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Courses

 

English
  

  • ENG 6900 Masculinity and Nation

    This course looks at literary constructions of nation and gender, particularly texts that, in various ways, construct the nation in terms of masculinity and masculinity in terms of the nation. As an outgrowth of feminism’s challenge to the unproblematic equation of male experience with human experience, masculinity itself has come under new critical scrutiny. At the same time, postcolonial discourse has helped shed light on the construction of the “imagined community” of the nation. The course looks at the role literary texts have played in the interrelated concepts of national identity and masculine identity. The nation and period studied depend on curricular needs and the teacher’s expertise. For example, the course might focus on nineteenth-century Britain, exposing students to influential works rarely assigned in other courses, such as boys’ school stories, and also offering them a new way to view more canonical works. Alternatively, the course might focus on mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century America, and look at the frontier, the New World versus the Old World, African American masculinity, and more. Other possible foci include early-modern England, contemporary America, or nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ireland.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENG 6920 William Faulkner and Toni Morrison

    This course examines selected major works of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, two of the most important twentieth-century American writers, reading their novels within the context of their respective cultural, historical, and social backgrounds. Students learn how each author portrays life in American from his/her unique perspective and how each portrays issues of regionalism (north/south), race (black/white), and gender (female/male). The course familiarizes students with the major critical work about each author and with the literary movements of modernism and postmodernism.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENG 6930 Studies Literature of Adolescence

    A survey of the literature of adolescence in several cultures and historical periods, this course explores selected works of important writers and novelists in their aesthetic, historical, and cultural contexts. Authors may include J.W. von Boethe, Sandra Cisneros, J.D. Salinger, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Judy Blume, Michelle Cliff, Maya Angelou, Esmerelda Santiago, Christ Crutcher, and others. The course familiarizes students with the history of the concept of adolescence, the conventions of the coming-of-age novel, the various definitions of “adolescent literature,” and the ways that popular culture and multiethnic and global issues affect the production and consumption of adolescent literature. Students also become familiar with current scholarship in the field.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENG 6940 History of Rhetoric

    This graduate seminar focuses on the history of rhetoric, specifically the development and meaning of the term through (and in) Western civilization and thought. Beginning with the origins of rhetoric, the course offers an historical examination of rhetoric through the classical, medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and twentieth century, focusing on both the shifts in definition and the changes in use of the term as revealed through the literature of the periods examined. Readings may include definitive texts by Gorgias, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, Locke, Nietzche, Bakhtin, I.A. Richards, Derrida, and others. Students produce weekly journals in response to the readings. In addition, they are responsible for presenting at least one theorist/author from our readings to the class, placing that author and their text in historical context.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENG 6990 Research and Thesis

    A seminar for graduate students in both concentrations who are writing their master’s thesis. Under the direction of the seminar leader, a member of the English graduate faculty, students meet weekly to discuss their progress, articulate and solve problems encountered in their research and writing, and share their work with other writers/researchers. A thesis proposal approved by the graduate committee the semester preceding the one the student plans on registering for this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENG 7000 Independent Study

    With the approval of the faculty advisor and the graduate committee.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • ENG 7900 MFA Thesis Seminar

    A seminar/workshop for M.F.A students in creative writing who are composing their Master’s thesis. In addition to planning and drafting the M.F.A Thesis, students learn manuscript submission procedures, are informed about career opportunities, and complete an essay on the craft of writing.
    Credits: 4.0
  

  • ENG 7950 MFA Thesis Project

    During the MFA Thesis Project, students draft and complete a substantial manuscript of publishable quality in the genre of their choice. A full-time faculty member of the English Department will work closely with students supervising the concepualizing and drafting of his/her thesis and completing a reflective essay on their writing. Prerequisite(s): ENG 7900 
    Credits: 4.0

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENT 7000 Independent Study

    Arranged with a faculty sponsor and agreed upon by the department chair and dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • ENT 7010 Entrepreneurship

    This course provides a highly practical introduction ot the field of entrepreneurship and the creation of new business ventures. It focuses on the motivation and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, the germination and analysis of business ideas/opportunities, the development of business, marketing, organizational, and financial plans, and the identification of alternative sources of venture capital. Prerequisite(s): MGT 6040  Cross Listed Course(s): MGT 7010  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENT 7120 Crisis Management for Organizations

