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Business Administration
  

  • MBA 555 - Leading Organizational Change

    Credits: 2
    The study of organizational change building on concepts that managers need to effectively lead the firm in various stages of evolution. Topics include: transformational leadership, strategic management, developing a learning organization, fostering innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, performance management, and effective execution. Case analysis and exercises are used to foster the application of leadership concepts and techniques.


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  • MBA 556 - Executive Challenge and Organizational Change

    Credits: 2
    Course challenges students with strategic situations and issues that executives face as leaders of evolving organizations.  Each challenge will test the student’s ability to identify the key factors, to incorporate the concepts presented in the MBA program, and to propose a course of action that will constructively address the challenge.  Key focus of the course will be addressing organizational changes and related concepts needed by managers to effectively manage these evolving organizations.  Cases and/or simulation exercises will be incorporated to integrate business function areas as well as the application for leadership concepts and techniques.


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  • MBA 559 - Global Strategy and Management

    Credits: 2
    Global Strategy and Management is designed to prepare graduate students in Business to acquire the skills that will help them manage effectively the multinational organization - i.e., the processes of creating and sustaining competitive advantage in global markets.


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  • MBA 560 - Business Law & Ethics

    Credits: 2
    Examination of the constitutional, legislative, judicial, regulatory, and public policy forces exerted on the business environment. Particular focus on contracts, torts, and property law.


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  • MBA 570 - Operations Management

    Credits: 2
    Survey of the basic concepts, theories, and techniques for the management of operating systems. Development of concepts and decision processes critical to short-run and long-range organizational decision making. Topics include product and process design, operations planning, facility location and layout, inventory management, capacity planning, and scheduling.


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  • MBA 579 - Project/Career Management

    Credits: 1
    Personal and professional assessments plus related workshops will be conducted to assist students in developing career development strategies.  Instruction will focus on enhancing existing careers and transitioning to new ones.  Personality assessment, 360 reviews and other methods will be used to guide student’s career development plans.  Students will be required to identify relevant practicum project plans and/or electives that will facilitate their career development.


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  • MBA 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Business Administration

    Credits: 1

    This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.


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Chemistry
  

  • CHM 501 - Introduction to Chemical Research

    Credits: 2
    Scientific proposal and manuscript preparation. Communication techniques. Experimental design and data analysis. Computer applications. Library use. Laboratory safety. Two hours each week.


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  • CHM 516 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Two semesters of organic chemistry. Study of contemporary synthetic organic chemistry. Topics may include chiral synthetic methods, natural products synthesis, bioorganic chemistry, relationships between structure and reactivity and the role of reactive intermediates, with emphasis placed on examples from the recent literature.


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  • CHM 517 - Medicinal Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    (417)  Prerequisite: Two semesters of organic chemistry. Systematic study of the chemistry and biological activity of hormones, vitamins, drugs affecting the nervous system, and other miscellaneous agents.


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  • CHM 521 - Advanced Physical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    The study of quantum statistical mechanical basis of thermodynamics, including the behavior of solids and liquids. Kinetics of chemical reactions, particularly the microscopic picture of chemical reactions based on quantum statistical mechanics.


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  • CHM 525 - Computational Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    (425)  Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry. Theory and practice of computational chemistry, including molecular mechanics, semi-empirical and ab initio molecular orbital theory, density functional theory, and molecular dynamics. Two hours of lecture and two hours of computer lab hours each week.


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  • CHM 536 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Organic chemistry, quantitative analysis. Application of modern analytical methods to chemical problems. Emphasis upon chemical information, structural and quantitative, obtainable from these techniques. Topics may include modern spectroscopic, chromatographic, electrochemical, bioanalytical or isotropic techniques.


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  • CHM 545 - Inorganic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    (445)  Prerequisite: Physical chemistry and quantitative analysis, or equivalent. Study of periodic relationships: crystal lattice theory; transition metals and ions; crystal field theory; organometallic structures and reactions; and reaction mechanisms.


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  • CHM 546 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CHM 545  or equivalent. Study of contemporary inorganic chemistry. Topics may include organometallic, bioinorganic chemistry, group theory, and/or current topics in contemporary inorganic chemistry.


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  • CHM 567 - Biochemical Techniques and Instrumentation

    Credits: 2
    (467)  Prerequisite or corequisite:  CHM 365  or equivalent. Theory and practice of advanced biochemical techniques. Topics may include buffer and reagent preparation, protein assay, protein purification, electrophoresis, enzyme kinetics, vesicle construction, DNA isolation, and molecular visualization and modeling. Four hours each week.


