May 23, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalogue 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

– Course Descriptions


 

Clinical Research

  
  • CLR 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Clinical Research


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 0

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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Coastal & Ocean Policy

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


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 511 - Coastal and Ocean Law


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 512 - Marine Resource Law


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 513 - Admiralty Law


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 520 - Coastal and Environmental Science and Policy


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 521 - Institutions and the Environment


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 524 - Coastal Resources Management


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 525 - Coastal Ecosystem Governance


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 528 - North Carolina Coastal Issues and Experiences


    Course Description: Examination of the coastal, sound and estuarine environments of North Carolina and investigation of related management issues, using applied learning approaches. Special emphasis is placed on teaching students how to integrate science into governmental decision making processes in order to manage coastal and ocean resources, in the face of real-world constraints. This course is unique in its real-time application of coastal sustainability concepts through field immersion methods and techniques.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 531 - Fisheries Law & Management


    Course Description: Examines laws, policies, and approaches used to manage fisheries in the U.S. and internationally.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 580 - Comparative Risk Governance


    Course Description: This course is open to students of any disciplinary background that are also interested in social issues concerning risk and uncertainty. The overarching purpose of this course is to introduce students to issues arising at the interface of scientific and technological uncertainty and public policy decision making. In turn, students will develop knowledge and tools useful for developing a deeper appreciation for contentious local and global issues such as, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), natural disasters, climate change, and nanotechnology. Students will have the opportunity to apply course theory and tools to the study of an international risk issue of their choice.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: CMR 580
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 591 - Directed Independent Study


    Course Description: Independent investigation of research problems or directed readings in a selected area of coastal and ocean policy

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 592 - Special Topics in Coastal and Ocean Policy


    Course Description: Intensive study of selected topics in coastal and ocean policy.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 593 - Seminar in Coastal and Ocean Policy


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 595 - Capstone Seminar


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: MCOP 593
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 598 - Internship in Coastal and Ocean Policy


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • MCOP 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Coastal and Ocean Policy


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 0

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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College of Health and Human Services

  
  • CHHS 592 - Special Topics in Health & Human Services


    Course Description: Intensive study of selected topics in health & human services.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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Communication Studies

  
  • COM 500 - Mixed Research Methods for Integrated Marketing Communication I


    Course Description: Research methods and analytics used in IMC, including quantitative, qualitative, and textual/rhetorical analysis.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 502 - Mixed Research Methods for Integrated Marketing Communication II


    Course Description: Advanced research methods and analytics used in IMC, including quantitative, qualitative, and textual/rhetorical analysis.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 531 - Integrated Marketing Communication and the Strategic Mindset


    Course Description: Foundational course that addresses integrated marketing communication and branding in terms of ethics, diversity and inclusion. Topics include IMC’s history and role in organizations and relationship to communication and rhetorical theoretical approaches.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 532 - Critical Issues in Integrated Marketing Communication


    Course Description: Overview of the types of industries, organizations, and sectors using IMC and the primary challenges for each area. Topics include political brands and campaigns, sports and entertainment IMC, non-profit organizations and issue/stakeholder management, business-to-business and business-to-consumer IMC and brands, and institutional (government, healthcare, higher education) branding and IMC efforts.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 533 - Organizational Culture, Identity and Brand


    Course Description: Examines the connections between an organization’s culture, brand, and identity, and how these are communicated to organizational stakeholders.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 534 - Communication Ethics and Integrated Marketing Communication


    Course Description: Multiple approaches to communication ethics are applied to the theory and practice of integrated marketing communication.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 535 - Integrated Marketing Communication: Diversity and Inclusion


    Course Description: Explores the issues of diversity and inclusion in integrated marketing communication organizations (agencies, practitioners) and in branding and IMC efforts by business-to-business and business-to-consumer brands.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 536 - Digital Storytelling and Integrated Marketing Communication


    Course Description: Students will analyze and create digital media used in integrated marketing communication contexts to communicate brand identity.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 537 - Crisis Communication & Integrated Marketing Communication


    Course Description: Overview of the theories and practices of crisis communication as they relate to branding and integrated marketing communication.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 539 - Integrated Marketing Communication Applied Learning Project


    Course Description: Odd years: participation in integrated marketing communication conference hosted by UNCW. Even years: participation in applied learning project for community non-profit client.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 590 - Integrated Marketing Communication Graduate Capstone


    Course Description: The culminating experience for M.A. Integrated Marketing Communication program students, who will produce one of the following: thesis, project, or portfolio.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 591 - Directed Individual Study in Integrated Marketing Communication


    Course Description: Directed individual study in integrated marketing communication.

