University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 
    
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8. Course Descriptions

Note: Sequencing rules in effect for many Math courses prohibit students from earning credit for a lower numbered Math course after receiving credit for a higher numbered Math course. Sequencing rules are included in the course descriptions of applicable courses.
 

Business
  

  • BUS 790 - Graduate Research

    (1 to 6 units)
    Specialized research projects in business carried out under supervision.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Units of Independent Study: 1
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conceptualize a theory-based empirical research project in business.
    2. choose and implement research methods and analytical techniques that are appropriate for their research questions and the nature of their project.
    3. communicate their research findings to both professional and general audiences.
    4. produce a research report that is suitable for submission to a scholarly journal and/or for presentation at a professional conference.


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  • BUS 795 - Comprehensive Examination

    (1 to 3 units)
    Course will be used to administer comprehensive examinations in Business either as an end of program comprehensive examination or as a qualifying examination for doctoral candidates prior to being advanced to candidacy.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to doctoral program in Business.

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Independent Study: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the relevant research in their area of study and be able to synthesize this theoretical and empirical research.
    2. identify contemporary problems and controversies in their area of research and critically assess and recommend directions for future research.
    3. demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of methodological approaches in their area of research and provide a critical evaluation of these research methods.


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  • BUS 799 - Dissertation

    (1 to 24 units)
    Successfully propose, conduct and/or defend research relevant to obtaining a doctoral degree in Business under the supervision of a faculty member.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 24

    Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of BUS 795 .

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Independent Study: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct original research that will extend knowledge in and have a strong impact on relevant areas of business research.
    2. conduct a literature review related to the chosen dissertation topic, synthesize and critically evaluate it, and derive from it novel research questions and hypotheses.
    3. carry out an advanced, independent, and multifaceted research project.
    4. communicate and defend the results of the dissertation research in writing and in an oral presentation.


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Business Administration
  

  • BADM 700 - Statistics for Decision Making

    (3 units)
    Statistical inference and hypothesis testing; multivariate regression and analysis of variance; emphasis on applied methods, changing technology and computer applications.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. correctly identify data types and manage databases using software.
    2. recognize and apply the appropriate graphical and statistical descriptive and/or inferential techniques to the data being analyzed.
    3. perform and interpret the statistical inference techniques of hypothesis testing, multivariate regression and analysis of variance.
    4. proficiently discuss and present statistical outcomes in reports.
    5. demonstrate understanding of how statistical analysis is used to assist decision making in business.
    6. analyze and assess statistical information available from business, government, or research organizations.


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  • BADM 701 - Production / Operations Mangmt

    (3 units)
    Problems of manufacturing goods and services; production applications of linear programming, scheduling, quality control and materials management; CAD, CAM, multi-cultural and international issues.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 700 .

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate ability to ensure alignment between a company’s Operations and its strategic and Sustainability goals.
    2. predict the future sales, revenues with models involving seasonality and a trend.
    3. design the layout of a facility to meet a variety of types of product and service needs.
    4. demonstrate ability to manage Inventory levels to effectively and efficiently meet demand.
    5. demonstrate ability to optimize decision variables using linear programming.


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  • BADM 710 - Financial Reporting and Analysis

    (3 units)
    Examination of accounting and disclosure techniques and their impact on external financial reporting. Preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial reports.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the relevance of financial accounting information to the participants in the capital market.
    2. demonstrate understanding of why accounting is the language of business and be competent in using accounting and finance terminology in the workplace.
    3. construct the basic financial statements from transactions that occurred during a period.
    4. analyze elements of the financial statements to evaluate a company’s liquidity, solvency, profitability, and aspects of managerial effectiveness.
    5. perform calculations involving the time value of money.


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  • BADM 711 - Seminar in Managerial Accounting

    (3 units)
    Provides a fundamental understanding of accounting techniques used to operate an organization, and is designed as an introductory managerial accounting course for MBA students.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 710  or equivalent.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply CVP techniques correctly.
    2. assess and make accurate decisions using relevant information.
    3. categorize products using ABC costing.
    4. prepare and analyze selected operating and cash budgets.
    5. demonstrate ability to effectively communicate information, concepts and ideas in writing and persentation.


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  • BADM 720 - Management and Organizational Science

    (3 units)
    Individual and group behavior in organizations, and organizational design and communication strategies. Interaction of structural, technological and human resource components. International focus emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize the difference between internal and environmental influences on behavior in organizations.
    2. identify their own beliefs about what motivates behavior in organizations so they can better evaluate different motivation strategies.
    3. select new behaviors to become a better follower and ultimately a better leader of organizations.


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  • BADM 726 - Personal Branding

    (3 units)
    Personal branding builds content and conversation around your professional value using principles of permission and inbound marketing and social media platforms as tools.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop an online personal brand.
    2. create content that is searchable and shareable.
    3. demonstrate ability to advise others on basic social media strategies.