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  • CHM 568 - Advanced Biochemistry

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CHM 365  or equivalent and CHM 321 . Topics may include protein structure, stability, and visualization, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms including enzyme activators, inhibitors, and inactivators, ligand recognition and binding, and enzyme regulation.


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  • CHM 574 - Aquatic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. The chemistry of aqueous solutions, including use of activity coefficients, acid-base and buffer concepts, gas solubility, results of carbon dioxide dissolution, trace metal speciation, oxidation-reduction processes, photochemistry and mineral solubility. Concepts will be applied to laboratory solutions and natural waters.


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  • CHM 575 - Chemical Oceanography

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: General chemistry. An oceanography course is recommended. Sources, distribution, forms of occurrence, and reactions of chemical species in seawater. Chemistry of concentrated aqueous solutions. Patterns of global ocean circulation. Air-sea and sediment-seawater interactions. Estuarine processes and reactions. Human impact on the oceans.


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  • CHM 576 - Chemical and Physical Analysis of Seawater

    Credits: 3
    (PHY 576)  Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Study of modern chemical and physical measurements of seawater including salinity, alkalinity, pH, nutrients, and dissolved oxygen. Several class periods may also be devoted to working aboard an oceanographic research vessel while at sea.


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  • CHM 579 - Role of the Oceans in Human Health

    Credits: 3
    (MSC 579)  Prerequisite: CHM 212 , BIO 110 , or consent of instructor. Discovery, structure, and biological activity of marine bioactive compounds, chemotaxonomy, pharmaceutical leads, marine biotoxins, structure, mode of action, regulation and monitoring, the producing organisms, how (biosynthesis) and why these compounds are made. Two lectures per week.


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  • CHM 585 - Industrial and Polymer Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    (485)  Prerequisites: Physical chemistry and two semesters of organic chemistry. Properties, synthesis, and reactions of major industrial chemicals; synthetic plastics, soaps and detergents; petrochemicals; paints and pigments; dyes; pharmaceutical and nuclear industries; mechanism of polymerization; copolymerization; physical and chemical properties of polymers; polymer characterization; advances in polymer techniques.


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  • CHM 586 - Fundamentals of Heterocycles with Emphasis on Pharmaceuticals

    Credits: 3
    (486)  Prerequisite: 2 semesters of Organic Chemistry. Well over half of all known organic compounds and most pharmaceuticals are heterocyles (containing an atom other than C in the ring). This course will examine their chemistry. Topics include the nomenclature, properties, synthesis, and pharmaceutical applications of heterocycles.


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  • CHM 591 - Directed Independent Study

    Credits: 1-6
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses.


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  • CHM 592 - Special Topics in Chemistry

    Credits: 1-3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of topics or issues in Chemistry not covered in existing courses. May be repeated under a different subtitle.


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  • CHM 597 - Comprehensive Literature Review

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite:  12 credits of graduate level chemistry  The ability to survey the literature is the basis of advanced learning in chemistry.  In this course students are taught the fundamentals of scientific literature searching and will be required to demonstrate the ability to apply their chemical knowledge to the discussion of a topic in the chemical literature.  The topic to be reviewed will typically take the form of a written review article requiring the student to survey and synthesize current literature, explain the chemistry essential to understanding the topic and provide an extensive bibliography.


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  • CHM 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1-6
    Laboratory research for thesis and thesis preparation. Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required.


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  • CHM 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Chemistry

    Credits: 1

    This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.


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Chemistry Lab
  

Clinical Research
  

  • CLR 501 - Clinical Research Monitoring and Ethics

    Credits: 3
    In-depth examination of the stages of a clinical study from an operational perspective. Includes an overview of clinical research monitoring techniques and ethical considerations. Introduces skills for project planning and implementation; effective team management; management of timelines, resources, and contractual obligations; and monitoring project progress and risk.


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  • CLR 510 - Advanced Scientific Writing & Interpreting Medical Literature

    Credits: 3
    Examination of methods used in developing a systematic literature review of a body of research relevant to drug development. Emphasizes methods for reviewing and summarizing pre-clinical and clinical trials data. Discusses interpretation of statistical results. Students will critique scientific rigor in published medical literature.


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  • CLR 512 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Clinical Research and Product Development

    Credits: 3
    Pharmacotherapeutics is defined as the treatment of disease using drugs. Topics will include knowledge and tools needed by advanced clinical research students to understand diseases and medications being investigated in clinical protocols.


