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BUSI 501 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
(3 hours)
This course focuses on the accumulation and presentation of relevant financial information of an organization to serve the needs of investors, creditors, and other external decision makers. Topics covered include the double-entry accounting system, preparation of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows, and accounting for significant transactions of an organization involving cash, receivables, investments, inventories, long-term fixed assets, long-term debt, and stockholders’ equity. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 502 - Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 501 or ACCT 210.
This course emphasizes the evaluation and use of accounting information as part of the managerial processes of planning, controlling, and decision making. Specific coverage includes cost behavior, cost-volume-profit relationships, job and process costing, variable costing, activity-based costing, standard costing, and budgeting. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 503 - Foundations of Management and Marketing
(3 hours)
This course provides an overview of management and marketing theory and practice. It introduces students to the classical management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and the exercise of control, as well as concepts involved in the marketing mix. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 504 - Business Data and Decision Analysis
(3 hours)
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of business data collection and interpretation and analytical tools for decision-making. It includes a study of the mathematical and statistical techniques including probability theory, statistics, regression analysis, inventory control, and more. Emphasis is on the application of these techniques in solving managerial problems. Business forecasting will also be addressed. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 505 - The Market Process and the World Economy
This course introduces students to those aspects of microeconomics (the study of individual economic units, including product markets, individual consumers, and firms) and macroeconomics (the study of the broad economic world, including international trade, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policy) that are relevant to business. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 506 - Foundations of Finance
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 501 or ACCT 210, BUSI 504 or ECON 224, and BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212. This introductory course in finance provides students with the financial decision tools necessary to analyze the financial issues faced by businesses, and to consider alternatives. Topics will include time value of money, asset valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, and dividend policy. This course is designed to meet foundational requirements, and may not be counted as an elective credit toward graduation requirements.
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BUSI 509 - Cost Accounting and Management Control
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 502 or ACCT 211. Collection, analysis, and reporting of cost data used in organizational decision making.
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BUSI 517 - Federal Taxation for individuals
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 501 or ACCT 210 and BUSI 502 or ACCT 211. Federal taxation as applied to individuals.
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BUSI 518 - Federal Taxation for Corporations and Other Entities
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 501 or ACCT 210 and BUSI 502 or ACCT 211. Federal taxation as applied to partnerships, corporations and other taxable entities.
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BUSI 519 - Database Design and Management Concepts
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 614 or permission of instructor. A study of the relational model of database design. Logical design techniques and data manipulation using SQL will allow students to design and partially implement a database.
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BUSI 522 - Macroeconomic Policy in a Global Economy
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212 and BUSI 504 or ECON 224. An examination of macroeconomic models and policy implications applied in a global economy. The course will consider Keynesian, monetarist, classical, and more current economic models.
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BUSI 525 - Advanced Financial Accounting
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ACCT 310 and ACCT 311 or equivalent (Intermediate Accounting 1 and 2). Accounting principles for consolidations and combinations, liquidations, nonprofit organizations, foreign currency transactions, and other selected topics.
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BUSI 528 - Auditing and Attestation
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ACCT 310 and ACCT 311 or equivalent (Intermediate Accounting 1 and 2). A study of the standards, controls, legal responsibilities, and professional ethics of auditors. The course will examine auditing techniques, practice before the SEC, and the role of the auditor in the firm.
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BUSI 537 - Entrepreneurial Finance
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ACCT 211 or BUSI 502. Principles of managing capital requirements in the small or family business. This course addresses techniques to successfully finance and sustain smaill firms and owner managed companies. Topics covered include the tools to maintain financial control and avoiding unique financial barriers that can damage the wee-being of the start-up entreprise. This course will be cross-listed as BUSI 437.
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BUSI 540 - Government & Not for Profit Accounting
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ACCT 310 or permission of the instructor. This course is an examination of the accounting principles for government and not-for-profit entities including state and local governments, health and welfare organizations, and colleges and universities. This course is cross-listed with ACCT 440.
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BUSI 541 - Employee Staffing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 611 or permission of the instructor. This course describes the human resource management activity of staffing, which encompasses how organizations recruit, select, and retain human talent. Students will learn about concepts and practices pertaining to ways organizations seek and attract people (both within and outside the organization) to apply for employment, screen and systematically select the best candidates from a pool of qualified recruits, and deal with employee retention and turnover. Students also learn about technological and environmental influences on recruitment and selection practices, including some legislative and regulatory specifics related to equal employment opportunity, particularly in selection. This course will be cross-listed with MGMT 441.
