Description Theory of matrices, including matrix operations, transpose, conjugate transpose, determinants, linear spaces, bases, linear transformations, eigenspaces, hermitian matrices, normal matrices, and definite matrices.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 412/512 - Linear Algebra or its equivalent.
Description Elementary topology of R and Rn, continuity, differentiation and integration of R and Rn, infinite series of real numbers, uniform convergence.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: Math 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.
Description A study of the development of mathematical concepts from prehistoric times until the present, with emphasis on the impact of these discoveries on the civilizations that nurtured them.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 125 - Calculus II or permission of the instructor.
Description Analysis of rounding errors, numerical solutions of nonlinear equations, numerical differentiation, numerical integration, interpolation and approximation, numerical methods for solving linear systems.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite MATH 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.
Description Solution of nonlinear equations. Computational methods of linear algebra, theory of matrices in numerical analysis, exact and iterative methods of solving problems of linear equations, special eigenvalue problems and computational algorithms. Finite difference interpolations, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations and integration, boundary value problems.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MATH 225 - Calculus III, MATH 321 - Differential Equations and some programming experience, or permission of the instructor.
Description Philosophy and techniques of operations research, including game theory; linear programming, simplex method, and duality; transportation and assignment problems; introduction to dynamic programming; and queuing theory. Applications to business and industrial problems.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: introductory statistics and one year of calculus, or permission of the instructor.
Description Optimal decision making and modeling of probabilistic systems. Topics include Markov processes, queuing theory, reliability, univariant and multivariate search techniques.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 475 - Operations Research or its equivalent.
Description Maximum likelihood estimators, interval estimators, tests of hypothesis, linear regression, distribution-free methods, and characteristic function distribution of random variables.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 481 - Probability and Statistics or its equivalent.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in mathematics, Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
MATH 702 - MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE K–12 EDUCATOR
1 to 12credit hour(s)
Description This is the hub course of the Masters in Natural Science Mathematics Content Area degree. The credit value depends upon the number of mathematics topic areas in with a student enrolls, and can be repeated as many times as desired depending upon remaining topic areas. Topics will include, but are not limited to linear algebra, abstract algebra, discrete mathematics, probability, statistics, geometry, and analysis. The hub sessions will meet in a seminar format to enable the discussion of mathematics topics not included in the current specific areas of the course, as well as a forum for allowing the student to discuss and learn to interrelationships between the various topic areas. All students registered for one or more mathematics topic areas are required to participate in all of the hub sessions.
Description Real number system; set theory, properties of functions of one or more real variables, introduction to measure theory and integration theory.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 225 - Calculus III, or permission of the instructor.
Description Formulation of models for situations in the social, economic, and physical sciences, dimensional analysis, the Buckingham Pi Theorem, scaling, curve fitting, testing hypothesis and predictions.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MATH 225 - Calculus III, MATH 412 - Linear Algebra, MATH 321 - Differential Equations, STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics, or permission of the instructor.
Description A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. This course is repeatable for a maximum of three credit hours, with a change of topic. Permission of the instructor is required.
Description Students complete individualized plans of study, which include significant one-on-one student-instructor interaction. The faculty member and the student negotiate the details of the study plan. May be repeated.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Permission of the instructor is required.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in mathematics. Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
Description The study and application of mass communication research methods in advertising, broadcast, print and public relations. Includes an introduction to survey research, content analysis and experimental design.
Description A comparative analysis of international communications systems, their inter-relationships, structures and political frameworks. Examines problems of culture, politics, technology and operations; and investigates the global communications structure.
Description The study of the sources, processes, content and applications of law and regulation in the mass communication context and of the ethics of communication practitioners.
Description This course is designed to provide students with a background in the practice, techniques, and theories of newsroom management in a multimedia world. Students further their multimedia storytelling skills through video, audio, online, and interactive journalism applications, study the organization of stories according to news values and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the news producer and reporter.
MCOM 542 - INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
3credit hour(s)
Description The capstone course of the advertising sequence. Use case study method and develop complete integrated communication plan for client. Make formal advertising campaign presentation.
Description Applications of public relations principles and techniques to specific client problem, from research and problem identification stages through planning execution and evaluation.
Description This course provides students with an introduction to the process of composing and constructing interactive multi-media programs for use in corporate training, general event promotion, instruction and education, as well as entertainment applications. Students will apply and integrate video production/computer technologies associated with the design and development process of multimedia.
