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LAW 5322 - Discrimination and Tort Law in Employee Relations
This course examines the various laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, with a focus on federal statutes and regulations. Topics include liability under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and the FMLA. The students also learn about how complaints are filed with and investigated by the EEOC, with a detailed discussion on how the employer is required to respond to these complaints. The course also discusses general tort liability for both the employee and employer.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5323 - Employment Discrimination
Examines the various laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, with a focus on federal statutes and regulations. Topics include liability under Title VII, the Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). You will also learn about how complaints are filed with and investigated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with a detailed discussion on how the employer is required to respond to these complaints.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5330 - Patient Rights & Protections
This course reviews the current legal understanding of patients? rights to control their own treatment. The relevant statues and regulations will be considered, including those regarding hospitals and nursing homes. Students will examine issues arising in cases of those diagnosed with mental health disabilities, along with surrogate decision-making in the treatment of elders, children and other patients in special circumstances. The course will also inquire into the challenges and rights of those who interact with the health care system as members of minorities because of race, gender, age disability, or genetic condition.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5331 - Government Programs & Entitlements in Health Care
This course will cover federal, state and administrative legal provisions relating to government health care programs and entitlements. The regulation of health care providers, both individuals and organizations, is explored in the context of Medicare and Medicaid as well as Social Security and Supplemental Social Security. Prescription drug programs, food stamps, and fuel assistance along with relevant insurance regulation and consumer protections, including enforcement actions and penalties for fraud and abuse, will be addressed. Students will learn the sources of law in this area ranging from the constitution through statutes, court decisions and procedures, and agency rules.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5341 - Health Law Issues
Creates a forum for the exploration and discussion of important contemporary problems, advances, and opportunities in the health care field. Topics range from the social and political forces affecting health care and health insurance policy to the ethical and legal dimensions of drug testing, informed consent, the medical significance of an aging population, genetic and biomedical technology, assisted suicide palliative care, and end of life issues. Specific topics may change because the course content will reflect current issues.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5342 - Patents and Trade Secrets
This course examines protection of technology through the federal patent system or the state law of trade secrets. Patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a branch of the Department of Commerce, for inventions of new and useful compositions, machines, articles of manufacture or processes. Students will learn the requirements for a valid patent; the patent prosecution process; patent infringement standards, and defenses and remedies. A trade secret is an idea or information that has commercial value because it is not widely known. Students will learn the standards for trade secret protection and enforcement.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5343 - Copyright Law
This course examines the types of subject matter eligible for copyright protection; the scope of copyright protection; the originality and fixation requirements; copyright registration, ownership licensing, and transfers of rights; and infringement standards, defenses and remedies. Current topics such as peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet and Constitutional issues will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5344 - Trademarks and Unfair Competition
A trademark is a word, a group of words or a logo that is used in connection with the sale of goods to distinguish them from those made or sold by someone else. This course addresses what constitutes a protectable trademark; the trademark registration process; ownership, licensing, and transfers of rights; infringement standards defenses and remedies; and international protection and enforcement. Related topics such as domain names, cybersquatting, right of publicity, and false advertising will also be examined.
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5345 - Intellectual Property Law
Students examine the principal tenets of intellectual property, including trademarks copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. We will also explore practical aspects of this area of law, including litigation strategy and theoretical questions of public policy and the interplay of state and federal laws affecting intellectual property.
Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
Credit(s): 3
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LAW 5350 - MSL Capstone
The capstone is an opportunity for students to pursue a self-directed experience in their professional program that intentionally integrates the program curriculum with their career or career plans. In addition to the substantive professional-based hands-on project in this class, students will examine professional ethics and complete a self-evaluation/self-reflection component.
Credit(s): 3
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Management |
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MGMT 515 - Strategic Human Resource Management
Students will gain a strategic perspective of Human Resource Management including linkages between business strategy and the human resource performance needed for an organization to achieve its vision. Students learn about critical HR competencies and various HR roles of supervisors and HR practitioners. Upon completion of this course students will be proficient in translating business objectives into HR strategies - to achieve competitive advantage and/or organizational effectiveness through people.
