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BUS 341 - Fundamentals of Project Management (3)
This course introduces the project management framework, including the basic project management phases of initiating, planning, executing, and terminating. It defines what a project is and the importance of project management. It covers the history of project management and outlines basic project management terms and concepts. It focuses on the role of project management as a part of the strategic plan of an organization.
Offered at department discretion.
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BUS 343 - Scope and Time Management (3)
This course focuses on developing the skills needed to by the Project Manager for scope and schedule management. Students will learn about the importance of developing a project program, organizational communication plans, and how project team dynamics are integral to managing project scope development including the human resources components of assembling a project team. Time management skill will include how to determine the critical path for a project, how to use mathematical analysis techniques, such as CPM and PERT, how to develop project schedules, how to incorporate project deliverables into a milestone schedule, how to monitor and manage that schedule and project processes for identifying and recovering from problem situations.
Offered at department discretion.
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BUS 345 - Cost and Risk Management (3)
The course will focus on developing skills for establishing project cost models, managing costs and monitoring project cost impacts. The course will also include identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk throughout the project life cycle in order to minimize consequences of adverse events and maximize results of positive events. Identification and quantification of risks are critical to being able to develop and implement a risk management plan and include an analysis of the human resources constraints and assets required to execute the project.
Offered at department discretion.
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BUS 346 - Project Quality Management (3)
The proficient applications of communication skills in an increasingly electronic realm of interaction in projects to achieve, monitor, and maintain quality management of a project is an emphasis of this course. This course will also develop skills in quality management that begin with identifying quality standards and expectations for a project, determining how those standards will be measured, and how the information captured can and should be used to assess performance and form the basis for corrective actions. The human relations component of the communication processes and project team integration for quality management is an integral part of this course.
Offered at department discretion.
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BUS 351 - Marketing Research (3)
This course is an introduction to the research process as it relates to the marketing function within an organization. Special emphasis is placed on human aspects of the research effort and ethical standards for researchers. The student is introduced to survey, field, and experimental research designs. Subjects examined include problem definition, sample selection techniques, data collection, analysis, and presentation.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 311.
Offered Spring 2021 and alternate Spring semesters.
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BUS 361 - International Business (3)
A course which provides the student with the opportunity to develop an understanding of the global marketplace and the nature of international competition. Topics such as marketing, finance, and management are considered through the use of case studies, outside speakers, and field trips. In addition, culture, governmental impacts, and the nature of the multi-national organization are considered.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 202.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 371 - Management of Information Systems (3)
This course examines the nature of information technology and its dynamic functions in organizations. Through applications of basic software tools (e.g., database technology, decision support systems), case studies, and examinations of relevant theory (e.g., reengineering), the student is able to develop a cohesive view of the management of information systems in today’s organizations.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 240 or MATH/PSYC 140 or MATH 304; ability to use spreadsheet software (e.g., Microsoft Excel).
Offered each semester.
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BUS 372 - Environmental Regulation, Policy, and Law (3)
This course explores the structure, design, and components of various environmental regulations and application of the statutory and regulatory mandates fundamental to environmental management that compel design, planning, and daily operations at federal, non-federal, not-for-profit, and commercial job-sites. The course will focus on acquiring a basic knowledge of federal legislation. The course will include a survey of regulations and emphasize implementation at the practical level.
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BUS 374 - Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (3)
This course will introduce students to current and future trends in resource conservation, policy, and sustainability. This course will address environmental economics, environmental innovation diffusion, resource sustainability, and the environmental impact of existing and emerging technologies. Topics will include source reduction, recovery, reuse, recycling, conservation, land use/reuse, material substitution, process modification, and waste minimization, with emphasis on pollution prevention, energy, and environmental sustainability techniques. Emphasis of this course is placed on the range of current and future environmental choices, and the role of energy choices in determining local environmental conditions and the global marketplace.
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BUS 377 - Content Strategy for Social Media (3)
This course will introduce students to the use of content strategy to plan, develop, and manage persuasive media content that achieves an organization’s objectives. Students will compare and contrast inbound and outbound marketing techniques, promoting versus selling, and address legal and ethical issues in the field. Students will create a blog website, learn interactive media concepts, project development, software tools, social media for professional use, search engine optimization, and analytics.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Cross-listed with COMM 377.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 380 - Entrepreneurship and the American Enterprise System (3)
This course will focus on the role of entrepreneurship in the American enterprise system. Entrepreneurship should be considered to be more than just starting a business. The perspective of this class will be to view entrepreneurship as a process that adds economic and social value to society. The economic and societal value of government involvement and regulation will also be considered. Students will participate in activities that illustrate the entrepreneurship process.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Offered each Fall.
