May 09, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Legal Studies

  
  • LEGL 4189 - Independent Studies in Legal Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Independent directed study in Legal Studies.

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, Faculty Chair and Associate Dean required.
  
  • LEGL 4324 - The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Study of the evolution of the U.S. Constitution from the passage of the Declaration of Independence to the present.

  
  • LEGL 4325 - Legal Concepts for Human Resource Professionals

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course provides students with a basic understanding of the federal laws governing the employee/employer relationship with emphasis on non-discrimination, wage and hour laws and employee benefits.

  
  • LEGL 4332 - Legal Dimensions of Healthcare Law

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Legal aspects of the doctor-patient-nurse-other health professional relationships; individual, corporate and institutional liability and responsibility. (Cross-listed with HADM 4332 .).

  
  • LEGL 4352 - Family Law and Procedure

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Study of the fundamental principles of the law of family relations, divorce, adoption, custody, marriage, juvenile, etc.; includes analysis of family law procedures, appropriate forms and pleadings.

  
  • LEGL 4353 - Dispute Resolution

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Analysis of the various methods of resolving disputes between citizens outside the traditional adversarial system.

  
  • LEGL 4354 - Property Transactions

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Study of the fundamental principles and procedures of law related to the acquisition, control and disposition of property.

  
  • LEGL 4355 - Criminal Law and Procedure

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will introduce students to the substantive law of crime and punishment, the law of arrest through trial, and conviction and the constitutional protection involved in the process.

  
  • LEGL 4356 - Torts

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Study of the principles of the law of torts focusing on learning the causes of action, the elements of each and how to recognize the causes of action given certain facts.

  
  • LEGL 4359 - Wills, Probate and Estate Administration

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is designed to introduce the broad subject of estate planning, including basic will preparation and the drafting of statutory form powers of attorney, medical directives and medical powers of attorney. The various forms of estate administration in Texas will be studied.

  
  • LEGL 4361 - Texas Consumer Law

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    An analysis of the principal consumer protection statutes in Texas and related federal laws. Special emphasis will be placed on The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

  
  • LEGL 4362 - Elder Law

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will focus on a variety of legal issues related to the aging of America. The Texas law of guardianship will be reviewed in depth, including the state-specific certification requirements to become a registered professional guardian.

  
  • LEGL 4365 - Mock Trial

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Students enrolled in this course will study and execute a complete mock trial based on an assigned civil or criminal case file published by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Students will also be required to perform a mock trial demonstration. 

    Prerequisites: LEGL 3342  or equivalent.
  
  • LEGL 4368 - Seminar on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Field experience involving traveling to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to meet and study with the center’s staff of constitutional experts and to explore historic sites such as Independence Hall.

  
  • LEGL 4375 - Professional Development for Legal Studies Students

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is intended to be capstone course in the legal studies program to provide students with an understanding of the practice of law in Texas as well as non-traditional opportunities for student with a legal education; a final project will be assigned.

    Prerequisites: Course is taken in the last or next to the last semester in the legal studies program.
  
  • LEGL 4379 - Internship in Legal Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Supervised field experience with an approved agency or office. Written and oral reports required.

    Prerequisites: Approval of faculty adviser and program director.
  
  • LEGL 4389 - Independent Studies in Legal Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Independent directed study in Legal Studies.

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, faculty chair and associate dean required.
  
  • LEGL 4391 - Selected Topics in Legal Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.

  
  • LEGL 5131 - Legal Concepts for the Business Professional

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course examines the legal implications of business transactions and will be of particular value to students seeking degrees in accounting, finance and business. Explores legal issues emphasized by the AICPA and other national professional organizations.


Literacy, Language Arts and Literature Studies

  
  • LLLS 4311 - Foundational Literacy Skills

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10

    This course examines the application of theories and strategies for teaching foundational literacy.

  
  • LLLS 4312 - Literacy Issues of Secondary Students

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30

    Theories and approaches for teaching reading in intermediate and high school. Field experiences required.

