Course List

This is an introduction to the organization, presentation and use of financial accounting information. Students will understand the elements of the accounting system - assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, expenses and dividends. Emphasis is on acquiring familiarity with the double-entry system and gaining an understanding of the purposes and uses of the information found within the income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholder's equity and the statement of cash flows.

A survey course focusing on the evolution of humankind, the development of culture, and the beginnings of civilization. Required for Anthropology majors.

A global survey of the visual arts since 1400 C.E. This course includes lectures and discussions of the art and life of people across many cultures around the world and across a wide spectrum of history.

A studio course designed to acquaint the student with the process of visual exploration using a camera. The student learns the basics of camera use and computer post processing while exploring a range of applications including documentary and fine art photography. The history of the medium and a look at various photographers will build vocabulary that can be applied to independent work.

Advanced development of students' photographic skills and understanding. The course explores a variety of equipment, materials and techniques. Students develop an awareness of many variables important to advanced work in photography. Simultaneously, they develop a new awareness of the image and of themselves as image makers

Laboratory and observational exercises to accompany AST 109. Together with AST 109, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.

The practical application of nutrition to the production of livestock. Topics discussed include feed types and sources, feed composition and quality, nutritional requirements of various livestock and the formulation and evaluation of rations to meet nutritional needs and optimize animal performance.

This introductory course in general biology for both majors and non-majors is organized around the characteristics of life. Topics covered include cellularity, homeostasis, growth, development, reproduction, genetics, response to stimuli, ecology and evolution. The inquiry-based laboratory provides opportunities for students to participate in hands-on investigations into these topics. Credit cannot be earned for both BIO 100 and BIO 117. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours.

Independent Study. (May be repeated for credit until a total of 3 credits have been earned.) A total of 3 credits are required to satisfy the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.

Technologies and information systems represent a crucial part of any organization in today's economy, businesses require continual digital transformation to become or remain competitive. The focus of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and tools in essential technologies including databases, computer networks, cloud computing, enterprise software, e-business systems, cyber security, and emerging technologies.

Overview of the process of business analysis. Data analytics have moved out of the academic world of statisticians to the practical world of technology. A variety of user-friendly technologies bring powerful analytical capabilities to end users. Three major areas that comprise analytics are reporting, visualization and prediction. This course uses the latest in technology to show the practice of data analytics in the real world. You will experience practical applications of analytics through guided exercises and case studies

Introduction to the study of viruses, emphasizing their nature, methods of cultivation, mode of transmission, genetics and mechanisms of pathogenicity.

The National Institute of Health defines responsible conduct of research as the practice of scientific investigation with integrity. It involves the awareness and application of established professional norms and ethical principles in the performance of all activities related to scientific research. Case studies will be used to explore current issues related to the responsible conduct of research, with a focus on professional norms and ethical principles. Through weekly readings, didactic presentations and small group discussions and role playing, students will learn to critically examine ethical questions that arise in the practice of scientific research, and identify the most responsible course of action. Topics include mentor/mentee responsibilities and relationships, collaborative research, authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, data management, human subject protections, animal welfare, laboratory safety, research misconduct, and ethical issues in biomedical research. Application of the established norms and ethical principles will promote honesty, accuracy, rigor, and reproducibility in research while providing an inclusive and supportive scientific research environment.

Reading, critique, and discussion of primary literature.

Writing research proposals is a part of an academic research career, and requires understanding of the basic mechanics of a proposal in addition to a good idea. This course will involve participants in preparing a fellowship research plan in the style of an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship application. This application is intended to focus on the student¿s dissertation research, and form the foundation for a submission to a funding agency. The final application developed over the course of the semester will be reviewed by a study section panel of faculty members, and students will receive written critiques, and be invited to attend the study section meeting at the end of the semester.

