May 19, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Law

  
  • LAW 7217 - Seminar:Law and Religion

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: LAW 5488 - Constitutional Law .

    Examines the law’s treatment of religious organizations and the role of religion in a pluralistic society. Paper course.
  
  • LAW 7220 - WRS: E-Health Law

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    WRS: E-Health Law
  
  • LAW 7225 - Seminar: Natural Resources Law

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Surveys the mechanism for the management, use, preservation of natural resources on federal land, including wildlife, wilderness, refuges rivers, national parks, minerals, and timber.
  
  • LAW 7297 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • LAW 7302 - Seminar: Issues in Legal Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Explores a wide range of critiques of legal education as it is offered in American law schools today.
  
  • LAW 7303 - WRS: Early American Legal History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Survey of American Legal and Constitutional History, primarily from 1776 to 1940, with an emphasis on rights, federalism (both state and federal constitutional law), and constitutional ideas embedded in the common law.
  
  • LAW 7304 - Sem:Problems-Intl Trade/Invest

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    J.D. students require consent of instructor. Issues relating to international trade (multi-lateral and regional) and investment and their relationship to environmental concerns are explored through selected readings and student papers.
  
  • LAW 7305 - WRS: Hot Topics Criminal Law & Procedure

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The seminar in ¿Hot Topics in Criminal Law and Procedure¿ will meet to discuss readings on some of the most pressing issues in the field.
  
  • LAW 7306 - WRS: Securities Regulation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    A study of the basic principles of our unique system of securities regulation. Among the areas addressed are jurisdiction, the identification of securities and the analysis and evaluation of the disclosure philosophy as it pertains to domestic and international offerings as well as under state “blue sky” laws. Special emphasis is given to the importance of the principal exemptions form registration under the 1933 Act, and to consequent civil liabilities for unregistered offerings or inadequate disclosure in filed documents.
  
  • LAW 7307 - WRS: Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    A seminar course to study the process of writing a large work and to study advanced topics in intellectual property or information law, typically within trade secrets, patents, trademark, copyright, or information law topics such as privacy, data security, licensing, cyber aw or internet law.
  
  • LAW 7308 - WRS: Scientific Evidence & The Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The purpose of this seminar is to offer an overview of topics in scientific evidence with a focus on mass and toxic torts.
  
  • LAW 7309 - Seminar: Advanced Legal Writing for Litigation Contexts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Advanced course of study in written advocacy for litigators intended for students who wish to improve their persuasive writing skills, especially for civil litigation practice.
  
  • LAW 7310 - Seminar: Advanced Tort

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: none.

    Provides an opportunity for further exploration of tort law, beyond that of the typical first year torts course.
  
  • LAW 7311 - Seminar: Law and Religion

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: LAW 5488 .

    Examines the law’s treatment of religion, & the conscientious objection, tort liability for churches, employment discrimination, & religion & politics, and some comparative materials on the international protection of religious freedom.
  
  • LAW 7312 - Seminar: Law and Theology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: none.

    Introduces students to selected topics in the study of theology that conceptually parallel specific subjects in law and legal philosophy.
  
  • LAW 7313 - WRS: Federal Natural Resources

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None

    It examines the mechanisms for the management, preservation, conservation, use, & enjoyment of natural resources on federal land and the Outer Continental Shelf, to include wildlife, wilderness, refuges, rivers, national parks, National Conservation Landscape System lands, minerals, conventional and renewable energy, & timber.
  
  • LAW 7314 - Seminar: White Collar Crime

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Focuses on several crimes, such as fraud, insider trading, misappropriation on intellectual property, and conspiracy and issues such as corporate criminal liability.  Paper required.
  
  • LAW 7315 - WRC: Banned Books

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    In Banned Books, we read 6 to 9 books each semester that have been among the most banned books in the US. Selections include novels, poetry and nonfiction. Class discussion focuses on the artistic quality of the text (in the case of fiction and poetry) or the book’s central arguments and thesis (in the case of nonfiction).
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7316 - WRS: Consumer Credit Law and Policy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: none.