Credit(s): 3
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MGMT 520 - Managing Talent to Create Organizational Excellence
Talent management is the process of attracting and retaining talented employees, cultivating critical knowledge and skills, and recognizing that employees’talents and skills drive organizational success. Using a manager’s strategic perspective students study how to recognize and develop employees’ talents, evaluate performance and influence behavior within regulatory constraints.Students focus on the critical interrelationship between organizational culture and traditional human resources topics. Other themes include related ethical issues, the global workforce, and links between social responsibility, culture and business success. (Prereq: MGT 515 Strategic Human Resource Management)
Prerequisite(s): MGMT-515
Credit(s): 3
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MGMT 530 - A Supply Chain Introduction
A supply chain consists of all parties involved directly or indirectly, in fulfilling a customer request. It not only includes the manufacturer and suppliers, but also transporters, warehouses retailers, and customers themselves. Students are presented with a holistic perspective of a supply chain in this overview course. Topics include relationships with supply chain partners logistics in the supply chain, performance measurements, and global dimensions of a supply chain.
Credit(s): 3
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MGMT 535 - Strategic Procurement
Sourcing goods and services is an important part of an organization’s strategy and supply chain. Students will learn about the development and management of strategic sourcing relationships and the role of supply management in effective supply/demand/value chains. Specific topics include balancing costs and risk and recognizing total costs associated with procurement decisions.
Credit(s): 3
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MGMT 540 - Inventory, Distribution & Logistics
As one of a sequence of supply chain-related courses, students will focus on managing customer demand and the efficient storage and movement of inventory, processes that are crucial to meeting customer demand in a way that is profitable for the company. They support demand fulfillment for both end-consumers and business trading partners and students will learn how these parts fit into the overall supply chain. Topics include demand planning, inventory management, and warehouse operations and transportation.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT-530
Credit(s): 3
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MGMT 550 - Supply Chain Strategy
As the capstone of the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management, students will integrate concepts learned in previous certificate courses as they work through an interactive supply chain simulation. These concepts include supply chain strategy, total cost approach to decision making and identifying and planning for risks that may disrupt their supply chain. Additional topics include an in-depth study of ethical and sustainable supply chains. The final project will be an analysis and evaluation of individual simulation results.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT-535
Credit(s): 3
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Managing Innovation and Information Technology |
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MIT 500 - Foundations of IT Management
This course provides an introduction to systems and development concepts, information technology computer hardware, data communications and telecommunications systems and application and system software. It examines the role of information management in organizations and how information may be used to enhance profitability and customer satisfaction. The concepts of organizational behavior and business process re-engineering are introduced. The role of information as capital is articulated. This course sets the stage for the remaining courses in the program. This course is a prerequisite for all the other courses in this program. It may be taken concurrently with another course with permission of the program directors.
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 505 - Project Management
This course is designed to introduce a systematic process for planning, organizing and controlling projects. The course will present a practical methodology for completing projects more quickly with fewer problems. Student work will consist of readings, research, class special-topic presentations, group activities, a project management journal, and participation in a real world IT business project. Students will be encouraged to apply project-management techniques to solve existing real-world technology-related business problems.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500, MBA-500 or HCM-540
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 510 - Convergence of Telecom & Business
This course focuses on the business and strategic implications of data networks and telecommunications. The emphasis in this course is not so much on technical details but on the ways in which communications technology can be exploited within an organization. It describes the convergence phenomenon, a dynamic ongoing process that comprises not only technological convergence but the convergence of companies and services as well. It also addresses the fact that convergence is much more than a telecommunications phenomenon: it affects every industry to one degree or another. The course addresses the interrelationships of technologies, companies and services.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 515 - Managing Enterprise Data
IT professionals must understand the issues in managing database systems. Corporate information is intellectual capital and it must be safely and efficiently managed in order to leverage corporate advantage. This course covers the concepts principles, issues and techniques for managing corporate data resources. Techniques for managing the design and development of large database systems including logical data models, concurrent processing, data distribution, database administration, data warehousing, and data mining will be closely examined. The special role of data management in e-Business will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500 or MBA-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 520 - Legal & Ethical Issues in Technology
Today there are special legal issues that affect all aspects of information technology management. This course surveys the applicable law and how the law affects the development and deployment of IT. Special consideration is given to human resource issues and to the impact of the Internet. For example, companies that produce Web content and software for sale have both rights and obligations surrounding their intellectual property. Because of the international nature of the Internet these rights and obligations must cut across international boundaries. Rules and practices that apply in the US do not necessarily carry over to other jurisdictions and a company may have to be compliant with a variety of different and sometimes conflicting laws. Contract law has been a part of software and hardware acquisition and maintenance for a number of number of years. However, the growth and evolution of IT has changed the depth and breadth of this law and old practices and standards no longer apply. Human resource issues are important and companies must be aware of the impact of the law on their own specific workplace and their operations.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 525 - Financial Decision Making for Management
