ACC
100 Accounting Principles (3 units)
This course is an introduction to basic accounting
concepts and principles. The course presents
the basic techniques and procedures of accounting
for proprietorships.
ACC
101 Intermediate Accounting (3 units)
This course is an introduction to the basic
concepts and standards underlying financial
accounting systems. Several important concepts
will be studied in detail, including: revenue
recognition, inventory, and GAAP. The course
emphasizes the construction of the basic financial
statements – the income statement, balance
sheet, and cashflow statement – as well
as their interpretation. Each topic will be
extensively discussed with a focus on the CPA
exam.
ACC
102 Intermediate Accounting II (3 units)
This course is an in-depth study of the concepts
and standards underlying the financial accounting
and reporting process, as well as the process
itself. Emphasis is on generally accpted accounting
principles for income and assets. Each topic
will be extensively discussed with a focus on
the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 101)
ACC 103 Intermediate Accounting III
(3 units)
This Course covers liabilities and equities,
especially long-term debt, convertible securities,
equity issuance, dividends, share repurchases,
employee stock options, pensions, leases, and
derivative securities. Related topics covered
include allocation of Partnership income, changes
in ownership, transactions between a partner
and the partnership, and partnership liquidation.
Each topic will be extensively discussed with
a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 102)
ACC
201 Advanced Accounting I (3 units)
Advanced Accounting concentrates on issues relating
to business combinations and the preparation
and reporting of consolidated financial statements.
Emphasis is placed on both the cost method and
partial equity for recording investments and
for workpaper procedures. Other topics include
accounting for Foreign Currency Transactions,
and Foreign Statement Translation. Each topic
will be extensively discussed with a focus on
the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 103)
ACC
202 Advanced Accounting II (3 units)
This course covers basic accounting principles
for governmental and other not-for-profit organizations.
Students will learn to record transactions prepare
financial statements for state and local governments
and school districts, colleges and universities,
hospitals, fiduciary funds, and other nonprofit
organizations. Each topic will be extensively
discussed with a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ:
ACC 201)
ACC
203 Cost Accounting (3 units) (top)
This course introduces the student to coverage
of cost-volum-profit relationships, job order
and process costing system, budgeting and budget
variance analysis. This course also applies
cost accounting concepts and procedures to particular
business decision. Topics covered include cost
allocation, joint product cost and by-product
cost, process costing, and transfer pricing.
Each topic will be extensively discussed with
a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 202)
ACC 204 Governmental Accounting (3 units)
This course covers basic accounting principles
for governmental and other not-for-profit organizations.
Students will learn to record transactions prepare
financial statements for state and local governments
and school districts, colleges and universities,
hospitals, fiduciary funds, and other nonprofit
organizations. Each topic will be extensively
discussed with a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ:
ACC 202)
ACC
301 Audit I (3 units)
This course primarily deals with the process
by which the external company auditor, within
the U.S. professional and legal framework, independently
appriases and reports on the truth and fairness
of the company’s financial statements.
The course is pracitce-oriented and, in keeping
wiht current trends in the auditing profession,
a risk-based audit approach is empasised. Auditing
theory is intergrated with audit methodology
so as to enable students to better appreciate
the fundamental concepts and principles that
underlie auditing practice. Each topic will
be extensively discussed with a focus on the
CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 202 or equivalent)
ACC
302 Audit II (3 units)
This course includes a consideration of the
historical role of the auditor and the changing
role in today’s environment, the organization
of the accounting profession, and the new influences
of the public company accounting oversight board.
It introduces the students to generally accepted
auditing standards, professional ethics, and
legal liability. A conceptual theory of auditing
is discussed and practical examples of auditing
techniques and work programs are used to illustrate
the application of the theory. Each topic will
be extensively discussed with a focus on the
CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 301)
ACC
303 Audit III (3 units)
This course develops an understanding and appreciation
of the philosophy of the auditing process and
the role of internal and external auditing in
an organization. The concepts of risk and control,
evidence and documentation are considered. The
operational approach of the internal auditor
is contrasted with the attestation focus of
the external auditor. Each topic will be extensively
discussed with a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ:
ACC 302)
ACC 304 Accounting Ethics (3 units)
(top)
This course explores ethics and professional
responsibility in the accounting profession.
