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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Healthcare Management
  

  • HCMT 555 - Health Care Performance Innovation

    Students learn about healthcare organizational measurements, assessments and improvement practices related to the quality of healthcare services and examine and analyze traditional and innovative quality, structure and process assessments including risk management credentialing and the role of oversight agencies. They will then develop innovative applications of outcomes-based process improvement methods focusing on rapid cycle tools such as PDSA, and utilizing data analytical metohds that result in improved patient outcomes.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 555 - Health Care Performance Innovation

    Students learn about healthcare organizational measurements, assessments and improvement practices related to the quality of healthcare services and examine and analyze traditional and innovative quality, structure and process assessments including risk management, credentialing and the role of oversight agencies. They will then develop innovative applications of outcomes-based process improvement methods, focusing on rapid cycle tools such as PDSA, and utilizing data analytical methods that result in improved patient outcomes.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 560 - Leading Health Care Talent

    Talent management is the process of attracting and retaining skilled employees and cultivating critical knowledge and skills, recognizing that quality employees drive business success. Using a strategic perspective, students learn to recognize and develop talents, evaluate performance and influence behavior, using data analysis and innovation to drive organizational success. Additionally, students focus on the interrelationship between organizational culture and traditional human resources functions. Other themes include ethical issues, the global workforce and links between social responsibility, culture and business success.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 560 - Leading Health Care Talent

    Talent management is the process of attracting and retaining skilled employees and cultivating critical knowledge and skills, recognizing that quality employees drive business success. Using a strategic perspective, students learn to recognize and develop talents, evaluate performance and influence behavior, using data analysis and innovation to drive organizational success. Additionally, students focus on the interrelationship between organizational culture and traditional human resources functions. Other themes include ethical issues, the global workforce and links between social responsibility, culture and business success.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 565 - Health Care Leadership and Innovative Change

    The complexity of today’s health care environments challenges organizations to become adaptive and innovative. Everyone must find a way to adopt new leadership skills for health care organizational survival. Students learn to meet this challendge wherever they will exert influence in an organization by developing knowledge and skills to effectively lead change, including communicating with others in the organization, identification of how change is
    accomplished and impacts people, and affects organizational relationships and ultimately, patient outcomes.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515 and HCMT-545
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 565 - Health Care Leadership and, Innovative Change

    The complexity of today’s health care environments challenges organizations to become adaptive and innovative. Everyone must find a way to adopt new leadership skills for health care organizational survival. Students learn to meet this challendge wherever they will exert influence in an organization by developing knowledge and skills to effectively lead change, including communicating with others in the organization, identification of how change is accomplished and impacts people, and affects organizational relationships and ultimately, patient outcomes.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-515 and HCMT-545
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 590 - Integrative Capstone in HC Management

    Students review professional and practical skills gained through formal coursework and action learning and apply them in an independent project in a health care setting of their choice. Students develop a project plan; establish goals and objectives; collect and analyze information; and prepare and deliver a final, best-practice report agreed upon by student and faculty advisor.
    Prerequisite(s): HCMT-550 and 30 completed graduate credit hours
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 595 - Integrative Capstone in Health Care Administration

    Students review and apply skills gained through the program to an independent healthcare project. Students develop a project plan; establish objectives collect and analyze information and deliver a final product with the support of a faculty advisor. This experience provides an opportunity to observe, apply and develop technical, interpersonal, and conceptual skills while integrating leadership expertise and knowledge of healthcare administration to improve healthcare delivery.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-555 and HCMT-560.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • HCMT 595 - Integrative Capstone in Health, Care Administration

    Students review and apply skills gained through the program to an independent healthcare project. Students develop a project plan; establish objectives collect and analyze information and deliver a final product with the support of a faculty advisor. This experience provides an opportunity to observe, apply and develop technical, interpersonal, and conceptual skills while integrating leadership expertise and knowledge of healthcare administration to improve healthcare delivery.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete HCMT-555 and HCMT-560.
    Credit(s): 3

Information Security Operations
  

  • OPSC 500 - Information Technology and Security

    Students will develop an understanding of the components of information systems and their relationships by acquiring knowledge on a variety of foundational information technology and security topics, including computing hardware, operating systems, and applications and their development. Different types of networks, topologies, and protocols are covered in an accelerated fashion to prepare students for successful completion of their desired program(s) and analysis of basic network communications.
  

