Jun 26, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Industrial Engineering (IE)

  
  • IE 604 - Network Flow Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental theory, algorithms, and applications of deterministic network-flow models, and analytical procedures for a special class of stochastic networks (GERT networks). Linear programming and its relationship to network analysis. Algorithms for various kinds of shortest and k-shortest path models. Labeling procedures for maximal flows in capacitated networks. The Out-Of-Kilter algorithm for cost minimization flow models. Primal Simplex network optimization procedures for pure and generalized networks. Traveling-Salesman problem algorithms with extensions to multiple salesmen. CPM, PERT and network-flow models in project management. Introduction to multi-commodity networks. Extensive use of network optimization software.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 522.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 607 - Stochastic Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic models and algorithms in stochastic processes and their Engineering application: the renewal theory, discrete-time and continuous-time Markov Chains, Queuing theory, and Markovian Decision Processes.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
    Recommended Background: Probability.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 608 - Advanced Optimization via Simulation

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in optimization via simulation with applications to areas of business and industry with focus on healthcare systems and supply chain and logistics: agent-based modeling and simulation, system dynamics, and discrete event simulation.
    Recommended Background: Discrete-event Simulation.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 609 - Stochastic Programming

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include modeling of uncertainty, two-stage stochastic programs, the value of information, Benders decomposition, L-shaped method, stochastic integer programs and multistage stochastic programs.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming and Probability.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 610 - Heuristics in Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Heuristic methods and their applications to optimization problems, including neighborhood search and major meta-heuristics methods.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 611 - Integer Programming

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical foundations of Integer Programming and its application to optimization problems, including branch-and-bound, cutting planes, polyhedral analysis, and complexity.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 516, 518, and 522.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming.
    Registration Permission: Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 691 - Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Forum to study individually or in groups.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Requires graduate standing.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 692 - Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Forum to study individually or in groups.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Requires graduate standing.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 693 - Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Forum to study individually or in groups.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Requires graduate standing.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Information Management (INMT)

  
  • INMT 540 - IT Audit, Governance, and Frameworks

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus is on IT Governance, IT Management Frameworks, IT Acquisition and Development, Project Management and other related concepts in preparation for work in IT Audit.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • INMT 543 - Systems Audit Security and Controls

    3 Credit Hours
    Discusses information systems security, auditing/assurance, planning, and control issues. The course examines security and control issues primarily at the operating system level.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • INMT 544 - Corporate Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus is on large systems in corporate environments. Topics include audit of enterprise resource management systems and database systems.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • INMT 545 - E-Enterprise

    3 Credit Hours
    This ‘hands on,’ project-based course introduces students to transaction processing basics, the  flow of data in businesses, business application software, and key information management trends and challenges, with a focus on Internet enabled business processes that connect buyers, suppliers, and trading partners in dynamic, real-time information sharing partnership. Students work with a variety of tools to enhance their knowledge and technology skills (e.g., power spreadsheet modeling, corporate application (ERP, CRM, SCM) software, data analytics software, etc.)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 442 and 545.
    Comment(s): Or permission of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission in College of Business Administration. Minimum student level- graduate.
  
  • INMT 546 - Business Application logic and tools

    3 Credit Hours
    This ‘hands-on’, projects-based course introduces students to business application logic and object programming. Topics include fundamentals of business application logic, business application architectures, and project management. Students use application development tools to write Visual Basic algorithms which link to databases and other file types.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 443 and 546.
    Comment(s): Or permission of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission in College of Business Administration. Minimum student level- graduate.
  
  • INMT 548 - IT Audit, Operations and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus is on IT Management, IT Center Operations, Service Level Management, and other related concepts in preparation for work in IT Audit.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.

Information Sciences (INSC)

  
  • INSC 450 - Writing About Science and Medicine

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Journalism and Electronic Media 450.)