Description Students will study current trends of the integration of new and traditional media technology within the structure of corporate training, marketing, and public relations projects. The culminating activity for students will be the completion of an advanced corporate media project utilizing interactive media technology.
Description This course provides students with an in-depth study of advertising sales and programming strategies for radio, television and cable media. Special attention will be given the relationship of sales strategies in broadcasting to the media planning process.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in mass communication, Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
Description The course will acquaint the student with the sources and standards of ethics and will sensitize them to the need for ethical values and practices in mass communications.
MCOM 703 - MASS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
3credit hour(s)
Description The course explores the principles and processes of managerial team building and decision-making in mass communication organizations and ventures.
Description A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research.
MCOM 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS
1 to 3credit hour(s)
Description Students complete individualized plans of study, which include significant one-on-one student-instructor interaction. The faculty member and the student negotiate the details of the study plan. May be repeated.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Requires permission of the instructor.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in mass communication, Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in this course than is the case with field experience courses.
Description A management-level practicum or professional internship for graduate students desiring to supplement their conceptual course work with evaluated assignments on a major student/University production or project, or in a position of responsibility with a professional mass communication agency.
Description An introduction to the basic concepts and methodology of the science of language, including descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics and language variation.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in modern languages. Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Notes Registration restriction: Instructor permission.
Description Fundamental considerations of antigens, antibodies, immune cells, and cytokines. The interactions of these factors in the human host to produce protective immunity and considerations of medically relevant immunotherapies are emphasized.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: BIOC 310 or BIOC 410 or BIOC 730 or permission of the instructor.
Description Study of basic physiological mechanisms of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Study of transplantation, allergy, autoimmunity, infectious disease, and cancer as related to human immunobiology. The course emphasizes molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating the microbial organism and its relationship with the human and animal host, including the study of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and the microbe-host relationship in human health and disease.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOC 310 OR BIOC 430 OR BIOC 730.
Description Study of pathogenic mechanisms of medically important bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites causing human disease. Emphasis is on mechanisms by which these organisms interact with their human hosts at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels, including basic principles of pathogenesis, host defense mechanisms, epidemiology, therapy, and laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MICR 520 - Fundamental Microbiology, and MICR 518 - Fundamental Immunology.
Description Fundamental microbiological and immunological principles of the pathogenesis of human bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic diseases. Restricted to microbiology graduate students.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Permission of the instructor is required.
Description Discussion of recent literature, emphasizing molecular and cellular mechanisms and an understanding of current thought on major problems of immunology.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MICR 518 - Fundamental Biology, MICR 522 - Infectious Diseases, or permission of the instructor.
Description Advanced course in modern virology, emphasizing molecular and cellular aspects of virus replication. The course focuses on animal viruses and human viruses of pathogenic interest.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Permission of the instructor is required.
Description Study of the hereditary mechanisms of bacteria including genome structure, chromosomal replication, genetic exchange and recombination, and regulation of gene expression with particular emphasis on emerging concerns relating to human health such as evasion of the human immune system and the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: MICR 520 - Fundamental Microbiology, or permission of the instructor.
Description Study of molecular mechanisms of disease production by pathogenic bacteria.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MICR 520 - Fundamental Microbiology, 522 - Infectious Diseases, 732 - Microbial Genetics, or permission of the instructor.
Description Interrelation of microbial structure and physiological function including how bacterial metabolism relates to human disease.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: MICRO 520 - Fundamental Microbiology, BIOC 730 - Principles of Biochemistry, or permission of the instructor.
Description Special topics course devoted to particular issues in Microbiology and Immunology, Guest lecturers may serve as the instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
Description Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Notes Registration restriction: Instructor permission.
Description Advanced study of the major components of reading; elements of a balanced, integrated, and comprehensive literacy curriculum including on line and offline materials, instructional practices and strategies for a diverse population focusing on a literate environment at the middle school level.
MSAS 763 - PROFESSIONAL WRITING FOR ADMINISTRATION
3credit hour(s)
Description Elements of effective administrative writing, research and technical writing, decision memoranda, grant writing, request for proposals, and annual reports.
Description Survey of various research methodologies and their application to administrative practice; introduction to the use of analytical techniques and statistical methods in organizational settings.
Description Application of various research methodologies to problems in administrative practice; use of analytical techniques and statistical methods to identify solutions to problems in organizational settings.