    This course will consider a variety of different consumer credit products such as mortgages, credit cards, payday loans, and auto title loans. We will read and discuss law review articles, statutes, cases, and/or books that deal with the law that currently governs these products, and we will consider how to change the laws to meet policy goals.
  
  • LAW 7317 - WRC: Federal Pretrial Drafting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This course is an upper level writing class designed to prepare students for “real world” litigation practice after law school. In the context of a single federal court case, students will draft basic pleadings, some minimal discovery documents, a short motion for summary judgment and accompanying response, and a mediation statement. Lectures will cover requirements for these documents under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but also enable students to refine their factual investigation, legal analysis and drafting skills. Students will receive ample feedback and opportunities to rewrite certain assignments to further hone these essential practice tools.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7318 - WRS: Juvenile Justice/Children and the Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This is a seminar writing course in which students may delve into various topics involving children and the law. The subject matter may involve issues of juvenile justice, child welfare (dependency), education, or health care.
  
  • LAW 7319 - WRS: Law and Social Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This course focuses on the role of the social sciences within the legal system. We will look at the impact of social science research and evidence in a variety of contexts, including trademark, damages, school segregation, and tort liability. For example, how should courts use survey evidence in determining whether trademarks cause confusion in the marketplace? The social sciences include the disciplines of psychology, economics, sociology, and anthropology. Students should expect to gain sufficient scientific literacy to critically read and apply social science research.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7320 - WRC: Contract Drafting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The goal of this course is to help students prepare for a type of assignment they will likely see throughout their careers: that of drafting, reviewing, analyzing, explaining, and negotiating contracts.
  
  • LAW 7321 - WRC: Domestic Violence Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Students will work individually and in small groups as they learn about the State laws, Federal Laws, and case law related to issues surrounding Domestic Violence
  
  • LAW 7322 - WRC: Making and Drafting Contracts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This course will focus both on drafting skills and on other aspects of how lawyers help their clients to make contracts. This includes how to find out just what the client wants; how to learn the details of his business and the law that will govern the transaction; and the ethics of contract practice.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7323 - WRC: Practice-Based Legal Writing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Students will have varied opportunities to write and receive feedback on their writing in transactional and litigation contexts.
  
  • LAW 7324 - WRC: Advanced Legal Writing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Writing for Criminal Defense is an upper level class intended to help students become more proficient, efficient, and effective at researching and analyzing criminal law issues, and composing and organizing written documents.
  
  • LAW 7325 - Sem: Civil Rights/Section 1983

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Substantive and procedural problems in litigating a civil rights course of action under 42 U. S.C. 164 § 1983.
  
  • LAW 7326 - WRC: Supreme Court Term

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Supreme Court Term covers between 12 and 20 cases from the Supreme Court’s most recent term. The fall 2014 course will therefore cover cases from the October 2013 Term. Cases will not be announced until the first day of class. The objectives of the class are to gain basic familiarity with a diverse range of subject matter of current interest or importance to the Supreme Court, and to examine judicial opinions deeply and critically. The course will be divided into two groups of cases, and students will be required to write one paper for each group. Each paper will deal with a single case on the syllabus, and must satisfy two objectives: first, it must situate the decision in the legal landscape of which it is a part; second, it must explain in careful detail either the principal strength or principal weakness of any of the case’s major opinions. Papers will be assessed based on their analytical content and quality of writing.
  
  • LAW 7327 - WRS: Advanced Topics in Copyright Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Copyright discussions, preparation of two drafts of paper, presentations of papers, final paper.
  
  • LAW 7328 - WRC: Writing for Criminal Defense

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This course will help students become more proficient, efficient, and effective at researching, analyzing legal issues, and composing and organizing written documents in criminal cases.
  
  • LAW 7329 - WRS: Human Rights

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The seminar will address the nature, sources and types of human rights; past forms of and possibilities for domestic incorporation and litigation of human rights law and the primacy of international or domestic laws in case of conflict.
  