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  • BADM 727 - Seminar in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

    (3 units)
    Focus on ethical and social responsibility issues using a stakeholders’ perspective and ethical decision-making model to develop diagnostic, critical thinking, and intervention skills.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop a greater awareness of ethical issues in business, thus enabling him to identify such issues.
    2. assess the multiple facets of ethical issues through several projects of practical significance.
    3. apply a comprehensive stakeholders’ framework and key ethical criteria in evaluating ethical issues in business.
    4. demonstrate mastery of practical ways for dealing with ethical issues in business within the framework of the law.


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  • BADM 728 - Managing Organizations in a Global Economy

    (3 units)
    Assessment of cost, benefits and risks of operating in specific countries. Emphasis on recognizing, respecting, and responding to cultural differences.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to MBA program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. determine data and the sources needed to assess the cost, benefits, and risk associated with business in a specific country for an American company.
    2. conduct an analysis of the political, economic, social environment, and legal conditions in a specific country (PESTEL Analysis).
    3. assess the cultural context and determine the level of cultural toughness that a country might present for an American company.
    4. examine ethical challenges and corporate social responsibility issues when operating internationally.
    5. determine the impact of cultural and other contextual conditions on management and business practices.
    6. discuss and contribute to decisions related to the selection, training, compensation, and repatriation of expatriates.
    7. conduct a systematic CBRA (Cost-Benefit-Risk Analysis) of a specific country to determine the attractiveness of the country for internationalization of an American company.


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  • BADM 729 - Seminar in Management Issues

    (3 units)
    Selected topics in management, both national and international.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): MBA core and admittance into Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop logical decisions using quantitative decisions tools such as decision trees, expected value, expected utility, regression analysis, and time value of money analysis.
    2. identify common judgment heuristics and the decision biases to which these heuristics lead.
    3. develop decisions and strategies to avoid common decision mistakes.
    4. develop a toolkit of knowledge and skills necessary to engage in successful bargaining and negotiation.
    5. demonstrate understanding of how to continuously improve their negotiation abilities.


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  • BADM 730 - Economics of the Firm

    (3 units)
    Economic analysis of the business firm, particularly with respect to price, output and technological choice; the effect of diversity on domestic and international policy on business firm behavior.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of how markets work and how market activities impact the operation and profitability of firms.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the economics of firm organization and how the competitiveness of the market impacts the firm’s decisions.
    3. demonstrate understanding of different types of strategic thinking that can be useful when the firm only has a few competitors.


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  • BADM 740 - Financial and Monetary Economics

    (3 units)
    Analytical and policy perspectives on money and the financial system, financial regulatory and supervision regimes, central bank policy and international finance.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and for MBA students, completion of MBA core.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate knowledge of the U.S. financial system and institutions, interest rate structure and policy.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the Federal Reserve Bank’s purposes and function, monetary policy objectives, tools, financial markets regulation, and foreign exchange structure.


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  • BADM 741 - Financial Management

    (3 units)
    Capital budgeting, capital structure and dividend policy decisions, valuation, cost of capital, working capital management, financial analysis and planning for corporations in the global financial environment. Computer use required.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 700 ; BADM 710 .

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply time value of money valuation methods to a variety of cash flow patterns such as annuities, perpetuities, and uneven cash flows.
    2. demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between risk and return.
    3. demonstrate knowledge of basic capital budgeting decision criteria.


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  • BADM 742 - Research Methods of Finance

    (3 units)
    Application of mathematical problem solving/statistical analysis to financial decision making and evaluation processes. Topics: regression models, univariate calculus, probability theory/distributions, and portfolio modeling.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the statistical theories and methods for analyzing financial instruments and financial markets.
    2. demonstrate how to perform investment analysis by using financial databases such as CRSP and Compustat.
    3. apply statistical analysis packages such as SAS in managing and analyzing financial data.


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  • BADM 743 - Investment Management

    (3 units)
    Survey of fundamental investment principles and techniques used by individuals and institutions. Considers asset allocation, risk analysis and security validation.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify money and capital market assets.
    2. apply the CAPM and test its validity.
    3. apply TVM concepts to value debt and equity securities.


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  • BADM 744 - Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management

    (3 units)
    Comprehensive analysis of the practice of evaluating securities and the process of combining the securities into portfolios.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate knowledge of security analysis and portfolio construction.
    2. demonstrate knowledge of risk management techniques.
    3. demonstrate knowledge of performance evaluation.


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  • BADM 745 - Commercial Bank Management

    (3 units)
    Bank organization and regulation, performance evaluation, management of credit, interest rate and liquidity risk, use of derivatives, and bank capital management.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 741 .

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of regulations in the banking industry.
    2. evaluate the performance of commercial banks by using their financial statements.
    3. demonstrate understanding of loan application analysis.
    4. demonstrate how to apply financial theories and tools to the management of various risks faced by commercial banks, such as credit risk, interest rate risk, capital risk and liquidity risk.
    5. apply statistical analysis packages such as SAS in managing and analyzing finance.


