|
|
2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
|
|
| |
History |
| |
-
HS 3430 - Film, Narrative and History
(3)
This course will explore film and narrative, and the way these tools shape our understanding of the human past. How are complex events distilled into narrative? With what result? The course will introduce students to the concept of historiography - the “history of history” - and will explore the place of film and fiction in memorializing and interpreting the past.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3450 - War & Peace in Modern Europe
(3)
A review of the major conflicts and subsequent peace settlements in European history since the 17th century, focusing on the social and cultural effects of war as well as international relations and geopolitical realignments. The course analyzes the developing nature of modern warfare as well as the causes of conflict, the effects of war on society and culture, and efforts to impose and maintain peace. Topics include the Thirty Years War and the Peace of Westphalia, the Seven Years War and the Peace of Paris, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Great War and the Paris Peace Conference, the Second World War and the ensuing Cold War. Smaller-scale conflicts may also be examined in an attempt at comparative analysis of the causes, course and consequences of conflict in modern western history.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3501 - History of the United States I
(3)
A survey of the history of the United States from the age of Columbus to Reconstruction. Special emphasis is placed on the causes of the Revolution, constitutional foundations, westward movement, and the Civil War crisis.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3502 - History of the United States II
(3)
A survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Themes include industrial development, immigration, the Depression, the World Wars, and the development of contemporary American society and culture.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3650 - Civil War and Reconstruction
(3)
This course is an examination of the causes, methods, conflicts, and outcomes of the American “War between the States,” focused on the period between the 1845 annexation of Texas and the partisan electoral bargain that ended federal reconstruction of the South in 1877. Was the Civil War avoidable? Did the outnumbered and outgunned South really expect to win? Did the Union fight to free the slaves, or rather to condemn the South to “wage slavery” as Southerners claimed? Points of emphasis include the constitutional, political, economic, and social factors that led to sectional conflict between North and South, the war as a “second American Revolution,” the brutality and technologies of the war years, emancipation, and the unmet goals of Reconstruction.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3700 - The United States Since 1945
(3)
The course is a study of the development of America’s social, cultural, and political history since World War II, beginning with Harry Truman’s presidency to the administration of Ronald Reagan and the politics of the 1980s. Topics explored are the United States as a post-war power, McCarthyism, Cold War politics, the civil rights movements (ethnic, racial, and gender), the Great Society, Vietnam, counterculture, Watergate, and the New Right.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3710 - Protest Movements in 1960s United States
(3)
The course is designed to provide a systematic study of the history and legacy of protest movements in the United States during the decade of the 1960s. Primary and secondary materials will be used to facilitate (a) an in-depth study of major protests of the period and of the people who participated in and led the movements, (b) a comprehension of the interconnections that existed between the movements, and (c) an understanding of the legacy for post-1960s American society. Some of the topics to be discussed include student protests on college campuses, the Chicano movement, Asian American solidarity, the feminist movement, Vietnam War protests, and the Black civil rights movement.
Prerequisite: Sophomore or above standing.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3720 - American Studies: History, Culture, and Identity
(3)
This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Through this course, students will use a variety of sources to explore and analyze how various meanings and representations of the idea and concept of “America” have been constructed, contested, and negotiated from pre-colonial to contemporary times. It explores how important analytical categories such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nation, and transnationalism have affected people’s experiences in America.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3800 - The Immigrants’ Experiences in America
(3)
A survey of the history of immigration to the United States. The course examines the impact of immigration on American society and culture. Several groups are studied in some detail as the topics of family, the workplace, urban politics, nativism, religion, and assimilation are explored. Kansas City’s immigrant groups are used as a laboratory.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3810 - History of Women in America
(3)
This course introduces and examines the various conditions and factors affecting the female experience in North America from pre-Columbian Native societies to the modern setting. Important issues of this history from a gender perspective include ideology, gender economics, the legal status of women compared to that of men, involvement of women in institutions such as churches and schools. Other variables which are considered are ethnicity, class, and geographic differences.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3820 - Urban America
(3)
This course explores the significance of the city to the people and the nation. Some topics studied are urban growth, the neighborhood, urban reform, politics, the workplace, racial composition, and the Sunbelt phenomenon.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3840 - Race and Identity in America
(3)
An examination of the concept of “race” in American history, from Contact in the fifteenth century, with a focus on processes and consequences. The course will present the unique encounters with “race” created by the initial era of Contact between Indigenous Americans and Europeans, the origins and functioning of the racialization of slavery, the consequences of slavery as an institutionalized system, the creation and negotiation of racial identities between and within population groups, the use of the race concept as a tool of colonialism and social oppression, race as a legal and political state of being, the evolution of notions of race, pseudo-scientific racism versus scientific dismissal of the idea, and the use of race concept as an asserted group identity.
(HS II)
|
| |
-
HS 3850 - American Empire: Politics and Cultures of American Imperialism
(3)
In this course, students will examine and analyze the emergence and development of political, cultural, and intellectual institutions and movements that were fundamental in the expansion, contestation, and negotiation of American imperialism in various parts of the world from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era.
