2022-2023 Academic Catalog

May 16, 2024

2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

LEC — Lecture
LAB — Laboratory
DIS — Distance Education
CLN — Clinic
EX — Experiential
IND — Individual Study
SD — Studio

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Information Technology Systems
	ITS 45000 - Software Assurance Prerequisite(s): ITS 34000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers defensive programming techniques, bounds analysis, error handling, advanced testing techniques, detailed code auditing, and software specification in a trusted assured environment. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	ITS 45200 - Computer Forensics Prerequisite(s): ITS 35200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the techniques used in the forensic analysis of computerized systems for gathering evidence to detail how a system has been exploited or used. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	ITS 45400 - Assured Systems Design And Implementation Prerequisite(s): ITS 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR ITS 45200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the design and implementation of assured systems in an enterprise environment. Topics include hardening of operating systems, choice of platforms, design criteria within the assured systems domain. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned. Typically offered Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	ITS 45800 - Advanced Topics In Cyber Forensics Practices Prerequisite(s): ITS 45200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit hours: 3.00. Discover and analyze electronic evidences from computers, networks, and disk images. Students learn how to examine and recover data from digital information systems, core forensic procedures for any operating or file system, understanding technical issues in acquiring digital evidence and how to conduct forensically sound examinations to preserve evidence for admission and use legal proceeding. The following topics will be covered: operating systems forensic, cloud forensics, network forensics, applied decryption. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 46200 - Application Integration Prerequisite(s): ITS 36200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND ITS 36400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers application integration methods using service oriented computing and various publicly available application programming interfaces (APIs), integration of disparate enterprise and Web applications, implementing interfaces between platforms and applications. Topics include data exchange formats, APIs for processing data of different formats, service creation and service consumption, as well as the latest developments in application integration. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	ITS 46600 - Data Visualization Technology Prerequisite(s): (ITS 14000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR CS 12300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND STAT 30100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the principles and development techniques for creating effective and interactive visualization applications to explore data sets from a wide range of fields including, but not limited to, scientific, medical, engineering, sports, web and social network. Students will utilize industry standard software development toolkits to represent the data sets visually to gain insight with data, explore the data, and communicate the observations and results with other people, through hands-on laboratories and projects. Topics include development of visualization software for numerical data, textual data, time-series data, network and graph data, geospatial data, medical and scientific data, and visualization for Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 47000 - Large Scale High Performance Systems Prerequisite(s): ITS 36500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the concept of high performance computing for big data processing and analysis. This course covers high performance computing tools including distributed system concept, practical techniques and applications. Students will learn distributed machine learning system with tools in various structures and utilize them for data processing and analysis through lectures, hands-on laboratories, and projects. Topics that will be included in this course are high performance computing tools, distributed system structures, open source data tools and implementation, data analysis, and more. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 47200 - Network Design And Implementation Prerequisite(s): ITS 37200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the design and implementation of enterprise level networks. Topics include network topologies, protocols, technologies, services, design and architecture, and implementation of the network design. Extensive laboratory exercises are assigned. Typically offered Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	ITS 47800 - Advanced Topics In Cyber Security Practices Prerequisite(s): ITS 35000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an advanced course on cybersecurity for the undergraduate Computer Information Technology Program. This course covers information security governance and risk management, NIST risk management framework RMF, NIST business continuity standard, ethical hacking and penetration testing process, web-based hacking, wireless and network hacking, malware analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 48000 - IT Project Development And Management Prerequisite(s): ITS 35000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ITS 36000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ITS 37000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ITS 37200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the planning, design, selection, and project management of information technology systems. The course contains the development of requirements, configuration of hardware and software, management of the procurement and implementation process, performance requirements, contract negotiations, and legal issues within a comprehensive project. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 49000 - Senior Project Undergraduate Research Prerequisite(s): ITS 37200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ITS 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ITS 46200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This capstone course brings together the different domains of Information Technology. The course contains topics of distributed application development, networking, information assurance and security that integrate around an unconstrained problem of substantial complexity with an undefined solution and the implementation of the design solution. Typically offered Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	ITS 49900 - Topics In Information Technology IV Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course covers topics in information technology or security topics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 52000 - Applied Machine Learning Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the theory and technologies used in developing web applications in the context of eCommerce, social media, big data, information retrieval and analytics, the internet of things, web security, and other emerging web issues. Issues related to web application development, management, and security are also discussed. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 53000 - Practical Deep Learning Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the theory and technologies related to deep learning. In particular, the course focuses on the following topics: neural networks and hidden layers; issues with designing deep neural networks; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); recurrent neural networks (RNNs); generative adversarial networks (GANs); batch optimization; word embeddings; and other special topics. Graduate, professional or senior status required. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 53100 - High Performance Computing And Big Data Credit Hours: 3.00. High Performance Computing (HPC) has played an important role in the field of Artificial Intelligence due to its computation ability to the large size of data. This course will cover the current techniques applied to HPC and applications to Big Data analysis problems. The topics that will be covered in this course are parallel computing concepts and techniques and distributed Machine Learning using open-source distributed Machine Learning software packages. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	ITS 55000 - Biometrics For Cyber Security Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover the fundamental concepts and design implications required to implement biometric systems. Key approaches and machine learning techniques specific to vision based, speech based, and behavioral based biometric systems will be discussed. Biometric system performance evaluation and issues related to security and privacy will also be addressed. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 55100 - Principles Of Information Assurance Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers information security governance and risk management, access control, security architecture and design, physical security, telecommunication and network security, wireless security, cryptographic, Virtualization and cloud security, supply chain security, critical infrastructure security, business continuity, legal issues, application security and software development assurance, security operations, security policy, security management, ethical hacking and penetration testing. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 55200 - Digital Forensics Techniques Credit Hours: 3.00. Identifying, preserving and extracting electronic evidences from computers, networks, and mobile devices. Students learn how to examine and recover data from digital information systems, core forensic procedures for any operating or file system, understanding technical issues in acquiring evidence and how to conduct forensically sound examinations to preserve evidence for admission and use legal proceedings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 55300 - Software Security And Secure Programming Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers software security goals, threats and threat modeling, software design principles, fundamental programming security (input validation, expression and numeric types and operations), object oriented software design and security, network and concurrency software programming and security, platform security. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 55400 - Intrusion Detection And Prevention Systems Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover the fundamental concepts and design implications required to develop and implement intrusion detection and prevention systems that address security violations in computer systems. Topics to be covered include: main classes of attacks against computer systems, taxonomy and architecture of intrusion detection and prevention systems, network traffic analysis and feature extraction algorithms, signature and anomaly based techniques, key heuristic based and machine learning based techniques and algorithms for intrusion detection. Intrusion detection and prevention systems performance evaluation and issues related to security and defense in depth will also be addressed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 56000 - Database Management Security Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar course covers the concepts of security as it applies to data and database security, including auditing methods using Oracle and SQL server. The course is an appropriate entry-level graduate course for interdisciplinary students. Students should have taken mid-level database, security, and programming classes as an undergraduate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 56200 - Database Administration Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar course covers the concepts of database administration, including topics such as architecture, advanced data management, and performance monitoring. The course is an appropriate entry-level graduate course for interdisciplinary students. Students should have taken mid-level database and programming classes as an undergraduate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 56400 - Datawarehousing And Business Intelligence Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar course covers data warehousing and business intelligence concepts, with an emphasis on dimensional modeling as it applies to business intelligence. The course is an appropriate entry-level graduate course for interdisciplinary students. Students should have taken mid-level database and programming classes as an undergraduate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 56600 - Database Object-Oriented Modeling And Architecture Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar course covers the concepts of database modeling and architecture including topics as relational modeling, advanced object-oriented modeling and object persistence. Course may be offered as classroom-based, distance or hybrid format. Prerequisite: Graduate student standing or senior status with the consent of instructor. Graduate students without an ITS background may be required to take additional leveling courses. Instructor permission required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 56800 - Database Application Integration Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar course covers the concepts of database application and integration including topics as transactional processing, data integrity and integration with the web. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 57000 - Principles Of Computer Networks And Communications Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the advanced topics in computer networks and communications, which will cover information theory, signal and noise analysis, advanced encoding schemes, modulation, multiplexing, wireless spectrum characteristics including various wireless networks, routing algorithm and protocol, transport layer protocols, client and server protocols, network security and performance. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 58100 - Workshop In Computer Information Technology Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Advanced study of technical and professional topics. Emphasis is on new development relating to technical, operational, and training aspects of industry and technology education. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITS 59000 - Special Problems In Computer Information Technology Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Intensive individual study of selected current developments and issues in Computer Information Technology. A faculty sponsor is required for this course. Does not substitute for either M.S. thesis or M. S. project credit. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Interdisciplinary Studies
	IDIS 10001 - Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Credit Hours: 0.00. Applied Experiential research opportunity in student’s major field and one other discipline, guided by a classroom instructor. Research opportunity requiring 15 hours more or less of experiential research activity during the semester. Must be taken with a credit course in the major requiring a research paper or research project. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	IDIS 10600 - Introduction To Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3.00. An interdisciplinary course introducing students to the study of gender as a category for social and cultural analysis. Examines how ideas about sexual and gender differences have shaped experiences in a global society. Explores construction of gender roles and sexuality; biological arguments about gender and sexuality; the interplay of gender with sexuality, class, race/ethnicity, and nationality; the ways gender shapes families, workplaces, and other institutions. Assists students in learning about theories of gender and methods of analysis in order to formulate questions about gender as it relates to their on-going work in various disciplines across the curriculum. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	IDIS 26000 - Underclass Seminar In Science And Society Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Seminar for majors in the curriculum in science and culture and others. The seminar will approach special problems in the area. Choice of problem areas will determine structure of the seminar. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	IDIS 49000 - Directed Reading in Interdisciplinary Studies Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	IDIS 49100 - Special Topics In Interdisciplinary Studies Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Special topics or projects under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Italian
	ITAL 10100 - Italian Level I Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITAL 10200 - Italian Level II Prerequisite(s): ITAL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of ITAL 10100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITAL 20100 - Italian Level III Prerequisite(s): ITAL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of ITAL 10200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	ITAL 20200 - Italian Level IV Prerequisite(s): ITAL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Japanese
	JPNS 10100 - Japanese Level I Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00. A basic study of standard Japanese. Students will be introduced to spoken and written forms of the language from the beginning. Language form and use are equally emphasized. Relevant cultural aspects. Hiragana, Katakana, and 85 Kanji. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	JPNS 10200 - Japanese Level II Prerequisite(s): JPNS 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00. A continuation of the study of elementary Japanese. Task-oriented activities will be incorporated to encourage language use as well as pattern practice for linguistic accuracy. Relevant cultural aspects will be introduced. 120 Kanji. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	JPNS 20100 - Japanese Level III Prerequisite(s): JPNS 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00. A study of intermediate Japanese. Occasional use of authentic materials for listening and reading practice. Task-oriented exercises, communicative activities, and pattern practice are used to facilitate learning of the spoken and written language. 110 Kanji. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	JPNS 20200 - Japanese Level IV Prerequisite(s): JPNS 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00. A continuation of intermediate Japanese. Active use of authentic materials for listening and reading practice. Task-oriented exercises, communicative activities, and pattern practice for learning of the spoken and written language. 150 Kanji. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Latin
	LATN 10100 - Latin Level I Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to classical Latin language. Focus on grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and elementary readings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	LATN 10200 - Latin Level II Credit Hours: 3.00. Second semester introduction to Latin. Focus on grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and elementary readings in classical Latin and the language of the Vulgate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Latin American Literature Studies