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BUSI 542 - Employee Training and Development
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 611 or Permission of the instructor.
This course describes the human resource management activity of employee training and development, also known as human resource development (HRD). Students will learn concepts and practices pertaining to ways organizations use formal training, developmental job assignment, and mentoring, among other methods, to develop employees. Students will apply adult learning theory and instructional systems design concepts to specify the training needs analysis, design, delivery (including technological elements), and multilevel evaluation of a training topic. The course will be cross-listed as MGMT 442.
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BUSI 543 - Employee Compensation and Benefits
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 611 or Permission of the instructor.
This course describes the human resource management activity of compensation and benefits administration. Students will learn about concepts, structures, and practices pertaining to ways organizations reward employees for satisfactory service, incentivize extraordinary service from employees, and promote employees’ welfare and retention by providing various benefits. Students also learn about strategic and contextual influences on organizations’ compensation practices, including some legislative and regulatory specifics related to certain employee benefits and employee cash wages. Where relevant, you can expect to address faith integration with the topics, specifically along the lines of what redemptive creation, stewardship, and the Golden Rule have to do with the topic. This course will be cross-listed with MGMT 443.
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BUSI 544 - Human Resource Law and Ethics
(3 hours) An evaluation of modern legal and regulatory issues facing business leaders in managing their human resources. Topics covered include: employment discrimination, recruitment, drug and polygraph testing, harassment, accommodation of disability, collective bargaining, performance appraisals, privacy concerns, and termination issues. Instruction and discussion will be grounded in a Christian worldview thereby providing students a basis for confidence in reaching decisions within the framework of the rules of law. This course is cross-listed with MGMT 444.
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BUSI 546 - Advanced Investments
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 504 or ECON 224 and BUSI 506 or BUSI 305. Analysis of stocks, bonds, and derivative technical, and quantitative techniques. The course examines investment strategies from individual and corporate perspectives and considers long-term strategies and short-term trading techniques.
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BUSI 551 - Special Topics in Business
(3 hours) An analysis of current business and economic conditions with research into a particular topic of interest to the student and instructor. The course may be tailored to meet electives in any of the areas of emphasis or may be considered as an elective for the general MBA. Students may take the course only once.
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BUSI 552 - Advanced Managerial Economics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212 and BUSI 504 or ECON 224. A study of the applications of economic theories of pricing, allocation of resources, consumer demand, profits, and production. Emphasis is on using economic analysis in managerial decision-making.
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BUSI 560 - International Accounting
(3 hours)
Prerequisites: ACCT 310 and ACCT 311 (intermediate accounting I and II).
The primary purpose of the course is to develop knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards including the standards’ history, new standard adoption, the recording of financial transactions, and financial statement presentation. In addition, the US GAAP vs. IFRS convergence process will be discussed. This course will be cross-listed with ACCT 460.
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BUSI 570 - Accounting Information Systems
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ACCT 310 and ACCT 311 or equivalent (Intermediate Accounting 1 and 2). A discussion of the problems and challenges of planning for and managing accounting information systems into the future. Problems concerning implementation of accounting information systems among general management, information systems personnel, and users are discussed.
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BUSI 595 - Information Systems Analysis and Design
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 614 or permission of instructor. Project oriented course in which students study, plan, and design a system using software design tools.
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BUSI 600 - MBA Orientation
(0 hours) Participation in MBA Orientation is required of all entering MBA students. This introduction to the MBA is designed to equip new students with the information necessary to ensure success in the CSU MBA program. Orientation will focus on University resources and program resources available to the Charleston Southern MBA student, time management skills, academic policies and procedures, , and other requirements specific to the MBA program. The course objective is to acquaint new MBA students with graduate program requirements, computer and library resources, and other services available at Charleston Southern University. As a part of the orientation, students will review and sign a Statement of Academic Integrity, and review standards of plagiarism and intellectual property and become familiar with style guides for various academics writing styles and notation formats. Students will also be familiarized with on-line course-enrichment tools utilized in CSU courses.
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BUSI 601 - M.A. in Organizational Leadership Orientation
(0 hours) Participation in MA on Organizational Leadership Orientation is required of all entering MA students. This introduction is designed to equip new students with the information necessary to ensure success in the CSU MA program. Orientation will focus on University resources and program resources available to the Charleston Southern MA student, time management skills, academic policies and procedures, , and other requirements specific to the program. The course objective is to acquaint new students with graduate program requirements, computer and library resources, and other services available at Charleston Southern University. As a part of the orientation, students will review and sign a Statement of Academic Integrity, and review standards of plagiarism and intellectual property and become familiar with style guides for various academics writing styles and notation formats. Students will also be familiarized with on-line course-enrichment tools utilized in CSU courses.