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  • CLR 515 - Epidemiology and Safety

    Credits: 3
    Examination of the application of epidemiologic methods to clinical research. Includes overview of clinical study design with emphasis on burden of illness and post-marketing safety studies, assessment of bias, and interpretation of statistical results. Introduction to the development, validation, and selection of appropriate surveys and patient-reported outcomes instruments.


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  • CLR 520 - Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management

    Credits: 3
    In-depth study of laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to biopharmaceutical and device development, clinical research, and quality assurance in the U.S. Presents the US FDA application process for investigation and marketing of biopharmaceuticals and devices. Reviews practical techniques to comply with regulatory and quality requirements.


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  • CLR 525 - Current Issues in Global Regulatory Development and Management

    Credits: 3
    Study of the global regulatory bodies, regulations, and management strategies that govern clinical research. Presents the FDA regulations, as well as reviews other countries’ regulations pertaining to drug, biologic, and device development. Current issues in global biopharmaceutical development reviewed.


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  • CLR 530 - Project Management in Clinical Research

    Credits: 3
    Examines project management in the biopharmaceutical clinical research industry emphasizing basic skills for managing clinical research and development. Discusses project management concepts, tools, and techniques required to successfully manage budget, scope, and timeline to complete deliverables.


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  • CLR 540 - Post-marketing Studies

    Credits: 3
    Discusses the purpose and designs of post-marketing studies including registries, retrospective data analysis, safety surveillance studies, label comprehension studies, large simple trials, pharmacoeconomics, and patient-reported outcomes. Examines strengths and limitations of observational research.


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  • CLR 545 - Biopharmaceutical Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Management

    Credits: 3
    The study of leveraging research capabilities with the marketplace and communicating research results for public benefit. Topics to include: the identification, management, development and commercialization of marketable research and technologies. Additional topics include patents and licensing.


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  • CLR 550 - Clinical Research Trial Design & Data Management

    Credits: 3
    In-depth study and development of clinical research designs, including biopharmaceutical clinical research protocols and statistics for phases 1 through 4. Emphasis also placed on data management, including electronic data capture and emerging data capture methods. Includes development of skills necessary for multi-disciplinary teamwork required to build, maintain, and analyze a high quality study database.


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  • CLR 555 - Innovative Product Development and Strategic Planning

    Credits: 3
    Principals of operational and business practices pertaining to drug, biologic, and device development. Developing strategies including planning from research to discovery to formulation reviewed, including cost estimation and project management.


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  • CLR 597 - Master’s Project

    Credits: 1-3
    Prerequisites: CLR 501 , CLR 510 , CLR 520 , and  CLR 550 . A research activity alternative to the thesis. The project emphasizes methods of implementing research findings to solve identified clinical research or regulatory affairs problems or practice improvements. A scholarly presentation is required to summarize the project.


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  • CLR 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Clinical Research

    Credits: 1

     

    This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.


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Coastal & Ocean Policy
  

  • MCOP 501 - Science and Coastal and Ocean Policy Issues I

    Credits: 3
    The course is the first of a two course sequence examining the scientific foundation of selected coastal and ocean policy issues and problems. Specific attention is focused on the way science is used to frame and understand selected coastal and ocean policy problems.


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  • MCOP 502 - Science and Coastal and Ocean Policy Issues II

    Credits: 3
    The course is the second of a two course sequence examining the scientific foundation of selected coastal and ocean policy issues and problems. Specific attention is focused on the way science is used to frame and understand selected coastal and ocean policy problems.


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  • MCOP 511 - Coastal and Ocean Law

    Credits: 3
    The course explores legal issues arising from the use and protection of the lands, waters, and natural resources of the coastline, coastal watersheds, and the near shore marine environment. Topics studied include laws and policies defining public and private property rights in the shoreline and submerged lands, coastal wetlands protection, coastal erosion, public shoreline access, coastal zone management act, clean water act, disaster preparedness and climate change, and other coastal resources and uses.


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  • MCOP 512 - Marine Resource Law

    Credits: 3
    The course focuses on Federal and state laws respecting the use and management of the territorial sea, the continental shelf, and the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. Topics considered include the history and status of state-federal preemption, state and federal regulation of domestic marine fisheries and aquaculture, marine endangered and protected species, offshore energy development, marine pollution control, oil spill liability, and area-based management approaches such as the national marine sanctuary program. Federal statutes explored include the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Ocean Dumping Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.