    This course introduces various facets of crisis management. The focus is on the decisions that owners/managers of small businesses are faced with before, during, and after a crisis. While emphasis is placed on how crises are addressed in small business because of the disproportionate effect crises have on them, much of the course material is applicable to larger businesses as well. Prerequisite(s): MGT 6040  Cross Listed Course(s): MGT 7120
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENT 7200 Financing New Ventures

    This course focuses on educating students on the business and personal requirements required to fund new ventures. Major emphasis is placed on the assessment process that all entrepreneurs are faced with and on understanding the source of funds available to entrepreneurs. This course complements the Business Plan course and focuses on the financial documents required for each plan. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6060  and FIN 6070  Cross Listed Course(s): FIN 7200
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENT 7300 Marketing for Entrepreneurs

    This course addresses market-oriented problems for entrepreneurs, including identification and selection of marketing opportunities and demand for forecasting; formulation of competitive strategies; and designing and/or evaluating marketing plans and programs. Includes marketing in special fields such as services and not-for-profit areas. Various marketing decisions are examined with regard to product planning, channels of distribution, promotion activity, pricing, and aspects of international marketing. Integration of the Internet with marketing techniques is also discussed and examined. Prerequisite(s): MKT 6080  Cross Listed Course(s): MKT 7300 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • ENT 7600 Innovation and New Product Development

    This is an overview course that provides both the context of rapid change and means by which we can help guide innovation and entrepreneurship within organizations. By understanding the historical lessons of change, we can minimize potential innovation failures and gear up for distruptive or incremental change. Both entrepreneurs and established firms must respond to multiple changes in their environments to survive. But even more so, these changes that extend from globalization to technology to demographics and beyond provide opportunities for new streams of revenue and competetive advantage. This course will explore a wide range of topics, approaches, and techniques that promote innovation and entrepreneurial behavior in different organizations of all sizes. It will explore how breakthroughs in technologies and markets create opportunities and threats, and how organizations that can master innovation have an advantage over those who lag behind. We will also consider internal structures, processes, core competencies, and cultures of innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity in different size firms. Prerequisite(s): MKT 6080  and FIN 6070  Cross Listed Course(s): MKT 7600  
    Credits: 3.0

Exercise Science
  

  • EXSC 5010 Introduction to Research

    Introduction to research involves the understanding and conceptualization of research techniques and how they can be effectively implemented. Topics include qualitative and quantitative research fundamentals, research purposes and problems, hypothesis testing methods, data collection and analysis techniques, and reading research literature.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 5020 Research Methods and Design

    This course explores intermediate concepts and methods of qualitative and quantitative research. Course emphasis is placed on conceiving and designing a research project. Tools and techniques used in the analysis and interpretation of data and qualitative and quantitative analysis.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 5030 Seminar in Exercise Science

    This course covers current topics related to the field of specialization. The course will vary according to student need and graduate advisor’s identification of topics in the exercise sciences pertinent to the field of study. The seminar will deal with current issues in the appropriate topical area and other relevant issues related to exercise science. Discussions and structured reading assignments in physical education, exercise science, and sport studies. Prerequisite(s): EXSC 5020 
    Credits: .0 - 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6100 Advanced Physiological Principles of Performance

    This course examines in depth the concepts involving the physiological adaptations of man to the stress of exercise. Focusing primarily on the biochemical, muscular, cardiovascular, circulatory, nutritional, and pulmonary aspects of influencing athletic performance, this course will utilize laboratory exercises to explore various physiological principles. Responses, mechanisms and physiological adaptation to human performance are included.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6110 Applied Nutrition, Exercise, and Performance

    This course examines the nutritional aspects of physical and athletic performance. Focusing on the proper nutrition as a component in total physical training, this course will investigate the effect nutrition plays in influencing athletic ability resulting in significant performance gains. Laboratory exercises will obtain dietary information, carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism information and the regulation of metabolism.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6120 Cardiovascular Physiology

