SUMMER 1 2008 May 12th-June 27th
GRADUATE COURSES
MBA-800 DC
Strategic Management
Tuesdays 6:30-9:10pm
(Class meets from May 13-August 12. Final exam scheduled for August 19)
In this course, students will develop a multifunctional general management perspective.
Students will be required to integrate and apply knowledge and techniques learned in the core courses of the MBA program. Students will also learn about the principal concepts, frameworks and techniques of strategic management, they will develop a capacity for strategic thinking, and they will examine the organizational and environmental contexts in which strategic management unfolds. Students will achieve these course objectives through a variety of learning activities, such as case studies, computer simulations, examinations, project reports and experiential exercises. Prerequisites: All core and required courses.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
SOC-275 DC
Women and Crime
Tues/Thurs 6:30-9:10pm
A consideration of women as victims of crime, as criminals, and as crime-fighters.
A look at the extent and nature of the relationship between women and crime in America
MGT-401 DC Negotiations
Tues/Thurs 6:30-9:10pm
This experiential course improves students’ skills in all phases of negotiation: understanding prescriptive and
descriptive negotiation theory as it applies to dyadic and multiparty negotiations to buyer-seller transactions and the resolution of disputes, to the development of negotiation strategy and to the management of integrative aspects of the negotiation process. The course is based on a series of simulated negotiations in a variety of contexts including one-on-one, multi-party, cross-cultural, third-party and team negotiations. Given the experiential nature of the course, attendance is mandatory.
SUMMER SESSION 2 June 30th – August 15th
GRADUATE COURSES
MGOB-865 DC Leading Change
Fridays: 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 Saturday: 8/2 9:00am-5:00pm
In this applied and experiential course, students will learn how to lead change efforts by collaborating with a community organization. In addition, students will learn, apply and receive constructive feedback on their application of the methods and technologies used in the practice of leading change. We will place particular emphasis on understanding the relationship between the change agent’s role and key players in the client system as the cycle of change unfolds. Students will develop their skills as change agents through service learning in community organizations. They will frame organizational issues and identify how to enter into, diagnose and intervene in dynamic organizational settings.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
PSYCH-236 DC Psychology of the Family
Tues/Thurs. 6:30-9:10pm
Focuses on the various forms and structures of families and family life over time and across cultures, with emphasis on the psychological impact of such forms. The complex relationship among individual psychology, family relationships, and the larger social context is addressed. Topics include marriage, parenting, and divorce.
SOM-203 DC Ethical Responsibility
Mon.Wed. 6:30-9:10pm
This course examines current questions including: what is an ethical concern? An ethical climate? Most people know what is “right” and what is “wrong” but in the “gray area” of personal and professional decision-making, where is guidance and understanding found? What decision-making tools are available in applied ethics so that organizations of integrity can be built?What applied ethical approaches are available to individuals who provide guidance for their decisions? Examining these and other questions define one part of this course. Selecting options, resolutions and answers to these queries guides the other. Required course for BSBA.
CJN-275-DC Advanced Public Speaking
Mon/Wed. 6:30-9:10
Intensive training in public speaking techniques employing a variety of speaking situations.
SAWYER BUSINESS SCHOOL
FIN 401 DC Practical Financial Planning
Monday 6:30pm – 9:10pm
The course is designed to expose the students to the wide range of financial planning tools and techniques available today to the professional financials planner as well as to the individual. By the end of the course the student should be able to construct a sensible and workable financial plan for a “client”.
ISOM 310 DC Management Information Systems
Tuesday 6:30pm-9:10pm
This course examines the rise of information-enabled enterprises and the role of information technologies/information systems and e-commerce as key enablers of businesses and social changes globally.