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BUSI 607 - Fundamentals of Leadership
(3 hours) Fundamentals of leadership is designed to provide organizational leaders with a practical framework for leadership from a Christian perspective. Students will reflect on various models of leadership including Servant Leadership, Biblical Servant Leadership, The Steward Leader, and The Leadership Challenge. They will explore and evaluate leadership principles relating to motivation, influence, vision, relationship, change, and emotional connection among other factors. Through biographies, they will learn from the experiences of leaders in a variety of contexts. Through reflection and simulation, they will develop their own unique set of leadership principles.
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BUSI 610 - Managing with Excellence and Integrity
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 503 or MRKT 310 and MGMT 310. Managing with Excellence and Integrity will focus on values- driven leadership concepts, familiarizing students with the basics and best practices in core values development, planning and execution, leading change, managing and empowering employees, and conflict resolution, among other topics; their nexus to organizational performance, and their interconnections with one another. Most importantly, this course will encourage you to reflect on who you are as a manager, who God wants you to be as a manager, and how to close that gap.
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BUSI 611 - Advanced Human Resource Management
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 503 or MGMT 310 and permission of instructor. The emphasis will be on current corporate policies impacting personnel within an organization. Current and future human resource topics will be covered. Case studies, group dynamics, research activities, and role-playing will comprise the major content of the course.
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BUSI 612 - Advanced Organizational Behavior
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 503 or MGMT 310. A course designed to develop an understanding of the behavioral concepts necessary for effective management of organizations. Course content will include theories related to work environment, group dynamics, motivation, communication, and leadership.
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BUSI 613 - Executive Communications
(3 hours) A course designed to develop the oral and written communication skills of managers. Emphasis is placed on effective speaking and research skills necessary for writing and presenting reports at the executive level.
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BUSI 614 - Information Systems Concepts
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 504 or ECON 224 and permission of instructor. Introduction to information systems concepts including hands-on introduction to computer programming, systems analysis and design, and database implementation. Survey of contemporary strategic planning initiatives for information systems design.
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BUSI 615 - Advanced Marketing Management
(3 hours) Application of the management principles of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the marketing functions and strategies of an organization. Emphasis is placed on the development and implementation of marketing programs for the executive level.
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BUSI 619 - Power and Influence
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA or MA in Org. Leadership Program As you rise in an organization, new trials related to power and influence emerge. This course is designed to provide organizational leaders with a conceptual framework to navigate the pitfalls associated with the use of power and influence. This includes an understanding of the nature of power, the appropriate use of power, the potential abuse of power, and the pivotal role of influence in leadership. To this end, we will evaluate academic theories with special attention placed on the ethical and theological ramifications of a leader’s decisions. This will be accomplished through readings, class discussion, introspection and journaling, and written assignments.
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BUSI 620 - Contemporary Business Law and the Legal Environment
(3 hours) This course must be taken as an elective if an equivalent business law course was not taken as an undergraduate course. An examination of modern issues facing business leaders navigating the legal, judicial and regulatory environment of business. Topics covered include: constitutional foundations; business torts; agency; intellectual property law; debtor-creditor relationships; bankruptcy; business organizations; insurance; federal securities laws; and government regulation of employment and the environment. Instruction and discussion will be grounded in a Christian worldview thereby providing students a basis for confidence in reaching decisions within the framework of the rules of law.
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BUSI 621 - Business from a Christian Worldview
(3 hours) The mission of this course is to equip students to think Christianly about work, business, and life. Toward that end, through readings, exercises, lecture and case study, we’ll examine the presuppositions of a Christian and secular worldview and wrestle with what it means to engage in management, marketing, finance, strategy, etc., in a biblically-consistent manner.
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BUSI 622 - Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
(3 hours) The challenges of ethical business actions and decisions will be examined from multiple perspectives, with emphasis placed on the unique contribution of Christian thinking to understand market behavior. We will explore the meaning of ethics, its role in the business context, and a Christian framework from which to interpret ethical conduct. We will also consider the firm’s social responsibilities to its numerous stakeholders, examining stewardship, sustainability, and social justice insights on business thinking and practice.