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BUS 383 - Applied Problem Solving (3)
Critical thinking enables us to avoid common obstacles, test our beliefs and assumptions, and correct distortions in our thought process. Through this course, the student will gain confidence in assessing problems accurately, evaluating reliable solutions, and anticipating likely risks to avoid the same problems from recurring. Methodologies of problem solving will be introduced as a foundation to apply and practice concepts and tools to obtain sound problem solutions.
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BUS 390 - Investments (3)
This course examines how portfolio investments and speculative decisions can be made. It includes a discussion of institutions in the investment community, an analysis of investment theory, and presentations of the practical implications of investment theory. This course is strongly recommended for students intending to go to graduate school.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 332.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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BUS 415 - Consumer Behavior (3)
Introduction to the study and analysis of the decision-making processes and behaviors consumers use in satisfying needs and wants in relation to the marketing environment shaped by marketing practices of organizations. Focus is from the viewpoint of the marketing manager and what he/she needs to know in order to be more effective in meeting consumer needs.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 311.
Offered each Fall.
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BUS 417 - Marketing Management (3)
This course is designed to delve into the management decision-making process of marketing. Students will explore targeting and segmenting of markets. Discussions of branding, services, product life cycles, and channel distribution options will be linked to a firm’s competitive strategies. Focus will also include marketing communications, advertising, and customer relationships. Students will learn to identify the criticisms of marketing, the impact of consumerism, and the role of ethics in marketing strategy.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 311.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 419 - Sales Management (3)
This course is concerned specifically with the management of an outside sales force and its activities. It includes the nature of personal selling; relationship selling; team selling; strategic planning at the sales force level and the marketing level; organizing, staffing, and training a sales force; directing sales force operations; sales planning; and evaluating sales performance. This course is strongly recommended for students who intend to have careers in the area of sales management.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 311.
Offered each Spring.
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BUS 423 - Operations Management (3)
A study of strategic and tactical decisions related to the design and management of operations in manufacturing and or service organizations. Some of the topics to be included are quality management, forecasting, facilities location and layout, inventory management, and tools and techniques for decision making.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 240 or MATH/PSYC 140 or MATH 304; BUS 304.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 433 - International Finance (3)
This course gives the student an understanding of international business finance. Topics to be considered are the international monetary system, foreign exchange markets, foreign investment decisions, international financial markets, international banking, and import and export financing.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 332.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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BUS 442 - Sport Marketing (3)
This course will examine the historical development, current practices, and future trends of marketing sport. An analysis of key marketing strategies and concepts will be studied from a sport manager’s perspective. Topics include promotions and public relations, sport consumer behavior, strategic market planning, marketing information management, marketing communications, and sponsorship.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 311 or permission of the instructor.
Cross-listed with SMGT 442.
Offered each Fall.
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BUS 443 - Organizational Behavior (3)
This course will focus upon analysis of situations involving individual, group, and organizational behavior. Major topics will include small and large group theory, interpersonal relations, organizational culture, and achievement of the goals of the enterprise with and through people as individuals and groups. Areas of investigation include communication, motivation, leadership, and predicting and explaining human behavior within organizations.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 304.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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BUS 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
An opportunity for the superior student to pursue, under supervision, an area of special interest either on his/her own initiative or in a seminar group. Open to juniors or seniors who are majors in the area and who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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BUS 453 - Strategic Management (3)
This course examines strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. It serves as a capstone course for the Business Administration major in which students should integrate the knowledge learned in the core business curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 302, 304, 311, 330, 332, 371.
Prerequisites or co-requisites: BUS 361 or 423.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 457 - Business Analytics (3)
This course explores the use of descriptive business analytics, predictive business analytics, and prescriptive business analytics to improve management decisions. It also examines how those business analytics systems fit within the organizational context. The student must have spreadsheet knowledge.
Cross-listed with MBA 557.
NOTE: Since this course is cross-listed with MBA 557 (a graduate-level course), the following information applies:
Senior undergraduate students must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
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BUS 463 - Philanthropy Principles and Applied Fundraising Strategies (3)
The course will address the essentials of nonprofit and philanthropy strategies as voluntary efforts to increase the well-being of humankind. The course provides in-depth understanding and the underlying theory, practice, and public policy issues surrounding the field of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. In addition, crucial fundraising methodologies and practices will be explored and applied that guide the foundation and development of donor relations and various fundraising campaigns.
