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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Italian
  

  • ITAL 1001:Introduction to Italian Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements
    Introduction to Italian language and culture stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Italian culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Italian.
  

  • ITAL 1002:Introduction to Italian Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1001   or permission of the instructor.
    Introduction to Italian language and culture, part II, stressing continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Italian culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Italian.
  

  • ITAL 2001:Intermediate Italian Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1002  , or permission of the instructor.
    The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Italian.
  

  • ITAL 2002:Intermediate Italian Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2001   or permission of the instructor.
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. Course will serve as a transition between intermediate and upper-level courses in the language..

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Italian.
  

  • ITAL 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2001  or the equivalent.
    This course emphasizes skill development and refinement in the areas of critical reading and writing in Italian. Designed to give students extensive experience in reading and writing in Italian, the course focuses on the relationship between writing and reading, and on ways to improve one through the other.
  

  • ITAL 3302:Practical Conversation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2002   or permission of the instructor.
    Stresses expansion of effective listening comprehension and speaking skills through culturally and linguistically appropriate activities.
  

  • ITAL 3303:Grammar and Composition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2002   or permission of the instructor.
    General review of grammar through composition and other written activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms.
  

  • ITAL 3304:Literature and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3200   or permission of the instructor.
    This course is an introduction to Italian literature and culture from the origins to 1848. Students learn about literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues. Students also work across the curriculum, focusing on interdisciplinary issues within the Italian literary context and developing their competence in critical analysis of Italian cultural and literary issues from a global perspective. Readings and discussions are in Italian.
  

  • ITAL 3305:Literature and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2002   or permission of the instructor.
    Introduction to Italian literature and culture from 1848 to the present. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues. Students also work across the curriculum, focusing on interdisciplinary issues and developing their competence in critical analysis of Italian cultural and literary issues from a global perspective. Readings and discussions are in Italian.

     
  

  • ITAL 3390:Upper-division Study Abroad in Italian

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status and permission of the department chair.
    This course fulfills the study abroad elective for the minor in Italian Studies. The content of the course may vary depending on available course offerings in the foreign institution. The chair of the Department of Foreign Languages must preapprove the use of this course as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the minor in Italian Studies and/or for the degree in Modern Language & Culture.
  

  • ITAL 3398:Internship

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3302   andITAL 3303  or permission of the instructor.
    Supervised, credit-earning work experience of one semester requiring use of Italian in the work place. Prior approval by department coordinator and internship supervisor is required.
  

  • ITAL 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2002   or permission of the instructor.
    Covers special topics and seminars external to course offerings that allow a student to work individually with an instructor.

    Notes: Requires prior approval by instructor and department chair.
  

  • ITAL 4402:Contemporary Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3303   and ITAL 3305   or permission of the instructor.
    An examination of the historical, social and political contexts of the contemporary Italian experience through the analysis of different cultural representations such as film, media, plastic arts, music and literature.

    Notes: Readings and discussion in Italian.
  

  • ITAL 4404:Commercial Italian

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2002   or permission of the instructor.
    This course is an in-depth study of business practices and the language of business that focuses on verbal and written communication as well as economic, social and political factors that are important to the conduct of business in the Italian-speaking world. Readings and discussion are in Italian and in English.
  

  • ITAL 4434:Topics in Language Literature and Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3303   and ITAL 3306 or permission of the instructor.
    An exploration of a period, movement or genre in literature, a topic in culture, or language-related issues. Topics are chosen for their significance and impact on Italian culture.

    Notes: Readings and discussions in Italian.
  

  • ITAL 4456:Advanced Grammar and Linguistics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3303   or permission of the instructor.
    This course is an advanced study of grammar from a linguistic perspective. It provides an overview of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. The course exposes students to dialectical variations of the Italian language and stresses development of oral proficiency. The course is taught in Italian.
  

  • ITAL 4490:Special Topics in Italian

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3302   and ITAL 3303   or permission of the instructor.
    Special topics relevant to the study of the Italian society.
  

  • ITAL 4499:Senior Seminar

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3304   or ITAL 3305   and permission of the instructor.
    This capstone course designed to synthesize and connect the students’ prior academic experiences in the major and related fields of study. Students prepare a reflective essay and a research paper to present to the faculty of the Department of Foreign Languages. Papers and presentations are in Italian.

