2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 30, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


For schedule and detailed course information, including schedule types, please see the Class Schedule and Course Descriptions webpage.

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
 

Management

  
  • MGMT 62200 - Marketing Strategy


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 62000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 or 4.00 (Calumet) 3.00 (North Central) Key aspects of marketing strategy formulation and implementation are covered, including customer needs assessment, targeting, and positioning strategies in a competitive market. A managerial perspective allows development of decision-making skills necessary for successful marketing strategies. Prerequisite: MGMT 62000, 62100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 62500 - Marketing Research


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet) Application of statistical and other quantitative concepts to marketing management problems. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 63000 - Legal And Social Foundations Of Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) An examination of the nature of the legal environment from the viewpoint of the social and moral bases of law. Emphasis is given to the operation of our legal system and its significance in decision functions of management. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.


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  • MGMT 63700 - Marketing Communications


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 62000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MGMT 62200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Familiarizes students with two critical means of marketing communications: advertising and sales promotion. Provides knowledge that will help students make effective marketing communications decisions, either as a brand/product manager, advertising agency executive, or sales manager. Prerequisite: MGMT 62000, 62200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 65000 - Strategic Management I


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 61200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 62200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Concepts and methods that integrate previous training in functional areas of management. The perspective is that of the general manager charged with directing the total enterprise. Emphasis is given to formulation and implementation of strategy. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000, 62000, Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 65500 - Competitive Strategy


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 65000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Examines how firms obtain and sustain superior returns through the development and implementation of a competitive strategy at the business-unit level. Focus is on strategies that develop and exploit two sources of superior returns: unique value-creating resources (e.g., patents, brand equity, operational capabilities), and powerful positions in markets and supply chains. Participants are expected to be familiar with basic competitive strategy concepts and tools, such as five-forces analysis, the value chain, and generic strategies. Presents a more analytical perspective of strategy, drawing from game theory. Prerequisites: MGMT 65000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 66000 - Introduction To Operations Management


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 61100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 62000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MGMT 67000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) As goods and services are produced and distributed, they move through a set of inter-related operations or processes in order to match supply with demand. The design of these operations for strategic advantage, investment in improving their efficiency and effectiveness, and controlling these operations to meet performance objectives is the domain of Operations Management. The primary objective of the course is to provide an overview of this important functional area of business. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000, 67100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 66600 - International Business


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. This course focuses on the opportunities and threats of the complex environment of international business, with an emphasis on the unique problems involved in managing international operations. Main topics include the relevance of the foreign economic, political, legal, international trade issues, the cultural environment, international market analysis, foreign exchange risk management, international human resource management, and import/export transactions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 66800 - International Business Practicum


    Credit Hour: 2.00. International business practicum, in the form of a study abroad. Practicum is field-based and involves the completion of team and individual projects about businesses in the destination country. The projects address a current and significant problem identified by the firms during the visit. Students work in teams, effectively demonstrating interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as communication abilities appropriate in a collaborative business setting. The international travel component is preceded by an extensive review of recent literature featuring case studies and primary research about businesses in the destination country or region. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 67000 - Business Analytics


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Introduction to quantitative decision procedures under uncertainty. Applications of descriptive statistics, probability models, simulation models, interval estimates, and hypothesis testing to management problems. Managerial-oriented cases are used in instruction. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MGMT 67100 - Quantitative Methods II


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 67000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 2.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central). A continuation of Quantitative Methods I. Applications of regression procedure, forecasting technique, and statistical design of experiment method to management problems. Managerial-oriented cases are used throughout the course. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MGMT 67200 - Advanced Business Analytics


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Quantitative decision procedures under uncertainty applied to business problems. Basic concepts in econometrics and multivariate analysis are studied. Several managerial-oriented case studies are used to illustrate estimation, testing, and regression procedures. Prerequisite: MGMT 67100, Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Summer Spring.


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  • MGMT 67301 - Data Preparation & Visualization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course topics will include data visualization best practices, live and interactive dashboard development, and data storytelling. The course will also show students how to shape, blend, and join various data sources in order to provide useful information.