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  • MCOP 513 - Admiralty Law

    Credits: 3
    This course will provide an overview of Admiralty law and jurisdiction, with special emphasis on issues related to maritime personal injury, collision, carriage of goods by sea, and the creation and enforcement of maritime liens. Attention will be given to maritime practice and procedure, focusing on such issues as removal to federal court, right to jury trial, vessel seizure and attachment, and the perfection of in rem jurisdiction.


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  • MCOP 520 - Coastal and Environmental Science and Policy

    Credits: 3
    The course examines the interactions between natural systems and the laws, programs, and policies used to manage impacts on those systems. Utilizing the experience of lectures, labs and fieldtrips, students are provided with a basic understanding of the development of environmental policy and the role science plays in the policy process.


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  • MCOP 521 - Institutions and the Environment

    Credits: 3
    The course examines the critical role that human institutions play and their interactions with the environment. Particular attention focuses on how institutions develop, function, and serve to manage policy problems. Students will also learn techniques that can be used to analyze institutional arrangements.


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  • MCOP 524 - Coastal Resources Management

    Credits: 3
    Examination of activities and management efforts in the coastal zone of both developed and developing countries and their impacts on the environment. Special emphasis is placed on tools and techniques used by coastal managers to manage coastal and maritime resources.


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  • MCOP 525 - Coastal Ecosystem Governance

    Credits: 3
    Examines programs, policies, and competing approaches to the integrated management of coastal and maritime resources. Topics may include integrated water resources management, integrated coastal zone management, adaptive management, watershed management, ecosystem management, socio-ecological systems, marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, and large marine ecosystems. Particular attention is placed on ways to foster improved environmental governance and stewardship of coastal and marine resources.


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  • MCOP 540 - Interdisciplinary Field Seminar in Coastal and Ocean Policy

    Credits: 3
    The focus of this course is an in-depth exploration of a coastal or ocean policy problem by examining its ecological, political, legal, social, cultural, and economic dimensions. The course will also examine the human institutions crafted to address and govern the problem.


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  • MCOP 592 - Special Topics in Coastal and Ocean Policy

    Credits: 3
    Intensive study of selected topics in coastal and ocean policy. The course may be taken for credit up to three times for a total of nine credit hours provided the course topics are different.


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  • MCOP 593 - Seminar in Coastal and Ocean Policy

    Credits: 3
    Students enroll in the seminar the semester prior to completing their capstone project. During the seminar students will receive and initiate their final capstone project. The seminar involves guest speakers related to their capstone projects as well as professional and career development topics.


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  • MCOP 595 - Capstone Seminar

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: MCOP 593 . This course provides a synthesizing analytical experience to complete the degree program. Students are assigned to either an individual or group project to analyze a coastal and ocean policy problem. Their analysis combines the analytical perspectives developed during the program to analyze this policy problem. Students then prepare and present a final written report.


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  • MCOP 598 - Internship in Coastal and Ocean Policy

    Credits: 3-6
    Participation in a field experience, including a journal and written report critically describing the student’s responsibilities and experiences, focusing on linkages between the theory learned in coursework and the practice of coastal and ocean policy. Field experience will result from a supervised internship in a cooperating public, private, or nonprofit organization. This course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S or U).


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  • MCOP 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Coastal and Ocean Policy

    Credits: 1

    This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.


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College of Health and Human Services
  

Communication Studies
  

  • COM 595 - Special Topics in Communication Studies

    Credits: 1-3
    Graduate level exploration of communication topics, issues, themes and perspectives.  Details of specific courses available through graduate school or instructor listed with course.  Consent of instructor required.


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Computer Science
  

  • CSC 515 - Artificial Intelligence

    Credits: 3
    (415)  Prerequisite: (CSC 331)  or equivalent. Introduction to key concepts and applications of artificial intelligence. Knowledge representation; state space searching; heuristic search; expert systems. Biologically – inspired computing techniques such as neural networks, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms. Implementation of concepts and techniques.


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  • CSC 516 - Introduction to Biologically Inspired Computing

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 415 , CSC 515  or consent of instructor. Theory and application of computing paradigms that operate analogously to biological systems. Topics such as machine learning, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, swarm intelligent systems, and hybrids of these systems. Attention will be given to problem representation and emerging models of computation.


