Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate School Course Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Graduate School Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

History

  
  • HISG 5730 - Seminar in Race and Public History: A View from the Diaspora (3)


    An examination of different ways in which individuals and institutions within indigenous cultures are attempting to understand and reconcile the contested terrains of their historical past within the sensitivity of their own time and culture. Part of the course will examine African American efforts in the United States. A second part is reserved for exploration of historical agency in Africa and the Caribbean.


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  • HISG 5736 - Collection Management (3)


    The course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills to develop a collection management plan based on a museum’s institutional mission. The course explores the basic principles of accessioning and deaccessioning artifacts for museum collections; the technical aspects of handling, storing and exhibiting a variety of materials, including registration and cataloging procedures, writing condition reports, and crating and shipping artifacts.


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  • HISG 5738 - Museum Interpretation (3)


    An examination of the principles of interpreting history to the public through and analysis of the professional practices of exhibition development for museums and historic sites.


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  • HISG 5740 - Education and Public Programs (3)


    An examination of the methods by which museums and historic sites, both public and private, identify and serve their respective communities through educational programming.


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  • HISG 5742 - Leadership in Museums: Administration and Historic Site Management (3)


    An in-depth study of the basic principles in the administration of museums, historic sites, cultural centers and other cultural institutions. The course will incorporate case studies of museum administrative programs on the local, state, and national level.


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  • HISG 5744 - Museum Curatorship: African American Material Culture (3)


    An examination of the broad areas of historical research as they relate to the collection, preservation and interpretation of African American material culture. The course will provide the necessary skills to employ learned historical methodology within a museum context, especially in the area of object/artifact research and exhibition development.


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  • HISG 5891 - Thesis Conference/Resident (0)


    For students who have in-state tuition residency and are completing preliminary steps toward the development of a thesis. The student must enroll in this course every semester from the approval of the thesis topic until the final semester the thesis is completed.


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  • HISG 5892 - Thesis Conference/Non-Resident (0)


    For students who have out-of-state tuition residency and are completing preliminary steps toward the development of a thesis. The student must enroll in this course every semester from the approval of the thesis topic until the final semester the thesis is completed.


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  • HISG 5900 - Thesis (1-3)


    Thesis hours are for the completion of extensive research and writing of an acceptable thesis on an approved topic. Students should register for this course only during the semester that they plan to finish their thesis work.


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Jazz

  
  • JAZZ 5010 - Jazz Vocal Ear Training (2)


    This course continues the foundation from MUSL 3110 with particular emphasis on the needs of the student at an advanced level. Aural skills will be developed with the student demonstrating the ability to sing melodic lines, improvise, and analyze chord progressions that will include music through the 1960s and beyond. Students will study advanced transcriptions of major figures such as Ella Fitzgerald, Clifford Brown, Herbie Hancock and others. Atonal sight-singing and analysis of the chord voicings of Ellington and other modern jazz composers and arrangers will be examined.


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  • JAZZ 5020 - Jazz Combo (2)


    A course designed to examine the various aspects of jazz performance in a small group setting (5-7 members). This course will provide students with the proper laboratory experience that will enable them to refine theoretical and performance practices studied in JAZZ 5100  (Improvisation) and JAZZ 5700  (Arranging). Major emphasis will be placed upon the study of stylistic and improvisational trends by select small group performers from Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis through John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis and beyond.


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  • JAZZ 5071 - Jazz Ensemble (1)


    Prerequisites: JAZZ 5730  and JAZZ 5700 . This course is designed to provided instrumentalists with the opportunity to study advanced concepts in the performance of classic, standard, and contemporary big band jazz literature. Emphasis will be placed on effective section work as well as an understanding of the performance practices of the major composers and arrangers in the jazz idiom. Additionally, this course will serve as a laboratory for the composition and arranging courses


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  • JAZZ 5081 - Vocal Jazz Ensemble (1)


    Prerequisites: JAZZ 5730  and JAZZ 5700 . This course is designed to provided vocalists with the opportunity to study advanced concepts in the performance of classic, standard, and contemporary vocal ensemble jazz literature for small and large vocal jazz choirs. Emphasis will be place on effective section work as well as and understanding of the performance practices of the major composers and arrangers in the vocal jazz idiom. Additionally, this course will serve as a laboratory for the composition and arranging courses


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  • JAZZ 5100 - Jazz Improvisation (2)


    This sequence of courses examines advanced principles of jazz improvisation based on the theory and performance of improvised jazz solos with an emphasis on functional harmony, modal harmony, non-tonal structures, modes, scales and their application. Special emphasis will be placed upon solo transcription and analysis with memorization of selected solos from major jazz artists within a historical context.