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  • MGMT 67401 - Decision Analytics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Covers up-to-date and practical spreadsheet modeling tools, which can be applied to a wide variety of business problems in finance, marketing, and operations. Consists of simulation modeling techniques to analyze risk and uncertainties in business environment, optimization techniques to determine the best managerial actions under internally and/or externally-imposed constraints, and real-world examples and cases to demonstrate broad applications of spreadsheet modeling and simulations in manufacturing and service operations, supply chain systems, yield management, asset dynamics, option pricing, etc.


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  • MGMT 68000 - Introduction To Information Technology


    Credit Hours: 2.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) An introduction to the capabilities, limitations, and applications of computers to the business environment. Addresses issues relating to computer hardware and software, data management, problem analysis, and other management information systems (MIS) topics. Students use the computer as programmers, as users of existing software systems, and in the role of managers within business decision-making contexts. Concurrent Prerequisite: MGMT 67000 or 67300. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 68301 - Management Information Systems


    Credit Hours: 2.00. The important technological issues of computing are presented. The emphasis is on the impact of technology on the organization. Topics include problem organization and complexity, database management, operating systems, data communications, and privacy. Research projects on an assigned topic provide greater depth of coverage of certain topics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 68401 - Advanced E-Business Strategy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents an overview of e-business from design to operations of organizations engaging in the fast-paced highly competitive, global environment of e-commerce. Topics include the impact of e-business, strategic use of IT for competitive advantage, e-business impact on organization, globalization, and the impact on options created through applied IT. It is designed for students pursuing leadership roles in defining IT policy and strategy.


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  • MGMT 68500 - Enterprise Integration


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 68000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR MGMT 68300 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Investigates the issues and requirements of enterprise integration; specifically, the issues related to information delivery services to enable cross-functional integration within a distributed computing environment. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • MGMT 68501 - Supply Chain Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Logistics and supply chain management activities have always been vital to organizations of all kinds. This management area, which federates activities as diverse as production, transportation, inventory, warehousing, purchasing, material handling, sales, and customer service, represents a synthesis of methods and techniques coming from traditional business areas of finance, accounting, management, and marketing, as well as business decision-making tools offered by operations research, statistics, and economics. In general, this course covers the major issues in supply chain management, including: definition of a supply chain; role of inventory; advanced production-inventory models; supply contracts; bullwhip effect and information sharing; vendor managed inventories and other distribution strategies; third-party logistics providers; managing product variety; information technology and supply chain management; international issues.


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  • MGMT 69000 - Advanced Problems In Management


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Advanced investigation in a specific management field at the graduate level. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 69500 - MBA Assessment


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Students will be required to engage in assessment activities such as the Business Case Study, Core Business Knowledge Exam, and MBA Exit Survey as determined by the Faculty of the College of Business. This is a zero credit course but is graded Pass/No Pass. Students are required to take this course during their final semester of the MBA Program. Departmental permission required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MGMT 69700 - Management Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00. This course is required as part of the US student visa regulation for international masters students who are doing an internship in the U.S. and want to use Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Even if a student is not being paid, they must sign up for the class. Students will be required to receive the necessary CPT permissions prior to enrolling in the course as well as complete paperwork from the MBA and MS Programs Office. Course can also be taken by students that wish to have an internship transcripted. This course does not apply toward graduation. Students will submit an assessment of their internship experience as part of the course requirements. Does not count toward graduation. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Marketing

  
  • MKG 22400 - Principles Of Marketing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the principles and concepts underlying marketing decisions. The topics covered include distribution channels, pricing, promotion, product, consumer behavior, and environmental influences on marketing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 32400 - Marketing Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The objectives of this course are to expose students to the problems commonly faced by marketing managers and to develop skills in analyzing marketing problems and preparing implementable plans of action based on analyses of given business situations. Cases and a marketing simulation are used to focus the discussion and to reinforce learning of key marketing concepts. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • MKG 39000 - Special Topics: Marketing