  • OPSC 501 - Managing Risk in IT Operations

    Managing Risk in IT Organizations is a foundational course to the program. Decisions with regards to information security need to be grounded in an understanding of the strategic value of systems and information. Identifying risk within the organization is not only important to identify priorities for resource allocation, it also provides a framework for analyzing situations. Using risk management strategies, security professionals will be able to determine appropriate defenses and responses to incidents.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 501 - Managing Risk in IT Organizations

    Managing Risk in IT Organizations is a foundational course to the program. Decisions with regards to information security need to be grounded in an understanding of the strategic value of systems and information. Identifying risk within the organization is not only important to identify priorities for resource allocation, it also provides a framework for analyzing situations. Using risk management strategies, security professionals will be able to determine appropriate defenses and responses to incidents.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 502 - Managing IT Risk

    Managing Risk in IT Organizations is a foundational course to the program. Decisions with regards to information security need to be grounded in an understanding of the strategic value of systems and information. Identifying risk within the organization is not only important to identify priorities for resource allocation, it also provides a framework for analyzing situations. Using risk management strategies, business professionals will be able to plan and develop resource allocation strategies.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 502 - Managing IT Risk

    Managing Risk in IT Organizations is a foundational course to the program. Decisions with regards to information security need to be grounded in an understanding of the strategic value of systems and information. Identifying risk within the organization is not only important to identify priorities for resource allocation, it also provides a framework for analyzing situations. Using risk management strategies, business professionals will be able to plan and develop resource allocation strategies.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 505 - Security, Intelligence and Automation

    Students will gain an understanding and respect for emerging technology by exploring current trends in security and examining topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and behavior analytics. Students will analyze the science behind these technologies as well as the ethical and privacy concerns and implications that may hinder their widespread adoption.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-501
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 510 - Game Theory

    Game theory provides a framework for understanding complicated problems in a way that will allow for accurate prediction of outcomes. Students will evaluate security threats and vulnerabilities, using game theory principles. Studying game theory and the solutions to complicated scenarios helps cultivate a discipline to problem solving that assists security professionals in developing solutions to complicated problems. Since many security problems involve social engineering, game theory helps reduce those problems to something more quantifiable and actionable.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-501
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 510 - Game Theory

    Game theory provides a framework for understanding complicated problems in a way that will allow for accurate prediction of outcomes. Students will evaluate security threats and vulnerabilities, using game theory principles. Studying game theory and the solutions to complicated scenarios helps cultivate a discipline to problem solving that assists security professionals in developing solutions to complicated problems. Since many security problems involve social engineering, game theory helps reduce those problems to something more quantifiable and actionable.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-501
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 515 - Security Design & Architecture

    This course will build on foundational networking concepts, with particular attention to vulnerabilities within protocol design, analyzing current technologies used to protect networks. Defense in depth and defense in breadth strategies will be considered as well as how best to design a solution based on the business requirements and the assets that need to be protected. The course covers defensive strategies, as well as detection and the monitoring and analysis requirements for those strategies to be effective.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-501, OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 515 - Security Design & Architecture

    This course will build on foundational networking concepts, with particular attention to vulnerabilities within protocol design, analyzing current technologies used to protect networks. Defense in depth and defense in breadth strategies will be considered as well as how best to design a solution based on the business requirements and the assets that need to be protected. The course covers defense strategies, as well as detection and the monitoring and analysis requirements for those strategies to be effective.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-501 and OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 516 - Information Security Systems