Students will discuss the evolutionary role
of ethics as it pertains to the accounting profession.
The course will also have students investigate
and analyze case studies regarding ethical situations
and issues confronted by the accounting profession.
The course will also provide an introduction
to professional responsibilities required of
those in the CPA profession as prescribed by
the state boards of accountancy. (PQ: ACC 204)
ACC
401 Federal Taxation I (3 units)
This course is designed to give students the
knowledge to prepare an individual tax return,
to compute estimated tax payments and tax creidts,
and to understand taxable versus non-taxable
income, and deductible versus non-deductible
items. Also the understanding of tax treatment
of Like-kind transaction in property and taxpayer’s
penalty. Each topic will be extensively discussed
with a focus on the CPA exam.
ACC
402 Federal Taxation II (3 units)
This course is primarily designed to provide
the students with a fundamental understanding
of federal taxation of business entites. Topics
covered in this course include : Corporate formation,
contribution, liquidation, and reorganization.
This course also puts emphasis on learning to
prepare S-coporation tax returns. Each topic
will be extensively discussed with a focus on
the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 401)
ACC
403 Federal Taxation III (3 units)
This course introduces the student to the federal
income tax system and covers the taxation of
partnership. The course presents the income
tax concepts of partnership interests, contributions,
distributions, and partnership organizations.
This course also puts emphasis on learning to
prepare an Estate, Trust, and Gift tax returns.
Each topic will be extensively discussed with
a focus on the CPA exam. (PQ: ACC 402)
ACC
491 Accounting Seminar (3 units)
This course provides students with in-depth
exposure to taxation as it relates to selected
topics. Topics will vary from semester depending
upon instructor and topics of current interest.
BUS
105 Introduction to Business (3 units)
This course is a basic overview of the business
world and the functions of management and the
environment in which business operates.
BUS 110 Principles of Marketing (3 units)
(top)
This course covers marketing principles and
policies; consideration of marketing functions,
price policies and controls, trade channels,
merchandising, market research, government regulations,
and competitive practices. There is an emphasis
on integration of marketing with other business
activities and marketing strategy planning.
BUS
120 Introduction to International Marketing
This course is designed to provide students
with the necessary marketing knowledge and skills
to understand and function effectively in a
global environment. Students will examine the
impact of economic, cultural, political, legal
and other environmental influences on international
marketing.
BUS 115 Business Communications (3 units)
This course is the theory and practice of business
communications. It covers fundamental dimensions
of communication: language and behavior; alternatives
for conveying messages are discussed; and various
channels and media are covered in detail with
guidelines for effective use.
BUS
125 International Business Management
This course will study the problems, challenges,
and opportunities, which arise when business
operations or organizations transcend national
boundaries. Students will examine the functions
of international business in the economy, international
and transnational marketing, production, and
financial operations.
BUS
139 Business Interviews (3 units)
This course will examine the various forms of
interviews focusing primarily on the employment
or recruitment interview and the performance
review. Elements of the interview process will
be studied and will include: all forms of correspondence
(cover letters, resumes, thank you letters),
all phases of the interview process (what occurs
prior, during and post interview), and verbal
and nonverbal communication strategies for all
forms of communication interactions within the
interview context.
BUS
200 Principles of Management (3 units)
The course analyzes basic management functions
to provide a basic conceptual approach to management
concentration on organizational decision making
activities as they lead to and promote efficient
and effective management. Integration of the
proven, traditional. functional approach to
managing with current developments in the contingency
approach, systems theory, and the behavioral
sciences.
BUS
210 Organizational Theory and Behavior (3 units)
(top)
This course is an examination of research and
theory on the forces underlying the way members
of an organization behave. Topics include the
behavior of work groups and supervisors, intergroup
relations, employees’ goals and attitudes,
problems in communication, the circumstances
of change in an organization, and the goals
and design of an organization.