Students will develop a greater understanding of the formation and development of the rhetoric and policies used by the American state in establishing political, economic, and cultural hegemony around the world in the modern era; and the multiple strategies used by different groups within the domestic and global landscape to confront, resist, challenge, and negotiate American imperialism.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3892 - The History of African Americans since the Civil War
(3)
A survey of the history of African Americans since the Civil War, this course examines the social, economic, and political patterns of the lives of African American women and men as they sought to shape their presence in the United States following the war between the North and the South. Some of the topics to be discussed are the Great Migration, the church in the African American experience, migration to the urban north, the Harlem Renaissance, the industrial age, and the civil rights movement.
(HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3900 - Modern China and Japan
(3)
A survey of Chinese and Japanese development from the Manchu and Tokugawa periods of the fifteenth century to the present, stressing traditional domestic policies, confrontation with the West, participation in World War I and II, revolution and the current status of both Asian countries.
(GPR, HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3910 - Ottoman Empire
(3)
This course will survey the history of the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings around 1300 through its dissolution and the establishment of Middle Eastern successor states in the 1920s. At its apex the Ottoman Empire, which was a major force in the European and Islamic worlds, claimed territory on three continents (Africa, Europe, and Asia) and its population was multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-lingual. The course will explore those political, economic, and social institutions that supported the expansion and the structure of the Empire, Ottoman interactions with other world powers, the modernizing and Westernizing reforms of the late Ottoman period, and the creation of Ottoman successor states in the Middle East.
(GPR, HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 3912 - History of Modern Middle East
(3)
This course is an introduction to the history and civilization of the modern Middle East since ca. 1600. Considerable attention is devoted to the region since 1945 and to the problems and prospects of the present day. Topics covered include a brief survey of the early history of the region, the origins of Islam, the renaissance of Middle Eastern culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the move toward independent states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and resurgent “Islamist” and “Pan-Arabist” ideologies of this century.
(HSII, GPR)
|
| |
-
HS 3920 - Modern South Asia
(3)
This course will survey the history of the nations of modern South Asia – that is, the history of the contemporary nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Myanmar (Burma) – in the years since 1600. While much of the course will focus on pre-1947 India, attention will also be given to the post-independence period and to other nations. The thematic emphases will be on the collapse of the pre-European Mughal Empire, the establishment of British imperial rule in the Indian subcontinent, the growing opposition to that rule which culminated in independence in 1947, and the establishment and maintenance of the modern nation-states of the subcontinent.
(HSII, GPR)
|
| |
-
HS 3925 - Colonialism, Nationalism, and Decolonization
(3)
This course will involve students in an examination of the concepts of colonialism and nationalism and the implementation and ramifications of those ideas in Asia and Africa beginning in the nineteenth century. Topics to be discussed include: the concepts of imperialism, nationalism, and neo-colonialism; the motivations behind European colonization efforts; the variety of approaches to colonial administration; nationalist movements for independence; the challenges of the decolonization process and the postcolonial period, including the legacies left by the colonial experience on newly independent nation-states and on former colonial powers. Readings will include primary and secondary sources as well as fictional treatments of colonial experiences.
(HSII, GPR)
|
| |
-
HS 3930 - Beyond the Horizon: Global Exploration
(3)
What defines an “explorer”? What does it mean to “discover”? Who went where, when, and why? These questions and more will be addressed in this study of global exploration from fifteenth-century Ming China to twentieth-century Polar expeditions. Focusing selectively on expeditions that explored rivers and crossed oceans, land, and ice, this course will examine themes such as the experiences of explorers; political, economic, and cultural factors that motivated exploration in various places and time periods; effects of encounters between cultures; examples of exploration as a characteristic of leadership; and examples of scientific and technological developments related to exploration. Students will engage with exploration through primary sources such as diaries, letters, expedition narratives, and maps.
(HS II, GPR)
|
| |
-
HS 3935 - Nonviolent Movements in the Contemporary World
(PAI 3935 )
(3)
What constitutes “nonviolence”? Is violence ever involved in nonviolent movements? Have nonviolent movements made a lasting impact on the history of societies in which they occur? This course will explore the historical context, actions, and outcomes of selected nonviolent movements from across the globe. It will examine theoretical foundations for nonviolent activism, the political, economic, and cultural factors that motivated nonviolent movements predominantly outside the United States and strategies used in the movements. Students will engage with leaders and participants in nonviolent activism through primary sources such as speeches, newspapers, letters, and images.
(GPR) (HSII)
|
| |
-
HS 4000 - The History of History
(2)
An introduction to the theory and practice of the historian’s craft, this course reviews acknowledged masterpieces of historiography and examines important issues raised in the writing of history. Readings in the great historians are supplemented by consideration of such topics as the nature of history and the problems of historical causation, objectivity and use encountered by historians. Required for history majors.
Concurrent: HS 4900 .
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
|
| |
-
HS 4900 - Senior Seminar in History
(1)
A one credit-hour seminar on research methods in history including regular presentations and discussion of issues and problems in historical research and the completion of a major research paper conducted under the supervision of a history department faculty member and presented orally near the end of the semester. Required for history majors.
Concurrent: HS 4000 .
