2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Latin

  
  • LT 334 - Roman Lyric

    (3.00 cr.)

    A study of the development of lyric poetry in Rome with special attention to the lyrics of Catullus and Horace.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 340 - Roman Comedy

    (3.00 cr.)

    An examination of selected plays of Plautus and Terence, along with notice of their precursors, backgrounds, and some descendants. Students study the language of the plays and also learn to appreciate them as hilarious, artful, and living theatre.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 344 - Horace

    (3.00 cr.)

    Selected odes, satires, and epistles.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 350 - Readings in Medieval Latin I

    (3.00 cr.)

    Selections from prose and poetry including the Vulgate Bible, Augustine, Saints' lives, hymns, and parodies. Students examine differences in content and language between classical and medieval Latin literature. Projects are based on the interests of individual students.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IC/IM
  
  • LT 351 - Readings in Medieval Latin II

    (3.00 cr.)

    Selections from medieval Latin prose and poetry. Comparison between classical and medieval styles. Readings vary with the instructor and with student interest.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IC/IM
  
  • LT 354 - Petronius

    (3.00 cr.)

    Readings in one of ancient Rome's wildest and most extravagant authors and one of classical antiquity's few surviving novels. Students experience the seedy underbelly of Rome at its most decadent in the words of one of the Latin language's funniest and most brilliant prose stylists, while, among other delights, attending the most bizarre and hilarious banquet in literature. Werewolves, too.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LT 355 - Petronius and Apuleius

    (3.00 cr.)

    Close reading of sections of two underground classics, Petronius' Satyricon and Apuleius' Metamorphoses. Discussions focus on language, style, and subject matter along with the lure of the demimonde, sociocultural background, antihero, narrative technique, literary parody, and religious echoes.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 356 - Apuleius

    (3.00 cr.)

    Close reading of sections of Apuleius' underground classic Metamorphoses. Discussions focus on language, style, and subject matter along with the lure of the demimonde, sociocultural background, antihero, narrative technique, literary parody, and religious echoes.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 357 - Lucan

    (3.00 cr.)

    Close reading of selections from Lucan's Bellum Civile. Discussions focus on language, style, and subject matter as well as the relation between Lucan's work and other imperial Latin epics.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 360 - Independent Study: Latin

    (3.00 cr.)

    An independent study in Latin language and/or literature. Topics vary. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LT 365 - Roman Letters and Life

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students read Roman letters that reflect the full spectrum of the ancient Roman experience and represent some of the finest Latin prose, including Cicero's political rants and his love for his daughter; Pliny's descriptions of the destruction of Pompeii and the persecution of the early Christians; Seneca's response to the brutality of the Roman games; and the correspondence of Roman soldiers and their wives stationed on the frosty northern borders of the Empire.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 374 - Roman Satire

    (3.00 cr.)

    A study of the origin and development of the only literary form created by the Romans, with selections from Horace, Persius, and Juvenal.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  
  • LT 375 - Latin Elegy

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students are introduced to the themes and conventions of Latin elegy via select poems of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid (Amores, Ars Amatoria, Tristia). The course examines issues such as gender, genre, and the literary politics of Augustan Rome. It also situates elegy within its wider historical context through supplementary readings of love poetry from antiquity through the Renaissance and beyond.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LT 380 - Ovid

    (3.00 cr.)

    A reading of extensive selections from the brilliant poet of love and change; human psychology as seen through the lens of the classical myths.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II/IM
  
  • LT 385 - Vergil's Gentler Muse: The Eclogues and Georgics

    (3.00 cr.)

    Before Vergil sang of arms and the man, he composed the Eclogues and Georgics-poems no less masterful than the Aeneid, and equally influential within Western literature. Through select readings from these works, students examine Vergil's depiction of country life and love; the struggle to lead a good life in a harsh world; and the relations between man, nature, and society. These poems are also explored as a philosophical response to recent political crises in Rome.

    Prerequisite: LT 104   or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LT 386 - Ovid's Metamorphoses

    (3.00 cr.)

    A reading of extensive selections from the brilliant poem of change; human psychology as seen through the lens of the classical myths.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II/IM
  
  • LT 390 - City as Text: A Literary Guide to Rome

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students explore the city of Rome as reflected in Latin literary texts, and the cityscape itself as a text that conveys certain messages through its monuments. Drawing from the fields of art, archaeology, and literature, the course takes students on an imaginative tour of some of Rome's famous sites, examining why they were built, what they say, and how ancient authors responded to them and, in doing so, constructed themselves as Romans. Readings focus on the Augustan Age and may include selections from Ovid, Horace, Cicero, and Livy, among others.

