May 12, 2024  
2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies

  
  • REC 4340 - Fitness Education for the Adult

    3 credit hours
    (Same as HLTH 4340 /PHED 4340 .) Planning, teaching, and participating in individual and group fitness programs for the adult. Offers preparation for administering and interpreting assessments of related components with understanding of physiological principles related to exercise in the adult. Major lifetime wellness activities covered.


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  • REC 4600 - Technology Applications

    1 credit hour
    Corequisite: REC 4601 . Understanding and competency using a variety of technology applications related to the profession. Students required to enroll in corresponding lab during the same semester.


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Liberal Studies

  

Library Science

  
  • LIBS 4150 - Books, Media, and Literacy for Children

    3 credit hours
    Materials suitable for elementary school children. Includes a study of leisure time and curricular materials, criteria for evaluating materials, and related aids in selection of materials and their use in a classroom setting.


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  • LIBS 4160 - Books, Media, and Literacy for Young People and Adults

    3 credit hours
    Materials suitable for young adults and adults, criteria for selection and evaluation of materials, and their use in a classroom setting.


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Management

  
  • MGMT 1500 - First-Year Seminar

    1 credit hour
    Only for students with fewer than 30 hours or first-semester transfer students. Designed as an elective for first-year declared management majors and others interested in the management major. Introduces course requirements for a major in management, options for management electives, diverse subfields, and career options.


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  • MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Concepts of the management functions of planning, organizing, and controlling with an emphasis on behavioral science concepts as applied to managing people in organizations.


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  • MGMT 3620 - Operations Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Management of production systems with emphasis on the process, system inputs, transformations, system outputs, and techniques for decision making.


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  • MGMT 3630 - Organization Theory

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; admission to the College of Business. The organization as a system. Emphasis on the external environment, performance measurement, structure (including contingency theory of organization design), bureaucracy, and the impact of behavioral aspects on organization theory.


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  • MGMT 3640 - Introduction to Management Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: QM 2610 ; junior standing; and admission to the College of Business. Introduction to optimization techniques used in business decision making, including mathematical programming, linear and integer modeling, network modeling and queuing theory. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MGMT 3650 - New Venture Creation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BCEN 2900  or MGMT 3610 ; junior standing; admission to the College of Business. Examines the process of new venture formation. Topics include recognizing and testing opportunity, developing the business concept, analyzing risks, and financing the new venture.


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  • MGMT 3710 - Management of Quality

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. Introduction to design, operation, and control of quality systems; implementation approaches including behavioral and technical issues; strategic importance; quality improvement tools and their use; supplier certification; awards and recognition. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MGMT 3730 - Management of Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the College of Business. Examines  the management of the process of forecasting, acquiring, and integrating emerging technologies into the firm’s products/services and processes. Particular emphasis given to information and communications technologies. Course structure may vary. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MGMT 3750 - Supply Chain Management

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MKT 3750 .) Prerequisites: MGMT 3620 ; admission to the College of Business. Design, operations, and control of materials management systems; implementation approaches including behavioral and technical issues; strategic role in independent and dependent demand environments; software systems; customer-supplier relationships. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MGMT 3770 - Operations Simulation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the College of Business. Introduction to the development of computer simulation as a decision-making tool. Investigation of simulation methodology and its application in business settings. Personal computers will be used. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MGMT 3810 - Human Resources Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business. The organization, functions, and administration of a human resources management department, including selection, training, placement, promotion, appraisal, pay incentives, and laws affecting the human resource function.


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  • MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610  and admission to the College of Business. Investigates the decision-making processes of business professionals to gain an understanding of how decisions are made. Emphasis on creative problem solving, critical thinking, problem formulation, and decision analysis.


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  • MGMT 3940 - Business Ethics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business. The impact of individual values and ethics on business operations, including management of the organization and marketing of goods and services. Topics include legal and ethical aspects of dealing with the environment, consumers, employees, and the general community.