Cross-listed with MBA 573.
Since this course is cross-listed with MBA 573 (a graduate-level course), the following information applies: Senior undergraduate students must have the minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
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BUS 471 - Environmental Planning, Strategy, and Leadership (3)
This course focuses on applying strategic management tools to incorporate considerations of environmental sustainability, conservation, and pollution control into leadership decision-making operations. Students will understand that some organizations incorporate environmentally sustainable practices because of an ethical conviction to do well for the environment; others are motivated by pressures from stakeholders to exploit environmental knowledge and experience for long-term sustainable advantage. This course will examine how organizations develop and implement environmental management strategies to promote efficient management and resource maximization. Leadership roles and responsibilities of strategic managers are examined and students learn how to apply the tools of strategic business management to the problems of environmental management.
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BUS 473 - Creative Problem Solving (3)
Developing skills for decision making and innovation relies on stimulation and advancing the creative potential of all members of an organization, and is recognized as contributing to performance and results. This course provides an overview of the creative problem solving process and its relevance in a management context. Ideas, skills, models/tools, and techniques are practiced that help students understand how creative and innovative thinking can aid problem solving and effective decision making, which are critical skills in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking and the ability to develop multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of case studies, creativity building exercises, and thought-provoking questions, learners develop both an understanding of creativity and the human variable in problem solving and decision making.
This course is open to students with senior status.
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BUS 481 - Internship (1-12)
Practical, off-campus work experience to apply knowledge and gain skills in the student’s major field of study. Two credits required for Pendle Hill credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of BUS 281 Career Preparation is suggested but not required unless required as part of a major curriculum.
Offered each semester.
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BUS 483 - Applied Leadership in Development in Hospitality, Tourism, and Events (1-6)
Students work an approved and paid position in the hospitality and/or tourism industry; students are required to accrue a minimum of 300 hours over 1-3 semesters. (Note: 100 hours = 1 credit hour; must earn at least 3 credits.) Students identify and complete on-the-job employment objectives, analyze organizational management styles, and develop an awareness of societal need in the context of civic responsibility. Students participate in regular remote seminar discussion with other applied students.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 125, 126 or permission of instructor.
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CHEM 115 - Basic Physiological Chemistry (4)
A presentation of inorganic, organic, and biochemical principles with emphasis on application to living systems. Topics include, but are not limited to, electrolyte balance, water balance, gas laws and respiratory gases, acid-base balance, metabolic pathways, structure and function of hormones, drugs, and enzymes. Intended for nonscience majors. Especially suitable for Nursing majors. May be used to fulfill the general education science requirement. Includes one 2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): ACT math score ≥ 20 (SAT-Math ≥ 540) or grade of C- or higher in MATH 130.
Offered each Fall.
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CHEM 131 - General Chemistry I (4)
A non-calculus-based introduction to the fundamentals of modern chemical practice; nuclear, electronic, and physical structure of matter; periodicity of the elements; dynamics of chemical reactions and equilibria. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): ACT math score ≥ 20 (SAT-Math ≥ 540) or grade of C- or higher in MATH 130.
Offered each Fall.
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CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II (4)
Introduction to chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, application of thermodynamics to chemical systems, coordination compounds, and qualitative analysis. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 131 or equivalent.
Offered each Spring.
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CHEM 135 - Chemistry for Animal Managers (4)
A chemistry course tightly focused on the chemistry concepts most pertinent to animal managers - individuals working with captive animals and wildlife under routine conditions as well as animal rehabilitation. The course begins with a brief introduction to reaction kinetics and equilibrium which allows for informed coverage of the following topics: fresh water chemistry; marine water chemistry; tank water quality; caloric, nutritional, spectral, and medicinal needs of animals; and the environmental partitioning, bioaccumulation, and degradation of major classes of environmental pollutants. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 131 or equivalent.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CHEM 203 - Stewardship and Safety in Chemical Practice (3)
A course designed to familiarize students with the OSHA Laboratory Standard and NFPA, ANSI, and NIOSH guidelines and regulations pertaining to safety in chemical laboratories. Specific topics include proper labeling; maintaining chemical inventories; acquiring, dispensing, and disposing of chemicals; spill cleanup; safety equipment monitoring; and prudent practices. Specific attention will be given to minimizing the health risks associated with careers in chemistry and the environmental impact of chemical use and disposal.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 132.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CHEM 205 - Research Methods in the Natural Sciences (2)
This course emphasizes experimental design in the natural sciences, including field and laboratory studies. Statistical considerations of experimental design and technical writing skills will also be covered.