    Prerequisite: LT 104  or equivalent.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies


Law and Social Responsibility/Business Law

  
  • LW 109 - Business, Law, and Society: Special Topics

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides a foundation for students who wish to explore the role that law plays in social, political, economic, and cultural life as it pertains to business behavior. The coursework provides a foundation of knowledge regarding the basic concepts necessary to understanding how business operates, the rules of law, and the influences and effects of law on the social and economic system. The course goal is to provide students with an understanding of the nature and functions of law in society and how law influences business behavior.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS
  
  • LW 305 - Legal Environment of Business

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the legal environment of business activity. Students learn to explain basic legal terms; articulate legal rights and requirements in the managerial setting; identify how a particular legal issue fits into the legal system and how law develops and changes; and discuss managing an organization's legal matters, including ethical use of the law. Topics include classifications and sources of law, dispute resolution, agency, business associations, corporate governance, contracts, torts, product liability, securities, equal employment opportunity; and intellectual property. Writing intensive (e.g., Dreamland Project, white collar crime) with undergraduate research project (e.g., industry research on legal and regulatory environment in specific industries).

    Prerequisite: 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • LW 350 - Restorative Justice and Criminal Law

    (3.00 cr.)

    The incarceration rate in the United States has reached one out of every one hundred adults. To many, such vast incarceration reflects the moral ills of innumerable individuals, as well as social injustices. Both restorative justice and Catholic social thought appear to agree that our society witnesses too much incarceration and too little healing of victims, offenders, and social consciousness. Restorative justice is a process to involve, to the extent possible, those who have a stake in a specific offense and to collectively identify and address harms, needs, and obligations in order to heal and put things as right as possible. Questions discussed: Can forgiveness play a role in criminal justice? Should a teenager be given a life sentence? Can linguists solve crimes that stump the police? Can society find new approaches to curb domestic homicide?

    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • LW 406 - Commercial Law

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the legal aspects of a commercial transaction. Students learn to explain the nature of a commercial transaction including formulating a contract for the sale of goods, paying for the goods, and financing the transaction. Topics include contract law, the uniform commercial code (sale of goods, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, bank collections and deposits), surety, and bankruptcy.

    Restrictions: Restricted to seniors or written permission of the instructor.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • LW 409 - Special Topics in Law and Social Responsibility

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines a selected area of law with in-depth coverage of concepts and applications. Students engage in serious, focused research. Past topics include constitutional law, gender and the law, children and the law, sports law, and Internet law. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

    Prerequisite: 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LW 410 - International Business Law

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the principal laws, legal sources, enforcement forums, and legal issues relevant to managing international business. Students learn to explain the legal framework for international business, as well as relevant U.S. law, treaty, and host country laws. Topics include legal framework for international business; international sales contracts, including CISG, carriage by sea, letters of credit, and dispute resolution; GATT, EU, NAFTA, and U.S. import/export laws, including procedures to challenge trade practices; licensing and protection of intellectual property; host country regulations affecting fair trade, financing, employment, environment, forms of business organization, and human rights relevant to business. Fulfills upper-level course requirement and substitutes for an area study course in international business concentration.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • LW 411 - Environmental Law and Policy

    (3.00 cr.)

    Surveys the statutes, regulations, and common law principles and policies that address a wide range of environmental problems. Also compares different approaches to resolving environmental problems, e.g., traditional regulations, pollution prevention, and ecological restoration.

    Prerequisite: 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES
  
  • LW 499 - Internship in Legal Studies

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students are prepared for careers in law through practical work experience. Students become familiar with the legal practice of an internship sponsor and accomplish law-related projects working with a legal professional. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Offered only on an independent study basis.

    Prerequisite: LW 305  or BH 305 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually


Literacy

  
  • RE 219 - Processes and Acquisitions of Literacy

    (3.00 cr.)

    Assists students in understanding the reading acquisition process. Course content is organized around current accepted research-based theoretical models that account for individual differences in reading. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course for the Processes and Acquisition requirement.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • RE 242 - Materials for Teaching Reading

    (3.00 cr.)

    Addresses selection and evaluation of print and electronic texts and identification of strategies used when teaching reading at children's instructional and developmental levels. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course for the Materials for Teaching Reading requirement.

    Restrictions: Restricted to elementary education majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • RE 344 - Assessment and Instruction in Reading I with Field Experience

    (4.00 cr.)

    Addresses a variety of reading instruction methods and assessment measures for primary age children. A main focus of the course is to develop an understanding of how word recognition strategies develop and lead to comprehension. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course in conjunction with RE 420  for the Instruction in Reading and Assessment of Reading requirements. A field experience in a school setting is required.

    Prerequisite: RE 219 ; RE 242  or written permission of the instructor.
    Restrictions: Restricted to elementary education majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • RE 420 - Assessment and Instruction in Reading II

    (3.00 cr.)

    Addresses a comprehensive array of instructional and assessment techniques and strategies for independent readers with specific attention to comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course in conjunction with RE 344  for the Instruction in Reading and Assessment of Reading requirements.

    Prerequisite: RE 219 , RE 242 , RE 344 ; or written permission of the instructor.
    Restrictions: Restricted to elementary education majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • RE 474 - Literacy in the Content Area I

    (3.00 cr.)

    Introduces a wide variety of strategies which use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing to support content learning. Particular attention is given to the development of vocabulary, comprehension, study skills, and writing strategies for all learners including struggling readers and English Language Learners. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course for the required Reading in the Content Area I course.

