Course Descriptions

HIST 4320 - The Hispanic Southwest

Description: Examines the history of Hispanic presence in the Southwest from first contact to 1848 and the Hispanic cultural legacy in the region.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 2610 or HIST 4700.

Course typically offered: Fall

HIST 4420 - United States Constitutional Development, 1783-Present

Description: The Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, role of the Supreme Court and changing nature of constitutional doctrines.

Course typically offered: On demand

HIST 4490 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789

Description: The founding of the United States.

Course typically offered: On demand

HIST 4700 - Texas

Description: Development of Texas from its frontier beginnings to an urban state.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HIST 4900 - Special Problems

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 1310 - Building Careers in Hospitality

Description: Theories of career development to assist students to prepare for entry into the workforce. Topics include skills assessment, resume preparation, interview techniques, and professional development. 

Course typically offered: Fall

HMGT 3050 - Hotel Management Operations

Description: This course covers the study of broad-based hotel and motel operations, reviewing development, pre-opening, marketing, departmental operations and organizational structure. The course includes work in training, staffing, work improvement techniques, motivating, organizing, planning, and scheduling.

Course typically offered: Spring

HMGT 3311 - Tourism Industry

Description: Provides students with an overview of the tourism industry. Topics include history of tourism, careers in tourism, cycles of tourism, tourism relationship with other hospitality industries, among others.

Course typically offered: Fall

HMGT 3312 - Restaurant Management

Description: Provides an overview of working in the restaurant industry. Students will learn how to design, open, and successfully operate a restaurant.

Course typically offered: Fall

HMGT 3313 - Hospitality Human Resources

Description: Applying human resources to the hospitality industry and operations.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 3320 - Hospitality Marketing and Sales

Description: Introduction of concepts, and systems utilized in the marketing for the hospitality industry. Topics include sales, brand management, customer service, vendor relations, and guest expectations.

Course typically offered: Spring

HMGT 3322 - Hospitality Safety and Sanitation

Description: This course provides students seeking to enter the food service industry with basic sanitation principles, which include understanding personal hygiene, sanitizing of eating and drinking utensils, food bacteriology, emergency pathogens, prevention of illnesses, accident prevention, employee training and sanitary and safe food service operation. Students will also learn how to design a responsible alcohol program in a foodservice organization, focusing on customer safety, issues of reasonable care, policies and procedures, legal and regulatory codes, and knowledge of alcohol’s impact on the body.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 3330 - Beverage Management

Description: History, regions, manufacturing, storing, and mixology of beverages in the hospitality industry.

Course typically offered: Spring

HMGT 3340 - Club and Resort Management

Description: Introduces students to membership club management and furthers their knowledge of the lodging industry by covering resorts, timeshares, cruise ships, and casino hotels.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 3350 - Creating a Customer Service Mindset

Description: Understanding the keys to excellent customer service and how to develop a positive customer service experience. 

Course typically offered: Spring

HMGT 3360 - Enhancing the Service Experience

Description: Service experience components and enhancing those components to increase the overall experience giving the business a competitive advantage.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 3370 - Fairs, Festivals, and International Events

Description: Planning and executing unique, multi-day events that often have a cultural component to them. 

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4120 - Special Events and Meeting Planning

Description: This course will provide students with basic understanding of the management process as it relates to the planning and operations of special events and meetings. This course is designed to develop skills, strategies, knowledge, and understanding of meeting and event planning.

Course typically offered: Spring

HMGT 4150 - Current Issues in Hospitality Industry

Description: This course will explore the dynamics and implications of current societal and professional issues and changes in the delivery of hospitality services. The course will examine current trends that impact the profession and help students understand the relevance of these trends in their own professional development.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4310 - Revenue Management in the Hospitality Industry

Description: Practices of hospitality organizations, supply and demand, forecasting, sales and discounting strategies, and profit maximization.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4320 - Casino Management

Description: Learning the departments of a casino and how to operate the various games in the gambling industry.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4325 - Hospitality Law

Description: The study of laws, responsibilities, and legal issues in the realm of the hospitality industry.