IT planning, system development and operations issues cannot be separated from financial considerations. Anyone involved with strategic planning and operation needs to understand the impact of their work on the organization’s bottom line. Projects may either enhance or degrade cash flow and IT managers must understand the implications to corporate profitability. Managers must understand how the organization’s financial models work in order to make a meaningful contribution to the overall success of the organization. This course surveys the elements of financial management and their impact on the IT function. Financial options are considered along with the special constraints imposed by IT activities. Tools required to develop successful business cases and modeling and simulation tools will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500 or MBA-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 530 - IT Security & Strategy
The security of information and information systems is intricately linked to the operation and assets of any organization. Protecting the information network infrastructure is essential to protecting our businesses and organizations. This course provides the essentials of IT security from a management perspective. It examines the processes of security, including information assurance, privacy, backup and recovery, and disaster preparedness. This course provides an overview of information security processes for managers. Students will examine methodologies for implementing security, security policies, best current practices, privacy, backup/recovery disaster preparedness, and incident response. The outcome of this process is a strategic security plan.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500 or MBA-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 535 - Enterprise IT Systems
Business systems are a combination of data people, hardware, software and procedures. Successful systems must be actively designed and they don’t “just happen”. Successful design must methodically consider each of these five elements. This course surveys the latest techniques used to discover system needs explore and evaluate alternatives, and implement systems. The dynamic role of system and business function evolution is an integral part of this process. The special problems engendered by legacy systems are considered too. This course provides conceptual understanding of “where systems come from” and provides practical knowledge for managing the system development process.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 540 - Managing Innovation through Information Technology
Successful companies today cannot afford to operate with old organizational structures and practices. Customers expect excellent service and new products must be brought to market quickly. This course surveys a variety of techniques and philosophies that foster fast product development and outstanding customer service. Organizational human resource, and technology techniques that support these strategies are reviewed.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500 or MBA-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 545 - Strategic Planning/Web-Driven Busins
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills required to successfully manage the strategic business planning process within the context of data, information technology and web-based business models. Through case studies, projects and research, students will develop an understanding of business models in which value is created through information. The student will develop a deep understanding of the business and organizational issues involved in defining business requirements with both internal and external customers. Web-based business strategies will address a variety of business models. Special emphasis will be given to the integration and convergence of technologies.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 550 - Reflective Leadership and Planned Change
The increasing complexity of business environments and rapidly changing global marketplace have challenged organizations and their members to become adaptive and innovative. Everyone, from the CEO on down, is now being asked to adopt new leadership skills in order for organizations to survive in this context. This course is designed to assist managers in meeting this challenge wherever they exert influence in the organization. Students will develop the knowledge and skills for effectively harnessing, navigating and leading change in their respective organizations; they will reflect on their experiences as a leader and assess who they are as a leader based on the models presented in the course; they will create a personal leadership philosophy; they will build a view of change as an ongoing and dynamic process requiring the deliberate and focused attention of everyone in the organization and necessitating the emergence of change leaders; they will identify how change is accomplished by people and impacts people, affects organizational relationships, is driven by financial/market forces and will need to be measured in terms of organizational results.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500, MBA-500 or HCM-540
Credit(s): 3
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MIT 590 - Capstone Project
The purpose of the Capstone Project is to allow students to draw upon their educational experiences in this program in a meaningful way to design, develop and produce a major project. All students must complete a Capstone Project prior to graduation. Students are encouraged to tailor projects to their academic interests, talents and/ or vocation. They will do projects individually. Projects may be research studies, case studies, or other similar endeavors. Students will select a topic area, do research on the topic, and synthesize the material into a coherent document. This document is, in effect, a thesis. Projects will be approved and supervised by a faculty mentor.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-500
Credit(s): 3
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Masters of Business Administration |
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MBA 500 - Integrated and Reflective Practice
This introductory eight week course provides the philosophical and technical basis for all subsequent courses. A thorough personal assessment is completed that results in a personal learning roadmap that will serve as a guideline for the entire program. The emphasis will be on importance of practice and experience as a basis for personal development as a manager. The course will be a mixture of self-directed modules for more technical skills along with reflection with cohort members on other topics.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 501 - Essentials of Applied Economics
This course introduces MBA students to the theories, context, and managerial value of applied microeconomics and macroeconomics. Basic micro- and macroeconomic theories will be addressed within a business context by applying economic tools and techniques to managerial decision making. It is designed to provide specific skills for the workplace as well as establish economic thinking as an important foundational framework for the pursuit of advanced business education.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 503 - Using Statistics for Business Decision Making