    Cardiovascular physiology is concerned with the electrical activity, hemodynamics and control of the heart, and circulation and how these are affected by physical training. Metabolic diseases are conditions that affect the internal systems of the body and exhibit themselves through cardiovascular diseases. The laboratory exercises will include various measurement and evaluation aspects of the cardiovascular system.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6130 Neuromuscular Physiology

    This course provides specialized training in the field of neurophysiology. Laboratory and theoretical aspects are integrated through the applications of physiological principles of exercise from a perspective of the coach, teacher, trainer, or sports-skill specialist.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6140 Physical Activity and Aging

    This course examines the effects of physical activity on the process of aging. Focusing on the physiological and neuromuscular bases of physical activity, this course explores the aging process. It also covers the important conceptions of nutrition, drugs and medications, the psychological and social components of aging and exercise programming.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6200 Curriculum Trends and Issues in Physical Education

    This course will address selected topics that affect physical education and sport curriculum, such as marginality, character education, health and obesity, competition, assessment, equity, and social context of curriculum. A project on a physical education issue in the work-place is required.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6210 Constructivist Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education

    Focused on developing teaching skills in a contemporary curriculum trend in physical education, with an emphasis in integrating practice and theory of a number of instructional models such as tactical games teaching, creative dance, curriculum gymnastics, sports education, physical activity, and lifestyle health concepts. Strategies for building learning communities through small group teaching are emphasized in a supportive structure for change through peer support and networking among the course participants. This course has a practical emphasis and includes a school-based project.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6220 Supervision in Physical Education

    This course will focus on the professional model of individual and collaborative supervision. The course will utilize an open systems framework to present the topics. An overview of the relevant theory and research in supervision and administration as it relates to supervisory practice in physical education will be discussed. The course will provide a detailed analysis of supervisory problems that occur in practice, and afford the students the opportunity to learn how to identify and solve these problems by utilizing ethical administrative and best supervisory practices.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6230 Research on Curriculum and Supervision in Physical Education

    The purpose of this course is to engage in an in-depth study of the research on teaching and the application of research-based knowledge to the teaching of physical education. The course is designed for graduate students to study the process and implementation of the research on teaching. This includes the study of the historical background, common research paradigms, selected published research reports, and application of research to teaching.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6240 Human Motor Development

    A study of the process of motor development and motor behavior across the lifespan. Observation and analytical skills will be developed in the locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative skill sequences. Relationships among growth, maturation, motor performance and the person’s context will be discussed. Developmental considerations will be discussed with respect to planning and directing movement experiences for individual across a lifespan. Individual and gender differences will be identified and applied to movement settings. The service-learning experience consists of weekly instruction in a community based early childhood motor skill program or a senior recreation center. Academic concepts learned in class will be applied and utilized in the service-learning setting.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6300 Administration of Sport and Athletics

    Organization and administration of athletic programs, current issues in athletics, effective leadership mentality, contemporary research, and health and safety measures in sport and athletics will be emphasized.  Further emphasis will be placed on management of the athletic program as it pertains to: scheduling, relationships, and marketing programs using modern technology and social media.

      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6310 Legal Aspects of Sport and Coaching

    An overview of the laws most often encountered in sport and physical activity, the course will emphasize tort, contract, selected areas of constitutional, labor, trademark/copyright law, title IX, drug testing, and state guidelines and policies for sport participation.  Students will become aware of the rights of participants, athletes, coaches, managers, teachers, referees and others engaged in amateur or professional sports.  The needs of sport clubs, schools and organizations in which the principal events involve physical activity will be addressed.   

      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6320 Sport Venue and Event Operations

    This course is designed to develop practical competencies necessary for effectively managing sport facilities and events.  Basic concepts pertaining to arena and stadium functional areas and production of events at sport facilities are further emphasized.  This course also focuses on issues and strategies of risk management in sport venue and event as well as learn how to develop risk management strategies that will assist them in setting guidelines, policies, and procedures in the areas.   

      Prerequisite(s):  Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6330 Sport Economics and Finance

    This course provides students with knowledge of financial management and managerial economics as they relate to sports and athletic programs. The focus will be placed on financial language, ability to analyze financials and performance of sports organizations, developing a budget, and tax implications as it pertains to making better organizational decisions.