Prerequisite(s): HMGT 1310 and BLAW 3330.

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4330 - Catering and Convention Services

Description: Meal planning, cost analysis, and preparing to host a convention. 

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4340 - Understanding Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty

Description: Determining the factors that cause customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction and the impact on organizations.

Prerequisite(s): HMGT 3350 

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4350 - Leadership and Strategic Management

Description: How to strategically compete with their competitors and increase productivity and profitability for their organization.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or Hospitality Management major.

Course typically offered: Fall

HMGT 4351 - Advanced Hotel Management

Description: Understanding the weekly objectives and tasks of a front office manager, housekeeping manager, and food and beverage manager.

Prerequisite(s): HMGT 3050 

Course typically offered: On demand

HMGT 4399 - Hospitality Internship

Description: Practical work experience in the hospitality industry. Students required to secure their own internship.

Prerequisite(s): Hospitality Management major, minor, or concentration.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

HMGT 4900 - Special Problems

Description: Supervised study on a selected hospitality management topic. Typically requires a research paper and significant independent study.

Course typically offered: On demand

HSML 1300 - An Introduction to the Helping Profession

Credit hours: 3

Description: An introduction of the human services discipline from a historical, theoretical, systemic and multidisciplinary perspectives.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 3000 - Human Service in the Nonprofit Sector

Description: The foundation course for students interested in a career in one of the human service professions. Examination of the philosophy, values, roles and responsibilities of human services and human service workers in today’s society. Examination of personal needs, interests, and potential strengths as a professional human service worker. This course is equivalent to PACS 3000. One of the courses will count towards the degree program and the other will be excluded.  

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

HSML 3100 - Professional Interpersonal Skills

Description: The course will focus on the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the application of interpersonal communication and other communication skills including exploration, mutual understanding and taking action in addressing human problem situations. Special emphasis is placed on developing skills of attending, listening and responding in ways that allow the student to engage in a productive helping relationship. Emphasis is also placed on applying effective communication skills in their collaboration with other human service professionals. 

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 3600 - Human Behavior I: Micro

Description: The intent of this course to provide knowledge on multi-dimensional development of individuals and the range of social systems in which individuals live. In this class students will explores the study of human behavior by looking across the life course, and incorporating theories of human interaction as a framework for practice decisions. Material presented focuses most specifically on the human life course as it is impacted by multi-dimensional factors. Investigation of developmental theories gives students diverse viewpoints which can help identify leverage points for change. As the semester progresses, students become more adept at recognizing “theory in life and life in theory” in order to make well-reasoned practice decisions.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 3700 - Case Management in Human Services

Description: Case management is an important function of human service providers in both the private and public sectors. The purpose of this course is to prepare students for the demands of case management practice in multiple rehabilitation, healthcare, and business settings. Students will gain both the grounding in theory essential to assist them in conceptualizing cases, and the skills necessary to provide quality services to consumers in professional settings. Students will participate in the exploration of case management procedures to identify and evaluate clients’ strengths, weaknesses, problems and needs in order to develop an effective plan of action.

Prerequisite(s): May take concurrently with HSML 3000.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 3850 - Behavioral Addictions

Description: This course is an examination the biological, psychological, and social aspects of alcoholism, eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and other addictions. Student will learn about the experience of addiction and the importance of reducing harm within the biopsychological framework as both a goal and a process. Aspects of social justice are also explored.

Course typically offered: Fall, Summer

HSML 4000 - Introduction to Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations

Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the fiscal disciplines of nonprofit organizations. Students will learn basic skills in accounting principles, analyzing financial information, reporting requirements, cash management, and capital budgeting.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 3000; may take this course concurrently with HSML 4200.