This course introduces MBA students to the managerial value of using statistical theory and quantitative analysis to support decision making within the business context. A variety of useful analytical methods will be introduced and exercised. The importance of recognizing and assessing trends, patterns, and relationships among business data will be emphasized. This course is designed to provide specific analytical skills for the workplace, showcase the powerful quantitative tools available to business analysts and management, and provide an important foundational framework for the pursuit of advanced business education.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 505 - Strategic Language of Business, The
This course serves as an introduction to the strategic and tactical functions of Business that reconciles traditional functional topics with the Reflective Integrated Practice model. The emphasis is on language and concepts, not mastery of practice in order that students can participate effectively in Core Content Courses. Students with a recently awarded degree in Business from an accredited institution may waive this course upon approval of the program directors.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 507 - Survey of Accounting for Managers
This course introduces MBA students to the theories, context, and managerial value of financial and management accounting. The role of accountants, the accounting equation, the accounting cycle, and financial reporting will be presented. The use of relevant accounting data to analyze internal operating decisions, allocate scare resources, and assess overall firm health will be emphasized. This course is designed to provide specific skills for the workplace as well as showcase the accounting function as an important foundational framework for the pursuit of advanced business education.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 510 - Quantitative Language of Business, The
This course serves as an introduction to the quantitative language and functions of Business that reconciles traditional functional topics with the Reflective Integrated Practice model. The emphasis is on language and concepts, not mastery of practice, in order that students can participate effectively in Core Content Courses. Students with a recently awarded degree in Business from an accredited institution may waive this course upon approval of the program directors.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 515 - Aligning Mission and Values in a Global Environment
This course will provide an overview of how organizations can succeed in a world characterized by increasing diversity and the dissolution of geographical boundaries. Special emphasis will be placed on identifying, selecting and systematically building organizational values into behaviors that bind employees, partners and customers. Integrates all topic areas into the concept of values-based leadership.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 520 - Performance Measurement and Accounting Systems
Provides an introduction to the concepts of accounting within the broader context of performance measurement, to include Balanced Scorecard and other “dashboard” measures and metrics used in the workplace. Problems and case studies will be used that are strategic in nature and that facilitate the emphasis on the application of accounting concepts to products markets, customers, human resources and process improvement.
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 525 - Process Improvement and Operations
This course approaches organizational operations and processes from the perspectives of both their initial design and continuous improvement. It links process improvement to financial, economic and accounting information but within the context of models of continuous improvement and organizational learning. These topics are applied to all content areas of the Integrated Reflective Practice model.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-500 and 15 completed credits
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 526 - Advanced Capital and Cash Management
This course builds on the financial models presented in MIT 525 by presenting MBA students additional financial theory, models, context, and practices of managing a firm?s capital structure and its control of short term assets, particularly cash. Valuation and characteristics of equity and debt capital, capital structure and dividend policy, working capital management, and an introduction to International Finance will be featured. The role of the financial manager as a key participant in a firm?s short-term and strategic planning processes will be emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): MIT-525;
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 530 - Customers, Markets and Sales/Marketing Programs
Investigates how organizations define and develop relationships with customers and clients and then expands those relationships through marketing and sales programs. A special emphasis is on the design and implementation of marketing programs and the application of learning models to leverage information obtained from the market. The implications of market decisions on other areas of the organization such as supply chain relationships, operations, human resources partners and distributors will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-500 and 15 completed credits
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 535 - Business Economics and Modeling Value
This course will develop the student’s ability to apply key financial and economic principles to business models. The course integrates the most relevant principles of finance, accounting economics and financial planning into a comprehensive framework. Case studies will include all areas of the Integrated Reflective Practice model.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-500, MIT-525, and MBA-525
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 540 - Group Dynamics, Communication and Negotiation
This course provides the framework for understanding the dynamics of human interaction within an organizational context. It is built from the perspective that a key function of management is to negotiate for resources and build collaborative relationships with employees vendors, suppliers and distributors.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-500
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 545 - Action Planning and Decision Making
Strategy and planning are activities presented as an interactive and ongoing process that is increasingly owned by middle management rather than being a “top down” single stage process. The process is one of designing, executing and adjusting thereby allowing strategies to be refined or even emerge as learning occurs. Because of the integrative nature of this course, case studies will address all areas of the Integrated Reflective Practice model.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-500 and 24 completed credits
Credit(s): 3
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MBA 590 - Field-Based Capstone Project
This course is built around a project that is designed to apply, in a comprehensive manner, the core areas of knowledge around which this program has been built. These include: Values of a Global-Based Organization, Innovation through Information, Financial and Economic Resources Customers, Markets, Sales and Marketing; Human Resources and Organizational Relationships; Measurement and Process Improvement; and Action Planning to Create Value. The project may be performed for a current employer, a sponsoring workplace or as an internship as either a Service Learning project for a qualifying non-profit organization or another organization of the student’s choosing.