Japanese
  

  • JPN 1001:Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements
    Introduction to Japanese language and culture stressing progressive acquisition of effective communications skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Japanese culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Japanese.
  

  • JPN 1002:Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One year of high school Japanese, or JPN 1001  , or the equivalent.
    Introduction to Japanese language and culture, part II, stressing continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Japanese culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Japanese.
  

  • JPN 2001:Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school Japanese, or JPN 1002   or the equivalent.
    The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Japanese.
  

  • JPN 2002:Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Three years of high school Japanese or JPN 2001   or the equivalent.
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Japanese.
  

  • JPN 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JPN 2002   or the equivalent.
    This course is a study of selected readings of signs, news, and literary and cultural works to increase vocabulary, enhance grammar skills, and develop reading skills. This course is designed to give students extensive experience in reading Japanese.
  

  • JPN 3302:Practical Conversation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JPN 2002  or the equivalent.
    This course emphasizes expansion of effective listening comprehension and speaking skills in Japanese through culturally and linguistically appropriate activities. Communicative tasks are limited to those in uncomplicated and straightforward social situations.
  

  • JPN 3303:Grammar and Composition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JPN 2002   or the equivalent.
    This course is a general review of grammar and composition and other writing activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms.
  

  • JPN 3304:Readings in Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JPN 3200   or the equivalent.
    This course introduces students to selected readings in Japanese culture, through which they expand their vocabulary and learn new grammar. Students also learn about cultural issues within the Japanese context and develop their competence in critical analysis of the issues from a global perspective. Readings are in Japanese and discussions are in Japanese and English.

Korean
  

  • KOR 1001:Introduction to Korean Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements
    This course introduces students to Korean language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Korean culture. This course is not open to native speakers of Korean.
  

  • KOR 1002:Introduction to Korean Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One year of high school Korean or KOR 1001   or the equivalent.
    This course is an introduction to Korean language and culture, Part II, stressing continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Korean culture. This course is not open to native speakers of Korean.
  

  • KOR 2001:Intermediate Korean Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school Korean or KOR 1002   or the equivalent.
    The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways. This course is not open to native speakers of Korean.
  

  • KOR 2002:Intermediate Korean Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Three years of high school Korean or KOR 2001   or the equivalent.
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. This course is not open to native speakers of Korean.
  

  • KOR 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: KOR 2002  or the equivalent.
    This course emphasizes skill development and refinement in the areas of critical reading and writing in Korean. This course is designed to give students extensive experience in reading and wring in Korean.
  

  • KOR 3302:Practical Conversation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: KOR 2002  or the equivalent.
    This course emphasizes expansion of effective listening comprehension and speaking skills in Korean through culturally and linguistically appropriate activities. Communicative tasks are limited to those in uncomplicated and straightforward social situations.
  

  • KOR 3303:Grammar and Composition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: KOR 2002  or the equivalent.
    This course is a general review of grammar through composition and other writing activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms.
  

  • KOR 3304:Readings in Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: KOR 3200  or the equivalent.
    This course introduces students to selected readings in Korean culture, through which they expand their vocabulary and learn new grammar. Students also learn about cultural issues within the Korean context and develop their competence in critical analysis of the issues from a global perspective. Readings are in Korean and discussions are in Korean and English.

KSU Seminars
  

  • ICT 2101:Information and Communications Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is a digital literacy course that explores how computers and the Internet have revolutionized society and become an integral part of every profession.  This course provides the foundation for students to become informed and creative problem-solvers capable of using and envisioning the potential of digital technologies.  Students will learn to apply fundamental principles of computing, including but not limited to digitization, digital logic, and algorithmic thought, to enhance their skill in the use of digital applications, create digital resources, and assess digital assets.  Other topics include digital security and privacy, the implications of digital disruption, and careers in the digital age.
  

  • KSU 1101:First-Year Seminar

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: Students with 30 or more credit hours are not eligible to enroll.
    This course is a first-year seminar designed to help students develop college-level skills for academic success by focusing on life skills, strategies for academic success, connecting with campus and community, and foundations for global learning. This course guides student through the transition from high school to higher education. It satisfies the first-year curriculum requirement by meeting the four learning outcomes of the first-year seminars.
  