    Prerequisite: ED 205  or written permission of the instructor.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • RE 475 - Literacy in the Content Area II

    (3.00 cr.)

    Further explores the research and application that addresses literacy as a tool for negotiating and comprehending content area material. Students revisit and add to a wide range of literacy based content area strategies. Particular attention is given to the instruction/assessment cycle, uses of technology, and supporting diverse learners. The Maryland State Department of Education has approved this course for the required Reading in the Content Area II course.

    Prerequisite: RE 474 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually


Management

  
  • MG 100 - Introduction to Business

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides a basic understanding of business activity, including the language of business (definitions, concepts, and principles) and practical exercises related to business functions. Students learn to read a financial report and discuss the activities and decisions of the business functions. Topics include the context of business (economic, ethical, international, and uncertainty), as well as the importance, terminology, and activities of marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, teams, production, and business reporting.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 201 - Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Develops knowledge and skills in the management of organizational behavior (OB). A focus is placed on how organizations create value through people by fostering employee performance, commitment, and well-being. Topics include individual characteristics such as personality and ability, motivational characteristics such as job attitudes, stress, motivation, relationships, and learning, organizational characteristics such as power, leadership, teamwork, and organizational culture. The learning method is experiential with a focus on lectures, self and team assessments, cases, class discussions, exercises and simulations, and team projects.s, cases, team decisions, and discussion. Testing methods may include exams, papers, and team projects.

    Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, or seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 300 - Introduction to Czech Business and Culture

    (3.00 cr.)

    The Prague Summer Study Abroad program is a one month study abroad experience based in Prague, the Czech Republic. The program usually occurs during the month of July. Students must enroll in two courses. Classroom learning is integrated with multiple cultural experiences, historical tours, business site visits, and weekend trips outside Prague to World Heritage sites. The classroom and experiential assignments and activities provide an integrated framework for understanding Czech culture and business. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.500 is required.  Application and instructor permission required.  Same as IB 300 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282 MG 201  or BH 201 . 
    Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 304 - Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines concepts and techniques about how innovation and entrepreneurship stages progress both within established organizations and start-ups. The course focuses on entrepreneurship at the individual level incorporating concepts and issues that spans from opportunity recognition to business model stage, and intrapreneurship at the organizational level incorporating concepts and issues related to innovation management and adaptation. At all levels, the course focuses on how development of an entrepreneurial mindset and techniques that support operationalization of innovative business decisions. The learning method is action based and experiential with use of cases, exercises, simulations, real-life projects, and written assignments.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 305 - Managing Talent

    (3.00 cr.)

    Develops knowledge and skills in recognizing and addressing human capital issues faced by managers. The course focuses on how to manage an organization's human resources from the perspective of managers and employees. Topics include labor market conditions, competitive advantage of talent, talent analytics, the legal environment, recruitment and selection, performance management and appraisal, training and development, labor relations, and employee retention. The learning method is experiential with a focus on lectures, cases, class discussions, experiential exercises, and team projects.

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 ,  MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits. 
    Restrictions: Open to students entering fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 306 - Managing Teams

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines concepts and techniques for how to effectively engage in collaborative behaviors, set conditions for effective teamwork, manage high-performance teams, and facilitate flexible, responsive team solutions to problems. The learning method is experiential with a focus on lectures, guest speakers, exercises and simulations, case studies, and team projects. Assessments may include quizzes, tests, papers, projects, and/or student presentations. 

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 315 - International Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Investigates business policy, strategy, structure, and process in an international context. Focuses on the international business environment and management practices outside the United States. Students develop an understanding of the complex and varied role of the general manager in a nondomestic environment. Topics include the international environment; the role of the general manager overseas; and global strategies, policies, and processes. The learning method is action-based learning with a focus on case studies, company projects, and current event analyses related to international management issues and concepts. Same course as IB 315 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 MG 201  or BH 201 .
    Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 333 - Global Strategy for Sustainability

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines how corporations deliver value to people, planet, and profit while creating and sustaining competitive advantage.  Students critically assess the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices and the company's financial performance, contingent on time-horizon (short-term vs. long-term), industry, region, and cultural context. Additionally, students learn and apply managing tools, industry standards, and metrics to plan and evaluate sustainability strategies.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES
  
  • MG 402 - Strategic Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Introduces the student to the discipline that sets organizational direction and drives executive decisions. Effective organizations proactively work to achieve competitive advantage. They formulate, implement, and evaluate strategic plans. Organizations strive to develop direction based upon an understanding of their internal and external environments, integrating functional skills and processes. This course is writing and research intensive and the learning method is an action learning, in the form of a strategic company analysis project and/or case method.

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 , MG 201  or BH 201 .
    Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): FI 320  or BH 320 , LW 305  or BH 305 , OM 330  or BH 330 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to senior accounting or business administration majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 404 - Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines concepts and techniques about how innovation and entrepreneurship stages progress both within established organizations and start-ups. The course focuses on entrepreneurship at the individual level incorporating concepts and issues that spans from opportunity recognition to business model stage, and intrapreneurship at the organizational level incorporating concepts and issues related to innovation management and adaptation. At all levels, the course focuses on how development of an entrepreneurial mindset and techniques that support operationalization of innovative business decisions. The learning method is action based and experiential with use of cases, exercises, simulations, real-life projects, and written assignments. Formerly IB 482  or MG 403 .