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual participation, supervised reading, laboratory or field experiments, or research in special areas of general business marketing field. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 42000 - Paid Digital Marketing Strategy


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an opportunity for students to work on a digital marketing campaign for a real-world client. Students will perform research, formulate strategic conclusions, develop a digital theme, design the creative, outline the media plan, and establish evaluation for the campaign. Heavy emphasis is placed on paid digital placement such as display advertising, search engine advertising options, and paid social ads. Students become certified in Google Analytics to allow them to understand how to measure the success of their paid campaigns. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 42100 - Integrated Marketing Communications


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course integrates advertising, public relations, publicity, personal selling and sales promotion as the overall promotional mix. Various communication methods and tools are treated as variables for use alone or in combination to communicate attributes of products and services to the customer. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 42200 - International Marketing


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the opportunities in global markets and examines the challenges of global marketing. Emphasis is placed on the strategic implications of competition in the markets of various countries. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MKG 42400 - Consumer Behavior


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An analysis of the environmental, social and psychological factors which influence an individual’s buying decisions. The course covers how individual consumers are identified, motivated, and evaluated for use in various marketing activities. Emphasis is placed on the business approach for identifying the consumer’s decision-making process. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MKG 42500 - Marketing Research


    Prerequisite(s): (MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (BUSM 22500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BIA 22500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR STAT 30100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BIZA 22500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is to develop skills in the planning and execution of market research studies designed to acquire useful information for marketing decisions. It aims to familiarize students with techniques of research design, data collection, and analysis. Emphasis is placed on evaluating the results obtained from such investigations. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MKG 42600 - Retailing Management


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Functions of a retail establishment are examined. The topics covered include retail operations planning; buyer behavior, store design, location, and layout; organizing and staffing the retail firm; merchandise management; pricing concepts and strategies; promotion; credit; financial management; and a discussion of the future of retailing. Emphasis is given to significant developments taking place in the major environments of retailing to include social, economic, technological, and legal aspects. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MKG 42700 - Sales Management


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 43300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 38000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organization, management, and operation of the sales force. Examines the recruitment, selection, and processing of the sales force; motivation; forecasting; sales department budgeting; and performance evaluation. Emphasis is given to the management of an outside sales force and its activities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 42900 - Marketing Campaigns


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 43000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 38100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 43100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasizes the preparation of a complete advertising campaign for a business or non-profit organization. The student will be able to integrate marketing research and segmentation, media, and promotion plans, strategy, creative, and presentation in a unified campaign to serve a local or national organization. Typically offered Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 43000 - Advertising Campaigns I


    Prerequisite(s): (MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MKG 42400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 38500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF ) AND (MKG 42500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis on the management of marketing research, segmentation, analysis and campaign strategy for a business or non-profit organization as part of a local or national advertising campaign. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MKG 43100 - Media Planning


    Prerequisite(s): (MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MKG 42400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 38500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MKG 42500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 32500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasize media placement for a marketing campaign through the understanding of media vocabulary, secondary data research and sources, media scheduling and budget allocation, and audience measurement and evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 43300 - Professional Selling


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A detailed exposure to personal selling strategies and tactics. It examines effective selling in the consumer and industrial markets, including an analysis of consumers, motivation and communications, handling objections and closing techniques. The entire sales process is examined, with particular emphasis on relationship selling, planning and delivery of sales presentations, and trust-building techniques. The roles of professional salespeople within their organizations and economic systems are investigated, as are important dimensions of sales careers. Typically offered Fall.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 43400 - Owned Digital Marketing Strategy


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on the structure and power of owned digital marketing platforms, from research through execution. Students will participate in hands-on learning activities utilizing industry resources to analyze websites, social profiles, email management, and other in-house assets.   Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • MKG 43500 - Services Marketing


    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Addresses the distinct needs and challenges of managing services and delivering quality service to customers. The primary focus of the course is on distinctive approaches to marketing strategy, both in its development and execution, for service organizations. This course also addresses the role of service in manufacturing businesses as the basis for attaining a sustained competitive advantage. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 48000 - Marketing Strategy: Capstone


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND MKG 42400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND MKG 42500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the capstone course for marketing majors and should be taken in the last semester by all marketing students. The course integrates material from prior marketing courses and focuses on preparing students to analyze complex marketing situations using analytical tools for marketing and to formulate integrated and data-driven, strategic solutions to marketing problems. It is an intensive course with significant writing assignments to prepare students for the job market.


