Mar 29, 2024  
2015-16 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-16 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Accounting

  
  • ACTG 5510 - Accounting Systems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACTG 3020 or 3310 and INFS 2200 or consent of department chair. Current developments in establishment of complete accounting systems and the application of principles to typical business organizations. Special emphasis on accounting cycles, controls, and database design.


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  • ACTG 5530 - Federal Taxes I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of department chair. Addresses determination of taxable income for individuals; federal income tax returns and research methods.


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  • ACTG 5610 - Governmental Accounting and Reporting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 3120 with a minimum grade of C. State and local government accounting principles and procedures; classifications of accounts for budgetary and financial reporting; accounting for revenues and expenditures or expenses; reporting for funds and the governmental entity; and auditing the governmental entity.


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  • ACTG 5680 - Forensic Accountancy and Fraud Auditing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4620 or 4640 or approval of department chair. Practice of forensic accounting, i.e., nontraditional investigative aspects of accountancy (e.g., litigation support, business interruptions, etc.); emphasis on fraud prevention and the detection of fraudulent intent to obtain improper individual or group gains.


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  • ACTG 5840 - Study Abroad

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and completion of core courses in respective field as determined by graduate business studies. 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), with specific emphasis directed toward the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to the discipline.


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  • ACTG 6100 - Accounting and Legal Issues for Managers

    3 credit hours
    Surveys accounting skills and legal perspectives necessary for managers without undergraduate business degrees to enter the businessworld. Will not meet the requirements for the M.S. in Information Systems, M.Acc. in Accounting, or the M.B.A. degree programs.


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  • ACTG 6110 - Advanced Financial Accounting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 3120 with a minimum grade of C. Extensive coverage of consolidated financial statement preparation. Financial accounting topics including advanced partnerships, interim financial reporting, segment reporting, foreign currency issues, and accounting for fiduciaries also covered. Readings from professional journals and research related to current accounting issues.


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  • ACTG 6310 - Advanced Cost Accounting, Budgeting, and Controllership

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 3020 or 3310 or ACTG 6910 . Recent conceptual and analytic development in cost accounting, budgeting, and controllership. Includes principles and procedures in preparation of business budgets and methods of accounting for managerial control of cost of production, distribution, and administration through the use of standards.


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  • ACTG 6510 - Federal Income Tax Research and Planning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4550 or consent of instructor. Skillful application of tax research methodology in the use of primary tax authority, secondary tax reference materials, and research aids. Research through practice in the use of materials available in the tax library.


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  • ACTG 6530 - Taxation of Pass-Through Entities

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4550 with a minimum grade of C or consent of instructor. Principles of partnership and S corporation taxation. Addresses the tax consequences of formation, operations, distributions, and liquidations of partnerships. Also covers tax rules unique to S corporations.


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  • ACTG 6540 - Taxation of Business Entities

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4550 with minimum grade of C or consent of instructor. The federal income taxation of business entities, including C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and estates and trusts. Also covers estate and gift taxation.


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  • ACTG 6550 - U.S. International Taxation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4550 with minimum grade of C or consent of instructor. Basic concepts of U.S. taxation of international transactions. Topics include sourcing of income from foreign activities, Subpart F income, selecting the proper vehicle for foreign investments, and computing foreign tax credits.


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  • ACTG 6570 - International Financial Reporting and Controls

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Nine hours of accounting with a C or better. Advanced study of international financial reporting issues, international financial statement analysis, international accounting standards, foreign currency translation, foreign currency transaction reporting, international management accounting issues, and international taxation practices.


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  • ACTG 6580 - International Financial Reporting Standards

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 3120 with a C or better. Extensive coverage of the International Accounting Standards Board’s International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with an emphasis on inventories, revalued fixed assets, intangible assets, business combinations, and loans and receivables. Examines international conceptual framework as well as the organizations involved in determining the standards. Importance placed on changing from financial statements prepared under U.S. generally accepted accounting standards to IFRS-based statement.