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Restricted to junior or senior business administration majors with a concentration in international business or management, or international business minors. Closed to students entering fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 405 - Managing Human Resources

    (3.00 cr.)

    Merges content from human resources and cross-cultural exchnges to examine the fundamental concepts and techniques for acquiring, developing, motivating, and managing a competent, diverse, innovative, and global work force. Topics include labor market conditions, the legal environment, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, labor relations, and employee retention.
      Formerly IB 472  or MG 411 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 , MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Restricted to junior or senior business administration majors with a concentration in international business or management, or international business minors. Closed to students entering fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 406 - Managing Teams

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines concepts and techniques for how to effectively engage in collaborative behaviors, set conditions for effective teamwork, manage high-performance teams, and facilitate flexible, responsive team solutions to problems. The learning method is experiential with a focus on lectures, guest speakers, exercises and simulations, case studies, and team projects. Assessments may include quizzes, tests, papers, projects, and/or student presentations. Formerly IB 471 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 , MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Restricted to junior or senior business administration majors with a concentration in international business or management, or international business minors. Closed to students entering fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 407 - Managing Corporate Strategy

    (3.00 cr.)

    Aims to develop students' abilities to diagnose complex business problems, formulate strategic solutions, and provide consultation to organizations. Students examine how businesses create economic value by developing meaningful synergies within and across groups, divisions, hierarchies, and other organizations. Topics include the consulting process, international business, leadership, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable development. The learning method is primarily case-based with a focus on integrative case studies and readings are used throughout culminating in an internal case competition that may be judged by faculty and local professionals, to prepare students to engage in and manage such processes in their careers. Formerly IB 429 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 , MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Restricted to senior business administration majors with a concentration in international business or management, or international business minors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 410 - Leadership in Organizations

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students advance their leadership capabilities through personal exploration, learning to understand and develop their leadership knowledge and skills. To achieve this goal, the course offers an extensive examination of leadership in organizations and provides students with a set of experiences that are designed to enhance their self-awareness and capacity for effective leadership. The learning method is experiential with a focus on self-assessment, class discussions, guest speakers, exercises and simulations, case studies, and team projects.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BA 201 . 
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Odd Years

  
  • MG 412 - Leading Change

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines how organizations change, and how to be an agent for change in an organization. It explores the forces for change, the change implementation process, the behaviors and skills for successfully leading change initiatives, managing resistance to change, and the behavioral theories of how individuals and organizations change. The learning method is experiential with a focus on lectures, guest speakers, exercises and simulations, case studies, and team projects. Assessments may include quizzes, tests, papers, projects, and/or student presentations.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 414 - Managerial and Communication Skills

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides an opportunity for students to improve many key managerial and leadership skills. In particular, an opportunity for students to learn about their strengths and weaknesses with many of the traits and skills required of an effective manager and leader.  These skills focus on the interpersonal competence required to work effectively with individuals and within teams. The learning method is experiential with a focus on self-assessments, exercises and simulations, and written assignments.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 . 
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Odd Years

  
  • MG 415 - International Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Investigates business policy, strategy, structure, and process in an international context. Focuses on the international business environment and management practices outside the United States. Students develop an understanding of the complex and varied role of the general manager in a nondomestic environment. Topics include the international environment; the role of the general manager overseas; and global strategies, policies, and processes. The learning method is action-based learning with a focus on case studies, company projects, and current event analyses related to international management issues and concepts. Same course as IB 415 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 , MG 201  or BH 201 . 
    Restrictions: Closed to students entering fall 2020 and beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 419 - Special Topics in Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Readings, discussion, and analysis in selected areas of management. Topics may include managing emerging technologies, strategic risk management, or others. The learning method varies depending on topic. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

    Prerequisite: 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • MG 452 - Power and Influence

    (3.00 cr.)

    Personality and experience differences lead to varying interpretations of the role and usage of power in organizations. Although many of us would like to believe that we can be successful while avoiding power and politics in the workplace, the simple truth is that we cannot. Organizations are fundamentally political entities where choices regarding objectives and implementation are made primarily on the basis of who has, and chooses to use, power. This course is about getting things done in organizations where choices are often unclear, and power enables action. The learning method is experiential with a focus on case analysis, class discussions, experiential exercises, team projects, and a reflection journal.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 453 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the theory and practice of negotiation and conflict resolution across a variety of settings. The course is designed to address a broad spectrum of negotiation and conflict-related problems. The learning method is experiential and provides students with the opportunity to develop their negotiation and conflict resolution skills experientially in a series of role-playing exercises that highlight various bargaining and negotiation processes.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 473 - Global Strategic Alliances

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides students with a hands-on experientially-based knowledge of the role, evolution, selection, and management of strategic alliances. Through reading, assignments, and activities, students develop their capacities to use the vocabulary and understand the drivers of strategic alliances, understand the alliance life cycle and each of its concentration components, identify the critical aspects in managing strategic alliances, and conduct a comprehensive alliance partner selection analysis. The learning method can involve the case method, simulation, and action learning, in the form of a consultancy project. Same course as IB 473 

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 MG 201  or BH 201  
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  
  • MG 482 - Global Strategy

    (3.00 cr.)