  • KSU 1111:Tomorrow’s World Today

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Students with 30 or more credit hours are not eligible to enroll.
    This course examines research-based projections of what the world will look like in 25 years due to the influence of seven global challenges, specifically population, resource management, technology, information/knowledge, economic integration, conflict, and governance. Students will analyze the impact of these issues on their own lives. This course satisfies the first-year curriculum requirement by meeting the four learning outcomes of first-year seminars.
  

  • KSU 1121:Be the Change

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: Students with 30 or more credit hours are not eligible to enroll.
    In this course, students work to make a difference in the world through research- and skills-based community engagement projects. Students investigate a world problem, find supporting evidence of the problem’s scope, and offer solutions that culminate in a final community project where academic and life skills relevant to multiple disciplines and careers are applied. This course satisfies the first-year curriculum requirement by meeting the four learning outcomes of first-year seminars.
  

  • KSU 1200:First-Year Seminar: Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required. Prerequisite: Students with 30 or more credit hours are not eligible to enroll.
    This course enhances first-year students’ leadership skills and cultivates their knowledge of leadership theory and application. Through experiential learning projects, students practice leadership on campus and in the community while developing life skills, connections with the university, academic success strategies, and global perspectives. This course satisfies the first-year curriculum requirement by meeting the four learning outcomes of the first-year seminars.
  

  • KSU 2000:Transfer Student Seminar

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Transfer students with fifteen or more earned credit hours may take this course in their first semester at KSU.
    This course is designed specifically for students who have transferred to KSU. This course emphasizes personal and academic planning and development, major and career exploration and preparation, and campus and community engagement. 
  

  • KSU 2100:Sophomore Career Exploration Seminar

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 30 or more credit hours
    The Sophomore Career Exploration course is designed to introduce students to the skills and strategies needed to navigate the transition from the course work in their academic major to their chosen career. Designed specifically for sophomore-level students, this course focuses on career and internship options, emphasizes transferrable skills, and helps students develop a better personal understanding of their personal work values.
  

  • KSU 2290:Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Varies depending on topic.
    Selected special topics relevant to the mission of University College.
  

  • KSU 4401:Senior Seminar

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 credit hours earned and above.
    This institutional capstone course provides a structure for seniors to bring closure to their undergraduate experience while preparing for the transition from the university to the community at large. Within a structured learning community from a variety of disciplines, students will access the meaning of their undergraduate experience and develop an understanding of their role as alumni and productive citizens of the work force, community, state, nation, and the world. Through the preparation of a reflective portfolio, involvement in a service-learning project, and a critical discussion of their short and long term logistical goals, the students will prepare for the post-university experience.

Latin
  

  • LATN 1001:Introduction to Latin Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements
    Introduction to Latin stressing progressive acquisition of grammar, composition, prose translation and pronunciation.
  

  • LATN 1002:Introduction to Latin Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One year of high school Latin or LATN 1001  or the equivalent.
    Introduction to Latin, part II, stressing continued progressive acquisition of grammar, composition, prose translation and pronunciation.
  

  • LATN 2001:Intermediate Latin Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school Latin or LATN 1002  or the equivalent.
    Review of Latin grammar and syntax. Prose translations from selected prose authors such as Livy, Caesar, Tacitus, and Sallust.
  

  • LATN 2002:Intermediate Latin Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Three years of high school Latin or LATN 2001   or the equivalent.
    Continued refinement of grammar and reading skills through the study of prose and poetry from the Golden Age of Latin Literature.
  

  • LATN 3500:Topics in Latin Poetry

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: LATN 2002  or permission of the instructor.
    In this course, students analyze Latin poetry, poetic syntax, meter, and style through readings from selected poets. The course content focuses on one or more of the following poets: Catullus, Vergil, Ovid, Horace. Students review Latin grammar and syntax, build vocabulary, and develop a variety of reading strategies. Readings are Latin; instruction is in English. The course may be repeated once for credit with permission of the department chair with different content.
  

  • LATN 4490:Special Topics in Latin

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: LATN 2002  or permission of the instructor.
    Selected topics of special interest to faculty and students.
  