Prerequisite(s): The MBA 590 Capstone course must be taken only after all ,other courses in the program have been completed.
Credit(s): 3
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Masters in Executive Leadership |
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MSEL 510 - Leadership Foundation:Comp.&Core Values
Explore leadership theories, focusing ultimately on transformational leadership, which incorporates the personal and public dimensions of leadership. Students learn what values and characteristics inform their management role, as well as how to discern the disposition and values frameworks others bring to the workplace. This course includes an overview of diagnostic instruments, experiential exercises, and a writing project to establish a personal mission statement and to formulate strategies for balancing work and personal values.
Credit(s): 6
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MSEL 520 - Organizational Change:Theory&Practice
Examine theories of transformational change, that is, leadership that fundamentally re-orients an organization, its potential objectives and methods. Students learn how to lead, plan, and implement successful organizational change, using one’s personal mission statement as a guide. The course focuses on issues of organizational culture organizational learning, and other forms of transformational change. Issues such as behavioral integrity, innovation, sustainability organization resilience in face of constant environmental changes are also covered.
Prerequisite(s): MSEL-510
Credit(s): 6
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MSEL 530 - Leadership & Imagination
Focusing on creativity, students will develop new perspectives and strategies to bring health, creativity and energy to organizations through analysis of leadership _themes in literature, biography, and story-telling. Students learn to recognize the role of imagination in transformational leaders’ approaches to growth and change, as well as the benefits of creativity in problem-solving. Students will also be introduced to scenario thinking to manage uncertainty.
Prerequisite(s): MSEL-510
Credit(s): 6
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MSEL 540 - Leading Transformation Thru Relationship
Examine effective relationships and processes at the individual and organization levels necessary for leading transformations. Students will study ethical responsibility, advocacy and authentic leadership relative to these relationships. They will also explore how leaders in non-hierarchical environments are able to transform their communities, cities and/or organizations.
Prerequisite(s): MSEL-510
Credit(s): 6
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MSEL 550 - Communication: Individuals & Groups
Empowerment, collaboration, and dialogue create and transform community. Students study these techniques in the context of interpersonal communication, group leadership and conflict management. Course includes an experiential exercises to develop common experience for futher analysis and integration with theory. Students also discuss a leadership project plan to be completed in the program’s capstone course.
Prerequisite(s): MSEL-520, MSEL-530, MSEL-540
Credit(s): 6
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MSEL 560 - Leadership Capstone:Anticip. the Future
This course culminates in an applied leadership project to support the translation, application and synthesis of core concepts from previous courses to a final capstone project, through action research and reflection. Students will learn about the scientific method and various research methodologies to select the appropriate tool for their research question. In addition, students will explore various perceptions of current trends and likely developments in areas such as global demographics, economics, geo-political developments, technology, or social trends.
Prerequisite(s): MSEL-550
Credit(s): 6
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Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies |
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MED 500 - Introduction to Alternate Dispute Resolution and Negotiation
There is a broad spectrum of possible responses to property and valuation disputes ranging from litigation to direct negotiation. Students will focus on three aspectsL evaluation of approaches for a given situation, application of skills a neutral third party employs toward engaging disputes and negotiation techniques and skills. Students will integrate mediation and negotiation theory and behaviors into conflict intervention strategies. The course requires a 3-day residency.
Credit(s): 3
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MED 501 - Negotiation
Negotiation is one of the basic components of mediation. This course is designed to integrate knowledge of negotiation theory and behaviors into your conflict intervention strategies. You will focus on the sources and role of “power” in negotiation, explore the strengths and weaknesses of integrative and distributive bargaining techniques, understand which ones you tend to use and develop your ability to manage the consequences of different negotiation styles coming into contact with one another.