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  • JAZZ 5150 - Jazz Improvisation (2)


    This sequence of courses examines advanced principles of jazz improvisation based on the theory and performance of improvised jazz solos with an emphasis on functional harmony, modal harmony, non-tonal structures, modes, scales and their application. Special emphasis will be placed upon solo transcription and analysis with memorization of selected solos from major jazz artists within a historical context.


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  • JAZZ 5200 - Jazz Styles and Analysis (3)


    This course will present an overview of the stylistic element of jazz from ragtime through the present. A theoretical analysis of key developments in jazz will be examined relative to their influence on the perpetuation of the jazz art form. Special attention will be paid to pre-World War II and post-1970 developments.


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  • JAZZ 5530 - Jazz Pedagogy (2)


    This course examines the principles and concepts involving the teaching of jazz in the public schools and in higher education. Emphasis will be placed upon developing jazz curricula, staffing, and identifying the proper resources and teaching aids that foster a successful learning environment.


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  • JAZZ 5700 - Jazz Arranging (3)


    This sequence of courses is designed for the study of advanced concepts of arranging in the jazz idiom. Emphasis will be placed on writing the standard jazz big band, small combos, and vocal jazz ensembles. This course will examine the basic principles of writing for strings, and the use of non-traditional instruments in the context of jazz.


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  • JAZZ 5730 - Jazz Composition (3)


    This course examines advanced techniques of jazz composition based upon the models of the master composers in jazz. Special emphasis will be placed on composing for traditional and non-traditional jazz ensembles. An examination of string writing and the use of non-traditional jazz instrumentation will be incorporated into this approach to jazz composition.


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  • JAZZ 5750 - Jazz Arranging (3)


    This sequence of courses is designed for the study of advanced concepts of arranging in the jazz idiom. Emphasis will be placed on writing the standard jazz big band, small combos, and vocal jazz ensembles. This course will examine the basic principles of writing for strings, and the use of non-traditional instruments in the context of jazz.


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Library Science

  
  • LSIS 4505 - Survey of Literature for Children and Adolescents (3)


    Identification and evaluation of materials for children and adolescents to promote literacy and lifelong readers. The course is designed to enhance learning and literary experiences for elementary education, media, and library students. Selected children’s books are read, critiqued, analyzed, and evaluated.


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  • LSIS 5000 - Foundations of Librarianship and Information Services (3)


    The history and development of librarianship and information science, the functions of information-oriented agencies, the professional ethics that guide practitioners, and current trends and issues in the field.


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  • LSIS 5010 - Information Systems in Organizations (3)


    The role of information systems in organizations, how they relate to organizational structure, basic concepts such as the systems point of view, the organization of a system, information flow, and the nature of information systems.


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  • LSIS 5015 - Introduction to Health Informatics (3)


    Introduces students to informatics and specific sub-disciplines:  biomedical, clinical and health informatics.  Covers clinical systems (decision support and electronic health record management), public/consumer health informatics, nursing informatics, biomedical information applications, and research methods for healthcare informatics including evidence of health disparities, federal healthcare regulations, work flows in a clinic or practice, and legal/privacy issues.


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  • LSIS 5110 - Information Policy and the Information Society (3)


    Matching information systems policy to the information needs of individuals, organizations and society, and issues relating to management and administration of information.


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  • LSIS 5115 - Information Technology and Intellectual Property (3)


    Legal theory and IT concepts as applied through business system models to specific patent and copyright issues in workforce situations within the context of Internet data communications.


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  • LSIS 5120 - Management and Systems Analysis (3)


    The management process and the principal functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling as applied to all types of libraries and information centers, including quantitative and behavioral approaches to management activity.


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  • LSIS 5134 - Leadership in Educational Organizations (3)


    Interactive identification and analysis of decision situations including procedures for choice, design, and assessment of education information systems; the effects of leadership in mobilizing teachers, students, staff and community support for effective education programs.


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  • LSIS 5140 - The Special Library/Information System (3)


    The fundamentals of administering a library, an information center, or a system in industrial, governmental, and educational environments with an emphasis on planning, implementation, and evaluation of services.


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  • LSIS 5160 - The Academic Library (3)


    Approaches to the organization and administration of college and university libraries with emphasis on developing materials collections and service programs that meet the needs of a variety of institutions and methods of instruction.


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  • LSIS 5171 - Systems Analysis and Design (3)


    Introduction to the systems approach to design and development of information systems, including methods and tools for analysis and modeling of functionality (e.g., structured analysis) and data represented in the system (e.g., object oriented analysis).