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  • BADM 746 - Corporate Treasury Management

    (3 units)
    Theoretical principles and application tools of short-term asset/liability management. Topics include: impact of the regulatory system, cash collection and float, and international considerations.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 741 .

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the theoretical principles and application tools of corporate treasury management.
    2. show the effects of cash management policies on firm value through its effects on equity value and default risk.
    3. show an understanding of optimal working capital policies (cash, inventory, etc.), given the characteristics of the industry and the firm.
    4. demonstrate the best ways to manage short-term funds (how to invest surplus cash and how to raise the short-term funds).
    5. demonstrate how to design an optimal overall working capital management policy for the firm.


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  • BADM 748 - Real Estate Finance

    (3 units)
    Survey of real estate investment, ownership interests, appraisal and valuation, finance, market and project analysis, and other phases of the real estate investment management process.

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 741  and admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. create a pro forma statement for RE projects.
    2. analyze fixed and adjustable-rate mortgages.
    3. analyze the cash flows of real estate pass-through securities (CMOs).


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  • BADM 749 - Seminar in Finance

    (3 units)
    Selected topics in finance.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 741 ; admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop an understanding of a specialized topic in finance.
    2. apply computer tools such as Excel in the financial decision making process.
    3. apply financial theory in the management of risk.


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  • BADM 750 - Information and Communications Technology in Organizations

    (3 units)
    Overview of strategic value creation through ICT; managing end-user involvement in ICT including requirements specification, change management and process reengineering; systems development process and outsourcing.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. work effectively with IT personnel (wherever located) on the definition and management of an IT project.
    2. discover and evaluate strategic IT and IT-supported business process reorganization project possibilities and assess the sustainability of the strategic advantage conferred by each project.
    3. demonstrate understanding of the impact of IT on the organization and effectively manage the change to people and processes that is inevitable in an IT implementation to minimize risk of failure and increase effectiveness of the implementation.
    4. demonstrate understanding of the importance of strategic alignment of IT initiatives with organizational strategy and work toward that alignment.


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  • BADM 760 - Marketing Management

    (3 units)
    Analyses and decision-making procedures in market measurement, product development, pricing, promotion and distribution. Environmental factors, including cultural diversity at domestic and global levels.

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding ofthe role of each marketing mix element and their interdependency.
    2. analyze firms’ marketing strategies, target markets and marketing environment.
    3. recognize marketing management problems and suggest sound solutions.
    4. discuss ethical issues in marketing.


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  • BADM 769 - Seminar in Marketing Issues

    (3 units)
    Selected topics in marketing with national and international emphasis.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): BADM 760 ; admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate knowledge of game theory, games, and their basic components.
    2. demonstrate how game theory concepts can be applied for strategic marketing decisions.
    3. determine the Nash equilibrium of a game.
    4. demonstrate games in normal form.
    5. demonstrate first-hand knowledge of different game strategies and payoffs by participating in interactive game exercises.


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  • BADM 772 - Changing Environments of Business

    (3 units)
    Legal, ethical, cultural, economic, political and global environment. Approaches to continual monitoring and managing complex interactions between business and its changing environments.

    Prerequisite(s): MBA Core.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. evaluate complex issues of change in organizations.
    2. select effective strategies for personal and organizational change.
    3. select effective strategies to scale excellence in organizations.


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  • BADM 779 - Seminar in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

    (3 units)
    Selected topics in the theory, principles and practice of logistics and supply chain management.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): MBA Core.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate an understanding of the role, function, and ethical implications of supply chain management (SCM) in the context of current events in a competitive, complex and global society.
    2. develop an understanding of the competitive advantages within all industries provided by understanding supply chain management concepts, methods, and techniques.
    3. describe and introduce system design concepts for planning, implementing, and evolving the supply chain within organizations.
    4. utilize SCM concepts and methods to achieve personal, professional, and organizational goals.
    5. communicate complex perspectives with a multidiscipline approach drawing on insights from real-world experience, design, neuroscience, rhetorical technique, and many other sources.


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  • BADM 780 - Business and Public Policy

    (3 units)
    Relationship of public policy both nationally and internationally to business organizations. Development, current status and future outlook of specific public policy issues are considered.

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply micro-economic theory to analyze the impacts of policy proposals.
    2. apply theories of government regulation to analyze policy issues.
    3. compare the costs and benefits of alternate strategies for producing social goods.
    4. analyze market power issues, and the implications of alternate policies for addressing these issues.
    5. write a paper with a clear, organizational structure and professional writing style.


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  • BADM 781 - Strategic Mgmt For Exec

    (3 units)
    Strategy and policy in the business enterprise. Strategic management process and systematic analysis of complex organization-wide issues faced by general management. Case studies, both national and international.

