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EDUC 6361 - Instructional Techniques for Content Areas: Bilingual 3 hrs
Techniques for teaching mathematics, science and social studies in Spanish including technical vocabulary building in Spanish, classroom management and conceptual development in content areas. Research in language development and academic Spanish for L1/L2 cognitive academic language learning approach strategies. This course is taught bilingual (English/Spanish).
Prerequisite: Academic and oral language proficiency in Spanish and English.
Fee: $20.
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EDUC 6363 - Reading and Language Arts: Bilingual 3 hrs
Examines the development and assessment of literacy in the primary language (L1) and in the students’ second language (L2). Transfer and diagnosis of literacy skills between languages including the current social nature of the biliteracy process. Research in the area of literacy assessment. Minimum of eight hours of field experience in bilingual classrooms. This course is taught bilingual (English/Spanish).
Prerequisite: Academic and oral language proficiency in Spanish and English.
Fee: $20.
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EDUC 6364 - English as a Second Language Methodology 3 hrs
Current approaches to second language acquisition and instruction; methodology of teaching and testing English as a second language (ESL); design, implementation and evaluation of ESL programs and materials.
Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 6365 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hrs
Study of bilingual language developmental stages and acquisition processes of reading and writing in students first (L1) and second language (L2). Language variety with an emphasis on social and cultural contexts and the successful development of bilingualism in families, communities, and schools. Course includes research project in the area of Second Language Acquisition.
Offered: Spring.
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EDUC 6368 - Classroom Organization and Management for Multicultural Settings 3 hrs
Overview of basic principles of classroom organization and management of instructions, including theoretical knowledge about the science of classroom management. A broad range of techniques is presented with attention to social, cultural, and gender differences as factors important to effective classroom management, Code of ethics and standard practices for Texas educators including professional and ethical practices and conduct toward colleagues and students. Emphasis on practical application of theoretical frameworks of classroom management. Eight clock hours of field experience in schools.
Fee: $10.
Offered: Summer.
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EDUC 6369 - Clinical Practice in Reading 3 hrs
Supervised practice with students with reading problems in a clinic setting. The experience will include reading diagnosis; development and implementation of interventions. Data will be gathered and case studies written.
Fee: $25.
Offered: Summer.
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EDUC 6371 - Curriculum Development 3 hrs
Definitions, theories and characteristics of curriculum which guide professionals in preparation of curricula and processes of curricular change.
Offered: Spring, Summer Distance Learning Fall.
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EDUC 6372 - Leadership in Instructional Technology 3 hrs
The role of the school leaders in communication, collaboration, mentoring, coaching and consulting as related to technology in instruction.
Fee: $10.
Offered: Distance Learning Course Fall.
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EDUC 6374 - Reading Diagnosis and Prescription 3 hrs
Overview of assessment and correction of reading difficulties; principles of intervention and corrective instruction, including use of the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach; informal and standardized instruments for diagnosing student strengths and weaknesses in reading; formulation of programs, appropriate strategies and procedures based on diagnosis, clinical practice in administration and interpretation of diagnostic instruments. Practical application of intervention design and implementation. Minimum of 8 hours of field experience in schools.
Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 6375 - Content Area Reading in Secondary School 3 hrs
Principles, methods and materials for effective instruction in reading at the secondary level. Emphasis is placed on reading to learn with meaning-based strategies that help students construct meaning and become more effective readers in the content areas, appropriate reading levels, adaptation of materials in content areas and assessment procedures. Practical applications of reading strategies to help students become more effective readers. Minimum of eight hours of field experience in schools.
Offered: Spring.
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EDUC 6376 - Desigining Professional Development Teachers 3 hrs
Critical examination of convergent research for application in the school environment. Identification of professional development needs and development of adult learning situation to promote positive change.
Offered: Distance Learning Course Spring.
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EDUC 6377 - Teaching Educational Technology 3 hrs
A study of instructional technology tools and integration strategies for teaching and learning. Topics include theory and practice of integration, with specific emphasis on instructional software, productivity software, ulti-media, internet, and discipline-specific tools and applications.