Course typically offered: Fall

HSML 4100 - Chemical Addictions

Description: This course provides an overview of causes and consequences of chemical addictions as they related to the impact on the individual, family, community and society. Human Service students attain knowledge of the psychological, physiological, and sociological effects of mood altering substances and subsequent challenges. Emphasis is placed on pharmacological effects of tolerance, dependency/withdrawal, cross addiction, and drug interactions.

Course typically offered: Fall

HSML 4120 - Theoretical Approaches to Addiction Treatment

Description: This course prepares students for the realities of working with clients affected by addictions. Identifying major theories relevant to substance abuse assessment and treatment; defining and explaining techniques relevant to the major theories, students gain the necessary tools needed to competently translate addictions theory into practice.

Course typically offered: Fall

HSML 4150 - Group Processes in Human Services

Description: This course is designed to explore the concepts of group dynamics, group culture, the change process and stages of development. Students will be given the opportunity to practice leadership skills needed to facilitate effective group work in various settings. Students will also learn about the application of group processes and techniques to chemical dependency treatment, issues relevant to at-risk youth, as well as families in crisis.

Prerequisite(s): All HSML 3000-level courses are recommended. HSML majors must complete HSML 3700.

Course typically offered: Fall

HSML 4200 - Grant Proposal Research and Writing

Description: This course focuses on the process of writing grants in human services. Students will explore and analyze the various components of a grant, the process of developing and writing grant proposals, how to develop a unified proposal, and research techniques in finding different types of grant funding sources.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 3000 (may be taken concurrently).

Course typically offered: Fall

HSML 4300 - Volunteer Development and Management

Description: This course is designed to address the issue of managing volunteers in nonprofit organizations. This course will provide students with an understanding of planning for, facilitating, and creating an organizational culture favorable to volunteer recruitment, training and retention as well as how to work collaboratively in building projects that engage volunteers in meaningful, goal directed work that correlates with the organization’s mission and goals.

Prerequisite(s): Must enroll in, or have already completed, HSML 3000.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4301 - Theories of Peer Recovery and Advocacy

Description: Introduces students to the history, theory, science and practice of the peer recovery approach to working with individuals, families, groups and communities. The discussion of major internal and external elements - historical, political, economic, social and technological - that have affected the adoption of recovery-oriented practice in the human services sector is examined.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 3000, HSML 3100, and HSML 3700.

Course typically offered: Fall, Summer

HSML 4350 - Community Organizing, Development and Collaboration

Description: This course explores strategies for community organizing, development and collaboration. Students will learn how to create change in communities by collaboratively building democratic organizations and mobilizing resources for social change.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 3000

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4351 - Career Readiness for Peer Recovery Support Professionals

Description: This course focuses on the background knowledge including history and trends of the peer recovery movement, the knowledge needed to become a recovery professional, models of recovery, and ethical guidelines for practice. Core competencies for peer support professionals and foundational principles as identified by members of the mental health, addictions, and recovery communities are explored. Students conduct in-depth career exploration activities concentrating on employment opportunities for peer support recovery professionals.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 4301

Corequisite(s): HSML 4525

Course typically offered: Spring

HSML 4400 - Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector

Description: Overview organizational leadership theory and practice for volunteer managers and community leaders. Students examine and develop a range of skills in a number of interpersonal areas : group dynamics, decision-making, managing differences, and leadership and influence as they pertain to primarily nonprofit organizations and their ability to lead a volunteer workforce. Students who have received credit for this course as an undergraduate may not retake it for graduate credit.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4500 - Diversity and Social Justice in Human Services

Description: This course explores cultural, social and psychological differences and similarities among various groups. The dynamics of oppression and the relationship of social justice considerations to the profession for human service practice are examined. This course promotes culturally competent practice for the helping professional. The purpose of this course is to increase human service workers commitment to work towards a nonracist, multi-cultural and egalitarian society. Concepts focused on in this course will include but are not limited to sociopolitical processes, intrapersonal processes, and socio-cultural processes. The implications of these processes for practice in helping professions are discussed.

Prerequisite(s): May take concurrently with HSML 3000.