Cross-listed with BIOL 205.
Offered each semester.
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CHEM 221 - Organic Chemistry I (4)
A survey of the basic structure, nomenclature, reactivity, and practical importance of carbon compounds. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 132 or equivalent.
Offered each Fall.
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CHEM 312 - Inorganic Chemistry (4)
Theories relating to atomic structure, chemical bonding, acid-base concepts, and coordination chemistry. Includes organometallic chemistry and study of main group elements. Includes one 3- hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 221 or permission of instructor.
Offered at department discretion.
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CHEM 322 - Organic Chemistry II (4)
A survey of reactions, syntheses and qualitative tests for the various groupings of atoms displayed in carbon compounds. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 221 or equivalent.
Offered each Spring.
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CHEM 335 - Analytical Chemistry (4)
Theory and application of gravimetric and volumetric quantitative analyses, with special emphasis on laboratory techniques, supplemented with contemporary instrumental techniques including UV, visible, IR, Fluorescence and NMR Spectroscopy. Includes two 3-hour labs per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 221 or permission of instructor.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CHEM 374 - Biochemistry I (4)
Course content includes study of structure and importance of water to biological systems; bioenergetics; pH, physiological buffers; acid-base balance, structure, and functions of molecules of life (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids); enzyme kinetics; and signal transduction. Includes one 3-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 132.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CHEM 375 - Biochemistry II (4)
Topics of study include but are not limited to metabolic pathways, nucleic acid structure, information transfer, and protein synthesis. Includes one 2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 374.
Cross-listed with BIOL 375.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CHEM 420 - Research (1-8)
Topics of special interest to upper level chemistry majors such as organic structural analysis, organometallic or macromolecular chemistry.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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CHEM 430 - Chemistry Internship (1-4)
This course is designed to provide the student with a practical hands-on experience in chemistry.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 132.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
Some internship locations (e.g., Canton-Stark County Crime Lab) require immunizations that need to begin at least 6 months prior to the internship. Students considering internships should consult their advisers at least two semesters prior to the intended internships.
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CHEM 450 - Advanced Topics (0.5-3)
Selected topics from any of the areas offered in chemistry. Open to students with advanced standing in chemistry.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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CHEM 460 - Writing and Presenting in Chemistry (2)
Students learn literature researching techniques, American Chemical Society journal writing format, and attend and present seminars. Open to junior and senior chemistry majors. Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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COMM 110 - Communication Skills (3)
An introduction to the elements of the communication process in its personal and social aspects with special attention given to skill building in public speaking and group process. Writing skills will be emphasized through specific assignments.
Offered each semester.
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COMM 221 - Public Speaking (3)
A basic course in research and the organizing and delivering of informative and persuasive speeches in various contexts, from the informal lectern to more formal, professional settings.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered each Fall.
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COMM 222 - Introduction to Theatre (3)
Understanding, appreciating, and experiencing theatre as a participant and audience member. Specific emphasis on laboratory training with the basic components of play production.
Offered each Fall.
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COMM 230 - Mass Media and Society (3)
This course covers the history and development of mass media and their effects on the economic, social, and political aspects of American culture. It includes a survey of new technologies and how these media interact and/or reinforce each other. Students will develop a critical perspective of cultural values, attitudes, and ethics in mass media industries. Awareness of current events and access to media forms will be integral parts of the course.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered each semester.
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COMM 231 - Introduction to Media Production (3)
This course concentrates on the fundamental principles and practices of media project design and development. Students will learn production techniques used in the visual communication process including camera operations, imaging, lighting, and conveying messages in a visual environment. They will explore project development, project management, aesthetic design, and critique.
Offered each Spring.
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COMM 240 - Applied Communication Arts (1-3)
Students integrate curricular content and build skills related to their coursework in applied courses. Student projects serve “clients” or must be performed, played, or displayed for an audience. Projects must be approved and supervised by a faculty member. Students must log the hours they work and complete the project they propose or commit to. Projects range from dramatic productions, public relations campaigns, making short films, working in live studio production, event videography, training videos, writing scripts, writing news stories to producing video news packages. Based on the project they plan to complete, students should register for the theatre, media, film, or public relations sections. Open to all students. Repeatable to six hours.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of instructor.
Offered each semester including summer.