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BUSI 623 - Business Ethics from a Christian Worldview
(3 hours) The mission of this course is to equip students to think Biblically about work, business and life. Toward that end, through readings, exercises, lecture, and case study, we will examine the presuppositions of a Christian and secular worldview and wrestle with what it means to engage in management, marketing, finance, strategy, etc., in a biblically-consistent manner. The challenges of ethical business actions and decisions will be examined from a Christian worldview, and contracts drawn to other ethical frameworks. We will explore the meaning of ethics, and its role in the business context. WE will also examine resource stewardship, fiduciary responsibility, and insights on business thinking and practice, and market behavior in this context. Student may not receive credit for this course if they have taken BUSI 621 or 622.
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BUSI 624 - Leadership Development
(3 hours) This course is designed to provide organizational leaders with both a theoretical grounding in leadership development and practice with a number of hands-on tools. Students will gain an appreciation of the need for leadership development, they will create their own leadership development plan, and they will execute leadership development initiatives. The course is a journey of self-discovery designed to foster students’ growth as leaders as they undertake actions to develop their followers.
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BUSI 625 - Advanced Managerial Accounting
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 501 or ACCT 210 and BUSI 502 or ACCT 211. A study of the manner in which accounting facilitates management by providing decision-making information and control of operations. Topics include cost control, budgetary control, and performance evaluation of personnel.
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BUSI 629 - Data Security and Emerging Information Technologies
(3 hours) An in-depth study of information technologies that have reached the stage of early adoption by significant companies and institutions. The course reviews researched best practices at both the policy and implementation levels to prevent impairment of the affairs of the enterprise when unexpected disruptions occur. The scope of the course reviews data security issues related to human resources, accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, management information systems, and policy management. The student should take from the course the faith-based concept that positive management preparation and leadership in crisis are Christian virtues.
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BUSI 634 - Organizational Change and Transformation
(3 hours) This graduate-level course focuses attention on the structures, processes and outcomes of organizations and the ways those organizations can be developed and transformed through change. Special emphasis will be placed on examining a variety of conceptual models that can offer insight into both the character of organizations (and the changes they undergo) and how these characteristics offer insight into purposeful change intervention.
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BUSI 635 - Financial Management Practices
(3 hours) An in-depth analysis of corporate financial management activities related to the acquisition of financial resources, short- and long-term financial planning, management of working capital, and evaluation in of financial profitability. Major components related to financial markets and governmental fiscal policies will be discussed in relationship to a firm’s viability within the marketplace.
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BUSI 641 - International Business and Trade
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212 and BUSI 504 or ECON 224. An evaluation of international operations of American organizations and the implications of foreign competition on domestic markets. This course will analyze international expansion by American firms as it relates to production, marketing, finance, and management. Governmental regulations as they affect American firms will be examined in detail.
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BUSI 642 - International Finance and Monetary Policy
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 504 or ECON 224 and BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212. A study of exchange rates, balance of payments, trade, international monetary policy, and protectionism.
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BUSI 644 - Leadership Dynamics and Decisions
(3 hours) This course focuses on the combination of internal/external dynamics and the decision processes by which leaders seek to influence groups at the individual, interpersonal and institutional levels to achieve a variety of goals. The course is designed as an advanced leadership laboratory where students must learn about and exercise leadership through diagnosis and action-prescriptions regarding case studies, self-reflection exercises, and in-class team leadership simulations.
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BUSI 646 - Entrepreneurship
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 610. This course is designed to acquaint the student with the process of researching, developing/acquiring, and implementing a small business. Concepts that will be covered in the course include market strategy, financial planning, site selection, human resources, merchandising, customer services, and credit/collections. The student will be expected to assume the role of entrepreneur and develop a small business organization in this class. The course includes some limited field experiences involving discussions with investment professionals and preparing a business plan. Embedded in each part of the course the student will see the ethical and spiritual dimensions of business behavior evaluated and highlighted with appropriate examples from Scripture.
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BUSI 650 - Strategic Planning and Analysis
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 610, BUSI 615, BUSI 625 and BUSI 635. This is a capstone course designed to teach students to understand, integrate, and apply strategic planning, management and leadership concepts from the MBA business core in the solution of domestic and global business problems. The course will involve written and oral discussion of cases. Lectures and discussions will demonstrate how the application of biblical principles and Christian values will strengthen an organization’s planning process. Students are required to develop and present a comprehensive strategic plan for a business or organization and use computer presentation software to present the project to the class. Students must pass this course with a grade of “B” or better to graduate.
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BUSI 651 - Special Topics in Business and Economics
(3 hours) An analysis of current business and economic conditions with research into a particular topic of interest to the student and instructor. The course may be tailored to meet electives in any of the areas of emphasis or may be considered as an elective for the general MBA. Students may take the course only once.