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  • MKG 48500 - Sports Marketing


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar is designed to introduce students to the complex and diverse nature of sports marketing. A framework will be presented to help explain and organize the strategic sports marketing process. Students will explore not only major league/professional sports marketing, but also minor league, collegiate, and recreational levels of the field. The student will gain an appreciation for the growing popularity of women’s sports and globalization of sports. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 48800 - Advanced Selling


    Prerequisite(s): MKG 43300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBM 38000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course deepens student knowledge and application of the sales process and builds upon the skills learned in the Personal Selling class. Students will hone their selling skills through research driven sales call preparation, complex sales role-plays, and engagement in real world sales calls.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 49000 - Directed Study


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Special subjects for investigation and experiment according to individual student’s interest and need. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MKG 49500 - Internship In Marketing


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. A special course in selected areas of management, designed to provide practical field experience under professional supervision in selected situations. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Summer Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 49501 - Internship In Professional Selling


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. A special course in non-retail professional selling, both business-to-consumer and business-to-business. This course is designed to provide practical experience under professional supervision in selected situations.


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  • MKG 49900 - Undergraduate Research In Marketing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Student will work with a faculty member on a research project in their major. They will contribute to ongoing research while learning current research techniques in management. During this process, the students will develop critical thinking and oral and written communication skills. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MKG 59000 - Directed Readings in Marketing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Special subjects according to individual student’s interest and need. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Materials Engineering

  
  • MSE 20000 - Materials Science


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course designed to provide a basic background in the broad field of materials science. Emphasis placed on the chemical and physical principles underlying the utilization and behavior of metals, alloys ceramics, composites, and aggregates in engineering. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MSE 34400 - Materials In Engineering


    Prerequisite(s): MSE 20000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the structure and mechanical and physical properties of engineering materials. Selection of metals, alloys, plastics, ceramics, and composites for engineering applications. Strengthening methods and environmental effects. Analysis of the failure of materials under load. Laboratory experiments include mechanical testing, metallography, thermal treatment, and failure analysis. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MSE 38500 - Nondestructive Testing


    Prerequisite(s): MSE 20000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PHYS 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles and common application of nondestructive testing methods. The laws of physics are used to evaluate mechanical and physical properties of materials. The NDT methods cover magnetic, penetrants, eddy current, ultrasonic, radiography, and specialized methods. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MSE 59700 - Selected Topics In Materials Engineering


    Arrange Hours and Credit. Hours and credits to be arranged. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Mathematics

  
  • MA 10000 - An Introduction To Mathematical Sciences


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is intended to: integrate freshman mathematics majors into the department; help them adjust to university life; assist them in developing their academic and intellectual capabilities; introduce them to contemporary issues in mathematics; provide an overview of the careers open to those with degrees in mathematics. This course must be taken as pass/no pass only. Credit by examination is not available for this course. Typically offered Fall.
    General Education: First Year Experience


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  • MA 11100 - Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 490 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 18 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 18 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 40

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an algebra review course for students not prepared for MA 15200, 15300, or 15900. Topics covered: real numbers, linear functions, solving linear equations and systems of linear equations, absolute value equations and inequalities, rational expressions, complex numbers, proportions, solving quadratic equations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 11500 - Intermediate Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 490 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 18 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 18 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 040

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is to strengthen and expand student’s basic algebraic skills and problem-solving capabilities and to prepare them for higher level mathematics courses. For the purposes of general education requirements, Math 11500 is not a collegiate level mathematics course, and therefore cannot be used to satisfy the general education requirement for mathematics at Purdue University Northwest. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • MA 12301 - Mathematical Ideas