Credit(s): 3
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MED 502 - Interpersonal Conflict
Mediators do not check their “conflict selves” at the door-every mediator is influenced by beliefs about conflict and the ways they engage conflict in their own lives. This course invites you to explore your “conflict self,” the ways your own conflict engagement behavior enhances and limits your effectiveness as an intervener. You will confront conflict as a way to more deeply understand and appreciate the experience you ask your parties to undertake in each mediation. This course has a 2-day residency.
Credit(s): 3
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MED 503 - Conflict Intervention Skills
Students will learn to use tools, techniques, and strategies used to assist parties in problem solving and conflict engagement. We will explore various theoretical frameworks and approaches to conflict and learn to identify when specific tools might be most useful within any given framework. This course relies heavily on the concept of reflection in practice and students will learn how to use selfreflection as a tool for building competence. The course has a 9-day residency.
Prerequisite(s): MED-501.
Credit(s): 6
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MED 504 - Principles of Conflict Analysis
An important part of being a competent mediator is the ability to use conflict theory to inform practice. This course explores interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks for interpreting conflict through a broad range of academic disciplines – communications, law, social psychology, anthropology, and dispute resolution. Students critically evaluate the respective bodies of theory and test theoretical principles against their own experiences in managing conflict. Current models, approaches, styles of mediation and their theoretical underpinnings and applications are also introduced.
Credit(s): 3
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MED 505 - Fieldwork I
Students will be expected to observe and participate in 40 hours of real mediations/interventions in their home community. Students will bring questions and descriptions of real cases for classroom discussion and supervision. Case supervision will focus on mastery of skills conflict analysis, evaluation of appropriateness for mediation, and an ability to utilize conflict theory, application considerations, agreement writing, and professionalism.
Prerequisite(s): MED-503
Credit(s): 3
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MED 506 - Integration and Fieldwork I
Students will engage in field experience in order to integrate the student’s learning in the PREV certificate. Students will be expected to move beyond simulation and observe and/or participate in 40 hours of real mediations/interventions in their home community. Students will bring descriptions of real cases and emergent questions for classroom discussion and supervision. Case supervision will focus on mastery of skills conflict analysis, evaluation of appropriateness for the intervention chosen, and an ability to utilize conflict theory in justifying practice decisions.
Prerequisite(s): Complete MED-503
Credit(s): 3
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MED 511 - Advanced Practice 1
Through the development of reflective practice abilities, students in this course will begin to acquire the skills to better assess and improve upon their own mediative work. While there is some focus on the mechanics of mediation skills the greater emphasis of the course is on developing students’ sense of artistry in their practice. This course requires a 2.5 day residency.
Prerequisite(s): Complete the certificate in Mediation and Applied Conflict,Studies,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 512 - Advanced Practice 2
This is the final mediation skills course and as such students will improve the integration of the essential skills. Students will gain artistry in their practice and apply the array of skills of the conflict specialist in a variety of settings. They will learn advanced mediation techniques as they explore the possible roles of the mediator/conflict specialist in enduring conflicts. The course requires a 2.5-day residency.
Prerequisite(s): MED-511
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 513 - Research Methods for Mediators
Students develop the practical research evaluation and project proposal-writing skills needed to keep current with, and contribute to academic and professional research in the field of mediation and conflict studies. Through examining topics of strong interest to students, we will explore qualitative and quantitative research methods, create powerful research questions design a research strategy, craft a program evaluation, develop a short literature review and fonnulate a grant proposal.
Credit(s): 3
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MED 514 - Ethics and Impartiality
Conflict professionals have a responsibility to their clients, the public and the field to practice in an ethical manner. The course explores personal, philosophical, and professional dimensions of ethics through a critical examination of institutional standards codes and peculiar challenges posed by the mainstays of neutrality and impartiality to ethical decision-making. Students will integrate ethical frameworks from “helping” and,”non-helping” professions, and consider cross-cultural issues in developing their own professional ethical framework for practice. By course end, students will be conversant in formal codes and standards, as well as be well equipped to recognize their limitations and respond appropriately to unique challenges posed by their work as conflict professionals
Credit(s): 3
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MED 515 - Mediation Models and History
Mediation, as a professional field of practice has evolved from a long history of dispute resolution. Students will inform their mediation practice through a sampling of traditional underpinnings in dispute resolution, an historical tour of mediation in the United States, surveys of current mediation models and exploration of a variety of third party roles.