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  • ACTG 6610 - Advanced Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACTG 3120 and 4610 (ACTG 5610 ) with a minimum grade of C. State and local government accounting principles and procedures; accounting and reporting for state and local governments, colleges and universities, hospitals, and nonprofit organizations. Auditing practices for all these organizations.


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  • ACTG 6650 - Advanced Accounting Theory

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chair. History and development of accountancy, tax structures, and industrial development of past, present, and projected societies including relevant research into current controversial issues. Extensive research required. Required for M.Acc.


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  • ACTG 6670 - Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting Problems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Accounting major or consent of instructor. Application of theoretical concepts and promulgations of authoritative bodies to financial accounting and financial reporting situations encountered in practice.


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  • ACTG 6720 - Advanced Auditing and Public Accounting Practices

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4620 or consent of department chair. Critical analysis of techniques used in auditing, method of data collection, and nature of audit evidence. Includes modern and relevant statistical and social research techniques and computer use as applied to the various steps in audit practices and procedures.


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  • ACTG 6730 - External Auditing II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 4620 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C. Responsibilities and functions of external auditors in providing attestation services. Auditing concepts, standards, and techniques including application of audit techniques to various transaction cycles will be covered.


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  • ACTG 6810 - Empirical Methods in Accounting

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Foundation requirements and consent of instructor. Independent study and research on topics in or related to accounting under supervision of graduate faculty.


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  • ACTG 6910 - Accounting and Business Decisions

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 2120 or equivalent. Accounting concepts and their application to the decision-making process. Research reports on a variety of financial and managerial accounting topics prepared and presented orally by the student. Not open to M.Acc. students.


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  • ACTG 6920 - Financial Statement Analysis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACTG 2120 with minimum grade of C or equivalent. Concepts and techniques of financial statement analysis, income determination, and related institutional background. Not open to M.Acc. students.


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Actuarial Sciences

  
  • ACSI 5140 - Mathematical Foundations of Actuarial Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACSI/MATH 3020 (or MATH 3110) and STAT 3150 or consent of instructor. A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 1. Integrates calculus, probability, and risk management topics into fundamental tools for assessing risk in an actuarial environment. Calculus and probability topics include derivatives, integrals, partials, random variables, distributions, and conditional probability. Risk topics include frequency and severity. Insurance concepts such as retention, deductible, coinsurance, and risk premium.


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  • ACSI 5200 - Introduction to Mathematics of Investment

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MATH 5200 .) Prerequisites: MATH 1910 and one semester of probability/statistics or consent of instructor. Calculus and probability/statistics used to model and analyze investments in bonds, treasury bills, stocks, and other derivatives. Topics include obtaining the price of a bond as a function of interest rate, developing formulas for duration and convexity to study the sensitivity of price to interest rate, and mathematical modeling of investor preference and attitude toward risk.


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  • ACSI 5220 - Mathematics of Corporation Finance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACSI/MATH 4200/ACSI 5200 /MATH 5200  and ECON 2410, 2420, or consent of instructor. A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 2. Applies calculus and theory of interest tools to intermediate topics in microeconomics. Topics include the mathematics of supply, demand, and equilibrium; prices, costs, and the gains from trade; consumer behavior; elasticities; competition; monopoly; market power, collusion, and oligopoly; the mathematics of risk and uncertainty; and surplus economics.


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  • ACSI 5230 - Mathematics of Compound Interest

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACSI/MATH 4200/ACSI 5200 /MATH 5200  or consent of instructor. A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 2. Topics include measurement of interest (including accumulating and present value factors), annuities certain, yield rates, amortization schedules, sinking funds, and bonds and related securities.


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  • ACSI 5240 - Mathematics of Interest Theory, Economics, and Finance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACSI 4230/ACSI 5230  or consent of instructor. A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 2. Applies calculus and theory of interest tools to intermediate topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics and topics in finance. Topics include pricing activities, the simplified Keynesian model, interest and discount rates, valuation of payment streams, yield rates, amortization, cash flows and internal rate of return, stock and bond valuation, portfolio risks, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), efficient markets, capital structure, leverage, financial performance measurement, and basic option pricing and the Black-Scholes model.