  • LATN 4500:Topics in Latin Prose

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: LATN 3500   or permission of the instructor.
    In this course, students read and analyze Latin prose by various writers. The course content focuses on one or more of the following prose writers: Livy, Caesar, Cicero, Tacitus, Propertius, Tibullus, or Seneca. Students review Latin grammar and syntax, build vocabulary, and develop a variety of reading strategies. Readings are in Latin; instruction is in English. The course may be repeated once for credit with permission of department chair when content differs.

Latin American/Latino Studies
  

  • LALS 1102:Understanding Latin America

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    In this course students critically approach Latin America/Latino-US from interdisciplinary perspectives while analyzing texts within a social, political, cultural, economic, historical, artistic, and geographical context. The concept of a global understanding of Latin America within the notion of a hemispheric America is emphasized, as well as how different nations relate to one another in terms of identity formation and statehood. Issues of representation in the context of immigration and multicultural relations are also studied.
  

  • LALS 3770:Latin American Cinema

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course critically examines the representation of social issues and identity formation in films from Latin America, as well as how they are related to the globalization of American popular culture. This course also focuses on the social and political conditions that affect film-making in the region.
  

  • LALS 3780:Trends in Latin American/Latino Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course focuses on current trends, issues, problems, and strategies in the field of Latin American and Latino Studies. Particular attention is paid to how socio-demographic variables, such as race, gender, class, religion, and/or ethnicity impact the issues facing the Latino/Hispanic populations in Latin America and the United States.
  

  • LALS 4490:Special Topics in Latin American/Latino Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: LALS 1102  
    This course is a study of selected special topics of interest that are relevant to the field of Latin American and/or Latino Studies. Course may be repeated with a change in content. Students may use the course as an elective towards the Minor in Latin American/Latino Studies. Depending on the content, the course can also serve as an elective course for Minors in African/African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, or Gender and Women’s Studies.

Leadership Studies
  

  • LDRS 2000:Finding the Leader Within

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    In this course students are introduced to leadership concepts and practices. Students observe and practice skills and competencies associated with ethical, successful leadership. Students discover and develop their own personal leadership styles and philosophies, learning how to balance tasks and relationships and overcome obstacles. Students identify their leadership strengths and weaknesses and create and implement strategies to improve their leadership skills.
  

  • LDRS 2100:Leadership & Historic Social Movements

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    Drawing on examples from around the world, this course focuses on an examination of the leadership process: individuals influencing a group to achieve a goal in historic social movements. Students examine leadership within the historical, social, political, and cultural context of select social movements. This course facilitates the development and/or advancement of socially conscious, historically minded, and reflective thinking about leadership in a variety of settings.
  

  • LDRS 2200:Contemporary Leadership Issues

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    In this course students are introduced to critical challenges, key contexts, and emerging trends of leadership. Students observe and practice skills and competencies associated with the dynamics of adaptive change, and the practices of authority and leadership. Students discover and develop how to engage in collective problem-solving, and distinguish leadership from authority. Students identify and reflect upon current leadership practices and work together to create leadership strategies and innovations for future leadership practice.
  

  • LDRS 3000:Foundations of Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    History, theories and models of leadership are examined from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students begin to develop their own leadership identity and consider how their personality and leadership style affects group process. Other factors that affect leadership such as gender and culture are also explored. Interviews with and observations of leaders from a variety of disciplines help students better understand the ethical and practical applications of leadership.
  

  • LDRS 3100:Change and Conflict Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    In this course, students explore the relationship between leadership and the concepts of change and conflict in organizational and societal contexts. Students study phases of the change process, characteristics of change, and how personal leadership characteristics affect change. Students also examine and discuss the qualities effective leaders demonstrate during change processes and strategies to manage conflict. Finally, students consider how they respond to change and conflict as they develop their personal leadership practices.
  

  • LDRS 3200:Leadership in a Global Society

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Leadership is examined through an interdisciplinary, global lens. Students learn how cultural context affects leadership style, conflict negotiation, and ethical decision making; examine how leaders might impact culture; and develop their own multicultural awareness and competencies. Contemporary cases of how leadership varies depending on the cultural context in which one is leading are researched. Key geographical regions of the world will be analyzed from a leadership perspective, and an individual cultural experience highlighting the intersection of leadership and culture also occurs.
  