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  • MGMT 3970 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business. Provides students with the opportunities for full-time on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Students will participate in professional growth seminars. Departmental and MTSU Career Development Center requirements must be completed to receive credit. These courses (1) may not be used to satisfy the major or the minor requirements and (2) may not be taken concurrently with BUAD 4980 .


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  • MGMT 3980 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business. Provides students with the opportunities for full-time on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Students will participate in professional growth seminars. Departmental and MTSU Career Development Center requirements must be completed to receive credit. These courses (1) may not be used to satisfy the major or the minor requirements and (2) may not be taken concurrently with BUAD 4980 .


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  • MGMT 4000 - Not-for-Profit Management

    3 credit hours


    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; junior or senior standing; and admission to the College of Business. Explores management theories and practices that impact effective management of organizations in the not-for-profit sector.


     


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  • MGMT 4200 - Leadership in Organizations

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; MGMT 3610  or permission of department; and admission to the College of Business. Importance of leadership in organizations. Examines major theories and concepts relative to leadership in formal organizations. Emphasis on practical application of leadership knowledge in the leadership role.


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  • MGMT 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation

    3 credit hours
    (Same as BLAW 4490  and ECON 4490 .) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business. Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations; emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act.


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  • MGMT 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law

    3 credit hours
    (Same as BLAW 4500 .) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission to the College of Business.  A detailed examination of the legal rights and responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to fair employment practices; emphasis on significant statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions forming the body of antidiscrimination law.


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  • MGMT 4510 - Unions and Collective Bargaining

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ECON 4510 .) Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission to the College of Business. The decision-making processes in the industrial relations system and their impact upon the American economy. Particular emphasis on collective bargaining, contract administration, and impasse procedures both in the public and private sectors.


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  • MGMT 4550 - Service Operations Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3620  and admission to the College of Business. Management of service operations systems with emphasis on process, system inputs, transformation, systems outputs, information/feedback systems, and techniques for decision making. Includes a global perspective of services and development of an understanding of the trend toward a service economy in the U.S.


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  • MGMT 4620 - International Human Resource Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3810 ; admission to the College of Business. International human resource functions including compensation, labor relations, training, selection, and performance appraisal; impact of culture on IHRM activities.


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  • MGMT 4640 - Human Resources Planning and Staffing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MGMT 3810 ; admission to the College of Business. Basic concepts, principles, and practices involved in the acquisition of human resources: identifying employment needs, forecasting human resource requirements, recruiting employees internally and externally, and selecting qualified candidates and matching them with appropriate jobs.


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  • MGMT 4650 - Human Resource Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MGMT 3810 ; and admission to the College of Business.The role of human resource development in organizations including needs analysis; design, development, and implementation of programs in training and development; career development; management development; and executive development.


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  • MGMT 4660 - Compensation Systems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610  ; admission to the College of Business. Formal organization compensation systems. Emphasis on the design, implementation, and administration of compensation systems utilizing wage theory, applicable analytical tools, research results from the behavioral sciences, and evaluations of actual practices currently utilized in the private and public sectors.


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  • MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610  and admission to the College of Business. Human behavior in organizations. Emphasis on motivation, leadership, communication, group processes, and methods for managing change. Understanding human behavior allows student to learn better employee utilization strategies resulting in a more effective and efficient organization.


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  • MGMT 4690 - Problems in Human Resources Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MGMT 3810 ; and admission to the College of Business. Contemporary problems and issues in personnel and industrial relations in industry, using research findings as a basis for more constructive action in government-labor-industry relations.


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  • MGMT 4700 - Problems in Operations Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3620 ; admission to the College of Business. Current issues in managing operations such as operations strategy, productivity, quality, capacity management, facilities location, materials management systems, service operations, and operations planning and control systems. Topics covered and course structure vary.