Course typically offered: Spring, Summer

HSML 4525 - Problems of Youth: Prevention and Intervention

Description: This course examines the particular problems of youth and their implications for social service workers delivering services to this population. Topics include youth serving in social institutions of both a preventative and rehabilitative nature and issues related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and their effects.

Course typically offered: Spring, Summer

HSML 4600 - Human Behavior II: Macro

Description: This course explores the interchange between individuals and their social environment. An examination of the role of family, groups, local and global communities in shaping beliefs and attitudes toward social problems for individuals and groups. This foundational knowledge promotes attentiveness to society as an integration of public, private and charitable behaviors and structures—all necessary to prepare an active and engaged community. This course considers human behavior from an empowerment-based perspective evaluating strengths and deficits based on theoretical concepts.

Prerequisite(s): May take concurrently with HSML 4350.

Course typically offered: Spring

HSML 4620 - Topics in Human Services

Description: This course is the study of various topics in Human Services and issues of concern for non-profit managers.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.

Course typically offered: On demand

HSML 4650 - Assessment of Behavioral and Chemical Addictions

Description: This course examines substance use and abuse. Its goals are to explore how society causes an increased use of substances; and to analyze systems designed to offer prevention and treatment. Special emphasis is placed on various theoretical models and concepts of addictions, and assessment techniques currently used in substance abuse/addiction treatment of adolescents. Guidelines for screening and assessing teens for alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems are discussed as well as assessment for referral and treatment; confidentiality laws; and screening and assessment in juvenile justice settings.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 4100 or HSML 4120.

Course typically offered: Spring

HSML 4660 - Intervention Strategies for Behavioral and Chemical Addictions

Description: This course is an examination of prevention and intervention strategies with individuals who are overcoming substance use and abuse. Major theories in prevention and intervention are discussed. This course will also examine the role of mental status, special populations, multicultural and diversity issues in prevention and intervention.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 4100 or HSML 4120.

Course typically offered: Spring

HSML 4700 - Program Planning and Evaluation

Description: Provides students with basic skills in conceptualizing, designing and planning human service-related programs for and within nonprofit agencies. Program evaluation with emphasis performance outcomes and utilizing assessment results to strengthen program operation is emphasized.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4750 - Capstone Course

Description: Course is designed to crystallize the competencies covered in the HSML degree program and promote critical thinking and effective writing on those topics. Format includes exchange between students and nonprofit professionals on leadership and management issues to: expand individual competencies, build leadership confidence, and affirm learning acquired during the program. Serves as a final preparation for internship / employment in a non-profit agency. Satisfies one of the course requirements for students pursuing American Humanics certification.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Human Services Coordinator.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4850 - Human Service Internship

Description: Supervised work in a community agency that is directly related to the student’s career and specialization interests. Designed to integrate theory and practice in human services and prepare students for practical application of skills, knowledge and philosophy in a supervised setting. Students must meet individual employers’ requirements and obtain consent of Human Services program director. This course is equivalent to PACS 4310. One of the courses will count towards the degree program and the other will be excluded.  

Prerequisite(s): Permission of Internship Coordinator.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

HSML 4851 - Human Services Internship II

Description: Provides experience in a supervised non-profit organization setting aimed at the integration of theory and practice and skills relevant to career development and enhancing employability skills in a human services setting. Requires completion of a minimum of 150 clock hours within the practicum setting plus attendance at weekly integrative seminars.

Prerequisite(s): HSML 4850 and 18 additional hours of HSML course work.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

HSML 4900 - Special Problems

Description: Special problems may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisite(s): HSML major and consent of instructor.