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
|
| |
-
HS 4970 - Internship
(2-3)
The internship provides opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of history and historical methods by working in areas and institutions related to historical study. Internships may be pursued in education, government, museums, archives, not-for-profit organizations and other areas. The internship experience may be conducted in Kansas City, surrounding communities or other approved locations. The work will be supervised or monitored by a departmental faculty advisor and will require on-site work as well as a log of hours worked and types of work performed and a journal and/or paper reflecting on the experience. The internship may be counted as upper-division credit toward the history major or minor; the internship may be repeated once but only for elective credit.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of the department chair and approval by the departmental internship faculty advisor.
|
Humanities |
| |
-
HU 3300 - Jesuit Accompaniment in Literature and Culture
(3)
Exploration of Jesuit spirituality and the theme of accompaniment in literature and culture. Examples of the experience of accompaniment could include “being with and for” women, refugees, the poor, indigenous people, those deemed undesirable, etc. Readings such as contemporary novels and narratives from various cultures in translation may be incorporated and supplemented by videos and films, with optional Service-Learning. (Taught in English)
Prerequisite: EN 1110 and EN 1120 , or EN 1140 or equivalent, or approval of instructor.
(LT II, GPR)
|
| |
-
HUMS 1450 - Medical Ethics:Decision Making Under Uncertainty
(3)
This course introduces learners to ethical problems associated with the practice of medicine, the pursuit of biomedical research, and health care social policy. The course frames ethical decision making within the context of culture, emphasizing multiple cultural perspectives and traditional ethical theories and moral principles. Within this framework, students explore will explore autonomy, truth telling, patient confidentiality; research ethics and informed consent; animal experimentation; reproductive control; assisted reproduction and human reproductive cloning’ abortion; the dilemma of impaired infants; treating or terminating’ euthanasia and assisted reproduction; organ transplants and scarce medical resources; justice and the distribution of health care.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1300 .
|
| |
-
HUMS 2050 - Healing Through the Body-A Survey of Dance/Movement Therapy
(3)
This course offers an overview of the practice of Dance/Movement (DMT) and its application as treatment modality for medical and mental health records. Information regarding the history and evolution of DMT, common techniques and their applicability in traditional counseling, ethical concerns, multicultural awareness, and the use of this approach with special populations will be reviewed.
|
| |
-
MH 4000 - Medical Humanities Capstone
(1)
This course consists of thirty hours of service in a health-related discipline. The student will conduct independent or collaborative investigation into an area related to the goals of the Medical Humanities Minor, emphasizing communication or cultural competence.
|
Japanese |
| |
-
JA 1100 - Elementary Japanese I
(4)
Integrates a study of basic Japanese with its culture using a conversational approach. Vocabulary and grammatical structures needed for basic communication is emphasized. Practice is given in a variety of everyday situations.
|
| |
-
JA 1150 - Elementary Japanese II
(4)
A continuation of JA 1100 .
Prerequisite: JA 1100 or approval of instructor.
|
| |
-
JA 2100 - Intermediate Japanese I
(3)
A course designed to develop speaking, listening, writing and reading skills needed to perform everyday tasks such as asking for and giving directions, descriptions, eliciting and providing information.
Prerequisite: JA 1150 or approval of instructor.
|
| |
-
JA 2150 - Intermediate Japanese II
(3)
A continuation of JA 2100 .
Prerequisite: JA 2100 or approval of instructor.
|
Journalism |
| |
-
JN 1030 - Publications: Newspaper
(1)
Practice in actual newspaper production. Includes writing of news stories, features and editorials; copy editing and rewriting, layout and preparation of camera-ready copy for press. Maximum credit hours possible: six.
Prerequisite: membership on college newspaper staff and advisor approval. (Activity course)
|
| |
-
JN 1040 - Publications: Yearbook
(1)
Practice in actual book publication includes copywriting, photography, layout and preparation of camera-ready material for the press. Maximum credit hours possible: six.
Prerequisite: membership on yearbook staff and advisor approval. (Activity course)
|
| |
-
JN 2000 - Introduction to Journalism
(3)
This course is required as a prerequisite for subsequent journalism courses. It provides a basic survey of the field and instruction in the fundamentals of journalistic writing, interviewing, and editing. Journalism ethics and libel law are included.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
|
| |
-
JN 3030 - Feature Writing
(3)
Study of the various forms of feature writing and practice in the same. Included are human interest, personal profiles, news features, as well as features in social, political, educational and urban affairs.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
|
| |
-
JN 3040 - Advanced Reporting and Editing
(3)
Building upon the skills acquired in JN 2000 , this course involves theory and practice in writing and editing the longer news story and other types of journalistic writing. It includes interviewing, research, in-depth coverage, editing copy, and writing headlines. Student work may appear in campus media.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
|
| |
-
JN 3050 - Editing and Design
(3)
Theory and practice in editing copy, writing headlines and designing the layout of newspapers and magazines. Design theory and typography styles are included.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
|
| |
-
JN 3450 - Photojournalism
(AR 3450 )
(3)
This course explores the ability of photography to record news events, stories of human interest, and contemporary social issues. Photographic techniques with 35mm Black-and-White film and printing are introduced and reviewed. The analysis and criticism of images, the editing of photos and text, and the creation of narrative through the combination of word and image are primary areas explored. In addition, ethical and legal issues in photojournalism are introduced and examined. A 35mm, fully adjustable, single lens reflex (SLR) camera is required.