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COMM 270 - World Cinema (3)
Students will view and analyze western and non-western movies, taking narrative cinema as the principal conduit into the lives, times, and cultures of other persons. As a foundation for film studies, we will explore the artistic and technical components of the cinema: narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and so on. Through this engagement with world cinema, the course will underline the connection between analyzing our experiences of film and a richer, more sophisticated enjoyment of it.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 145.
Cross-listed with ENG 270.
Offered each semester.
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COMM 272 - Film Appreciation (3)
An introduction to the art form of film. Students will watch classic and contemporary films learning to analyze the aesthetic elements of the film, including mise en scène, cinematography, montage and narration. Students will watch and discuss the films, learning to understand the role of industrial, cultural, and historical factors in the production, distribution, and critical reception of films.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 280 - Career Preparation (1)
Focuses on preparation for internship including search strategies, resume development, interviewing skills and professional expectations.
Offered each semester.
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COMM 312 - Communication Theory (3)
An overview of the history of the field of communication and the predominant theories which guide scholarship. Students will develop a working knowledge of theories that explain a wide range of communication phenomena, explore applications of those theories and examine the relationships among different theoretical positions.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110; junior or senior standing.
Offered each Fall.
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COMM 320 - Theory and Practice of Groups (3)
This course is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of how groups function and to explore the application of his understanding to everyday situations. The nature of the course is experiential and is designed to give students the opportunity to apply knowledge of concepts such as group goals, norms, roles, functions, and decision making to the processes functioning within groups.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Fall 2022 and Spring 2024 and alternate Fall and Spring semesters.
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COMM 324 - Acting Fundamentals (3)
Theory and practice in the art of creating believable character for stage; physical and vocal skills needed for acting.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 334 - Public Relations (3)
This course introduces students to the theory and principles of public relations through principles, theories, and practical applications including, but not limited to, the preparation of press releases, radio and television spots, and promotional campaigns. Content includes the history and styles of public relations, developing and implementing programs, and the ethics, accountability, and roles of public relations practitioners.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110 or permission of the instructor.
Offered each Fall.
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COMM 340 - Applied Communication Arts (1-3)
Students integrate curricular content and build skills related to their coursework in applied courses. Student projects serve “clients” or must be performed, played, or displayed for an audience. Projects must be approved and supervised by a faculty member. Students must log the hours they work and complete the project they propose or commit to. Projects range from dramatic productions, public relations campaigns, making short films, working in live studio production, event videography, training videos, writing scripts, writing news stories to producing video news packages. Based on the project they plan to complete, students should register for the theatre, media, film, or public relations sections. Open to Juniors and Seniors. Repeatable to six hours.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of instructor.
Offered each semester including summer.
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COMM 343 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
An introduction to interpersonal communication with a focus on the foundations and process of this area of communication and the development, change or improvement of interpersonal communication competencies and skills. Experiential in nature, the course focuses on the integration of theory, experience, and application to areas such as friendship, intimate and family relationships, inter-cultural communication, and communication in the workplace.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 347 - Conflict and Communication (3)
This course examines communication patterns and uses as they affect conflict in interpersonal relationships. Students will develop an understanding of various approaches to the study and assessment of communication and conflict. Students will learn and apply skills for conflict management such as collaboration, process and practice of mediation, and reconciling interests.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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COMM 349 - Gender and Communication (3)
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the effects of gender on the communication process and to develop and improve their skills in the area of gender and communication. The course will deal with biological, social, and cultural influences on gender communication, the effect of gender in relationships, and the impact of gender in friendship, marital and family contexts, the workplace, church, and educational settings.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 374 - Editing (2)
This course is a hands-on course that introduces the basic techniques and concepts of digital film and video editing. Students will learn to perform basic editing functions as a process of digital media production and storytelling.
Offered each Spring.
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COMM 375 - Cinematography and Editing (3)
This course is a hands-on course that introduces the basic techniques and concepts of digital film and video editing. Students will learn to perform basic editing functions as a process of digital media production and storytelling.
Offered each Spring beginning Spring 2022.
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COMM 377 - Content Strategy for Social Media (3)
This course will introduce students to the use of content strategy to plan, develop, and manage persuasive media content that achieves an organization’s objectives. Students will compare and contrast inbound and outbound marketing techniques, promoting versus selling, and address legal and ethical issues in the field. Students will create a blog website, learn interactive media concepts, project development, software tools, social media for professional use, search engine optimization, and analytics.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Cross-listed with BUS 377.
Offered each Spring beginning Spring 2022.