      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
     
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6340 Policy and Strategic Management in Sport

    This course will examine the roles and responsibilities of top-level management in positioning a sports organization for success. More specifically, the student will gain an understanding of how administrators manage issues and make decisions in order to positively affect the long-term direction of the organization.  The creation, maintenance, and enforcement of policy will be examined as a vital tool which aids in the decision making process throughout the hierarchy of an organization’s management structure.   

      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6350 Sport Marketing and Sponsorship

    This course is designed to deal with current issues in sport marketing and sponsorship. The discussion of contents will focus on strategic sport marketing and sponsorship process. More specifically, this course will provide students with an appreciation of the business of sport, an examination of research in the sport marketing and sponsorship field, an understanding of ethical issues involved in sport sponsorship, an understanding of all aspects of sport marketing and sponsorship and an introduction to the unique theories in sport marketing and sponsorship.


      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6360 Human Resource Management in Sports

    An introduction to the human resources function and related elements and activities in sports. The course outlines the roles and functions of members of the human resources department in sport organization in how their roles include human resources-related activities. The student will learn about the evolution in human resources management such as volunteerism, professionalism, job design and analysis, hiring process, legal issues, staffing and career considerations, performance appraisal, satisfaction, and commitment. The student will be exposed to practical situations and problem solving regarding areas of employee counseling, discipline and termination, training and development, and staffing and strategy.

      Prerequisite(s): Permission from Graduate Program Director or Department Chair
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • EXSC 6520 Applied Kinesiology and Biomechanics

    This course examines the principles of physics as applied to human movement. Special emphasis will be placed on examining and applying anatomical and mechanical principles to human locomotion and selected movement skills. The quantitative and qualitative approach to movement analysis will be utilized. Theory and application of biomechanical principles of exercise.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6530 Advanced Motor Behavior

    A study of the neural mechanisms underlying the control of our movements. There will be both a micro and macro evaluation of the hierarchical levels that contribute to the neural control of movements. Theory and application - motor skill acquisition and neural control of movement, skill analysis, and practice.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6540 Applied Psychology of Sport and Exercise

    This course will present an overview of the applications of selected psychological theories and concepts to the sport and exercise experience. More specifically, the student will gain an understanding of how psychological factors affect sport and exercise performance and how participation in sport and exercise affects psychological well-being.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 6600 Special Topics in Exercise Science

    This course comprises related sport studies or exercise science topics offered by special permission and when visiting scholars are available to teach.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • EXSC 7000 Independent Study

    Arranged with a faculty sponsor and agreed upon by the department chair and dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • EXSC 7700 Exercise Science Internship

    Under the supervision of a faculty member, participants experience clinical application with a recognized sporting or health agency. Prerequisite(s): EXSC 5200
    Credits: .0 - 6.0
  

  • EXSC 7800 Thesis Exercise Science

    Supervised research involving the establishment of a research question, review of literature, properly conducted research, collection of data, analysis and written submission. Prerequisite(s): EXSC 5020 
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Finance
  

  • FIN 6070 Finance for Managers

    A study of the basic principles and practices of financial management of private (as opposed to government owned or affiliated) business operations. The principles and models discussed in the course can be equally applied to publicly listed companies as well as privately owned ones. This course includes an operational framework for financial analysis, financial planning including capital budgeting, along with valuation analysis and cost of capital. The basic framework of analysis used is that of risk and return, emphasizing that the objective of the firm is to maximize shareholder return, subject to satisfying societal and other stakeholder concerns. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6060 , ECON 6090  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 6550 Financial and Economic Global Strategy

    This course deals with the environment in which international business is conducted, including economic and financial relations, environmental and strategic factors that affect business operations within different nations. Topics include international trade, the balance of payment, exchange rate determination, hedging of foreign exchange exposure, tariffs and other trade restrictions, economic development, economic integration, and international economic organizations within different nations. Also reviewed are the economic, political and cultural conditions that influence international business.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 6990 Internship in Finance

    This is a cooperative education / field work experience. The mission of the intership program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or governmental entity in the student’s geographical area.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7000 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged. Prerequisite(s): Permission of dean
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • FIN 7090 Income Tax Analysis and Plan

    This course focuses on principles and current law and practice of income taxation and its impact on financial planning for individuals, couples, and families in their roles as investors, employees, and business owners. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607 and ACCT 606
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7150 Retirement Planning

