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New courses, courses changed effective fall 2015

REPORT

of the

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULA

3 December 2014

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I. NEW COURSES

School of Architecture ........................................................................................ 2

College of Engineering and Computer Science ................................................ 2

School of Management ........................................................................................ 3

University College ............................................................................................... 3

II. COURSES CHANGED

School of Architecture ........................................................................................ 4

College of Engineering & Computer Science ................................................... 5

School of Management ........................................................................................ 6

School of Public Communications ................................................................... 10

III. REVISED MINOR

College of Engineering & Computer Science ................................................. 10

IV. REVISED PROGRAMS

School of Architecture ...................................................................................... 11

College of Engineering & Computer Science ................................................. 13

School of Management ...................................................................................... 14

School of Public Communications ................................................................... 14

University College ............................................................................................. 15

V. NEW PROGRAM

College of Law ................................................................................................... 17

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Submitted to the Senate for its approval:

I. NEW COURSES

School of Architecture

ARC 631 Studies in Architectural Histories (3)

Studies of global architectural histories.

ARC 650 Architectural Research (1)

Selected approaches to architectural research.

College of Engineering and Computer Science

CIE 273 Introduction to Geomatics and BIM (3)

Skills for civil and environmental engineering. Map reading and theory of measurement. 2D and 3D Civil

Engineering Design using AutoCAD software. Introduction to application of Building Information Modeling in

construction engineering. Prereq: MAT 295 Coreq: MAT 296

CIE 329 Probability, Statistics and Risk for Civil and Environmental Engineering (4)

Summary statistics and graphical representations of data. Elements of probability theory. Normal distribution.

Simple regression. One- and two-sample inference. Elementary stochastic processes. Risk and reliability.

Bayesian decision analysis. Applications in civil and environmental engineering. Prereq: MAT 485 or 331.

CIE 401/601 Construction Engineering and Project Management (3)

Overview of various aspects of construction engineering and project management. Construction contracts,

resource management, scheduling, equipment, quality control, productivity, construction safety, cash flow

concepts, legal and management structures. Additional coursework required of graduate students.

CIE 463/663 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering (3)

Introduction to principles underlying engineering decisions to improve our quality of life without jeopardizing

quality of life for future generations. Application of these principles to qualitative and quantitative engineering

problems. Additional coursework for graduate students. Prereq: Senior Standing

CIS/CSE 440/640 Topics in Mobile Programming (3)

A variety of subjects surveyed or a particular subject in depth. Additional work required of graduate students.

Prereq: CIS 351 or CSE 382

CSE 262 Digital System Design and Simulation (1)

Basic digital logic circuit design and implementation. Structural and RTL description of digital system using

VHDL/Verilog. Simulation and verification of combinational and sequential logic. Digital system design,

including coding, testing, synthesis, troubleshooting and documentation. Coreq: CSE 261

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MAE 322 Control Systems for MAE (3)

Review of Laplace transforms and z-transforms, system modeling, transfer functions, feedback, stability. Analysis

and design using computer tools. Applications of controls to mechanical systems. Prereq: MAT 414 or 485 Coreq:

MAE 321

School of Management

MBC 700 Business Perspectives and Applications (1)

Residencies allow students to meet face-to-face to supplement their online coursework. They focus on a topic

relevant to its location. Students will learn from global business leaders who will engage them in highly

interactive learning.

*New Course Subject: MGT - Management

University College

BPS 315 Practical Financial Management for the Working Professional (3)

Introduction to personal financial management. Emphasis on personal financial decision making, interpreting

financial data, budget planning, risk management, retirement and estate planning. Basic financial concepts of

time value of money, asset valuation and risk and return. Introduction to the fundamental concepts, techniques

and theories for making effective financial decisions. Students may not receive credit for FIN 378 if they receive

credit for BPS 315.

BPS 415 Digital and Business Communications for Professional Studies (3)

Practical skills for creating effective business communications, including memos, letters, reports, emails and

technical documents. Examines format, style, genre and communicating with precision. Includes digital context

for web/social media, as well as concisely conveying data for a variety of audiences, including accessibility

issues.

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II. COURSES CHANGED


From: ARC 611 Structures I (4)

Introduces basic concepts of structural system behavior; gravity and lateral loads, analysis of major

structural forms, and structural performance of materials. Evaluation to include a research project.

To: [credit] (4 to 3)

From: ARC 612 Structural Systems Design II (4)

Design of structures; choice of appropriate materials and system, design of structural components in

concrete, timber and steel. Introduction to earthquake loads, high rise, pre-stressed concrete, and

indeterminate structures. Evaluation to include research project.


From: ARC 621 Building Systems Design I (4)

Introduces materials and methods of building construction, basic building assemblies, and their elements.

Energy conservation and conformance to regulatory codes also addressed.


From: ARC 622 Building Systems Design II (4)

Investigates systems of architectural environmental control, movement systems, and electrical

distribution. Relation to building assemblies and their elements also addressed.


From: ARC 623 Advanced Building Systems (4)

Case studies of the interrelationship of design concepts with constructional, structural, and mechanical

systems. Lecture and studio. Evaluation to include a research project.


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College of Engineering & Computer Science

From: CSE 397 Computer Lab I (3)

Experimental methods using electrical equipment. Logic modules, computer programming, analog and

digital computer operation, logic-circuit design and testing. One hour of recitation and six hours of

laboratory a week. Prereq: CSE 261 and ELE 292

To: [title, description, prereq] FPGA and Microcontroller Design Laboratory

Experimental methods using electrical equipment. Logic-circuit design and testing using Hardware

Description Language and FPGAs. Micro-controller architecture, programming, interfacing, and

communication with analog and digital components. Prereq: CSE 261 and ELE 231

From: CSE 398 Computer Lab II (3)

Continuation of CSE 397. One hour of recitation and six hours of laboratory a week.

To: [title, description] Embedded and Mobile Systems Laboratory

Design and testing of Embedded Systems with an operating system. Rapid Prototyping and design

methods. Interfacing and network communication with mobile devices.

From: CSE 682 Software Engineering (3)

Requirements and specifications including tools such as PSL/PSA, SREM, design techniques; Functional

decomposition; data flow; data structure; theoretical issues in testing, testing strategies; path; domain;

mutation and error specific, cost and reliability models.

To: [description]

Software processes – plan-driven and agile; Requirements engineering; UML System modeling;

Architectural design; Design patterns; OOD based Design; Software implementation, testing and

evolution; Code improvement; Configuration management; Software craftsmanship. Term project,

presentation and demonstration required.

From: ECS 636 Infrastructure Systems Engineering and Asset Management (3)

Introduction to management of infrastructure systems. Monitoring, planning, design, construction,

maintenance/rehabilitation and operation. Sustainable infrastructure development considering the triple-

bottom-line of sustainability. Decision making tools and various sustainability rating tools.

To: [title, crosslist] ECS636/CIE 639 Sustainable Development and Infrastructure Management

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From: ACC 747/ACC 482 Advanced Auditing (3)

Seminar discussion of advanced auditing research and cases. Topics include the market for assurance

services, auditor decision making, audit risk, and information systems auditing.

To: [remove double number] ACC 747

From: ACC 760/460 Principles of Fraud Examination (3)

Nature of occupational fraud and abuse in organizations. How and why occupational fraud is committed,

detected and deterred; how to proceed if fraud is suspected. Emphasis on asset misappropriation schemes,

corruption, and financial statement fraud.

To: [remove double number] ACC 760

From: EEE 375 Entrepreneurial and Family Business Management (3)

Special issues facing entrepreneurial and family businesses: choice of organizational form, business

planning, tax and compensation planning, business valuation, and succession strategies. Case studies and

guest lectures.

To: [title, description] Entrepreneurial Family Business Management

Examines family business issues, such as managing relationships, communication and conflict, ownership

and governance, strategy, and succession. Focus is entrepreneurial management of family firms, including

maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the firm and across generations.

From: FIN 256 Corporation Finance (3)

General Principle, promotion, methods of raising fixed capital, various types of securities, administration

of income expansion, financial difficulties. Prereq: ACC 252 and ECN203 and (MAS

261 or MAT221 or 122). Coreq: MAR 255 and SCM 265

To: [description, prereq, coreq]

Principles and foundations of finance: time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, uncertainty and

the risk/return trade-off, security market efficiency, cost of capital. Students may not receive credit for

both FIN 256 and FIN 301. Prereq: ECN 203 or (ECN 101 and 102) and (MAS 261 or MAT 221 or 122).

Coreq: MAR 255 and SCM 265 and ACC 252

From: FIN 301 Essentials of Finance (3)

Introduction to financial statement analysis and interpretation, time value of money, capital budgeting and

global financial network. Students may not receive credit for FIN 301 if they receive credit for FIN355 or

FIN 256.

To: [description]

Introduction to basics of finance: time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, uncertainty and the

risk/return trade-off, security market efficiency, cost of capital. Students may not receive credit for both

FIN 301 and FIN 256.

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From: MSL 101 MSL 101 Leadership & Development (0)

Basic drill and ceremonies, physical conditioning, land navigation, first aid, leadership techniques,

weapons familiarization, and small-unit tactics.

To: [credit] (0 to 0-3)

From: MSL 102 MSL 102 Foundations of the US Army (0)

Leadership fundamentals such as goal setting, problem solving, leadership attributes, core values.


From: MSL 201 MSL 201 Innovative Team Leadership (0)

Leadership strategies and styles by examining team dynamics and leadership theories.


From: MSL 202 MSL 202 Leadership & Problem Solving (0)

Examines challenges of leading teams; exploring the dynamics of adaptive leadership, practice /assess

own leadership and communication styles.


From: MSL 301 MSL 301 Leading Small Organizations (0)

This course is designed to teach small unit leadership and introduce students to the planning process and

Army operations.


From: MSL 302 Advanced Leadership (0-1)

Junior-and senior-level courses expanding on basic subject areas. Leadership and management

development: command, control, staff operations, planning and organizing.

To: [credit] (0-1 to 0-3)

From: MSL/O&M 401 Military Professionalism and Ethics (0-3)

How Army values and leader ethics are applied and how they are relevant to everyday life.

To: [remove crosslist] MSL 401

From: MSL/O&M 402 Leadership in a Complex World (0-3)

Examines dynamics of leading in complex situations. Study rules of engagement in the face of

international terrorism and interacting with non-government organizations.

To: [remove crosslist] MSL 402

*FYI: MSL subject transfer from Miscellaneous to School of Management.

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From: SHR/LPP 450 Sustainable Enterprise (3)

Economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability and their interdependence. Influences

on organizations to adopt sustainable approaches to operations and activities. Tools to promote and

validate organizational sustainability. Trans-disciplinary emphasis.

To: [subject] EEE 450

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SUBJECT CHANGE FROM SHR TO MGT

CURRENT SUBJECT &

NUMBER

NEW SUBJECT & NUMBER UNCHANGED COURSE TITLE

SHR 247 MGT 247 Introduction to Strategic

Management

SHR 346 MGT 346 Organizational Behavior

SHR 355 MGT 355 Strategic Human Resource

Management

SHR 447 MGT 447 Advanced Topics in Strategic

Management

SHR 448 MGT 448 Management in a Cross- cultural

Environment

SHR 454/754 MGT 454/754 Compensation Administration

SHR 462/762 MGT 462/762 Leadership and Organization

Change

SHR 499 MGT 499 Honors Capstone Project

SHR 656 MGT 656 Human Resource Management

SHR 701 MGT 701 Women in Management

SHR 702 MGT 702 Transformational Management

SHR 703 MGT 703 Organizational Process Consultation

Skills

SHR 704 MGT 704 Job Satisfaction, Motivation and

Work Behavior

SHR 705 MGT 705 Organizational Theory and Design

SHR 709 MGT 709 Business Policy

SHR 710 MGT 710 Administrative Policy

SHR 755 MGT 755 Collective Bargaining

SHR 756 MGT 756 Human Resource Assessment and Staffing

SHR 757 MGT 757 Career Planning, Training and Development

SHR 758 MGT 758 Labor Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

SHR 761 MGT 761 Strategic Planning and Corporate Forecasting for Innovative Organizations

SHR 763 MGT 763 Authority and Power Dynamics in Organizations

SHR 764 MGT 764 Strategic Change and Organizational Innovation

SHR 855 MGT 855 Seminar in Organization and Management

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School of Public Communications

From: ADV 345/645 Economics, Persuasion, and the Global Marketplace (3)

Persuasive communications' impact on and relationship to society. Evaluation of effects of advertising on

national and global economies. Critical evaluation of persuasive appeals. Discussion of marketing to

children, political persuasion, alcohol and tobacco promotion. Additional work required of graduate

students.

To: [title, description] The Power and Peril of Global Persuasion

A critical examination of the ethical challenges confronting advertisers in the global marketplace.

Discussion and debate concerning advertising's potential to both enlighten and distort in a digital world.

Additional work required of graduate students.

From: BDJ 636 Critical and Historical Perspectives on Broadcast Journalism (3)

History, economics, and traditions of broadcast journalism with particular emphasis on contemporary

ethical challenges. Must be enrolled in the BDJ master's program.


From: MNO 631 Journalism Enterprise (6)

A capstone experience for graduate magazine, newspaper, and online journalism majors. Students will

devote 200 hours per term as part of a reporting/writing/editing team. Students will produce a publishable

journalism project. Prereq: NEW 605

To: [credit, description, prerequisite]

Capstone experience for graduate magazine, newspaper, and online journalism students. Students work on

a professional digital project, secure an approved internship and write a 30-page research paper, or pursue

a combination of project and internship. Prereq: MNO 617

III. REVISED MINOR


Computer Engineering Minor

Revision of courses required to complete the minor:

Current Proposed

CSE261 Digital Logic Design CSE261 Digital Logic Design

CSE283 lntr.to Object-Oriented Design CSE283 lntr.to Object-Oriented Design

CSE382 Algorithms and Data Structures CSE382 Algorithms and Data Structures

CSE281 Computer Organization and Assembly

Language

9 credits from any CSE course 300 level or above

ECS102 Introduction to Computing

CSE381 Computer Architecture

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IV. REVISED PROGRAMS


Program Title Change

Architecture – M. Arch. I to Architecture M. Arch

Architecture - M. Arch. Last year, in an effort to remain in compliance with the conditions of accreditation, the

School of Architecture revised the title of the “Master of Architecture II” (MArch) degree as “Master of Science”

(MS). Now that the Master of Architecture II degree no longer exists, the appropriate title of the professional

Master’s degree is Architecture- M.Arch.

M. Arch. I – Curriculum Revision

The School of Architecture’s Curriculum Committee has approved the following proposal and believes that the

revisions improve the existing curriculum in the following ways:

The revised graduate curriculum will span three years instead of three and a half as currently. A summer

program in New York or abroad taking place in the second year will become integral to the program. A

shorter program will make study at Syracuse more appealing to prospective students.

The number of credits for each technology and structures course is reduced from four to three to align

with all other graduate courses in the program.

ARC 505 (Thesis Preparation) is atomized throughout the curriculum as a series of five one-credit ARC

650 (Architectural Research) courses. The distribution of architectural research courses throughout the

program will help students to become proficient in architectural research and help them develop a

research agenda well in advance of their thesis semester.

In addition to ARC 639, a second required history class (ARC 631) replaces one of the three required

history electives. This change will give students a more thorough foundation in history. It will address the

deficiency in global coverage identified by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) panel

during the last accreditation visit. It also mirrors the existing theory sequence (ARC 641 and ARC 642 for

a total of 6 credits).

Graduate theses will take place in the same semester (Spring) as undergraduate, consolidating thesis as a

school-wide capstone experience.

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M. Arch I – Curriculum Revision (continued)

Current Requirements

Design

c. h. Proposed Requirements c. h.

ARC 604 Architectural Design I 6 ARC 604 Architectural Design I 6

ARC 605 Architectural Design II 6 ARC 605 Architectural Design II 6

ARC 606 Architectural Design III 6 ARC 606 Architectural Design III 6

ARC 607 Architectural Design IV 6 ARC 607 Architectural Design IV 6

ARC 608 Architectural Design V 6 ARC 608 Architectural Design V 6

ARC 609 Architectural Design VI 6 ARC 609 Architectural Design VI 6

36 36

Structures ARC 611 Structures I (grads & undergrads) 4 ARC 611 Structures I (grads only) 3

ARC 612 Structures II (grads & undergrads) 4 ARC 612 Structures II (grads only) 3

8 6

Technology

ARC 621 Building Systems Design I 4 ARC 621 Building Systems Design I 3

ARC 622 Building Systems Design II 4 ARC 622 Building Systems Design II 3

ARC 623 Advanced Bldg Systems (grads & UG) 4 ARC 623 Advanced Bldg Systems (grads only) 3

— — Professional Elective 3

12 12

History

— — ARC 631 Studies in Architectural Histories 3

ARC 639 Architectural History Principles 3 ARC 639 Architectural History Principles 3

History Elective 3 History Elective 3

History Elective 3 History Elective 3

History Elective 3 — —

12 12

Theory

ARC 641 Introduction to Architecture 3 ARC 641 Introduction to Architecture 3

ARC 642 Architectural Design Research 3 ARC 642 Architectural Design Research 3

6 6

Architectural Research & Thesis

ARC 505 Thesis Preparation 3 — —

— — ARC 650 Architectural Research Sec. 1 1





ARC 998 Thesis 6 ARC 998 Thesis 6

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Professional & Open Electives

4 Professional Electives 12 4 Professional Electives 12

2 Open Electives 6 2 Open Electives 6

18 18

Program Total 110 110

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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Revision of required courses:

Current Proposed

CIE 272 CIE Measurements CIE 273 Introduction to Geomatics and Building

Information Modeling

Take one of the following: ECS 222, ELE 231, MAE

251

ECS 222 is now a required course (the other two

choices are eliminated)

CIE 442 Treatment Processes Take one of the following: CIE 442, CIE 463, CIE 471

Technical Elective CIE 401 Construction Engineering and Project

Management is now required

Professional Elective CIE 329 Statistics and Risk is now required

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Revise program as follows:

• Add 1-credit core course, CSE 262 Digital System Design and Simulation • Remove CSE 281 Computer Organization and Assembly Language from the list of core courses. • Add CSE 484 Computer and Network Security to the list of core courses

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering

Revise program as follows:

• Replace required CIE 272 CIE Measurements with CIE 329 Statistics and Risk

• Add EAR 110 as an option for the Earth Science requirement

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Change the requirement for 700 or higher level courses in MSEE program from 3 courses to 2 courses;

allow thesis credits to be counted towards 700-level courses.

Current MSEE Curriculum Proposed MSEE Curriculum

Students may select a thesis option. For students

choosing the thesis option, at least 3 credits must

be from a 700 or higher level ELE course. For

students choosing the non-thesis option, at least

9 credits must be from 700 or higher level

courses, of which at least 6 credits must be ELE

courses. Independent study courses may not be

used to satisfy this requirement. Students must

get prior approval to take courses from other

programs/departments.

Students may select a thesis option. For students

choosing the thesis option thesis credits may be

counted towards 700-level courses; at least 3

credits must be from a 700 or higher level

course. For students choosing the non-thesis

option, at least 6 credits must be from 700 or

higher level courses. Independent study courses

may not be used to satisfy this requirement.

Students must get prior approval to take courses

from other programs/departments.

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Master in Business Administration (iMBA)

Proposed change in format for distance learning program. Under the current format, students are required to

attend a residency at the beginning of each semester where they sit in courses that meet 2 hours per day. The rest

of the semester is completed online.

In the new partnership with 2U, the format for this program is changing. Each week, students participate in

asynchronous material delivered online and live synchronous online learning. Residencies are held “conference

style” with each residency focusing on a business topic related to the residency location and business community.

Residencies will take place in the United States and select international cities. Students will be required to attend

three (3) residencies. They will register for each residency as MBC700 (1 credit each).

School of Public Communications

Bachelor of Science in Newspaper and Online Journalism

Addition of ICC 505 – Web Journalism and Innovation as a capstone option.

Master of Arts in Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism

Revise the capstone description to clarify what combination of options will satisfy this requirement. Currently

students enroll in MNO 631 for 6 credits. In the new version, MNO 631 would become a variable credit course

for 3-6 credits, which allows students to pursue several options to fulfill the Capstone requirement: take MNO

631 and create a professional project for 6 credits, take MNO 631 for fewer credits and pursue a local internship,

or enroll in an internship (COM 670) or an independent study (COM 690) to complete the requirement.

Master of Science in Broadcast and Digital Journalism

The Broadcast and Digital Journalism program proposes to make the following changes to their program:

Currently the program has a 3-credit course: BDJ 636 Critical and Historical Perspectives on Broadcast

Journalism. The proposed revision amends BDJ 636 to be a 2-credit course and add a required 1-credit internship,

which can be fulfilled any time other than the summer semester. This allows the program to continue at its current

40 credit hours.

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University College

Bachelor of Professional Studies in Creative Leadership and Knowledge Management

Revision of Professional Competencies Core

Professional Competencies Core – 30 credits (Mandatory for both programs of study) Ethics and Critical Thinking: (3 credits)

PHI 171 Critical Thinking (3) LPP 467 Management and Ethics (3) PHI 393 Contemporary Ethics (3)

Communication: (9 credits)

CRS 225 Public Advocacy (3) CRS 325 Presentational Speaking (3) CRS 331 Interpersonal Communication (3) WRT 307 Adv. Writing Studio: Professional Writing (3) WRT 301 Adv. Writing Studio: Civic Writing (3) WRT 302 Adv. Writing Studio: Digital Writing (3) IST 444 Information Reporting & Presentation (3)

Relationship Management: (6 credits)

CRS 430 Intercultural Communication (3) SHR 355 Strategic Human Resource Management (3) SWK 326 Persons in Social Context (3) SWK 328 Human Diversity in Social Contexts (3) BPS 382 Leading Cooperative Negotiations (3) OGL 342 Customer Relations Leadership (3)

Business Processes: (6 credits)

ACC 151 Introduction to Financial Accounting (4) LPP 255 Introduction to the Legal System (3) BPS 315 Practical Financial Applications for Professional Studies (3) IST 335 Introduction to Information-Based Organizations (3) GET 234 Effective Collaboration in a Globally Distributed Environment (1.5) GET 235 Leveraging Emerging Technologies (1.5)

Program/Project/Process Management: (6 credits)

BPS 211 Introduction to Professional Studies (3) BPS 411 Senior Seminar (3)

Requested changes: Total number of credits, and credits per competency have not changed.

Remove: WRT 301 Adv. Writing Studio: Civic Writing (3) WRT 302 Adv. Writing Studio: Digital Writing (3)

Add: BPS 415 Digital & Business Communications for Professional Studies (3) CRS 435 Interviewing (3)

Creative Leadership Major

Addition of BPS 382 Leading Cooperative Negotiations as an option for Communication/Problem Solving

requirement.

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Knowledge Management Major

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT MAJOR (30 credits)

Introduction (required)

KNM 301 Introduction to Knowledge Management (3)

Data Science (6-9 credits)

GET 236 Enterprise Data Analysis: Tools and Techniques (1.5)

GET 336 Advanced Enterprise Data Analysis: Tools and

Techniques (1.5)

IST 352 Information Analysis of Organizational Systems (3)

IST 359 Introduction to Database Management Systems (3)

ECN 301 Intermediate Microeconomics (3)

MAS 362 Decision Tools for Management (3)

Knowledge Management (6-9 credits)

IST 445 Managing Information Systems Projects (3)

KNM 401 Professional Issues in Knowledge Management (3)

ECS 203 Introduction to Technology (3)

OGL 472 Organizational Leadership (3)

Role of Technology/Data Security (3 credits)

IDE 456 Computers as Critical Thinking Tools (3)

CIS 483 Introduction to Computer and Network Security (3)

IST 352 Information Analysis of Organizational Systems (3)

PHI 378 Minds and Machines (3)

PSC 318 Technology, Politics and Environment (3)

Communication/Social Media (3 credits)

IST 486 Social Media in the Enterprise (3)

CRS 338 Communication in Organizations (3)

WRT 401 Advanced Workshop in Technical Communications:

Design methodology (2) and


Prototyping and Construction (1)

WRT 302 Advanced Writing Studio: Digital Writing (3)

WRT 426 Studies in Writing, Rhetoric and Information

Technology (3)

Creativity/Organizational Skills (3 credits)

IDS 401 What’s the Big Idea: Technology Innovation (3)

EEE 439 Entrepreneurship and Digital Commerce (3)

EEE 440 Social Entrepreneurship in Action (3)

Requested changes: Total number of credits, and credits per competency have not

changed.

Remove:

CIS 483 Introduction to Computer and Network Security (3)

Add:

ECS 354 Green Technology & Sustainability (3)

CPS 155 Introduction to Cyber Security (3)

Remove:


Design methodology (2) and

WRT 402 Advanced Workshop in Technical

Communications: Prototyping and Construction (1)

WRT 302 Advanced Writing Studio: Digital Writing (3)

Add:

BPS 415 Digital & Business Communications for Professional

Studies (3)

Creative Leadership Certificate

Addition of BPS 382 as an option for requirements.

Knowledge Management Certificate

Addition of BPS 415 Digital and Business Communications for Professional Studies and ECS 203 Introduction to

Technology as options for requirements.

Addition of Distance Format:

BPS in Creative Leadership

BPS in Knowledge Management

Certificate in Creative Leadership

Certificate in Knowledge Management

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V. NEW PROGRAM

College of Law

Certificate of Advanced Study in National Security Law and Counterterrorism

The College of Law proposes to establish a Certificate of Advanced Study in National Security and

Counterterrorism Law, an interdisciplinary, 15-credit program of study for law and graduate students

specializing in national security, homeland security, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and related fields.

Curriculum Requirements:

• Complete 15 credits of course work as follows: 6 credits from the required course list and 9

credits from the elective course list. Courses are selected under intensive faculty advisement.

• Maintain an overall 3.0 GPA average in CAS courses.

• No courses may be taken pass/fail or audited.

• Each student must take at least one course that leads to the production of a significant written

work product in the area of international, national or homeland security law. This work product

can be:

an academic paper satisfying the upper class writing requirement for the law school; or

any other written work product that is qualitatively equivalent as determined by the program

director in consultation with the chair of the law school curriculum committee. While national

security lawyers sometimes work in law firms, most work in the public sector, in government

agencies, or in non-profit organizations, think tanks, and consulting firms. Their professional

work products are often legal memos or briefs that integrate policy analysis. The written

deliverables in these some courses give students the opportunity to write and receive feedback on

the kind of work product they would do in practice. (INSCT will designate courses that meet this

standard in program descriptions each semester. At this time, the writings in Law 883 and Law

822.)

• Each student must complete a capstone project that demonstrates the student’s comprehension of

core themes of international, national or homeland security law, and also demonstrates the student’s

particular interests within the field. Capstone projects include, but are not limited to, research papers,

clinical work, externships and substantial collaborative projects. The projects submitted in satisfaction of

the capstone project requirement must be approved by the director of the program.

Required Course (Take TWO courses/6 credits)

National Security Law (LAW 700)

Counterterrorism & the Law (LAW 790)

Central Challenges in National Security Law & Policy (PAI 730/LAW 883) [W]

Foreign Relations Law (Law 871)

Cybersecurity Law & Policy (LAW 832)

National Security and Counterterrorism Research Center (LAW 822) [W]

Elective Courses (take THREE courses/9 credits):

Each semester INSCT reviews the course offerings in the law school and the graduate schools to identify courses

that count as electives. INSCT also evaluates any new course offerings for inclusion in the program at that time.

The courses are compiled into a weekly layout to ease students’ scheduling burden, but also as an administrative

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activity to help track and ensure course availability for the program. The Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 course

offerings for the “Curricular Program” that we are seeking state approval for in this application are included to

demonstrate the availability of courses.

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