Course typically offered: On demand

KINE 3551 - Physical and Health Literacy

Description: Integrated health and movement for preparing to teach in grades EC-6.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

LING 2050 - The Language of Now : Pop Culture, Technology, and Society

Description: Explores the relationship between pop culture, technology, and language change. Examines the linguistic significance of new technologies such as texting, gaming, IM, and social networking.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

LING 2380 - How English Works

Description: A systematic survey of the structure of contemporary English with emphasis on grammatical constructions used in a variety of written discourses.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

LING 2900 - Special Problems

Description: The special problems course may focus on various topics related to linguistics and will be connected to the expertise of the instructor. It is a second-year level course.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

LING 3060 - Principles of Language Study

Description: An introductory linguistics course that focuses on the structure of English (phonology, morphology and syntax). The course includes language acquisition and development, the history of English, dialects of American English and problems of usage.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

LING 3370 - Introduction to Linguistics

Description: An introductory survey of linguistics, focusing on natural language phenomena and the methods used to understand them. The course increases students’ awareness of major areas of linguistics, its social significance, its universality, diversity, and complexity.

Course typically offered: Every other year in Spring.

LING 3390 - Discourse Analysis: E-languages and Beyond

Description: This course examines the forms of electronically-mediated communication, also referred to as “e-languages” (e.g., emails, texts, tweets, emoji, memes) to understand its communicative, social, political, and affective functions in society. A particular focus is to compare e-languages to other conventions of written and spoken English. 

Course typically offered: Fall

LING 4020 - Structure of Modern English

Description: Modern English grammars, morphology and syntax; principles of analysis and various theories of English structure; relationship between linguistic structure, rhetorical pattern and literary style.

Course typically offered: Spring

LING 4030 - Acquisition of English as a Second Language

Description: Study of language acquisition, development, production and comprehension focusing on the application of current research findings to the context of learning and teaching English as a second language.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

LING 4040 - Phonetics and Phonology : The Sound Patterns of Language

Description: Explores two fundamental aspects of the sounds used in human language: phonetics and phonology. Analyzes the sounds of English and other languages spoken around the world. 

Course typically offered: Spring

LING 4900 - Special Problems

Description: The special problems course focuses on the advanced study of topics in linguistics.

Prerequisite(s): LING 2050 or LING 2380 or LING 3390.

Course typically offered: On demand

LSCM 3960 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Description: Analysis and design of logistics and supply chain systems. Topics include transportation, warehousing, inventory control, materials handling and packaging, and plant and warehouse locations within and between firms. Emphasis on concepts and practices that provide firms with a competitive advantage.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

LSCM 4360 - Global Alliances and International Supply Chain Management

Description: Supply chain and alliance strategy in the multi-national firm: materials management, international sourcing and distribution, importing/exporting procedures. International carrier management and operations.

Prerequisite(s): LSCM 3960 

Course typically offered: Spring

LSCM 4530 - E-Logistics in Supply Chain Management

Description: Comprehensive inquiry into the role of e-commerce in collaborative distribution and logistics relationships. Special attention is afforded to resource and technology interdependencies, exchange governance mechanisms and relationship management bench-marking. Emphasis is given to the tools for creating value in the supply chain.

Course typically offered: Fall

LSCM 4560 - Business Transportation Management

Description: Principles of transportation covering the role of transportation systems; environmental and economic impacts; modal components; managerial and economic aspects of the various modes, with applications to both domestic and international operations.

Course typically offered: Spring

LSCM 4800 - Logistics Internship

Description: Supervised work in a job related to student’s career objective. 

Prerequisite(s): LSCM 3960. Must be within two long terms/semesters of graduation at the time of the internship and have consent of department or internship director. Pass/no pass only.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

LSCM 4860 - Advanced Logistics Management

Description: Application of logistics decision-making tools and skills as they apply to inventory, transportation, and warehouse management. Course stresses hands-on application of analytical tools useful in logistics; analysis of the characteristics of logistics system elements and their interrelationships within a company; developing skills to analyze technical logistics problems; and developing executive-level communications skills leading to the concise statement of problems and proposed solutions.

Prerequisite(s): LSCM 3960. Capstone course to be taken during the last term/semester of course work.

Course typically offered: Spring

LSCM 4900 - Special Problems

Description: Supervised study on a selected logistics and supply chain topic. Typically requires a research paper and significant independent study.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.