  
  • INSC 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 504 - Research Methods in Information Sciences

    3 Credit Hours
    Research methods in a variety of information environments; primary and secondary research; research project design; research results interpretation; analysis of published research; techniques supporting research process.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 505 - ePortfolio

    3 Credit Hours
    Builds an environment for capstone learning experiences. Integrates core knowledge of information science and related fields to build a strong knowledge base. Develops necessary IT skills for ePortfolios. To showcase learning outcomes and professional growth. Identifies and fosters competences for career success.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 510 - Information Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Generation, production, management, dissemination, and use of information. Roles of information in society, information seeking and user behavior, information industry, economics of information products and services, technological and organizational change, information professions, and issues.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 516 - Geospatial Technologies

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the creation, distribution and growth of geospatial data, highlighting their uses and misuses. Structured as an applications-based course where students learn how geospatial technologies are used to turn geospatial data into maps, tables and imagery through hands-on exercises and laboratory work.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 520 - Information Representation and Organization

    3 Credit Hours
    The structure and organization of intellectual content regardless of format. Emphasis on how content is created, exchanged, and stored so it can be found. Includes standards and best practice for describing and characterizing intellectual content.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 521 - Cataloging and Classification

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic library-oriented cataloging and classification techniques, tools, and supporting operations. Descriptive cataloging, choice and form of non-subject entries, subject heading work, general classification, authority control, bibliographic utilities, online library catalogs.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 522 - Cataloging of Non-print Materials

    3 Credit Hours
    Cataloging of all non-book materials using RDA rules and OCLC’s Bibliographic Formats and Standards to create machine readable catalog records for maps, videos, recorded music, realia, graphic materials, electronic resources, continuing resources, microforms and three-dimensional artifacts.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 523 - Abstracting and Indexing

    3 Credit Hours
    Philosophies, standards, and procedures for manual and automatic document indexing, back-of-the-book indexing, vocabulary control, thesaurus construction, and abstracting.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 530 - Information Access and Retrieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Information access, retrieval, and use. Information seeking, user interfaces, information services and tools. Database structure, search engines, query logic, and evaluation of retrieval system performance.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 531 - Sources and Services for the Social Sciences

    3 Credit Hours
    Information sources in political science, sociology, psychology, geography, history, anthropology, business, and education. Scholarly communication of social scientists.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 532 - Sources and Services for Science and Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Information sources in engineering, physical and life sciences.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 533 - Sources and Services for the Humanities

    3 Credit Hours
    Information sources in philosophy, religion, fine arts, performing arts, literature and language. Scholarly communication of humanists.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 534 - Government Information Sources

    3 Credit Hours
    Selection, acquisition, organization, and utilization of government information in variety of formats from legislative, judicial and executive branches of federal, state, local, and international government and intergovernmental agencies.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 535 - Advanced Information Retrieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Bibliographic, non-bibliographic, full-text databases, (e.g., non-bibliographic formula and structure databases, contents-page/full-text databases), patents; document delivery alternatives, evaluation, and testing.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 541 - Knowledge Management for Information Professionals

    3 Credit Hours
    Covers classic theories of knowledge and theories of first and second-generation knowledge management paradigms. Introduces related disciplines and the knowledge lifecycle, types of knowledge, organizational learning, intellectual capital, communities of practice, knowledge ecologies, knowledge audits, knowledge sharing repurposing of information, uses of information technology, and roles of information professionals in developing knowledge management initiatives.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 542 - Social Informatics

    3 Credit Hours
    Social consequences of information and communication technologies (ICT) at micro (e.g., personal level), meso (e.g., organizational level) and at macro level (e.g., information society studies), and applications of ICT for businesses, governments, and society are covered by the umbrella term “social informatics.” It is a highly multi-disciplinary area worth exploring, since it will expose you to a range of contemporary global issues and phenomena shaped by ICT-mediated information.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 543 - Geographic Information in Information Sciences

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the concepts related to geographic information librarianship. To understand geographic/cartographic competencies. To master the basic concepts of geospatial data discovery and collection development of cartographic resources. To practice the metadata creation of geospatial data. To explore issues related to geographic information policy of GIS related services.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 544 - Business Intelligence for Information Professionals