Prerequisite(s): MED-503
Credit(s): 3
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MED 516 - Fieldwork 2
Students will perform 40 hours of fieldwork. Through the combination of class work and real world experience, they will become more proficient in mediation and related skills and will expand and deepen their professional networks. Students will hone specific skills and expand knowledge of the content areas of their choosing. They will also develop marketing materials and improve their ability to describe their work in ways that are clear and attractive to potential clients and employers.
Prerequisite(s): MED-511, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 521 - Organizational Conflict
Students will explore mediation and conflict management with organizations, work groups departments or entire institutions. Issues of power, role and structure will be addressed and students will examine basic models of organizational life and specific approaches and tools for understanding and engaging organizations (There are a lot of “ands in the previous sentence.). Students will investigate values-based conflicts as they occur in organizational life and examine how mediator standards relate to this particular area of practice. Requires a 2.5-day residency.
Prerequisite(s): MED-505
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 522 - Identity-Based Conflict
In Identity-Based Conflict students will be invited explore individual and social identity as a significant dimension in interpersonal intergroup, organizational and international conflict. Beginning with the personal and moving to the collective, students will consider ways in the cherished beliefs, values and convictions by which we define ourselves constitute both a particularly challenging dimension of conflict and a unique opportunity for engaging prolonged and apparently intractable disputes. In addition to developing an understanding of some of the unique characteristics of identity-based conflict, students will explore strategies for working with this dimension of conflict. This course requires a 2.5 day residency.
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 523 - Facilitation
Students develop the skills, methods, processes and knowledge needed to become effective facilitators. We explore the roles and responsibilities of a facilitator as well as examine the basic steps of designing facilitations. We will learn, develop and practice verbal, nonverbal and recording techniques and skills. We will also explore and apply specific methods, tools, processes and intervention strategies to facilitate productive group participation. All students will design implement and assess a facilitative process and create a personal development plant to improve their facilitator competency. This course requires a 2.5 day residency.
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 524 - Family Mediation
Students will explore the scope and practice of family mediation. They will examine the challenges of court-referred family mediation and also of business or estate-planning mediations. Students willieam and apply tools for analysis and intervention for family mediation. Because this type of practice requires interfacing with the work of other professionals such as attorneys accountants, financial planners, alcohol and drug counselors, and therapists, students will also consider effectively working with those professionals. Requires a 2.5-day residency.
Prerequisite(s): MED-505
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 531 - Land Use Mediation
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 532 - Public Policy
Students will learn how to design and implement appropriate change processes for tackling big problems. To effect change in large, open complex systems, process designers have to create complex and adaptable change processes commensurate with the challenges they attempt to address. Whether considering climate change, food systems nuclear disarmament, or multi-stakeholder environmental agreements, the requirements for the design and management of processes covered in this course are distinct from other processes studied in the Mediation program. Offered in the summer term only.)
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 533 - Legal Issues
Students will review the American legal system its processes, assumptions and practices as they relate to alternative dispute resolution. Students will explore the complex dynamics of competing incentives, mandated versus voluntary participation, procedural justice and rules of conduct (i.e., confidentiality, privilege) which are present in and between the various methods of conflict resolution. The latter portion of the course emphasizes writing agreements, resolving questions about the appropriateness of a method issues of jurisdiction, and the increasing role of statutes and canons of practice in the licensing and regulation of mediation and mediators.
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 534 - International Conflict
The study of International Conflict is sourced from an interdisciplinary range of scholarly research, writing, and reflections that draw from political philosophy and intervention practices. This course explores the realm of international conflict by tracing an evolutionary arc over a trajectory of theoretical orientations and practical debates that highlight the ways in which conflict engagement and intervention practices have been shaped on a global scale. Informed by the modern historical context from Westphalia to the War on Terror, this course provides students with an opportunity to survey and develop critical perspectives on international conflict work pursuant to the stratagems, initiatives, and creative advances developed by National Governments, IGOs, and Civil Society institutions and actors, which have broadly fashioned our basis for knowledge about conflict and intervention in the 21st century. For students of mediation and applied conflict studies, the learning emphasis in this course is placed on analyzing the potential, challenges critiques and limitations of methods and practices for approaching conflict and formulations for peace, such that an evaluation of their own conflict practice can be understood and located within the broader field.