  • LDRS 3300:Leadership and Decision Making

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    In this course, leadership and decision-making are examined from multiple perspectives. Students learn the process of making a decision utilizing the WRAP framework. Other factors involved in the decision making process are explored and identified. The dynamics of the relationship between leadership and decision making are discussed and analyzed. Research of leaders helps students better understand the decision making process and the impact of decisions.
  

  • LDRS 3400:Service As Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Based on the Social Change and Servant Leadership models, students explore the connections between service and leadership. This course examines the differences between civic engagement, civic responsibility and social activism. Students participate in engagement projects within the community, attend social activism functions and develop and present projects geared toward social change. Students leave this course with an understanding of how servant leaders can impact their community.
  

  • LDRS 3500:How Not to Lead

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    In this course students define and explore unethical and ineffective leadership concepts and practices. Through the use of case studies and current events students identify circumstances and contexts in which bad leadership emerges. Students also identify the roles followers play in perpetuating negative leadership. Finally, students identify their own leadership style strengths and weaknesses to lay the groundwork for personal ethical and effective leadership practices.
  

  • LDRS 3600:Ethics in Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course examines leader’s behaviors through an ethical lens and delves into the moral decision making process and the role of ethics in leadership. Based on analysis of case studies of current and historical events, students gain an understanding of ethical leadership decision making while touching on the theories of ethics and their application. Students can expect to focus on the importance of understanding ethics in a global environment.
  

  • LDRS 3700:Women in Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course makes connections and draw conclusions about leadership, particularly as it applied to women. Students will integrate leadership theory and experiences to understand the unique state and current thinking of women and leadership, including recent progress toward equal opportunity as well as address remaining challenges for this group.
  

  • LDRS 3800:Leading in Groups

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of group processes, group development, and the influential role of leadership within each area. Students will come to understand leadership from an interdisciplinary, organizational perspective and apply this understanding in practical applications throughout the semester.
  

  • LDRS 4400:Directed Study

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: LDRS 3000  , 3.0 GPA, approval of advisor, instructor, and department chair.
    This course covers special topics and seminars of an advanced nature, external to regular course offerings that allow a student to work individually with an instructor. An LDRS Directed Study may include original research projects and/or practicum experiences that allow the student to gain in-depth exposure to the topic of leadership.
  

  • LDRS 4490:Special Topics in Leadership Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours variable 1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
    This course is a study of selected special topics of interest to faculty and students. Course may be repeated with a change in content.

Management
  

  • MGT 3100:Management and Behavioral Sciences

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: [(Grades of “B” or higher in (MATH 1160   or MATH 1190  ), ACCT 2100  , ACCT 2200  , ECON 2100   and ECON 2200  ) or Admission to Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program] or [completion of 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0 and student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course]. 
    This course introduces students to the field of management, focusing on basic principles and concepts applicable to all types of organizations. The evolution of functional and behavioral aspects of management and organization theory are presented in the context of political, societal, regulatory, ethical, global, technological and demographic environmental forces.
  

  • MGT 3190:Business, Ethics, and Society

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course examines the relationship between business and society and the role of ethics in employee and managerial decision-making and behavior. Using a stakeholder management approach, the course explores uses and potential abuses of business power on internal and external stakeholders. Models for integrating ethical concerns into business decisions are examined.
  

  • MGT 3200:Operations Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ECON 2300  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Generic modeling techniques are applied to the planning, operation and control of the production of goods and services. Topics include: quality control, facility location and layout, material requirements planning and project scheduling.
  

  • MGT 3396:Cooperative Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program and approval of the Career and Internship Advisor (KSU Career Planning and Development).
    A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.

    Notes: Co-op credit can be used only in the “Business Electives” area of the BBA.
  

  • MGT 3398:Internship

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program and approval of the Career and Internship Advisor (KSU Career Planning and Development).
    A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, private agency or government agency. A research paper is required to receive credit. For junior or senior students who wish to participate in an on the job experience in which they may apply their academic training. The work experience may not be with a current employer. The course will be graded on an S/U basis.

    Notes: Internship credit can be used only in the “Business Electives” area of the BBA.
  