Offered: Summer, Distance Learning Course Spring.
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EDUC 6379 - Advanced Educational Technology 3 hrs
A study of emergent technology-based delivery and management of instruction. Topics include information literacy; digital media (video, audio, animations, etc.) design and production; management of digital information; advanced Web authoring; and technology-related legal, ethical, and socialite issues.
Prerequisite: EDUC 6300 or consent of instructor.
Fee: $20.
Offered: Distance Learning Course Spring.
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EDUC 6380 - Professional Internship: School Librarian 3 hrs
One-year teaching experience where the student is employed as a school librarian and jointly supervised by the University and an accredited school. Course requires documentation of at least 50% time on-the-job spent as a partner teacher in the direct instruction/guidance of large groups small groups and individual students utilizing effective classroom management and counseling techniques. Lesson plans will be aligned to the appropriate TEKS. Offered on a pass/fail basis. May be repeated once for credit.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6381 - School Administration 3 hrs
Behavioral science concepts and principles of computer-age management and educational leadership for a multicultural society; focus on individual administrator’s attitudes, motivation, perception skills.
Offered: Spring of even numbered years, Summer of odd-numbered years.
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EDUC 6382 - Principal Internship 3 hrs
Knowledge, skills and experience at the performance level under joint guidance and direction of school administration officials and education administration teaching staff; experiences with all administrative jobs and positions except that of superintendent. This course may be repeated for credit.
Fee: $50.
Offered: Spring.
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EDUC 6383 - Business Administration of Public Schools 3 hrs
Principles of finance and organization of business management functions in public schools, including internal structure, use of computers, budgeting, accounting, purchasing, control of supplies, taxation, bonds, school construction, building maintenance and operation, transportation, food services, legal relationships, insurance, funding of special projects, and local, state and federal relationships.
Offered: Fall, Summer of even-numbered years.
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EDUC 6384 - School Law 3 hrs
Legal bases for organizing and conducting public and private school systems, statutes and court decisions affecting educational functions.
Offered: Spring.
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EDUC 6386 - Internship I: Elementary 3 hrs
Elementary teaching experience where the students is employed as a teacher of record and jointly supervised by the University and an accredited school. Attendance at internship seminars is required during first semester of teaching. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6387 - Internship II: Elementary 3 hrs
Elementary teaching experience where the student is employed as a teacher of record and jointly supervised by the University and an accredited school. Attendance at internship seminars is required during first semester of teaching. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6388 - Internship I: Secondary 3 hrs
Secondary teaching experience where the student is employed as a teacher of record and jointly supervised by the University and an accredited school. Attendance at internship seminars is required during first semester of teaching. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6389 - Intership II: Secondary 3 hrs
Secondary teaching experience where the student is employed as a teacher of record and jointly supervised by the University and an accredited school. Attendance at internship seminar is required during first semester of teaching. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6391 - School Supervision 3 hrs
Scope, procedures and processes, organization and administration, and planning of supervision; application of principles of supervision to the teaching-learning situation in a multicultural community.
Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 6393 - Seminar in School Librarianship 3 hrs
Special problems, activities, and topics in school librarianship, educational technology, etc. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
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EDUC 6395 - Telecommunications for Instructional Purposes 3 hrs
A study of the use of educational telecommunications for teaching and learning. Topics include the networking, teleconferencing, streaming media, and instructional application of the World Wide Web.
Offered: Distance Learning Course Summer.
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EDUC 6397 - Student Teaching 3 hrs
This student teaching experience is designed for students in the M.A.T program. It will consist of 12 consecutive weeks of full-day observation and teaching at an assigned school under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and an OLL supervisor. The student teacher will be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating instruction in collaboration with the cooperating teacher. Weekly seminars at will explore appropriate topics. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Prerequisite: Consent of MAT advisor.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 6399 - Directed Studies in School Librarianship 3 hrs
Faculty supervision of an in-depth study and report of a topic in library and information science, instructional technology or other related fields. Limited to students who have completed all required courses.
