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BUSN 408 - Business Ethics
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor
Explores the ethical and social issues that confront people in working in organizations. Examines representative frameworks for ethical decision-making, both Western and non-Western. The course is applied in its orientation and provides experience-making decisions about ethical and social issues using these frameworks as guides.
3 credits
Spring
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BUSN 410 - Business Independent Study
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BUSN 430 - Special Topics in Business
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Topics in areas chosen by students in consultation with their instructor. An advanced level of course work or research in business.
3 credits
Special Offering
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BUSN 435 - Small Business Institute
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of the SBI coordinator
A community outreach program in which students apply academic knowledge to solve real-world business problems. Formal reports demonstrating oral and written communication skills are important components of the course.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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BUSN 469 - Business Coop
Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor
Designed to grant academic credit to students who work on a part-time basis in selected positions, usually without financial remuneration. Students may select from a wide variety of positions offered at local businesses, consulting firms, non-profit organizations and government agencies.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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BUSN 530 - Special Topics in Business
Special Topics in Business
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BUSN 569 - Graduate Internship
Prerequisites: None
The internship course provides students with the opportunity to develop research and analytical skills in an actual work setting within a supervised work environment. Practical application of management tools and tactics are emphasized. The internship will be supervised by a faculty member in addition to the on-site supervisor. Evidence of workplace accomplishments and a successful academic and practical experience will be required for successful completion of the course.
3 credits
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CHEM 190 - Introduction to Chemical Principles
Prerequisites: Entrance by examination, Concurrent enrollment in MATH 117 or higher or consent of instructor
This course is designed for students with limited background in chemistry who plan to take additional chemistry courses to satisfy degree requirements for chemistry, biology, marine biology, or engineering programs. There is no laboratory associated with this course and this course does not fulfill chemistry requirements for science or engineering majors or minors.
3 credits
Fall
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CHEM 191 - Principles of Chemistry I and Lab
Prerequisites: Placement by examination. Concurrent enrollment in, or completion of, MATH 136 or higher or departmental approval CHEM 191 and CHEM 192 may be used to fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement in science
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Primarily intended for science majors. Examines the development of such concepts as the structure of matter, the chemical bond, the gas laws, and solutions. Laboratory is an integral part of the course.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 192 - Principles of Chemistry II and Lab
Prerequisites: Successful completion (C- or higher) of CHEM 191
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration. CHEM 191 and CHEM192 may be used to fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement in science
Continuation of Chemistry 191L, intended primarily for science majors. Emphasizes thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium concepts, electrochemistry, and some organic chemistry. Laboratory is an integral part of the course.
4 credits
Spring
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CHEM 201 - Environmental Chemistry I and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 191 and CHEM 192
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry and Environmental Science Core Concentration
Examines the human impact of global environmental chemical products and processes. Uses system concepts to define the boundaries and essential inputs and outputs of each subsystem. Primary emphasis on the hydrosphere and the lithosphere, with major concentration on water pollution, solid waste management, hazardous wastes, and pesticides.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 202 - Environmental Chemistry II and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 191 and CHEM 192
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry and Environmental Science Core Concentration
This portion of the sequence concentrates on air pollution and energy. Emphasizes the biosphere and the atmosphere, and the consequences of burning fossil fuels.
4 credits
Spring
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CHEM 301 - Organic Chemistry I and Lab
Prerequisites: Successful completion of CHEM 192 (C- or higher) or consent of instructor.
Examines the theory and basic principles of the common organic functional groups. Topics include: hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, and stereochemistry. Laboratory emphasizes organic qualitative analysis.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 302 - Organic Chemistry II and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 301
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Continuation of CHEM 301 . Topics include: spectroscopic structural determination, alcohols, acids, and their derivatives; aldehydes and ketones; amines; and bio-organic compounds. Laboratory is project-oriented and emphasizes synthesis and instrumental techniques.
4 credits
Spring
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CHEM 311 - Analytical Chemistry and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 192
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Theory and applications of quantitative analytical techniques, including gravimetric, volumetric, and potentiometric analysis. Theory and application of separation techniques are included. Laboratory includes volumetric and potentiometric analysis and chromatographic techniques.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 312 - Instrumental Methods of Analysis and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 311 or consent of instructor
Corequisite: CHEM 302
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Theory and practice of modern instrumental methods with emphasis on optical techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry. In the laboratory, atomic absorption, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy, NMR and mass spectrometry methods are used.