    An upper-level seminar for international business students that brings together the managerial and environmental dynamics at work in the global economy. Incorporates all aspects of international business to enable managers to develop, implement, and evaluate a global strategy for the firm, be it family-owned, or a transnational corporation. Specific firms, industries and/or regions may be selected for study. The learning method can involve the case method, simulation and action learning, in the form of a consultancy project. Same course as IB 482 .

    Prerequisite: IB 282  or BH 282 MG 201  or BH 201 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MG 499 - Management Internship

    (3.00 cr.)

    Combines practical work experience with applied classroom work and projects. Individual internship placements found for students. Students must complete a minimum of 150 hours working at the organization/business on projects and activities assigned by the supervisor. Scheduled performance reviews are completed by the student's supervisor. Classroom projects include: multiple networking assignments related to the internship placement, conducting and submitting a written industry analysis, weekly written reports integrating learning from completed coursework and the internship, reading a specialized "readings list" related to the industry of the student's placement, and developing an updated resume and cover letter at the end of the internship. Written or electronic permission of the department chair or instructor.

    Prerequisite: MG 201  or BH 201 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually


Marketing

  
  • MK 240 - Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students acquire an understanding of marketing's role in helping an organization create value. Students learn to identify the elements of the marketing mix, recognize how these elements can be integrated to achieve organizational objectives, and describe a product's marketing plan. Topics include market research, consumer behavior, market segmentation, targeting, positioning, and the marketing mix-product, promotion, pricing, and distribution. This class typically involves working in teams to complete a team project.

    Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, or seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 346 - Consumer Behavior

    (3.00 cr.)

    Considers multiple perspectives on consumer behavior, including psychological and sociological, and highlights how understanding consumers can inform marketing strategy. Considers the many facets of consumers as unique individuals and decision makers, the social and cultural influences on consumer behavior, and the ethical responsibility of marketers. This class addresses issues of diversity, focusing on the disparate experiences of U.S. consumer segments. This class also involves working in teams to collaborate on in-class deliverables as well as on a team presentation.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, or seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 349 - Customer Experience Management: The Disney Study Tour

    (3.00 cr.)

    Students examine Customer Experience Management (CXM). Considered the new battlefield for business, CXM deals with how businesses design and manage their touchpoints with customers. The goal is to not only satisfy customers at one touchpoint, but to delight and excite them throughout their entire experience journey. As a result, customers may become repeat patrons and active advocates for the brand. The course consists of classes at Loyola followed by a study tour at Walt Disney World (Orlando) - a world leader in CXM. At Disney, students get a first-hand and behind-the-scenes look at CXM and are taught by Disney professionals. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. A fee is charged, amount varies.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a cumulative GPA of 2.500 or higher.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 415 - Digital Marketing and Analytics

    (3.00 cr.)

    Digital marketing and analytics are indispensable in modern marketing. Social media, CRM, direct marketing, content creation and distribution, communications, and brand management are all technology dependent, and produce data that marketers depend on to make decisions. This course introduces students to marketing technology platforms, such as Marketo™ (direct marketing), SalesForce.com™ (CRM), Adobe Omniture™ (web analytics), social media analytics, and analytic tools like Iconosquare™ (Instagram), Tableau™ or PowerBI™. Students connect the dots between technology tools and strategy, data, analytics and insights; providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in marketing.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: DS
  
  • MK 440 - Selling Concepts and Strategies

    (3.00 cr.)

    Develops personal sales effectiveness through focusing on customer orientation and a needs-based philosophy of client service. Examines the processes involved in business-to-business selling as well as the roles and responsibilities of sales representatives. Students learn to apply the strategies and enhanced interpersonal skills required in the selling of products, services, and ideas. Typically, the class engages in experiential learning, with students demonstrating their learning through engaging in assignments such as role plays. Topics include relationship management, prospecting and sales planning, needs development, and adaptive selling. Develops personal sales effectiveness through focusing on customer orientation and a needs-based philosophy of client service. Examines the processes involved in business-to-business selling as well as the roles and responsibilities of sales representatives. Students learn to apply the strategies and enhanced interpersonal skills required in the selling of products, services, and ideas. Topics include relationship management, prospecting and sales planning, needs development, and adaptive selling.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

  
  • MK 441 - Customer Research and Analytics

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the role of information in marketing decision making. Students learn to collect, analyze, interpret, and apply information from primary and secondary data sources. Topics include problem definition, secondary data, experimental design, focus groups, survey research, questionnaire design, and data analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are covered, with an emphasis on managerial implications. The course aims to engage students with customer research methods by considering examples and applications, along with the challenges of conducting research in the real world.