    The intent of this retirement planning course is to provide individuals with knowledge of both public and private retirement plans. The public plans include social security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The private plans include both defined benefit and defined contribution plans and their regulatory provision. The specifics of the various plans are analyzed, as well as non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Finally, issues that individuals face in retirement, such as life-style choices and medical issues, are discussed. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7160 Insurance Analysis/Planning

    This course introduces students to risk management and insurance decisions in personal financial planning. Topics include insurance for life, health, disability, property and liability risks, as well as annuities, group insurance, and long term care. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7350 Investment Analysis/Plan

    This course provides the student with an understanding of the various types of securities traded in financial markets, investment theory and practice, portfolio construction, and management and investment strategies and tactics. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7500 Estate Planning

    This course focuses on the efficient conservation and transfer of wealth, consistent with the client’s goals. It is a study of the legal, tax, financial, and non-financial aspects of this process, covering topics such as trusts, wills, probate, advanced directives, charitable giving, wealth transfers, and related taxes. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7510 Operational Finance Decision

    Concentrates on techniques for arriving at practical solutions to financial problems in organizations. Areas such as working capital management, short-term financing and investment are explored. The course is designed for students who have a conceptual background in corporate finance and a desire to apply the theory and methods of mathematical modeling and analysis to the everyday decisions of the financial officer. Topics covered include receivables management, the credit-granting decision, management of inventory, investment, cash management, trade credit, bank credit, short-term financing and an integrated approach to working capital management. Prerequisite(s): BSCO 607 or equivalent
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7520 Investment Analysis

    This course provides an analysis of the Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) and valuation of securities. Offered at the Cotsakos College of Business Global Financial Learning Center, it explores the risk and return characteristics of various financial investment instruments, such as stocks, fixed income securities, options, and other derivatives. The student develops an understanding of pricing processes, valuation models, efficient markets, international capital markets, and rational expectations. The student is also exposed to global financial markets from the perspective of long-term investments. A simulation portfolio investment game is conducted in the class. The course extensively uses both global and domestic real-time data available at the trading floor. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7530 Financial Planning and Capital Budgeting

    Examines the critical role of financial planning for a business enterprise and its relationships to the firm’s objective. This includes the development and interpretation of financial plans under certainty and uncertainty. Special emphasis is given to the application of theories that address the acquisition and allocation of financial resources. Prerequisite(s): MBA 605 and FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7540 Financial Intermediation

    Designed for students of financial management who need to understand how the rapid development of nonbank financial intermediaries, such as the saving and loan industry, life insurance, mutual funds, pension funds, and finance companies, has reshaped the flow of debt and equity funds in the United States money and capital markets. The newer theories of financial growth alter existing principles of competition between financial institutions; these in turn affect portfolio decisions, marketing plans, pricing, and the profitability of financial institutions. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7550 International Economics and Finance

    This course deals with the environment in which international business is conducted, including both economic relations and environmental factors that affect business operations within different nations. Topics include international trade, the balance of payment, exchange rate determination, tariffs and other trade restrictions, economic development, economic integration, and international economic organizations within different nations. Also reviewed are the economic, political and cultural conditions that influence international business. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607 and ECON 609
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7560 Case Studies in Finance

    This course discusses various cases pertaining to corporate finance following the case study approach. Complex financial problems are explored in depth. Students are expected to analyze multi-faceted financial problems from the standpoint of the financial manager of a business enterprise, including domestic, global, and multinational firms. The students are primarily exposed to the concept of value creation, which encompasses capital investment analysis including risk analysis; financing, including evaluating sources of capital; and major strategic decision making, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Prerequisite(s): FIN 607
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7570 Investment Policy, Ethics, and Portfolio Management

    The primary objective of this course is to discuss the process of portfolio management. It covers the concepts of management of individual investor portfolios, management of institutional investor portfolios, professional ethical standards of practice, equity portfolio management strategies, debt portfolio management strategies, real estate and alternative investments in portfolio management, portfolio risk management, and portfolio performance measurement and presentation. Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7580 Derivative Securities