    Prerequisite(s): MBA Core.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. integrate and synthesize core business knowledge enabling them to analyze open-ended strategic problems or complex issues.
    2. demonstrate their knowledge and skills developed in previous core MBA classes by completing a project or structured experience of practical significance.
    3. describe and assess the structural characteristics of a firm’s external environment in order to identify the opportunities and threats available.
    4. describe and assess a firm’s strengths and weaknesses in order to make recommendations on how the firm can develop or sustain a competitive advantage..
    5. assess and make an ethical argument regarding the corporate social responsibilities of an organization in society.


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  • BADM 791 - Special Topics

    (3 units)
    Advanced study in selected topics.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Business Administration, Accountancy, or Finance graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of a particular advanced topic in business.
    2. apply business theories developed in other MBA classes to a particular topic.
    3. apply business skills and tools to analyze specific aspects and topics in business administration.
    4. develop oral and written reports about a specific topic in business administration.


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  • BADM 792 - Internship

    (1 to 3 units)
    Internship with business firms and organizations, providing students with practical experience and applied problem solving.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MBA core.

    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify practical challenges in a business environment.
    2. apply the knowledge and skills gained from their studies in UNR MBA to the solution of practical challenges.
    3. develop the skills needed to work in a team environment.


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  • BADM 793 - Independent Study

    (3 units)
    Research in selected topics conducted under faculty supervision.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Must be a degree seeking student in a business graduate program.

    Units of Independent Study: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct and compile independent research on business topics.
    2. conduct review of literature to find systematic information on the business topic chosen.
    3. identify research methodology needed to examine the business topic chosen.
    4. apply the knowledge they have gained in other MBA classes to analyze business topic chosen.
    5. demonstrate understanding of the importance of the proper reporting of research findings on the business topic chosen.


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  • BADM 794 - Value Creation and Measurement

    (3 units)
    Identifying and measuring value in the corporate environment and the study of strategies useful in the development of enterprise value.

    Prerequisite(s): Admitted to graduate major in Business.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. properly make use of data (financial and otherwise) to identify and measure value in the corporate environment.
    2. demonstrate understanding of strategies useful in the development of enterprise value and the intersections of finance, accounting, operations, marketing and management of doing so.
    3. demonstrate understanding of the process of developing measureable value from start-up to exit.


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  • BADM 797 - Thesis

    (1 to 6 units)
    Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to a Masters degree program and have department consent.

    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct review of literature to select key papers published in peer reviewed journals (PRJS) related to the business topic chosen.
    2. write a critique of the papers published in PRJs to determine the importance of the business topic chosen.
    3. determine research methodology required to study the business topic chosen.
    4. communicate the findings on the business topic chosen.


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Business Analytics
  

  • BAN 701 - Business Analysis Methods

    (3 units)
    This course prepares students for an increasingly data driven world by helping students gain theoretical and practical skills using data to investigate and provide solutions to business problems. The course focuses on formulating and analyzing questions in business.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSBA program; introductory statistics and/or MSBA Bootcamp.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. formulate measurable research questions to address business needs.
    2. identify sources of data available to answer research questions.
    3. create meaningful empirical measures from available data for analysis.
    4. distinguish between different study designs and be able to apply them.
    5. apply bivariate and multivariate statistical methods using business data.
    6. use data visualization to communicate findings and drive business decision making.


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  • BAN 702 - Data Transformation and SQL

    (3 units)
    This course introduces how data is stored, retrieved and transformed into information to support organizational objectives and decision making. This is a practical, hands-on course designed to help students develop both knowledge and skills related to the management and use of data.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSBA program; introductory statistics and/or MSBA Bootcamp.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. categorize the different types of data used in organizations and identify how best to store that data.
    2. describe the governance and ethical issues that must be addressed when data is collected, organized, stored, and accessed to help support human decision making.
    3. design a small relational database using an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) that is stable and explain why the design is stable.
    4. implement a database using Microsoft’s SQL Server DBMS with structured query language (SQL) to create, update, and access data in a database.
    5. import data from a variety of sources into a relational database. Use techniques to “clean” the data so that the data stored is reliable and consistent.
    6. create queries in SQL to produce datasets capable of being processed in other analytical software such as Excel, Tableau, SAS, Mini-tab and/or SPSS.


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  • BAN 703 - Information Visualization & Communication

    (3 units)
    This course explores how information is created from data using visualization methods. The course focuses on how visualizations are used to analyze data, discover patterns, tell a story, and provide persuasive evidence for business decision-making.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 701 ; BAN 702 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe how cognition is supported and affected through different information visualization methods.
    2. design information visualization methods appropriate to support the goals and objectives of a particular application within an organization.
    3. critique existing visualizations based on data visualization theory and principles.
    4. use currently available business information visualization tools to create visualizations from large data sets.
    5. explain the differences in information visualization for analysis versus communication.
    6. identify the ethical issues surrounding the visualization of information.
    7. present data with visual representations for a specific target audience, task, and data set.