    Credit Hours: 1 TO 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: COM 531
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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  • COM 595 - Special Topics in Communication Studies


    Course Description: Graduate level exploration of communication topics, issues, themes and perspectives.  Details of specific courses available through graduate school or instructor listed with course.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Instructor.
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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Computer Science

  
  • CSC 500 - Introduction to Computer Science


    Course Description: An accelerated introduction to fundamental concepts in computer science. Topics include object-oriented programming; data structures; program control structures; introduction to algorithm design and analysis and software engineering concepts.

    Credit Hours: 4

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 515 - Artificial Intelligence


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 331 (min grade B)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequiste course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: CSC 415
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 516 - Introduction to Biologically Inspired Computing


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 415 with minimum grade of C or CSC 515 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisites or permission of instructor
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 517 - Symbolic Artificial Intelligence


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 520 - Digital Image Processing


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 340 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 521 - Computer Gaming


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: (ART 320 or CSC 320 or FST 320) and CSC 340 and CSC 370
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: CSC 421
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 522 - Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: STT 215 (min grade B) and MAT 162 (min grade B) and CSC 231 (min grade B)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 532 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 500
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 533 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms II


    Course Description: Theory of the design of efficient computer algorithms. Amortized analysis, sorting networks, matrix operations. Polynomials and FFT, number-theoretic algorithms, and computational geometry.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 532 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 537 - Parallel Computing


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 340 (min grade C)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: CSC 437
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 540 - Advanced Scientific Computing


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 340 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequiste course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 544 - Network Programming


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 500
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 546 - Grid Computing


    Course Description: Grid computing software components, standards, web services, security mechanisms, schedulers, and resource brokers, workflow editors, grid portals, grid computing applications.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 231 (min grade B) or CSC 344 (min grade B)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: CSC 456
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 550 - Software Engineering


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 500
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 551 - Software Assurance


    Course Description: Introduction to quality assurance, reliability, and security in software engineering. Topics include quality and security requirements and specifications; manual and automated code inspections; techniques for static and dynamic analysis of software; software metrics; advanced testing techniques; and reliability growth modeling. Emphasis on software security engineering including threat modeling, secure design principles, and secure development processes.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 550
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • CSC 553 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 331 (min grade B)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite courses or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 564 - Computer and Network Security


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 544 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 564
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 570 - Real-Time Graphics


    Course Description: Theory and implementation of high-performance computer graphics. Applications from virtual reality, training, and entertainment. Graphics hardware. High-fidelity graphics. Introduction to computational geometry.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 370 witn minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 572 - Scientific Visualization


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 331 (min grade B)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course, and senior or graduate standing in a science program, or permission of instructor.
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 577 - Pattern Recognition


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: CSC 340 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 587 - Systems Simulation


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: STT 215 with minimum grade of C
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course or equivalent
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 587
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 591 - Directed Independent Study


    Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Instructor
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 591
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 592 - Topics in Computing


    Course Description: Topics in computing of current interest not covered in existing courses.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Instructor
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 592
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 594 - Research Project


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Instructor
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 594
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 595 - Research Seminar


    Course Description: Research and discussion of selected topics in computer science or information systems. Oral presentation required.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Instructor
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 595
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 598 - Internship


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Overall GPA of at least 3.0
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 598
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 599 - Thesis


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: MIS 599
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CSC 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Computer Science


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 0

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None








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Conflict Mgmt & Resolution

  
  • CMR 502 - Conflict Management Theory


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 503 - Decision Making and Negotiation


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 507 - Mediation and Conflict Resolution Practicum


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 520 - Conflict Management and Resolution


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 521 - Alternative Dispute Resolution


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 522 - Public Management and Facilitation


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 523 - Ombudsmanship


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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


    Course Description: 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 525 - Conflict in International Politics


    Course Description: Students are provided with an overview of the current international system and introduced to the actors, their interactions and the norms of the international system. The impact of the law and norms of international relations on international conflict are analyzed and debated.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 526 - The 21st Century Workplace: Diversity Matters


    Course Description: This course covers the basics of planning for and managing the needs of the diverse workplace. You will examine the management of a diverse workforce in terms of changing work priorities, quality of work life, human resource policies, procedures, and organizational culture. You will also explore strategies to align these workforce changes with your professional goals, as well as to define training needs and options related to implementing necessary changes.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 527 - Labor Law and Relations