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EDUC 6406 - Selected Topics in Education 4 hrs
In-depth study of specialized topic chosen by instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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EDUC 6419 - Thesis 4 hrs
Prerequisite: EDUC 6311 approval of topic, consent of thesis director.
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EDUC 6421 - Seminar in School Administration 4 hrs
Administrative problems studied and specific school situations; development of individual capabilities in resolving persistent problems.
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EDUC 6506 - Selected Topics in Education 5 hrs
In-depth study of specialized topic chosen by instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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EDUC 6519 - Thesis 5 hrs
Prerequisite: EDUC 6311 approval of topic, consent of thesis director.
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EDUC 6521 - Seminar in School Administration 5 hrs
Administrative problems studied in specific school situations; development of individual capabilities in resolving persistent problems.
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EDUC 6606 - Selected Topics in Education 6 hrs
In-depth study of specialized topic chosen by instructor. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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EDUC 6619 - Thesis 6 hrs
Prerequisite: EDUC 6311 approval of topic, consent of thesis director.
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EDUC 6621 - Seminar in School Administration 6 hrs
Administrative problems studied in specific school situations; development of individual capabilities in resolving persistent problems.
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EDUC 6680 - Student Teaching 6 hrs
The student teaching experience will consist of twelve consecutive weeks of full-day observation and teaching at an assigned school. The student teacher will be responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating instructions in collaboration with the cooperating teacher. Weekly seminars will explore teaching-related topics. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Prerequisite: Consent of MED Director’s approval.
Fee: $30.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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EDUC 7382 - The Principalship 3 hrs
Organizational and administrative structure of elementary, middle and secondary schools, including special reading, special education, vocational education, bilingual and multicultural education, federal programs. Includes needs assessment, appropriate personnel and program evaluation criteria, personnel selection and use of computers in classrooms and offices.
Offered: Fall of even-numbered years, Summer of odd-numbered years.
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EDUC 7392 - School Supervision: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary 3 hrs
Initiation and management of change; use of consultants in promoting the educational program, supervisory techniques, e.g., interaction analysis, targets for improvement, videotape usage and analysis of teaching; supervisory relationships; organizing a progressive supervisory program.
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EDUC 8303 - The Superintendency 3 hrs
Administrative problem studied in specific situations involving decision-making at the superintendent level; development of individual capabilities in approaching higher level decision processes for individuals and management teams.
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EDUC 8312 - Internship for Superintendents 3 hrs
The internship for superintendents is on a cooperative basis with school districts. The internship will provide knowledge, skills, and experiences under the joint guidance of a district superintendent and the educational administrative professor with the superintendent specialty. This is a semester program of guided administrative experiences at the superintendent’s level.
Fee: $30.
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EDUC 8314 - School-community Interaction 3 hrs
The students shall be able to describe a plan for improving the school’s relationship to the community it serves and to whose control it must respond, demonstrate skills in effective two-way communication and the rapport of mutual acceptance, use techniques to effect changes in the attitudes of school personnel toward parent and community relationships and involvement, and application of community resources.
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EDUC 8315 - Superintendent of Schools, the Administrative Team and Personnel Management 3 hrs
Competencies in the following area shall be acquired organizational planning, administrative communication, selection and evaluation of personnel, and functions of regulatory groups on a local, state and national level.
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EDUC 8316 - Advanced School Business Administration 3 hrs
The student shall be able to understand, evaluate, select and implement the most advanced current business concepts and practices available in today’s technology of school business operations.
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EDUC 8612 - Internship for Superintendents 6 hrs
The internship for superintendents is on a cooperative basis with school districts. The internship will provide knowledge, skills, and experiences under the joint guidance of a district superintendent and the educational administrative professor with the superintendent specialty. This is a semester program of guided administrative experiences at the superintendent’s level.
Fee: $60.