ISOM 319 DC Operations Management
Thursday 6:30pm – 9:10pm
Students will be introduced to the operating component of a service/manufacturing organization where inputs such as raw material, labor, or other resources are transformed into finished services and/or goods. The following OM areas: strategic and tactical issues, product planning and process design, technology management, quality management, forecasting and workforcemanagement issues are addressed through class discussions, readings and cases. Quantitative models, analytical tools and case studies are used to analyze problems that the business manager would face in both a local and global setting.
Prerequisites: SOM 101 and ISOM 201
MGT 317 DC Organizational Behavior
Wednesday 6:30pm – 9:10pm
This course explores the application of sociological, psychological and anthropological concepts in domestic and international business settings. Attention is given to the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the organization itself, human interaction, and small group process.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 and MGT 101
MGT-324 DC Leading the Entrepreneurial Firm
Wednesday 6:30pm-9:10pm
This course provides a detailed analysis of and hands-on experience with the competencies required to lead entrepreneurial teams. Competencies such as personal mastery, credibility, communications skills, collaboration skills, and influence will be defined,
studied, assessed, and practiced.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CJN 257 DC Advertising
Monday, 6:30-9:10pm
Theoretical and practical applications of communication are considered in terms of advertising strategies and campaigns for media.
CJN 277 DC Public Relations I
Monday 3:30-6:10pm
The basic principle techniques and process of public relations are examined. Issues, trends, opportunities, and problems faced by the practitioner and impacting the organization are analyzed.
MATH 130 DC Finite Mathematics
Tuesday 6:30-9:10pm
Topics to be chosen from: linear equations, graphing, linear programming, sets, Venn diagrams, counting and combinatorics, probability theory, conditional probability, Bayes theorem.
EHS 435 DC American College/University Student
Wednesday 6:00-8:40pm
GVT 243 DC American Constitutional Law
Monday 6:30-9:10pm
The growth of Constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court is examined by analysis of court decisions dealing with Judicial Review, Federalism, Presidential and Congressional Powers.
PSYCH 215 DC Behavioral Statistics
Thursday 2:40-6:10
Introduces the use of statistics tools for description and decision-making, including hypothesis testing. Prepares students for the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of psychological research.
PSYCH 226 DC Theories of Personality
Friday 11:00am-1:30pm
Surveys the major theoretical approaches to personality including representative theorists from the psychoanalytic, trait, cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic perspectives. Topics include personality dynamics, personality development, and the study of individual differences.
PSYCH 241-DC Social Psychology
Mon/Wed 9:30-10:45am
Studies the social determinants of the behavior of individuals in relation to groups and surveys current finding in such major content areas as attribution, prejudice, conformity, obedience, social cognition, interpersonal attraction, altruism, and aggression.
PSYCH 336 DC Developmental Psychopathology
Tuesday 6:30pm-9:10pm
Examines the etiology and symptoms of disorders of childhood and adolescence as well as current therapeutic approaches. Developmental changes in the incidence of externalizing disorders, such as conduct disorder and attention deficit disorder and internalizing disorders, such as depression and eating disorders are addressed. The roles of development in the understanding and treatment of the childhood disorders is reviewed.
SOC-227 DC Race in American Society
Thursday 6:30-9:10pm
An exploration of the historical and contemporary experience of various peoples of color in the U.S. How much difference does race make in contemporary American Society? An examination will be made of prejudice, institutional and cultural racism. Current race-based social issues such as affirmative action, multi-cultural education, immigration, interracial families, poverty, and urban “riots”/”uprisings” will be considered. What are current strategies for change?
SOC-334 DC Sociology of Policing
Monday 2:00-4:30pm
An investigation of emergence, organization, and structure of police systems. The course focuses on the conditions surrounding the relationship between the police and policed in different historical, political and economic contexts.
SOC 335 DC Corrections and Punishment
Tuesday 2:40-5:10pm
A sociological exploration of coercive and incapacitative responses to crime. Attention is given to the origins and patterning of ergative controls, the correctional claims of prison systems, alternatives to incarceration and relationships between types of crime and criminals and varieties of punitive response.