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  • BAN 704 - Applied Data Science

    (3 units)
    This course introduces several important modeling approaches for solving decision-making problems. The first part of the course focuses on statistical learning. The second part of the course introduces machine learning and decision-making under uncertainty.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSBA program; BAN 701 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the importance of inference and prediction and distinguish them. Describe supervised and unsupervised learning methods and distinguish them. Interpret the model findings.
    2. contrast different statistical and machine learning methods.
    3. identify and describe the challenges in real-world data analytics projects.
    4. identify and describe “good” vs. “bad” models by virtue of evaluation metrics.
    5. identify a challenge/ shortcoming in each of the statistical methods discussed in this course AND find and describe a solution from the current research to address/alleviate the problem.


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  • BAN 705 - Enterprise Processes & Analytics

    (3 units)
    Students learn about enterprise processes, in the context of business analytics, in order to apply advanced analytics techniques using big data to understand the current state of the organization and track evolving aspects such as customer behavior.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 701 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify, describe, and model enterprise processes.
    2. describe how enterprise processes can be changed through the use of analytics.
    3. describe the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data.
    4. use analytic methods to formulate and solve business problems and to support managerial decision making.
    5. interpret the results of business analytics and their implications to enterprise processes.
    6. implement analytical models using a variety of software tools.


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  • BAN 706 - Predictive Modeling & Data Mining

    (3 units)
    This course focuses on predictive analytics, which predicts outcomes and future trends from existing data to help discover new relationships. Prediction helps decision makers evaluate possible future outcomes and define new predictors.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 701 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply predictive analytic methods to identify new trends and patterns, uncover relationships, create forecasts, predict likelihoods, and test predictive hypotheses.
    2. use quantitative and classification predictive model.
    3. use popular tools and software used in industry for predictive analytics, especially R, R Studio and R Markdown.
    4. formulate predictive analytics questions.
    5. search, identify, gather and pre-process data for the analysis.
    6. evaluate the soundness, appropriateness and validity of their models and how to interpret and report on results for a management audience.


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  • BAN 707 - Big Data

    (3 units)
    The course emphasizes big data concepts and how that data must be stored to support business decision-making. This course introduces locational data concepts and helps students learn how to develop non-relational databases and apply them to business problems.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 702 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the differences among data stored to help solve business problems.
    2. identify the value of location data and its applications in business.
    3. use a non-relational database such as MongoDB and demonstrate creating, modifying, and deleting documents within the database.
    4. write queries to interact with a non-relational database.
    5. perform analysis on data stored within a non-relational database in order to solve business problems.
    6. write up and present findings related to the analysis of non-relational and locational data that is suitable for a wide audience.


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  • BAN 708 - Data Security, Risk Management & Ethics

    (3 units)
    This course examines the role and impact of data analytics in business and society, with emphasis on legal, professional, and public policy issues. The course emphasizes data security and risk management issues for organizations using data analytics techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 702 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize and analyze primary threat scenarios of potential vulnerabilities for selected settings.
    2. identify and describe typical safeguards for computer-based information assets.
    3. explain organizational policies for information security and privacy.
    4. conduct risk analyses and define potential organizational responses.
    5. explain how to use a data-oriented approach to manage security.


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  • BAN 709 - Leadership Strategies

    (3 units)
    Introduction to leadership strategies and change management in relation to data supported decision making in organizations. Students learn how to define and analyze key performance indicators that are effective for a given organization.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 701 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the value of data driven decision making for organizations.
    2. assess the importance and roles of different types of data (financial, economic, accounting, etc.).
    3. identify and select key performance indicators.
    4. perform a cost benefit analysis of data analysis tools, practices.
    5. select and utilize an appropriate format for presentation and/or analysis of data.
    6. describe the issues involved in managing a data implementation project.


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  • BAN 710 - Business Analytics Project

    (3 units)
    Learn how to implement all steps in a business analytics project: structure an ambiguous problem; define the question; identify, gather and transform data; identify the appropriate analytics model; perform the evaluation; and present the results.

    Prerequisite(s): BAN 706 ; BAN 707 .

    Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop and complete a project under faculty supervision.
    2. complete a deliverable that meets client specifications.
    3. describe the steps required to complete an independent analytics project.


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Career and Technical Education
  

  • EDCT 230 - Introduction to Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Organization and management of vocational classes, laboratories, shops, work experiences, etc., youth groups and advisory committees.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of career and technical education, including its essential characteristics, components, and effect in a multicultural society by developing your own philosophy of Career and Technical Education statement.
    2. identify the components of a quality CTE program by completing a self-assessment of a Career and Technical program using the Nevada State Quality Program Criteria.
    3. demonstrate understanding of the development of career and technical education and the Federal and state legislation effecting career and technical education by creating a timeline of significant events throughout history and identifying historical characteristics that we see in today’s Career and Technical Education.