4 credits
Spring
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CHEM 320 - Inorganic Chemistry and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 301 , CHEM 302 or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Examines the major underlying principles of inorganic chemistry. Topics include the systematic chemistry of the elements, electronic structure of atoms, bonding, structure, reactivity and spectroscopy of inorganic compounds. The chemistry of coordination, organometallic and biologically important inorganic compounds is also examined. The laboratory develops new experimental techniques and provides experimental data to support the theoretical discussion.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 390 - Biochemistry and Lab
Cross-Listed with: BIO 390
Prerequisites: CHEM 301 , CHEM 302
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Study of the metabolism of the chemical constituents of living matter with emphasis on mechanisms regulating the synthesis and degradation of these chemical entities in biology systems.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 391 - Chemical Thermodynamics and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 192 , MATH 214 or consent of instructor and/or PHYS 201 (may be taken concurrently)
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Examines the chemistry of energy, efficiency, and equilibria. Included are the laws of thermodynamics and their applications to chemical phenomena, kinetic theory of gases, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, and chemical equilibria. The laboratory illustrates the principles of physical chemistry with an emphasis on modern spectroscopic methods.
4 credits
Fall
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CHEM 392 - Quantum Chemistry and Lab
Prerequisites: CHEM 192 , MATH 214 , and PHYS 202 (PHYS may be taken concurrently)
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Examines the construction of the atom, atomic and molecular orbital theory, quantum mechanics and chemical kinetics. Applications include harmonic oscillator, molecular modeling, and the theoretical basis for spectroscopy. The laboratory illustrates the principles of quantum mechanics with an emphasis on electronic and vibrational spectroscopic methods and molecular modeling.
4 credits
Alternate Spring
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CHEM 400 - Chemistry External Study
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CHEM 421 - Advanced Chemistry Lab I
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing; or consent of instructor
An advanced, integrated laboratory designed to provide the upper-level chemistry student with additional exposure to modern experimental techniques. Experiments typically involve physical measurement, analysis, synthetic methods, spectroscopy, and computer data analysis. May be repeated for credit.
1 credits
Fall, Spring
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CHEM 422 - Advanced Chemistry Lab II
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing; or consent of instructor
Continuation of CHEM 421 . Experiments typically involve physical measurement, analysis, synthetic methods, spectroscopy, and computer data analysis. May be repeated for credit.
1 credits
Offered on demand
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CHEM 423 - Advanced Biochemistry Lab
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: CHEM 435 or consent of instructor
I Integration of classic and modern experimental techniques in biochemistry designed to complement the principles and concepts learned in Biochemistry.
1 credits
Spring
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CHEM 430 - Topics in Chemistry
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Offers a series of topics at the advanced level or topics of importance in contemporary chemistry. Topics determined by students in consultation with faculty.
3 credits
Special Offering
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CHEM 431 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 320 , CHEM 392 ; or consent of instructor
Emphasizes kinetics as a tool to probe mechanistic details of inorganic reactions, and develops the theoretical framework for the spectroscopy and magnetism of atoms and complexes. Group theory and coordination chemistry are also emphasized.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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CHEM 432 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 302 ; a C or Higher in CHEM 302 or consent of instructor
Advanced course in kinetics, mechanisms, and stereo-chemical aspects of organic reactions. Structure and reactivity are discussed in terms of modern bonding theory.
3 credits
Spring
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CHEM 433 - Advanced Physical Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 302 ,CHEM 391 , or consent of instructor
Treatment of quantum mechanics in chemistry at a level beyond the qualitative manner given in the introductory Physical Chemistry course. Emphasizes principles of quantum chemistry, especially as applied to chemical bonding and to spectroscopy. Prepares students for work in modern inorganic, organic, and biotechnology fields.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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CHEM 434 - Advanced Environmental Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 391 ; or consent of instructor
Examines the principles of aquatic chemistry. Topics include: equilibrium processes in natural waters, including multi-system equilibria; complexation; oxidation-reduction; surface chemistry; kinetic control vs. thermodynamic control of these processes; and some aspects of sediment chemistry.
3 credits
Alternate Fall
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CHEM 435 - Advanced Biochemistry
Prerequisites: CHEM 390 /BIO 390
A study of enzyme functions and metabolism (biosynthesis and breaking down) of biomolecules and how they are used to obtain or store energy. Emphasis will be placed on how the different metabolic pathways are interrelated and how they are regulated.
3 credits
Spring
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CHEM 450 - Research in the Chemical Sciences
Prerequisites: Open only to qualified students with consent of a research advisor
Research and directed readings. Project chosen in consultation with the research advisor. May be repeated for credit.
1-3 credits
Offered on demand
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CHEM 451 - Senior Thesis
Prerequisites: Prior departmental approval of a research proposal, 3.3 GPA, and CHEM 450
This course serves as a capstone experience for outstanding students majoring in chemistry. Working closely with a faculty mentor, students engage in original research on a topic of their choice. The research may involve laboratory experiments, field work, or computer simulations. This course provides experience in designing and conducting experiments, critically analyzing data, reviewing published scientific literature, and communicating scientific information. The culmination of the course is a formal written thesis and a public oral presentation.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CHN 101 - Elementary Chinese I
Prerequisites: Not open to native speakers of Mandarin
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chinese Core Concentration
This is the first course of a two semester sequence in the first year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) for students who have no previous exposure to the Chinese language. Students are introduced to the sounds of Mandarin, basic grammar, vocabulary, and the Chinese writing system. By the end of the first semester, students are expected to be able to conduct basic conversations, read simple texts or conversations, and write simple sentences in Chinese.