    This course covers introduction to derivatives and basic trading strategies. Attention is paid to two primary types of derivative securities: options and futures. With the data feeds and financial modeling tools in the E*Trade Financial Learning Center, it examines the nature of various strategies involving futures and options on stocks, stock indexes, currencies, and underlying futures. Both the standard binomial and Black-Scholes option pricing models are developed to value the options and futures. The feature of embedded options in convertible bond and other exotic options is discussed. Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7590 Commercial Bank Management and Financial Services

    The course provides a rigorous introduction to the world of commercial banking and related financial services which includes an overview of field, an analysis of commercial banks including how to analyze and evaluate bank financial statements; profit drivers in banking; managing principal risks in banking including credit (loan management) and interest rate (asset liability management) risks, and finally the evolving role of commercial banking in the twenty first century. The course is designed for students who are interested in a career in banking and financial services, or for those who are already there and would like to upgrade their discipline based analytical and other skills. Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070 , ECON 6090 , ACCT 6060 .
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7600 Financial Analysis and Decisions

    This course is an in-depth study of the information contained in the financial statements and the techniques to analyze corporate profitability and risk, and to make credit and investment decisions. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 606 or 212 Cross Listed Course(s): ACCT 7600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7650 Risk Management

    This course is directed toward students interested in understanding how large-scale complex risk can be quantified, managed and hedged. We identify the enterprise and business risks, regulatory requirements such as Basel I, II, III and techniques to measure and report risk. This course will enhance MBA students’ potential ability to purse career opportunities in financial banks, credit analysis and other related areas. Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070 , FIN 7520 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7670 Financial Data Analytics

    This course focuses on data-driven analytic techniques for valuation and decision making using financial market information. The course will cultivate students quantitative thinking and modeling skills by emphasizing application of financial econometrics in modern data sets. This course weighs equally on both theoretical and practical learning. As for theories regarding financial time series, we will learn linear time series models for stationary series (AR, MA, ARMA) and for unit-root non-stationary series; volatility analysis (ARCH, GARCH). The course will also cover entry-level topics in empirical asset pricing models (CAPM and other factor models) Practical learning involves using R to read, manipulate, and analyze financial data with real applications.



      Prerequisite(s): MBA 6050  
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • FIN 7680 Advanced Corporate Finance

    This course is designed to provide in-depth overview of financial management concepts and tools and their applications. The topics include cost of capital, discounted cash flow analysis, optimal capital structure theory, dividend payout policy, real options valuation in capital budgeting decision, valuation of risky debt and term structure of interest rates, warrants and convertibles, lease analysis, and the analysis of mergers and acquisitions.

      Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070  

  

  • FIN 7750 New Venture Finance

    This course is designed to provide rigorous introduction to the world of entrepreneurship and its financing needs that are synergistic with the business strategy of a new venture. The course discusses development of a business plan, and given such a plan, provides an analysis, assessment of the financing needs of the venture and development of a financing plan to provide the needed funding. In the process, the course provides a comprehensive introduction to the question of enterprise valuation, from the points of view of both the outside investor and the entrepreneur. Basically, this course is designed for a student who will, at some point of time in his/her career, will get involved in a traditional entrepreneurial activity, either as a startup, as a significant expansion of an existing venture, or in a large corporation as part of a corporate entrepreneurial activity building a new venture.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FIN 7990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course will be offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chairperson
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Financial Planning
  

  • FINP 7710 Insurance Analysis and Planning

    This course introduces students to insurance concepts, and strategies used for the evaluation and management of risk.   Student will cover in detail different types of insurance including property, health, disability and life insurance and their usage.

      Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070  
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • FINP 7720 Retirement Planning

    This course is designed to advance students’ skills and competence in retirement planning service. This course will focus on the rules, regulatory consideration of retirement plans, household retirement planning needs analysis, process and investment vehicles in retirement income and distribution management. 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 7730 Estate Planning

    Estate Planning focuses on the efficient conservation and transfer of wealth, consistent with the client’s goals. It is a study of the legal, tax, financial and non-financial aspects of this process, covering topics such as trusts, wills, probate, advanced directives, charitable giving, wealth transfers and related taxes.


