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FINC 5931 - Research Topics in Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Identified by specific title each time course is offered.
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FINC 5939 - Independent Studies in Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Independent directed study in Finance.
Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, faculty chair and associate dean required.
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FINC 6131 - Commercial Banking Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Structure, management and regulation of the US banking industry from its origins to the present day, present day, including performance measurement, risk management and lending analysis.
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FINC 6231 - Investment Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Evaluation of capital market theory and rigorous treatment of securities evaluation to determine the probability distribution of expected returns.
Prerequisites: FINC 5133 or equivalent.
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FINC 6233 - Options and Futures Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Study of the principles governing the use and valuation of options, swaps and financial futures. Emphasis will be placed on using these derivative securities for hedging.
Prerequisites: FINC 5133 or equivalent.
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FINC 6234 - Portfolio Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Selection of stock portfolios, measuring returns and performance. Application of concepts acquired in security analysis.
Prerequisites: FINC 6231 or equivalent.
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FINC 6531 - International Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
International financial operations, including foreign trade financing, risk and credit evaluation and letters of credit.
Prerequisites: FINC 5133 or equivalent.
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FINC 6533 - Seminar in International Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Meetings in the field are conducted with the chief financial officers of both financial and non-financial corporations operating in other countries. Discussions will concern long and short-term financial planning, including the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on planning operations.
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FINC 6731 - Seminar in Finance (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Investment and financing decisions of individuals and businesses in the presence of taxes and uncertainty–a microeconomic approach.
Prerequisites: FINC 5133 or equivalent and the last long semester.
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FINC 6739 - Internship in Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Six hours of supervised work experience each week in an approved financial institution or firm.
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy, approval of the associate dean, faculty chair and sponsoring faculty member.
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FINC 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of department chair and dean.
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Geography |
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GEOG 1301 - Modern Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
An identification of the geographical dimensions of ecosystems and the earth’s physical characteristics as they relate to process, distribution patterns and implications for humans.
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GEOG 1302 - Global Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
A broad survey of the world’s major culture regions emphasizing basic physical, cultural, economic and political patterns, as well as the processes that have created those patterns. Emphasis on economic development, ethnic conflict and environmental degradation, as well as the changing role of the United States.
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GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Study of major world regions with emphasis on prevailing conditions and developments, including emerging conditions and trends and the awareness of diversity of ideas and practices found in those regions. Course content may include one or more regions.
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GEOG 4314 - Teaching Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 30
An exploration of best practices for teaching geography in K-12 schools. Topics include: the nature of geographic reasoning; integrating geography in the social studies curriculum; teaching strategies; assessment.
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GEOG 5134 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 30
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems theory, capabilities, technology and applications. Topics include GIS data discovery, data structure and management; principles of cartographic visualization; basic spatial analysis and modeling.
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GEOG 5135 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1
Design and use of geographic information systems to support analytical modeling and geospatial processing for professional development, research and practice. Topics include the automation of geoprocessing and database manipulation, geospatial research, creation of spatial data using remote sensing classification methods, spatial statistics and data mining and geospatial modeling.
Prerequisites: GEOG 5134
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GEOG 5931 - Research Topics in Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 30
Identified by specific title each time course is offered. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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Geology |
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GEOL 1103 - Laboratory for Physical Geology Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 75
Hands-on identification of common rocks and minerals; analysis of geological processes associated with different environments.
Corequisites: GEOL 1303
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GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 50
An introduction to physical geology. A study of minerals, rocks, Earth’s structures and the geological processes that modify the Earth’s surface.
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GEOL 3307 - Geographical Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
This course covers the fundamentals of GIS including GIS terminology and architecture, GIS data structures, cartographic principles, data sources and methods of data acquisition, including remote sensing, data manipulation and conversion, query techniques and spatial analysis.
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GEOL 4311 - Geology of Texas Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Geological evolution of Texas including physiographic provinces, landforms and subsurface structure. Field trips are required.
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GEOL 4323 - Soils in the Environment Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3
Study of the environmental aspects of soils including expansive soils, clay minerals, soil contamination and subsurface pathways for pollutants. Laboratory and fieldwork included.
Prerequisites: Chemistry.