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  • LSIS 5220 - Social Science Resources and Services (3)


    Selection and use of the print and electronic resources of the various disciplines of the social sciences and the characteristics and needs of users.


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  • LSIS 5225 - Selection and Use of Information Sources (3)


    The techniques of identification, selection, examination, use, and evaluation of basic reference materials in print and electronic formats and of services that are essential in a variety of library environments.


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  • LSIS 5230 - Humanities Resources and Services (3)


    Selection and use of the print and electronic resources of the various disciplines of the humanities and the characteristics and needs of users.


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  • LSIS 5240 - Science and Technology Resources and Services (3)


    Selection and use of the print and electronic resources of the various scientific and technical disciplines and the characteristics and needs of users.


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  • LSIS 5260 - Business Information Resources and Services (3)


    Selection and use of the print and electronic resources of the various aspects of business information and the characteristics and needs of users.


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  • LSIS 5300 - Theories and Applications of Mass Communications (3)


    The development and role of books and mass communications media in society and their relationship to libraries and information science.


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  • LSIS 5320 - Global Library and Information Systems (3)


    Library service in other countries and international efforts to cooperate to increase access to information on a worldwide basis.


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  • LSIS 5325 - Uses and Users of Information (3)


    Theories and practices of knowledge construction and processing in relation to information needs and uses of people in their various roles, situations, and contexts. Introduction to various issues, research and methods that are used to study human knowledge processing and information behavior, with a focus on development of effective information systems, products and services by libraries and other information industries and organizations.


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  • LSIS 5335 - Adult Resources and Services (3)


    Principles of service to adults–early adulthood, middle adulthood and later adulthood–including collection development and programming strategies in public libraries and community college library environments.


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  • LSIS 5400 - Subject Analysis Systems (3)


    The Library of Congress classification system and subject headings, selection and construction of subject headings, and general subject analysis systems.


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  • LSIS 5420 - Introduction to Digital Libraries (3)


    Prerequisites: LSIS 5425 . The principles and practical knowledge required to understand the processes and techniques involved in creating, organizing, presenting, and assessing information in digital environments. The digital librarianship as an evolving area in LIS, evaluation of variety of types of digital collections, phases of project management including collection development and assessment, the tools/resources of building and managing digital collections, and the social and economic issues related to digital libraries.


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  • LSIS 5425 - Organization of Information (3)


    Theories, principles, standards, and tools behind the organization of information with special emphasis on understanding the function of catalogs, indexes, bibliographic utilities, and other such organizing entities. Introduction to bibliographic data, the creation and interpretation of bibliographic records, the interpretation of authority records, use of Anglo- American Cataloging Rules (AACR), MARC formats, Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Library of Congress Classification (LCC), Library Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and Dublin Core.


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  • LSIS 5440 - Data-mining and Management with Statistical Analysis Applications (3)


    Overview of data mining and its application in business. Topics include data mining models such as decision trees, genetic algorithms, neural nets, agent network technology; the data mining process and practical, available data mining tools.


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  • LSIS 5442 - Network Security (3)


    The principal concepts of network security. Topics include cryptography, encryption, authentication, denial-of-service attacks, worms, viruses, intrusion detection, firewalls, virtual private network, Web security, and access control of the network systems.


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  • LSIS 5450 - Digital Preservation (3)


    An introduction to the activities and techniques used to preserve manuscript, printed, and electronic materials.  Examination of different preservation techniques, and their attendant philosophies, used over the ages, from chaining materials to desks to the current practice of digital imaging.


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  • LSIS 5451 - Database Systems (3)


    A study of database models including relational, hierarchical, and networks; normalization techniques, query languages; and entity-relationship theory.


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  • LSIS 5452 - Advanced Data Base Systems (3)


    Prerequisites: LSIS 5451 . A continuation of LSIS 5451 . Emphasis is placed on record storage and primary file organization, query processing and optimization, transaction processing concepts, concurrency control techniques, recovery techniques, database security and authorization, advanced data modeling concepts, object-oriented databases, distributed databases and client-server architectures, deductive databases, and emerging database technologies and applications.


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  • LSIS 5460 - Expert Systems (3)


    Theories, principles and languages for knowledge engineering, decision support systems and knowledge bases including rules, semantic nets and frames, knowledge acquisition, default logic, and uncertainties.


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  • LSIS 5475 - Communications Science I (3)


    Introduction to telecommunications concepts, applications, and services. The course introduces the TCP/IP protocol suite along with clients and servers for Internet communication, browsing, and navigation. Examines policy, management, and implementation issues.