  
  • LLLS 4313 - Corrective and Remedial Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Theories, methods and diagnostic tools used in remediating of reading difficulties. Field experiences required.

    Prerequisites: LLLS 4311  or LLLS 4352  and concurrent enrollment in LLLS 4332 .
  
  • LLLS 4332 - Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30

    Diagnostic evaluation of readers; remedial approaches to vocabulary, comprehension, word identification, phonemic awareness and fluency. Field experiences required.

    Prerequisites: LLLS 4311  or LLLS 4352  and concurrent enrollment in LLLS 4313 .
  
  • LLLS 4344 - Literacy Methods for EC-6

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30

    This course examines the application of theories and strategies for teaching the language arts for EC-6. Field experience is required.

    Prerequisites: Students must complete LLLS 4311  and TCED 4303  prior to taking this course.
  
  • LLLS 4345 - Survey of Children’s Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey of literature for children focusing on titles appropriate for grades EC-8 students.

  
  • LLLS 4346 - Literacy Methods for 4-8

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30

    This course examines the application of theories and strategies for teaching the language arts for grades 4-8. Field experience is required.

    Prerequisites: Students must complete LLLS 4311  and TCED 4304  prior to taking this course.
  
  • LLLS 4347 - Multicultural Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey of multicultural literature for children focusing on titles which reflect the diverse cultures and exceptionalities in the EC-8 classroom.

  
  • LLLS 4348 - Selecting Literature for the Very Young Child

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey of literature for very young children focusing on titles appropriate for children from birth to age 5.

  
  • LLLS 4351 - Content Area Literacy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey of current literacy development in content subjects.

  
  • LLLS 4352 - Young Adult Literature and Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Selection and use of literature for young adults, focusing on titles appropriate for students in grades 8-12.

  
  • LLLS 4364 - Methods in Secondary English/ Language Arts

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30

    Implementation of instructional plans and teaching strategies. Review of current research, theories and exemplary practices of teaching secondary English/Language Arts. Field experiences required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education.
  
  • LLLS 4379 - Practicum in Clinical Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Practicum
    Fee ($): 72

    Practices of diagnosing reading difficulties, grouping techniques and clinical evaluations; and three hours each week in a reading laboratory setting using selected materials and reading aids.

    Prerequisites: 12 hours of Reading coursework including LLLS 4313  and LLLS 4332  or equivalent and approval of instructor and associate dean.
  
  • LLLS 4389 - Independent Study in Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor and associate dean.
  
  • LLLS 4391 - Selected Topics in Reading

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.


Literature

  
  • LITR 2321 - British Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: ENGL 2321
    A survey of the development of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.

    Prerequisites: WRIT 1301 .
  
  • LITR 2326 - American Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: ENGL 2326
    A survey of American literature from the period of exploration and settlement to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.

    Prerequisites: WRIT 1301 .
  
  • LITR 2341 - Literature and Experience

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: ENGL 2341
    Core Category: Language, Philosophy and Culture
    The study of one or more literary genres including poetry, fiction, drama and film.

    Prerequisites: WRIT 1301 .
  
  • LITR 2366 - Introduction to Film Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: COMM 2366, DRAM 2366
    This course is an introduction to film studies, in which students will learn to read and understand the language of film through a variety of narratives. Students will become able to identify and interpret the major aspects of film technique: mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and sound.

  
  • LITR 2371 - Introduction to Creative Writing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: ENGL 2307
    Instruction and practical experience in techniques and genres of imaginative writing. May include lyric poetry, short fiction, drama and/or creative nonfiction. 

    Prerequisites: WRIT 1301  and WRIT 1302   or WRIT 2311  . Literature majors are encouraged to select WRIT 1302 as the prerequisite option.
  
  • LITR 3301 - Literary Studies: Genres and Critical Perspectives

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Introduction to the close study of literary and dramatic texts and issues affecting interpretation.

  
  • LITR 3302 - Principles of Composition

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Advanced study of the principles of composition with emphasis on grammatical theory and analysis; discourse theory; and the cognitive, rhetorical and linguistic aspects of writing; emphasis on recent developments in theory.

  
  • LITR 3334 - Mythology

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Greco-Roman and other selected mythological texts important in world literature, such as Homeric or Akkadian epic, the Eddas, the stories of the Arthurian cycle and the Native American myths.

  
  • LITR 3338 - Modern Fantasy Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course surveys the development of the fantasy genre in English and American literature from its origins in the late 19th century, through the works of Tolkien and on to contemporary fantasy authors such as George R. R. Martin. The course also looks at the ways fantasy has proliferated into popular culture, especially roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons and computer gaming.

  
  • LITR 3361 - Shakespeare

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Shakespeare’s major plays and their production in the theatre of the English Renaissance.

  
  • LITR 3371 - Creative Writing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Practice and instruction in writing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama and/or other genres. Exercises in the creative process and workshop discussions of participants’ work. Multi-genre survey (poetry, fiction, etc.) or single-genre topics course.

    Prerequisites: WRIT 1301  and WRIT 1302   or WRIT 2311 . Literature majors are encouraged to select WRIT 1302 as the prerequisite option.
    May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
  
  • LITR 4301 - Literary Theory

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Theories about the nature of verbal art and the relationship between literature and reality.

    Prerequisites: LITR 3301 .
  
  • LITR 4304 - Workshop in Poetics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The language, formal strategy, and mechanical techniques of poetry. A practical sense of how poems work. Designed for teachers, readers and writers of poetry.

    Prerequisites: LITR 3301 .
  
  • LITR 4312 - Chaucer

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The art of England’s greatest narrative poet: Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde.

  
  • LITR 4316 - 16th - and 17th-Century British Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Non-Shakespearean poetry, drama and prose of early modern Britain, including selections from writers such as Wyatt, Marlowe, Spenser, Jonson, Donne, Wroth, Lanyer, Milton and Marvell.

  
  • LITR 4318 - Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Representative British texts and authors of the period 1660-1790, such as Dryden, Behn, Pope, Swift, Defoe, Johnson and Boswell.

  
  • LITR 4320 - The Romantic Movement in British Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Major Romantic poets and novelists: Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Scott, Mary Shelley, Bronte and others. Topics may include revolution and war, gender issues, the rise of individual colonialism, exoticism, science or art.

  
  • LITR 4321 - Jane Austen

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    An overview of the life and work of Jane Austen, focusing on major novels such as Pride and Prejudice, and early works, such as Lady Susan, in relation to literary and cultural traditions of the period.

  
  • LITR 4322 - Victorian Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Major Victorian essayists, poets, and novelists, including Tennyson, the Brontes, George Eliot, Gaskell, Stoker and Wilde; literary responses to industrialization, empire and class struggle; examination of social, artistic and moral tensions in Victorian literature.

  
  • LITR 4324 - Rise and Development of the British Novel

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Origins and development of the novel in English; major British novelists from the late 17th through the early 20th centuries, such as Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Austen, Dickens, Hardy and Conrad.

  
  • LITR 4326 - Early American Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Multicultural voices and texts from Native America, Spanish America, and African America; early dominant cultures of Puritans and Founders; spoken traditions, cultural history and early modern literature.

  
  • LITR 4328 - The American Renaissance

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The Romantic period of American literature featuring Transcendentalists, classic and popular fiction, slave narratives in the context of antebellum culture; authors include Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, Stowe, Douglass, Dickinson, Whitman and others.

  
  • LITR 4330 - American Realism and Naturalism

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Literature of social observation and criticism, psychological realism, the effect of social and natural science on literary form, literature of American folkways. Authors may include Twain, Wharton, James, Chesnutt and Crane.

  
  • LITR 4334 - The American Novel

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Focus on development of form, style, and theme in American fiction; major and lesser-known novelists over two centuries.

  
  • LITR 4335 - American Modernism

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Literary experimentation in the context of international Modernism; expressions of social and cultural dislocation or search for order. Authors may include Eliot, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Hurston.

  
  • LITR 4336 - Contemporary American Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Diverse writings from recent decades; topics addressed may include revisions of traditional narrative; conformity and counter-culture; postmodernism; re-imagining ethnic, gender, national or planetary identity. Authors may include Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Colson Whitehead and Lydia Davis.

  
  • LITR 4338 - American Minority Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey or in-depth focus on classic and contemporary texts for America’s ethnic and/ or gender minorities: African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, women and others may be included.

  
  • LITR 4340 - American Immigrant Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    America’s fundamental narrative of immigration, the American Dream and its variations, told in voices from the Pilgrims through Jewish, European, Asian, Central American and Caribbean writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

  
  • LITR 4342 - Modern and Contemporary Drama

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A century of national and international playwrights from Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov to Sam Shepard and August Wilson; realism, symbolism, expressionism and theatre of the absurd.

  
  • LITR 4344 - The Modern Novel

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Major works of such novelists as Conrad, Joyce, Faulkner, Mann and Garcia-Marquez.

  
  • LITR 4345 - Contemporary Novel

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Novels of recent decades from around the world; topics may include postcolonialism, postmodernism, transnationalism, technology, and virtuality. Authors may include Atwood, Ben Jelloun, Bolano, Coetzee, Djebar, Lahiri, Mieville, Morrison, Murakami, Ondaatje, Pamuk, Powers and Winterson.

  
  • LITR 4346 - Medieval Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Romance, lyric, fabliau, epic, play, and story. Selections from such medieval masters as Dante; the Gawain, Tristan and Beowulf poets; Boccaccio; and Chretien de Troyes. Texts will be read in translation.

  
  • LITR 4350 - Masterpieces of 19th-Century European Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Revolutionary literary and philosophical works from 19th-century European tradition; includes such writers as Balzac, Flaubert, Nietzsche, Marx, Dostoevski, Austen, Dickens, Blake and Turgenev.

  
  • LITR 4352 - Masterpieces of 20th-Century European Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Major works by 20th-century European writers, including James, Conrad, Woolf, Proust, Colette, Camus, Mann, Kafka, Nabokov, and Duras; topics may include the problems of modern existence, war, human rights, the citizen and the writer.

  
  • LITR 4356 - Modern American and British Poetry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Myth and epic, the personal poem, Expressionism, neo-Romanticism; includes such poets as Yeats, Auden, Stevens and Frost.

  
  • LITR 4358 - Contemporary Poetry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Poetry in English after 1950, American or transnational focus; may include such figures as Lowell, Ginsberg, Rich, Heaney and Walcott.

  
  • LITR 4360 - Topics in Film and Media Studies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Explore a variety of visual and digital texts; topics may range from specific film genres to comics and graphic novels, from audiobooks and podcasts to hypertext literatures. 

    May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
  
  • LITR 4362 - The Literature of Adolescence

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Growing up: variance and continuity in depictions of adolescence by American and other writers.

  
  • LITR 4364 - Women in Literature

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Heroines from Eve to Molly Bloom; how literature constructs the female; emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century works. Women’s Studies Course.

  
  • LITR 4366 - Literature and Religion

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Texts concerning spiritual journeys, religious passion, and impact of belief on character. Religions may be Western or non-Western, world or folk. Genres may range from scriptures to novels, memoirs to poetry. Topics, texts and themes will vary.

    May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
  
  • LITR 4368 - Literature of the Future

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Apocalyptic, evolutionary and alternative narratives for literature depicting human society in the near and deep future; genres include classic and current science fiction, prophecy, utopias, dystopias and ecotopias.

  
  • LITR 4370 - Tragedy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The dimensions of tragic experience as expressed in Western literature.

  
  • LITR 4371 - Comedy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The comic view of the human predicament as seen in writers such as Aristophanes, Moliere, Wilde and others.