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  • MGMT 4710 - International Business

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MKT 4710  .) Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MKT 3820 ; admission to the College of Business. International organizational structures and managerial processes. Cultural, political, economic, and legal environments of global marketing. World market patterns and international trade theory.


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  • MGMT 4730 - Global Comparative Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610  and admission to the College of Business. Cross-cultural dimensions of management theories and the applicability of these theories in a multicultural and multinational environment. Topics include cross-cultural communications, motivation, leadership, and decision making. The role of MNCs in economic development and their relationship with host countries also examined.


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  • MGMT 4810 - Integrated Logistics Management

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MKT 4810 .) Prerequisite: Admission to the College of Business. The coordination and optimization issues faced by firms in managing the inbound and outbound logistics activities of the firm in order to minimize costs and provide high levels of customer service. Logistics activities covered include transportation management, warehousing, order fulfillment, inventory management, and network design.
     


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  • MGMT 4830 - Performance Appraisal

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MGMT 3810 ; and admission to the College of Business. Theoretical and practical issues related to HRM performance appraisal in organizations. Emphasis on job analysis, measurement of performance, judgmental measures of performance, rating biases, cognitive components in rating, feedback process, performance appraisal training, perceived fairness and accuracy, and legal issues.


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  • MGMT 4840 - Study Abroad

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MKT 4840 .) Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing; admission to the College of Business. A short-term international business education experience designed to expose the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies). Emphasis on the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to management and marketing.


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  • MGMT 4920 - Small Business Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MGMT 3610  and admission to the College of Business. Analysis of problems and considerations involved in planning, organizing, and operating small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. Emphasis on environmental issues, growth strategies, process management activities, and human resource management.


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  • MGMT 4950 - Management Internship

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Management or entrepreneurship major with senior standing; an overall grade point average of at least 2.50; and admission to the College of Business. Student is affiliated with an organization on a part-time basis to develop knowledge and experience in the practical application of management theory to actual business problems in a non-classroom situation. This course can only be taken one time, and those taking it may not take MGMT 4990 .


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  • MGMT 4990 - Independent Study

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing;approval of department chair; and admission to the College of Business. Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of an approved faculty member. This course can only be taken one time, and those taking it may not take MGMT 4950 .


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Marketing

  
  • MKT 3000 - Marketing as a Profession

    1 credit hour
    Required for students with 60 hours and a declared marketing major. Recommend course completion in the first semester of the junior year. Discussion of marketing as a profession including possible career paths, day-to-day requirements of marketing professionals, and development of a marketing program of study to fit the student’s career path. Includes interaction with marketing professionals through class presentations and discussions.


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  • MKT 3750 - Supply Chain Management

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 3750 .) Prerequisites: MGMT 3620  and admission to the College of Business. Design, operations, and control of materials management systems; implementation approaches including behavioral and technical issues; strategic role in independent and dependent demand environments; software systems; customer-supplier relationships. NOTE: Should take with or have completed MGMT 3620 .


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  • MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Survey of the functions, processes, and institutions involved in the distribution of consumer and industrial goods and services. Decision making in marketing management introduced.


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  • MKT 3830 - Retailing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission into the College of Business. Development and present status of the retailing structure with special consideration given to the fundamentals of store organization, operation, current distribution problems, research techniques, and possible innovations.


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  • MKT 3840 - Personal Selling

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission to the College of Business. Principles, problems, and role of personal selling in the business environment. Buying motives, persuasion techniques, and steps of selling process are considered as they relate to different types of sales activities and products.


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  • MKT 3850 - Promotion

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission to the College of Business. Psychological, sociological, legal, and marketing environments of promotion; the promotion mix consisting of advertising, publicity, personal selling, and sales promotion; and the development of promotion objectives, strategies, and plans.


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  • MKT 3860 - Purchasing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820  or approval of instructor, and admission into the College of Business. Purchasing management of materials and equipment in industry and government. Includes the optimum of quality, price, source, quantity, and time.