    Prerequisite: EC 220  or ST 110  or ST 210  or ST 265  or equivalent, MK 240  or BH 240 
    Restrictions: Restricted to senior business administration majors with a concentration in marketing or marketing minors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 442 - Strategic Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Explores marketing's role in creating value for the firm and its stakeholders. Examines marketing strategy in the context of global competition and strategic uncertainty. Using analytical tools for decision making, students evaluate and formulate marketing strategy across the product life cycle and in various levels of competitive intensity. Key topics include situational analysis, the marketing mix (4P's: product, price, place, and promotion), segmentation, targeting, and positioning. This course involves working in teams on case presentations and/or crafting strategic marketing plans.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 444 - New Product Development and Management

    (3.00 cr.)

    Studies innovation in terms of developing and marketing new products. Students learn the stages of a new product development process, identify the components of new product development strategy, and understand how to structure organizations for creativity and innovation. Topics covered include understanding the different types of new products, managing new product failure, and developing technology-based innovations. Based on design thinking principles, the course includes a mix of discussions, case studies, and hands-on activities. In particular, students work in teams to conduct market research and develop an innovation.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 447 - Integrated Marketing Communication

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides a broad introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC). Students develop an understanding of how to plan and implement an IMC program in a business or nonprofit organization. Topics include IMC planning, advertising principles, media planning, digital marketing, sales promotion, public relations, and regulatory issues in marketing communications.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 448 - Socially Responsible Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Ethical decision making in marketing requires complex trade-offs that include consideration of immediate and long-term costs and benefits to the decision maker, the organization, customers, the community, and the world. Students develop moral awareness and reasoning capabilities to guide them in effectively making such decisions. This class involves working with a team to debate ethical marketing issues.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 449 - Special Topics in Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides an opportunity for students to study contemporary marketing topics. Each topic incorporates an in-depth understanding of theoretical concepts and practical applications. Potential topics include health care marketing, financial services marketing, and nonprofit marketing. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 450 - Branding and Packaging

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides an in-depth understanding of how branding and packaging are used to gain the target audience's attention in the competitive retail environment. Students learn to utilize product packaging as a critical strategic element for brand identity and differentiation. Key topics include brand recognition, branding a service, consumer research, brand extensions, emotional branding, global brands, legal issues, and store brands versus national brands. Case analysis is used to reinforce topics and develop analytical skills by examining the branding strategy of current industry leaders.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 451 - Retail Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the strategic role of retailing in the distribution of consumer goods and services. Students learn why consumer insight and superior execution are critical factors for building retail brands that will be successful in the future. Key topics include retail formats, multichannel retailing, merchandise assortments, retail locations, holiday sales trends, supply chain management, customer relationship management, pricing, store layout and design, retail communication mix, and customer service. Case analysis is used to reinforce course topics and develop analytical skills by examining the retailing strategy of leaders in the industry.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 452 - Services Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    The United States, as well as much of the world economy, is dominated by services. In the United States, approximately 80 percent of the labor force and 78 percent of the gross domestic product is accounted for by services. The primary theme of the course is that service organizations require a distinctive approach to marketing strategy-both in its development and execution. Ideas from MK 240  or (BH 240 ) and other marketing courses are expanded to make them specifically applicable to service industry settings. Key topics include applying the seven Ps to services, determining customer expectations and perceptions, designing services, managing customer relationships (CRM), delivering and performing services, and analyzing financial and economic effects of services.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 453 - Sports Marketing

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides students with a foundation and basic understanding of the marketing of sports and the marketing through sports. Topics include investigating the role of sports at various levels; for example, amateur and professional levels and domestic and international levels. Students learn to understand and appreciate the development of sports marketing, along with its impact on current industry practices.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 , and 60 credits.
    Restrictions: Restricted to business administration majors with a concentration in marketing or marketing minors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MK 499 - Marketing Internship

    (3.00 cr.)

    Prepares students for careers in marketing through practical work experience. With the assistance of the instructor, students select an internship site. They become familiar with the internship sponsor's marketing function and accomplish marketing related projects by working with a marketing professional. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.

    Prerequisite: MK 240  or BH 240 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to juniors or seniors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually


Mathematics

  
  • MA 005 - Precalculus Lab

    (1.00 cr.)

    Emphasizes problem solving as applied to topics from Precalculus. Class time is spent on computer generated problem sets, workbooks in a question and answer format, and individualized work with the instructor. Topics covered include: Linear equations in one variable, graphing lines, finding equations of lines, functions, function notation, graphing functions, polynomials, exponents, and radicals. Does not satisfy mathematical sciences core requirement. (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory).

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: LEB
  
  • MA 103 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Algebraic

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides an inquiry-based examination of basic concepts, operations, and structures occurring in numbers, number sense, and algebraic reasoning. Students develop a deeper understanding of the numeric, arithmetic, and algebraic concepts required to teach elementary school mathematics. Does not fulfill mathematics and statistics core requirement.

    Restrictions: Restricted to elementary education majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 104 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Geometric

    (3.00 cr.)