3 credits
Fall
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CHN 102 - Elementary Chinese II
Prerequisites: Placement by examination or successful completion (C or higher) of the appropriate Elementary I language course, Not open to native speakers of Mandarin
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chinese Core Concentration
The second course in a two sequence in first year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) for students who have no previous exposure to the Chinese language. Students are introduced to the sounds of Mandarin, basic grammar, vocabulary, and the Chinese writing system. By the end of the second semester, students will have completed training in basic conversation skills, writing and reading, and they will be able to conduct simple conversations on a wide variety of topics in Chinese.
3 credits
Spring
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CHN 201 - Intermediate Chinese I
Prerequisites: Placement by examination or successful completion (C or higher) of the appropriate Elementary II language course, Not open to native speakers of Mandarin
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chinese Core Concentration
This is the first course of a two semester sequence in second year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) which extends fundamental skills developed in the elementary modern Standard Chinese(Mandarin) courses. Proficiency based instruction. Emphasis is placed upon students enlarging their vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing with more complex structures.
3 credits
Fall
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CHN 202 - Intermediate Chinese II
Prerequisites: Placement by examination or successful completion (C or higher) of the appropriate Intermediate I language course, Not open to native speakers of Mandarin
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chinese Core Concentration
The second course of a two semester sequence in second year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) which extends fundamental skills developed in the elementary modern Standard Chinese(Mandarin) courses. Proficiency based instruction. Emphasis is placed upon students enlarging their vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing with more complex structures.
3 credits
Spring
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CHN 311 - Advanced Chinese Conversation
Prerequisites: Placement by examination or successful completion (C or higher) of the appropriate Intermediate II language course, Not open to native speakers of Mandarin
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chinese Core Concentration
This is a third year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) course that emphasizes the improvement of spoken language skills and helps students engage actively in constant, meaningful communication within various contexts of Mandarin.
3 credits
Fall
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CHN 350 - Advanced Topics
Prerequisites: Knowledge in Chinese is strongly recommended.
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Modern Language Minor and Core Concentration
This variable content course is designed to introduce students to areas of Chinese culture, trends and movements outside the scope of literature. Topics include Chinese cinema, Chinese business, and Chinese literary criticism.
3 credits
Special Offering
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CHN 410 - Independent Study in Chinese
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COMM 100 - Introduction to Communication Studies
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to Communication Studies is a survey course. We will explore the various areas of the communication discipline. Specifically, we will focus on communication processes and practices within media, intercultural/global, interpersonal, organizational, group, and public communication contexts. This course is aimed at understanding the breadth of the communication field by examining communication concepts, models, theories and applications.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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COMM 101 - Introduction to Mass Media
Prerequisites: None
Introduces students to the information age and its significance in our personal and professional lives. Students explore mass communication from the perspective of modern media including advertising, film, journalism, public relations, radio/television and the Internet. The role of international communication in a global economy and information age is also introduced.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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COMM 165 - Introduction to Visual Communication
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Global Communication core concentration and minor
This course is an elementary introduction to the principles of visual communication. Students are introduced to theories of perception, Gestalt, cognitive load, concepts of form, pattern, color, composition and function while exploring basic problem solving strategies in two-dimensional space. Emphasis is on the development of visual awareness and visual literacy as it concerns the creation of accurate and responsible messages.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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COMM 201 - Concepts in Communication
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
Will fulfill a required course in the Communication & Media Studies major
This variable topic course explores specific communication theories and concepts as they apply to a particular communication domain such as: environmental communication, health communication, rhetoric and communication theory, media ecology, persuasion, semiotics, language and social interaction, development communication, family communication, non-verbal communication, peace & conflict communication. The course offers a deeper examination of a particular area of communication than is available in introductory survey courses, combined with an emphasis on research, writing and critical analysis. The course, but not the topic, may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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COMM 210 - Introduction to Public Speaking
Prerequisites: None
Note: Does not satisfy a requirement in the Global Communication core Concentration
Emphasizes effective speaking techniques for public as well as everyday situations. Focuses on identifying, organizing, and presenting facts, opinions, and values to a variety of audiences.