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  • CSC 517 - Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

    Credits: 3
    Exploration of key concepts and applications of symbolic artificial intelligence such as knowledge representation, search strategies, game theory, heuristic search, knowledge engineering, expert systems, reasoning, learning, natural language processing. Implementation of concepts and techniques.


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  • CSC 520 - Digital Image Processing

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 340  or equivalent. This course introduces the methods and theory of digital image processing beginning with image representations, storage formats, and data structures. Students develop tools for reading image data, determining image properties and performing common point, local, and global transforms. The course also covers data compression, digital watermarking, morphological processing, and steganography.


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  • CSC 521 - Computer Gaming

    Credits: 3
    (421)  Prerequisites: ART/CSC/FST 320 , CSC 340 , and CSC 370 . Topics related to the design and implementation of computer games are covered, including design, modeling, and animation of meshes for game characters and environments, scene and object representation, graphics pipeline, collision detections, picking, graphics optimization, and other issues such as basic game physics and artificial intelligence for games. Animations are created using advanced 3D software and code modifications to a game engine will be made.


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  • CSC 522 - Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: STT 215 , MAT 162 , and CSC 231  or equivalent. Modeling and evaluation of computer systems. Probability spaces and probability calculus, random variables and their distribution functions, the calculus of expectations. Markov chains; birth-death processes; Poisson processes; single queue; network of queues and their simulation. System simulation for performance prediction. Modeling concurrent processes and the resources they share.


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  • CSC 532 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 331  or (MIS 316  and CSC 231 ) or equivalent. Theory of the design of efficient computer algorithms. Algorithms for sorting, searching, pattern matching, and polynomial arithmetic, cryptography, as well as study of greedy algorithms, graph algorithms.


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  • CSC 533 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms II

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 532 . Theory of the design of efficient computer algorithms. Amortized analysis, sorting networks, matrix operations. Polynomials and FFT, number-theoretic algorithms, and computational geometry.


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  • CSC 537 - Parallel Computing

    Credits: 3
    (437)  Prerequisite: CSC 340 . Implementation of scientific algorithms in parallel. Use of shared-memory, distributed-memory, and multicore technologies. Study of techniques for improved performance and issues related to speedup and slowdown.


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  • CSC 540 - Advanced Scientific Computing

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 340  or equivalent. This course introduces the underlying theory, design, implementation, application, and analysis of numerical algorithms fundamental to scientific computation. Topics include Fourier and wavelet transforms spectral analysis, energy distributions, convolution, correlation, windowed transforms, and filtering. Other topics include constrained nonlinear and combinatorial optimization, curve fitting, data mining, clustering, and fuzzy logic.


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  • CSC 544 - Network Programming

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 344  or MIS 416  or equivalent. Implementation of network and distributed programming concepts using C, C++, or JAVA on Unix or Windows platforms. Networking programming interfaces, security, management, design and applications. Hands on experience with network components. Students plan, configure, install, diagnose, performance tune, operate and manage state-of-the-art computer networks, internetworking devices and protocols.


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  • CSC 546 - Grid Computing

    Credits: 3
    (446 ) Prerequisites: CSC 344  or CSC 231  or equivalent. Grid computing software components, standards, web services, security mechanisms, schedulers, and resource brokers, workflow editors, grid portals, grid computing applications.


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  • CSC 550 - Software Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 450  or equivalent. An introduction to software life cycle models; size estimation; cost and schedule estimation; project management; risk management; formal technical reviews; analysis, design, coding and testing methods; configuration management and change control; and software reliability estimation. Emphasis on large development projects. Individual project following good software engineering practices required during the semester.


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  • CSC 553 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 331  or equivalent. An exploration of object-oriented design and software construction. Topics in object-oriented analysis and programming: classes, methods, messages, inheritance, static and dynamic binding, polymorphism, templates, design methodologies, class libraries, and software reuse. Substantial object-oriented software project required.


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  • CSC 564 - Computer and Network Security

    Credits: 3
    (MIS 564)  Prerequisite: CSC 544 . An in-depth coverage of network security technologies, network design implications, and security planning for an organization’s computer network. Procedures for the identification, preservation and extraction of electronic evidence. Auditing and investigation of network and host intrusions. Forensic tools and resources for systems administrators and information system security officers.


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  • CSC 570 - Real-Time Graphics

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: CSC 370  or equivalent. Theory and implementation of high-performance computer graphics. Applications from virtual reality, training, and entertainment. Graphics hardware. High-fidelity graphics. Introduction to computational geometry.