    Provides an activity-based exploration of informal geometry in two and three dimensions as well as probability and statistics. Emphasis is on visualization skills, fundamental geometric concepts, the analysis of shapes and patterns, and analyzing and displaying data. Students develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts required to teach mathematics in elementary school. Does not fulfill mathematics and statistics core requirement.

    Restrictions: Restricted to elementary education majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 109 - Precalculus

    (3.00 cr.)

    For students intending to take Calculus (MA 151  or MA 251 ) whose mathematical background is insufficient as determined by the placement test. Reviews algebra including factoring, exponents, and radicals; equations and inequalities; functions and relations including algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Does not satisfy mathematics and statistics core requirement.

    Prerequisite: A score of 56 or better on Part I of the Math Placement Test or a score of 50 or better on ALEKS or a math SAT score of 560 or better or a math ACT score of 24 or better.  Students not meeting the prerequisite will take corequisite MA 005  in addition to MA 109.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 114 - Mathematics of Sustainability

    (3.00 cr.)

    Focuses on critical thinking and how to support arguments quantitatively in the context of sustainability. Topics include measurement, flow, connectivity, change, risk, and decision making. How to model sustainability at the local, regional, and global level is studied. Closed to students who have credit for MA/ST 200-level courses.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 115 - Introduction to Combinatorics

    (3.00 cr.)

    A basic introduction to counting and its relationship to combinatorial structure. Topics may include sets, enumeration, permutations and combinations, probability, graph theory - colorability, planarity, and trees. Closed to students who have credit for MA/ST 200-level courses.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 116 - Topics in Modern Math: Ciphers and Codes

    (3.00 cr.)

    The mathematical basis of elementary ciphers and codes including substitution ciphers, public key ciphers, and RSA system. Topics include elementary number theory and modular arithmetic. A graphing calculator will be used.

    Prerequisite: Written or electronic permission of the instructor is required for students who have credit for MA 251 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 117 - Mathematics, Numbers and the Real World

    (3.00 cr.)

    The nature of mathematical reasoning and the concept of proof in relation to concrete problems. Topics may include inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, various number systems and their history, everyday arithmetic, financial management, introductory probability, and statistics. Topics are often discussed with a view toward practical applications and interesting real world examples. Closed to students who have credit for MA/ST 200-level courses.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 118 - History of Mathematics

    (3.00 cr.)

    A survey of the development of mathematical ideas throughout history, with emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving from the historical point of view. Topics include the historical development of numbers, calculations, geometry, algebra, and the concept of infinity in various civilizations, with specific emphasis on developments in Europe, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, India, and China. Connections are explored between the history of mathematics and other fields such as natural and applied sciences, social sciences, and business.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 119 - Special Topics in Modern Math

    (3.00 cr.)

    Special topics in elementary mathematics. Topic varies depending on interest of the instructor. Closed to students who have credit for MA/ST 200-level courses. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 151 - Applied Calculus

    (3.00 cr.)

    A one semester introduction to calculus. Definition, interpretation, and applications of the derivative especially in business and social sciences. Degree credit will not be given for both MA 151 and MA 251 . Closed to students minoring in mathematics or statistics.

    Prerequisite: MA 109  or a score of 48 or better on Part II of the Math Placement Test or a score of 65 or higher on ALEKS or one year of high school calculus.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 200 - Opportunities in STEM

    (1.00 cr.)

    The colloquium focuses on internships, research, and career options available to students in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics (CPaMS) through speaker talks, career center workshops, and field trips to research and industry partners. This course is intended for natural and applied science majors. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Required for all CPaMS Scholars in their second year. Does not count toward the 120-credit graduation requirement. Same course as CS 200 , PH 200 , ST 200 . (Pass/Fail)

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 251 - Calculus I

    (4.00 cr.)

    A rigorous approach to Calculus for all majors. Topics include limits, definition, interpretation, and applications of the derivative; differentiation rules; antiderivatives; definition of definite and indefinite integrals; and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Degree credit will not be given for both MA 151  and MA 251.

    Prerequisite: MA 109  or a score of 56 or better on Part II of the Math Placement Test or a score of 76 or higher on ALEKS or one year of high school calculus.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: DS/FO/IFS
  
  • MA 252 - Calculus II

    (4.00 cr.)

    A continuation of MA 251 . Techniques and applications of integration; improper integrals; parametric equations and polar coordinates; sequences and series.

    Prerequisite: At least a C- or better in MA 251 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS
  
  • MA 295 - Discrete Structures

    (3.00 cr.)

    Boolean algebra, combinatorics, inductive and deductive proofs, sets, graphs, functions, and recurrence relations. Same course as CS 295 .

    Prerequisite: CS 151 ; MA 109  or higher or a score of 56 or better on Part I of the Math Placement Test or a score of 50  or higher on ALEKS or one year of high school calculus.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: DS
  
  • MA 301 - Introduction to Linear Algebra

    (3.00 cr.)

