Foundation Courses
This course is designed to familiarize students with the research methods and scholarly debates in a variety of disciplines. Students examine several models of scholarship and design their own program of study for the degree program. Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course aims to study the challenges of an exponentially changing future, the expected Threat Spectrum, with a view to preparing the students to manage it. The delta between this exponential change curve that defines our time and our collective capacity to adapt to these changes is rapidly deepening.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course applies a transdisciplinary perspective that will help students to understand terrorism, its consequences, and potential responses. Students will be introduced to the growing specter of this ancient activity and its emergent frequency, lethality, and consequences. Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course presents students with the opportunity to explore and discuss information security, to learn about current information security threats and how to protect information. Students will gain experience in the use of network protection mechanisms such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other security tools. Three (3) Credit Hours.
This seminar is designed to examine a current issue in criminology and criminal justice of particular concern. Topics such as the future of crime and justice, mala prohibita offenses, and their adjudication, or the criminal or juvenile justice system and contemporary social problems may be offered depending on the critical issues of the period. This course may be taken more than once as long as the subject matter is different. Three (3) Credit Hours.
The widespread practice of purchasing finished goods, parts and supplies from all regions of the world creates inherent complexity and risks. This course addresses how to manage these challenges through supplier and global sourcing strategies, logistics partner selection, quality assurance, and the understanding of INCOTERMS and instruments of international payment to manage risk and accurately determine landed costs. Understanding government regulations, sustainability issues, differing language, social, legal, and ethical issues across cultures are also topics.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course is designed to view the supply chain from a strategic perspective so that purchasing, materials management, and transportation logistics can be leveraged for competitive advantage. Specific topics include supply chain re-engineering, improving customer service, inventory management, outsourcing, supplier certification, supplier/buyer ethical considerations, and global procurement issues.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course considers organizational development as a process of planned change to improve an organization’s problem-solving skills, creativity, innovation, and its overall effectiveness within a changing and complex environment. Students will study intervention strategies to help individuals and organizations achieve their goals.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
This course will provide graduate students with an opportunity to reflect on both public and social policies from economic, social and political theories and perspectives. Students will study current issues including: discrimination in hiring and housing, funding of public and private organizations, labor negotiations, personal health, clean environment and insurance concerns. They will analyze several decision-making models in use on the federal, state, and local levels. Of special concern is the role that politics plays in the development and implementation of policy.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to both explore and ground theory in the context of a real-world simulation. This is a necessary exercise with a view to the fact that students will be expected to operate in complex environments populated by practitioners. Further, these practitioners will expect graduates to have, not only, a well-developed academic and theoretical background, but also, familiarity with skills immediately applicable to a broad band of challenges and environments.
Three (3) Credit Hours.
The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to both explore and ground theory in the context of a real-world simulation. This is a necessary exercise with a view to the fact that students will be expected to operate in complex environments populated by practitioners. Further, these practitioners will expect graduates to have, not only, a well-developed academic and theoretical background, but also, familiarity with skills immediately applicable to a broad band of challenges and environments.
Three (3) Credit Hours.