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BUSI 654 - Advanced Labor Relations
(3 hours) Prerequisite: BUSI 503 or MGMT 310. A practical approach in the area of labor management relations. Current issues and future trends in labor relations will be discussed, including both union and nonunion environments.
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BUSI 659 - Financial Planning
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 504 or ECON 224 and BUSI 505 or ECON 211 and ECON 212 and BUSI 506 or BUSI 305. An examination of the components of full financial planning for individuals including cash flow and budgeting, investments and savings, retirement and estate planning, tax planning, insurance, and real estate.
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BUSI 664 - Financial Statement Analysis
(3 hours) Prerequisites: BUSI 625, BUSI 635. Accounting principles applied to the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of them by external agents to the firm. The political and institutional structures of financial accounting will also be considered in the formulation of financial accounting practices.
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BUSI 670 - Readings and Applied Research
(3 hours) This course allows the student to perform graduate-level research with a professor. The course will consist of a research project that is mutually agreed to by the students and the professor. The research is expected to be of sufficient quality to be considered for publication in journals in the appropriate field. The project may consist of conventional academic research on a topic of mutual interest to the professor and students or it may consist of applied research in the field such as surveys, economic impact analyses, business plan development, marketing research, informational database development, systems analyses, or other similar studies. Students will invest at least 180 hours in their projects. The students and professor must present a written proposal for approval by the Director of the MBA in consultation with the professor and Dean of the School of Business before registering for the course. It is also understood that due to the nature of the course, the student may not withdraw from the course without permission of the instructor.
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BUSI 671 - Readings and Applied Research
(3 hours) This course allows the student to perform graduate-level research with a professor. The course will consist of a research project that is mutually agreed to by the students and the professor. The research is expected to be of sufficient quality to be considered for publication in journals in the appropriate field. The project may consist of conventional academic research on a topic of mutual interest to the professor and students or it may consist of applied research in the field such as surveys, economic impact analyses, business plan development, marketing research, informational database development, systems analyses, or other similar studies. Students will invest at least 180 hours in their projects. The students and professor must present a written proposal for approval by the Director of the MBA in consultation with the professor and Dean of the School of Business before registering for the course. It is also understood that due to the nature of the course, the student may not withdraw from the course without permission of the instructor.
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BUSI 698 - M.A. in Organizational Leadership Exit Assessment
(0 hours) All MA in Organizational Leadership students who have applied for graduation will be registered for this course in the semester they apply for graduation. This is a Pass/Fail course, and a student must earn a passing grade to meet all requirements for graduation. Otherwise, the degree will not be conferred. This course will consist of a number of assessment related issues to better insure the degree program is meeting accreditation requirements. Course requirements may include some or all of the following: exit surveys, benchmarking surveys, and national or comprehensive examinations.
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BUSI 699 - MBA Exit Assessment
(0 hours) All MBA students who have applied for graduation will be registered for this course in the semester they apply for graduation. This is a Pass/Fail course, and a student must earn a passing grade to meet all requirements for graduation. Otherwise, the degree will not be conferred. This course will consist of a number of assessment related issues to better insure the degree program is meeting accreditation requirements. Course requirements may include some or all of the following: exit surveys, benchmarking surveys, and national or comprehensive examinations.
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CHEM 641 - Church History II
(3 hours) A study of the growth and development of Christianity from the Reformation era to the present.
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CHST 500 - Survey of the Old Testament
(3 hours) This course provides a survey of the Old Testament writings. Students will examine key matters related to the history, literature, and theology of the Old Testament literature.
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CHST 501 - Survey of the New Testament
(3 hours) This course provides a survey of the New Testament writings. Students will examine key matters related to the history, literature, and theology of the New Testament literature.
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CHST 505 - Introduction to Christian Ministry
(3 hours) This class examines Christian ministry from biblical, historical, theological and practical perspectives.
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CHST 510 - Christian Discipleship
(3 hours) This course is a study of Christian discipleship from biblical, historical, theological, and practical perspectives.
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CHST 620 - Hermeneutics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500 and CHST 501. A study of the principles used to interpret Christian Scripture.
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CHST 640 - Church History I
(3 hours) A study of the growth and development of Christianity from the New Testament era to the pre-Reformation period.
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CHST 641 - Church History II
(3 hours) A study of the growth and development of Christianity from the Reformation era to the present.
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CHST 645 - Old Testament Book Study
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500, CHST 501 and CHST 620. An exegetical and analytical study of an Old Testament book. Special attention will be given to the writing’s historical and literary features, as well as its key theological themes.