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  • CSC 572 - Scientific Visualization

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 331  or equivalent, senior or graduate standing in a science program, or permission of instructor. The application of computer graphics techniques to scientific, medical, engineering, and business data. Understanding the requirements placed on data display by physics, physiology, and psychology.


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  • CSC 577 - Pattern Recognition

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: CSC 340  or equivalent. This course introduces pattern recognition methods and theory using conventional statistical approaches, neural networks, fuzzy logic, support vectors, and linear principal component analysis (PCA). The course also presents methods for non-linear PCA, clustering, and feature extraction. Students implement algorithms; apply methods to selected problems, and to document findings.


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  • CSC 587 - Systems Simulation

    Credits: 3
    (MIS 587)  Prerequisite: QMM 280 , STT 215 , or equivalent. Study of the techniques and applications of computer simulation of systems. Students will learn to plan simulation studies, program them in a simulation language, perform the study, and analyze the results with statistical rigor. Also covered are random number generation, input distribution selection, generating random variables, and variance reduction techniques.


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  • CSC 594 - Research Project

    Credits: 1-6
    (MIS 594)  Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Focused study of a research topic in the practical application of computer science or information systems under the guidance of a faculty member. Topics are selected by the student with faculty and graduate coordinator approval. Written analysis and oral presentation of the project is required.


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  • CSC 598 - Internship

    Credits: 1-6
    (MIS 598)  Prerequisite: Overall GPA of at least 3.0. Academic training and practical experience through work in a private company or public agency. Faculty supervision and evaluation of all study and on-site activity. Students must secure permission of the graduate coordinator.


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  • CSC 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1-6
    Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required.


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  • CSC 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Computer Science

    Credits: 1

    This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.


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Conflict Mgmt & Resolution
  

  • CMR 502 - Conflict Management Theory

    Credits: 3
    The module presents an overview of the theoretical state of the field. The most important theoretical approaches from the various disciplines are presented. Students are required to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of all of the important perspectives to the understanding of the causes and mechanisms of conflict.


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  • CMR 503 - Decision Making and Negotiation

    Credits: 3
    This module presents the theoretical foundations of three important conflict management techniques, namely Negotiation, Mediation and Facilitated Problem Solving. Students are required to have a solid understanding of the background to these techniques, as well as a sound understanding of their applications.


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  • CMR 507 - Mediation and Conflict Resolution Practicum

    Credits: 3
    This applied module provides the students with an intense workshop on applied management techniques, including negotiation and mediation skills development. Training draws on the students’ own, personal experience, and includes the use of case studies and scenario-based role-playing.


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  • CMR 520 - Conflict Management and Resolution

    Credits: 3
    This module examines the dynamic aspects of social conflict - how it originates, escalates, de-escalates and is terminated. A number of different models and their various implications for conflict management are debated.


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  • CMR 521 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Credits: 3
    Mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution systems now exist in many organizations to address issues such as supervisor-supervisee conflicts, management-union disputes, and team-workgroup problems. Using case studies from a wide range of work environments, this course explores alternative dispute resolution systems in the workplace, examining their usefulness, their limitations, and their future.


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  • CMR 522 - Public Management and Facilitation

    Credits: 3
    The module on public management and facilitation is designed to introduce students to the principles of planning, managing and facilitating a workshop to elicit information, gain consensus and arrive at informed decisions. It is designed to focus on the roles, structure and running of workshops. It will be of particular benefit to team leaders and people working in a project environment.


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  • CMR 523 - Ombudsmanship

    Credits: 3
    This module provides basic information and training for the Organizational Ombudsman by emphasizing the principles of confidentiality, neutrality, independence, and informality. The course will enable the Organizational Ombudsman, persons interested in becoming an Ombudsman, or anyone desiring to establish an Organizational Ombudsman function to act with purpose, understanding, and effectiveness when working with the individual and the organization. The course focuses on how the Ombudsman works with the visitor to the office as well as how they act as a change agent within their organization. The course will allow you to practice key Ombudsman skills of listening, asking questions, clarifying, generating options, and negotiation throughout the Ombudsman process.


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  • CMR 524 - Family Violence Across the Lifespan: Professional and Social Responses

    Credits: 3
    This module explores the impact of abuse, neglect and violence on early childhood development. The focus is on conflict intervention strategies and program designs to address the effects of violence in families, schools, and communities. The focus is then on the long term effects of violence and trauma in adult survivors that can be associated with domestic violence, abuse and neglect, and violence in schools.


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