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COMM 410 - Persuasion (3)
This course is a survey of rhetorical and psychological theories of persuasion. Students are prepared to critically consume and produce persuasive messages. Frameworks for ethical persuasion are developed.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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COMM 425 - Public Relations Crises and Campaigns (3)
This course is designed to introduce students to a team approach to researching, developing, and implementing public relations campaigns and dealing with public crises. Students will experience a complete public relations campaign through an agency simulation and service-learning projects. Students will also study actual communications cases and have the opportunity to develop their own response preparedness.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 334.
Offered Spring 2022 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 431 - Advanced Production (3)
The course will build on the foundation of knowledge from COMM 231 or COMM 375 as students implement more advanced industry standard production techniques and as they produce news programs, documentaries, short films, or various projects for clients. Media technologies and production techniques provide an abundance of ways to tell and interpret stories, themes, or content. Students will determine which of these tools and techniques will enable them to communicate their messages most effectively. The course will also develop students’ understanding of project leadership and management through lab and actual experiences.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 231 or 375 or permission of the instructor.
Offered each Fall.
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COMM 442 - Intercultural Communication (3)
In this course students will identify and explore the relationship between communication and culture. An emphasis will be placed on factors that affect the quality and processes of communication between persons of different cultures and co-cultures. Students will consider various theories and practices regarding issues of intercultural communication.
Offered Fall 2022 and alternate Fall semesters.
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COMM 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
Individual or small group study. Open only to junior or senior majors in this area who have completed or are taking regularly scheduled courses. Selected topics from areas in communication, such as media ethics, television, and Christian drama workshops.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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COMM 452 - Scriptwriting (3)
This course addresses the art and craft of writing scripts. Students will learn elements of play structure and participate in workshops while engaged in dialogue and character development exercises. Students will write ten-minute plays, one-act plays, full-length plays, and screenplays.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 110.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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COMM 454 - Advanced Public Relations Writing (3)
This course is designed to further enhance the student’s ability to write various public relations pieces for a variety of audiences. Special attention will be given to identifying publics, selecting the appropriate medium for each public, and preparation of messages targeted to each public. In addition, this course will address such advanced writing topics as speech writing, technical writing, including grant proposals and fund-raising appeals, and program design and implementation.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 334 (Required for vocational placement in the Public Relations field).
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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COMM 460 - Senior Capstone (3)
This seminar course is one method of summative evaluation of the major and of a communication student’s overall University experience. It is designed to integrate learning in a number of different areas by examining significant issues of communication in contexts of work, culture, and media.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
Offered each Spring.
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COMM 481 - Internship (1-3)
Practical, off-campus work experience to apply knowledge and gain skills in the student’s major field of study. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 480.
Offered each semester. Enrollment is limited to students who have signed contracts. (See department chair for contract.)
Signatures of the internship supervisor and the department chair are required.
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CPSC 130 - Introduction to Computer Science (3)
This course provides an introduction to computer science. The course is designed to be taken as either the first course in the Computer Science major or as a general interest course. Topics will include computer components, operating system concepts, files, and an introduction to computer programming using tools and languages designed for easy learning. Extensive lab work will be used to provide practical experience for classroom concepts.
Co-requisite(s): MATH 130 or proficiency.
Offered each Fall.
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CPSC 131 - Computer Programming and Computer Science Concepts I (3)
This course provides an introduction to computer programming and key computer science concepts including variable typing, major control structures, input/output formatting, and functions. Information concerning career opportunities and future computer science course requirements is discussed. Programming is a primary emphasis in this course.
Co-requisite(s): CPSC 130.
Offered each Fall.
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CPSC 231 - Computer Programming and Computer Science Concepts II (3)
A continuation of CPSC 131 including concepts of programming development environments, object-oriented programming, files, events and other topics.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 131 or permission of instructor.
Offered each Spring.
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CPSC 290 - Data Structures (3)
Development and application of static and dynamic data structures including lists, stacks, queues, and binary search trees. Each data structure’s purpose, properties, methods and associated algorithms, and applications are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 131 or permission of the instructor; MATH 210 is recommended. Co-requisite(s): CPSC 304 is recommended.
Offered each Spring.
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CPSC 301 - Computer Architecture (3)
Concepts associated with computer organization and architecture are discussed. Topics include computer history, digital logic, processor structure, instruction sets, the memory hierarchy, input/output, and parallelism. Students have hands-on experience with computer hardware.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 231, 290 or permission of the instructor; MATH 210 recommended.