3 credits
Fall, Winter Intersession, Spring, Summer
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COMM 235 - Interpersonal Communication
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
This course will enhance students’ understanding of the basic concepts and theories underlying the processes of interpersonal communication. Through empirical observation, careful analysis, and application of scholarship in the field, students will be better able to manage the social and cultural processes of mediated and non-mediated interpersonal dynamics that occur in relational communication between the Self and Other. Minimum Passing Grade: D
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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COMM 240 - Digital Communication: Technology, Modes & Methods
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
The focus of this course is usable design of the well-crafted message using print and presentation electronic media with the appropriate tools. While this course develops a working knowledge of print-based communication technologies widely used today, including professional use of word -processing, spreadsheets, multi-media presentations, image editing and layout tools, the emphasis is on learning how to rapidly learn new online technologies to solve media production problems and stay abreast of the technology curves.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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COMM 250 - Intercultural Communication
Prerequisites:
COMM 100 or COMM 101
The field of intercultural communication examines the ways in which communication creates and represents social orders and cultural identities. In this course students will gain a theoretical understanding of intercultural communication and apply theoretical/ conceptual frameworks to real and hypothetical cases of cross cultural (mis)communication and representation. The relationship between communication and culture will be explored in order to understand how communication does not simply transmit cultural information but constitutes and maintains cultural realities. Further, students will learn to identify the different components of intercultural communication and how these impinge on intercultural encounters in the workplace and the larger community.
3.0 credits
Special Offerings
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COMM 265 - Visual Rhetoric - Visual Culture
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Global Communication core concentration and minor
How do pictures-both moving and still-create for us an almost palpable world of objects and events? How do we create meaning from the many visuals presented to us on a daily basis? The emerging fields of visual rhetoric and visual culture encompass and overlap with many areas in visual studies: semiotics, persuasion, photography, art, and cultural studies. In this course students will ask two questions that frame the visual conversation: “How do images act rhetorically upon viewers?” and “What is the response of individuals and groups to the various forms of visual media within a given culture?”
3 credits
Annually
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COMM 295 - Mass Comm Theory & Criticism
Prerequisites: COMM 100 ; or COMM 101
This course reviews factors that have shaped the nature of contemporary mass media, their content and their audiences. Students examine theories of the process and effects of mass communication and how they relate to the goals and activities of professional communicators.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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COMM 299 - Special Topics in Communication
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
Examines topics from the various content areas of Communication suitable for a first or second year level. Initiated by student demand, interest of instructor, or timeliness of offering. The course, not the topic, may be repeated for credit.
1-3 credits
Special Offering
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COMM 310 - Media Law and Ethics
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101 ; at least junior standing or consent of instructor
Provides study of legal and ethical issues encountered by writers, editors, and publishers. Topics include freedom of the press, libel, invasion of privacy, obscenity, advertising, broadcast regulation, and the evolution of ethical standards in media.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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COMM 330 - International Communication
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101; junior standing or consent of instructor
International communication examines the role of media and communication technologies in the changing global political economy. This course will introduce students to the different media systems around the world. By both analyzing the content and context of these various media systems, students will gain a keen appreciation and understanding of cultural difference in the production and reception of media texts, audiences, and institutions. Further, students will explore the complex roles of western media and communication technology in the international arena and discuss specific aspects and issues with regard to their historical, political, and economic ramifications.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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COMM 360 - Communication in Organizations
Cross-Listed with: PA 360
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101
A study of the nature and importance of communications in complex organizations such as corporations and agencies. Topics include communication theory, theory of organizations, managing communications in organizations, and effects of communication on behavior and attitudes.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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COMM 361 - Human Rights Advocacy Seminar
Prerequisites: COMM100 or COMM101 or permission of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This course is a unique experience for students interested in freedom of expression, human rights, foreign affairs, social justice, writing, and government. In collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organization, the purpose of this “living class” is to be a case-responsible entity for people who are being persecuted. Working with the NGO, students identify and assume a new case, conduct background research on the region, the politics of the case, and the specific issues, thus building a dossier on that case. They then interact with the larger world and local community by developing and implementing an advocacy strategy that often includes preparing reports, developing and maintaining outreach initiatives, working with other organizations, lobbying government officials, generating public awareness, working on local press outreach, etc. As part of this learning project, students begin the conversation between expression, repression, and critical thinking. They look at questions, such as: What are the consequences and effects of the individual expression of freedom? How do styles of delivery alter the intent and reception of an individual’s statement? What does freedom of expression mean? And, what does Academic Freedom mean? Minimum Passing Grade: C-
3 credits
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COMM 365 - Digital Media in a Global Context
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101; junior standing or consent of instructor
Digital Communication is the fastest growing sector of digital media worldwide. As Marshall McLuhan predicted, the Global Village, as it is constructed on the Internet, is increasingly made up of virtual centers where people congregate and communicate, and where national and social boundaries disintegrate. From Kalamazoo to Korea, online environments draw millions of users and create virtual world and “dirt world” economies. This course examines online communication such as social computing, multi-player environments and other digital communication technologies in order to develop digital media literacy and to cultivate ethical digital practices.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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COMM 375 - Global Audiences, Global Consumers
Pre- or Co-requisite: COMM 100 or COMM 101 and junior standing or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
This course examines the ways in which media audiences as individuals and members of various social communities come to understand and interpret (make meaning of) media content. Beginning with a brief historical survey of the dominant theoretical and methodological approaches to studying audiences of media, the course then focuses on active audience paradigms and media power, audience positionalities, fan culture, and taste cultures. Readings introduce students to diverse audiences (in terms of nationality, race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class background) and media content.