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to expose students to a variety of topics that will both enrich and stimulate their interest in mathematics. Topics may include (but are not limited to): the Pigeonhole Principles, Numerical Patterns in Nature, Infinity, The Pythagorean Theorem, and Chaos & Fractals. Additional topics may include: Contortions of space, measuring uncertainty, and mathematical decision making. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 13700 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) OR MA 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 520 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 050

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed for prospective elementary school teachers. Problem solving. Numerical reasoning including self-generated and conventional algorithms. Whole and fractional number systems, elementary number theory. (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Engineering and Sciences). Typically offered Fall.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 13800 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continues the study of number systems through integers, rational numbers and real numbers. Quantitative and proportional reasoning as a foundation for algebraic reasoning. Elementary statistical and probabilistic reasoning. (Not available towards graduation in the College of Engineering and Sciences). Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • MA 13900 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers III


    Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Geometric, measurement and spatial reasoning in one, two and three dimensions as the basis for elementary school geometry. Metric and non-metric geometry, transformation geometry. (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Engineering and Sciences). Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • MA 14700 - Algebra And Trigonometry For Technology


    Prerequisite(s): (MA 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 520 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 050

    Credit Hours: 3.00. MA 14700 and 14800 is a two semester sequence in algebra and trigonometry for students in technology. The emphasis is on technique and problem solving. MA14700 concentrates on topics in algebra. NOT open to students with credit in MA 15100 or 15300. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 14800 - Algebra And Trigonometry For Technology II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 14700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 560 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 060

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of MA 14700. MA 14800 concentrates on trigonometry. Not open to students with credit in MA 15100 or MA 15400. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 15300 - College Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): MA 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 520 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 20 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 050

    Credit Hours: 3.00. MA 15300-15400 covers algebra and trigonometry for students with inadequate preparation for calculus. MA 15300 is College Algebra. Credit may not be earned in more than one of MA 14700, MA 15100, MA 15200 and MA 15300. MA 15300-15400 is a two-semester version of MA 15900. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL: IMA 1601 College Algebra
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 15400 - Trigonometry


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 560 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 060 OR ALEK FOR MIN. SCORE OF 050

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of MA 15300. MA 15400 is Trigonometry. Credit may not be earned in more than one of MA 14800, MA 15400, or MA 15900. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL: IMA 1608 Trigonometric Functions
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 15900 - Precalculus


    Prerequisite(s): S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 560 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 070

    Credit Hours: 5.00. Algebra and trigonometry topics designed to prepare students for calculus. For credit towards graduation, students who use the credits earned in MA 15900 may not use credits earned in any of the following courses: MA 14700, MA 14800, MA 15300, or MA 15400. High School algebra and trigonometry required. Four years of high school mathematics strongly recommended. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 15910 - Introduction To Calculus


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 560 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 23 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 060

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of differential and integral calculus. Applications to the agricultural, life, managerial, and social sciences. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 16019 - Applied Calculus I For Technology


    Prerequisite(s): MA 14800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 610 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 26 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 26 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 075

    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course develops topics from analytical geometry and introduces differentiation and integration. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 16021 - Applied Calculus II And Differential Equations


    Prerequisite(s): MA 21900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 16019 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Techniques of integration and applications to technology problems such as work and fluid pressure; infinite series, convergence tests; differential equations and initial value problems; separable differential equations, second order differential equations; Laplace transform; Fourier series. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 16031 - Calculus I For Life Sciences


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 610 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 26 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 26 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 075

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first course in a two-course sequence. It covers the single-variable calculus topics of value to majors in the life sciences. Topics include functions, limits, derivatives and their applications to the life sciences, and discrete-time dynamical systems. Typically offered Fall.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 16032 - Calculus II For Life Sciences


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16031 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 22300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the second course in a two-course sequence. Topics will include continued work with differentiation and integration of elementary functions and their compositions, application to pure-time and autonomous differential equations, and basic probability applied to life-science problems. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MA 16300 - Integrated Calculus Analysis Geometry I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 660 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 28 OR A16 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 28 OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085