Lab fee.
Prerequisite: AR 1400 or JN 2000 or instructor approval.
|
| |
-
JN 3500 - Introduction to Public Relations
(CT 3500 )
(3)
This course will examine the history, theory, philosophy, and functions of public relations practices and programs in organizations. The course may provide case study and/or service learning opportunities for students to identify, analyze, and critique public relations practices.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
|
| |
-
JN 4170 - Principles of Advertising
(CT 4170 )
(3)
A general survey of the field of advertising. Includes focus on conception and execution of creative, effective advertising for print, online, and broadcast media. Introduces stategic planning, media selection, buyer behavior, campaigns, ways to measure advertising effectiveness, and career opportunities. Case studies and prizewinning advertisements may be included.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
|
| |
-
JN 4970 - Journalism Internship
(2-3)
Opportunities to work in magazine, newspaper, radio, television and Internet site journalism.
Prerequisite: Junior standing, a 3.0 GPA in the student’s major, JN 2000 , two upper-division journalism courses related to the specific internships, and internship faculty advisor approval.
|
Latin |
| |
-
LT 1100 - Elementary Latin I
(4)
Integrates a study of basic Latin with its culture. A variety of methods are used to develop competence in vocabulary, sound patterns, forms, structure and elementary texts. A perceptive approach to language in general is gained by seeing English in relationship to Latin and how its linguistic root system is applicable.
|
| |
-
LT 1150 - Elementary Latin II
(4)
Continuation of LT 1100 with selected reading.
Prerequisite: LT 1100 or approval of instructor.
|
| |
-
LT 2100 - Intermediate Latin I
(3)
A systematic review and expansion of Latin grammar with increased knowledge of history and culture through study of Latin narrative from major prose works.
Prerequisite: LT 1150 or approval of instructor.
|
| |
-
LT 2150 - Intermediate Latin II
(3)
Development of reading skills, cultural awareness and linguistic base. Selections from the writings of a major poet are included.
Prerequisite: LT 2100 or approval of instructor.
|
Management |
| |
-
CT 4001 - An Ignatian Approach to Difficult Dialogues on Differences & Divisions
(MG 6001)
(1)
The rise of polarization in our society has resulted in less frequent interactions with others who have different perspectives, as well as an avoidance of conflict. In this class, students will develop an Ignatian approach to having difficult dialogues with others. Students are expected to learn about the communication process, to learn how to have effective difficult dialogues, and to participate in difficult dialogues in the course.
|
| |
-
LDV 1200 - Greek Leadership
(1)
Fall Semester
This leadership course will focus on how we can enhance our own leadership skills so as to empower others to improve our fraternity and sorority community. We will review Rockhurst University’s Mission, Vision statement and values and continually discuss and assess how fraternities and sororities can help foster said mission, values and vision statement. We will discuss and possibly formulate and develop policies, opinions, guidelines, and plans for enhancing the strengths of the Rockhurst University Greek community - eliminating/overcoming its challenges and improving the community’s impact on the campus and in the larger community. The course will address issues including community building, safety, public relations, recruitment, retention and respect for individual members, while reinforcing the common goals of each chapter. This course is constructed in a manner that will benefit students in their current role in Greek organizations, and will also benefit students for roles in a variety of organizations over the rest of their lifetime.
|
| |
-
LDV 2000 - Foundations of Leadership Development
(3)
This foundational course explores the nature of leadership, helps students understand themselves as leaders, introduces them to leadership theory, and challenges them to observe a leader in action.
|
| |
-
LDV 2500 - Resident Leadership Seminar
(1-2)
A one- or two-credit seminar designed to provide Resident Assistants with in-depth discussion and training on topics concerning residential communities, including communication skills, confrontation, working with groups, critical issues, programming, and the importance of their role as a Resident Assistant. All Resident Assistant staff must take this course once and receive a C or higher to retain their Resident Assistant position.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval
|
| |
-
LDV 3000 - Leading Collaborative Change
(3)
Students will identify a change they would like to see on campus or in society, and will work together in teams to devise a hypothetical plan to advance that change. Their change plans will integrate course topics such as collaboration, managing conflict, and leading in diverse contexts.
|
| |
-
LDV 3200 - Women and Leadership
(3)
This course probes and explores the leadership contributions of women, along with the leadership styles and approaches they bring to the leadership arena. It visits the substantial social prejudice experienced by women, along with their inroads–first in championing social and political causes, and today as indispensable innovators, entrepreneurs, professionals and achievers. Partnering with current women leaders in Kansas City, students will explore a variety of preferred leadership styles, experiencing how those styles are shaped to fit the leadership challenges at hand. Self-assessment of the student’s own leadership style will be included. This course, though focusing on women leaders, is valuable to both women and men seeking insight and advancement in leadership.
|
| |
-
LDV 4000 - Applied Leadership
(3)
In this course students will apply what they have learned about themselves as leaders to a challenging new role. The course should be taken when the student is assuming a leadership role on campus, at work, or in a service project. (Students are responsible for arranging their own leadership role, which should either direct the work of others or place the student in a new professional role). The course will ask students to reflect on what they are learning about themselves as a leader, their strengths and opportunities for growth, and will culminate in a leadership development plan for the future. The course will use a validated leadership instrument to provide individualized feedack to students and inform their leadership development planning.
|
| |
-
LDV 4320 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership
(3)
This course studies and applies research techniques within the context of leadership issues: identifying leadership questions, researching answers to those questions, and presenting findings. As part of the seminar process, students will systematically examine concerns facing leaders historically, contemporarily, and globally. An oral, shared presentation of findings concludes the course.