BUS
250 Business & Society (3 units)
This course discusses how business functions
in, reacts to, and affects its social environment.
It covers the socioeconomic model, power responsibility
model, pluralistic social system model, cost
benefit model, and government regulatory model.
BUS
255 Psychology & Work (3 units)
This course is an introductory course in industrial
organizational (1-O) psychology, which stresses
the practical application of the psychology
of work in modern society. Topics include human
resources development; the workplace, and psychology
related to the organization, engineering, and
the consumer.
BUS
245 Customer Relationship (3 units)
This course will help students identify customers
and meet customer needs. Students will be introduced
to the customer/supplier chain and examine how
employees’ actions can directly impact
customers’ impressions of the organization.
Participants will learn and practice techniques
to identify customers’ needs and solve
problems.
BUS
260 Consumer Behavior (3 units)
This course approaches the subject of consumer
behavior by using a rigorous scientific orientation,
basic concepts, persuasion, and managerial decision
making. The course discusses the principles
and scientific investigation of con- sumer behavior
and demonstrates how companies and organizations
use them strategically every day.
BUS
265 Marketing Hospitality (3 units)
This course provides examples and applications
that illustrate the major decisions hospitality
marketing managers face in their efforts to
balance objectives and resources against needs
and opportunities in today's global market-place.
An abundance of real-world examples and cases
and experiential and internet exercises give
Students extraordinary insight into marketing
situations they will actually encounter on the
job.
BUS
300 Introduction to Financial Management (3
units) (top)
This course covers principles and motives of
financial management, time value of money, risk
and value, cost, capital budgeting, forecasting
and planning capital structure, current asset
management, short-term financing.
BUS
305 Principles of Economics (3 units)
This course is an introduction to Macroeconomics,
presenting unemployment and inflation measures
of national output, the Simple Keynesian Model,
and the More Complete Keynesian Model and fiscal
policy. Also, the banking system, the New Quantity
Theory, monetary policy, poverty and the distribution
of income, international trade and finance,
economic growth and development, and a Macro
summary.
BUS 310 Introduction to Accounting (3
units)
This course is a basic approach to accounting
emphasizing recording, measuring, and communicating
the accounting data of business.
BUS
315 Introduction to Data Processing (3 units)
This course illustrates how computers and networks
can be used as practical tools to solve a wide
variety of problems. It will help you to comprehend
the trends that will change the way we work
with computers and the way computers work for
you. The course puts computers into human context,
illustrating how information technology affects
our lives, our world, and our future.
BUS
350 Information Management (3 units)
This introductory course is designed to provide
in-depth coverage of essential concepts and
important terminologies. Course material covers
cache memory, OS/2 and Macintosh OS, CD-ROM,
CAD/CAM, desktop publishing, computer viruses
and graphics. Topics include robotics, decision
support systems, fifth-generation computers,
expert systems, and artificial intelligence.
BUS
355 International Business (3 units)
This course introduces basic principles of foreign
trade and finance, an analysis of character
and importance to the United States, theory
of comparative costs, balance of trade, and
tariffs.
BUS
360 Advertising (3 units)
This course is for managers who will use advertising
as a business tool. It covers social responsibility
of advertising, corporate advertising, the consumer
and behavior, quantitative approach to budgeting
and computer assisted media selection models.
BUS
366 Business Ethics (3 units) (top)
This course provides a managerial framework
for integrating ethics into strategic business
decisions. The framework provides an overview
of the concepts, processes and best practices
associated with successful business ethics programs.
It also prepares students for the ethical dilemmas
they will face in their business careers.
BUS
400 Business Law (3 units)
This course discusses law in business context,
rather than in the abstract and using the law
to make it easier to reach business objectives.
The concept of preventive law is central to
a law course designed for business students.
BUS 450 Public Relations (3 units)
This course is an introduction to the field
of public relations designed to present to students
the effective practices in the field of public
relations and to prepare students to deal with
the situations and arrive at the solutions that
distinguish the field of public relations.