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  • MKT 3865 - Sports Marketing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820  and admission into the College of Business. Survey of issues pertaining to the marketing of sports products and entities. Focuses on the application of strategic marketing planning to the sports industry.


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  • MKT 3870 - Principles of Transportation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820  and admission into the College of Business. Transportation development in the United States and internationally. A historical, economic, and regulatory perspective.


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  • MKT 3880 - Credit and Price Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820  and admission into the College of Business. Credit and pricing policies, procedures, organization; analysis of credit and pricing information as related to marketing activities; determination of credit limits and price levels; statement analysis; cost and collection procedures.


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  • MKT 3900 - Social Media Marketing and E-Commerce

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission into the College of Business. Direct marketing and its strategic use in the development of an integrated marketing communications plan. Topics include traditional direct marketing techniques such as direct mail, broadcast and print media, and telemarketing; Web-based marketing; and technology’s impact on direct marketing communications techniques.


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  • MKT 3910 - Consumer Behavior

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission into the College of Business. Buyer behavior as an influence in marketing decisions; special attention given to the processes of motivation, perception, attitude, learning, and interaction.


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  • MKT 3920 - Entertainment Marketing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3850 ; admission to College of Business. Discussion of interrelated marketing issues dealing with the entertainment industry. Develops and relates the marketing mix for industry issues with regard to personality management, merchandising tie-ins, sports marketing/issues, and film/television distribution.


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  • MKT 3930 - Marketing Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 QM 3620 ; admission into the College of Business. Modern research methods and their application in gathering information for marketing decisions. Special emphasis given to the implementation of marketing surveys and experiments.


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  • MKT 3960 - Marketing Channels Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; admission into the College of Business. Interrelationships and interdependencies among the various institutions and agencies composing marketing channels. Emphasis on analysis of alternative strategies of different channel members for optimum efficiency within a given distribution system.


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  • MKT 3970 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Provides students with opportunities for full-time on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Students participate in professional growth seminars. Departmental and MTSU Career Development Center requirements must be completed to receive credit. Courses (1) may not be used to satisfy the major or minor requirements and (2) may not be taken concurrently with BUAD 4980 .


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  • MKT 3980 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Provides students with opportunities for full-time on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Students participate in professional growth seminars. Departmental and MTSU Career Development Center requirements must be completed to receive credit. Courses (1) may not be used to satisfy the major or minor requirements and (2) may not be taken concurrently with BUAD 4980 .


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  • MKT 4000 - Professional Preparation in Marketing

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the College of Business. Required for graduating marketing students; recommend course completion in the first semester of the senior year. Exposure to professional training in interviewing skills, resume development, professional presentation, personal branding strategy, and personal marketing plan development. Designed to prepare students to successfully enter the job market. Interactive course that introduces graduating students to resume preparation, interviewing skills, and development of a personal brand and marketing plan.


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  • MKT 4170 - Applied Promotional Strategy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3850 ; admission into the College of Business. Integrative nature of the elements of the promotional mix in the successful communication with the consumer of a firm’s products and services.


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  • MKT 4710 - International Business

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4710 .) Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 ; MKT 3820 ; admission into the College of Business. International organizational structures and managerial processes. Cultural, political, economic, and legal environments of global marketing. World market patterns and international trade theory.


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  • MKT 4800 - Sales Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; MKT 3840 ; admission into the College of Business. Management functions as applied to field sales force. Includes sales organization structures, selection and training of sales personnel, sales compensation, supervision and stimulation of the sales force, and evaluation of sales performance.


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  • MKT 4810 - Integrated Logistics Management

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4810 .) Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. The coordination and optimization issues faced by firms in managing the inbound and outbound logistics activities of the firm in order to minimize costs and provide high levels of customer service. Logistics activities covered include transportation management, warehousing, order fulfillment, inventory management, and network design.


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  • MKT 4840 - Study Abroad

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4840 .) Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing and admission into the College of Business. A short-term international business education experience designed to expose the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies). Emphasis on the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to management and marketing.