Prerequisite(s): MED-511
Credit(s): 3
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MED 535 - Systems and Conflict
Students will explore systems theory as a way of thinking, learning and doing in conflict. Utilizing diverse inputs ranging from family systems theory to the study of simplicity students will be exposed to principles of systems, whole systems-based intervention tools, and unique experiences of practitioners who design, develop andsupport conflict management systems in public and private sectors. Students will apply their learning in tiered consultancy projects in which they will support an organization or human network of their choice.
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 536 - Technology and Mediation
Students develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to utilize information and communication technologies in their mediation, training and peace-building practices. We explore the history and development of these technologies and consider the ethical issues presented by online conflict intervention work. Emphasis is placed on hands-on experiences with various technologies: we examine and test out several leading online platform providers web-based initiatives, and information and communication technologies and apply our learnings through participation in web-based demonstrations, case studies and simulations.
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 537 - Thesis
Prerequisite(s): Complete Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Certificate,MED-501, MED-502, MED-503, MED-504, MED-505
Credit(s): 3
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MED 580 - Family and Divorce Mediation, Advanced
This independent study is built around the seven-day Divorce Mediation Training presented by the New England Mediation Institute in partnership with the MS in Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies Program of Champlain College. This training is designed for persons who intend to practice divorce mediation. The workshop employs a mixture of teaching techniques including lecture, demonstration, case analysis, and simulation. All participants will have individualized observation and feedback by experienced practicing mediators.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Program Director Required
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 581 - Special Topics in Family Mediation
This independent study is designed to complete the competencies required to become a qualified family and divorce mediator. The focus on special topics complements the foundational training in two previous courses-MED-524-Family Mediation and MED-550 Independent Study: Advanced Divorce and Family Mediation. This course employs a mixture of teaching techniques including readings, online coursework, in-person training, fieldwork, and written analysis and reflection to accomplish the learning outcomes.
Prerequisite(s): COMPLETE MED-503, MED-511, MED-524;
Credit(s): 1.5
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MED 583 - Public Policy/Large Group Problem Solving
Students will learn how to design and implement appropriate change processes for tackling big problems. To effect change in large, open complex systems, process designers have to create complex and adaptable change processes commensurate with the challenges they attempt to address. Whether considering climate change food systems, nuclear disarmament, or multi-stakeholder environmental agreements, the requirements for the design and management of processes covered in this course are distinct from other processes studied in the Mediation program. (Offered in the summer term only.)
Prerequisite(s): MED-512
Credit(s): 3
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POD 500 - Foundations of Positive Organizational Development
A strength-based renaissance has emerged within the social sciences in response to calls for new explorations into the positive side of organizational life. Going beyond the myopic focus on deficits that had predominated the field of OD to date, learners will explore the myriad of exciting work happening in the fields that inform the theory and practice of PosOD including: appreciative inquiry, positive organizational scholarship, positive psychology, design theory and the rise of sustainable enterprises.
Credit(s): 3
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POD 530 - The Art of the Question and Inquiry Based Change
Learners will explore the fundamental relationship between inquiry and change and experiment with the power that questions have to shape organizational life. Through observation of and reflection upon the questions asked by and to them in their own organizational lives, learners will explore how every effective organizational change process begins with the very questions we ask. The theory and practice of ‘inquiry based leadership’ will be detailed as a framework to create effective organizational interventions at every level within an organization.
Credit(s): 3
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POD 560 - Advanced Applications of Appreciative Inquiry
Learners will take a deep dive into the theory and practice of Appreciative Inquiry as a specific philosophy and action-research framework for creating positive organizational change. Case studies will explore how AI has been applied in different sectors to create positive whole-system change. Learners will be introduced to the practical tools and resources for engaging groups and organizations in AI, as well as applying the principles of AI to their own life.
Credit(s): 3
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POD 570 - Strength Based Assessment & Analysis Methods
A key aspect of PosOD involves the identification and augmentation of strengths within all levels of an organization. Learners will explore the myriad of strength-based assessment tools beginning with tools and techniques for uncovering strengths at the individual level, the team level, the organizational level, and community level. This class focuses on how to uncover strengths and assets that often go under utilized and how to use this data in strategic ways for creating positive organizational change.
Credit(s): 3
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POD 580 - Sages Seminar
As a capstone for the program, this course,provides learners with an overview of the,cutting-edge cases and tools being used in the,field ofPosOD. Applying a unique course design of,guest experts from around the globe participating,virtually with students in a series of online,seminars, this class will explore not only best,practices, but also future trends in the field of,OD, asking “What is best and what is next in the,field of Positive Organizational Development?”
Credit(s): 3
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