BUS
455 Human Resources Management (3 units)
This course introduces aspects of the individual
and the work environment which influences people
at work. An emphasis is placed on recent and
relevant findings from the behavioral sciences
and other disciplines.
BUS
455 Operations Management (3 units)
This course emphasizes on the systems approach
to tie information together and present a philosophy
of management. It is an introduction to theory
and practice of industrial management.
BUS
460 Introduction to E-Commerce (3 units)
This course is an overview of electronic commerce
including market mechanisms, retailing, business
to business, E-government and E-learning, strategies,
payments and order fulfillment, as well as law,
ethics and cyber crimes.
BUS
499 Project
This course allows students to present a project
involving business principles that has been
learned in previous courses. Students will be
guided by an instructor, who will provide input
and suggestions. Students will be graded on
creativity and demonstrated understanding.
BUS
501 American Business Culture (3 units)
(top)
This course provides international students
with an in-depth understanding of American business
practices by offering opportunities to strengthen
communications skills. Students gain increased
skills in oral and written English language
with particular emphasis on grammar, communications
formats and terminology relevant to American
business practice. Issues of career management,
interpersonal and group communication and corporate
practices are also addressed.
BUS
502 Business Writing for Professionals (3 units)
This advanced writing course will prepare you
for the demands of writing quality communications
in the fast-paced business environment. Participants
will learn to write effective persuasive documents
by mastering style, grammar principles and punctuation.
BUS
503 APA Writing for Business (3 units)
This course provides the foundation necessary
for academic writing. Topics include formats,
literature reviews, citations, problem statements,
research proposals, research questions, hypotheses.
BUS
504 Business Career Strategies (3 units)
This course provides an in-depth framework for
building a successful and satisfying career
in business. Students will develop strategies
for personal growth as they create a skills
inventory and discover their personal learning
styles.
BUS
505 Marketing (3 units)
This course is a managerial approach to the
study of marketing. There is an emphasis is
on the nature and scope of the marketing managers'
responsibilities and on marketing decision making.
BUS
509 Marketing for Non-Profit (3 units)
This course is intended to further the student's
understanding of the ways in which marketing
and strategy can be applied to a number of non-profit
management areas. It will integrate the basic
theory and concepts with practical applications
appropriate to the non-profit organization.
The course will maintain an overall managerial
perspective in examining the ways in which various
constituencies fulfill their strategic organizational
objectives through the application of strategic
marketing practices.
BUS
510 Financial Management (3 units)
(top)
This course explains financial control at the
corporate management level with special reference
to policies and practices required to plan and
control the sources and uses of a firm's funds.
Emphasis on working capital management and selection
of alternative investment opportunities, funds
acquisition, dividend policies, optimal debt-equity
mix, and budgetary and related procedures as
basic tools which pro- vide data used by management
for decision-making purposes.
BUS
514 Financial Management for Non-Profit (3 units)
This course is a detailed study of theories
and practices of not-for-profit financial management
and decision making, including budgeting, reporting
requirements, nonprofit accounting, and financial
standards. The role of financial management
in maintaining the fiscal health and legal status
of the nonprofit organization is the primary
focus. Emphasis is on budgeting, fund accounting,
cash flow analysis, expenditure control, long-range
financial planning, audits, and grant and contract
management.
BUS
515 Business Strategy (3 units)
This course is a study of the concepts, techniques,
tools and management processes to facilitate
successful technological innovations in the
traditional, capital intensive industries such
as steel and automobiles, as well as machine
tools; consumer electronics; many aspects of
semiconductors, computers, and telecommunications;
aerospace; and some aspects of biotechnology.
It emphasizes the impact of the digital revolution
on issues of strategic concern as a critical
element for all companies in their strategic
management.
BUS 520 Human Resource Management (3
units)
This course explores the effective utilization
of personnel and emphasizes the skillful merging
of human talents, needs and aspirations with
the requirements of the organization which can
result in over-all benefits to society.
BUS
525 Organizational Behavior (3 units)
This course focuses on the behavior of individuals
and groups within diverse organizations and
on organizational structure and processes. There
is heavy emphasis on leadership, change management,
team development and continuous improvement
practices and experiences. Topics include management,
leadership, change, team development, dynamics
and teamwork, transforming business processes,
and process improvement structure.