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  • ACSI 5330 - Actuarial Mathematics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACSI 4230/ACSI 5230  and STAT 4190 or consent of instructor. First of a two-semester sequence; a preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 3. Topics include survival distributions and life tables, life insurance, life annuities, and net premiums.


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  • ACSI 5340 - Actuarial Mathematics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACSI 4230/ACSI 5230  and STAT 4190 or consent of instructor. Second of a two-semester sequence; a preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course/Exam 3. Topics chosen from net premium reserves, multiple life functions, multiple decrement models, valuation theory and pension plans, and insurance models (including expenses and nonforfeiture benefits and dividends).


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  • ACSI 5600 - Problems in Actuarial Science

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Students wishing to enroll must submit a written course/topic proposal to the department prior to the semester in which ACSI 5600 is taken. The proposal must be approved prior to student taking the course. At the conclusion of this course, each enrollee must submit a written report to the department.


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  • ACSI 5630 - Mathematics of Risk Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACSI/MATH 4200/ACSI 5200 /MATH 5200 . A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries Course 6. Topics include mathematical modeling of volatility; pricing of bonds, stocks, and other derivatives with uncertainty; benchmark portfolios; asset/liability management for property/casualty insurers; liability associated with a financially distressed company. Heath-Jarrow-Morton and Cox-Ingersoll-Ross models studied.


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  • ACSI 5640 - Mathematics of Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ACSI/MATH 4630/ACSI 5630 /5630 and 4200/ACSI 5200 /MATH 5200 . A preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries Course 6. Topics include risk management using options, interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, Black-Scholes analysis, Taylor series expansion to obtain hedge parameters, portfolio insurance, numerical procedures, interest rate derivatives, and use of Black’s model.


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  • ACSI 6010 - Credibility Theory and Loss Distributions

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 5190  or consent of instructor. A preparatory course for Exam Part 4B of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Topics include Bayes Theorem and its relationship to credibility theory and analysis of statistical distributions for modeling insurance claims by size.


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  • ACSI 6020 - Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 5140  or permission of instructor. Introduces modeling and covers important actuarial methods useful in modeling. Assumes a thorough knowledge of calculus, probability, and mathematical statistics. Serves as a preparatory course for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Course-C/Exam 4. Topics include construction of empirical models, construction and selection of parameter models, credibility, interpolation and smoothing, and simulation.


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  • ACSI 6030 - Actuarial Models for Life Contingencies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: STAT 3150 and ACSI 4230 or permission of instructor. A preparatory course for Exam-MLC (Exam-3L) for the Society of Actuaries (Casualty Actuarial Society). Topics include survival distributions, life tables, life insurance, life annuities, and pensions, premiums and reserves, multiple lives, multiple decrements, models including expenses.


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  • ACSI 6040 - Actuarial Models for Financial Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ACSI 4200 or equivalent. A preparatory course for Exam-MFE (Exam-3F) for the Society of Actuaries (Casualty Actuarial Society). Topics include applications of stochastic processes to actuarial models, Poisson process, Markov process, interest rate models, arbitrage free models, valuation of derivative securities, financial risk management.


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  • ACSI 6600 - Problems in Actuarial Science

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Mathematical maturity, preparation in actuarial science (normally nine semester hours of graduate study in actuarial science), and consent of instructor. Students wishing to enroll must select a topic in actuarial science prior to the semester in which ACSI 6600 is taken. Topics include, but are not limited to, applications of principles of actuarial mathematics to group and health insurance, retirement benefits, quantitative risk management, rate making, statistical methods in actuarial data analysis, interest rate models and their applications. Students must submit a written report. Course may be taken up to two times provided that the projects are completely different. Credits may total 1-12 hours.Credit will be based on the difficulty and complexity of the project as determined by the instructor. Pass/Fail grading.