3 credits
Alternate Years
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COMM 381 - Bollywood
Prerequisites: COMM 250 or FILM 101; and junior standing or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lecture
This course will introduce students to the film conventions, aesthetics, and fan cultures that surround Bollywood cinema. By understanding Bollywood in terms of production and consumption in both its local and global contexts, students will gain a deeper understanding of what scholars have referred to as global media scapes, flows, and circuits from the perspective of the Global South. Minimum Passing Grade: C-
3 credits
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COMM 385 - Gender, Globalization and the Media
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101 and junior standing or consent of instructor
This course examines how definitions of gender and sexuality are reproduced, negotiated and deployed in the context of globalization and the transnational flows of media and marketing messages. By reading a range of theoretical texts, case-studies and analysis, students will understand some of the larger debates in globalization as reflected through the lens of gendered identities and sexuality.
3 credits
Annually
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COMM 390 - Qualitative Research Methods in Communication
Prerequisites: open to Communication & Media Studies Majors only with at least Junior standing, or consent of instructor
This course is designed to give students an introduction to the qualitative methods used in the communication discipline. The course will cover qualitative research methods such as ethnographic approaches in communication and rhetorical/historical/textual criticism that include analysis of cultural artifacts such as books, movies, videos, magazines, etc.
3 credits
Annually
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COMM 395 - Race, Ethnicity and Media
Prerequisites: COMM 250 and junior standing or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Major, Minor, Core Concentration
Delivery: Lecture
The broad purpose of this course is to better understand how racial discourses have been defined and shaped in and through mass media. While biological notions of race have lost their scientific validity, racial ideologies remain salient in U.S. society, and are sustained through a wide variety of media forms. Using critical race theory, specific attention is given to the ways in which contemporary mediated representations articulate, underpin, or subvert racism, and contribute to or challenge social, cultural, economic and political racial inequalities. Students explore the subtle and explicit messages sent about racial groups by the popular media, and analyze how media continue to shape and influence perceptions of racial difference. Minimum Passing Grade: C-
3 credits
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COMM 410 - Communication Independent Study
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COMM 432 - Special Topics in Global Communication
Prerequisites: TEST TEST and junior standing; or consent of instructor
Emphasizes specialized areas related to global communication not regularly offered by the University. The variety of possible topics may include, but is not limited to: International Journalism, International Public Relations, The Global Entertainment Media Marketplace, and Emerging Communication Technologies and the Global Economy.
3 credits
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COMM 460 - Internship
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and a 2.33 GPA in Communication courses
Grants academic credit to students who work on a part-time basis in selected positions, usually without financial remuneration. Students select from a variety of positions offered at local radio and television stations, local newspapers, public relations offices, numerous not-for-profit organizations and government agencies.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
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COMM 461 - Washington Internship and Experiential Seminar
Delivery: Lecture
Prerequisites: JR standing; either PR 200 or COMM 250; and min GPA 2.33 in COMM courses approval by the RWU Washington semester Communication advisor
Fulfills Internship requirement in the Communication majors
Participants in the Roger Williams University Washington experiential learning program work four days a week for the entire semester as interns at placements arranged, after extensive consultation with the students, by the Washington Center (WC) that occur either in Washington D.C. or in one of their Internship Abroad locations. Interns perform such work as research, attending meetings, writing reports, preparing briefings and other Communication related tasks. The experiential seminar, which meets weekly, provides an academic context in which students discuss, reflect upon and analyze their internship experiences, and relate those experiences to their major and other college courses. Interns design a learning plan, do an organizational analysis, write a reflective journal, and compile a “portfolio of learning” that is presented at the end of the term. The journal is reviewed regularly by the Center or Institute instructor. All materials are evaluated at the end of the term by an RWU faculty member.
Fall and Spring
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COMM 462 - Washington Global Communication Seminar
Prerequisites: At least Junior standing, COMM 100 or COMM 101 ; approval by the RWU Washington semester Communication advisor
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Communication & Media Studies major, and the Global Communication Minor and core Concentration
Offered by faculty at the Washington Center for Experiential Learning as part of the Roger Williams University Semester in Washington, D.C. program. Seminar topics vary from semester to semester, and are chosen in consultation with the Washington Center Academic Advisory Board. Among topics offered in recent semesters applicable to the Global Communication program are “Global Policy Issues: the U.S., China and the World,” “International Organizations and Humanitarian Law,” “International Human Rights,” Global Health Intersections: Women’s Health and Pandemics,” “Peaceful Solutions: Alternatives to Violence,” “Citizenship in a Multicultural Society.”