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CHST 646 - New Testament Book Study
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500, CHST 501 and CHST 620. An exegetical and analytical study of an New Testament book. Special attention will be given to the writing’s historical and literary features, as well as its key theological themes.
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CHST 649 - Christian Ethics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500 and CHST 501. This course will investigate issues related to Christian ethics from biblical, philosophical, theological, historical and practical perspectives.
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CHST 650 - Systematic Theology I
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500 and CHST 501. This course is part one of a study of the major Christian doctrines from a systematic perspective. It will include an examination of a doctrine’s biblical foundation, historical development, theological expression and practical application in the life of a Christian believer.
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CHST 651 - Systematic Theology II
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CHST 500 and CHST 501. This course is part two of a study of the major Christian doctrines from a systematic perspective. It will include an examination of a doctrine’s biblical foundation, historical development, theological expression and practical application in the life of a Christian disciple.
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CSCI 515 - Advanced Algorithms
(3 hours) Algorithm design and analysis is a fundamental and important part of computer science. This course explores advanced techniques for the design and analysis of algorithms in a variety of applications. Topics include: Network Flows, Complexity classes and Approximation Algorithms, Data Compression, Streaming Algorithms, Advanced Data Structures, Scheduling, Online Algorithms/Load-balancing, Blocking/Non-blocking Parallel algorithms, Machine Learning, Graph Algorithms, NP-Completeness, Intractability, Randomized Algorithms, Linear Programming, and Quantum Algorithms.
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CSCI 531 - Advanced Operating Systems
(3 hours) This graduate course builds off the previous CSCI431 with a strong focus on Distributed Operating Systems and File Systems. Topics include: Distributed systems, Issues in communication, Remote Procedure Call/Remote Method Invocation, Code migration and distributed scheduling, Clock Synchronization, Distributed mutual exclusion and distributed deadlocks, Distributed transaction, Consistency models, Fault tolerance, Distributed commit and failure recovery, Distributed file systems (NFS, AFS & coda), Naming, Security in distributed systems.
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CSCI 534 - Human-Computer Interaction
(3 hours) Undergraduate and Graduate Sections: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is the study, design, and use of the interfaces that effectively allow humans (users) to perform tasks using computers. Focusing on the human, as opposed to the intricacies of the machine (software and hardware), the subject material of this class provides a unique perspective on computer science. An overview of theoretical principles and practical methods are discussed. These lessons are employed by students to design, implement, and evaluate user interfaces to address current real-world problems.
Graduate Section: In addition to the topics listed above, graduate students will review and present cutting-edge research developments in the field of HCI. Graduate students will receive more hands-on research experience though a more detailed objective evaluation and statistical analysis of student-designed user interfaces. Note: Students with credit for CSCI 434 may not take CSCI 534.
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CSCI 535 - Advanced Computer Networks
(3 hours) The objective of this course is to discuss the elements of the Internet. The topics include basics of switched communication networks, TCP/IP networking, network programming, packet switch architecture, rate and congestion control, Quality-of-Service networks, multimedia communications.
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CSCI 540 - Software Testing and Maintenance
(3 hours) The purpose of this course is to learn to develop efficient tools to integrate with standard business processes (discussed in CSCI 495) in order to minimize overhead, while maximizing code quality and productivity of software projects. Testing topics include: testing as a requirement for engineering and software design, test plan writing, and static and dynamic testing. Maintenance topics include: an overview of corrective, adaptive, perfective, and preventive maintenance activities as well as organizational managerial issues.
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CSCI 541 - Distributed Database Systems
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admissions to Graduate School and Database and Operating Systems coursework. In this course, students will learn the fundamental concepts of distributed database systems: both relational/traditional distributed database models and web data management/cloud models. Among traditional topics, the course will cover distributed database architectures, query evaluation, database tuning, concurrency control and cache recovery. Current issues in web data management, cloud computing, and peer-to-peer data transactions shall be covered as well. Students will not only learn the theory behind distributed systems, but will also implement this designs and algorithms by learning and conducting assignments utilizing the Hadoop software package. Students enrolled in the graduate section of this course will also supplement their instruction by conducting research in the field and presenting their findings to the class. Students will supplement their instruction by conducting research in the field and presenting their findings to the class. Each student shall present to the class (via web video) three times during the course of the semester. Two of these topics shall be assigned to the student and one shall be left to the discretion of the student.