      Prerequisite(s): FIN 6070  
    Credits: 3.0


Geography
  

  • GEO 5050 Field Study Abroad

    Presents a unique opportunity to study, through travel, the political, economic, and cultural aspects of one area of the world. Students, in collaboration with their instructor, are required to submit a project, based on the tour that displays independent investigation. Whenever possible, local resource persons are invited to enhance the program.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 5060 Field Study Abroad

    Presents a unique opportunity to study, through travel, the political, economic, and cultural aspects of one area of the world. Students, in collaboration with their instructor, are required to submit a project, based on the tour that displays independent investigation. Whenever possible, local resource persons are invited to enhance the program.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 5990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean. permission of chairperson
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • GEO 6000 World Resource/Industry

    A function appraisal of the resources and industries of the world. Unlike encyclopedic or descriptive methods, the function method emphasizes analysis, correlation, and appraisal.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6030 Middle East

    Geographic analysis of the Middle East emphasizing the interrelationships of the resource base and its interaction with cultural characteristics, external influences, and economic, social, and politicial development.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6040 The Geographical Foundations of Africa

    Geographical analysis of Africa emphasizes the interrelationships of the resource base and its interaction with cultural characteristics, external influences, and economic, social, and political development.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6060 Monsoon Asia

    A comprehensive presentation of South and Southeast Asia uses the various methods of geographic analysis. The major focus is humanistic.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6070 Cultural Geography of the Underdeveloped World

    A sophisticated, intellectually challenging overview of the widening discrepancy in life potential; material, social, and cultural gaps between the technologically advanced societies of North America, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Far East, and the rest of the world.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6260 Japan: A Geographic Synthesis

    A utilization of the tools and methods of geographic analysis to effect a comprehensive overview of the Japanese nation in its internal development and its relationship to the rest of the world past, present, and future.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 6500 World Historical Geography

    Using the techniques of geographic analysis, a series of selected representative periods and themes of traditional world history is examined. The import and significance of economic, social, physical, and political geography form the basis of interpretation.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 7000 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

History
  

  • HIST 5000 Historical Thinking

    What do historians do and how do historians think? This course will form the foundation for graduate studies in history, introducing students to the essentials of historical scholarship from research to publication. Students will read historical theory and methodology in order to understand the methodologies of interpretation that historians use, exploring classic and modern major theories of historical scholarship and historiographical debate. Students will learn how to find, analyze and use historical evidence and how to integrate evidence and interpretation in a scholarly research paper.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5010 Digital History

    This course - to be taken within the first year of the program - introduces students to the uses of information technology as it applies to historical research and teaching. Students acquire basic familiarity with statistical analysis software, personal information management software, databases and spreadsheets, bibliographic software, Web resources, presentation software, listserv management, hypertext documents, Web page production, and multimedia presentation tools.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5110 Historical Preservation

    Virtually every day, buildings are constructed, modified or torn down somewhere in our communities, changing the appearance, value and feeling of where we live. As historians and citizens, how can we integrate changes while preserving a sense of place to pass on to future generations? Historic preservation engages this process of community change, which often rides along the sharp edge of private property versus public interest. This course introduces the theory, structure and practice of historic preservation, through scholarly and in-field examples of how this national system of public policy effectively meets with local identity in shaping the future of change in our communities. Prerequisite(s): HIST 5000 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5200 Public History

    This course introduces graduate students to the practice of history in public venues, including government agencies, historical societies, archives, museums, businesses, and various professional organizations. It provides a broad survey of the preservation, interpretation and presentation of history by academic and non-academic practioners for audiences outside the academy. The course examines the theories, methods, varieties and problems associated with applied or public history. it introduces students to the literature about public history, the type of research and communication skils essential to reach non-academic audiences, and the way that public history affects the historical profession. Students will be expected to use the rich hisory of the tri-state area and how it is studied and presented in public venues.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5360 Seminar on Intellectual and Cultural History

    This seminar introduces major intellectual and cultural movements and thinkers in various historical eras. It begins with core readings in the nature and definition of ideas and culture in history. Specific content varies per instructor, but may include classical and medieval thought, European ideas and culture since 1500, and non-Western areas.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5370 Seminar on Twentieth Century

    An introduction to the twentieth century. After discussion of core readings, the course focuses on themes of modernity such as state and nation, race and gender, warfare, and economic integration that characterize the century.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5380 Seminar: Empires