BUS
527 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
This course provides the concepts and skills
for the ethical leadership of people in organizations.
It also introduces the basic behavioral skills
needed for self-management and promoting productive
relationships with others in organizations.
BUS
530 E-Commerce Management (3 units)
(top)
This course describes what electronic commerce
is; how it is being conducted and managed, and
its major opportunities, limitations, issues,
and risks. It emphasizes the two parts of e-business:
Business and Technology.
BUS
533 Management Information Systems (3 units)
This course provides an overview of information
technology and its application in a business.
By simultaneously examining business cases and
the capabilities of relevant technologies, students
will develop an understanding of how information
technology is the primary enabler for improved
business processes. Systems and technologies
that are examined from this dual business and
technology perspective include relational databases,
the Internet and networks, enterprise resource
planning, customer relationship management,
and supply chain systems.
BUS
535 Business Law (3 units)
This course examines the key components of the
business environment, and about legal choices
with regard to corporate decisions. In today’s
business world, legal and regulatory environments
directly impact an organization’s strategic
operation and performance. Environmental controls
reflect a series of ever changing issues that
are frequently reviewed, revised or eliminated.
The emphasis in this course is on current regulatory
environments and their impact on organizational
directions.
BUS
540 Public Relations (3 units)
This course provides the fundamental knowledge
of the organizational structures, management
styles, and problems commonly encountered in
the management public relations or advertising
firms and the advertising and/or public relations
departments in a corporation or government agency.
BUS 545 Entrepreneurship (3 units)
This course is a study of the essentials of
entrepreneurship and small business management.
The concepts, techniques, tools and management
processes to facilitate successful small businesses
and start up companies. It also examines how
to become a successful entrepreneur.
BUS
550 International Business (3 units)
This course addresses the issues and current
trends in global corporate social responsibility
and responsible globalization. The quadruple
bottom line of social, environmental, cultural,
and economic responsibility will be explored.
This course will also explore the differences
between domestic and international businesses
and the impact of the global economy on all
functions of business.
BUS
555 Operations Management (3 units)
This course applies planning and controlling
concepts to increase the value of the supply
chain. Students learn to evaluate and improve
operational processes. Other topics include
process selection, process design, theory of
constraints, project implementation, capacity
planning, lean production, facility location,
and business forecasting.
BUS
560 Accounting Management Applications (3 units)
(top)
This course utilizes industry standard financial
/ accounting software (QuickBooks) to go in-depth
in discussions of small business bookkeeping,
budgeting, bank reconciliation, online banking,
payroll taxes, federal tax preparation, the
statement of cash flow, ratio analysis, and
depreciation.
BUS
565 Managerial Economics (3
units)
This course studies the application of economic
theory and methodology to managerial decision
making problems within various organizational
settings such as a firm or a government agency.
The emphasis in this course will be on demand
analysis and estimation, production and cost
analysis under different market conditions,
forecasting and decision making under uncertainty.
BUS 600 Business Planning for the Entrepreneur
(3 units)
This course teaches entrepreneurs to state their
business passion in practical terms with methods
for analyzing their market and competition,
setting achievable goals and focusing on a strategic
business plan. Understanding the probability
of risks, along with developing crisis management,
disaster recovery and business continuity plans,
provide entrepreneurs with a solid basis to
sustain their business and achieve their vision.
This capstone course is designed to bring together
the knowledge gained through the entire program
and permits the student to demonstrate competency
and mastery in the various course competencies.
BUS 623 Quantitative Analysis for Management
(3 units)
This course is a study of quantitative approach
to management decision making in order to develop
mathematical and statistical models as tools
for managers to optimize decision-making process.