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CSCI 542 - Data Mining
(3 hours) This course examines the use of database systems for knowledge discovery or data mining. Data mining refers to the ‘mining’ or discovery of information in terms of patterns or rules, generally over vast amounts of data. In this course we will cover the statistical underpinnings of data mining, including clustering, association rules, and classification rules. We will also look at Bayesian techniques, neural networks, and genetic algorithms. This knowledge will be applied to several data sets. Students will also participate in a semester long project involving the application of data mining, using either R Code or the SAS software package. In addition to the topics listed above, students enrolled in the graduate section of this course will supplement their instruction by conducting research in the field and presenting their findings to the class. Each student shall present to the class (via web video) three times during the course of the semester. Two of these topics shall be assigned to the student and one shall be left to the discretion of the student. Note: Students with credit for CSCI 442 may not take CSCI 542.
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CSCI 552 - Network Penetration, Testing, & Ethical Hacking
(3 hours) This course exams basic overview of network penetration, testing and ethical hacking. Various cyber security tools are used to test security on different Operating Systems, Social Engineering, Wifi security, exploiting passwords, basic computer security testing and exploits with the goal of being able to secure one’s computer. Introduction to the principles and techniques associated with the cybersecurity practice known as penetration testing or ethical hacking. The course covers planning, reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, post-exploitation, and result reporting. The student discovers how system vulnerabilities can be exploited and learns to avoid such problem. Note: Students with credit for CSCI 452 may not take CSCI 552.
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CSCI 555 - Compiler Construction
(3 hours) This course includes learning how to write and use tools for lexical analysis (scanning), syntactic analysis (parsing), semantic analysis (other checks), intermediate code generation, target code generation, and basic code improving transformations.
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CSCI 560 - Advanced Computer Architecture
(3 hours) This is an introductory graduate-level course in computer architecture. This course is intended to do two things: to give you a solid, detailed understanding of how computers are designed and implemented, including the central processor and memory and I/O interfaces; and to make you aware of the numerous tradeoffs in design and implementation, their interaction, their realization in both historical and state-of-the-art systems, and trends that will affect them in future systems. Topics include instruction set architectures, pipelining (including basic pipelining, multiple-instruction-per-cycle machines, out-of-order instruction execution, and vector processing), memory systems (including caches and virtual memory), I/O interfaces (including networks), operating system issues, and basic multiprocessor systems. Case studies on current trends will be required from graduate students.
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CSCI 590 - Applied Cryptography
(3 hours) This course covers essential concepts of cryptographic primitives, applied cryptography tools, specialized authentication methods and digital signatures. Additionally cryptography research problems and solutions are explored.
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CSCI 635 - Advanced Topics in Network Security
(3 hours) The objective of this course is to discuss the advanced network security topics. The topics include common threats and vulnerabilities of networked systems, electronic payment systems, broadcast authentication protocols, secure MANET routing protocol and wireless sensor networks.
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CSCI 640 - Open-Source Software Engineering
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CSCI 540. Software engineering focuses on effective models for the design, development, and maintenance of software. This class considers these topics with a focus on open-source software, which promotes free and publicly distributed source code, as compared to more traditional software distribution models. Students develop technical writing, presentation, and critical thinking skills through the review of a wide variety of published research papers.
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CSCI 697 - Research I
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; At least 18 hours of coursework in MSCS program. In this course, you will develop a research design for your thesis, review the relevant literature, and complete and defend the research prospectus for the graduate thesis. This research proposal will consist of four chapters: (1) Introduction, (2) Literature Review, (3) Preliminary Findings, and (4) Methods (Research Plan).
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CSCI 698 - Research II
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CSCI 697 and permission of instructor; At least 18 hours of coursework in MSCS program. In this course, you will execute the research design that was approved by your thesis committee in Research I. In particular, in this course, you will address the research question, create and test your hypotheses/ project posed in the thesis prospectus. Hence, by semester end, you must complete your thesis and successfully defend the entire project to your thesis committee.
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CRIM 533 - Juvenile Delinquency
(3 hours) A comprehensive overview of juvenile delinquency in terms of the concept and theories of delinquency. Further examines principles concerning social, community, and environmental influences on delinquency along with practical applications to the juvenile justice system.
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CRIM 540 - Human Trafficking
(3 hours) Prerequisites: CRIM 601 and CRIM 610.
This course deals with a very difficult and often unpleasant topic—the traffic in persons for various purposes, including manual and domestic labor, sexual exploitation, and other forms of bondage. Course discussions and reading assignments examine aspects of recent global history—the history of those who have fought against the trade in humans and those who are survivors of that trade.
