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Course Criteria
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0.00 Credits
Provides students with an opportunity to examine historical changes in workforce composition and the many effects of globalization, domestic diversity, technological change, and new workforce arrangements. Businesses and individuals in the twenty-first century are undergoing rapid and unpredictable change. A significant part of this change involves managing in increasingly diverse global and domestic environments. The course focuses on increasing personal awareness, understanding, and skills to function effectively with members of different ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds.
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2.00 Credits
Offers an opportunity to investigate current theories, trends, practices, and perspectives in the fields of business and the social sciences. Using multiple forms of media, this course addresses current global business topics and how these impact human behavior and the human condition. Most importantly, this interdisciplinary course offers an opportunity to analyze the intersection between the social sciences and business sectors.
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2.00 Credits
Explores current research directions, emerging fields, and real-world problems in engineering and computer sciences. Emphasizes critique and analysis of readings from current and recent scientific literature to gain an understanding of the impact of engineering and computer sciences in global contexts.
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2.00 Credits
Covers current topics related to health and life sciences while emphasizing the relationship between the two disciplines. Incorporating perspectives from both disciplines, students have an opportunity to examine, discuss, and draw conclusions on primary literature from current issues of leading scientific journals.
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4.00 Credits
Leads students through the process of writing papers based on the research they do on a topic of their choice. Introduces students to the University library and its electronic search facilities to collect and evaluate sources. Students have an opportunity to take notes and learn how to quote, paraphrase, and synthesize information. Students also have an opportunity to become familiar with and demonstrate mastery of one particular standardized format for writing citations of sources, and they are required to write a series of drafts leading up to a final paper with proper references and citations.
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4.00 Credits
Requires students to select a topic from any area of their studies and to read several papers from the current research literature in that area. Students must prepare an oral presentation and a paper on that topic, including a presentation and analysis. The final paper reviews current research progress, identifying current challenges and projections about future research directions. Group seminars focus on how to read and interpret an academic research paper, how to research an emerging topic, and how to write a professional paper of publication quality. The oral presentation requires students to apply the knowledge gained in prior course work to select a topic, understand and integrate classroom learning in researching the topic, and effectively communicate their findings to their peers and instructors.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the range of research methods. Covers experimental research, field research, survey research, and historical-comparative research. Discusses sampling, the rules of evidence in empirical research, research ethics, and the place of values.
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Designed to prepare students who have at least an intermediate proficiency in English to take one of the academic tests required to get into a university. Aims to provide students with the skills, strategies, and confidence they need to maximize their scores on these tests. Uses exercises, explanations, and practice exams to teach the skills students need to improve their scores. Covers all sections of exams: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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0.00 Credits
Seeks to improve listening, speaking, and grammar skills; develop fluency and confidence in communication in both professional and social settings; enhance listening skills; and examine the grammar of English. Class activities include discussion, dictation, presentation, and the use of music and movies to enhance learning. The study of reading and writing focuses on developing students' abilities to write both academically and professionally. Includes study of sentence, paragraph, and essay structures as well as letter and resume writing styles and offers students the opportunity to enhance their reading skills through practice with class readings and authentic texts.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the challenges and processes for harnessing technological innovation for new-business development. Integrates technology strategy, innovation in marketing, product development, and organization design for the purpose of enterprise growth. Through readings, cases, and exercises, studies how firms from different industries gain competitive advantage through distinctive products and services, and leverage their technologies and skills into new emerging markets. Also focuses on processes for conceiving, financing, and organizing new ventures.
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