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1.50 Credits
Prerequisite(s): IT 101 Note: Not open to students who have previously taken CS 210 or CS 301. This course increases the knowledge base gained in IT 101 as the foundation for understanding how information technology is used in a variety of business organizations. A major focus will be the managerial uses of information at the strategic, tactical and operational levels of the organization through computer-based data analysis using spreadsheet technology. Along with data management issues, it will also introduce the student to Telecommunications and Networks and to Systems Planning and Systems Analysis and Design. Along with Data Management, these areas are important core areas of Information Technology in business and should provide the student with a firm foundation for understanding how information technology can be used across an organization, how information technology supports the business and how changes in business policy and practice are impacted and supported by information technology. Microsoft Excel 2003 (Office XP) will be the software used for this course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): MA 111 or equivalent Note: Not open to students who have previously taken ST 241 or MA 251 or GB 204 or GB 205 This course develops the basic descriptive and inferential statistical concepts and techniques useful in making a wide range of business decisions. Topics include graphical and numerical techniques for summarizing and describing qualitative and quantitative data; the nature of uncertainty and the basics of probability theory for describing and understanding that uncertainty such as expected value; and the concept of random models including the binomial and normal random variables. An introduction to random sampling and sampling distributions will be presented along with a discussion of the common statistical inference techniques used to analyze the sample data. Specific inferential topics include confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and regression analysis. Numerous examples of business related applications are emphasized throughout the course. The use of Excel for analyzing qualitative and quantitative data sets will be integrated throughout the course material.
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6.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing and EC 111 Corequisite(s): EC 112 Note: This course is required for marketing majors This course provides a broad overview of the functions and concepts of marketing practice within firms, other organizations, and society. The course emphasizes the creation and delivery of customer value through the process of determining needs and wants, providing products and services for exchange, and anticipating market changes. The impact of information technology as it relates to the changing role of marketing is also addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Senior-level standing, GB 301 or students who have credit for all three of the following courses: OM 280, MK 160 and FI 270. Note: Not open to students who have previously taken MG 370. Strategic Management focuses on the job of the general manager or top management team in formulating and implementing short- and long-run corporate policy and strategy. Today, business, as well as other organizations is in the process of transformation driven by information technology and globalization; therefore strategy is formulated in a multi-faceted environment of social, political, economic, and legal entities and forces. Strategic Management is concerned with developing the "general management point of view"; this means seeing the cross-functional impact of any situation, problem, solution, proposal or decision and the key long- and short-term implications for the total enterprise from a global perspective
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the basic principles of geology. Topics covered include the origin of the Earth; the classification and origin of the minerals and rocks composing the Earth; discussion of geologic features and processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and the sculpture of Earth's surface by erosion and deposition; and the concept of geologic time.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the geologic history of the African continent, including formation of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks and minerals; economic gems and minerals; plate tectonics and volcanic processes; landform evolution, including the geologic work of glaciers, rivers, and wind; paleontology; and geologic time. The origin and evolution of humans are considered in the context of African landscape and geologic resources. Course includes laboratory exercises and some times a day-long field trip to the Connecticut River valley, which exhibits some features similar to the Great African Rift Valley.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level GEO Explores Earth resources (renewable and non-renewable) from a geologic perspective, including ores (classification, distribution, production, mining), metals (abundant and scarce), gems (diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and the like), nonmetals for agriculture and the chemical industry, building materials (including stone, sand and gravel, lightweight aggregates, clays, cement, calcium sulfate, asbestos, and abrasives), energy (oil, gas, coal, synfuels, nuclear fission, alternatives), mining law, waste disposal, recycling, land reclamation, environmental regulations, and environmental law.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level BIO, CHM or GEO Examines the relationship between humans and Earth environments. The impacts of humans on the Earth and the Earth on humans are discussed, as well as attempts to alleviate the negative consequences of these impacts. Topics covered include natural disasters, surface and subsurface pollution of land and water, erosion, climate, waste disposal, and land-use planning.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level CHM or GEO A one-week, on-site field course that studies the origin, geological features, and likely future landscape of Cape Cod. Topics covered include beach formation, glacial deposits, cliff retreat, dune formation and migration, fresh water supply and quality, and the impact of humans on the natural environment. A May-term intensive one-week course.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the institutions, background and processes of American national government. Surveys the governmental structures created by the Constitution as well as the informal substructures (parties, interest groups, etc.) that animate our political system.
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