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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COMM 463 - Washington DC Media Seminar
Prerequisites: At least Junior standing, COMM 100 or COMM 101 ; completion of interdisciplinary core and writing requirements; approval by the RWU Washington semester Communication advisor
Offered by faculty at the Washington Center as part of the Roger Williams University Semester in Washington, D.C. program. Seminar topics vary from semester to semester, and are chosen in consultation with the Washington Center Academic Advisory Board. Among topics offered in recent semesters applicable to the Communication program are “The Mass Media and National Politics,” “Media, Ethics and the Movies,” “Strategic Communication for the Policy-Making Arena,” “Fundraising in the 21st Century,” “How Washington Really Works: Government and Business in the New Economic Reality,” “Campaigning for a Cause: how Advocacy Groups Change the World.”
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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COMM 464 - Washington DC Independent Research Project
Prerequisites: At least Junior standing, COMM 100 or COMM 101 ; completion of interdisciplinary core and writing requirements; approval by the RWU Washington semester Communication advisor
This project is undertaken while students are participating in the Roger Williams University Washington semester program. The project is developed before the student leaves the Bristol campus, in consultation with faculty in the Communication program. It is supervised during the student’s time in Washington by a member of the Washington Center faculty. The project, based on the student’s internship work, requires academic research of the organization for which the student is working while in Washington.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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COMM 465 - McLuhan’s Global Village
Prerequisites: COMM 100 or COMM 101; junior standing or consent of instructor
This seminar course examines the media of the 21st century through a media ecological lens using deep readings in two of McLuhan’s works, The Global Village and Understanding Media. Written in the latter half of the 20th century, McLuhan’s works display a prescience that makes them relevant in this digital age. Will the Internet make us a global village? Or will it fragment our societies? What does it mean to be human in this age of digital media technology? Readings in works by McLuhan scholars Paul Levinson, Robert Logan and others bring McLuhan’s ideas into the 21st century.
3 credits
Annually
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COMM 480 - Senior Thesis Capstone
Prerequisites: Completion of COMM 390 with a grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor.
This course serves as one of three possible capstone experiences, the others being the Communication Internship Capstone or the Washington DC Internship Capstone. The Senior Thesis Capstone is for students majoring in Communication & Media Studies who wish to apply what they have learned in the pre-requisite course, COMM 390 , to complete a research project. Working closely with a faculty mentor, students engage in original research and writing on a topic of their choice and produce a thesis suitable for presentation at a student research conference and publication in a student-level research journal.
3 credits
Spring
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COMM 490 - Cultures in Contact
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor
This is a variable topic course designed to be a stand alone or companion course in an off-campus faculty-led study abroad program. It focuses on communicative practices and technologies encountered in another culture. Students have an opportunity to practice an ethnographic approach that deepens and expands their understanding of the culture in which they are studying and to reflect critically upon their own cultures as well. In addition, students learn to use communicative technologies to narrate their experience and ethically photograph, write, and speak about the place and the culture they are visiting.
3 credits
Special Offering Summer I, Winter Intersession
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CIS 102 - Computer Applications in Business
Prerequisites: None
Introduces students to the elements of business conducted via the Web, which is the paradigm of 21st century business transactions. Focused on the development of a database in Access and the design and deployment of a Web site, this course integrates the information management and communications aspects of the digital business environment. Taught in an interactive hands-on computer classroom.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CIS 105 - Data Analysis & Analytics with Excel
Prerequisites: None
Pre- or Co-requisite: None
This course utilizes Excel as a tool for analyzing large, complex sets of data in order to solve a wide range of business problems. This course moves students from the fundamental skills of functions, graphing and various ways of presenting and analyzing data to working with complex formulas, functions and data management. The focus of the course is on the use of multiple tools to help organizations achieve maximum advantage in decision making through most effectively using the extensive amount of data generated by the digital environment.
3.00 credits
Fall, Spring
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CIS 335 - Data Base Management
Prerequisites: at least Sophomore standing
This hands-on course introduces students to the world of relational databases in the context of web development by taking students on a step-by-step journey through the process of database design and implementation. In this course you will learn about data organization strategies, entities and attributes, tables and relationships, primary and foreign keys, normalization, integrity constraints, and hardware characteristics and constraints. The database implementation uses a mainstream database such as MySQL, that runs on Macintosh, Windows, or Unix systems. Relations to web languages such as PHP, JASON, or PERL are also considered. Theory is immediately put into practice as you apply each new concept and technique to your own database and web projects. Offered in an interactive hands-on computer classroom.
3.0 credits
Fall
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CIS 350 - Geographic Analysis of Data: An Introduction to GIS
Prerequisites: Junior standing
This course is a hands-on introduction to GIS. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a tool for creating maps and for doing spatial analysis - that is, asking your maps questions and getting maps to assist in decision-making and problem solving. Typical applications include customer, crime, pollution and voting maps. You will learn to use existing geographic data sets and to incorporate your own data. You will build maps with multiple layers in an attempt to support an argument or to solve a problem that relates to your specific discipline.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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WEB 200 - Introduction to Computer Animation and Games
Delivery: Lec/Lab
Because of the pervasive digital nature of nearly everything in our technology and media environment, computing has become a fundamental literacy. Narrative, visual design and music are essential skills in making an animation or game experience come alive. In this course, students experience developing their own animated stories or games and, in the process acquire the basics of programming, accessibilty, algorithmic and critical thinking, and develop strategies for problem solving with or without computers. The experiential visual environment makes the course engaging and accessible to just about anyone in any major.