	LALS 10100 - Introduction To Latin American Studies Credit Hours: 3.00. This course outlines the political, social, cultural, and historical dimensions of Latin America organized in thematic units. Topics cover from the cultural heritage of Spain and the pre-Spanish civilizations to contemporary Latin America. Course conducted in English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: Humanities View Class Schedule
Latin American Studies
	LAS 20100 - The Hispanic American Experience Credit Hours: 3.00. Dimensions of the Hispanic American experience, including history, education, politics, psychology, economics, religion, social organization, and art are covered in the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	LAS 33000 - United States And Latin America Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will explore political, economic and social aspects of relations between the United States and various Latin American nations from independence to the present. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 37300 - The Caribbean Credit Hours: 3.00. Will explore various topics and issues unique to the Caribbean. Emphasis will be placed on European and African influence on the complex nature of Caribbean history, languages and literature, societies and cultures. Students may take the course for credit in either Latin American Studies or History, but not both. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 37600 - Latin American Cinema Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of films produced in Latin America or addressing Latin American topics/issues. Students will engage in critical analysis of the films, and expect to develop greater understanding of the social context of subjects introduced. May include documentaries or feature films. Approximately two hours each week will be devoted to viewing films, and two hours to class lecture/discussion. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 37700 - Latino/Hispanic Cinema Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of films produced by Hispanic-Americans and/or depicting the Hispanic American experience. Students will engage in critical analysis of the films, and expect to develop greater understanding of the social context of subjects introduced. May include documentaries or feature films. Approximately two hours each week will be devoted to viewing films, and two hours to class lecture/discussion. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 39000 - Latin American Themes Of Culture, Politics And Economy Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics addressed will include general themes of culture and political economy in Latin America. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 45000 - Hispanic Heritage At The Calumet Region Credit Hours: 3.00. An exploration of the history of Hispanic immigration into the Calumet Region. The course will include an examination of cultural diversity, politics, community organizations, and contributions of local Hispanic-Americans. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LAS 47200 - History Of Mexico Credit Hours: 3.00. A history of the Mexican people from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the successful social revolutions that led to the development of today’s dynamic nation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	LAS 49000 - Topics In Latin American Studies Credit Hours: 3.00. Special topics course designed to address various subjects. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
Liberal Studies
	LBST 23500 - Introduction To Great Issues Credit Hours: 3.00 The course focuses on some of the fundamental questions facing humankind throughout the ages. Students will also develop reading, writing and critical thinking skills. The course is open to everyone and serves as a gateway course to the Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree. Typically offered in the Fall, Spring and Summer General Education: Humanities View Class Schedule
	LBST 43500 - Great Issues I Credit Hours: 3.00. A consideration of major issues affecting humankind from the perspective of our total experience, with an emphasis on the historical unfolding of those issues and great thinkers’ answers to them from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Focus includes discussions of moral decision-making, political systems, aesthetics, religion and spirituality, reality, knowledge, human nature and the meaning of life. Open to all students with junior, senior or graduate standing. Typically offered Fall, Spring and Summer. View Class Schedule
	LBST 43600 - Great Issues II Credit Hours: 3.00. A consideration of major issues affecting humankind from the perspective of our total experience, with an emphasis on the historical unfolding of those issues and great thinkers’ answers to them from the Renaissance to the present day. Focus includes Discussions of moral decision-making, political systems, aesthetics, religion and spirituality, reality, knowledge, human nature and the meaning of life. Open to all students with junior, senior or graduate standing. Typically offered Fall, Spring and Summer View Class Schedule
Lithuanian
	LTHN 10100 - Lithuanian Level I Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to basic skills in the language. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	LTHN 10200 - Lithuanian Level II Prerequisite(s): LTHN 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of Lithuanian 101. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
Management