BUS
650 Venture Creation, Dev & Finance (3 units)
This course immerses students in strategic planning,
financing and growing of a business or a new
venture within an existing business. Under the
guidance of a faculty member, student teams
partner with the management teams of real businesses
to create and develop an entrepreneurial strategy
and a business plans. Each team develops its
business plan to provide an integrated framework
for profitable growth in the context of the
venture's strategic objectives. The course provides
hands-on fieldwork in which students apply concepts
they have acquired in their previous course
work in addition to their professional experiences.
BUS
655 Master's Thesis (3 units)
This course is a professional-level exercise
in corporate or organizational communication
or an academic investigation or analysis of
a communication problem in the workplace. The
completed Master's Project is presented at a
colloquium.
BUS
624 Quantitative Techniques for Management
(top)
This course presents the various mathematical
models, networking, probability, inventory models
and simulations for managerial decisions. This
course will enable students to learn techniques
of operations research and resources management
and their application in decision making in
management.
BUS
680 SCORE Entrepreneurship Project (3 units)
This course teaches entrepreneurs to state their
business passion in practical terms with methods
for analyzing their market and competition,
setting achievable goals and focusing on a strategic
business plan. Understanding the probability
of risks, along with developing crisis management,
disaster recovery and business continuity plans,
provide entrepreneurs with a solid basis to
sustain their business and achieve their vision.
BUS 699 MBA Capstone (3 units)
In this Capstone course, students will conduct
an assessment of a real company and assess the
management system using the Baldrige Criteria.
The Baldrige Criteria are organized into an
Organizational Profile and seven categories:
Leadership; Strategic Planning; Customer Focus;
Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management;
Workforce Focus; Operations Focus; and Results.
Students will present their final project to
a business and academic audience.
BUS
700 Baldrige Process (3 units)
In this course, students will conduct
an assessment of a real company and assess the
management system using the Baldrige Criteria.
The Baldrige Criteria are organized into an
Organizational Profile and seven categories:
Leadership; Strategic Planning; Customer Focus;
Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management;
Workforce Focus; Operations Focus; and Results.
Students will present their final project to
a business and academic audience.
CMP
900 Comprehensive Examinations (3 units)
(top)
Once all coursework has been successfully completed,
Doctoral Students are required to complete Comprehensive
Examinations. These examinations are designed
to ensure that candidates are adequately prepared
to undertake the research required for a doctoral
thesis and to teach university level courses
in their chosen field. They are meant to test
Students' competencies.
ESL 010 Beginner
I (3/6 units)
This level enables students to acquire the skills
necessary to recognize the alphabet and its
accompanying sounds. Students develop survival
communication in English, obtain fundamental
knowledge of English and gain comprehensible
pronunciation skills.
ESL
020 Beginner II (3/6 units)
This level includes introduction to basic grammar,
vocabulary development, dictionary use and pronunciation
of the phonetic alphabet. It emphasizes American
English pronunciation skills.
ESL
030 Intermediate I (3/6 units)
This level introduces students to American idioms
and writing structures. It focuses on pronunciation,
stress and tone and is designed to improve students'
basic communication, writing and grammar skills.
It develops speaking and listening at a simple
level, where students learn communicative strategies
to express thoughts and increase comprehension.
ESL
040 Intermediate II (3/6 units)
This level focuses on writing basic to complex
sentences, interpersonal communication skills,
intermediate grammar, pronunciation and writing
skills. It is also designed to increase students'
reading and speaking fluency and comprehension.
ESL
050 Advanced I (3/6 units)
This level focuses on more intensive practice
in reading, writing, and speaking, fluency in
mechanics and reading longer, more complex articles.
Students learn high-intermediate grammar and
practice in discussion groups.
ESL
060 Advanced II (3/6 units)
This level focuses on more frequent writing
practice and advanced grammar. Students start
to prepare for the TOEFL or TOEIC examinations
and college and university courses.
GED
100 English (3 units) (top)
This course teaches writing in ways to help
you communicate more fluently, express your
ideas more convincingly and think more critically
for the demands of college-level courses in
across the disciplines.
GED 105 Communication (3 units)
This course offers a general introduction to
the systematic study of human communication.
It is intended to provide a overview of communication
study, including definitions of key terms, explanations
of foundational concepts and assumptions, a
brief history of the discipline, methods of
research, and areas of specialized scholarship.