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GEOL 4327 - Natural Disasters Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 35
This course studies the topics of mass wasting, flooding, earthquakes, hurricanes and others, and evaluates various natural disaster data and statistics. It provides a forum to discuss, describe and improve our understanding of human interactions with the physical environment.
Prerequisites: GEOL 1303 or ENSC 3333.
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GEOL 4356 - Soil and Groundwater Remediation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Chemical, biological, geological principles and applications of various remediation techniques used to clean up contaminated soils and groundwater. Cross-listed: CHEM 4356
Prerequisites: CHEM 3333.
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GEOL 5233 - Environmental Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Basic solution geochemistry and equilibria concepts to formation and alteration of sedimentary materials of low temperature origin. Geochemistry of fluids in natural aqueous environments with emphasis on diagenesis and weathering.
Prerequisites: ENSC 3332 or equivalent.
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GEOL 5331 - Advanced Environmental Geology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Relationships and interactions between pollutants and earth materials, land instability hazards, resource exploitation problems; and other topics of current interest.
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GEOL 5531 - Hydrology of Groundwater Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Course emphasizes principles of occurrence and movement of ground water. Factors applying to pollution, estimates of supply and engineering aspects will be emphasized. Local case studies will be included.
Prerequisites: GEOL 3304, GEOL 4351
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GEOL 5532 - Hydrology of Surface Water Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3
Course will emphasize principles of occurrence and movement of surface water. Factors applying to pollution, estimates of supply and engineering aspects will be studied. Local case studies of water resources, flooding and effects included. Laboratory exercises included.
Prerequisites: GEOL 3304 or equivalent.
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GEOL 5631 - Remote Sensing: Applications in Geology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 45
Course emphasizes principal sensors and products of spacecraft remote sensing. Emphasizes applications of remote sensing to geology, hydrology, oceanography and biology. Land use and other environmental applications are also included.
Prerequisites: GEOL 3304, GEOL 4222, GEOL 4324 or equivalent.
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GEOL 5632 - Hazardous Materials in The Geologic Environment Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Study of the environmental problems arising from use of the geologic environment as a waste repository. Course includes such topics as landfills, clay lined waste pits, underground storage tanks, deep well injection, role of salt deposits in waste disposal and ordinance contamination of Department of Defense sites.
Prerequisites: GEOL 5531 .
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GEOL 5730 - Planetary Geology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Comparison of the planets and the solid surface satellites with emphasis on the terrestrial planets. Latest space probe data included.
Prerequisites: GEOL 3304 or equivalent, GEOL 3317, GEOL 4324.
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GEOL 5931 - Research Topics in Geology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Identified by specific title each time course is offered.
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GEOL 5939 - Independent Study in Geological Sciences Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
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GEOL 6838 - Research Project and Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Students will develop a research proposal which allows integrating knowledge and standard procedures in the discipline. A written paper and a presentation will be required.
Prerequisites: 24 hours completed in approved graduate program.
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GEOL 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisites: Approval of adviser, master’s committee and dean.
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Health |
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HLTH 3302 - Health and Physical Education EC-6 Survey Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 10
Overview of the health and physical education information required by core subjects EC-6 teacher. Covers specific material from the Texas State Board for Educator Certification and prepares students for certification exams.
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Healthcare Administration |
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HADM 5032 - Foundations and Management of Healthcare Delivery Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
This course will provide the student with an understanding of the leadership, organization and financing of health services in the United States; will help the student begin to become a healthcare leader; and will identify and discuss current trends in health care delivery, management and operation of hospitals, physician practices and managed care companies.
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HADM 5033 - Leadership of Organizations in Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Development of leadership potential by strengthening abilities in visioning, interpersonal team skills, negotiation, decision analysis and conflict management. Use of self-assessments and group projects with outside clients. Application of organization theory and concepts to health services organizations. Topics include systems thinking, organization structure and design, organizational effectiveness and change management.
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HADM 5131 - Healthcare Human Resources Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
To acquaint the student with concepts and methods needed to plan and forecast, recruit, train, develop and evaluate health manpower. Also, to provide an understanding of the impact of licensing, regulation and labor relations activities on health care institutions.
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HADM 5132 - Managerial Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Introduction to the concepts of public and personal health and disease. Problems in the measurement, analysis, organization and administration of intervention programs will be highlighted. An analysis of individual, community and institutional health efforts will be conducted.