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  • EDCT 447 - Curriculum Development in Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Research and curriculum studies dealing with content and procedures of the vocational, technical and industrial education program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop a research paper that looks at a curriculum issue dealing with content and procedures of the vocational, technical and industrial education program.


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  • EDCT 459 - Practicum in Career & Technical Education

    (1 to 3 units)
    Coordinated work-study programs in industry or government. Written progress reports are prepared periodically.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Grading Basis: S/U Only
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. summarize a work-study program experience in industry or government through a written report.


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  • EDCT 465 - Teaching in Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Methods and materials in area of specialty: (a) agricultural education, (b) business education, (d) industrial education, or (e) technology education.

    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 447 .

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Summer - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the personal and professional characteristics of an effective teacher.
    2. develop, present, and implement a complete lesson plan for an informational presentation.
    3. develop appropriate formative and summative assessments for both written and activity-oriented assignments.
    4. describe how various teaching methods could be used to meet different students’ needs for the same lesson by writing a reflective paper which shows track comments on how the lesson worked and what needs to be adjusted or changed in the future teaching of the lesson.
    5. describe various processes/procedures for managing the learning environment using both classroom management and behavior management strategies in a well-developed essay.


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  • EDCT 467A - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Agrisciences,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 467B - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Automotive technologies,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 467C - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Business systems,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 467D - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Home economics,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 467E - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Industrial technologies.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 471 - Career & Technical Student Organizations

    (3 units)
    Organizing and advising the activities and programs of the student organizations associated with various vocational programs.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify the student organizations associated with each of the career and technical education service areas and be familiar with the organizational structure of each.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the role and functions of career and technical student organizations as an integral part of career and technical education programs.
    3. develop skills in leading students with diverse backgrounds through leadership development processes including parliamentary procedure skills, conducting meetings, and leading peers.
    4. plan, organize, carry out, and evaluate the various programs, activities, and competitive events of the career and technical student organizations.


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  • EDCT 484 - Workshop in Career & Technical Education

    (1 to 6 units)
    Modern developments in vocational and technical education programs; local vocational education and administration and supervision, agriculture, home economics, trades and industries, business and office occupations, health occupations, technical occupations, marketing and distributive occupations and vocational guidance.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the definition, underlying concepts, and importance of cooperative occupational education and other work-based learning programs.
    2. demonstrate understanding of the concept of career education and career planning as they relate to students selecting occupations and entering the work force.
    3. demonstrate ability to assist students in the process of securing a job and subsequently advancing in that position.


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  • EDCT 490 - Cooperative Career & Technical Programs

    (3 units)
    Role of cooperative vocational programs, organization, and implementation.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to student workers by analyzing current law and district policies.
    2. develop the knowledge and ability to plan, execute and evaluate student experiences by examining best practices.
    3. develop appropriate materials (e.g., brochure, website, and media promotion) to promote, support and prepare each stakeholder (business partners/employers, student, parent and teachers) for the work-based experience.
    4. demonstrate understanding of strategies to engage and retain business/community partners by writing a work-based plan with input from a potential work-based learning business partner.


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  • EDCT 647 - Curriculum Development in Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Research and curriculum studies dealing with content and procedures of the vocational, technical and industrial education program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate effective research and an understanding of curriculum studies dealing with content and procedures of the vocational, technical and industrial education program through a well-written curriculum.


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  • EDCT 665 - Teaching in Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Methods and materials in area of specialty: (a) agricultural education, (b) business education, (d) industrial education, or (e) technology education.

    Prerequisite(s): Accepted into a degree seeking graduate program.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Summer - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the personal and professional characteristics of an effective teacher.
    2. develop, present, and implement a complete lesson plan for an informational presentation.
    3. develop appropriate formative and summative assessments for both written and activity-oriented assignments.
    4. describe how various teaching methods could be used to meet different students’ needs for the same lesson by writing a reflective paper which shows track comments on how the lesson worked and what needs to be adjusted or changed in the future teaching of the lesson.
    5. describe various processes/procedures for managing the learning environment using both classroom management and behavior management strategies in a well-developed essay.


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  • EDCT 667A - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Agrisciences,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 667B - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Automotive technologies,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 667C - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Business systems,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 667D - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Home economics,

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 667E - Occupational Development in Business and Industry

    (1 to 6 units)
    Involvement to increase competence in Industrial technologies.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of the major principles of teaching and learning and principles of motivating diverse student populations as they relate to specific career and technical education programs.
    2. write clearly stated instructional objectives in general as well as behavioral terms.
    3. plan instruction on a daily, unit, course, and program basis to meet the needs of diverse students in their specific career and technical education program.
    4. demonstrate understanding of competency based career and technical education in terms of its importance, advantages, concepts, and operation.


