  • BUS 3212 Intermediate Accounting 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues the study of financial reporting concepts and generally accepted accounting principles including plant assets, intangible assets, long-term liabilities, leases and stockholders’ equity, emphasizing analysis of financial events and financial reporting alternatives.
    Prerequisite: BUS 3211  
  
  • BUS 3213 Cost and Managerial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Preparation of accounting information for use in management as an aid to decision making. May include cost behavior and cost-volume-profit analysis, cost allocations, determining the cost of a product or service, inventory control, performance evaluation, profitability analysis and use of accounting information in decision making and capital budgeting.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2212  
  
  • BUS 3214 Accounting Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines accounting information systems used in business organizations. Includes discussions of accounting system design, implementation and control of computer-based systems for managerial planning, decision-making and control of an enterprise.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2212  
  
  • BUS 3304 Sports Economics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the economics of North American professional and collegiate sports. Includes supply and demand, the market for broadcast rights and player talent, labor relations and the relationship between government and sport.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2303  and BUS 2304  
  
  • BUS 3401 Corporate Finance

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the components of the three basic issues that embody the financial management of a firm: capital budgeting, capital structure and short-term finance and net working capital. Also examines corporate governance, ethics and international issues.
    Prerequisite: BUS 2212  or EAC 2212  
  
  • BUS 3404 Personal Financial Planning

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prepares students to maximize resources in lifelong personal financial planning. Includes budgeting, credit management, insurance, home ownership, investments and tax, retirement and estate planning.
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1010  or MTH 1701  or MTH 1702  
  
  • BUS 3500 Human-Computer Interaction

    Credit Hours: 3
    Gives theoretical and practical experience with human-computer interaction concepts. Addresses empirical, cognitive, predictive and anthropomorphic approaches to HCI. Includes computer task analysis, HCI design guidelines, usability engineering, and testing and enhancing Web design interaction.
    Minimum student level - sophomore
  
  • BUS 3501 Management Principles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Helps students acquire management knowledge and develop management skills. Enables the student to understand management as it relates to both the employer and employee, and acquaints the student with the various schools of management and the philosophy of management.
    Minimum student level - sophomore
  
  • BUS 3503 Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the student with the foundation to embark on further study in the area of human resource management. Includes equal employment opportunity, staffing the organization, training and development, performance appraisals, compensating employees, safety and health issues and labor relations.
    Prerequisite: BUS 3501  
  
  • BUS 3504 Management Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines information systems used in business organizations. Includes discussions of system design, implementation and control of computer-based systems for managerial planning, decision-making and control of an enterprise.
    (CL)
    Minimum student level - sophomore
  
  • BUS 3509 Introduction to Sports Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the multiple contexts in which management principles are applied within the general sports context. Includes discussions of sports and recreation programs, sports communication and marketing, facilities and event management, and professional development in sports management.
    Minimum student level - sophomore
  
  • BUS 3511 Systems Analysis and Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces and applies concepts, methods and tools for systems development life-cycle (SDLC) phases, planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance during the development of an information system. Emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving as an applied approach to developing information systems.
    Prerequisite: BUS 3504  
  
  • BUS 3514 Introduction to Operating Systems and Networks for Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides understanding of computer operating systems and networks while avoiding technical discussions covered in traditional operating systems and networking courses. Focuses on practical aspects of evaluating operating system and network alternatives for business.
    Prerequisite: BUS 3504  
  
  • BUS 3516 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an understanding of enterprise resource planning (ERP), the process-centered organization, integration of enterprise systems, and how ERP supports global business. Focuses on the ERP concept, basic principles of enterprise system software, and the technical issues in applying enterprise systems software in decision-making, using SAP R/3.
    Minimum student level - sophomore
 

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