Methods of estimating, properties of estimator, hypothesis testing, linear models, least squares, analysis of variance, enumerative data, nonparametric statistics.
Modern abstract algebra including such topics as rings, polynomials and fields. Other topics may include algebraic coding, Boolean algebras, symmetry and mathematical crystallography, applications of finite fields to computer science.
Numerical methods and analysis applied to linear systems. Computer arithmetic and error analysis, direct methods for solving linear systems, iterative techniques in matrix algebra, approximating eigenvalues.
Focuses on helping students understand the issues facing a first-line sales manager. Covers responsibilities and functions of the sales manager, including hiring, selection and training, supervising, motivating, and rewarding the sales force. Related topics include evaluating sales organizational structures, developing compensation plans, developing sales forecasts and setting sales quotas and territories, and sales cost analysis.
Provides an overview of basic leadership theories and fundamentals. Learn a broad set of leadership theories and those of the U.S. Army with a focus including setting direction, problem solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback and using effective writing skills. Explore dimensions of leadership attributes and core leader competencies in the context of practical, hands-on and interactive exercises. Two hour lab required weekly.
Designed to address the physiological and psychological issues that are encountered by all types of performers. Specific issues concerning injury/illness, wellness concepts, practice techniques and performance preparation will be examined. The course addresses all students who need pedagogical help with performance preparation, regardless of instrument. Open to all students in the area of music, acting, musical theatre, sports, dance and public speaking.
Directed student internship experience in K-12 schools under the direction of the mentor teacher and University supervision. Half the experience in elementary physical education teaching and half semester in secondary physical education. A grade of NR will be assigned to candidates who satisfactorily complete PHED 470 until successful completion of PHED 471.
A reflection on the significance of culture and the difficulties posed when one seeks to translate other cultural perspectives into one's own world view. Emphasis is on cultivating knowledge of particular cultures outside the American scene, as well as on the struggle within our own nation to form a culture in which intercultural relationships can flourish.
Examines fundamental moral questions concerning our interactions with nonhuman animals. Attention to what we can know about the mental and emotional capacities of animals, to whether animals have rights, and to human-animal relationships.
Life and Death Issues in Health Care: The Ethical Perspective
PHIL-315
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Identification, analysis and evaluation of contemporary problems resulting from the new breakthroughs in biomedicine. Topics include physician-patient relationship, euthanasia, experimentation, social control, genetic engineering, the health care system. Emphasis on developing an ethical framework to deal with these and future biomedical issues.
Examines the conditions and variables that affect the content and conduct of politics within the states of the Middle East with an emphasis on the impact of socioeconomic factors, culture, religious belief systems, gender roles, ethnic and national identities, secular ideologies, and foreign penetration upon political behavior in the region.
elps students learn about political behavior and policy problems as participant-observers in a government organization at the national, state or local level.
Places an intern's work experience within a broader, analytical perspective. Interns thoroughly examine existing research on the relevant governmental agency and relate the findings of this research to their own internship experiences. Designed to be taken with POSC 340.
xplores theories of the state in both historical and contemporary contexts. Theorists examined include Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Mill and Marx, among others.
Survey of important topics for understanding of China today. Emphasis on format and functions of Chinese political institutions, Imperial China and its fall, the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, the politics under Mao, economic reforms, social problems, and foreign relations.