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  • EDCT 671 - Career & Technical Student Organizations

    (3 units)
    Organizing and advising the activities and programs of the student organizations associated with various vocational programs.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. trace modern developments in one of the following areas as part of a workshop in career and technical education: vocational and technical education programs; local vocational education and administration and supervision, agriculture, home economics, trades and industries, business and office occupations, health occupations, technical occupations, marketing and distributive occupations and vocational guidance.


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  • EDCT 684 - Workshop in Career & Technical Education

    (1 to 6 units)
    Modern developments in vocational and technical education programs; local vocational education and administration and supervision, agriculture, home economics, trades and industries, business and office occupations, health occupations, technical occupations, marketing and distributive occupations and vocational guidance.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. trace modern developments in one of the following areas as part of a workshop in career and technical education: vocational and technical education programs; local vocational education and administration and supervision, agriculture, home economics, trades and industries, business and office occupations, health occupations, technical occupations, marketing and distributive occupations and vocational guidance.


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  • EDCT 690 - Cooperative Career & Technical Programs

    (3 units)
    Role of cooperative vocational programs, organization, and implementation.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to student workers by analyzing current law and district policies.
    2. develop the knowledge and ability to plan, execute and evaluate student experiences by examining best practices.
    3. develop appropriate materials (e.g., brochure, website, and media promotion) to promote, support and prepare each stakeholder (business partners/employers, student, parent and teachers) for the work-based experience.
    4. demonstrate understanding of strategies to engage and retain business/community partners by writing a work-based plan with input from a potential work-based learning business partner.


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  • EDCT 774 - Seminar in Career & Technical Education

    (3 units)
    Analysis of the topic and vocational, technical, and industrial education pertaining to curriculum, methodology or evaluation.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. examine historical foundations, reform movements, and current issues in teacher education, including research based programs, program assessment and, if approved, a suggested diagnosis and remediation of the problem topic.


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Cell and Molecular Biology
  

  • CMB 620M - Clinical Human Genetics

    (0 units)
    Formal lectures, problem solving and laboratory experiments. Application of molecular, clinical and cytogenetics to the diagnosis of genetic disease. (Medical School curriculum does not assign credit values for this course.)

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Units of Lecture: 0
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:


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  • CMB 701 - Laboratory Practicum I

    (3 units)
    Intensive laboratory experience in molecular biology research methods. Written reports on each research project required.

    Units of Internship/Practicum: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. carry out an independent research project on a chosen topic.
    2. discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
    3. communicate the results of their research in writing and in oral presentation.


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  • CMB 702 - Laboratory Practicum II

    (3 units)
    Intensive laboratory experience in molecular biology research methods. Written reports on each research project required.

    Units of Internship/Practicum: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. carry out an independent research project on a chosen topic.
    2. discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
    3. communicate the results of their research in writing and in oral presentation.


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  • CMB 703 - Laboratory Practicum III

    (3 units)
    Intensive laboratory experience in molecular biology research methods. Written reports on each research project required.

    Units of Internship/Practicum: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. carry out an independent research project on a chosen topic.
    2. discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
    3. communicate the results of their research in writing and in oral presentation.


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  • CMB 710 - Molecular Cell Biology

    (3 units)
    Essential elements of cell structure and function. Comprehensive and experimental approach to the molecular view of the cell.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explain and interpret current research literature in molecular cell biology using verbal and written analysis.
    2. demonstrate knowledge of cell biology concepts and experimental strategies.
    3. formulate hypotheses, devise experiments to test them, and interpret predicted results.


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  • CMB 730 - Laboratory/Classroom Teaching Practicum

    (0 units)
    Formal classroom teaching and associated duties including two three-hour laboratory sections, TA meetings with the course coordinator and office hours.

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. utilize active teaching and learning.
    2. synthesize effective lesson plans appropriate for college biology course.
    3. develop a teaching portfolio to support and document pedogical applications.


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  • CMB 760 - Advanced Topics in Immunology

    (3 units)
    Current literature review & discussion in selected areas of immunology.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in immunology.
    2. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    3. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 790 - Graduate Seminar

    (1 unit)
    Reports by students on topics of interest in cell and molecular biology.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 2

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. effectively assess professional scientific presentations on recent important findings in cell and developmental biology research.
    2. understand and summarize complex ideas in cell and developmental biology that have been communicated orally.


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  • CMB 793 - Independent Study

    (1 to 6 units)
    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate critical thinking skills relevant to the problems and research discussed.
    2. synthesize orally or in writing as assessed by a presentation and/or written report significance of current topic as presented in this course.
    3. articulate verbally or in writing an understanding of the current status and societal application of special topic presented in this course.


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  • CMB 794A - Colloq Gene Regulation

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Gene regulation.

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 794B - Colloq Virology

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Virology.

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 794C - Colloq Molec Biol Methd

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Molecular biology methodology.

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 794D - Colloq Neoplasia

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Neoplasia.

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 794E - Colloq Horm And Drug Rec

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Hormone and drug receptors.