    An introduction to the basics of matrices, linear transformations, and vector spaces along with selected applications. Topics include linear independence, dimension, solutions of linear systems, eigenvalues, and diagonalization. Applications are drawn from areas such as computer graphics, input-output analysis, and least squares. The computer package MATLAB is introduced and used throughout the course.

    Prerequisite: MA 252  or CS 295  or MA 295 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: DS
  
  • MA 302 - Programming in Mathematics

    (3.00 cr.)

    The basics of MATLAB programming are covered through the investigation of various mathematical topics, including functions, conditional statements, loops, and plotting.

    Prerequisite: CS 151  or CS 201.
    Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): MA 301 .
    Restrictions: Restricted to mathematics or statistics majors.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 304 - Ordinary Differential Equations

    (3.00 cr.)

    An introduction to ordinary differential equations. Techniques for solving and analyzing first and second order differential equations, both linear and nonlinear; systems of differential equations. Qualitative and numerical methods as well as closed form solutions are emphasized, and mathematical software is used. No computer experience necessary.

    Prerequisite: MA 351 , or MA 252  and written permission of the instructor.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 351 - Calculus III

    (4.00 cr.)

    A continuation of MA 252  into multivariable calculus. Topics include vectors, lines, planes, and surfaces in three dimensions; vector functions and their derivatives and integrals; partial derivatives, gradients, directional derivatives, maxima, minima, Lagrange multipliers; multiple integrals, area, volume, surface area, integration in different coordinate systems. Line integrals, Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem and the divergence theorem are also studied.

    Prerequisite: At least a C- or better in MA 252 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 395 - Discrete Methods

    (3.00 cr.)

    An introduction to proof writing, with topics drawn from logical compound statements, natural numbers, mathematical induction, set theory, functions, relations, counting arguments, permutations, combinations, and probability. Problem solving is stressed.

    Prerequisite: MA 252 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

    Interdisciplinary Studies: DS
  
  • MA 421 - Analysis I

    (3.00 cr.)

    A rigorous development of topics in calculus, and a systematic study of basic analysis with an emphasis on formal proofs. Topics include properties of the real line, sequences, series, theory of limits, continuity, theory of differentiation, and integration of functions of one variable.

    Prerequisite: MA 395 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 422 - Analysis II

    (3.00 cr.)

    A continuation of MA 421 . Possible topics include theory of integration of functions of one variable, improper integrals, series, functions of several variables, and metric spaces.

    Prerequisite: MA 351 , MA 421 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Even Years

  
  • MA 424 - Complex Analysis

    (3.00 cr.)

    Geometry of complex numbers, complex functions, analytic functions, harmonic functions, contour integration, Cauchy's Integral Formula, Laurent series, residue theory, conformal mappings.

    Prerequisite: MA 351 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 427 - Numerical Analysis

    (3.00 cr.)

    Emphasizes the development of numerical algorithms to provide stable and efficient solutions to common problems in science and engineering, along with MA 428 . Topics include direct and iterative methods appearing in linear algebra, root finding methods, and interpolation.

    Prerequisite: MA 301 , MA 302 , or written permission of the instructor.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Even Years

  
  • MA 428 - Computational Mathematics

    (3.00 cr.)

    This course, along with MA 427 , emphasizes the development of numerical algorithms to provide stable and efficient solutions to common problems in science and engineering. Topics include numerical differentiation, initial value problems, two point boundary value problems, and partial differential equations.

    Prerequisite: MA 302 MA 304 , or written permission of the instructor.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
    Years Typically Offered: Odd Years

  
  • MA 431 - Geometry

    (3.00 cr.)

    A review of Euclidean geometry and an introduction to non-Euclidean geometry. Rigorous deduction and axiom systems are emphasized. Possible techniques include the use of coordinate geometry, linear algebra, and computer geometry systems.

    Prerequisite: MA 395 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Even Years

  
  • MA 437 - Combinatorics

    (3.00 cr.)

    An introduction to combinatorial objects, calculations, and techniques of proof. Topics may include bijective counting, multisets and multinomial coefficients, partitions, sequences, generating functions, the inclusion-exclusion principle, distributions, and partially ordered sets.

    Prerequisite: MA 351  or written permission of the instructor.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 441 - Ring Theory

    (3.00 cr.)

    An investigation of the fundamental algebraic systems of integers, rings, polynomials, and fields. Topics drawn from homomorphisms, cosets, and quotient structures.

    Prerequisite: MA 301 , MA 395 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

  
  • MA 442 - Group Theory

    (3.00 cr.)

    An investigation of the fundamental algebraic system of groups. Topics include homomorphism, cosets, and quotient structures. May include applications, Sylow theory, combinatorics, coding theory, Galois theory, etc.

    Prerequisite: MA 301 , MA 395 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Odd Years

  
  • MA 443 - Polynomial Algebra

    (3.00 cr.)

    A survey of theoretical and applied problems on polynomials. Topics may include polynomial rings and ideals, affine varieties, Groebner bases, elimination theory, splines, robotics, and the combinatorial structure of monomial ideals.

    Prerequisite: MA 301  and MA 395 .
    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Annually

 

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