  • LAW 7330 - WRS: Health Regulatory Process

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This course explores how legal and policy considerations, intra-governmental relationships, and political dynamics influence health regulatory policies. Guest speakers will include current and former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials and health care advocates.
  
  • LAW 7331 - WRC: Written Advocacy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This course is designed to help students gain a sharper understanding of their writing tendencies and develop better writing skills and habits. It is especially suited for those who expect to have a civil litigation practice.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7332 - WRS: Advanced Torts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This seminar provides an opportunity for further exploration of tort law, beyond that of the typical first year torts course.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7333 - Seminar: Energy, Law & Policy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Recommended LAW 5390 .

    Students explore in depth an energy-related topic of their choice, ranging from problems (and proposed solutions) for nuclear power development, renewables, and offshore oil and gas, LNG siting, state-federal conflicts in energy development, FERC jurisdiction and restructuring orders for gas and electricity, changes in energy laws in other countries, etc. Paper required.
  
  • LAW 7334 - WRS: International Law & Use of Force

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The seminar will focus on international legal issues relating to the use of armed force, including attention to various permissible uses of force and criminal responsibility for use of illegal force; U.S. constitutional issues concerning decisions to use armed force abroad; terrorism; permissible detention of individuals under international law; interrogation tactics, and relevant war crimes and individual responsibility.
  
  • LAW 7335 - Sem: Tax Policy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: LAW 5359 , LAW 5459 - Federal Income Tax .

    Consideration of problems in the field of federal tax policy.
  
  • LAW 7340 - WRS: Higher Education Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None

    WRS: Higher Education Law
  
  • LAW 7341 - WRS: The Modern Corporation and Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    This course will consider the role of modern business corporations in society. Should corporations be run exclusively in the interests of shareholders? How should boards of directors manage the claims of various groups affected by corporations? By what standards should we judge executive compensation? Should corporations be entitled to claim various constitutional rights, including freedoms of speech, association, and religion? After surveying foundational work in corporate theory, we will address these questions through a close reading of materials in law, economics, political theory, and business ethics.
    Note: Course may be repeated with permission from the Law Center Office of Admissions.
  
  • LAW 7343 - WRS: American Legal History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None

    WRS: American Legal History
  
  • LAW 7349 - Sem: Constitutional Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Selected topics in constitutional law. Varies from year to year.
  
  • LAW 7353 - WRS: Sandra Day O’Connor

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None

    WRS: Sandra Day O’Connor
  
  • LAW 7397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    May be repeated for credit.


Management

  
  • MANA 6A25 - Ethical Leadership & Critical Reason

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Develop awareness of leaders’ ethical duties and the ability to systematically and critically assess business problems. Practice critical reasoning and ethical decision making skills.
  
  • MANA 6A32 - Organizational Behavior and Management

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Introduction to organizational analysis; problems of leadership, motivation, group dynamics, and organizational change and development; organizations as open systems
  
  • MANA 6A83 - Strategic Analysis

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    A foundational course in strategic management that introduces the concepts of strategic thinking, environmental and industry analysis, internal analysis, sustainable competitive advantage and other formulation issues in domestic and international organizations.
  
  • MANA 6A98 - Research

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Research in management.
    May be repeated as appropriate to degree plan.

  
  • MANA 7A80 - Implementation of Strategies

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and completion of MANA 6A83 .

    Advanced study of the implementation of strategies. Emphasis will be given to the design and integration of (a) organizational processes, and (b) operating, information, and control systems for implementing strategies.
  
  • MANA 7A97 - Selected Topics in Management

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • MANA 6332 - Organiztnl Behavior & Mangemnt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Introduction to organizational analysis; problems of leadership, motivation, group dynamics, and organizational change and development; organizations as open systems.
  
  • MANA 6383 - Strategic Managment

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and completion of all modular M.B.A. core requirements.

