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3.00 Credits
Derivatives are financial instruments whose returns depend on the performance of some other underlying assets. They are used extensively to manage financial risk. This course will study the building blocks of derivatives; futures, forwards and options, and examine their use in a number of applications including hedging, portfolio management and raising capital. The course will also study the securitization process and its role in creating derivative securities. Finally the course will examine organizational issues that are critical to avoiding derivative losses.
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3.00 Credits
Systems Architecture introduces the student to operating system concepts. Emphasis is given to main memory, the processor, microcode, I/O devices, secondary storage, machine cycles, architectures, memory management, deadlock, scheduling and queuing, job control language, spooling, time sharing, shell scripts, pipes, filters, paging, segmentation, thrashing, virtual memory, communication protocols, etc. UNIX, Open VMS and other operating systems are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the fundamental concepts pertinent to business requirements analysis and systems engineering, modeling and design of information systems. The course uses a multimedia approach to address the management of resources, clients, elicitation or requirements from the user, architecture design evaluation and the use of tools and techniques for designing large-scale information systems, small, targeted support systems and decision support systems. Course format includes hands-on usage of computer aided systems engineering tools, interactive cases and discussion on current trends in information systems analysis and design, as well as relevant lessons in project management. Students will also gain an in-depth understanding of the roles of prototyping, rapid application development and object-oriented design.
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3.00 Credits
The course follows the ANSI architecture standard for database development and focuses on the development and design of relational databases from a conceptual modeling direction. The class uses, specifically, the entity relationship model for conceptual design and formulation of database concepts followed by relational theory, including normalizations. This will be followed by implementation issues, including a brief introduction to structured query language. A small database development and implementation project is required to show the interplay between the design and development issues covered in the class and the actual implementation of the corresponding design. A research component is also required which allows the student to investigate other areas of database development and use that may be of specific interest.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the legal dimensions of the employment relationship in a non-union setting. As such, students will become familiar with the employment-at-will doctrine and will understand the exceptions to that doctrine. Several federal laws will also be examined including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the American with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, COBRA, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, OSHA, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. The course will also cover also issues including privacy in the workplace, employment testing, performance appraisals, and affirmative action.
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3.00 Credits
This is the first course in the graduate real estate curriculum and involves study of the problems in financial residential, commercial and industrial real estate. Methods of financing covered include use of individual and business equity; loans secured by mortgages; land contracts; sale-and-leaseback arrangements; cooperatives, syndicates, and real estate servicing; foreclosing loans and mortgage arrangements by principals, agents and mortgage bankers.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the opportunity for students to delve into current controversies and recent developments in the areas of real estate and financial analysis, land use policies and valuation issues affecting today's market. Topics may include computerizations, development, law, taxation and governmental policies.
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3.00 Credits
This course, fully incorporating the global point of view in international marketing, provides a conceptual framework for a managerial approach to the field. Emphasis is placed on the view that international marketing effectiveness requires a strategic understanding. The integration of all relevant trends, facts and markets into an overall framework that allows managers to consider many different markets simultaneously rather than on a country-by-country basis is presented. Numerous examples of international marketing situations faced by actual U.S. and foreign organizations are examined. Issues are tackled from the manager's point of view and concepts are included that help students address specific international marketing questions.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is on problems dealing with industrial marketing. These include strategic planning, industrial buyer behavior, market selection, vendor-customer relations and the application of the marketing mix to the industrial environment. Case studies and application of marketing concepts are used as managerial tools of analysis and problem solving.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a framework for the integration of sales and marketing management while focusing on the goals of the overall marketing organization. Emphasis will be placed on establishing long-run relationships with customers based on ethical considerations, personal selling, customer service and overall sales force management. Attention will be given to both industrial and consumer sales while focusing on sales management practices.
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