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Aerospace

  
  
  
  • AERO 6050 - Aerospace Internship I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chair. Student employed by an acceptable airline, airport, or aerospace manufacturer for field work. Minimum 300 hours work required. Pass/Fail.


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  • AERO 6076 - Selected Readings in Aerospace

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Guided readings in aviation or space. Topics alternate each semester and range from historical events to possible future developments. Discussion, presentations, and critical analysis of material.


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  • AERO 6100 - Aviation Workshop

    4 credit hours
    (Same as YOED 6100 .) A first course in aerospace education; provides an overview of aerospace historically and in the future. A workshop course that meets eight hours per day and includes an aircraft flight, field trips, and an overnight stay.


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  • AERO 6120 - Aviation History

    3 credit hours
    Detailed examination of the development and role of aviation and its economic, social, and political impact on the modern world. Particular emphasis on the global aspects of civilian aviation and the consequences of the transportation revolution it engendered. Specific topics analyzed in detail each semester.


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  • AERO 6130 - Aviation Safety Management

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the various programs which airport operators employ in operating and maintaining airport safety and security services. Special emphasis on federal guidelines and their applications at commercial service airports.


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  • AERO 6170 - Scheduled Air Carrier Operations

    3 credit hours
    An examination of contemporary problems and issues confronting airline industry policy makers, government regulators, managers, and the traveling public.


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  • AERO 6190 - Airport Organizational Structures and Operational Activities

    3 credit hours
    A critical analysis of airport organizational structures, functions, and constraints affecting the airport. A detailed view of operational activities and methods to improve airport efficiency.


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  • AERO 6270 - Airport Design

    3 credit hours
    Introduces the concepts of airport planning, design, and layout with particular emphasis on community characteristics and resource allocation. Students will become familiar with the Federal Aviation Administration’s role in the airport design process.


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  • AERO 6310 - Introduction to Aviation Security

    3 credit hours
    An overview of the aviation security system in the United States, including airport, aircraft operator, and general aviation perspectives. History and development of aviation security along with the role of government in aviation security discussed.


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  • AERO 6330 - International Aviation Systems

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth analysis of international aviation with particular attention to U.S. aviation interface. Areas covered include the air traffic control systems, bilateral agreements, nationalized vs. privately owned carriers, ETOPS restrictions, marketing and operational difficulties, etc.


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  • AERO 6370 - Aviation Contracts and Leases

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the various agreements utilized by airports to define the terms and conditions for airlines, FBOs, concessionaires, air cargo operators, and other airport tenants. Analysis of the general provisions and requirements contained within airport leases and those specific to each tenant. A review of airport lease administration and compliance procedures.


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  • AERO 6420 - Aviation Safety Investigation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Aerospace or permission of department. Acquaints students with skills and procedures used in aviation accident and incident investigation. Exposure to accident investigation management techniques, the information collection process, interviewing procedures, human factors, safety analysis, and investigation reporting. Emphasis placed on using safety investigation data to develop safety improvements.


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  • AERO 6430 - Human Factors in Aviation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Aerospace or permission of department. Comprehensive look at how human physiology and psychology affect aviation operations. Emphasis placed on how these factors can lead to aviation accidents and the development of safety systems to mitigate human error.


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  • AERO 6441 - Applied Research Capstone Project

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: AERO 6610  and AERO 6611 . Culminating experiences for M.S. in Aviation Administration candidates desiring professional careers in the aviation industry. Involves an independently designed investigation of contemporary issues within the aviation industry. Appropriate research methodologies as well as completion of a final project report and presentation required. Pass/Fail.


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  • AERO 6450 - Airport Funding Policy

    3 credit hours
    Airport subsidy funding by the local, state, and federal governments and their essential components as applied to local airports. Procedures necessary to obtain government funding and grants available for building new facilities and repairing existing buildings.


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  • AERO 6611 - Applied Statistics in Aerospace Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: AERO 6610  with minimum grade of C. Designed to integrate statistics and complement AERO 6610 . Introduction to inferential statistics, including parametric and nonparametric, and descriptive statistics using specific examples from research in aerospace. Only statistics most commonly used in aerospace/aviation will be covered. General objective is to help students understand applied statistics; specific objective is to show students how to apply statistics specific for research designs used in aerospace/aviation.