    This seminar examines empires in historical perspective. After initial discussion of core readings, the content of each seminar focuses upon one or more empires within the instructor’s expertise.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5390 Seminar: War and Revolution

    An analysis of wars and revolutions as historical phenomena. Theoretical models are used to study the social, political, and economic impact of wars and revolutions in different historical and cultural settings. The content of each seminar also focuses on one or more examples of war and revolution to reflect the instructor’s expertise.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5400 Abundance and Poverty in United States History

    Among the themes to be explored: wealth and poverity; social mobility, the “American Dream;” economic promise, changing concepts of poverty and the poor; racial and ethnic dimensions of wealth and poverty; and the distribution of wealth.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5450 Reform Impulse in America

    The course explores reform movements in the U.S. such as temperance; asylum and prison reform; the struggle for emancipation and racial equality; women’s liberation and suffrage; business and economic regulation; and social security, welfare, and anti-poverty efforts.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5500 Violence in American History

    The course examines the causes, consequences, and uses of violence in American society. It studies the manifestation of violence in a variety of settings, i.e., urban, rural, and ethnic America. Students learn how violence has played an integral role in the development of American history, and they read case studies in violent episodes in American history and critically assess historical interpretations of violence.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5600 Twentieth Century United States Foreign Relations

    The ways in which the U.S. defined its status as a world power are explored through case histories of the Senate fight over the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations; the attack on Pearl Harbor and intervention in World War II; the Berlin Airlift; the Cuban Missile Crisis; and the Vietnam War. Conclusions are drawn about America’s role in the post-Cold War world.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5650 Nuclear America

    Beginning with the Manhattan Project in 1942 and proceeding through proposals for a Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s, this course deals broadly with the impact of the atomic bomb on American culture and society and on America’s role in the world stage.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5700 US Since World War II

    This course deals with the social and political changes that have shaped today’s America. By focusing on the issues of gender, class, and race, the course explores the consumer economy, the Civil Rights struggle, the liberation movements of women and minorities, the conformity of the fifties, the radicalism of the sixties and early seventies, the age of limits, abortion, and family values, and the conservative resurgence.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5790 History of Suburbia in the United States

    This course examines the history and historiography of the development of suburbia in the United States. The course readings emphasize scholarly debates among historians that explore such topics as the first commuter suburbs, the early-Twentieth Century streetcar suburbs, the post-World War II automobile suburbs, and the growth of Edge Cities and sprawl in multi-nucleated metropolitan regions. Prerequisite(s): HIST 5010 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5890 Seminar: New Jersey History

    This research seminar on the history and culture of New Jersey allows students to investigate in depth topics in the social, political, economic, geographic, and cultural history of the state.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5900 New Jersey Urban History

    This course examines in New Jersey, the most urban state in the nation. It offers readings about urban New Jersey and urbanization in general, but it primarily focuses on research on the urbanization of a particular city, town, community, or neighborhood in the state. It includes a chronological survey of New Jersey cities from the colonial era to the present and analyzes the historical forces that affect the location, spatial form, political economy, and social geography of cities and their surrounding suburbs. The course looks at how and why cities in the state evolved; the economy of the region; the neighborhood change process; the role of mass transit and the automobile; the suburbanization process; social and residential mobility; the effect of government programs for highways, urban renewal, and housing; the current status of cities; and their historiography.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5950 Oral History: Theory and Practice

    This course trains students in the theory and practice of oral history, an important sub-field in the discipline. Its first half is devoted to theory and methodology. Students do extensive fieldwork, the results of which forms the basis for an oral history archive of New Jersey in the twentieth century.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 5990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • HIST 6020 Issues in Western Civilization I

    This course has two goals: 1) to introduce students to current historiographical issues in Western history from the Ancient World to the Reformation; and 2) to provide students with a more advanced understanding of how to teach history. Course content focuses on pivotal moments and issues in Western history that are open to a variety of interpretations. Students also prepare and critique presentations of typical topics in the Western Civilization survey. These presentations should incorporate the recent scholarship on the topic.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 6110 Europe in Transition

    A detailed thematic survey of the late antique world, 300-800, focuses on the transition from the classical civilization of Rome to the initiation of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
    Credits: 3.0
 

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