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practices of gathering and synthesizing business intelligence: including competitive intelligence, environmental scanning, and issues management; information evaluation and synthesis; role of strategic information in modern organizations.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 545 - Scientific and Technical Communications

    3 Credit Hours
    Evolution of scientific and technical communication; current trends; role of formal and informal communications; major STI organizations and their roles.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 546 - Environmental Informatics

    3 Credit Hours
    Focuses on the interdisciplinary field of environmental informatics. Explores collection, classification, storage, retrieval, dissemination, integration and visualization of environmental information. Reviews the role of computer technology including geographic information systems.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 547 - Health Sciences Information Centers

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of health sciences libraries, including management, collection development, reference, and current trends. Topics include the role of health sciences libraries/information specialists, relevant management and administrative issues, collection development and related matters, reference and information sources and services, consumer health and literacy, the process of evidence-based practice, and current information trends related to biomedical science.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 548 - Federal Libraries and Information Centers

    3 Credit Hours
    Mission, status, and history of federal libraries and federal information center work in various settings across the three branches of government; trends in employment, government dissemination efforts, information policy, information technology, and government’s impact on services in other types of libraries/information centers.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 550 - Management of Information Organizations

    3 Credit Hours
    Supervisory, management and leadership concepts, strategies, and techniques applicable to information professionals working in libraries, archives, records management, and other information organizations.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 551 - School Library Media Centers

    3 Credit Hours
    Planning, implementing, and evaluating school library programs. Curricular involvement, role of technology, site-based management, relationships with district and state services.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 552 - Academic Libraries

    3 Credit Hours
    Mission, status, and history of academic libraries and academic librarianship in community colleges, colleges and universities; trends in higher education, information technology, and government’s impact on public, technical, and administrative services.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 553 - Specialized Information Agencies and Services

    3 Credit Hours
    Development and present status, scope and objectives. Information resources external to organization.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 554 - Public Library Management and Services

    3 Credit Hours
    Development, roles, political environment, governance, organization, fiscal management, services, marketing, and performance evaluations.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 557 - User Instruction

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory, strategy, design, and practice in providing instructional services and technology for end users of information and information systems. Includes practical experience.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 559 - Grant Development for Information Professionals

    3 Credit Hours
    Develops grant-writing and strategic relationship management skills for information professionals who may benefit from external funding opportunities and proposals. Creates and manages community partnerships to provide innovative information services to various constituencies such as underserved populations, public libraries, special libraries, and others in diverse information-related environments.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 560 - Development and Management of Collections

    3 Credit Hours
    Selecting and preserving a variety of items (tangible and intangible) to meet needs of particular users; community analysis; policies and procedures; evaluation; purchasing.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 562 - Digital Curation

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the life-cycle, value-added management and maintenance of scholarly and scientific digital content. Examines the diverse set of skills to select, execute and administer a range of approaches and procedures across the lifecycle of digital objects, from conceptualization, creation, appraisal and selection, and ingest through preservation, storage, access, use and re-use. Digital curation occurs across a broad array of professional, disciplinary and organizational contexts. Introduces principles and practices to inform digital curation planning and practice for application in a variety of organizational settings, including archives, libraries, museums, data centers, and other cultural heritage and information agencies.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate
  
  • INSC 564 - Archives and Records Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Objectives and functional elements of records systems, archival programs, management information systems and techniques within various types of organizations. Management of information internal to organizations.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 565 - Digital Libraries

    3 Credit Hours
    Technological and social aspects of electronic publishing and digital libraries. Technologies and standards that enable electronic publishing and digital libraries. History of electronic publishing and digital libraries and their impact on user needs and information provision.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 571 - Resources and Services for Children

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical survey of books and related materials for children, development of genres. Evaluation, selection, and utilization for school and public libraries.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 572 - Resources and Services for Young Adults

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical survey of books and related materials for young adults; personal, vocational, and recreational needs and interests. Evaluation, selection, and utilization for school and public libraries.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 573 - Programming for Children and Young Adults