GED
110 Mathematics (3 units)
This course is designed for the student with
a limited algebra background but a solid foundation
in computational arithmetic skills is expected.
It is the study of ratios, proportions, sets,
functions, number systems, simple equations,
factoring, fractions, exponents, radicals, logarithms,
algebraic manipulations.
GED
120 Environmental Science (3 units)
This course serves as an introduction to and
covers broad aspects of environmental science
and environmental studies. For all cases, the
resulting environmental impacts are studied
in detail. Specifically, this course examines
the risks associated with growth in a developing
world; environmental impact of population growth
on natural resources; mineral and resource extraction;
water resource uses; and renewable and non-renewable
sources for power generation.
GED
125 Introduction to Biology (3 units)
This course is an introduction to biology, the
science of life. It includes: origin and nature
of life, from simplest single-celled forms to
complex plants and animals and human beings.
GED
130 Introduction to the Humanities (3 units)
This course provides a broad introduction to
the major forms and types of artistic expression:
visual art (drawing, painting, photography,
and sculpture), music, drama, cinema, dance,
architecture, and literature.
GED
132 United States Government (3 units)
This course is an examination of the institutions
of the American political system, the Presidency,
the Congress, and the Supreme Court, as well
as political parties and the roles they have
played in the development of the American polyarchy.
GED 135 World Civilizations (3 units)
(top)
This course is an overview of world history
which provides an introduction to the origin
and development of the world’s civilizations
and their political, social, cultural, and economic
traditions; uses a global approach to world
history, and emphasizes the universal nature
of the experience.
GED
140 Introduction to Psychology (3 units)
This course explores examines human and animal
behavior, relating experimental studies to practical
problems. It includes topics such as sensation/perception,
learning, memory, motivation, emotion, stress,
development, intelligence, personality, psychopathology,
therapy, and social psychology.
GED
145 Intro to Sociology (3 units)
This course examines relationship between individual
and society in social structure of modern society.
It is an introduction to way in which sociologists
interpret and research human behavior. It covers
patterns of social interaction and social influences
on individual conduct.
GED
150 United States History (3 units)
This course is a survey of the political, social,
economic and cultural development of the United
States from discovery to the present. Attention
is given to the rise of the nation, sectional
and national problems, disunion and reconstruction.
GED
212 Introduction to Philosophy (3 units)
This course progresses systematically from basic
philosophical tools to central philosophical
issues, to the process of integrating positions
on issues into coherent world views.
INT
101 Information Technology (3 units)
The course is directly concerned with the management
issues surrounding information and IT resources
in organizations. Topics include: systems concepts,
information and databases, telecommunications
and networks, global communications, types of
IT, planning and implementation of IT systems,
security and control, and human ethical issues.
INT
408 Website Development
This course will guide students in a project-based
environment in the development of up-to-date
concepts and skills that are used in today’s
websites. Students will learn the basic fundamentals
of how the Internet works and follow the steps
to create a website by planning, designing,
developing, deploying, and maintaining website
projects.
INT
409 Software Development (top)
The course presents a historical perspective
on software development practice and explores
modern, agile techniques for eliciting software
requirements, designing and implementing software
architecture and modules, robust testing practices,
and project management. Student teams design,
develop, and test a substantial software project.
RSC
600 Research Methodologies (3 units)
This course is designed for the student to develop
and demonstrate competency in business research
methodology and techniques. This course teaches
the student proper research techniques and includes
a research proposal.
THS
900 Doctoral Thesis Proposal (3 units)
Under faculty guidance, the Student conducts
a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal.
This project could be an extensive case study
or a research project. The course is intended
for graduate Students. The proposal will be
refined and awarded final approval before formally
Student begins writing doctoral thesis.
THS
901 Doctoral Thesis (9 units) (top)
With an approved proposal, students will work
on doctoral thesis under faculty guidance. The
Doctoral thesis will represent the creative
synthesis of primary sources and secondary materials.
Each Doctoral thesis will make an original interpretive
contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship.
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