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  • MKT 4850 - Advanced Selling

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3820 ; MKT 3840 ; admission into the College of Business. The sales function as it relates to business-to-business selling and strategic relationship development. Topics include relational selling, account management, negotiation, team selling, handling conflict and ethical dilemmas, and selling to buying committees. Learning through interactive lecture, role-playing, and sales force automation software.


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  • MKT 4860 - Problems in Retail Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3830  and admission into the College of Business. Factors governing a successful retail operation including current problems, case studies, and simulation in merchandising, budgeting, and control.


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  • MKT 4880 - Applied Marketing Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MKT 3930  and admission into the College of Business. Applies marketing research concepts and tools learned in the introductory marketing research class to “real-life” marketing problems. Emphasis on planning and implementing research activities as well as oral and written presentation of results and conclusions based on marketing research.


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  • MKT 4890 - Marketing Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; Marketing major; MKT 3910 ; MKT 3930 ; 6 additional semester hours of marketing courses; admission into the College of Business. Marketing strategy, marketing policies, production planning, pricing, promotion, and service from the marketing manager’s point of view. Case analysis and marketing simulation emphasized.


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  • MKT 4950 - Marketing Internship

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Marketing or Entrepreneurship major; senior standing; an overall grade point average of 2.50; admission into the College of Business. Student is affiliated with an organization on a part-time basis to develop knowledge and experience in the practical application of marketing principles to actual business problems in a non-classroom situation. Can be applied toward the student’s degree requirements only upon approval of the department chair. This course can only be taken one time.


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  • MKT 4990 - Independent Study

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; approval of department chair; admission into the College of Business. Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area under the guidance of an approved faculty member. This course can only be taken one time.


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Mathematics and Science Education

  
  • MSE 1010 - Step 1: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: An interest in exploring teaching. Readings, discussions, and activities associated with the planning and instruction of inquiry-based mathematics and/or science lessons. Includes field-based teaching.


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  • MSE 2010 - Step 2: Inquiry Lesson Design

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: MSE 1010 . Builds on the lesson design skills developed in MSE 1010. Readings, discussions, and activities associated with the planning and instruction of inquiry-based mathematics or science lessons in the middle school. Includes field-based teaching.


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Mathematics

  
  • MATH 0990 - Basic Geometry

    3 credit hours
    Plane and solid geometry including measurement formulas, properties of plane figures, proof techniques, symmetry, congruency, and construction. Open only to those lacking required high school geometry course for unconditional admission to University.


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  • MATH 1000 - Essentials of Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    The practices of learning mathematics. Required for students whose ACT Mathematics score is 15-16 or whose mathematics assessment indicates placement. Emphasis on problem solving, critical thinking, math study skills, and solving and graphing linear equations and inequalities. Course will meet for three hours in the classroom and will have a required two-hour lab component, which will include structured online activities. Does not fulfill General Education Mathematics requirement.


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  • MATH 1010 - Mathematics for General Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and a Math Enhanced ACT of at least 19 or DSPM 0850 or COMPASS placement. Course satisfies the General Education Mathematics requirement and is also part of the mathematics sequence for students preparing to become elementary school teachers. Topics include logic, sets, algebraic reasoning, probability, statistics, and consumer mathematics.


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  • MATH 1410 - Concepts and Structure of Elementary School Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and a Math Enhanced ACT of at least 19 or DSPM 0850 or COMPASS placement. Algebra-based study of school mathematics in keeping with the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Tools for problem solving, set theory, functions, number theory, and examinations of number systems from counting numbers to irrational numbers.


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  • MATH 1420 - Informal Geometry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 1410 . Geometry-based study of school mathematics in keeping with the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Studies of plane, solid, coordinate, and motion geometry as well as constructions, congruence, similarity, and concepts of measurement. A variety of instructional technology tools investigated.