Course typically offered: On demand

MGMT 3310 - Digital Entrepreneurship

Description: Digital entrepreneurship provides an overall understanding on emerging technologies and their role on the entrepreneurial startups. This class provides an overview of digital tools, that will enhance student skills to adapt to the changing nature of careers due to environment disruption, how to develop new products, and services using internet and digital technologies.

Course typically offered: Fall

MGMT 3330 - Communicating in Business

Description: Development of interpersonal business communication skills in the following areas: group communication, written communication (collaborative writing and business letters, memorandums and reports), oral communication (business presentations, meetings and interviews), and listening. The following topics are also addressed: international communication and electronic communication technology.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MGMT 3335 - Managing Diversity in Organizations

Description: This course examines how individual differences and group affiliations shape diverse organizations and strategies for leading diverse teams and global organizations. Students will have the opportunity to critically review topics such as identity, bias, equality of opportunity, inclusion, and effectiveness.

Course typically offered: Fall

MGMT 3340 - Introduction to the Global Auto Industry

Description: Explores the role of dealerships as retail networks that connect manufacturers with consumers. Key concepts include franchise relationships, location selection, facility planning, financial requirements, sales forecasting, customer retention and societal impacts.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

MGMT 3341 - Dealership Fixed Operations

Description: Fixed Operations in the modern dealership. Includes Pmts, Mechanical Services and Collision Repair. Course topics include: customer relationship management, employee selection and retention, and operational management.

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3340 or consent of department.

Course typically offered: Spring

MGMT 3720 - Organizational Behavior

Description: Individual behavior in formal organizations. Cases, lectures and experiential exercises in organizational culture, motivation, leadership, dynamics of power, perception and attribution, communication, decision making and performance, and individual differences.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MGMT 3820 - Management Concepts

Description: Management philosophy; planning, organizing and controlling; entrepreneurial processes; organizational performance; structure and design. Includes an overview of organization theory and strategic management.

MGMT 3830 - Operations Management

Description: Management of production emphasizing industrial enterprises; production objectives; design and improvement of processes, work methods, and physical facilities; use of measurements and standards; production planning and control; quality control; budgetary and cost control; materials management.

Prerequisite(s): Students must complete DSCI 2305 (formerly DSCI 2710) with a grade of C or better.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MGMT 3850 - Foundations of Entrepreneurship

Description: Initiation of new ventures and approaches to growth of existing firms through opportunity recognition, innovation and change. Emphasizes developing effective entrepreneurial skills and behaviors. Includes preparation of a comprehensive business plan. Open to non-business majors.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MGMT 3860 - Human Resource Management

Description: An introduction to personnel management. Topics include employment, placement and personnel planning, training and development; compensation and benefits; health, safety and security; and employee and labor relations. Open to non-business majors.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MGMT 3870 - Management Research Methods

Description: Develops skills in management research methods necessary for problem solving success. Particular emphasis is given to applying theory to management decision making based on objective methods for solving problems in organizational behavior, human resource management, entrepreneurship, and operations.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of all pre-business courses.

MGMT 3880 - Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Description: A study of ethical behaviors crucial to personal and corporate success in organizations. Codes of ethics, theoretical models and managerial behavior serve as the foundation to investigate ethics and, in turn, social responsibility associated with firm theory. Various stakeholder interest and demands are analyzed as an important theme during the course.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

MGMT 4170 - Employee and Labor Relations

Description: Employee-employer relationships; problems and theories of the bargaining process.

Course typically offered: On demand

MGMT 4180 - Workplace Health and Safety

Description: Problems of occupational safety and health (OSHA) workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, industrial security and environmental risk management. Open to non-business majors

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

MGMT 4210 - E-Management: Managing in a Digital Economy

Description: Deals with the “why” and “how” of the changing face of management. Focuses on what managers do to maintain and enhance their firm’s competitive position in the era of e-commerce. Examines and evaluates some of the more critical issues associated with analyzing the environment, designing organizations and managing people to deal with the challenges that emerge in the new business environment.