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 794F - Colloq Immunology

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis or original research in Immunology.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. read and critically evaluate relevant scientific literature in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in the specific topic area of the colloquium section taken.
    3. demonstrate competence in oral communication skills through the delivery of an oral presentation.
    4. demonstrate competence in written communication skills through the preparation of a written report.


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  • CMB 795 - Comprehensive Exam

    (1 unit)
    Course is used by graduate programs to administer comprehensive examinations either as end of program comprehensive examinations or as qualifying examinations for doctoral candidates prior to being advanced to candidacy.

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Units of Independent Study: 1
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. illustrate mastery of literature and subject matter through an oral and written exam or paper in their primary field of inquiry.
    2. develop concise research proposals.
    3. demonstrate the ability to develop and write all components of a competitive grant proposal.


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  • CMB 797 - Thesis

    (1 to 6 units)
    Limited to CMB majors in the master’s program.

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. carry out an advanced, independent research project on a chosen topic.
    2. discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
    3. communicate and defend the results of the thesis [or dissertation] research in writing and in oral presentation.
    4. articulate and follow ethical principles in a scientific context, including professional standards of laboratory practice, the communication of literature research without plagiarism, the crediting of collaborators and standards for co-authorship, and principles of intellectual property.
    5. write research papers for submission to scientific journals.


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  • CMB 799 - Dissertation

    (1 to 24 units)
    Limited to CMB majors in the doctoral program.

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. carry out an advanced, independent research project on a chosen topic.
    2. discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
    3. communicate and defend the results of the thesis [or dissertation] research in writing and in oral presentation.
    4. articulate and follow ethical principles in a scientific context, including professional standards of laboratory practice, the communication of literature research without plagiarism, the crediting of collaborators and standards for co-authorship, and principles of intellectual property.
    5. write research papers for submission to scientific journals.


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  • CMB 899 - Graduate Advisement

    (1 to 4 units)
    Provides access to faculty for continued consultation and advisement. No grade is filed and credits may not be applied to any degree requirements. Limited to 8 credits (2 semester) enrollment. For non-thesis master’s degree students only.

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:


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Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
  

  • CMPP 740 - Neuroeffector Pharmacology

    (3 units)
    Basic topics in neurotransmission including neuromuscular pharmacology and autonomic pharmacology. Methods and current problems applied to the study of neuroeffector systems including nerves and muscles.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate knowledge of the nervous system from an integrated view point that incorporates knowledge from the disciplines of cell biology, molecular biology, neural development, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and neuroscience.
    2. critically discuss experimental approaches in neuroscience research and in studies on neuroeffector mechanisms in particular.
    3. demonstrate understanding of the basis for discovering new paradigms in neuroscience.


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  • CMPP 770 - Research Rotation

    (3 units)
    Research practicum. Limited to CMPP majors.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Units of Internship/Practicum: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct guided research with CMPP faculty in areas of mutual interest.
    2. demonstrate technical expertise using a variety of techniques in Pharmacology and Physiology.
    3. identify a subject of interest and mentor for thesis studies.


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  • CMPP 790 - Seminar

    (1 unit)
    Reports of current research. Limited to CMPP majors.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 8

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct hypothesis driven research.
    2. keep a lab book and prepare written reports.
    3. present research.


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  • CMPP 793 - Independent Study

    (1 to 6 units)
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. evaulate data presented by leading biomedical investigators.
    2. discuss and ask questions on biomedical research.
    3. discuss the impact of seminars research on their own research projects.


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  • CMPP 794 - Colloquium

    (1 unit)
    Presentation and analysis of original research.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 8

    Units of Lecture: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate knowledge of new techniques or protocols to enhance research projects.
    2. develop and learn technology that can be applied to a thesis project.
    3. establish collaborations or new mentorship for a project.


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  • CMPP 795 - Comprehensive Examination

    (1 unit)
    Course is used by graduate programs to administer comprehensive examinations either as an end of program comprehensive examination or as a qualifying examination for doctoral candidates prior to being advanced to candidacy.

    Grading Basis: S/U only
    Units of Independent Study: 1
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically analyze published research.
    2. present and summarize published research.
    3. develop team skills in analyzing published data.


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  • CMPP 797 - Thesis

    (1 to 6 units)
    Limited to CMPP majors.

    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop a hypothesis driven biomedical research proposal.
    2. write a NIH style RO1 grant proposal.
    3. present and defend a biomedical research proposal.


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  • CMPP 798 - Translational Bioinformatics for Precision Medicine

    (3 units)
    Emphasis on computational strategies to analyze the omics data obtained from animal models or human patients. Learn how computational approaches are applied to optimize the development of diagnostic/prognostic tools for precision medicine.

    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. use R programming to perform basic statistical analysis.
    2. use basic computational methods to investigate the omics data obtained from animal models or human patients.
    3. demonstrate knowledge of how bioinformatical approaches are applied to optimize the development of diagnostic/prognostic tools for precision medicine.


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