3 credits
Spring
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WEB 206 - Introduction to Web Development
Prerequisites: None
This course offers a practical hands-on approach to designing, creating and uploading sites for the Web. Using applications such as Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Fireworks, students in this course construct a multi-page Web site complete with links to other sites, photographs they have scanned and enhanced, and graphics and animations they have created. Students learn how images, audio and video are represented digitally and transmitted on the Web, and how to optimize information to provide visitors with quick response and high quality. Offered in an interactive hands-on computer classroom.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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WEB 299 - Web Development Center I
Prerequisites: None
Students enrolling in this course must be able to create and implement web pages using CSS, but students from other majors are encouraged to enroll. Students form multidisciplinary teams to design and develop a web presence for an actual client. Teams compete for the client’s business just as a real-world web design and development firm must do. Team members bring their own expertise to bear in seamlessly integrating the web site within a Content Management System. This project requires the application of your existing skill set and the acquisition of new skills. Employers are increasingly looking for graduates with real-world experience working in multi-disciplinary teams. The Web Development Center provides that experience. The team project becomes part of each student’s professional portfolio.
3 credits
Spring
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WEB 306 - Web 2.0: Creating Expressive Web Sites
Prerequisites: WEB 206
This course covers how to bring a web site to life with animations, transforms and transitions. Add audio, video, media queries, gradients, Web fonts and shadows. Creative implementations with HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and JavaScript are covered.
3 credits
Fall
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WEB 325 - Web Client: JavaScript
Prerequisites: WEB 206
Modern web sites are a blend of technologies. Hypertext Markup Language and Cascading Style Sheets define the appearance of web pages. Active Server Pages (ASP) or similar systems such as php, jsp or cfm are used to provide access to databases stored on web servers. JavaScript is the dominant language for controlling web page behavior on the client side of the system. JavaScript provides a way to validate form data, handle rollover effects, rotate advertisement content, generate dynamic menus and a host of other effects users have come to expect. By the end of this course you will be comfortable writing JavaScript, reading JavaScript code written by others and using widely available JavaScript libraries and APIs (such as the Google Maps API) as part of your web development efforts.
3 credits
Fall
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WEB 335 - Database Management
Prerequisites: at least Sophomore standing.
This hands-on course introduces students to the world of relational databases in the context of web development by taking students on a step-by-step journey through the process of database design and implementation. In this course you will learn about data organization strategies, entities and attributes, tables and relationships, primary and foreign keys, normalization, integrity constraints, and hardware characteristics and constraints. The database implementation uses a mainstream database such as MySQL, that runs on Macintosh, Windows, or Unix systems. Relations to web languages such as PHP, JASON, or PERL are also considered. Theory is immediately put into practice as you apply each new concept and technique to your own database and web projects. Offered in an interactive hands-on computer classroom.
3 credits
Fall
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WEB 350 - Designing the User Experience
Cross-Listed with: DSGN 350 Designing the User Experience
Prerequisites: WEB 206 or Consent of Instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Fullfills a 300 level requirement in the Web Development Major and Minor.
Delivery: Studio
User experience design aims to create products that people love to use. The focus in this course is in designing and implementing user tests and documenting the results. It introduces students to techniques and practices for incorporating feedback from user research and interviews into the design of interactive digital products using an iterative process that incorporates high- and low-fidelity prototypes. Students communicate design ideas through presentation, documentation and prototyping as appropriate.
3 credits
Fall
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WEB 399 - Web Development Center II
Prerequisites: WEB 299 - Web Development Center I
Web Development Center II continues the experience of Web Development Center I (WEB 299 ). In the second semester students take on a management and mentoring role in the project, possibly as a team leader. Mentor/managers play a larger role in formulating project strategy and in the interface between your team and the client. They also take charge of site promotion including search engine optimization (SEO) strategy and the design and implementation of effective landing pages. The team project will become part of each student’s professional portfolio.
3 credits
Spring
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WEB 410 - Web Independent Study
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WEB 425 - Webserver: Scripting and Database Connectivity
Prerequisites: WEB 200 and WEB 206 or permission of instructor
Would you use Facebook if everyone could see all your information? How do Netflix and Amazon decide what other titles you might be interested in? Twitter can send a text message to your phone. How does that work? All these features are created using server-side techniques. In this practical hands-on course you’ll use tools such as Dreamweaver, Blend, Expression Web and Visual Studio, MySQL and SQL Server to create Web sites that incorporate features like these.