Offered Spring 2021 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CPSC 304 - Operating Systems (3)
Students will learn the fundamental functions and concepts of operating systems in the context of studying several current operating systems. The course will include both internal and external views of operating systems.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 231 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CPSC 313 - Analysis and Design of Algorithms (3)
Topics include the design and analysis of algorithms and the development of programs to implement various algorithm designs. Algorithms for searching, sorting, and maintaining advanced data structures are presented. Experiments are conducted to explore algorithm efficiency when processing large data sets.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 290 or permission of the instructor; MATH 210 is recommended.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CPSC 322 - Software Engineering (3)
This is a study of software engineering principles including development methodologies, system design, implementation, and testing. Both technical and management issues will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 231 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2021 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CPSC 341 - Networking (3)
An introduction to Networking concepts and practice. Theory is introduced beginning with the major network layers. At each layer, the theory is applied to current Internet technology. Actual experience in the advanced CS lab with networking is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 231 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2020 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CPSC 414 - Server Operating Systems: Enterprise Systems (3)
In this course, students will study a specific operating system used in large scale enterprises. The course will include the architectural and design issues unique to large scale systems and provide practical lab work on using the operating system.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 304 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Spring 2021 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CPSC 420 - Research (1-3)
An investigation of a topic of the student’s choice in consultation with a faculty member.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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CPSC 430 - Database Design and Implementation (3)
This course investigates the design, creation, modification, and production of a database. A major database system is used. The student will learn the features of a typical database system and the language associated with the system necessary to create and use a database. A significant project will be completed that incorporates many of the features of a typical database. Database design theory will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 290 or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall 2020 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CPSC 450 - Advanced Topics (1-3)
Selected topics from any of the areas offered in computer science. Open to students with advanced standing in computer science.
Enrollment by permission of the Department Chair.
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Counseling for the B.A./M.A.Ed. Accelerated Program in Psychology & Counseling
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COUN 503 - Multicultural Counseling and Advocacy (3)
This course provides students the opportunity to increase multicultural counseling and advocacy competence by (1) reviewing knowledge and research in the area of multicultural counseling, (2) developing and/or enhancing clinical skills useful in counseling and advocating for individuals from differing populations, (3) exploring cultural competence in diagnostic and intervention development, and (4) assisting in the development of increased levels of personal awareness and skills in regard to internal bias, within-group differences, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, age, and social class. Students will also explore how their attitudes and dispositions may impact the counseling relationship with individuals from diverse populations.
Fall B, Spring B, Summer.
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COUN 544 - Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3)
This course offers the beginning clinical counseling student a comprehensive introduction to the profession. Ethical, legal, and professional aspects of the practice of counseling are reviewed for the purpose of providing the student an understanding of the role and professional identity of a licensed, professional, mental health counselor. The student will gain an appreciation of the historical perspectives, licensing and credentialing process, and the organizational structures of the counseling profession. The American/Ohio Counseling Associations and their major subdivisions, other credentialing bodies, and the requirements for state licensing will be examined to increase the student’s knowledge of the professional, political, and legal support systems available to counselors. The course also explores the beginning counseling student’s self-identity and the student’s disposition toward functioning as a licensed counselor who will be expected to work closely with clients of varying religious, socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, political, gender, and educational backgrounds. Opportunities will be provided for the student to examine his/her perceptual and value structures as those interface with what is embodied in the legal, ethical, and professional codes of conduct and practice in the counseling profession. The American Psychology Association (APA) writing guidelines are also introduced as the expected format for graduate-level writing.
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COUN 545 - Foundations of School Counseling (3)
This course introduces the beginning school counseling student to the history, philosophy, and current trends and issues in a K-12 guidance- based curriculum. Students learn the legal and ethical principles of school counseling as well as the pertinent professional associations for school counselors such as the American Counseling Association and the American School Counselors Association. Students are exposed to the varied tasks throughout all academic levels and the systemic nature of a school counselor’s role. The course also explores the beginning school counseling student’s self-awareness and dispositions toward working closely with students, parents, and other professionals of varying socioeconomic, educational, ethnic, racial, political, and religious backgrounds. The American Psychology Association (APA) writing guidelines are also introduced as the expected format for graduate-level writing.
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COUN 563 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling I (3)
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive exploration, integration, and application of some of the major counseling theories, techniques, skills, and practices currently and historically underpinning the fields of clinical and school counseling. Each theory will be examined in terms of its history, philosophy, ethical and legal considerations, multicultural competencies, spiritual competencies, and research-based counseling outcomes. An emphasis will be placed on the development of foundational counseling skills and strategies and the application of the theoretical principles and techniques associated with each theory. This course is a prerequisite for Theories and Techniques of Counseling II (COUN 564) course.