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HADM 5232 - Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
This course is designed for students with no accounting training. Topic areas covered are accounting concepts and principles, financial statements, financial statement analysis, forms of business organizations, budgeting, cost analysis, activity-based accounting, and accounting for financial decisions. This course cannot be taken by accounting majors or MBA students.
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HADM 5233 - Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Emphasis is placed on financial concepts and practices specific to the healthcare industry, ratio analysis payment methodologies, bundled pricing, healthcare budgeting, cost-volume profit, variance analysis and capital financing in the healthcare industry.
Prerequisites: HADM 5232 or equivalent.
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HADM 5234 - Healthcare Ethics, Values, and Social Responsibilities Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Emphasis is placed on resolving ethical issues in healthcare as well as business ethics, biomedical and research ethical issues, services to be offered, distribution of resources and developing a personal value system, and relating that system to the needs of the community.
Prerequisites: HADM 5432 , or equivalents.
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HADM 5331 - Planning Healthcare Services Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Analysis of the requisites, demands, processes and methods of planning health services. Community planning, program evaluation, setting objectives for health service and business planning are examined.
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HADM 5333 - Healthcare Economics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Students will apply the basic tools of microeconomics to issues in healthcare policy and management. Economic concepts relevant to healthcare managers will be examined such as analyses of the demand and supply of healthcare goods and services, the role of health insurance and healthcare financing, marketing failure and the need for government intervention in healthcare markets, and new initiatives to improve population health.
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HADM 5334 - Marketing Healthcare Services Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively market health care products and services. The course will focus on analyzing the health care marketing and management environment, identifying the primary marketing problems facing health care organizations and developing compelling and creative strategies for solving these problems. Fundamental concepts of marketing such as segmentation, targeting, positioning, customer satisfaction and perceived value will be reviewed in the context of health care marketing. Specific health care marketing tools will be presented to help in identifying problems and developing strategies.
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HADM 5335 - Planning and Marketing Healthcare Services Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively plan and market healthcare products and services. The course will focus on identifying and analyzing marketing and planning problems faced by healthcare-related organizations. Topics to be covered: SWOT analysis, marketing mix, market segmentation, marketing research, etc. This comprehensive course is designed to help students in developing compelling and create strategies for solving these problems. Fundamental concepts of marketing and specific health care marketing tools for community health needs assessment and planning as well as analysis of the requisites, demands, processes and methods needed in future health services are studied.
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HADM 5431 - Healthcare Information Technology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Provides the student with knowledge and skills needed to successfully perform in a leadership role in the current information systems dependent environment. Prepares the student for management oversight; administrative design; acquisition, installation, and implementation; and operation of healthcare management information systems.
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HADM 5432 - Healthcare Predictive Analytics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to perform successfully in a healthcare leadership role in an increasingly information-dependent environment. Using statistical software, students will learn to manipulate and analyze data to make informed financial, operational and public health decisions. By the end of the course, students will be able to take large datasets and predict various health outcomes using demographic and clinical indicators with the end intent of recommending actions to be taken for clinical, operational and financial gain.
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HADM 5433 - Introduction to Public Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1
Provides the student a comprehensive introduction to the essential concepts, values, principles, and practice of public health and the relationship of public health to the complex US health care delivery system. Familiarizes the student with public health practice in a number of settings including government, private sector, and community organizations. Addresses important health issues and problems facing the US public health system.
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HADM 5531 - Group Practice Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Introduces the student to the concepts of physician practice management including procedure coding, diagnosis coding, insurance billing and documentation, personnel management, marketing, patient relations, financial management, venture planning, risk management, physician agreements, legal/tax/ professional liability patient-centered medical home and physician pay for performance.
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HADM 5731 - Healthcare Quality Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Provides the student with knowledge and skills in organization development and change in healthcare facilities as well as total quality management and quality improvement in healthcare organizations. Prepares student for productivity improvement efforts, organization redesign and reengineering in healthcare. Also prepares student for developing and strengthening or redesigning quality improvement programs. Provides coverage of case management and care pathways.
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HADM 5911 - Special Topics in Healthcare Management Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0
One hour credit special topics in healthcare management to be identified each time the course is offered.