3 credits
Spring
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WEB 429 - Community Partnerships Center Web Development Studies
Prerequisites: None
This course involves a project selected by the Community Partnerships Center and the Business School Dean as a Web Development project. The students will work with a professor and possibly students from other disciplines to fulfill a task requested by a regional company, organization, or governmental unit. Specific project details vary and will be announced prior to preregistration for each semester.
3 credits
Special Offering
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WEB 430 - Special Topics in Web Development
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Selected topics provide study in areas chosen by students in consultation with faculty. Provides an advanced level of course work or research in web development.
3 credits
Special Offering
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WEB 469 - Web Development Coop
Prerequisites: Senior standing in Web Development and consent of instructor
This course is designed to prepare students for the transition from academia to the real world, and to allow them to “sample the water” of their chosen profession. Prior to starting their internship, students are guided through the experience of preparing a resume, conducting a job search for an appropriate position, and applying for a position. Students select from a wide variety of positions offered at local businesses, web development firms, consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. During the semester students perform meaningful tasks, usually without financial remuneration for their company, either individually or a part of a team. Students receive feedback and guidance from their employers, their RWU Career Services advisor, and their faculty sponsor.
3 credits
Fall, Spring & Summer
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WEB 499 - Web Dev Center III
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CD 101 - Strategies in Community and Neighborhood Revitalization
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an introduction to the field of community development. As an introductory course, students will explore how community development practitioners function as agents of change within the cultural, social, and ecological systems that they work. It is intended for students with seeking an introduction to the field.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CD 220 - Elements and Issues in Community Development
Prerequisites: None
Overview of the concepts, theories and applications in the field of community development. This is the foundation course for the Community Development program, but it is appropriate for all students interested in a comprehensive look at the elements required to understand what makes for successful communities, from housing to education, to social services and infrastructure.
3 credits
Fall, Summer
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CD 252 - Roles and Systems in Community Based Organizations
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on organizational concepts and theories that are typically used in community based organizations settings and their impact on practice with particular emphasis on the relationship between the mission, bureaucracy and programs of community development agencies.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CD 350 - Housing and Development Skills
Prerequisites: None
Blends the academic framework of theory and analysis of housing policy with skills-oriented instruction. Using readings, class discussions, guest speakers, lecturers, and class journals, the course explores key subject areas related to housing and development, including housing theory, planning, data analysis, assessment of housing needs, community participation, stakeholders, roles, negotiation, codes, construction procurement, homelessness, financing, foreclosures, tenant and management issues, sustainable design, regionalism and other issues.
3 credits
All
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CD 351 - Sustainable Economic and Community Development
Prerequisites: None
Explores key subject areas related to sustainable economic development, including business creation and retention, microenterprises, co-ops, job creation, asset development, sector analysis, the connection between economic development and social health. Examines the role that community development professionals can and should play in ensuring that economic development occurs in a sustainable manner.
3 credits
All
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CD 352 - Non-Profit Management
Cross-Listed with: MGMT 352
Prerequisites: None
The course provides students with an overview of the role of the non-profit sector in the United States, as well as comprehensive exposure to the various elements of managing a non-profit organization. Governance, personnel, finance, planning and service delivery will be examined and best practices located. Students emerge from this course better able to face the challenges of working in and managing a non-profit organization.
3 credits
Spring
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CD 401 - Research Methods in Community Based Practice
Prerequisites: CD 351 , CD 352
This course will provide an introduction to research methods used in the social sciences and their application to community based practice. This will include case studies, experiments, and surveys; Students will have the opportunity to learn specific research skills and how to develop empirically sound conclusions about social phenomena that they observe. Specific emphasis will be placed on how community practitioners investigate program and project outcomes. Students will apply this knowledge to a field-based project.
3 credits
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CD 430 - Special Topics in Community Development
Prerequisites: None
Study of special topics in community development. Topics will be determined by current trends in the field.
3 credits
All
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CD 440 - Public Administration Prcaticum
Prerequisites: POLSC 100 or PA 201 or PA 202 or consent of instructor
An internship experience within a public agency or non-profit organization designed to acquire, apply, or utilize administrative knowledge and skills.
3 credits
All
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CD 521 - Social Theories of Community Based Practice
Prerequisites: None
This class investigates community and economic development theories within the context of classical and contemporary economic and social theories. Since community development is an inter-disciplinary field, students in this course will consider theories as diverse as location and place theories, micro- and macro-economics, structural-functional and conflict social theories, among others and how they are used, on a daily basis by community based practitioners. Students will formulate a basic theory of change to be applied in community-based practice.
3 credits
All
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CD 522 - Fundamentals of Urban Ecology and Healthy Communities
Prerequisites: None
This course examines components and relationships within urban ecosystems. From both a historic and contemporary vantage point, students will explore the different stakeholders that make up the urban neighborhood environment, the relationships among and between them and how community and economic development initiatives can positively impact the health of a community.
3 credits
Fall
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