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  • AERO 6640 - Thesis Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisite: AERO 6610 . Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of thesis. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of master’s research each semester until completion. S/U grading.


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  • AERO 6700 - Advanced Aviation Workshop

    4 credit hours
    (Same as YOED 6700 .) Builds on prior experiences in aviation/aerospace. Essential for the prospective teacher of aerospace education courses at any level. A workshop that meets eight hours per day and includes an aircraft flight, field trips, and overnight stay.


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  • AERO 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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Agribusiness and Agriscience

  
  • ABAS 5100 - Microcomputer Applications in Agriculture

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CSCI 1150 or INFS 2200. Includes use of agricultural software, agricultural communications network, computer daily feeding machines, and farm records.


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  • ABAS 5130 - Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 3130 or approval of instructor. Agricultural prices and their relationship to production and marketing. Agricultural marketing systems, functions, institutions, and structural changes.


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  • ABAS 5150 - Agricultural Policy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 3130 or approval of instructor. Agricultural policy in a democratic society; relationship of farm groups to public policy; types of agricultural programs and appraisal of their results.


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  • ABAS 5200 - Fruit and Vegetable Marketing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: PSCI 1030/1031 and BIOL 1030/1031 or approval of instructor. Basic biochemistry of respiration, handling techniques and practices, quality assessment, and marketing of fruit and vegetable crops. Both domestic and international marketing of fruit and vegetable products discussed. Examines economic impact of improper handling on both the local producer and the end user.


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  • ABAS 5210 - Farm Power and Equipment

    3 credit hours
    Gasoline engines with actual work experience in overhaul. Work also with transmissions, hydraulics, braking systems, and other farm equipment including use of shop manuals, operation manuals, and parts books.


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  • ABAS 5230 - Adult Education in Vocational-Education and Program Development

    3 credit hours
    How to teach adults and administer adult programs. Emphasis on planning, organizing, and arranging courses for adults in agriculture.


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  • ABAS 5260 - Behavior of Domestic Animals

    3 credit hours
    Behavior aspects of raising and managing domestic animals to include equine, swine, goats, cattle, sheep, dogs, and cats. Communicative, ingestive, sexual, social, aggressive, and abnormal behaviors emphasized.


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  • ABAS 5400 - Horsemanship-Equitation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 2400 or approval of instructor. Understanding, recognizing, and producing lateral control in the horse. Lateral exercises; lateral movements; developing lateral balance and control, track, gait, pace, impulsion, and rhythm. Two-hour lecture and two-hour laboratory each week.


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  • ABAS 5410 - Animal Nutrition and Feeding

    3 credit hours
    Gastrointestinal tract, process of digestion, and nutrient utilization. Application of principles of animal nutrition to formulation of supplements and complete rations for livestock.


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  • ABAS 5420 - Genetics of Domestic Livestock

    3 credit hours
    Basic principles of genetics, inbreeding, quantitative traits in livestock, prediction of breeding value and genetic progress, method of selection, mating systems, methods of genetic evaluation, computer software for animal breeding and genetics, and genetic engineering.


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  • ABAS 5430 - Horse Production

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ABAS 2400, 3040, and one of the following: ABAS 3300, 4090, or 4440 or consent of instructor. Scientific principles relevant to production requirements of horses as related to exercise physiology and performance, growth, reproductive physiology and state, age, and clinical support. Facilities management, marketing, legal aspects of horse ownership and career opportunities covered.


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  • ABAS 5460 - Behavior and Training of Horses

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ABAS 2400, 3400, and 4400 or approval of instructor. Theory, fundamentals, and practices of breaking, training, fitting, showing, and the use of light horses for riding and driving, with special emphasis on the Tennessee Walking Horse and the needs of the local area.