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COUN 622 - Assessment in Counseling (3)
The course focuses on the acquisition of knowledge and skills involved in the diagnostic assessment of mental and emotional disorders and conditions. Students will learn various protocols involved in conducting assessment/diagnostic interviews of individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents. The mental status examination and protocols for conducting risk assessment interviews for suicidal, homicidal, and violent clients will be reviewed. Students also gain experience in administering some basic assessment instruments and structuring and composing a comprehensive assessment report that integrates clinical observations and the results from assessment instruments.
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COUN 641 - Addictions Counseling (3)
This course is designed to provide the student with a working knowledge of chemical dependency and other related addictions through lectures, case histories, research findings, readings, and discussions. Assessment instruments and techniques will be presented. Recognition of mental health problems (e.g. depression, suicidal ideation) requiring consultation or referrals will be discussed as well as the identification of community resources, agencies, and services available for clients with addiction-related problems. Effects of the addiction upon the client, the family, and significant others associated with the client will also be examined.
Prerequisite(s): COUN 564.
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COUN 652 - Research and Program Evaluation in Counseling (3)
This course is designed to assist the graduate counseling student in gaining an understanding of research methods, research design, statistical analyses, needs assessment, and program evaluation strategies utilized within the counseling profession. Graduate counseling students will also gain an understanding of how to critically analyze professional counseling literature and research and to use research to inform evidence-based practice. Ethical and legal considerations and the importance of research in the advancement of the counseling profession will be explored.
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COUN 662 - Counseling Children and Adolescence (3)
This course is designed to provide counseling students with specialized knowledge and skills in working with young children (ages 5-12) and adolescents. Students learn how to identify and treat various forms of abnormal child behavior using play therapy and other child therapy techniques. Students also learn the current theories related to the identification and treatment of attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and other disorders with a high prevalence in current society. Child behavior management skills training for parent education are also included. This course also examines the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual developmental processes of the adolescent. Family and peer relationships are explored as well as school influences. Attention will be given to self-concept and self-esteem, identity diffusion, psychosexual development, and adjustment problems. An overview of theories and practices in counseling the adolescent is provided.
Prerequisite(s): COUN 564.
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CRJ 201 - Introduction to Criminal and Restorative Justice (3)
This course provides an introduction to the American criminal justice system and the concepts of restorative justice. The primary goal of this course is to develop a general understanding of criminal justice and restorative justice responses to crime in society. It will introduce students to the components of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Criminal justice goals and procedures and their relationship to the social and behavioral sciences will also be emphasized.
Offered each Fall.
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CRJ 301 - Introduction to Corrections (3)
This course examines sociological and ethical approaches in the search for solutions when dealing with issues of criminality. Consideration is given to the most commonly stated arguments for the enforcing of criminal law with regard to a society’s system of corrections - retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and societal protection. Central to the course is an assessment of contemporary policy and implementation of correctional efforts to reduce crime and the search for alternatives.
Offered Fall 2019 and alternate Fall semesters.
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CRJ 320 - Criminal Procedure and Human Dignity (3)
This course develops the basic principles of American criminal procedure, including criminal investigation, pretrial handling of criminal suspects, and the conduct of the various participants of criminal trials. Instead of simply outlining standardized procedure, the course emphasizes the human dignity of all participants in the criminal justice system and addresses current issues and reforms of American criminal procedure.
Offered Spring 2023 and alternate Spring semesters.
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CRJ 430 - Criminal and Restorative Justice Seminar (3)
An opportunity to review the major themes and applications of the core content areas of the major and to further pursue the concepts of restoration and reconciliation in the field of criminal studies. Required of all criminal and restorative justice majors.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Offered each Spring.
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CRJ 443 - Adolescence and Juvenile Justice (3)
An exploration of the variables underlying the development of adolescents and early adulthood years. Special emphasis is placed on status and juvenile offenses (e.g., substance use/abuse, covert/overt antisocial behavior), and young law transgressors’ accountability and rehabilitation. Focus is on the interaction of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social processes as they impact the individual’s transition into adulthood.
Prerequisite(s): Understanding Persons in Society course (from General Education Program; i.e., ECON 202 or PSYC 121 or SOC 201).
Cross-listed with PSYC 443.
Offered each Spring.
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