Prerequisite: LDV 3000 .
|
| |
-
LDV 4920 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership
(3)
This course studies and applies research techniques within the context of leadership issues: identifying leadership questions, researching answers to those questions, and presenting findings. As part of the seminar process, students will systematically examine concerns facing leaders historically, contemporarily, and globally. An oral, shared presentation of findings concludes the course.
Prerequisite: LDV 3000 .
|
| |
-
MG 1001 - Professional Readiness I: Exploration and Foundation
(1)
Provides Freshmen with an overview of the functional areas of business including potential career options. In addition, students receive information on career planning, personal development, business communication, and business etiquette. This semester is “knowing where to go to get the answers.”
Prerequisite: Transfer students are encouraged but not required to take this course.
|
| |
-
MG 1900 - Business Leadership and Social Issues
(3)
This course introduces the student to the basic business workings of corporate and nonprofit organizations including major functional areas and managerial processes with attention to emerging research about strategies and practices of high-performing organizations. Students will examine leadership issues such as influencing, working in teams, and developing self-awareness. Through this course, students will explore and analyze social issues as they relate to ethical leadership and the organization’s role in the social and community environment.
|
| |
-
MG 3001 - Professional Readiness II: Skill Development
(1)
Provides Sophomores or Juniors with focus on developing their business skills to enter and exceed in the business community. Emphasis is placed on communication (both verbal and written, as well as presentation skills); practical application of ethics; formal and non-formal dining etiquette; interviewing (for an internship or job). Students will be required to attend appropriate job fairs.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above.
|
| |
-
MG 3010 - Principles of Management
(3)
Students will be immersed in a Management experience requiring them to make business decisions that involve all functional areas (e.g., finance, marketing, advertising, human resources, etc.). This experience will have students doing the work of managers. Using this common experience as a reference point, students will explore the systemic context of management, including study of contemporary organizations. In addition, students will learn about important contextual variables of managers at various levels (top, middle, low). The traditional functional areas of finance, marketing, production/service, R&D will be explored within the possible organizational structural designs (simple, divisional, combination, virtual) and students will learn the internal and external constraints on managerial decision-making. Further managerial topics include strategy, structure, alignment, and their importance in addressing external environmental uncertainty.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and MG 1900 .
|
| |
-
MG 3021 - Magis Leaders Program I
(.5)
The Magis Leaders Program is composed of two, sequential courses of 1/2 credit hour each. Admission to the Magis Leaders Program carries with it the understanding that the two courses in each of fall and spring must be taken sequentially and registration for MG 3021 in the fall carries with it pre-registration for MG 3202 in the spring term. The credit is earned by successful completion of 4 sessions in the fall (MG 3021), and by successful completion of 3 sessions in the spring (MG 3202), and a final banquet. The courses cannot be taken individually, or out of sequence. Students will pre-register for the fall MG 3021 course to take the 4 fall sessions. Students will also register for the spring course, MG 3202, and take that sequence during the spring semester. Each course is valued at 1/2 credit hour for a total of 1 credit for the entire sequence.
|
| |
-
MG 3091 - Global Issues in Business and Culture
(3)
This course explores the culture and business practices in other countries and requires international travel. Through travel and participation in business and cultural activities with lectures by government officials, business managers and university faculty, students study the similarities and differences among the different cultures and business practices. Aspects examined include accounting, financing, marketing, and management methods. There is a course fee to cover partial travel costs.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
|
| |
-
MG 3202 - Magis Leadership Program II
(.5)
The Magis Leaders Program is composed of two, sequential courses of 1/2 credit hour each. Admission to the Magis Leaders Program carries with it the understanding that the two courses in each of fall and spring must be taken sequentially and registration for MG 3021 in the fall carries with it pre-registration for MG 3202 in the spring term. The credit is earned by successful completion of 4 sessions in the fall (MG 3021), and by successful completion of 3 sessions in the spring (MG 3202), and a final banquet. The courses cannot be taken individually, or out of sequence. Students will pre-register for the fall MG 3021 course to take the 4 fall sessions. Students will also register for the spring course, MG 3202, and take that sequence during the spring semester. Each course is valued at 1/2 credit hour for a total of 1 credit for the entire sequence.