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  • MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and a Math Enhanced ACT 19 or greater or equivalent. Descriptive statistics, probability, and statistical inference. The inference unit covers means, proportions, and variances for one and two samples, and topics from one-way ANOVA, regression and correlation analysis, chi-square analysis, and nonparametrics.


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  • MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and a Math Enhanced ACT greater than 25 or MATH 1710 . Topics include solving systems of linear equations, Leontief models, linear programming, mathematics of finance, set theory, and probability theory.


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  • MATH 1710 - College Algebra

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: DSPM 0850 or two years of high school algebra; a Math Enhanced ACT 19 or greater or COMPASS placement. Course satisfies the General Education Mathematics requirement. Topics include functions–linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic; analysis of graphs; linear systems; inequalities; counting principles; and probability. Graphing calculator required. Course may be taken by correspondence. Not open to those who have had MATH 1730 .


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  • MATH 1720 - Plane Trigonometry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Strong background in algebra recommended. Trigonometric functions of the acute and general angle, circular functions, graphs of trigonometric and inverse functions, identities, solutions of right and general triangles, equations, complex numbers, and vectors. Not open to those who have had MATH 1730 . Graphing calculator required.


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  • MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1710  or successful completion of high school precalculus course. An integrated and rigorous study of the algebra and trigonometry needed to successfully attempt calculus. Emphasis on functions, their analysis and their applications. Level of algebraic sophistication developed above that found in MATH 1710 . Topics include exponentials and logarithms, analysis of graphs, and word problems. Graphing calculator required.


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  • MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Eligibility to take MATH 1710 . First of a four-course sequence. Introduces mathematical modeling applied to real-world problems. Sets, functions, inverse models, limits, continuity, first and second order model building, single variable differentiation, implicit differentiation, inverse problems (exponential and log models). First and second derivatives used to study the behavior of real-world applications.


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  • MATH 1910 - Calculus I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1730  with a grade of C or better or Math ACT of 26 or better or Calculus placement test score of 73 or better. An introduction to calculus with an emphasis on analysis of functions, multidisciplinary applications of calculus, and theoretical understanding of differentiation and integration. Topics include the definition of the derivative, differentiation techniques, and applications of the derivative. Calculus topics related to trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions also included. Course concludes with the fundamental theorem of calculus; the definition of antidifferentiation and the definite integral; basic applications of integrations; and introductory techniques of integration. Graphing calculator required.


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  • MATH 1920 - Calculus II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1910 . A topics course providing a wide view of different techniques and applications of calculus in the plane. Techniques of integration and applications of integration fully developed. Power series and Taylor series included. Emphasis on multidisciplinary applications includes Taylor series approximation; applications of integration to physics, biology, and business; and geometric and power series applications. Graphing calculator required.


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  • MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Calculus I. Data analysis, probability, and statistical inference. The inference material covers means, proportions, and variances for one and two samples, one-way ANOVA, regression and correlation, and chi-square analysis.


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  • MATH 2090 - Mathematics for Health Professions

    2 credit hours
    Enables students in the health professions to apply mathematical concepts to interpret and solve drug dosage calculation problems encountered in fields such as nursing. Includes basic math review, solid and liquid doses of medications for adults and children, solutions, and IV administration. Also includes conversions from metric to household and apothecary measurements. Not open to Mathematics majors or minors.


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  • MATH 2110 - Data Analysis

    1 credit hour
    Grouping and classifying technical data. Curve fitting by statistical and nonstatistical methods. Graphing of scientific data. Secondary education in mathematics students should take concurrent or subsequent to MATH 2050 .


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  • MATH 2930 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis.


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  • MATH 2940 - Cooperative Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis.


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  • MATH 3070 - College Geometry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 3460 . Advanced treatment of standard topics in Euclidean geometry using informal and axiomatic approaches. Includes proofmaking techniques, traditional and transformational geometry, finite geometries, and a brief introduction to other geometries.


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