	MGMT 25400 - Legal Foundations Of Business I Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination and study, for management students, of the nature and place of law in our society, both national and international, the social and moral bases of law enactment, regulation of business, legal liability, enforcement procedures, and the legal environment for managers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 32300 - Principles Of Marketing Credit Hours: 3.00. This course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of marketing concepts that are useful to managers in a variety of applications including the marketing of consumer products, marketing of services, business-to-business marketing, and the marketing challenges that arise in not-for-profit organizations. Marketing involves identifying customer needs, then satisfying those needs by offering the right product and/or service at an acceptable price, making it available to customers through appropriate distribution channels, and promoting it in ways that motivate purchase as much as possible. The course serves as a foundation for marketing knowledge in general. No credit for students in the School of Management, except economics majors. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50010 - Foundations Of Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 1.00 to 2.00. The primary objective of this course is to provide a broad overview of financial accounting. The four basic financial statements are discussed which include balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows. The components that make up each statement will also be covered to include assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, revenue and expenses. Upon completion of this course, students will have an understanding of the fundamental accounting concepts and how financial information is used by various internal and external decision makers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50100 - Advanced Taxation Prerequisite(s): MGMT 40400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in federal income taxation, with an in-depth study of corporations and partnerships. Additional topics will include professional responsibility, tax planning, and basic tax research. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50220 - Accounting Communications Credit Hours: 3.00. This course emphasizes the important elements of communications: written, oral, email, and “body language.” It is a project oriented class with both group and individual projects. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50300 - Advanced Accounting Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced course in financial accounting. A range of contemporary issues in financial reporting, such as business combinations, investments, consolidations, inflation, multinationals, and tax allocation are covered. Both technical proficiency and user applications are emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50400 - Tax Accounting Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic tax course designed to provide an understanding of the various federal taxes, including income, gift, estate, excise, federal insurance contribution, self-employment, and unemployment taxes. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50500 - Management Accounting II Prerequisite(s): MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. The focus of the course is managerial decision making and the economic role of information. Topics covered include decentralized financial performance evaluation, cost analysis, and financial planning and control systems. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50600 - Auditing Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the concepts and procedures of auditing, which is the systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events. Primary emphasis is on audits conducted by independent certified public accountants, but topics covered apply to internal auditing as well. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50700 - Advanced Federal Income Taxes Prerequisite(s): MGMT 50400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced course in federal income taxes, with a brief study of gift and estate taxes. Some issues covered in MGMT 50400 are studied in more depth, particularly taxation of corporations and partnerships. The course, which is taught in seminar format, gives the student considerable practice in doing tax research and reporting conclusions. It is especially appropriate for the student entering a career in a tax environment. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50800 - Accounting For Non-Profit Organizations Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. An accounting course for non-profit organizations. Topics include accounting for non-profit hospitals, colleges, and universities, federal governmental accounting, and auditing concepts for governmental entities. Also covered is analysis of not-for-profit and governmental financial statements. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 50900 - International Accounting Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides insight into and an understanding of the many accounting problems and issues faced in an international business environment. The material is approached from two compatible and overlapping perspectives: the perspective of accounting or financial management in a U.S. multinational corporation and the perspective of an investor interested in understanding the international business environment. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51040 - Tax Practice And Standards Credit Hours: 3.00. Tax Practice And Standards is an intensive study of Federal taxation of Individuals, Federal taxation of Businesses, and Representation before the Internal Revenue Service. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51120 - Tax For Managers Credit Hours: 3.00. This advanced taxation course introduces topics of primary interest to management and discrete tax professionals including payroll tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, occupancy tax, and unclaimed property. The course approach is through the perspective of a new business exploring administrative, compliance, and common issues for each subject area conducted through hands-on case studies procured from actual client work. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51200 - Financial Institutions And Markets Prerequisite(s): MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MGMT 61000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MGMT 61100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of management policy of financial institutions, including liquidity management, liability management, asset management, and capital management; description of the legal, economic, and regulatory environments and their implications for management. Emphasis on commercial bank management. Not open to students with credit in MGMT 41200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51500 - Fraud Investigation Prerequisite(s): MGMT 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Develops an understanding of how and why occupational fraud occurs. This course focuses upon how fraudulent conduct may be deterred and how allegations of fraud should be investigated. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51600 - Investment Management Prerequisite(s): MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MGMT 61000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MGMT 61100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Treatment of problems of portfolio analysis, capital markets, and securities investment selection. Theoretical development and practical applications at the level of the individual decision maker. Not open to students with credit in MGMT 44500. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51700 - Fraud Data Analysis Prerequisite(s): MGMT 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Develops an understanding of various aspects of IT auditing and fraud data analysis. This course covers the IT audit process to identify sources of fraud and to identify risks associated with information technology assurance. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51800 - Criminology And Legal Issues Prerequisite(s): MGMT 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on the topics of psychological and sociological theories of behavior as they relate to white collar crime. Develops an understanding of techniques and legal procedures associated with interviewing individuals associated with cases to support investigations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 51900 - Advanced Fraud Investigation Prerequisite(s): MGMT 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 3.00. A capstone course in Fraud Investigation. The course covers major fraud case investigation, with an emphasis on forensic and litigation support aspects. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 52010 - Foundations Of Marketing Credit Hours: 1.00 to 2.00. The objectives of this course are to expose students to the problems commonly found by marketing managers and develop skills in analyzing marketing problems and prepare implementable plans of action based on the analyses of the given business situations. Marketing decision-making will explore the product, price, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 52600 - Commercial Law Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses primarily on the law of ownership, forms of business organizations, the uniform commercial code as it relates to sales, commercial paper and secured transactions, governmental regulation of business, and accountant’s liability. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 52700 - Accounting Theory Credit Hours: 3.00. Important accounting constructs (such as assets, liabilities, cost) are defined, and measurement issues are discussed. Generally accepted accounting principle concepts, principles, and assumptions are examined. The value of information via an examination of various theories of information and decision making, including psychological theories and theories of ethical decision making are considered. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 53010 - Foundations Of Business Law Credit Hours: 1.00 to 2.00. A review of the operation of our legal system and its significance in managerial decision making. Topics may include: legal heritage, courts and jurisdiction, liability, contracts, forms of business organization and investor protections, negotiable instruments and Uniform Commercial Code. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 53400 - Accounting Practice Prerequisite(s): MGMT 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 40400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 40600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 40700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 4.00. Presents a view of the various accounting, legal, and regulatory subjects expected to be tested on the uniform CPA exam. Topics covered include financial accounting and reporting, auditing, business environment and concepts, and business regulation. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 54400 - Database Management Systems Prerequisite(s): MGMT 29000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 3.00. Covers the theory and practice of database design and usage. Students will learn the importance of data modeling concepts and how to use these effectively and how to plan and design a database, including issues such as data security and control. The following course is recommended: MGMT 29000 Programming for Business Applications or CS 15900 or CS 17700 or CNIT 17500, all with a C- or higher. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 54600 - Decision Support And Expert Systems Credit Hours: 3.00. Since a large percentage of societal and management problems can be characterized as relatively unstructured, this course explores how computers can be used to aid decision makers in dealing with unstructured, as well as structured, problems. Appropriate material from knowledge representation, artificial intelligence, and language theory is considered. Applications selected from environmental management and strategic planning in large organizations are used to illustrate theoretical ideas. Since the key computer software tool is database management, a development of the CODASYL approach to data management is presented. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 55100 - Unified Modeling Language Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to Unified Modeling Language (UML) modeling and major UML diagrams and how to apply them within object-oriented (OO) environments. Topics include UML basics, OO system analysis and design, development process, and UML diagrams. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 55200 - Mentoring And Socialization Credit Hours: 2.00. Students learn about the employee socialization process through case studies, discussion, and presentations. In addition, students receive practical experience through participation in a mentoring program for new students. Class discussions and presentations evolve from students’ mentoring experiences, and guest speakers provide real-world perspective on new employee programs. The course helps students develop skills in mediation, leadership, conflict management, and communication. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 55600 - Advanced Financial Reporting Prerequisite(s): ACC 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR FIN 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on financial statement analysis and interpretation of financial disclosures to help decision making and forecasting. It includes financial statement analysis, revenue recognition, asset recognition, liability recognition, and equity recognition. The course utilizes a combination of lectures, class discussions, numerical exercises and group assignment. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 56001 - Master Of Accountancy Program Assessment Credit Hours: 0.00. Students will be required to engage in assessment activities such as the Accounting and Business case Study, core Business Knowledge Exam, and Master of Accountancy Exit Survey as determined by the Faculty of the College of Business. This is a zero credit curse but is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Students are required to take this course during their final semester of the MAcc Program. There are two aspects to the MAcc assessment: (1) Major Fields Test (MFT), which requires the completion of an individual standardized assessment covering general business knowledge, and (2) Assurance of learning (individual) case covering globalization, corporate social responsibility, critical thinking, and written communication. The assessments are administered by the Graduate Curriculum Committee. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 58010 - Foundations Of Information Technology Credit Hours: 1.00 to 2.00. An overview of the use of Information Systems in the modern, global corporate environment. Students will be introduced to software such as spreadsheets and data bases that will be utilized in subsequent courses in the MBA program. The ultimate goal is to bring all students up to the level of technological competency they need to succeed in this program. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 59000 - Directed Readings In Management Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette, North Central) 2.00 to 4.00 (Calumet) Supervised reading and reports in various subjects. Open only to a limited number of seniors and graduate students. . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 60000 - Accounting For Managers Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) The two-course accounting sequence employs a user’s perspective on the firm’s database. First, the standard accounting model is developed into a working tool, as no prior study of accounting is assumed. Then illustrative business cases are discussed to show how external reports conform to financial contracts and public regulation. Public reports primarily directed to investors and creditors are analyzed to reconstruct the economic events and managerial decisions underlying generally accepted accounting standards. Prerequisite: Masters student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 60100 - Managerial Accounting Prerequisite(s): MGMT 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (North Central) Oriented to managers, the course examines the firm’s internal systems for costing products or services and their interpretation. A variety of manufacturing and service industries are studies to demonstrate design of flexible cost systems to match the firm’s technological, competitive and/or multinational environments. Applications to budgeting, variance analysis, pricing models, performance evaluation and incentives are demonstrated. Case discussion and analytical “what if” modes of instruction are used to enhance managerial skills of students. Design and use of accounting data are linked to other subjects in the program core and to ethical aspects of accounting policy issues. Prerequisite: MGMT 60000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 60600 - Seminar In External Reporting I Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Seminar examines research issues on the production, dissemination, and use of financial accounting information for economic decisions by external users. The materials covered are primarily empirically oriented. The aim is to expose students to these issues as they are covered in the accounting and related literature. Prerequisite: ECON 60000. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 60800 - Selected Research Topics In Accounting Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. (West Lafayette, North Central) Credit Hours: 3.00. (Calumet) Individual and group study of current research problems in accounting. A limited set of problem areas will be covered in any one offering. Emphasis will be placed on current substantive problems and the research methods employed. Prerequisite: MGMT 60100. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 61100 - Advanced Corporate Finance Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4 .00 (West Lafayette, Calumet) 3.00 (North Central) Long-term capital structure planning, capital budgeting, treatment of uncertainty in investment decisions, security underwriting, dividend policies, and mergers. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 61200 - Financial Management III Prerequisite(s): MGMT 61100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) Further treatment of topics in the financial management of nonfinancial corporations, from the viewpoint of the internal financial officer. Topics include further coverage of cost of capital and financial planning, as well as cash management, working capital management, short-term financing, advanced capital budgeting, and leasing. Emphasis on applications. Continuation of MGMT 611 with additional depth and topic coverage. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 61400 - Investments Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Examination of the process of asset valuation. Emphasis on portfolio analysis, security selection, risk-return relationships, and performance evaluation. Additional topics considered include security analysis, option pricing and analysis, futures contracts, and security market operations. Typically offered Spring Fall. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 61500 - International Financial Management Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet) Integrative course dealing with the management of firms doing business internationally. Emphasis on decision making. Will draw upon, and adapt, managerial decision models developed for domestic operations, as well as cover appropriate international institutional material. Particular focus on finance and strategic management. Prerequisites: ECON 51500. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	MGMT 62000 - Marketing Management Credit Hours: 2.00. to 4.00 (West Lafayette and Calumet) 3.00 (North Central) An integrated analysis of major marketing decisions, including product pricing, advertising, distribution, and sales force policies. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule

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Schedule Type Classifications

ITS 45000 - Software Assurance

ITS 45200 - Computer Forensics

ITS 45400 - Assured Systems Design And Implementation

ITS 45800 - Advanced Topics In Cyber Forensics Practices

ITS 46200 - Application Integration

ITS 46600 - Data Visualization Technology

ITS 47000 - Large Scale High Performance Systems

ITS 47200 - Network Design And Implementation

ITS 47800 - Advanced Topics In Cyber Security Practices

ITS 48000 - IT Project Development And Management

ITS 49000 - Senior Project Undergraduate Research

ITS 49900 - Topics In Information Technology IV

ITS 52000 - Applied Machine Learning

ITS 53000 - Practical Deep Learning

ITS 53100 - High Performance Computing And Big Data

ITS 55000 - Biometrics For Cyber Security

ITS 55100 - Principles Of Information Assurance

ITS 55200 - Digital Forensics Techniques

ITS 55300 - Software Security And Secure Programming

ITS 55400 - Intrusion Detection And Prevention Systems

ITS 56000 - Database Management Security

ITS 56200 - Database Administration

ITS 56400 - Datawarehousing And Business Intelligence

ITS 56600 - Database Object-Oriented Modeling And Architecture

ITS 56800 - Database Application Integration

ITS 57000 - Principles Of Computer Networks And Communications

ITS 58100 - Workshop In Computer Information Technology

ITS 59000 - Special Problems In Computer Information Technology

IDIS 10001 - Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research

IDIS 10600 - Introduction To Gender Studies

IDIS 26000 - Underclass Seminar In Science And Society

IDIS 49000 - Directed Reading in Interdisciplinary Studies

IDIS 49100 - Special Topics In Interdisciplinary Studies

ITAL 10100 - Italian Level I

ITAL 10200 - Italian Level II

ITAL 20100 - Italian Level III

ITAL 20200 - Italian Level IV

JPNS 10100 - Japanese Level I

JPNS 10200 - Japanese Level II

JPNS 20100 - Japanese Level III

JPNS 20200 - Japanese Level IV

LATN 10100 - Latin Level I

LATN 10200 - Latin Level II

LALS 10100 - Introduction To Latin American Studies

LAS 20100 - The Hispanic American Experience

LAS 33000 - United States And Latin America

LAS 37300 - The Caribbean

LAS 37600 - Latin American Cinema

LAS 37700 - Latino/Hispanic Cinema

LAS 39000 - Latin American Themes Of Culture, Politics And Economy

LAS 45000 - Hispanic Heritage At The Calumet Region

LAS 47200 - History Of Mexico

LAS 49000 - Topics In Latin American Studies

LBST 23500 - Introduction To Great Issues

LBST 43500 - Great Issues I

LBST 43600 - Great Issues II

LTHN 10100 - Lithuanian Level I

LTHN 10200 - Lithuanian Level II

MGMT 25400 - Legal Foundations Of Business I

MGMT 32300 - Principles Of Marketing

MGMT 50010 - Foundations Of Financial Accounting

MGMT 50100 - Advanced Taxation

MGMT 50220 - Accounting Communications

MGMT 50300 - Advanced Accounting

MGMT 50400 - Tax Accounting

MGMT 50500 - Management Accounting II

MGMT 50600 - Auditing

MGMT 50700 - Advanced Federal Income Taxes

MGMT 50800 - Accounting For Non-Profit Organizations

MGMT 50900 - International Accounting

MGMT 51040 - Tax Practice And Standards

MGMT 51120 - Tax For Managers

MGMT 51200 - Financial Institutions And Markets

MGMT 51500 - Fraud Investigation

MGMT 51600 - Investment Management

MGMT 51700 - Fraud Data Analysis

MGMT 51800 - Criminology And Legal Issues

MGMT 51900 - Advanced Fraud Investigation