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  • ABAS 5470 - Advanced Beef Production

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 3470 or approval of instructor. In-depth look at various systems of beef production from standpoint of function, economics, and suitability to locale. Extensive field trips to commercial cow-calf, feedlot, performance testing, stocker, and purebred operations.


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  • ABAS 5510 - Domestic Animal Reproductive Physiology

    3 credit hours
    Advanced topics in the anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology of reproduction in domestic livestock species. Topics include male and female physiology and an overview of comparative anatomy and physiology between species. Current technologies and methods in controlling reproduction in livestock species also discussed.


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  • ABAS 5620 - Greenhouse Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 1610 or BIOL 1120/1121. Analysis of soils, fertilizers, irrigation techniques, container preparation, ventilation, growth regulation, and carbon dioxide enrichment for greenhouse operation. Two hours lecture and one two-hour lab.


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  • ABAS 5630 - Floriculture

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 1610 or BIOL 1120/1121. Propagation and other cultural practices for the production and maintenance of plants and flowers in the home. Two hours lecture and one two-hour lab.


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  • ABAS 5640 - Landscaping

    3 credit hours
    Application of the principles of design, the use of proportionate-sized woody landscape plants, and other practices to produce low-maintenance-cost landscapes. One hour lecture and one four-hour lab.


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  • ABAS 5670 - Plant Propagation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ABAS 1610 or BIOL 1120/1121. Anatomical features and physiological principles involved in propagating plants from seed and by division, cutting, budding, and grafting. Use of growth regulators and environmental factors. Two hours lecture and one two-hour lab.


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  • ABAS 5700 - Agriculture in Our Lives

    3 credit hours
    The national and international importance of U.S. agriculture. Emphasis on food production and marketing, land conservation, and agriculture related recreation. Accepted as a natural science elective for education majors. NO CREDIT GIVEN TOWARD A MAJOR IN THE SCHOOL OF AGRIBUSINESS AND AGRISCIENCE.


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  • ABAS 5830 - Food Quality Control

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: PSCI 1030/1031 and BIOL 1030/1031 or approval of instructor. Quality control and sensory evaluation techniques utilized in food processing. Instrumental and physical methods of quality determination of raw and processed food products, hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP), and quality philosophies employed in the industry. Sensory evaluation techniques and statistical analysis of evaluation results covered.


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  • ABAS 6000 - Research Methods in Agricultural Science

    3 credit hours
    A review of current scientific methods related to experiments in agriculture. Topics include research ethics, welfare of research subjects, literature resources, critical review of scientific literature, experimental design, scientific writing, interpreting data, and data presentation.


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  • ABAS 6040 - Management of Equine Events and Facilities

    3 credit hours
    Fundamentals of managing equine and other livestock events and facilities. Emphasis placed on active participation in management of equine events held at MTSU facilities.


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  • ABAS 6090 - Equine Reproductive Physiology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate animal reproduction course or permission of instructor. Principles of equine reproductive physiology related to management of the stallion, mare, and foal. Topics covered include reproductive anatomy, endocrine regulation of reproduction, molecular mechanisms of hormone action, manipulation of reproductive function, and understanding and implementation of assisted reproductive technology in breeding farm management. Two hours lecture and two-hour laboratory.


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  • ABAS 6100 - Graduate Seminar in Agriculture

    1 credit hours
    Seminar presentations target current issues and research advances in agricultural science and production. Presenters include faculty, graduate students, and outside speakers. Active participation in topic discussions emphasized. May be repeated. S/U grading.


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  • ABAS 6170 - Issues in the Equine Industry

    2 credit hours
    In-depth look at relevant events affecting the equine industry. Interaction with industry leaders provides a unique window to examine the issues affecting the horse industry. Oral and written reports on specific problems presented. Topics will vary depending upon the current issues important to the equine industry.


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  • ABAS 6250 - Coaching and Teaching for Equine Competition

    3 credit hours
    Teaching and coaching successful teams for college or youth equestrian and judging competitions. Utilizes current philosophies of teaching and coaching based on fundamental psychology of personalities and learning. Practice and assisting with teaching and coaching of youth and college teams will be required.


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