    Course Description: This module examines various themes within the labor relations and labor law fields, as they impinge on the ability of the individual to manage conflict in the workplace. There is a particular concentration on the content of recent legislation, and the practical issue of learning to cope with change relationships, on the part of both labor and management.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 528 - Individual and Organizational Problem Solving and Decision Making


    Course Description: This course is the Capstone Course for students graduating with a concentration in Domestic, Social and Organizational Conflict Transformation.  The course will integrate theories of organizations at different levels of analysis (micro/intra and interpersonal, and macro/organizational), and a problem-solving process that managers and executives can use to identify and resolve organizational problems.  Students will work through multiple cases of organizational problems at all levels in small groups and the entire class.  They will learn to apply a 4-step process to diagnose and resolve organizational problems: 1) identify the problem; 2) diagnose root causes using the ‘Five Whys’ technique; 3) identify possible solutions; 4) evaluate solutions and choose optimal one(s), taking into consideration likelihood of success and difficulty of implementation.  Students will apply basic theories of Organizational Behavior (OB), including the individual (motivation, satisfaction); interpersonal (group processes) and organizational (structure, process) to the situations. 

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 530 - International Law and Dispute Resolution


    Course Description: This module deals with the basic rules governing the international community. A substantial portion of this course focuses on the role of international and national tribunals in the law-making process of the international community, with emphasis on modern developments in jurisdiction, international agreements, war crime tribunals, anti-terrorist conventions and international economic law. Special consideration is also given to the impact of the United Nations with respect to resolution-creation as well as truce agreements.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 531 - Ethics in International Affairs


    Course Description: This module examines several international relations traditions and finds that thinking about what one should do is an important part of our ability to analyze the way in which states and other actors interact. Understanding ethics also informs our ability to decide what our own nation should do; it is vital to our responsibilities as citizens. The graduate course on Ethics in International Affairs examines ethical frameworks such as consequentialism, liberalism, utilitarianism, and Just War Theory, as well as several non-Western ethical traditions, including the Islamic tradition. Students will analyze cases involving war/intervention, terrorism, justice, multinationals, and the environment.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 532 - Development, Change and Conflict


    Course Description: This module explores contemporary development theories and processes. It relates them to key perspectives and issues in conflict in developing countries and regions. Macro-theoretical perspectives such as modernization, dependency, and neo-liberalism are examined, as well as human-centred and alternative developmental approaches.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 533 - International Peacekeeping and Negotiation


    Course Description: Violent conflict within states has become the most common form of war in the Post-World War II era. Many of these conflicts are ethno-national in nature. This course will explore the shift in the nature of war towards the “Post-Modern” form of internal war, and the major tools the international community possesses to manage internal wars - peacekeeping operations. We will explore the various forms of peacekeeping operations from UN mandated operations, to regional operations including NATO and the OAU. Finally we will assess and evaluate issues in peacekeeping missions. One major issue to address in peacekeeping is command and control of both the peacekeeping forces, and the warring factions. Command and control is central to maintaining control of an operation and ensuring that negotiations can carry on to bring about an end to hostilities.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 534 - Problem Solving and Decision Making


    Course Description: The purpose of this module is to acquaint the students with the basics of problem-solving and decision-decision. In the process of making decisions, problems must be solved. Specific attention will be given to problem-solving in groups, and how effective solutions may be devised for a myriad of problems.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 535 - Violence Studies


    Course Description: The module in Violence Studies will introduce students to the various social, political, and economic conditions that have given rise to radical response. We will closely examine small rebel bands, (commonly referred to as “guerrilla” movements), and “terrorist” organizations in both ‘Third World’ countries and Industrialized nations. We are often interchanging the term ‘revolutionaries” with ‘terrorist” given the strategies utilized to counter the possible international threat. To this end, we will also examine ways in which revolutions upset and effect alliances in the international system. That is – examining the link between revolutions and international relations.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 536 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism


    Course Description: The threat of terrorism is pervasive in most countries around the world. The source of terrorism is important to understanding the different tools states can employ to counter the problem. This course will look at research on the causes of terrorism exploring the operational environment of states where terrorism is common. In addition to causation, this course will also explore counterterrorism methods. Counterterrorism will look at all methods individually and then turn to focus on complimentary counterterrorism strategies that elevate alternative opportunities of political engagement to encourage individuals to substitute terrorist behaviour with other forms of political engagement.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 537 - Crisis Negotiation