    A capstone course covering strategy formulation and implementation in domestic and international organizations and emphasizing the integration of decisions in the functional areas.
  
  • MANA 6388 - Corporate Strategy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: MANA 6388 - Strategic Choice Analysis.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and MANA 6A83 .

    Study of strategies for corporate expansion and repositioning such as mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, turnarounds, diversification, vertical integration and restructuring.
  
  • MANA 6398 - Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

  
  • MANA 7329 - Behavioral Finance

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examination of individual decision behavior within a financial market context.  Evaluation of psychological explanations for market movements and anomalies.  Emphasis on the application of psychological principles to decision making behavior.
  
  • MANA 7330 - Legal Environment of Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Analysis of legal problems which surround managers: relations with officers, directors, government agencies, employees, customers, competitors. Study of legislation, court decisions, and regulations.
  
  • MANA 7332 - Effective Negotiating

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examines concepts, tools, and techniques that can be used to create effective formal and informal agreements.  Fundamental challenges of distributive (i.e., competitive) and integrative (i.e., cooperative) negotiating are included.
  
  • MANA 7334 - Mgmt Develpmnt & Career Planng

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    A review of practices and trends in management development career planning; career stages and changing career patterns; contemporary approaches to the quality of work life.
  
  • MANA 7336 - Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 .

    An integrated course focusing on the planning, selection, development, assessment, and compensation of human capital in organizations.
  
  • MANA 7337 - Stress and Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Examination of stress causes and management techniques, including relationship of stress to health, performance, and individual differences.
  
  • MANA 7338 - Org Power Politics & Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Explores and differentiates between the concepts of power and politics, and examines their relationship to organizational culture.
  
  • MANA 7339 - Leadership Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Development of the skills sets needed to elicit commitment and productivity from people and groups, and the awareness of one’s own values, beliefs, problem-solving skills and behaviors.
  
  • MANA 7340 - Management of High Technology Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 .

    Analysis of issues in high technology organizations, such as organization design for technological innovation, project group management, and career planning for professional employees.
  
  • MANA 7341 - Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examines frameworks and tools for managing technology advancement.  Focuses on innovation development and investments, and developing the ability to anticipate, adjust, or respond to disruptive technologies by other firms.
  
  • MANA 7343 - Intl Legal Environment of Mgmt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7343 and MANA 7343 .

    Management impact of sovereignty, treaties, executive agreements, contracts, non-tariff trade barriers, extraterritorial anti-trust, dispute resolution. International oil and gas, air, sea, space law.
  
  • MANA 7344 - Employee and Labor Relations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Examination of the labor-management relationship, including collective bargaining, arbitration, labor law, union structures, and employee health, safety and security.
  
  • MANA 7346 - Global Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Role of human resource management around the world; focuses on how HRM multinational organizations differ from domestic organizations. Global pay, selection, labor relations, and HRM strategy are also examined.
  
  • MANA 7347 - Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Evaluation of alternative perspectives regarding a range of social and ethical issues confronting managers of contemporary organizations.
  
  • MANA 7351 - Management of Global Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: MANA 7351 - Managing Global Organizations.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    The study of comparative management with emphasis on the international and cultural issues in organizational behavior and management encountered by multinational operations.
  
  • MANA 7352 - Internatn’l Management of Tech

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 . Students may not receive credit for both MANA 7352 andINTB 7352 .

    Global management of technology issues, such as strategies and organization designs for international technology generation and transfer.
  
  • MANA 7353 - Regional Issues in Global Mgmt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: (also INTB 7353 )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. Students may not receive credit for both MANA 7353 and INTB 7353 for the same topic.

    Economic, cultural, technological and managerial factors that may impact an organization’s strategies, practices and effectiveness. Topics may include a focus on a global region such as Latin America, Europe, or Asia.
    Can be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours with different topics.

  
  • MANA 7355 - Staffing & Perform Improv Syst

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MANA 7336 or approval of instructor.