Prerequisite: Senior or junior standing; sophomore standing in accounting; 3.0 GPA; MG 3021 .
|
| |
-
MG 3300 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
(3)
The course investigates how individual and group behavior impacts the performance of an organization. Topics include perception, personality, values, job satisfaction, emotional intelligence, learning, communication, motivation, culture, conflict, stress, and power/politics. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ awareness of the impact that these topics have on leadership effectiveness.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: MG 1900 .
|
| |
-
MG 3350 - Business in Global Environments
(3)
This course examines the international and corporate responsibility/ethical contexts in which trade, investment, and business decisions are made. It introduces the legal, economic, political, and cultural differences among countries and it examines how these differences affect the conduct of international business. It discusses a range of topics highlighting sustainability and corporate social responsibility as well as bilateral, regional, and world trade agreements, foreign direct investment, and exchange rates. Finally, it introduces some of the strategic issues surrounding where companies should engage in international business and how they should expand into these markets.
(GPR)
|
| |
-
MG 3360 - Business in the European Union
(1)
This class will further the student’s understanding of modern Europe, its culture, demographics and politics. The student will have a working knowledge of contemporary issues in the EU as well as issues with doing business in the EU.
Prerequisite: This class is only open to students who are planning on going on the Barcelona trip and requires instructor approval.
|
| |
-
MG 3400 - Business Law and Commercial Transactions
(3)
An introduction to the study of law as it affects the business enterprise. The focus is on commercial transactions with special emphasis on contracts, contractual liabilities, sales contracts and secured transactions. Where appropriate, the connections between ethics and law are explored.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
|
| |
-
MG 3500 - Leadership Development
(3)
This course will assess the student’s level of practical leadership behaviors (some of the behaviors may cross over and include management skills and abilities). The activities and study in this course will build on these existing skills and abilities. The course will also focus students on improving their skill and proficiency in the following leadership areas: decision-making (programmed and non-programmed), conflict resolution for/with others, influencing/persuading others, structuring uncertainty/ambiguity for others, coaching/developing others, delegating/following-up, building effective teams, and negotiating skills. Another outcome of the course will be for students to build self-awareness and acquire tools for life-long learning and self-exploration, including the ability to solicit and give feedback from and to peers.
Prerequisite: MG 3300 .
|
| |
-
MG 3800 - Competitive Analysis: An International Perspective
(EC 3800 )
(3)
A comprehensive course applies modern business and economic principles to study a firm’s international strategic position. The class integrates insights from the theory of the firm, industrial organization, game theory, and complexity analysis which are used in may fields besides Economics. The broad sweep of modern economics and strategy research is organized and presented on a wide variety of issues, such as defining boundaries, “make or buy fallacies,” competitor identification, rivalry, commitment, cooperation, and strategic positioning.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above, MG 3350 or equivalent, and EC 1100 .
Recommended: MK 3000 .
|
| |
-
MG 4350 - International Management
(3)
This course builds upon several key concepts introduced in MG 3350 - Business in Global Environments . It extends the discussion of how political, economic, legal, and technological developments are affecting the management of international business operations. It pays special attention to the role of culture and the challenges inherent in managing employees, operating facilities, and targeting markets across cultures. Finally, it examines the managerial and ethical implications of various international entry modes.
Prerequisite: MG 3350 .
(GPR)
|
| |
-
MG 4400 - Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship
(3)
This course focuses on the unique issues facing the small business owner, as well as extensive coverage of unique business functions that the small business owner is likely to deal with. The course also focuses on 1) how to assess a potential business opportunity and 2) how to prepare a business plan for use as both a strategic document and a document for dealing with potential financial backers.
Prerequisite: MG 3300 , MK 3000 , FN 3000 , senior standing.
|
| |
-
MG 4940 - Business Leadership: Strategy, Policy and Ethics
(3)
This course is an integrative capstone experience focusing on strategy and policy development for organizations within the context of sometimes conflicting ethical constraints. Strategy implementation challenges are also explored. The course provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge drawn from functional area courses in the solution of problems discovered by the analysis of both published cases and live interactions with the managers of companies and organizations within the Kansas City region.
Prerequisite: MG 1900 , MG 3350 , FN 3000 , MG 3300 , BIA 3100 (or AC 3500 ), MK 3000 , senior standing.
|
Marketing |
| |
-
MK 3000 - Principles of Marketing
(3)
This course briefly covers all the aspects of marketing that are covered in depth in the subsequent marketing courses. The student is introduced to marketing’s 4Ps (Product, Price, Promotion, and Physical Distribution)—something that everyone needs to know, no matter the career choice made. In this course you will learn the essential marketing vocabulary, basic principles and concepts, and how to use these principles when running your own business or working in an organization. The text is very important in this course and the student’s learning is aided through the use of videos, presentations, class activities and discussions.
|
| |
-
MK 3200 - Consumer Insights
(3)
This course brings together research from psychology, sociology, economics, cultural anthropology, and other behavioral sciences to help solve marketing problems. The class examines behavioral concepts such as perception, motivation, learning, self-concept, personality, attitudes and attitude change, culture, social class, reference groups and the family unit. Students will begin to understand themselves as consumers and how marketing practitioners can anticipate and predict buying behavior.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 .
|
| |
-
MK 3350 - International Marketing
(3)
This course addresses the global issues that impact concepts relevant to companies engaging the international marketplace. It introduces the student to the cultural, economic, geographic, political and legal issues that affect the where, when and how to enter foreign markets. The course uses contemporary materials to expand beyond the text and bring real life problems and solutions into the classroom for student discussion.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 and MG 3350 .