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  • LSIS 5505 - Children’s Resources and Services (3)


    Principles of services to children, pre-school to pre-adolescence, including collection development, management, and programming strategies.


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  • LSIS 5580 - Government Publications (3)


    The sources, availability, organization, and use of federal, state, and local documents and selected publications of international bodies and foreign countries.


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  • LSIS 5600 - Computers in Libraries and Information Science (3)


    Tools and concepts for information use. The course covers various aspects such as Internet applications, HTML, Windows, Linux, and Microsoft Office applications.


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  • LSIS 5610 - Information Systems Projects (3)


    Experience in analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information systems. As a capstone course, students are assigned one or more systems development projects.


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  • LSIS 5614 - Information Technologies in Educational Organizations (3)


    Interactive demonstration of skills and knowledge in integrating information technologies into educational organizations. As a capstone course, students are required to develop a project that utilizes prior online course work for the MLS degree.


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  • LSIS 5620 - Practicum (3)


    Supervised activities designed to allow students to demonstrate service competencies and an understanding of the role of the librarian in a type of library environment. Required of certain concentrations and certification tracks as outlined in the student handbook.


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  • LSIS 5630 - Online Searching Tools for Informatics (3)


    Advanced search strategies and techniques required to effectively and efficiently use online information retrieval systems. The course is designed around a series of hands-on exercises and projects that allow students to apply the concepts and principles learned in class in understanding and using any conventional information retrieval system. For students planning to work in any type of library or information center.


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  • LSIS 5635 - Information Retrieval and Analysis (3)


    Survey of the principles of information retrieval that explores the fundamental processes of description, classification, information structures, database models, and the application of those processes as reflected in information systems of all types, including, but not limited to, libraries. In addition, the course explores multiple information systems to illustrate these principles covers the principles of evaluating the quality of retrieved information, human information processing, and transforming information into knowledge.


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  • LSIS 5640 - Internet Applications (3)


    Concepts of the Internet, applications, and services and its development techniques. The course covers various technologies including TCP/IP, Telnet, FTP, HTML, Perl, PHP, CGI, Web Databases, and XML. As well as newer technologies such as distributed object computing (DOC).


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  • LSIS 5645 - Family and Community Relationships (3)


    Theories and principles of family and community development, and the role of the library in their maintenance, including interagency programming strategies.


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  • LSIS 5700 - Independent Study (3)


    Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and approval of the Dean. Exploration of a special topic under the supervision of a regular faculty member.


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  • LSIS 5820 - Predictive Analytics and Meta-Data Analysis (3)


    The process for generating new knowledge and information from legacy data - includes secondary analysis of previously organized text and primary data sets in both print and electronic formats. The strategies/mechanisms for data mining, predictive analytics, search tools, automatic summarization, and knowledge management tools.


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  • LSIS 5830 - Metadata Applications for Digital Libraries (3)


    Principles underlying organizing and accessing digital resources; issues of interoperability, internal and external standardization; applications and evaluations of a variety of metadata standards for digital resources.


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  • LSIS 5835 - Seminar in Human Factors in System Design (3)


    User centered (UCD) framework to explore the interdisciplinary design and use of software systems that take into account the capabilities and limitations of humans and machines.


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  • LSIS 5845 - Healthcare Information Systems and Applications (3)


    An overview of the policy, theory, and methods associated with the construction and management of informatio architecture supportive of health informatics and information systems.  Major areas of emphasis include enterprise architecture, the electronic healthcare record, user privacy, telemedicine, public health informatics and information management in healthcare delivery environment.


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  • LSIS 5883 - Graphical Representation (3)


    Prerequisites: Statistics course. Statistical and conceptual principles and methods of graphical data analysis and presentation including: dot charts, classification (facet) theory, regression trees, and conceptual graphical representation through formal concept analysis. The relationship effects of human graphical perception and graphical methods and techniques also included.


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  • LSIS 5900 - Thesis (1-6)


    Prerequisites: Permission of the Dean. (See www.nccuslis.org for further information.) Participation in a significant research activity that results in a written report demonstrating originality and scholarship. The thesis is meant for students who want to study specific topics that are not offered in the curriculum or students who want to study a specific topic in more depth than is offered in the curriculum. It is the responsibility of the student to propose a topic, to find a faculty member who will form a thesis committee, and to complete required forms.


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Mathematics

  
  
  
  • MATG 5040 - Advanced Topics in Geometry (3)


    A study of topics chosen from Euclidean and non- Euclidean geometries using analytic and synthetic approaches. Studies may include topics from finite, projective, algebraic and differential geometries.