Introduces students to aspects of the Management discipline. Special topics may include areas relevant to any aspect of management at an introductory level. This course may be repeated for credits

This course provides students with an opportunity to learn about a foreign culture, to visit with foreign government and/or business officials, and to learn about business practices worldwide via a hands-on immersion experience.

This course presents the philosophical and technical foundations of business intelligence and analytics. The philosophical principles of business intelligence and analytics are discussed. Important fundamental concepts and tools in business intelligence and analytics are introduced using a structured and integrated approach that moves from initial data collection to final decision outcome assessment. Throughout the course, conditional reasoning and logical thinking in terms of process and systems are emphasized.

This course presents a set of topics in developing analytical methodologies that make prediction and forecasting about future events of interest to individual business and industry in general. Students are introduced to managerial techniques and analytical models that reveal valuable relationships in economic and business data for supporting short-term and long-term planning. Students will learn how to build the models, how to interpret the predictions and forecasts produced from the models, and how to evaluate the reliability of the model results.

Using the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) framework as an outline, this course covers green building practices for design and construction. Green building practices are healthier for people, better for the environment, and economically profitable.

Influences on human development from conception through middle childhood. Theoretical perspectives, empirical evaluation and practical implications.

Discusses sexuality and its social implications against a background of constantly changing sexual mores, sex role development, alternative conceptualizations of sexuality, and implications for future trends in human interaction.

The emphasis of this course is on early intervention for young children with disabilities in group settings. The course will focus on history and rationale, legal foundations, theoretical perspectives service delivery models, family-professional partnerships, assessment practices, and curriculum development.

A continuation of CHY 123. Emphasis is placed on making connections between macroscopic experimental observations and chemistry occurring at the atomic scale. Laboratory investigations are designed to help strengthen chemical understanding of concepts such as properties of gases, phases of water, freezing point depression, chemical kinetics, acids and bases, chemical equilibria, buffers, dissolved oxygen, and spectroscopy. CHY 124 is taken concurrently with CHY 122. If CHY 102 was taken at UMM, credit cannot be earned for this course. General Education Requirements: Together with CHY 122, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.

Fundamentals of pavement analysis, design and maintenance will be presented in this course. Specific course topics include pavement types; stress, strain, and deflection analysis of rigid and flexible pavements; traffic loading and volume calculation; drainage design, overlay design; materials (hot mix asphalt (HMA) and portland cement concrete (PCC)) characterization; rigid and flexible pavement design methods (AASHTO and others); pavement performance and management systems; and life-cycle analysis. If this course was taken under as a topics course in CIE 498 it cannot be repeated for credit.

Surveys the mythologies of the ancient Mediterranean Basin, including Hebrew Mythology. Through lectures, reading and video the major deities and heroes of each culture will be presented within their cultural context, including the stories associated with them.

The nature and problems of public speech communication, with practical experience in representative speaking situations. Participation in research to a maximum of 3 hours is expected.

Topics include design and use of spreadsheets to solve problems using formulas, charts and data functions.  Credit does not count towards the COS major. This course assumes practical skills with the Windows operating system.

Topics not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit, if topics differ, for a total of 9 completions and 27 total credits.

This course examines current issues of ethics in criminal justice. The major focus is to develop a general understanding of ethics, decision-making, actions and thought processes within the criminal justice system. This course will include law enforcement scenarios and allow students to make their own decisions and justify them while staying within the boundaries of the law and professional codes of ethics.

A second-level study of topics such as ¿Drugs and Crime,¿ and ¿Media and Crime.¿ May be repeated for a total of 6 credits if the topics differ.

In-depth topical study under faculty supervision. May be repeated for credit.

This course acquaints students with the challenges of, and best practices for, preserving digital artifacts. Topics can include a survey of the (sometimes bewildering) array of formats for digital media, along with their vulnerabilities and half-lives; analysis of various preservation strategies (storage, migration, emulation, reinterpretation); institutional, legal, and practical impediments to preservation; preservation standards and resources for digital media (Media Matters, Variable Media Questionnaire). DIG 500 and DIG 540 strongly recommended.