    Credit Hours: 5.00. Topics from plane analytic geometry. Introduction to differentiation and integration. Applications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning


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  • MA 16400 - Integrated Calculus Analysis Geometry II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 5.00. Continuation of MA 16300. Completion of introductory study of topics in plane analytic geometry and the calculus of one variable, infinite series. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 20500 - Discrete Mathematics For Computer Technology


    Prerequisite(s): MA 14700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR CLM FOR MIN. SCORE OF 076

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course covers topics in discrete mathematics which are essential to the discipline of computer technology. These include: logic, sequences, mathematical induction, basic set theory, functions, recursion, relations, graphs, and trees. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MA 20600 - Computer Algebra And Programming


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Using a computer algebra system to solve mathematics problems, learning how to translate mathematical notation and procedures into the language of the computer algebra system. Learning the basic concepts of programming languages, comparing programming concepts with mathematical concepts. Typically offered Fall.
    General Education: Technology


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  • MA 23700 - Advanced Topics In Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MA 13800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B OR MA 13900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics in algebra and functions such as axioms, algebraic notation and equations. Modeling of problems, concepts of a function, representation of functions, and types of functions (linear, quadratic, exponential, etc.), number systems, number theory, and set theory. Appropriate technologies for teaching such topics will be used. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 23800 - Advanced Topics In Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MA 13800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics in data analysis and probability such as nature and uses of data, designing investigations and sampling, distinguishing between types of data, appropriate representations of data, interpretations of data, basic concepts of probability and randomness, simulations. Appropriate technologies for teaching such topics will be used. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 23900 - Advanced Topics In Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers III


    Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MA 13900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics in proportionality, geometry, and measurement such as proportional reasoning and rescaling in geometric contexts, perspective, congruence and similarity, basic geometric figures, transformations, coordinate geometry, geometric measurement in multiple dimensions, constructions, proof and argumentation. Appropriate technologies for teaching such topics will be used. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Continuation of MA 16300 (MA 16700) and MA 16400 (MA 16900). Parametric equations and calculus, solid analytic geometry, vector functions, differential and integral calculus of functions of two or more variables, and an introduction to vector calculus with applications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 26400 - Differential Equations


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A first course in ordinary differential equations. First order differential equations, linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations, and second order differential equations. Not open to students with credit in MA 26200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 26500 - Linear Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to linear algebra. Systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of matrices, applications. Not open to students with credit in MA 26200, 27200, 35000 or 35100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 31500 - Introduction To Abstract Mathematics


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a bridge from the mainly computational mathematics courses to the upper-level abstract courses. It focuses on the development of students’ abilities to construct proofs, examples and counter examples. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MA 33000 - Concepts In Geometry


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental concepts in geometry. Euclidean, non-Euclidean (including spherical and hyperbolic geometry), and fractal geometry. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 34800 - Discrete Mathematics


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A problem-centered introduction to topics in discrete mathematics including induction, permutations, combinations, graphs, recurrence relations and generating functions. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 37700 - Computational Mathematics I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first in a two-course sequence. Students will be introduced to the techniques and concepts of computational mathematics. Students will study the reliability, efficiency, and computer implementation of algorithms and numerical methods within the topics: solutions of equations and systems, numerical linear algebra and eigenvalues, interpolation, approximation, and curve fitting. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 37800 - Computational Mathematics II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 37700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the second in a two-course sequence. Students will study the reliability, efficiency, and computer implementation of algorithms and numerical methods within the topics: numerical differentiation and integration, numerical optimization, and differential equations. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MA 40300 - Mathematical Research


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Undergraduate research in the mathematical sciences under the direction of a faculty member. May be used to fulfill an experiential learning requirement. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • MA 42101 - Introduction To Optimization And Operations Research


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an introductory course in operations research (OR), a mathematical approach to problem solving and decision making. OR has many applications spreading over various fields in science, engineering, economics and public systems. This course introduces some fundamental tools of OR to formulate, analyze, and solve mathematical models representing real life problems. This course covers linear programming (LP), network analysis, dynamic programming, and decision analysis. Selected topics from other areas such as integer programming, optimal control, Markov models, and game theory may be covered.