|
| |
-
MK 3500 - Integrated Marketing Communication
(3)
This course immerses students at the intersection of strategy and creativity by focusing on the study of the promotional mix. Students study how advertising, sales promotions, public relations, personal selling, direct marketing, branding, and digital marketing are used as part of the overall marketing plan. The course provides students with a foundation in the development and execution of communications strategies for any organization.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 .
|
| |
-
MK 3600 - Dynamic Presentations
(1)
Students will learn best practices for developing and giving effective business presentations. This class includes practice on conducting background research, understanding audience, incorporating visual support, using presentation software, delivering oral presentations, and creating presentation support collateral.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 , CT 2000 .
|
| |
-
MK 4100 - Marketing Research
(3)
A thorough study of the various types of market research. Problems related to planning research, gathering and summarizing data and interpreting the findings are discussed and analyzed. The emphasis is on the practical use of market research in making market decisions. Actual market research projects are used to further this process.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 (waived for BS in Analytics and Technology majors), introductory statistics, BIA 1800 .
|
| |
-
MK 4200 - Brand Management
(3)
This course is designed to introduce and advance the necessary knowledge and skills involving brand and brand management in the modern business firms. The course modules include brand equity, positioning, brand elements, structure, programs, and a whole portfolio of strategies that allow firms to achieve better market performance through effective brand building and management. This course will not only focus on the foundation theories of brand management, but also emphasize the real-world experience. Therefore a set of business cases and projects will be integrated to support students’ learning. Prerequisite: MK 3000
Prerequisite: MK 3000 .
|
| |
-
MK 4300 - Business-to-Business Marketing
(3)
This course is designed to introduce and advance the necessary knowledge and skills involving brand and brand management in the modern business firms. The course modules include brand equity, positioning, brand elements, structure, programs, and a whole portfolio of strategies that allow firms to achieve better market performance through effective brand building and management. This course will not only focus on the foundation theories of brand management, but also emphasize the real-world experience. Therefore a set of business cases and projects will be integrated to support students’ learning.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 .
|
| |
-
MK 4600 - Marketing Decision Making
(2)
Students in this course will learn how to run all major aspects of strategic marketing through a series of key decisions. These decision areas include identifying customer needs, finding proper market segments, allocating marketing expenses, choosing best production plans, deciding channels of distribution, managing marketing budgets, and analyzing various marketing research reports. The decision making processes are realized via a marketing simulation that runs multiple time periods and students will form groups and make decisions in a highly competitive enironment. This course also encourgages students to develpo their own leadership style and learn how to transform their team into a highly collaborative marketing group that enables them to achieve best team performance. The textbook and a set of cases will be integrated with the simulation to reinforce students’ understanding of marketing decisions.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 , MK 3200 , MK 3600, MK 4100 or department approval.
|
Mathematics |
| |
-
MATH 1100 - Mathematical Principles for Health Professionals
(3)
Mathematical Principles for Health Professionals uses an easy-to-understand visualization approach designed to teach students how to apply basic math concepts with everyday activities and master the more complex calculations and formulas commonly utilized in health care settings. The course is designed to review mathematical and algebraic applications; convert within and between metric, household and apothecary systems; read and interpret graphs, labels and forms; and calculate and apply statistical concepts as they relate to real-world settings.
|
| |
-
MATH 1650 - College Algebra
(3)
This course emphasizes the use of algebra and functions in problem solving and modeling. Appropriate use of technology and applying mathematics to real-world situations is emphasized. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, radical, and exponential equations and functions. Students whose programs recommend a college algebra course or need to prepare for higher-level mathematics courses should take this course.
Prerequisite: Must meet college placement criteria.
|
| |
-
MATH 2070 - Biostatistics
(3)
Biostatistics is an introduction to statistical concepts and reasoning with a focus on applications related to the health sciences. This course provides a survey of data and data types. Specific topics include tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; methods for performing inference on population means and proportions via sample data; statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons; and association.issues of effect and sample size. Research design will complement each analysis type. All computations will be computer software based and the emphasis is on interpretation and concepts.
|
| |
-
MT 1030 - Finite Mathematics
(3)
An introductory course with an emphasis on topics that are relevant to everyday life. Topics include a brief review of algebra, mathematics of finance (compound interest, annuities, future value, and present value), counting methods (multiplication principle, permutations, and combinations), probability (sample spaces, events, games of chance, empirical probability), descriptive statistics (organization of data, mean, median, standard deviation) and normal distributions. Where appropriate, technoloqy will be used.
Prerequisite: At least three years of mathematics in grades 9-12 or MT 0100 .
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1090 - Calculus for Business
(3)
An introductory calculus course primarily for the business student. Introduction to derivatives and integrals with emphasis on such business applications as demand functions, cost curves, elasticity of demand and economic order quantity. Note: MT 1090 does not prepare a student to continue with additional calculus; students wishing a deeper study of calculus should pursue the regular calculus sequence beginning with MT 1800 .
Prerequisite: MT 1030 or instructor approval.
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1170 - Mathematics in the Modern World
(3)
A one-semester conceptual mathematics course designed to address topics in mathematics appearing in the world around us, through inquiry-based, hands-on activities and discussion. Emphasis will be on conceptual understanding and on how mathematics is applied in the real, everyday world.