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ENGL 6311 - Creative Writing and Social Justice 3 hrs
Combines traditional methods of literary and critical analysis with the creative writing workshop in order to explore the intersection of literature and social justice, the ways writers and writing can impact communities, and the role that writers and literature paly in effecting social change and justice. Course offerings are genre-specific and topics vary.
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ENGL 6321 - Teaching Rhetoric and Composition 3 hrs
Application of theory and research to the teaching of composition and rhetoric and/or other communication arts. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Teaching Creative Writing, Expository and Argumentative Writing, Composition Research, Writing Assessment).
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ENGL 6331 - Written Communication Arts 3 hrs
Study and application of theory and research in written communication; development of specialized writing skills. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Stylistics, Rhetoric of Argument, Copywriting/Editing, Fiction Writing, Scriptwriting).
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ENGL 6340 - Business and Professional Communication Arts 3 hrs
Study of theories and research findings in communications with application to business and the professions. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Management Communications, Information and Decision Science, Professional Speaking and Writing, Public Relations Techniques).
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ENGL 6341 - Media Communication Arts 3 hrs
A survey course exploring the genre of Literary Journalism, which includes authors such as Thomas Wolfe, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson. Readings and analysis will focus on the structure and core elements of this writing style, as well as on the writings of the authors themselves.
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ENGL 6391 - Readings in Communication Arts 3 hrs
Arranged by the student with an individual professor after approval by the graduate advisor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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ENGL 7321 - Literary Forms 3 hrs
Analytical study of significant works as representative of a given genre. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Autobiography, Rhetoric of Fiction, Contemporary American Novel, Modern Drama, Formal Analysis of Poetry).
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ENGL 7331 - Theories of Literature and Social Justice 3 hrs
Theoretical and critical perspectives on literature which address and analyze social justice issues. A central aim of the course is to examine theories and practices that aim to combat inequities and injustices by interrogating assumptions underlying social categories such as “race” “class,” “gender,” “sexual orientation,” and “nationality.” May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Contemporary Literary Theories, Feminist Criticism, History of Literary Theory and Criticism, Theories of Social Change).
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ENGL 7332 - Literature and Discourse 3 hrs
Study of influence on of social, political, philosophical, scientific, and ideological discourses on literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Philosophical Currents in English Romanticism, The Earth in Literature, Science Fiction and Ideas of the Future, Neoclassicism, Modernity and Poetry, The Postmodern Novel, Art and Culture).
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ENGL 7333 - Teaching Composition, Literature, and Creative Writing 3 hrs
Application of literary theory, criticism and research to the teaching of composition, literature, and creative writing.
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ENGL 7339 - Literature of Identity and Power 3 hrs
Study of literary works that develop an understanding of key concepts such as prejudice, privilege, oppression, liberation, justice, equity, inequity, and equality (for example: Poetry of Social Deviance, War and Morality in the Novel, Disability Literature, Power and Powerlessness in Minority Literatures).
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ENGL 7341 - Literature of Social Movements 3 hrs
Study of important literary works within cultural context of a given social movement. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Racial and Ethics Politics in Early American Literature, Contemporary American Myths; Protest, Social Change, and Victorian Prose; Immigrant Experience in the Literature of the Southwest).
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ENGL 7342 - Literature and Gender 3 hrs
Literature and the formulation, transmission and redefinition of gender and gender roles. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Strong Women in Literature, the Gendered Frontier in American Literature, Gay Texts and Subtexts, Feminist Themes).
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ENGL 7343 - Literature, Race and Class 3 hrs
Literature as a vehicle for the expression of ethnic and social identity and for the formulation transmission and redefinition of constructs on race and class. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Minority Writers and Filmmakers, Latina Prose and Poetry, Marginalized Subjects, Multicultural Currents).
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ENGL 7356 - Literary Translation 3 hrs
Introduces students to the craft of literary translation and the many ways it can help them become better writers. The work of various leading writer-translators will be studied and discussed to see connections between the authors these writers have translated and the innovations in their own poetry and prose. Knowledge of a foreign language is not required.