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HADM 5939 - Independent Studies in Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Independent directed study in Healthcare Administration.
Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, faculty chair and associate dean required.
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HADM 6132 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
To acquaint the student with the legal issues in health services administration by study of the legal system, licensing, liability and professional ethics.
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HADM 6235 - Integrated Delivery Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Acquaints the student with managed care terminology, contracting for providers and payors, ACOs, shared risk contracting, value-based purchasing, clinical integration, government programs, legal issues and provider reimbursement.
Prerequisites: HADM 5032 or equivalent.
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HADM 6236 - Healthcare Facilities Operations Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Management, clinical professionals and supporting staff must recognize their core competency is providing a specific portfolio of healthcare services to a set of managers of patient populations. The learning objectives for the course include strategies for repositioning medical services for managed care; expanding market programs to meet target customers’ needs and reporting outcomes to prove the organization’s value to its customers; operations strategies for managed care; and performance measures information management.
Prerequisites: One other HADM course, or permission of the HADM Director.
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HADM 6539 - Graduate Residency in Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Practicum
Fee ($): 75
Permission of instructor dependent upon language requirement, Oral TOFEL (if student does not hold a bachelor’s degree from a U.S. institution), minimum GPA of 3.3, current MHA or MHA/MBA student, one semester of internship or healthcare work experience, and other criteria (see HADM program list). Supervised residency with an approved health agency or organization; written and oral reports required.
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy, HADM 6519, approval of dean and approval of instructor.
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HADM 6738 - Seminar in Healthcare Policy and Leadership Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Designed to provide the student with an opportunity to apply and integrate previous courses, readings and research in a problem-solving environment. By the use of case studies, problems, fieldwork, case presentations and simulation, students will analyze situations and present their findings orally and in written form.
Prerequisites: Must be taken in the student’s last long semester or with permission of the Chair.
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HADM 6739 - Internship in Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Must have completed at least one semester in the program. Supervised internship with position or project in a healthcare facility. Written and oral reports required. No more than 3 hours of internship credit can be applied toward degree.
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of adviser and dean.
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HADM 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of adviser and dean.
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HADM 6969 - Master’s Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of adviser and dean.
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History |
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HIST 2301 - Texas History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of Texas from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Themes that may be addressed in Texas History include Spanish colonization and Spanish Texas; Mexican Texas; the Republic of Texas; statehood and secession; oil, industrialization, and urbanization; civil rights; modern Texas.
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HIST 3325 - Colonial America Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 15
Introduction to European exploration, conquest and colonization in North America from c.1500 to 1763.
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HIST 3327 - The New American Nation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Emergence and development of a distinctly American society, politics and national identity.
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HIST 3330 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
The experience of Americans from the 1840s to the 1870s; their attempts to reconcile sectional and national identities.
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HIST 4325 - Studies in Middle Eastern History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Surveys important topics in Middle Eastern history. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5031 - Research and Methods Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Research methods and techniques essential to the craft of history, including historiography, bibliography, modes of analysis and the use of primary and secondary sources. Offered only in the fall semester. This course is required for completion of the master’s degree in History.
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HIST 5130 - U.S. and the Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Exploration of conflict with the Soviet Union with emphasis on the domestic impact in the United States.
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HIST 5131 - Studies in Early American History, 1607-1815 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Critical examination of major issues and themes in the history of the British North American colonies that became the United States. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with the permission of instructor.
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HIST 5132 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
American society and politics between the 1850s and the 1870s, emphasizing the end of slavery and the emergence of industrial America.
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HIST 5133 - Antebellum America, 1815-1860 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Examination of specific problems and themes in 19th-century American culture such as changes in family structure, race relations, the status of women and psychology of popular culture. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5230 - Reel Europe Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Examination of the cultural movements and political developments through European cinema. Our filmic analysis will draw on historical documents, fiction and political manifesto as a way of understanding broad movements such as the rise of modern technology, artistic modernism, and the political movements of communism, fascism and terrorism. Students will develop critical and analytical skills through the use of both primary and secondary sources in order to achieve an understanding of the twentieth-century cultural history.