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1190 - Precalculus
(3)
A preparation for calculus with an emphasis on modeling. These topics include the study of functions in a variety of representations, including tabulated data, graphs and formulas; characteristic features of a variety of function types (including linear, power, polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric); and the course includes mathematical modeling from data and from theoretical assumptions. There will be extensive use of technology in this course.
Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra or MT 0100 .
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1510 - Discrete Structures
(4)
The major topics of study include functions, relations, sets, propositional and predicate logic, proof techniques, elementary combinatorics and discrete probability concepts.
Prerequisite: MT 1190 .
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1800 - Calculus I
(4)
A course in differential calculus and its applications. The emphasis will be on conceptual understanding and exploration. Topics include rates of change, limits, definition of the derivative, differentiation techniques, optimization, velocity and acceleration, implicit differentiation, related rates. Technology will be used as a tool to aid the development of mathematical reasoning.
Prerequisite: ACT Math score of 25 or higher, SAT Math score of 620 or higher, a grade of C or better in either MT 1190 or MT 1510 , or instructor approval.
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 1810 - Calculus II
(4)
Fall and Spring semester
A course in integral calculus and its applications, sequences, and series. The emphasis will be on conceptual understanding and exploration. Topics will include definition of the integral, applications of the integral (such as area, volume, center of mass, continuous probability, arc length, average value of a function), fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, sequences and series. Technology will be used as a tool to aid the development of mathematical reasoning.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1800 .
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 2200 - Mathematical Computing
(3)
Computing is a central component of much of modern mathematics and science. The aim of this course is to provide students with the basic skills of computing, which will be useful in a variety of subjects and contexts. Topics may include branching, looping, working with lists and functions, recursion, and running simulations of random processes. The course will use free, open source programming languages and environments.
Prerequisite: MT 1800 or equivalent.
|
| |
-
MT 2420 - Actuarial Science Practicum I
(1)
This course is aimed at students who are interested in pursuing a career in actuarial science. It is designed to give them experience and practice with the types of problems encountered on the first examination in the series of Society of Actuaries exams.
Prerequisite: MT 3400 .
|
| |
-
MT 2430 - Actuarial Science Practicum II
(1)
This course is designed to give students experience and practice with the types of problems encountered on the second examination in the series of Society of Actuaries exams.
Prerequisite: MT 3400 and MT 4410 .
|
| |
-
MT 2800 - Calculus III
(4)
A course in multivariable calculus and its applications. The emphasis will be on conceptual understanding and exploration. Topics will include functions of several variables, limits, vector operations, partial derivatives, directional derivative, gradient, higher partial derivatives, optimization, and multiple integrals. Technology will be used as a tool to aid the development of mathematical reasoning.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1810 .
(MTP)
|
| |
-
MT 2900 - Preparation for a Mathematical Future
(1)
A course to prepare students for their future in mathematics. Students will explore possibilities in academics and industry, prepare a resume, develop interview skills, meet with alumni, regional industry professionals, and graduate school representatives to help them determine their future path.
Prerequisite: MT 1800 .
|
| |
-
MT 3000 - Topics in Mathematics
(1–3)
This course engages students in an in-depth study of a specific area (or application) of higher mathematics. Topics vary each semester but may include such areas as combinatorics, coding theory, information theory, stochastic processes, graph theory, game theory, operations research, mathematical economics, mathematical biology, the history of mathematics, or mathematical programming and computer simulation.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1810 or instructor approval.
|
| |
-
MT 3260 - Mathematical Modeling
(3)
Students will build mathematical models and use these models to answer applied questions in a variety of other disciplines. These disciplines may include engineering, physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, art, ecology, sustainability, economics, and finance. In this course, students will be expected to solve problems in novel settings, independently read mathematics and effectively communicate mathematical ideas in writing. Technology will be used as a tool to aid the development of mathematical reasoning.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1800 .
|
| |
-
MT 3393 - Game Theory:Strategy, Conflict, and Decision Making
(3)
A course in the principles of game theory, a logical analysis of the strategic interactions in situations involving conflict and cooperation. Students will model real world scenarios, apply those models to analyze and solve problems, and use their solutions to draw conclusions about rational behavior. A variety of applications will be considered, including topics from business, economics, politics, biology, anthropology, athletics and psychology.
Prerequisite: MTP satisfied; Sophomore standing.
|
| |
-
MT 3400 - Probability and Statistics I
(3)
Fall semester
A calculus based introductory course in the methods of probability and statistics. Topics include descriptive statistic, counting techniques, basic probability theory (conditional probability, independence, random variables, and probability distributions), and an introduction to hypothesis testing and factorial experiments. Students will use R, an open-source software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Throughout the course, applications to engineering, computing, and the physical and social sciences will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1810 .
|
| |
-
MT 3450 - Problems in Industry Seminar
(3)
Students interact with an industry mentor and work in groups on a real problem from industry. The emphasis of the class is to work towards the solution of a problem, to effectively communicate the steps being taken towards the solution, and to ultimately present the solution itself.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MT 1810 and MT 3400 .
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
|
|
|
Print this Page