    Examination of recruitment, selection, and placement methods in organizations, including the identification of staffing needs. Discussion of performance measurement techniques and systems for enhancing individual and organizational productivity.
  
  • MANA 7356 - Diversity Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Effective management in the context of changing global worker demographics to maximize organizational performance.
  
  • MANA 7358 - Compensation and Benefits

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Analysis of the decisions and strategies used to develop and implement compensation systems and structures, including base pay, incentive programs, and pecuniary and non-pecuniary benefits.
  
  • MANA 7361 - Entrepnship & New Venture Mgt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. Credit for both MANA 7361 and ENTR 7338 cannot be applied toward a degree.

    The study of environmental, organizational, and individual factors and their relationship with entrepreneurship, value creation, innovation, corporate venturing, and new venture management.
  
  • MANA 7362 - Leading Change

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Examines the leader’s role in implementing and sustaining change at three levels: individual, group, and organization. Change strategies, diagnostic tools and techniques, resistance to change, and effective implementation are discussed.
  
  • MANA 7363 - Managing Innovatn & Creativity

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 .

    Developing, managing and focusing innovative and creative activities within the business context; opportunity recognition and evaluation; and how to develop new business concepts for implementation.
  
  • MANA 7375 - Global Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing

    Examines the roles of global leaders, the competencies they need to develop, the challenges they face, and the person and organizational aspects of becoming a global leader.
  
  • MANA 7390 - Virtual Teams

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Project and team-based work in a virtual environment emphasizing web-based teams and management.
  
  • MANA 7392 - Managerial Issues

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Analysis of issues that confront managers at different stages of their careers, focusing on internal transitions as well as career changes
  
  • MANA 7393 - Global Strategy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examination of opportunities and challenges associated with the globalization of business enterprises. Frameworks and tools that can be used to assess global strategy options and to identify the levers through which different global strategies can create or destroy value are included.
  
  • MANA 7394 - Management of Human Resources in the Oil & Gas Industry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examines how human resource management differs in the oil and gas industry. Focuses on the staffing, development, assessment, and compensation of human capital in firms in the oil and gas industry.
  
  • MANA 7395 - Strategic Management in the Oil & Gas Industry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Examination of global oil and gas strategies through the use of strategic management frameworks. Focus on how organizations can position themselves as leaders in the dynamic landscape of the oil and gas industry.
  
  • MANA 7397 - Selected Topics in Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of chair or program director.

    May be repeated when topics vary.

    Note: May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • MANA 8190 - Professional Issues

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of instructor.

    Discussion of professional and ethical issues important to students in Management and related fields.
    May be repeated as topics vary.

  
  • MANA 8199 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of dissertation chair.

  
  • MANA 8330 - Sem in Mgt Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Philosophy, design, and methodology of research in management theory.
  
  • MANA 8331 - Seminar in Organizational Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 7342 .

    Theory and research pertaining to complex organizational structure and process, and comparative organizational analysis.
  
  • MANA 8336 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Management Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Critical examination of various theories of organizational behavior and management and supporting empirical studies. Study of selected problem areas.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • MANA 8340 - Seminar in Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of instructor.

    An in-depth examination of the theory, research, and practice of human resource management.
  
  • MANA 8345 - Research Methodologies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 8330 or its equivalent.

    Focuses on the development of research skills through an actual research experience that includes conceptualization of the problem through the reporting of results.
  
  • MANA 8380 - Seminar in Strategic Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, MANA 6383 , and approval of instructor.

    Critical review of theoretical and empirical literature on strategy formulation and implementation.
  
  • MANA 8395 - Teaching Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Supervised practice in the teaching of management.
  
  • MANA 8396 - Research Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Supervised research in management.
  
  • MANA 8397 - Selected Topics in Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • MANA 8398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MANA 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

  
  • MANA 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • MANA 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0

Management Information Systems

  
  • MIS 6A41 - Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Managerial perspective on the effective use of information systems for strategic advantage and operational performance in organizations.
 

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