Offered: Spring.
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ENGL 7371 - The Writer and the Writer’s Work 3 hrs
Intensive study of major works in relation to authors’ lives and canons, with an emphasis on writers whose works impact our understanding of social injustices and inequities. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Dante’s Inferno and Social Responsibility, Inequity in Shakespeare, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance).
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ENGL 7382 - Studies in Language and Linguistics 3 hrs
Study and application of research and theory in language and linguistics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary (for example: Generative Grammers, Minority Dialects, Contemporary Usage, Psycholinguistics).
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ENGL 7385 - Field Study 3 hrs
Field Studies should address community service and/or the pursuit of social justice through student-developed, faculty-approved projects such as interning with cultural, professional, or social organizations, developing multimedia presentations, creating websites, editing a publication, organizing cultural events, or teaching in community centers. Projects should be equivalent of 45 hours of coursework
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ENGL 7391 - Readings in Literature 3 hrs
Arranged by the student with an individual professor after approval by the graduate advisor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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ENGL 7392 - Special Topics 3 hrs
In-depth study of topics not appropriate under other course titles. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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ENGL 7394 - Scholarship/Bibliography and Research Methods 3 hrs
Introduces students, at the theoretical level, to key issues relevant to all subfields of literary studies, and at the practical level to the tools and resources necessary for conducting advanced literary scholarship, including print and online resources. Must be taken in first year.
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ENGL 8391 - Thesis 3 hrs
Supervised research culminating in a major essay. May take twice.
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ENGL 8691 - Thesis 6 hrs
Supervised research culminating in a major essay. Cannot take twice.
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FINC 8319 - Corporate Capital Budgeting 3 hrs
Corporate financial strategies, problem solving and decision making within the domestic and international corporate settings. Examination of theoretical underpinnings ad concentration on real world problems.
Prerequisite: FINC 8329 .
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FINC 8321 - International Finance 3 hrs
Examines the theory and practice of corporate financial management in an international arena. Includes topics such as international financing, investment, risk, foreign exchange, capital budgeting and international money management.
Prerequisite: FINC 8329 .
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FINC 8323 - Financial Institutions, Markets and Economic Activity 3 hrs
Integrates modern economic and financial theory with the fields of money and banking, finance and government regulation, and examines the effect of such integration on the organization and behavior of financial markets and institutions.
Prerequisite: FINC 8329 .
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FINC 8329 - Corporate Finance 3 hrs
Emphasizes the development of skills necessary for sound financial decision making within the firm. Includes financial ratio analysis, capital budgeting, risk and return analysis and financial forecasting.
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FINC 8340 - Special Studies in Finance 3 hrs
In-depth study of specialized topic chosen by instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Varies with course content.
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HCMG 7304 - Management of Health Care Institutions 3 hrs
Covers the organization of health care delivery systems in the U.S. including the following hospitals, ambulatory care, intermediate and long term care, cyber care and other contemporary trends. Includes analysis of demographic trends related to the aging U.S. population, early intervention programs for preventive and wellness care, and basic epidemiological techniques for analyzing local health care needs. Considers delivery systems in other countries and the implications for change in the emerging U.S. market. Discussion focuses on intervening in the design of structures and processes of health care systems and the management of organizational performance to include human resources, physical plant and materials.
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HCMG 7320 - Health Care Law and Ethics 3 hrs
Focuses on the legal relationships among health care users, providers, public interest and the government. Reviews administrative and constitutional law as well as ethical issues associated with health care in the United States.
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HCMG 7325 - Health Care Planning and Policy 3 hrs
Analyzes the political, social and economic dimensions of U.S. health care policy at the national, state and local levels and their implications for current and future health care organizations across the spectrum of care. Applies the theory by tracking health care legislation in progress at the national, state and local levels. Considers key federal legislation such as the Balanced Budget Act for implications in the delivery of health care in the U.S. Analyzes trends in policy-making so as to forecast future legislative initiatives that may impact the design of delivery of health care in the U.S. Considers how to influence policy development at the local, state and national level. Applies concepts and techniques that can affect short-term and long-term program strategic planning in health services delivery systems.
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HCMG 7361 - Health Care Finance 3 hrs
Overview of financial management of health care organizations. Topics include printing and reimbursement strategies, managed care contracting financial arrangements and implications, cost control, capital budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, financial ratio analysis, mergers and acquisitions and financial modeling.
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HCMG 7380 - Managed Care for Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid Populations 3 hrs
Analyzes factors impacting on emerging managed care product lines and competing alternative delivery systems. Examines managed care market penetration in various markets and the strategic responses of hospitals, health care providers, integrated delivery systems and others to increasing market penetration by managed care organizations. Discusses characteristics of future leaders of health care organizations and techniques for improving the financial, behavioral and structural dynamics of health care institutions. Integrates the content of the previous courses to enhance potential for successfully managing the delivery of the full spectrum of health services in a future characterized by constant change and increasing organizational complexity.
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HCMG 7384 - Special Studies in Health Care Management 3 hrs
In-depth study of current topics in business chosen by the instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HRMG 8310 - Performance Analysis and Improvement Strategies 3 hrs
Based on behavioral concepts as they apply to performance in organizations and organization effectiveness. Examines performance standards. Assessment and appraisal and compensation issues in relation to how employee’s competencies, interests, and accomplishments contribute to the future growth of the responsive organization. Students learn when and how to use performance improvement strategies such as feedback and compensation and incentive systems, professional development plans and workplace and job design.
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HRMG 8312 - Management Development: Education and Training for Managers 3 hrs
Examines key principles relevant to training and development, including the role of training in an organization, adult learning theory, needs assessment, training methodology, organizational support, resources and constraints, evaluation of training, and managing the training function. International training considerations are also addressed. Issues that influence training implementation, such as ethics and interpretation will be reviewed.
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HRMG 8315 - Strategic Human Resources Administration for Competitive Edge 3 hrs
Focuses on recruiting, screening and selection, hiring and out-placing employees within the public and private sector. Laws of Recruitment and Selection are also discussed with a view to application of recruitment and selection process for a diverse workforce. Includes an analysis of labor force demographics, equity in recruitment and selection, and sensitivity to diverse cultures. Addresses the use of technology to find and attract employees, including company week page criteria for staffing and electronic communications polices. Discusses various Employment Affirmative Action cases and EEO laws for study analysis of laws.
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HRMG 8318 - Conflict Resolution: Management, Mediation and Arbitration 3 hrs
Examines conflict theory and the processes of conflict management and resolution, such as negotiation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution problem-solving. Students study the development and assessment of the roles of mediator arbitrator, and reconciliatory; assess third party interventions in a variety of organizational settings; compare and contrast legal processes and alternative dispute resolution; and discuss ethical perspectives and dimensions, Labor relations cases will be analyzed.
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HRMG 8342 - Special Topics in Human Resource Management 3 hrs
Examples of topics: Technology Management in Organization Development, Organizational Career Management and Coaching, Effective Group Facilitation Processes Deployment, Learning Models and Strategies in Learning Organizations, International Issues in Human Resource Management.
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IASM 8302 - Principles of Information Assurance and Security 3 hrs
Course will include survey of information assurance and security, design and analysis methods for high assurance information systems, safety, reliability and security, specification of mission-critical system properties, software and hardware validation, verification and certification, legal and ethical issues in computer security.
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IASM 8303 - Information Assurance Planning and Management 3 hrs
Discussion and practical performance of the certification and accreditation process, to include development of a system security plan. Course will introduce generic security planning guidelines and documents. Students will develop a security plan for a supplied description of an AIS/telecommunications systems.
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IASM 8304 - Information Assurance Assessment 3 hrs
Course will include discussion and demonstration of information assurance assessment. Students will learn to identify, assess and report vulnerabilities, threats and risk in an AIS/telecommunications system, and recommend corresponding protection measures. Students will perform role playing scenarios in which points of exploitation are identified and appropriate countermeasures are applied in an instructor supplied description of an organization’s AIS/telecommunications system.
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IASM 8311 - Special Topics in Informations Systems and Security 3 hrs
In-depth study of topics in information security chosen by the instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: Varies with course content.
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IASM 8312 - Internet Security Architectures 3 hrs
Course will include a detailed study of network and distributed systems security. The course reviews security consideration in distributed system and enterprise network architectures, and implementation of security services such as cryptography, access control and network security and monitoring. Students will examine and compare network and system architectures, and apply lessons learned to instructor supplied AIS/telecommunication systems.
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LEAD 6310 - Introduction to Leadership Theories 3 hrs
Introduction to the history and theory of leadership to critical thinking and methods of inquiry as they bear on the subject of leadership, to the ethics of leadership, to basic leadership competencies, to relevant leadership contexts, and to leading groups and individuals. Analysis of historical concepts and contemporary theories of leadership. Emphasis on application of theoretical concepts to actual leadership situations.
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LEAD 6314 - Leadership Decision Making 3 hrs
Introduction to models and techniques that support effective and efficient decision processes. Introduces the students to the identification and avoidance of known cultural and cognitive biases and other process pitfalls that can seriously hinder successful decision-making.
Offered: Fall.
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LEAD 6316 - Conflict Management for Leaders 3 hrs
This course will offer students the opportunity to develop and refine conflict management skills needed to facilitate organizational processes aimed at successfully attaining desired performance results. Topics will include communication, interpersonal skills, bargaining and negotiation, and other strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict in complex organizations.
Offered: Spring.
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LEAD 6321 - Leadership Strategies and Processes 3 hrs
Focus on strategic planning methodologies and issues related to the design of effective organizational structures, processes and control systems in contemporary and future complex organizations. Emphasis will be placed on a variety of seminal strategic planning methodologies available to leaders.
Prerequisite: LEAD 6310 .
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LEAD 6322 - Critical Thinking and Problem Analysis for Leaders 3 hrs
Study of the principles of logic, critical thinking, problem definition and decision theory that are used in identifying problems, assumptions and alternatives for problems that leaders encounter. Methods of decision-making and scenario planning are explored in detail.
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LEAD 6341 - Introduction to Leadership Research Methods 3 hrs
Explores the process of asking research questions and finding answers. Includes broad overview of experimental and non- experimental methods. Emphasizes the functional use and understanding of basic statistics in evaluating research findings.
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LEAD 6344 - Transformational Leadership 3 hrs
Introduction to the history of Transformational Leadership, to critical thinking and methods of inquiry as they bear on the subject of leadership, to the ethics of leadership, to the basic leadership competencies, to relevant leadership contexts, and to leading groups and individuals. Emphasis on application of theoretical concepts and the measurements of Transformational Leadership to actual leadership situations.
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LEAD 6351 - Readings in Leadership 3 hrs
Introductory survey of contemporary writings and emerging theories on leadership.
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LEAD 6360 - Multi-Cultural Issues in Leadership 3 hrs
This course will examine cultural styles of leadership and various leadership styles that can be employed in different cultural settings. Students will examine the role of culture in attitudes toward society, family and work.
Prerequisite: LEAD 6310 .
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LEAD 6361 - Gender Issues in Leadership 3 hrs
This course will examine gender issues by exploring how gender influences human development, achievement, self-concepts, family roles, work life and social institutions such as the legal system. Gender perceptions as they relate to leadership styles will be explored in detail.
Prerequisite: LEAD 6310 .
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LEAD 6362 - Written Communication for Leaders 3 hrs
Provides an overview of the structure, process and requirements associated with writing effective reports, executive summaries and proposals. Covers advanced rules of grammar and syntax and methods for synthesizing disparate sources of information into concise written summaries.
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