    3 Credit Hours
    Philosophy and objectives of public and school library services for children and young adults. Reading, listening, and viewing guidance for individuals and groups. Program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 571 or 572.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science – Information Sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 574 - Resources and Services for Adults

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines strategies and procedures for developing programs in libraries. The course provides public service librarians with the knowledge and skills to create, evaluate, and improve programs with some emphasis on reader’s advisory.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 575 - Valuing Diversity: International and Intercultural Resources for Youth

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines texts and materials for youth that reflect the contemporary settings and lives of young people from all over the world. Reviews the scholarship of literature and film to determine how to recognize stereotypes; how to understand publishing worlds; and how to recognize universal themes that transcend ethnicity, religion, gender, class, and nationhood.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 576 - Storytelling as a Communications and Learning Tool in Diverse Settings

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores storytelling as a communications tool in information agencies and other types of corporate and not-for-profit organizations. Students will learn the history of storytelling, various types of stories, and best practices for gathering and telling stories.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 577 - Picture Books Across the Curriculum

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides guidance for selecting and using quality picture books, wordless books, graphic novels and other media for teachers and librarians. Will focus on cross-curricular with an emphasis on using these materials in traditional and nontraditional ways to enhance student learning for grades K-12.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 580 - Information Technologies

    3 Credit Hours
    Evolution, trends, capabilities, and limitations of technologies applied to information capture, storage, preservation, access, and distribution.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 581 - Information Networking Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Scholarly and community-based electronic communications. National and international standards, tools, resources; identification, analysis, evaluation, and management of tools and resources; construction of local technologies as developed and applicable.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 580 or instructor’s consent.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 582 - Information Systems Design and Implementation

    3 Credit Hours
    Information systems used in libraries and information agencies. System development life cycle (SDLC), usability engineering, human computer interaction, and project management.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 583 - Introduction to Youth Informatics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the study of youth informatics. Presents essential concepts of the study of youth and informatics. Explores the connection between youth, technology, and community. Project-driven with intensive experiential learning components.
  
  • INSC 584 - Database Management Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Defining data needs, data structures, role of operating systems in data management, file organization, database management systems, logical data models, internal data models, database administration and evaluation. Design and implementation of application using database management system.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 587 - Mining the Web

    3 Credit Hours
    Covers strategies for mining the web, web engines and directories, cognitive accessibility, web design and development, and usability engineering.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 588 - Human-Computer Interaction

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of human-computer interaction and introduction to human and technological factors of importance to design of usable information systems. Basic phenomena of human perception, cognition, memory, and problem solving, and relationship to user-centered design. Methods and techniques for interaction design and evaluation.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 590 - Problems in Information Sciences

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of academic advisor.
  
  • INSC 591 - Independent Project or Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • INSC 592 - Big Data Analytics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the concepts big data and data analytics as an emerging field. To address the opportunities and challenges of big data in academics, businesses, sciences, the Web, etc. To understand the nature of big data analytics and their various contexts. To master basic concepts and process of data analytics. To design analytics initiatives/proposals. To practice data mining techniques and skills (ETL). To explore data modeling and visualizing.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 584 or instructor’s consent.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 593 - Seminar in Youth Informatics

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores key areas in youth informatics. Seminar includes discussion of basic, applied, and evaluative research and projects at the national and international levels. Covers research trends in youth informatics. Provides a forum for presentation and criticism of past and current research by students.
  
  • INSC 594 - Graduate Research Participation

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced research techniques under supervision of staff research director whose area coincides with interests of student.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of advisor and research director.
  
  • INSC 595 - Student Teaching in School Library Information Center

    9 Credit Hours
    Planned professional semester: full day school library work and classroom observation activities.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 596 - Field-Based Experience in School Library Information Centers

    2 or 4 Credit Hours
    Prescribed activities to gain competencies in a school library information center setting. Must be taken twice.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 597 - Information Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces fundamental concepts, methods, and practices in information architecture for virtual space. Focuses on organization, navigation, labeling, and searching of Web sites and intranets, as well as user experience.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 598 - Web Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides hands-on experience with creating websites using latest web site design tools and techniques as well as a theoretical insight into emerging trends and techniques. Emphasizes understanding the basics of web design, website creation and evaluation. Covers basics of usability testing and search engine optimization.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 581 or instructor’s consent.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • INSC 599 - Practicum

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Opportunity to translate theory into practice under guidance of qualified information professionals.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core and pertinent advanced courses relevant to student’s practicum design.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.0 GPA required. Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of advisor and approval of practicum coordinator.
  