    Students will learn about the different strategies and systems used in protecting information assets. Defense in depth and defense in breadth strategies will be considered as well as how business requirements are used to develop these solutions and how the information assets and protections necessary can inform business planning and strategy. The course covers defensive strategies, as well as detection and the monitoring and analysis requirements for those strategies to be effective.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 516 - Information Security Systems

    Students will learn about the different strategies and systems used in protecting information assets. Defense in depth and defense in breadth strategies will be considered as well as how business requirements are used to develop these solutions and how the information assets and protections necessary can inform business planning and strategy. The course covers defensive strategies, as well as detection and the monitoring and analysis requirements for those strategies to be effective.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-502
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 520 - Threat & Vulnerability Analysis

    This course will cover classification of threats and vulnerabilities. Students will use hands-on labs and assignments to understand the nature of the vulnerability and discover ways to exploit those vulnerabilities. Students will use the knowledge of the vulnerability to perform a threat analysis.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-501, OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 520 - Threat & Vulnerability Analysis

    This course will cover classification of threats and vulnerabilities. Students will use hands-on labs and assignments to understand the nature of the vulnerability and discover ways to exploit those vulnerabilties. Students will use the knowledge of the vulnerability to perform a threat analysis.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-501 and OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 521 - Threat Classification and Analysis

    This course will cover classification of threats and vulnerabilities. Students will use hands-on labs and assignments to gain a better understanding of how threats manifest within an organization. Students will gain categorize threats to the business as well as define appropriate policy and procedures in order to counteract the threat.

     
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-502
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 521 - Threat Classification and Analysis

    This course will cover classification of threats and vulnerabilities. Students will use hands-on labs and assignments to gain a better understanding of how threats manifest within an organization. Students will gain categorize threats to the business as well as define appropriate policy and procedures in order to counteract the threat.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-502
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 525 - Operations Management

    Operations management integrates systems administration with security policy requirements and the health of the overall network. This includes system and network monitoring.  There is also a need for network-wide management of multiple platforms. This course covers different aspects of operating an enterprise network in a secure fashion, including coverage of intrusion detection systems, anti-virus systems, security information and event management. Patching, change control, identity and access management are all covered in the course.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-520
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 525 - Operations Management

    Operations management integrates systems administration with security policy requirements and the health of the overall network. This includes system and networking monitoring. There is also a need for network-wide management of multiple platforms. This course covers different aspects of operating an enterprise network in a secure fasion, including coverage of intrusion detection systems, anti-virus systems, security information and event management. Patching, change control, identity and access management are all covered in this course.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-520
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 530 - Incident Response & Event Management

    Preparing for an incident is a critical function of an information technology organization. Adequate preparation will help a business recover faster and get back to normal operations. This course covers the tasks and skills necessary to develop an incident response as well as the people necessary for an incident response team. It will also cover the role of forensic investigations in the incident response process.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-520
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 530 - Incident Response & Event Management

    Preparing for an incident is a critical function of an information technology organization. Adequate preparation will help a business recover faster and get back to normal operations. This course covers the tasks and skills necessary to develop an incident response as well as the people necessary for an incident response team. It will also cover the role of forensic investigations in the incident response process.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-520
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 531 - Incident Response & Recovery

    Preparing for an incident is a critical function of an information technology organization. Adequate preparation will help a business recover faster and get back to normal operations. This course covers the tasks and skills necessary to develop an incident response as well as the people necessary for an incident response team. It will also cover the role of forensic investigations in the incident response process.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-521
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 531 - Incident Response & Recovery

    Preparing for an incident is a critical function of an information technology organization. Adequate preparation will help a business recover faster and get back to normal operations. This course covers the tasks and skills necessary to develop an incident response as well as the people necessary for an incident response team. It will also cover the role of forensic investigations in the incident response process.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-521
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 535 - Security Regulations and Compliance Management

    Students will learn to differentiate privacy from security and how international, federal and state regulations impact organizations and govern the security of information systems and data. They will also identify security standards, survey compliance frameworks, measure return on security investment and assess the effectiveness of a security awareness program.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-501, OPSC-515
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 540 - Security Scripting w/Python

    This course will cover the basics of Python scripting and then focus on developing scripts that could be used for security testing, data analysis or other routine tasks for an IT professional.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 540 - Security Scripting w/Python

    This course will cover the basics of Python scripting and then focus on developing scripts that could be used for security testing, data analysis or other routine tasks for an IT professional.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-510
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 550 - Security Testing

    The security testing course will cover black, white and gray box testing in the context of security. This will include coverage of penetration testing and security assessments as well as software testing.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-540
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 550 - Security Testing

    The security testing course will cover black, white and gray box testing in the context of security. This will include coverage of penetration testing and security assessments as well as software testing.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-540
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 555 - Software Security

    Programming in a secure manner is an important step to having software that isn’t vulnerable to attack. This course will cover categories of software vulnerabilities and how to prevent them by changing programming habits.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-540
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 555 - Software Security

    Programming in a secure manner is an important step to having software that isn’t vulnerable to attack. This couse will cover categories of software vulnerabilities and how to prevent them by changing programming habits.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-540
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 560 - Malware Analysis

    Malware is a common strategy used by adversaries as a way to steal information or to simply cause operational impairment. Understanding how malware operates and infects systems is critical to be able to know what the impact was and how to recover. This course will cover analysis of malware and recovery from a malware infestation.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 560 - Malware Analysis

    Malware is a common strategy used by adversaries as a way to steal information or to simply cause operational impairment. Understanding how malware operates and infects systems is critical to be able to know what the impact was and how to recover. This course will cover analysis of malware and recovery from a malware infestation.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 565 - Cyber Warfare and Cyber Crime

    Adversaries in the information security space are no longer the mischievous young “script kiddies” that companies were facing a decade and more ago. Now, adversaries are organized and well-funded. This course will explore the adversary differences and how to approach protections against these adversaries.
    Prerequisite(s): OPSC-530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 565 - Cyber Warfare and Cyber Crime

    Adversaries in the information security space are no longer the mischievous young “script kiddies” that companies were facing a decade and more ago. Now, adversaries are organized and well-funded. This course will explore the adversary differences and how to approach protections against these adversaries.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete OPSC-530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 590 - War Games Capstone

    Students will participate in team-based, controlled war games within Champlain College’s virtual system infrastructure. This will provide students a clear understanding of how to improve defenses. They will be expected to write incident reports, lessons learned, after action reviews and improvement proposals as part of this class.
    Prerequisite(s): 27 Credits Completed in the Program
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 590 - War Games Capstone

    Students will participate in team-based, controlled war games within Champlain College’s virtual system infrastructure. This will provide students a clear understanding ofhow to improve defenses. They will be expected to write incident reports, lessons learned, after action reviews and improvement proposals as part of this class.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete 27 credits in OPSC
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • OPSC 591 - IS Management Capstone

    Students will demonstrate advanced understanding of information security concepts, including the ability to assess risk, classify vulnerabilities and threats, and respond/recover to/from security incidents. They will be expected to utilize appropriate written and oral communication skills to showcase their ability to analyze security strategies within organizations, and manage/lead compliance and awareness efforts. Successful completion of a Capstone Project is required.
    Prerequisite(s):

    Complete 27 or more credits in the degree program.
    Credit(s): 3

Law
  

  • LAW 5000 - Integrated Reflective Practice

    Taught through the required residency experience this course provides the basis of both the philosophy and the professional development perspective used in all subsequent management courses. Students will complete a thorough multi-dimensional self-assessment that culminates in a personal learning road map to guide their journey through the entire graduate program. The emphasis of the content will be on the importance of work practice and experience as a basis for management development and on the use of experience for personal and organizational learning. Short case studies will also address the integration of learning through the six Areas of Practice: Global, Organizational & Personal Values-Based Leadership; Innovation through Information; Financial and Economic Resources; Customers, Markets, Sales and Marketing; Human Resources and Organizational Relationships; and Measurement and Process Improvement.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5100 - Legal System and Legal Principles

    This course provides students with an overview of the American legal system, including the concept and development of law. State and federal court systems and jurisdictions are compared, and students are introduced to the sources and areas of law, legal remedies and the litigation process. Students learn how to read and analyze legal documents. Students get hands-on practice at finding law and legal analysis using the LexisNexis legal information database and the legal research capabilities of the Internet. The course further focuses on determining the applicable law and applying this law to legal problem in some of the areas that affect businesses day-to-day including ethical business conduct policies, consumer protection, human resources and employment issues, real estate intellectual property and corporate change and governance.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5150 - Foundations for the Study of Law

    Students will be introduced to legal research legal analysis, and legal writing for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program. Students will be introduced to online legal research tools and methodologies, the process of analyzing legal issues, and the basic purposes and form of predictive legal writing including case analysis and synthesis and legal citation. Students will become familiar with the research and writing processes used by practicing attorneys, and how to apply them in legal and non-legal settings.

    *Course title changed from Legal Research and Writing for Spring 2015
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5210 - Constitutional Law

    Students learn about the Constitution as the basis of individual rights as well as our federal government, laws, and legal system. Students examine the doctrines of judicial review federalism, and separation of powers, and learn the practical and theoretical fundamentals of constitutional thought and law. Topics include due process, equal protection, the commerce clause the separation of powers, and individual rights. Through actual cases and problems, students gain skills to for analyzing constitutional issues in their fields of practice and seeing the constitutional dimensions of their professional decisions.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5220 - Contracts and Commercial Law

    This course provides students with an overview of the legal environment and principles that affect contracts and commercial transactions, with an emphasis on Articles Two of the Uniform Commercial Code. Students focus on contract law, including the elements of a valid contract; an analysis of the formation, transfer and termination of contract rights and duties; what is required in performance; and the legal and equitable remedies available upon breach of contract.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5230 - Information Privacy and Security

    Rapid developments in information technologies have resulted in heightened concern with information security in every area of business and government practice. This course will explore the laws and practices affecting personal privacy in a digital age and the information security needs of all those maintaining substantial and potentially sensitive records. Topics include internet privacy, including issues related to anonymity commercial profiling, spam, hacking and viruses; database privacy in areas such as medical and financial records; identity theft; and the relationship of law enforcement to privacy including issues related to wiretapping surveillance, and counter-terrorism.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5240 - Litigation

    Students learn the laws and rules of civil procedure so that they will understand what to expect if they must work with counsel in litigated conflicts. Successful students understand how a lawsuit is prepared, including the drafting of pleadings, motions, discovery, and other legal actions and documents used in litigation. Students also consider case law and the rules of criminal procedure to grasp how criminal law is administered, including police investigative techniques, laws of arrest, search and seizure self-incrimination, right to counsel interrogation and confessions, pre-trial motions standards of evidence and proof, and trial procedures.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5250 - Tort & Personal Injury Law

    This course offers an introduction to tort law with emphasis on the potential liability of business organizations and the individuals within them for injuries to property and person. Considered are intentional wrongs, negligence malpractice, products liability and strict liability; invasions of personal integrity and emotional well-being; injury to tangible and intangible rights in property; liability insurance and alternatives; and damages. While learning the different types of tort actions, students identify the causes of action, determine whether legal elements of these torts can be demonstrated, and analyze case studies to establish principles and guidelines for managerial applications.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5310 - Business Organizations

    This course examines the basic forms of business organizations, including the law of sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. Topics include the authority and responsibility of partners and the responsibility between corporate directors, officers, shareholders, and creditors. The course also covers the principles of agency law.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5311 - Administrative Law

    This course explores the role of administrative law in areas of business and managerial practice affected by government regulation. Students review the sources of law and chart the overlapping and sometimes conflicting roles of federal and state legal regulation, studying the implications and effects of the various types of laws that may affect their activities: administrative agency regulations, constitutional provisions, statutes and court decisions. Topics include agency powers and operation, determination and promulgation of administrative regulations; right to notice and hearing; enforcement; judicial review; standing; and the Administrative Procedure Act.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5312 - Employment Law