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  • MATG 5060 - Applied Mathematics (3)


    A study of advanced mathematical techniques as needed in the solution of mathematical models and application problems. Various models and problems will be studied, including those based on differential equations and requiring techniques for solving differential equations. Model formulation, solution evaluation, and interpretation of results will also be incorporated.


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  • MATG 5080 - Operations Research (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 4410. A study of mathematical models and methods for optimal decision-making regarding the usage of constrained analysis, transportation and transshipment problems, assignment models and game theory, dynamic programming, activity networks, Markov chains, queuing theory, and an introduction to simulation.


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  • MATG 5210 - Theory of Numbers (3)


    A study of congruences, non-linear congruences, number theoretic functions, primitive roots, quadratic residue, Legendre symbol, Gauss’s lemma, quadratic reciprocity law, and the theory of binary forms.


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  • MATG 5240 - Theory of Groups (3)


    A study of group properties, subgroups and cyclic groups, normal subgroups, homomorphism and isomorphism theorems, Abelian groups, Sylow’s theorems, composition series, and Jordon-Holder Theorem.


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  • MATG 5310 - Point Set Topology (3)


    A study of elementary point set theory of the line and the plane, topological spaces and properties, product separation, compactness, connectedness and path connectedness, metrication and compactification, continuous mappings and topological algebra.


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  • MATG 5400 - Foundations of Mathematics (3)


    A study of axiomatic set theory, operations on sets, relations and functions, axiom of choice, well ordering, maximal principles, cardinal and ordinal numbers, and the generalized continuum hypothesis.


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  • MATG 5410 - Numerical Analysis (3)


    An analysis of errors in approximate calculation, solutions of nonlinear equations, finite differences and interpolating polynomials, numerical differentiation and integration, quadrature in n dimensions, computational methods and error analysis of matrix inversion, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors.


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  • MATG 5510 - Theory of Functions of a Real Variable (3)


    A study of the real number system, linear point sets, theory of limits, continuity and differentiability properties of functions of one or more variables, sequences and series of functions, Reimann, Lesbesgue, and Stieltjes integrals, implicit function theorem, and existence theorems for differential equations.


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  • MATG 5520 - Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable (3)


    A study of complex numbers and their geometric representation, analytic functions, elementary functions, complex integration, Taylor and Laurent series, the calculus of residues, conformal mapping, series and product expansion, power series with finite radius of convergence, Abel’s theorem and its consequences, and an introduction to transforms.


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  • MATG 5640 - Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations I (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 3020 and MATH 4410 or equivalent. An in-depth study of numerical methods for solving parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations. Topics include finite difference schemes in one, two, and three dimensions including explicit and implicit methods, as well as variational methods. A detailed discussion of consistency, convergence and stability is covered for each method introduced. Cross-Listed With CISG 5640


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  • MATG 5790 - Nonlinear Optimization (3)


    Prerequisites: COMP 1520, MATH 2030 and MATH 4410. A study of theory and algorithms of finite dimensional nonlinear programming. Topics include first and second order optimality conditions, convergence, rate of convergence, convexity, and duality; unconstrained optimization algorithms including line search, conjugate gradient, Newton, and quasi-Newton methods; constrained optimization algorithms including quadratic programming, sequential quadratic programming, penalty, Lagrangian, and augmented Lagrangian methods. Cross-Listed With CISG 5790 


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  • MATG 5810 - Special Topics in Mathematics (3)


    Approval, by the department chairman, is required prior to registering. A course in which content varies from semester to semester. Possible topics include actuarial mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical logic, and analysis of variance. Repeatable Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits.


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  • MATG 5820 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Approval, by the department chairman, is required prior to registering. Independent research under the direction of a professor. The faculty mentor directs the study and assesses the student’s knowledge through oral and written reports. Repeatable Repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.


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  • MATG 5890 - Supervised Research (1-3)


    Before registering, the student must submit an outline of the proposed research for approval by the faculty member who will supervise the work and by the department chairman. An advanced study, using the research facilities of the department, under the supervision of a professor in the department. Repeatable Repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.


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  • MATG 5900 - Thesis (1-6)


    Before registering, the student must submit an outline of the proposed research for approval of the faculty member who will supervise the thesis, approval by the student’s thesis committee, and by the department chairman. Students should register for this course during the semester in which they intend to complete thesis research and writing. A minimum of 3 credits in MATG 5900 is required for graduation.


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Management

  
  • MGT 5250 - Topics in International Business (3)


    This course examines procedures and problems associated with conducting of business outside the United States. It analyzes overseas institutional settings and the policies of the U.S. and other governments toward multinational and foreign business firms.


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