  
  • LITR 4391 - Selected Topics in Literature

    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.

Management

  
  • MGMT 1301 - Business Principles

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    TCCN: BUSI 1301
    Introduction to the role of business in modern society. Includes an overview of business operations, analysis of the specialized fields within the business organization and the development of a business vocabulary.

  
  • MGMT 3301 - Management Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Management policies and processes including planning, organizing and controlling; overview of the functions of organization theory and behavior.

  
  • MGMT 3313 - Organizational Communication

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A study of theories and practices in organizational communication, dissemination of information in organizational settings, effectiveness, relative costs and feedback potential.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 3321 - Logical Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Development of critical thinking skills based on an investigation of traditional approaches to correct and incorrect reasoning.

  
  • MGMT 3331 - Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Problems and practices in human resource management; selection, placement, evaluation, promotion and termination.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 3341 - Human Resource 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 legal concerns and labor market considerations.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3331  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 3351 - Wage and Salary Administration

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Job performance evaluation and development of compensation plans and programs.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 4189 - Independent Studies in Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Independent directed study in Management.

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, Faculty Chair and Associate Dean required.
  
  • MGMT 4195 - Co-operative Education in Business

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Co-op
    Fee ($): 85

    Educational paid work assignment by a student in the field of his or her career interest and course of study. A technical report will be required at the end of the semester. Qualifies as a general or BUS elective.

    Prerequisites: Approved Candidate Plan of Study, completed cooperative education file and approval of the Director of Cooperative Education.
  
  • MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone)

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The study of the formulation, implementation and assessment of strategic decisions. Registration is restricted to students with an approved Candidate Plan of Study.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301 , MKTG 3301 , FINC 3331  and LAST SEMESTER.
  
  • MGMT 4316 - Human Resource Management Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Principles and procedures and contemporary programs used in the development of information systems to aid human resource decision making.

  
  • MGMT 4325 - Legal Concepts for Human Resource Professionals

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course provides students with a basic understanding of the federal laws governing the employee/employer relationship with emphasis on non-discrimination, wage and hour laws and employee benefits.

  
  • MGMT 4326 - Effective Negotiations

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is designed to provide a basic foundation in negotiation theory and practice. The focus of this course will be upon developing analytical and interpersonal skills in the context of negotiation simulations and discussions using a variety of settings and media, reflecting on the various situations in which negotiations take place today. The student will be given the opportunity to practice negotiation skills in one-on-one and team simulations.

  
  • MGMT 4327 - Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The course will examine and focus on proven executive leadership best practices across a range of complex organizations.

  
  • MGMT 4328 - Cross Cultural and International Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will focus on identifying and evaluating leadership dimensions from a cross-cultural perspective. The central theme of the course is to cultivate leadership behaviors for success in the international organization environment.

  
  • MGMT 4332 - Organizational Design and Learning

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Survey theory and research on the structure of business organizations and processes affecting their management.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 4333 - Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Comparisons and contrasts of collective bargaining in the public and private sectors; the impact of unionization on public administration.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 4334 - Leading Teams

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Exploring issues related to team membership, including leading teams, team foundation and development, roles within the teams, effective team member interactions and the successful management of team processes.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  & MGMT 4354  
  
  • MGMT 4336 - Principles of Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Examines the preparation and foundation of new ventures. Topics include opportunity recognition, market analysis, organizational forms and ownership structures, venture capital, strategy formulation and feasibility analysis. This course includes preparation and presentation of a comprehensive business plan.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  and MKTG 3301  or equivalents.
  
  • MGMT 4337 - Applied Small and Family Business Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to practice entrepreneurial skills and tools while supporting local businesses, non-profit firms or the community.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 4336  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 4341 - Leadership in a Global Business Environment

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The topic of leadership will be explored in the context of the global business environment.

  
  • MGMT 4351 - Industrial Labor Relations

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Collective bargaining processes in American industry; impact of labor management relations on wage and employment levels and on national income.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 3301  or equivalent.
 

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