    This course offers an overview of fundamental areas of employment law. Topics include job discrimination and related laws, labor law and labor relations, plant and job safety, public officers and employees, employee contracts self-employment, Americans with Disabilities Act Equal Employment Opportunity Act, non-competition agreements, workers’ compensation, unemployment obligations, and personnel issues such as drug testing, lie detectors, whistle-blowing, and wrongful discharge.
    Prerequisite(s): LAW-5100
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5313 - Employment Discrimination

    Students will examine 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. Students will consider
    workplace discrimination related to race, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability, age, and sexual orientation. The students will 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.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150 and LAW-5312
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5314 - Labor Law

    Students will examine the decisions and statutes relating to the rights of workers to organize, the collective bargaining process, legal issues related to strikes, boycotts, and picketing, and the role of individual rights within unions.
    Students will also examine the structure, mission, and procedures of the National Labor Relations Board, the distinction between NLRB decisions and court decisions, and the relationship between the two.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150, LAW-5312 and LAW-5313.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5315 - Legal Aspects of Human Resources

    Students will examine the laws that regulate how employees should be hired, fired, promoted, disciplined, or evaluated in unionized and nonunionized environments. It explores the steps an employer should take to avoid allegations of discrimination during the hiring, firing, or disciplinary process. The course also examines the legal limits on monitoring an employee’s email, computer usage, and outside activities (including social media) and examines the legal limits on drug testing employees and checking an employee’s criminal, credit, and medical background.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150, LAW-5312, LAW-5313, and LAW-5314.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • LAW 5401 - Law: Individuals & Families

    Students will explore the legal aspects of working in human services at the micro level. The rights of individual clients will be explored, as will relevant principles of family law, including child protection, custody, adoption, domestic relations, and elder law. The legal and ethical obligations of human services professionals will also be covered, with particular emphasis on guidelines set forth by national and regional associations, and on the ways in which the law presents both challenges and support in practice.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100 and LAW-5150.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5402 - Law: Groups & Communities

    Students will explore the legal aspects of work in human services at the mezzo level. The legal issues associated with some of the more common relationships between individuals and organizations or communities will be explored, including law related landlord/tenant, employer/employee, physician/patient, and vendor/purchaser relationships. The legal implications of larger fixed communities, such as elder care communities, will also be explored, as will the particular legal issues that arise in the context of community organizing by human services professionals and organizations.  
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150 and LAW-5401.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5403 - Law: Organizations & Systems

    Students will explore the legal aspects of work in human services at the micro level, focusing on certain organizations and legal systems in which human services professionals work.  A survey of the full range of agencies that deliver services will be considered, as well as the laws that create and regulate them. Students will also consider the laws that create and regulate courts, schools, prisons, juvenile detention centers, and hospitals, as well as the systems associated with those organizations.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150, LAW-5401 and LAW-5402.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5404 - Policy & Law Reform Summit

    Students will engage in critical examination and debate about policy and legal reform related to human services and social justice. The often uneasy collaboration between the law and members if its profession on one hand, and human services and members of its profession on the other, focusing on challenges and common goals. Students will demonstrate an internal commitment to real change by creating a piece of legislation or policy reform that could be introduced to an agency or legislative body.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100, LAW-5150, LAW-5401, LAW-5402 and LAW-5403.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 5500 - Law in Context

    Through self-assessments and reflection, students will gain a better understanding of their own learning styles and personalities, workplace dynamics, and the role the law plays in the context of their work or career aspirations. This work will be put to use during a 5-day residency during which students will participate in a series of workshops, discussions, and collaborative projects. In addition to exploring the law’s function in their own careers, they’ll
    examine the law as a tool for greater good.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete LAW-5100 and LAW-5150
    Credit(s): 3

Management
  

  • MGMT 515 - Strategic Human Resource Management

    Students 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
  

  • 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
  

  • MGMT 525 - Managing Risk in Organizations

    Organizations use the word “risk” in many contexts.  Using an integrative perspective, students investigate operational, geopolitical and reputational risks, as well as those from the vagaries of nature and how the willingness to take risks can vary across both organizations and geography.  Students consider how to minimize internal risks and how to prepare for external ones.   Through the lens of organizational culture, students also explore the impact on organizations when employees are encouraged to be innovative and creative by taking risks.
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 530 or corequisite with MGMT 530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 536 - Human Resources Foundation

    To gain a foundation for the Human Resource certificate, students take a macro-view of the field and examine the role of an HR department as a critical strategic business partner within the organization. Students integrate concepts and current workplace issues, including using new technologies in the field; the need for a broader understanding of business and culture; and how to build and support agile teams that work effectively.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 537 - Organization Development Foundation

    Students are introduced to the foundational ideas of organization development (OD) theory, informed by historical roots and current strategies. Case study analysis and discussion reveal fundamental concepts of OD; examination of change tools and strategies form a baseline understanding of change principles and approaches. Learning is both theoretical and applied; students will form the basis for a change in their own context, including identifying stakeholders and sponsorship, establishing information gathering methods and feedback approaches, and handling complexity.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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 or corequisite with MGMT 530
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 545 - Diversity and Creating a Culture of Inclusion

    Diversity is different from inclusion and organizations often miss the real opportunity to successfully move to a culture of inclusion. Students will look at organization development theory and change models to address diversity as
    organizational change, thus leading to inclusive policies, practices and procedures in all dimensions of the organization. They will explore diversity as it relates to race/color/sex and will also include diversity as it relates to other facts such as appearance, generational beliefs, economic status and gender identity.
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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): None
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 555 - Human Resource Analytics

    Companies are exploring human capital analytics for workforce reporting and to help make informed decisions about human resources. The continuum of value that analytics bring to an organization includes practices from basic data reporting to predictive analytics. Explore workforce reporting and both traditional and advanced decision-making analytic tools, especially predictive modeling, which make it possible for organizations to inform decision making for the future. Learn to make the business case for using advanced HR analytics.
    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 536
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 560 - Coaching in the Workplace

    Coaching in the workplace draws on many related fields including behavioral science, systems thinking and the study of change. After a review of those areas, students will use that foundation to develop a range of coaching tools.  Learn to ask the right questions, provide applicable feedback, use a customized approach and help employees learn to independently grapple with problems and find solutions. Finally students will use coaching to deepen an individual’s self-awareness to promote action and accountability.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete MGMT-536 and MGMT-545
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • MGMT 590 - Human Relations & Organization Development Capstone

    In this capstone course, students complete an applied project to support the translation and application of core concepts and program competencies, including those in the embedded certificate. Students will learn about and use action research principles, as appropriate for their individual research topic, and reflect on research practices and results.
    Prerequisite(s): Embedded certificate
    Credit(s): 3

Managing Innovation and Information Technology
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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

Masters of Business Administration
  

  • MBA 500 - Action Learning and Action Research

    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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • MBA 506 - 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): None
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • MBA 512 - Self as Values-Driven Leader

    Self-leadership is defined by a developed sense of who you are, what you can do, and where you are going, coupled with the abilityto affect your behavior and emotions and to communicate effectively through the process. Students will develop a sense of self-awareness to include the values and habits of mind that drive one’s practie as an innovative and creative leader, in a global and diverse workplace.
    Prerequisite(s): MGMT 525 or equivalent knowledge or coursework
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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
  

  • MBA 516 - Impact of Globalization on Business

    The world is increasingly characterized by diversity and an integrated economy. Balancing the business opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain global changes is critical to effective leadership in this global
    economy. Leaders must learn how to integrate their understanding of culture, ethics, economic and politicial issues into their decision making and strategy development.
    Prerequisite(s): Complete MBA 512 or take concurrently
    Credit(s): 3
  

  • 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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