MGMT 4220 - Advanced Entrepreneurship

Description: A capstone course that provides students with concepts and hands-on opportunities that are related to the development, growh, and management of new ventures. The course focuses on application and integration of entrepreneurship principles to ensure success of entrepreneurial undertaking. Emphasis is placed on contextual influences during various stages of development and their implications, and on comprehensive analysis and evaluation of businesses from an entrepreneurial perspective. Topics may include such areas as technology and new ventures, growth and expansion, family business, or capital funding.

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3850

Course typically offered: On demand

MGMT 4235 - Social Entrepreneurship

Description: The course will introduce entrepreneurial concepts that can be used to stimulate entrepreneurial behavior in individuals for the benefit of communities. Students will study best practices of not-for-profit enterprises and social venturing practices and will learn how these enterprises launch and sustain their ventures. The primary focus is on equipping students with knowledge and skills that are needed to develop viable socially relevant organizations or to grow entrepreneurial initiatives in not-for-profit organizations. Course may include projects.

Course typically offered: On demand

MGMT 4300 - Recruitment, Selection and Placement

Description: Recruitment, selection and placement of employees in an organization. Test validation and other selection techniques relative to EEO, ADA and AAP laws. Recruiting, selecting and placing a culturally diverse work force.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring

MGMT 4310 - Sustainable Business

Description: The course provides an overview of current issues and trends related to sustainable business and the economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainable management. Organizations’ strategic responses to current and global sustainability challenges are discussed.

Course typically offered: Fall

MGMT 4335 - Technology & Innovation Management

Description: This course will examine frameworks and concepts to understand technology and innovation management in businesses. Topics may include areas such as technology entrepreneurship, product and process innovation, innovation process theories, etc. The main focus is on equipping students with the skills and ability to manage, develop and expand technological innovation. The course may include projects and applied exercises.

Course typically offered: On demand

MGMT 4340 - Dealership Variable Operations

Description: Connecting with, and selling equipment to savvy consumers. Evaluating advertising channels, managing customer relationships, training and retaining employees, re-marketing, and inventory control.

Course typically offered: Fall

MGMT 4341 - Finance and Insurance/Regulatory and Compliance Issues

Description: An introduction to major federal regulations that affect the automotive retail, consumer finance and other consumer-oriented businesses. Provides an opportunity to earn a nationally-recognized certificate from the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals. Course material/testing fee required.

Course typically offered: Fall

MGMT 4345 - Dealership Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

Description: Designed for non-accountants planning to work as managers in dealerships, financial institutions or with manufacturers. Emphasis on the use of financial information and analysis of financial statements.

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3340 or consent of the department.

Course typically offered: Fall 

MGMT 4350 - Training and Development

Description: Practical and theoretical approaches to the training and development of employees in an organization. Topics include organization, role and scope of the T and D function, philosophies; strategies and needs analysis; development of program content, methods, materials and techniques, and evaluation and control of the training and development function.

Course typically offered: Spring

MGMT 4400 - Managing Interpersonal Relationships

Description: A practical and theoretical course dealing with small group behavior. Emphasis is on identifying and classifying behavior to better understand it and to develop strategies for effectively managing interpersonal and group relationships. Exercises and role playing are used to illustrate major points.

MGMT 4460 - Topics in Organizational Behavior

Description: Study of individual and group behavior in organizations. Representative topics include employee motivation, leadership, organizational power and politics, decision making and performance, organizational culture, perception and attribution, and individual differences. Students study one or more of these topics in depth.

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3720 or consent of department. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

MGMT 4470 - Leadership

Description: An in-depth course on leadership. Students are provided practical tools and methods of leadership that will apply to a variety of organizational structures. Students gain insights about their own personalities, skills, ethics, values and beliefs as they relate to leading others, and have the opportunity to discuss and debate a number of leadership topics.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer