Jun 30, 2024  
2013-2015 University Catalog 
    
2013-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Instructional Design and Technology

Courses are designated as IDT in the class schedule.

  
  • IDT 505 - Foundations of Instructional Design and Web Authoring Tools (3)


    Prerequisite: successful completion of summer on-campus orientation (Boot-Up Camp). Necessary understanding of operating systems, hardware and networking environments to develop instructional tools and products using a multimedia authoring tool.
  
  • IDT 510 - Research Practices in Instructional Design and Technology (3)


    Prerequisite: completion of orientation program for M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT). Survey course on terms and accepted procedures in qualitative and quantitative inquiry as they apply to instructional design and technology. Students conduct controlled portions of IDT research and prepare preliminary proposals for larger projects.
  
  • IDT 520 - Instructional Design I: Issues in ELearning and the Design Process (3)


    Prerequisite: IDT 505 . Systematic design of instructional courseware, including analysis, media selection, design, development and evaluation. Topics include learning principles, learner characteristics, instructional strategies, screen design, response analysis, feedback and interactivity.
  
  • IDT 525 - Learning Theories for Postsecondary and Adult Instructional Settings (3)


    Prerequisites: IDT 510  and concurrent enrollment in IDT 520 . Behavioral, cognitive, constructivist learning theories, related concepts and their implications for designing instruction. Develops critical thinking about desirable cognitive outcomes when designing educational experiences.
  
  • IDT 530 - Instructional Design 2: Advanced Issues in Implementation, Management and Program Evaluation (3)


    Prerequisite: IDT 520 . Application of computer-based instructional design principles to develop new methods and materials for technology-based instruction. Topics include computerbased instruction, project management, planning, assessment, design principles and development tools. Students will design multimedia courseware.
  
  • IDT 535 - Instructional Strategies and Universal Design Issues in Learning Environments (3)


    Prerequisites: IDT 525  and concurrent enrollment in IDT 530 . Instructional strategies for Pre-K through adulthood. Emphasizes current research on instructional strategies and assistive technologies in a variety of instructional contexts.
  
  • IDT 540 - Systematic Approaches to Web and Multimedia Design and Development (3)


    Prerequisites: IDT 530  and successful completion of Midpoint Symposium. Design, development and implementation of Web pages and sites for instructional purposes. Issues surrounding using the World Wide Web for instruction.
  
  • IDT 545 - Trends, Emerging Technologies and Issues in Instructional Design (3)


    Prerequisites: IDT 530 , IDT 535 . Corequisite: IDT 540 . Theoretical basis, issues and strategies for improving teaching and learning through the use of emerging technologies.
  
  • IDT 550 - Practicum in Instructional Design and Technology (3)


    Prerequisite: consent of Program Coordinator. Corequisite: IDT 597 . Strategies for effectively implementing and evaluating instructional design and technology to improve learning; includes significant field work assignments in work-related settings.
  
  • IDT 597 - Project (3)


    Prerequisite: consent of Program Coordinator. Corequisites: IDT 550 . Individual research on an empirical project, with conferences with the instructor, culminating in a project.

Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Courses are designated as ISDS in the class schedule.

  
  • ISDS 161 - Discovering Business through Decision Science (1)


    How businesses operate through tours of a number of manufacturing and service facilities. Emphasizes how businesses use quantitative analysis to improve operations.
  
  • ISDS 162 - Introduction to Excel Spreadsheets (1)


    Introduction to the Excel spreadsheet with emphasis on business applications. Topics include how to enter data, formulas, functions and enhancing the worksheet to create graphs and databases. Students who take ISDS 265  cannot receive credit for ISDS 162 .
  
  • ISDS 163 - Electronic Research of Business Enterprises (1)


    How to utilize electronic and non-electronic resources to research the history of a business. The resulting history will be published on the World Wide Web.
  
  • ISDS 165 - Navigating the Information Superhighway (1)


    A hands-on course surveying information resources available through the Internet. Topics include e-mail, the World Wide Web, Internet search engines and computerized library resources.
  
  • ISDS 166 - Developing Computer Based Presentations (1)


    Concepts, principles and techniques for developing computerbased presentations. Create presentation outlines, use masters and templates, work with graphs and organization charts, and develop electronic slides and transparencies.
  
  • ISDS 167 - Practical Approach to Database Systems (1)


    Hands-on methods to plan, create and maintain databases. Create customized forms and queries, as well as develop professional looking reports. Students who take ISDS 265  cannot receive credit for ISDS 167 .
  
  • ISDS 168 - Mastering the World Wide Web (1)


    How the World Wide Web works and how one can set up a website and author web pages. Topics include: web browsers, design of a website, HTML, multimedia, interactive techniques, CGI, security and site promotion.
  
  • ISDS 262 - Visual Basic for Excel (1)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 162  or equivalent. Introduction to the Visual Basic programming language that is a subset of the Excel spreadsheet. Students who take ISDS 265  cannot receive credit for ISDS 262 .
  
  • ISDS 265 - Introduction to Information Systems and Applications (3)


    Information systems, hardware, software, information systems concepts in business; telecommunications; e-commerce; enterprise systems; system development/acquisition; ethics, crime and security; microcomputer applications and hands-on exercises in the business arena.
  
  • ISDS 309 - Introduction to Programming (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 265  or equivalent. Basic problem-solving techniques; structured programming principles; object-oriented programming principles; using GUI objects; handling events; processing files and streams.
  
  • ISDS 351 - Information Technology for Managers (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 265 . Essential concepts of information technology (IT) in business settings, using IT for competitive advantage, IT oversight and management frameworks, and various business and IT- related issues, such as ethical implications of information technology.
  
  • ISDS 352 - Advanced Data and Information Analysis in Business (3)


    Prerequisites: FIN 320 , MKTG 351 . Advanced spreadsheet topics for professional business, downloading of databases into spreadsheets and database packages and statistical analyses for decision support; database concepts and design; querying and report writing; applications to financial/ marketing forecasting models.
  
  • ISDS 361A - Quantitative Business Analysis: Probability and Statistics (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 135  and ISDS 265  or equivalents. Corequisite: BUAD 301 ; 2.5 cumulative GPA for online section registration. Probability concepts; expectations; descriptive statistics; discrete and continuous random variables; sampling; estimation; hypothesis testing; simple and multiple regression; nonparametric statistics.
  
  • ISDS 361B - Quantitative Business Analysis: Statistics and Decision Sciences (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 361A ; 2.5 cumulative GPA for online section registration. Quantitative methods and their application to business and economic problems. Forecasting, ANOVA, quality control, decision analysis, mathematical modeling, optimization, PERT/CPM, inventory.
  
  • ISDS 371 - C++ For Business Applications (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 309 . C++ syntax, structured programming, table handling, design standards, object oriented programming.
  
  • ISDS 372 - Java Programming for Business Applications (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 309 . Java syntax and structure. Object oriented programming: classes, objects, association, inheritance, polymorphism. Business applications of Java. Use of Java packages. Web applications: applets and threads.
  
  • ISDS 402 - Database Management Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: BUAD 301 . Concepts, principles and methods for analysis, design and implementation of database management systems; theory and practice; the relational model; issues and problems associated with developing single and multiple user applications both today and in the future; project required. One or more sections offered online.
  
  • ISDS 405 - Programming Concepts for Information Technology (3)


    Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Information Technology program. Application programming fundamentals for IT systems; structured and object-oriented programming, accessing and management of database tables and external files; layout design and data extraction for advanced output; testing, debugging and analysis tools.
  
  • ISDS 406 - Systems Analysis and Design (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 265 , ISDS 402 . Systems analysis and design for business information systems; systems development methodologies; managing changes to system parameters; systems process and data models; case tool types and their use; structured vs. object oriented analysis and design.
  
  • ISDS 409 - Business Telecommunications for Information System Design (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 309 . Pre- or corequisite: ISDS 406 . Concepts for developing a data communication architecture to support Information Systems for a business enterprise. Requires students to undertake a group project to design a LAN.
  
  • ISDS 411 - Business Applications Using Web (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 309 . Corequisite: ISDS 402 . Contemporary issues in the design and development of integrated, graphical user interface-based business applications.
  
  • ISDS 412 - Statistics with SAS Applications (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 361A . Statistical concepts beyond the basic applications. Uses SAS application program to solve statistical problems. Project required using concepts taught in the class.
  
  • ISDS 414 - Internet Technologies and Applications (3)


    Corequisite: ISDS 402 . Contemporary Internet technologies and Web applications: Internet infrastructures, development of Web sites and dynamic Web pages, Web databases, business applications. Not applicable to graduate degree requirements.
  
  • ISDS 415 - Principles of Business Intelligence (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 402 . Principles and procedures related to the design and use of expert systems and decision support systems principles in management decision making; development of expert systems using shells.
  
  • ISDS 418 - Privacy and Security (3)


    Corequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 402 . Security and privacy problems associated with the use of computer systems; ways to minimize risks and losses.
  
  • ISDS 422 - Surveys and Sampling Design and Applications (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . Principles for designing business and economic surveys. Applications in accounting, marketing research, economic statistics and the social sciences. Sampling; simple random, stratified and multistage design; construction of sampling frames; detecting and controlling non-sampling errors.
  
  • ISDS 431 - Enterprise Systems Implementation, Configuration and Use (3)


    Prerequisite: MGMT 339 . Methodology and tools for configuring an ERP system to support critical business processes. Topics include system modules, implementation tools and data settings. Focuses on configuring the system to support a variety of business scenarios.
  
  • ISDS 433 - Enterprise Systems Administration (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 406  or ISDS 552 . Technical administration practices required to manage the day-to-day operations of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Topics include system architecture, security, system performance and installation of upgrades.
  
  • ISDS 435 - Integrated Enterprise Information Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: MGMT 339 . Application programming fundamentals for ERP systems; accessing and management of ERP database tables and external files; layout design and data extraction for advanced output; testing, debugging and analysis tools; security issues in an ERP system.
  
  • ISDS 437 - Enterprise Networks for Information Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 409  or ISDS 550 . Placing the network in perspective within the overall enterprise that it serves, and the issues involved in constructing, updating and managing the networks which make up the infrastructure of those information systems.
  
  • ISDS 440 - Integrative Decision Tools for Business Operations (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361B . Intermediate management science modeling and solution techniques, including topics in linear and non-linear programming, integer programming, dynamic programming, Markov processes, queuing theory and inventory models.
  
  • ISDS 442 - Business Modeling Using Spreadsheets (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 361B  or equivalent. Microsoft Excel will be used to implement business models. Excel will be used to effectively organize, analyze and present information. Examples include operations, production, marketing and finance. Macros, goal seek, solver, simulation and data tables.
  
  • ISDS 443 - Marketing Analytics Decision-Making in the Information Age (3)


    (Same as MKTG 443 )
  
  • ISDS 454 - Senior Project: Information Systems Development (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 402 , ISDS 409 . Integrates information systems development concepts of analysis, design and implementation. Students will develop an information system from concept to completion. Individual and team effort.
  
  • ISDS 461 - Statistical Theory for Decision Sciences (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . Mathematical topics needed for statistical theory. Distribution theory, moment generating functions, central limit theorem. Estimation theory, maximum likelihood. Hypothesis testing, Neyman-Pearson Lemma, likelihood ratio tests. Use of statistical software packages.
  
  • ISDS 462 - Applied Business Regression Analysis with SAS (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 361A . Regression analysis where prediction models are developed to tackle a variety of business decision problems. Data issues and appropriate use of SAS software.
  
  • ISDS 465 - Linear Programming in Decision Sciences (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 ; ISDS 361B  or MATH 250B . Mathematical and theoretical foundations for linear programming; geometric and linear algebraic approaches and proofs; simplex method, duality, sensitivity and parametric analyses, extensions to specialized algorithms and large-scale models; practical and computer based applications will be discussed.
  
  • ISDS 467 - Statistical Quality Control (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . Control charts for variables, percent defective and defects. Tolerances, process capacity; special control charts, acceptance sampling and batch processing problems. Bayesian aspects of process control.
  
  • ISDS 472 - Design of Experiments (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . Corequisite: ISDS 440 . Fundamentals of experimental design. Analysis of variance, factorial experiments, nested designs, confounding and factorial replications.
  
  • ISDS 473 - Applied Business Forecasting (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . Forecasting methods applied to problems in business and industry; practical multiple regression models with computer solutions; basic techniques in timeseries analysis of trend, cyclical and seasonal components; correlation of time-series and forecasting with the computer.
  
  • ISDS 474 - Data Mining for Managers (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 361A  or equivalent. Fundamentals of data mining. Topics may include association, classification, clustering, decision trees, statistical modeling and visualization. Motivation for the applications of data mining techniques. Use of data mining software suites on data sets.
  
  • ISDS 475 - Multivariate Analysis (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361A . The least squares principle; estimation and hypothesis testing in linear regression; multiple and curvilinear regression models; discriminant analysis; principle components analysis; application of multivariate analysis in business and industry.
  
  • ISDS 476 - Web Mining and Text Mining (3)


    Prerequisite ISDS 402 . Corequisite: ISDS 474 . Fundamental concepts related to text (Web) document pre-processing and analysis. Topics include information extraction, structuring and dimension reduction, similarities between documents, classification, clustering, predictive modeling and social network analysis. Individual and group effort.
  
  • ISDS 485 - Wireless Business Networks for Information Systems (3)


    Corequisite: ISDS 409  or equivalent. Concepts of wireless networks and technologies and their management from the perspective of an organization. Wireless LANs, services offered by wireless carriers, analysis and design of wireless networks, wireless security and how organizations can leverage wireless technologies to their advantage.
  
  • ISDS 490 - Queuing and Stochastic Models in Decision Sciences (3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301  and ISDS 361B  or MATH 335 . Probabilistic models in management science; theoretical foundation and model development for Poisson process models, birth-death models, Markovian and general queuing situations and Markov chains; renewal theory and/or reliability models; practical business applications.
  
  • ISDS 495 - Internship (1-3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 ; at least junior standing, 2.5 GPA and one semester in residency at the university; and consent of internship adviser. For Information Systems concentration, ISDS 309 ; for Management Science concentration, ISDS 361B ; for International Business concentration, ISDS 309  or ISDS 361B . Planned and supervised work experience. Credit/No Credit only. May be repeated for credit up to a total of six units.
  
  • ISDS 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Prerequisites: BUAD 301 , ISDS 361B , senior standing and approval by the Department Chair. Open to qualified students desiring to pursue directed independent inquiry. May be repeated for credit. Not open to students on academic probation.
  
  • ISDS 513 - Statistical Analysis (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 135 , ISDS 265  (or equivalents) and classified MCBE status. Basic probability and descriptive statistics; sampling techniques; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple and multiple regression, correlation analysis; computer packages and other optional topics.
  
  • ISDS 514 - Decision Models for Business and Economics (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 513  and classified MCBE status. Linear programming; inventory; PERT-CPM; queuing; computer simulation; time-series forecasting; and other optional topics.
  
  • ISDS 516 - Introduction to Logistics Analysis Techniques (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 514  and classified MCBE status. Scope of logistics; external and internal environment; analysis of demand, analysis of cost, commodity and transportation rates; structure of transport industry, inventory management, merchandise storage and warehousing; framework of regional analysis; methods of location analysis.
  
  • ISDS 518 - Quantitative Tools for Information Technology Management (3)


    Quantitative tools that are useful in management of an IT organization. Topics include review of probability concepts, linear programming, network modeling, project management, decision analysis, forecasting, queuing theory and simulation. Students may not receive credit for both ISDS 514  and ISDS 518 .
  
  • ISDS 521 - Revenue Management Modeling (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 514  or equivalent. Corequisite: ECON 515 . Revenue management deals with how prices are set in organizations. Analytical tools and a conceptual framework to determine optimal price recommendations. Reinforces concepts student may have learned in other business courses such as marketing or economics.
  
  • ISDS 526 - Forecasting, Decision Analysis and Experimental Design (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 514  and classified MCBE status. Time series analysis. Trend, cyclical and seasonal components. Statistical decision theory. Fundamental principles of experimental design; interaction. Software packages.
  
  • ISDS 550 - Telecommunications and Business Networks (3)


    Concepts for developing a data communication architecture for a business enterprise. Issues of transmission media, speed, efficiency, protocols, security in a variety of network architectures such as LAN, WAN, VPN, leading to “the state of the art” wireless networks. Concludes with a discussion on the technical implications of doing business on the Internet.
  
  • ISDS 551 - Info Resources and IT Project Management (3)


    Prerequisite: admission to MCBE graduate program. Expanding role of information systems in the overall strategy and management of organizations. Topics include strategic value of information systems, data and knowledge management, information systems development management, procurement process and IT projects.
  
  • ISDS 552 - Systems Analysis, Design and Development (3)


    Prerequisite: admission to MCBE graduate program. Systems analysis and design concepts, life cycle and prototyping; planning and managing projects; systems evaluation, selection and development. Interface design with controls, object-oriented design concepts and tools, including the use of cases and UML.
  
  • ISDS 553 - Electronic Commerce: Analysis and Evaluation (3)


    Electronic commerce. Understanding the technical infrastructure that enables E-commerce. Organizational challenge for developing an appropriate business model for emergence of the electronic business. Social economical impact of electronic commerce.
  
  • ISDS 554 - E-Commerce: Technological Perspective (3)


    Corequisite: ISDS 555 . Expanding role of the Internet in the overall strategy, implementation and management of enterprise-wide information systems. Topics include organizational utilization of electronic information resources, as well as Internet application planning, development, implementation and control.
  
  • ISDS 555 - Business Databases: Design and Processing (3)


    Internet and multi-user databases; accessing Web servers; data warehouse, structured query language, client-server database systems and programming; object-oriented databases.
  
  • ISDS 556 - Data Warehousing and Foundations of Business Intelligence (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 552 , ISDS 555 . Basic concepts, architectures and development strategies of data warehousing, issues in managing data as organizational assets and its potentials for competitive advantages in dynamic business environments.
  
  • ISDS 557 - Issues in Business Information Systems and Global Telecommunications (3)


    Prerequisite: MGMT 515 . Advanced concepts of global networks, advanced communications design and management, global information security and privacy, global communications protocol and applications to industry, government and commercial sectors.
  
  • ISDS 558 - Advanced Software Development with Web Applications (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 552 , ISDS 555  and ISDS 411  or equivalent programming course. Advanced client/server software development techniques with specific emphasis on the Internet. Topics include file structure, managing relational databases with data control and SQL and ActiveX components and objects.
  
  • ISDS 560 - Advanced Deterministic Models (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 514 . Advanced linear programming, dynamic programming, integer programming, non-linear programming, business applications. Software packages and computer-utilization.
  
  • ISDS 561 - Advanced Probabilistic Models (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 514  and classified MCBE standing. Stochastic processes, Markov processes, advanced queuing and inventory models; reliability. Software packages and computer utilization.
  
  • ISDS 563 - Geographic Information Systems for Business (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 555 . Geographic Information Systems in support of business applications such as site location, scheduling, marketing and real estate. Students will develop GIS applications for local businesses.
  
  • ISDS 565 - Wireless Information Systems (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 550 . Contemporary wireless technologies; wide-area and local-area wireless infrastructures; design, planning and operation of wireless communication systems; 3G and nextgeneration wireless architectures. Wireless spectrum and regulatory issues.
  
  • ISDS 568 - Information Systems for Knowledge Management (3)


    Knowledge management systems are useful for businesses to leverage their intellectual capital. How knowledge is created, captured, represented, stored and used to solve business problems. Software demonstrations and case studies will be used for illustrations.
  
  • ISDS 576 - Business Modeling and Simulation (3)


    Prerequisite: ISDS 514 . Theory and application of modeling and simulation methodology. Probabilistic concepts in simulation; arrival pattern and service times; simulation languages and programming techniques; analysis of output; business applications. Requires projects. The individual project will fulfill the terminal degree requirement.
  
  • ISDS 577 - Seminar in Information Systems Implementation (3)


    Prerequisite: to be taken in the last semester or with completion of at least seven ISDS courses in the program. Integrates the development concepts of project management, analysis, design and implementation with telecommunications, database design, programming, testing and system integration issues. Students will develop information systems from concept to completion through individual and team effort. Requires projects. Individual project will fulfill the terminal degree requirement.
  
  • ISDS 578 - Seminar in Logistics Models (3)


    Prerequisites: ISDS 516 , ISDS 526 , MKTG 519 . Integrates the concepts of logistics to systematically analyze a distribution system. Students will conduct a complete analysis of an existing distribution system to investigate the value added role of logistics in distribution. Includes article analysis, case analysis, a research project, individual and group reports and oral and written presentations. Requires projects. Individual project will fulfill the terminal degree requirement.
  
  • ISDS 597 - Project (3)


    Prerequisite: classified MCBE status. Directed independent inquiry. Not open to students on academic probation.
  
  • ISDS 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)


    Prerequisites: classified MCBE status and consent of department chair and associate dean. May be repeated for credit. Not open to students on academic probation.

Italian

Courses are designated ITAL in the class schedule

  
  • ITAL 101 - Fundamental Italian-A (5)


    Develop listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing, and cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level with a focus on oral expression. Introduction to Italian customs, culture and civilization. Conducted primarily in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 102 - Fundamental Italian-B (5)


    Prerequiste: ITAL 101  or equivalent. Continued development of listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing, and cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level with an emphasis on oral expression. Further study of Italian customs, culture and civilization. Conducted primarily in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 203 - Intermediate Italian-A (3)


    Prerequisite: ITAL 102  or equivalent. Listening and reading comprehension, and oral and writing practice in Italian based on cultural and literary materials, with further development in vocabulary and grammar with an emphasis on oral expression. Conducted primarily in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 299 - Directed Study (1-3)


    Supervised research projects in Italian language, literature, culture, linguistics or business, to be taken with consent of instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of six units.
  
  • ITAL 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Supervised research projects in Italian language, literature, culture, linguistics or business, to be taken with consent of instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of six units.

Japanese

Courses are designated JAPN in the class schedule.

  
  • JAPN 100 - Japanese Conversation for Beginners (3)


    Introduction to spoken Japanese, with emphasis on vocabulary development at the beginning levels. For students who would like to learn conversational Japanese without having to learn the writing system.
  
  • JAPN 101 - Fundamental Japanese-A (5)


    Develop listening and reading comprehension, speaking, writing and cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level. Introduction to Japanese customs, culture and civilization.
  
  • JAPN 102 - Fundamental Japanese-B (5)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 101  or equivalent. Continued development of listening and reading comprehension, speaking, writing and cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level. Further study of Japanese customs, culture and civilization.
  
  • JAPN 203 - Intermediate Japanese-A (5)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 102  or equivalent. Develop listening and reading comprehension, and oral and written practice in Japanese based on cultural and literary materials. Review of grammar. Conducted primarily in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 204 - Intermediate Japanese-B (5)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 203  or equivalent. Continued development of listening and reading comprehension, and oral and written practice in Japanese based on cultural and literary materials. Review of grammar. Conducted primarily in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 299 - Directed Study (1-3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 102  or equivalent. Supervised study projects in Japanese language or literature to be taken with consent of instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • JAPN 305 - Advanced Japanese-A (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204  or equivalent. Practice in four skills of advanced Japanese emphasizing reading comprehension in the context of contemporary concerns. Conducted in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 306 - Advanced Japanese-B (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204  or equivalent. Practice in four skills of advanced Japanese emphasizing reading comprehension in the context of contemporary concerns. Conducted in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 307 - Advanced Spoken Japanese (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204  or equivalent. Spoken aspect of advanced Japanese through dialogues, discussions and oral presentations in the context of contemporary concerns. Conducted in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 308 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204  or consent of instructor. Advanced level of written expression in Japanese and cultural awareness through reading and writing on various topics. Further development of writing skills in Japanese using “kyoiku-kanji” with accurate grammar.
  
  • JAPN 310 - Japanese for Business (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204 . Practical vocabulary and structure of business language, as well as the cultural background of business procedures in the Japanese business world. Conducted in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 311 - Japanese for International Business (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204 . Vocabulary and language structures for Japanese in the international business world and related economic situations. Comprehension of business terminology through conversation, reading and writing. Conducted in Japanese.
  
  • JAPN 315 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization (3)


    Prerequisite: JAPN 204  or equivalent. Readings and lectures in Japanese literature, arts and institutions from earliest history to 1868, to develop insights into Japanese culture while strengthening facility in the language. Conducted primarily in Japanese.
 

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