Consistent with contemporary literature and research in the interdisciplinary field of disability studies, students will examine and analyze disability as an interactive disjuncture between the environment, the human body and population groups. Students will analyze how environments shape and are shaped by disability populations and will focus on realigning bodies, populations and environments to advance full participation, reduce personal and environmental harm reductions, and preserve just and safe environments. Included will be natural, virtual, service, economic, social, policy, and community environments across the globe.

Examination and analysis of the service, support, and community contexts in which people with disabilities live, work, and participate. Distinction between and analysis of the concepts of accommodation and universal design/access. Critical examination of service and community responses to diversity and difference. Collaborative leadership strategies to improve inclusion and social justice for all people including those with disabilities.

This course provides an introduction of tools and methods used to explore, visualize, and analyze data. It covers practical steps in preparing data for analysis including data cleaning, preprocessing, and data reduction, data structures for supporting efficient data exploration and analysis and visualization methods for gaining insights from data. Students will gain knowledge and experience through applying data science tools and methods to real world data sets. The course will be taught using Python ecosystems of tools that support data science including: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and SciPy, among others.

Provides understanding and insight into the school district budget process and the principal's role and responsibilities in that process and in administering and accounting for various types of non-budgetary school funds.

Explores the processes of educational policy formulation at local, state and national levels and the nature and role of policy analysis in those processes.

The Adult Learner in PK-12 Education is designed to expand students' thinking, knowledge, and interpersonal skills about various theories and practices about motivating adult learners in PK-12 school buildings and districts. Emphasis will be placed on preparing educational leadership students to use apply andragogy theories and frameworks as they consider their problem of practice and their eventual dissertation.

This course is designed to serve EdD members in their data collection for their dissertation. Cohort members can expect to put in significant additional time and energy over this 15 week course outside of class time. Focus will be given to instrument implementation, targeted return rates, interview saturation, document collection, and additional data collection to help triangulate methodological approaches. Cohort members can expect to begin primary data analysis by the end of this course.

Provides students with a field-based opportunity to explore the role of the principal and assess themselves for work in such a role.

This course introduces the fundamentals of artificial neural networks. It provides lessons on supervised and unsupervised learning in single and multi-layer networks, software implementation overview and applications in speech, text and image analysis. If this course was taken as ECE 498 topic: Neural Networks, it cannot be repeated for credit.

Principles of macroeconomics and their application to modern economic issues and problems. Analysis of national income and employment; fluctuations in national income; monetary and fiscal policy; control of inflation, unemployment, and growth; and international aspects of macroeconomic performance.

A study of how individual choice allocates goods and resources in market economies.

Survey of the structure and functioning of the Canadian economic system, its problems and the policies used to solve them.

Benefit-cost analysis of public projects and valuation of non-market benefits and costs.

In this foundational course students will explore how digital tools allow for new models of teaching in diverse learning environments such as the traditional classroom setting, libraries, coaching models, and industry training. Students will engage in a critical review of how technology has been used, and explore current trends in educational settings. Students will discuss relevant theories of cognition, explore issues of access and equity, and consider how curriculum, instruction, and assessment might be designed with the support of technology. The learning environment for the course will model different engagement, instructional, and assessment strategies including readings, multiple modes of discussion and reflection, practical applications, design projects, and social networks.

In this hands-on, project-based course, students will design and develop an authentic technology-based learning experience based in sound instructional design principles. Students will present several iterations of their designs to the class, participate in peer critiques, and continually improve their projects over the semester. As instructional designers work in a team, each student contributes to, and benefits from consulting with peers. They use their skills to help others and improve their own projects. Students will also explore additional instructional design frameworks and learning theories to improve fluency and flexible thinking while managing instructional design projects. This is a class that embraces creativity, active learning, social learning, and design thinking.