    Course Description: Students will learn strategies for resolving high conflict/crisis situations including workplace violence scenarios, domestic violence disputes, robberies, situations on college campuses, crises where hostages are involved and other potentially dangerous situations.  The course takes students through a number of steps in understanding how to resolve the different types of crises, beginning with active listening and concluding with behavioral change.  Principled Negotiation, the Breakthrough Strategy and the importance of saving face are incorporated into the process.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 538 - Intercultural Dispute Resolution


    Course Description: Many mediators think that intercultural dispute resolution is based primarily on considerations of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Research has shown that the experiential models we most rely upon are those we learned from the cultural community in which we were raised during our formative years. We tend to respond to conflict in the ways we learned from our own culture group. In this sense, our approach to resolving conflicts is both patterned and culturally grounded. ADR professionals must consider these patterns when facilitating dispute resolution. Learn the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the four Intercultural Conflict Styles.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 539 - Mediation in the Community


    Course Description: Mediation practitioners provide a wide variety of services in the community ranging from Family and Divorce Mediation, including custody, visitation, support and equitable distribution to mediating workplace disputes involving Title VII issues such as discrimination and sexual harassment.  Students will learn about the range of practice modalities in the community including consumer-merchant disputes, homeowner-contractor issues, neighbor-to-neighbor disputes and Medicare case appeals.  Professional mediators as guest speakers and illustrative case studies will provide examples of the practice modalities.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 540 - Propaganda, Political Warfare and Influence Operations


    Course Description: This course will prepare students to identify, assess, and counter information operations and propaganda efforts at a time when communications technologies amplify the essential nature of perception management in modern conflict and policy. Students will examine the history and methodology of foreign propaganda and influence operations as it applies to war and statecraft in both democratic and non-democratic societies. Special attention will be paid to the methods and strategies employed against the United States and its interests around the world.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 541 - Missile Defense and its Role in Conflict Resolution


    Course Description: This course examines the role of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) in securing nations against war. Ballistic missiles (and cruise missiles, a lesser included case) are a highly effective, ultra high speed means of combat forces of virtually any size to carry out combat against surface-based targets, capable of raining nuclear warheads down on any unstoppable in their destructive power, providing any entity that possesses them with the power to terrorize, dominate, annihilate or simply deter their adversaries. In recent decades, however, the capability to destroy these weapons in flight has been underway, and already had many milestones, with several victories in combat, and widened or worsended conflicts averted, to date.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 542 - The Psychology of Terrorism


    Course Description: This course provides a broad overview of the psychological literature explaining: the psychological processes that are involved in the development of a terrorist, the impact of terrorism, and the combating of terrorism. The course will focus on modern day Islamic terrorism, but will also briefly examine terrorism in other societies.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 543 - International Organizational Behavior


    Course Description: An examination of how communication shapes operations, encounters, interactions and relationships within and between international organizations.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 544 - Strategic Communication: Analysis of Persuasion and Cultural Principles and Techniques


    Course Description: An advanced seminar focusing on strategic persuasion and counter-propaganda principles and methodologies in diverse cultural settings. This graduate seminar will use lecture-discussion and case studies to address culture, mass and interpersonal communication, negotiation-conflict resolution, and persuasion strategies and tactics designed to result in desired attitude and behavior change.  May be repeated once for credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 545 - Technology and Security


    Course Description: This course examines the nature and importance of technology to US National Security, and its interrelationship with and effects on conflict prevention and resolution. The US has long followed a strategy of a strong defence technological base and resultant military capabilities, with the intention of deterring adversaries from engaging in armed conflicts against strategic interests of the US worldwide, and failing deterrence, to have sufficient capabilities to fight and win conflicts around the world as well as defend home territory.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 546 - Space Technology and Security


    Course Description: This course will examine space technology’s history, importance to US national security overall, and how space technology has contributed to the prevention and resolution of many conflicts around the world, in its short history. Included is how technology and its evolution enabled, directed, and limited space security, with its manifold benefits for conflict prevention and resolution.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 547 - National and International Security


    Course Description: The course will examine National and International Security and identify the concerns and perspectives that drive contending views of security policy.  It will introduce students to the field of security studies within the context of Peace, War and Defense (PWAD) as it has evolved since its inception following World War ll and will explore some of the critical events and issues that form the background of 9/11.  With the intent of considering strategies for enhancing National and International Security, this course investigates pressing, critical security threats and issues and focuses on the security problems and potential solutions.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 548 - Emerging International Security Threats


    Course Description: This course surveys a suite of emerging international threats which pose serious security risks to international development, stability and progress.  The purpose is to assess the future international security environment in order to help develop government policy, strategy and plans for dealing with emerging security threats like genocide; organized crime; narcotics trade; human trafficking; weapons proliferation; environmental, energy, health and financial perils; regional issues; and other related topics.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 549 - Political Violence and Insurgency


    Course Description: This graduate course will explore the concepts of Political Violence and Insurgency in the context of international security.  While these essential elements of Political Violence and Insurgency will be treated separately, this course will also examine and define their relationship to international terrorism.  The approach of the course will be both descriptive and prescriptive in nature and content and will be presented within the framework of an operational and policy perspective.  This course subject and content material is essential for anyone who is interested in or involved with international and national security and must deal with Politial Violence, Insurgency, International Terrorism or Counterterrorism.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 550 - Trauma Awareness and Transformation


    Course Description: Participants will explore the social psychological-neurobiological-physical-spiritual processes of responding to deep personal loss, pain and suffering in settings of individual and community violence and trauma, as well as examine recently developed approaches to the healing of individuals and communities who have experienced trauma.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 551 - Non-Violent Communication and Crisis Intervention


    Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with a thorough overview of the issues of crisis theory, crisis intervention, and nonviolent communication.  You will explore crisis theories as critical times for capitalizing the ability to change, and will explore how episodes of crisis can transform personal, family, social, and community relationships.  You will learn and practice skills for understanding people in crisis, responding to rage-and to the destructive impulses that may arise from rage, and for intervening to prevent escalation to violence.  Through discussions of core principles of different crisis intervention theories and practice sessions, you will learn skills of deep listening, building authentic and empathic relationships, and honoring authentic human connections.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 552 - Spy Tech and its Role in Global Conflict Management


    Course Description: US national security and global stability with it, depend not only on whether or not the US has the military might to achieve its national security goals, but also whether or not it is in danger, and if so, where, who, to what extent, how, and with what, its adversaries were seeking to attack the US. This course will focus on the modern-era technologies of ISR, from radio and radar detection, through image-taking, both by film and by electronic means and the other spectra which have been discovered and exploited over the years. How these tools were and are deployed, and the nature and effects of their deployment, from the first lighter-than air balloons of WWI, through the fast fighters with cameras instead of guns in WWII, through bombers, spy satellites, ELINT, SIGINT, through the U-2, SR-71, through to the satellites and spy drones of today, will all be examined. This course will cover the eras in which these technologies were discovered and exploited, and the effects and ramifications of these technologies will also be examined.  

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 555 - Robots at War


    Course Description: Robots are with us, at war, today; indeed there are thousands of robots currently at war, operating beside, overhead, and at sea (both on and beneath the surface), our men and women in uniform.  Robots look nothing like us; they typically look like smaller versions of other existing machines of war:  airplanes, tanks, boats, and the like.  Robots do the 3D, or ‘dull, dirty, dangerous’ jobs such as long-endurance overhead surveillance, mine-detection and mine-clearing.  This course examines the evolution, state of the art of robotic systems and their multitudinous and growing roles in warfighting, intelligence gathering, and mine-clearing, among others.  It also considers the rapid growth of the technologies underlying unmanned vehicles, and the possible future directions that these technologies and applications might take.  Finally, the class will consider the roles of ‘freedoms’ that robots should have on the modern and future battlefields.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 557 - Disaster Mental Health Response


    Course Description: Through exploring the phases of disaster recovery, students will learn basic triage and screening, psychological first aid and early interventions to help restore psychological, social and behavioral health.  Using a strengths-based approach, students will learn to identify protective factors and to foster healthy coping skills, resilience and recovery before, during and after disasters.  Students will also explore factors which increase the risk for development of more serious mental health problems and will develop a greater understanding of trauma and traumatic stress reactions, including suggestions for early identification and interventions. It is expected that students bring a general understanding of conflict management theories and be prepared to use their knowledge to explore and practice basic disaster mental health response.  Learning process for this course involves a blended format which includes independent readings and experiential excercises, combined with intensive classroom lectures and dialogue.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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  • CMR 558 - Vulnerable Populations: A Study on Human Trafficking Around the Globe


    Course Description: The prevailing collective thought is that human trafficking is a global problem. The United States, however, is the number one destination country in the world for victims of human trafficking. Under the auspice of the CMR framework, students will explore the best conflict resolution systems for human trafficking – considering prevention, policy reform, and prosecution as potential options. They also will research risk factors for vulnerable populations who find themselves in the slave trade; debunking the myth of “choice” and, instead, examining what real change must occur in order for populations to gain access to actual choice regarding their futures.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3


    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None








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