  • INSC 680 - Information Science Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of major theories and studies in information science.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in the College of Communication and Information or consent of instructor. Minimum student level –graduate.

Instructional Technology (IT)

  
  • IT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 518 - Educational Specialist Research and Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 521 - Proseminar 1: Instructional Technology as a Profession

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to instructional technology as a field including definition of the field and career options. Additionally, participants will be introduced to visual design principles, ethical issues, and usability testing within the context of electronic media development.
  
  • IT 525 - Professional Ethics in Instructional Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to professional ethics related to instructional technology including topics such as electronic data security, equitable access to technology and electronic information, protecting client/user privacy, ethical policies, Americans with Disabilities Act related media development issues, and future trends.
  
  • IT 532 - Online Learning Environments

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory, research and practice of designing, developing and evaluating online learning environments including distance education and blended learning approaches.
  
  • IT 566 - Understanding Online Interaction

    3 Credit Hours
    Assessment and evaluation of online learning environments using data-driven techniques.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 532.
  
  • IT 570 - Instructional Systems Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of theory and research of instructional systems design to solve instructional problems in educational settings.
  
  • IT 573 - Introduction of Multimedia in Instruction

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected computer-based multimedia production tools and use to produce instructional materials based on specific learner characteristics and objectives.
  
  • IT 575 - The Internet: Implications for Teaching and Learning

    3 Credit Hours
    Investigation of Internet, its origin and historical development. Hands-on use of Internet for consuming, sharing, and publishing information. Relevant issues regarding legal and ethical issues, evaluation, responsible use, proprietary rights. Participants will need unrestricted access to a personal computer connected to the Internet to complete all course activities.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IT 577 - Practicum in Online Learning Environments

    3 Credit Hours
    Field-based project involving aspects of the instructional design process in an online learning environment with reflection on theory and practice issues.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 532 and 566.
  
  • IT 578 - Instructional Media Development

    3 Credit Hours


     

    Application of instructional design techniques to create well-designed and effective media appropriate for educational settings. This course is the second in a two-course instructional design and development sequence.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 570.

  
  • IT 593 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • IT 594 - Proseminar 2: Trends and Careers in Instructional Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone course for the master’s program will include design, development and review of the portfolio requirement as well as discussion of current issues, trends and professional development opportunities in the field.
  
  • IT 595 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • IT 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 678 - Seminar in Instructional Technology

    1 Credit Hours
    Readings and discussions based on current literature, research, theories and practices in instructional technology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IT 679 - Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Literature: history and origins, integration and application, teacher preparation, future developments, diffusion of change and philosophical/theoretical perspectives.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 681 - Designing Problem-Based Learning Environments

    3 Credit Hours
    Development and integration of problem-based learning pedagogy into curriculum. Examination of literature to understand the theoretical perspective for design of this type of learning environment.
    Comment(s): Requires admission to the PhD program with a concentration in LEEDS or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 693 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 694 - Supervised Readings

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IT 695 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Italian (ITAL)

  
  • ITAL 401 - Dante and Medieval Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Dante’s times and the Divine Comedy.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 401.)

    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Italian majors and minors will be required to read selected texts and write papers in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 402 - Petrarch and Boccaccio

    3 Credit Hours
    A cultural and literary survey from Petrarch to Machiavelli.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 402.)

    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Italian majors and minors will be required to read selected texts and write papers in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 405 - Topics in Italian Culture, History, and Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive view and critical analysis of themes related to Italian culture. Taught in Italian. Topics vary by semester. Writing Emphasis Course.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
 

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