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CRIM 550 - Organized Crime
(3 hours) This course is designed to deal with the issues surrounding the phenomenon of organized crime. The students will be exposed to history, theories, concepts and issues related to organized crime. An attempt will be made to improve students’ understanding of the problem of organized crime against the background of contemporary international paradigms. General concepts of organized crime will be explored as will many of the events, groups and persons who have been involved historically. Students will explore the role of organized crime in the 21st century and examine the problems of responding to and controlling organized crime.
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CRIM 565 - Police Community Relationships
(3 hours)
In this course, students will learn about the competing definitions and perspectives of community policing and how it influences police operations and police-community relations. Students will also examine research on the effectiveness of community policing in preventing crime and enhancing community responses to criminal activity via the COMPSTAT process. Cross listed with CRIM 465.
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CRIM 569 - Internship in Criminal Justice
(3 hours) Permission of Program Director. This course requires 112 hours of supervised participation in a criminal justice agency. Arrangements for assignments, work hours, and working conditions must meet with the mutual satisfaction of the student, the supervising professor, the department chairperson, and the agency. Only three credit hours of internship credit may be applied to a major in Criminal Justice. Grading is on a pass/fail basis.
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CRIM 590 - Directed Reading in Criminal Justice
(3 hours) Prerequisites: None. Primarily intended for the student without the required nine hours in criminal justice courses at the undergraduate level. Selected topics appropriate to the student’s course of study as determined by the faculty advisor and the instructor. Permission of the Department Chair required.
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CRIM 595 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
(3 hours) The course will consist of topics of current interest in criminal justice. Course topics are announced in advance.
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CRIM 601 - Survey of the Criminal Justice System
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Nine (9) hours of undergraduate coursework in criminal justice, or concurrent enrollment in CRIM 590, or successful completion of CRIM 590. A survey of the critical issues in the administration of the criminal justice system. Topics include: the historical development of the American criminal justice system; the discretionary decision-making point in the administration of justice; and current issues and trends of the three major components of the system—law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Also included are historic and contemporary criminological research and analysis.
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CRIM 610 - Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Nine (9) hours of undergraduate coursework in criminal justice, or concurrent enrollment in CRIM 590, or successful completion of CRIM 590. Explored in this course are legal and constitutional issues, concepts of ordered liberty, administration of justice; application of legal methodology to analysis of current issue in constitutional rights and remedies; and analysis of court functions and problems with recommendations for change.
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CRIM 615 - Theories of Criminal Behavior
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Nine (9) hours of undergraduate coursework in criminal justice. Included in this course is an analysis of biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime, and the implications of criminological theory for social policy in the criminal justice/juvenile justice systems.
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CRIM 620 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
(3 hours) Prerequisite: CRIM 601. Presented in this course is the nature of the research process, guidelines for formulating research questions, and the development of testable hypotheses. Reviewed are research designs, operationalizing and measurement, data collection methods, and statistical analysis of data through computer applications.
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CRIM 625 - Criminal Justice Administration
(3 hours) Prerequisite: CRIM 601. Examined through this course is organizational theory and behavior of the criminal justice agencies. Principles of leadership and human resource management, organizational culture, organization and policy planning, budgeting, forecasting, and project implementation and evaluation is reviewed. Also explored is the evolution of administrative issues and problems in the criminal justice system and impact of change in the external environment on agency operations.
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CRIM 630 - Minorities and Criminal Justice
(3 hours) Included in this course is an analysis of the effects of race, ethnicity and gender on legitimate social opportunities, criminal behavior, victimization, and differential judicial processing. Also examined are crime trends of women and minority groups in America, the criminal justice system’s response, and the impact of minorities on the criminal justice system. Presented are theories on the effects of assimilation and acculturation on the criminal justice system.
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CRIM 635 - Juvenile Justice
(3 hours) The historical development, philosophy and current practices of the juvenile court and other juvenile justice agencies are examined. Topics include: public policies in relation to youth; issues and trends in juvenile delinquency; projects in prevention, treatment, and diversion from the juvenile justice system; detention; juvenile court intake; the adjudication of delinquents and status offenders; probation, training schools and other residential programs; and transfer to the criminal justice system. Addressed are the major Supreme Court decisions, national standards, international standards and guidelines, and future trends affecting juvenile justice.
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CRIM 640 - Forensic Science
(3 hours) Prerequisite: CRIM 601. An examination of the forensic sciences and their application in the criminal justice field. Topics include crime scene processing, psychological profiling, hair and fiber analysis, toxicology, serology, forensic anthropology, and DNA fingerprinting. Explored are current court decisions regarding the uses and admissibility of contemporary techniques in forensics. (Laboratory fee required)
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