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  • MA 44600 - Introduction to Real Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND MA 31500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to basic concepts fo real analysis; topology of the real line, sequences, series, and various forms of convergence, applications to derivatives and integrals. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 45300 - Elements Of Algebra I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental properties of integers, polynomials, groups, rings, and fields, with emphasis on problem solving and applications. Not open to students with credit in MA 45000. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 47001 - Mathematical Modeling And Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an introductory course in applied mathematics, with an emphasis on mathematical modeling, simulation, and analysis. Elementary techniques of mathematical model formulation, simulation, and validation will be taught, together with basic mathematical theories and methods for analyzing and solving systems of ordinary and partial differential equations.


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  • MA 47200 - Introduction To Applied Mathematics


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CS 20600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the basic ideas and methods of applied mathematics. Topics taken from elementary partial differential equations, separation of variables and Fourier series, Fourier transforms, calculus of variations, applied linear algebra, numerical methods, modeling. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 47500 - Mathematical Tools In Applied Mathematics, Engineering And The Sciences


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00.  This course covers important and frequently used mathematical methods in STEM disciplines. Topics include techniques for solving, approximating and analyzing systems of algebraic and differential equations arising from real-world applications.


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  • MA 47700 - Computational Mathematics I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first in a two-course sequence. Students will be introduced to the techniques and concepts of computational mathematics. Students will study the reliability, efficiency, and computer implementation of algorithms and numerical methods within the topics: solutions of equations and systems, numerical linear algebra and eigenvalues, interpolation, approximation, and curve fitting. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 47800 - Computational Mathematics II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 37700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the second in a two-course sequence. Students will study the reliability, efficiency, and computer implementation of algorithms and numerical methods within the topics: numerical differentiation and integration, numerical optimization, and differential equations. Typically offered Spring.


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  • MA 49000 - Topics In Mathematics For Undergraduates


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Supervised reading courses as well as special topics courses for undergraduates are given under this number. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 52000 - Boundary Value Problems Of Differential Equations


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Separation of variables; Fourier series; boundary value problems; Fourier transforms; Bessel functions; Legendre polynomials. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 52500 - Introduction To Complex Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Complex numbers and complex-valued functions of one complex variable; differentiation and contour integration; Cauchy’s theorem; Taylor and Laurent series; residues; conformal mapping; applications. Not open to students with credit in MA 42500. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 54000 - Analysis I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 44600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Metric spaces, compactness and connectedness, sequences and series, continuity and uniform continuity, differentiability, Taylor’s Theorem, Riemann-Stieltjes integrals. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 54100 - Analysis II


    Prerequisite(s): MA 54000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence, equicontinuous families, the Stone-Weierstrass Theorem, Fourier series, introduction to Lebesgue measure and integration. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 55300 - Introduction To Abstract Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): MA 45300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Group theory: Sylow theorems, Jordan Hlder theorem, solvable groups. Ring theory: unique factorization in polynomial rings and principal ideal domains. Field theory: ruler and compass constructions, roots of unity, finite fields, Galois theory, solvability of equations by radicals. Typically offered Fall.


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  • MA 55400 - Linear Algebra


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of basics: vector spaces, dimension, linear maps, matrices determinants, linear equations. Bilinear forms; inner product spaces; spectral theory; eigenvalues. Modules over a principal ideal domain; finitely generated abelian groups; Jordan and rational canonical forms for a linear transformation. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • MA 55600 - Introduction To The Theory Of Numbers


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Divisibility, congruences, quadratic residues, Diophantine equations, the sequence of primes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • MA 56000 - Fundamental Concepts Of Geometry


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Foundations of Euclidean geometry, including a critique of Euclid’s “Elements” and a detailed study of an axiom system such as that of Hilbert. Independence of the parallel axiom and introduction to non-Euclidean geometry. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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