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HIST 5232 - U.S. Social Movements Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Analysis and comparison of ideology, composition and social role of such reform movements as abolitionism, civil rights, feminism, labor unions, populism, progressivism and socialism. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5235 - Studies in Modern U.S. History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Exploration of a period or theme in U.S. History from the 1870s to the present. Topics vary; may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5236 - Studies in History and Film Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Exploration of such topics as the history of film genres or filmmakers; the use of film as historical evidence; the correlation of films to history. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5237 - Nazi Cinema and the Third Reich Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Exploration of the Third Reich through film and cultural artifact. Film was a medium which preserved old notions of identity, while offering new instruments of consensus building. Studies themes such as fascism, gender, violence, national identity, anti-Semitism and mass culture.
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HIST 5238 - Weimar Cinema and the Great War Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Study of selected German films from 1918 to 1931 as contributions to debates about rationality, gender, violence, national identity and the human condition shaped by experiences of the first World War. A cross-disciplinary seminar that draws equally on film theory and history, psychoanalysis, philosophy and cultural criticism.
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HIST 5239 - The Vietnam War in Film Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Examination of the Vietnam War in U.S. film and cultural artifact. Traces intersection of fact and fiction, evident in decades following the Vietnam War. Explores notions of mourning and memory and the way they relate to post-war experience.
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HIST 5330 - Memory and Representation in Holocaust Cinema Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 25
Exploration of Holocaust memory and representation in American and European cinema. Students will use primary and secondary sources, including history, film, art and philosophy.
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HIST 5339 - The Human Experience of War Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Focus on a single historical war from the perspective of human experience rather than institutions, leadership and strategy. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5430 - Studies in Women’s History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Critical examination of major themes and issues in the history of women. Topics may vary may be repeated for credit with the permission of instructor. Women’s and Gender Studies course.
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HIST 5431 - Biography in European History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Examination of issues involved in researching and writing biographies of individuals from the European past. Students will read important biographies and write a partial biography.
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HIST 5432 - Studies in European History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Critical examination of major themes in the European past including historiographical analysis. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5433 - Reformation Europe Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
A seminar which examines the Reformation movement in 16th-century Europe.
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HIST 5434 - Studies in Latin American History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Fee Type: Special
Fee ($): 5
Critical examination of major issues and themes in Latin American history. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Offered only in the spring semester.
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HIST 5438 - Islamic Empires in World History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Explores the place of Islamic empires from the 8th century to the 20th in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and as the interpreters of Persian-Greco-Roman traditions.
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HIST 5439 - Studies in Middle Eastern History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Critical examination of major issues and themes in Middle Eastern history. Topics vary; may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5931 - Research Topics in History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Identified by specific title each time course is offered. Topics vary; may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
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HIST 5939 - Independent Study in History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 0
Permission of instructor required.
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HIST 6839 - Master’s Project Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 0
Approval of adviser, project director and department chair required.
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HIST 6909 - History Comprehensive Exam Credit Hours: 0 Lecture: 0 Lab: 0
Comprehensive exam for students following Option 4 degree requirements.
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HIST 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 0
Approval of adviser, thesis director and department chair required.
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HMRS 5131 - Human Resource Management Processes Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Theory and processes of effective development and management of human resources in organization.
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HMRS 5231 - Legal Environment of Human Resource Management I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
The constitutional and procedural aspect of the employee/employer relationship with special reference to discrimination, wages and hours, pensions, unemployment insurance, health and safety and workers’ compensation.
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HMRS 5235 - Project Management for HMRS Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
This course provides students with the tools for planning, setting budgets, tracking progress, and assessing the results of a human resource management project, including organizing project teams and using human resource metrics. This course has been designed to prepare students to introduce new HR initiatives, implement new development programs, “sell” new HR requirements, and institute new systems. Through basic Project Management skills, students will be able to create a sustained desired change, to learn and apply Intentional Change Theory, and to implement communication strategies developed through an understanding of multi-level complex systems.
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HMRS 5433 - Compensation and Benefits Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Review and analysis of traditional and nontraditional compensation benefit systems.
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HMRS 5435 - Employee Planning, Staffing and Selection Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Techniques for planning and recruiting human resource needs in the context of organizational requirements. Staffing and selection techniques and practice relative to organizational strategy, legal concerns, and labor market considerations.
Prerequisites: HMRS 5131.
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HMRS 5437 - Human Resource Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Principles and procedures used in the development of information systems to aid human resource decision making.
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