  • MGT 3600:Introduction to International Business

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    An introduction to the global business environment, this course examines the discrete and interactive effects of the geographic, historical, sociocultural, political/legal, economic and technological forces that shape international commercial activity and its consequences.
  

  • MGT 4001:Managing Organizations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Where, what, and how do managers manage? This course introduces students to the “world of a manager” and provides a framework for management majors. Starting with the big picture, students learn about the various external factors that impact organizations, structure, and culture. Internal factors including leadership, teaming, problem-solving and managing communications are also addressed.

    Notes: MGT 4001 and MGT 4160 cannot both be used. MGT 4001 and MGT 4170 cannot both be used.
  

  • MGT 4002:Managing People

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:  MGT 4001  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    People are an organization’s most valuable assets. This course provides students with an understanding and capability to manage these assets (self and others) to support the goals of the organization. It covers the human resource practices and people management skills used to attract, motivate, develop, and retain employees. Students also develop self-management skills and personal career growth strategies to enhance their professionalism and employability.

    Notes: MGT 4002 and MGT 4160 cannot both be used. MGT 4002 and MGT 4170 cannot both be used.
  

  • MGT 4003:Managing Projects

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 4001   and (ECON 2300   or STAT 3125  ), 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    In this course, students learn to complete organizational projects on time and on budget. This course introduces students to project management (PM) from both a process and project tool standpoint. Students focus on understanding project definition and scope, resource allocation, task dependencies and risk management. Students also learn how to use PM software in the context of managing a team project.
  

  • MGT 4004:Managing Your Company

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ECON 2300  , FIN 3100  , MKTG 3100  , MGT 3200  , MGT 4002  , and MGT 4003  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    In this course, students learn to develop a long-term vision and competitive strategy for a company. Students learn to balance short-term objectives with long-term strategic goals. They learn to recognize interactions among the internal factors (resources and processes) and external environments, and the impact of both on performance. Students also demonstrate their ability to make decisions, and to analyze, justify, and professionally communicate the results of those decisions.

    Notes: MGT 4004 and MGT 4120 cannot both be used.
  

  • MGT 4122:Venture Analysis

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    A course that applies the concepts of small business management, entrepreneurship and creativity to the analysis of complex business problems faced by new ventures and existing small businesses. Case studies will be used to develop students’ ability to identify and solve problems. Work will continue on personal startup projects and business plans.
  

  • MGT 4123:Family Business Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course explores the unique challenges and opportunities involved in owning and/or managing a family business. By attending the class, students learn to identify and address challenges related to responsible ownership, succession, corporate governance, family governance, professionalization, and family office. Both family and non-family members’ perspectives are explored and addressed.
  

  • MGT 4124:Franchise Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Franchise Management is an introduction to the field of franchising as it concerns the franchiser (the business who grants the business rights to franchisees), and the franchisee (the individual or business who obtains the rights to operate the franchised business in accordance with the chosen method to produce or sell the product or service). It covers the body of knowledge on how to expand an existing business through domestic or international franchising as well as how to analyze and decide how to buy and manage a franchise.
  

  • MGT 4125:International Entrepreneurship

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    An examination of the role of the entrepreneur in creating new international business ventures. This course provides students with both a theoretical and practical understanding of new venture creation in the international marketplace, including extensions of domestic enterprises and new enterprises.
  

  • MGT 4130:Commercial Real Estate Ventures

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course addresses the acquisition, development, operation, and disposition of commercial real estate properties, with a special emphasis on shopping centers. Dimensions of inquiry include: ethical decision making, specific legal requirements associated with real estate ventures, and stakeholder (developers, investors, local communities, and public sector) analysis.
  

  • MGT 4161:Organizational Communications

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course develops student understanding of communication processes within organizations, increases ability to diagnose and deal with organizational communication problems, and enhances skills in using communication to improve individual, group, and organization-wide effectiveness.
  

  • MGT 4171:Employee and Labor Relations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:  MGT 4002 , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    The study of employee and labor relations includes union organizing, collective bargaining, labor legislation, contract negotiation, grievance resolution, arbitration, and international labor movement issues. Alternative dispute resolution methods, cooperative labor/management policies and practices, and union-free work environments are covered.
  

  • MGT 4172:Compensation and Reward Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 4002  ,  60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Compensation systems and practices that attract, motivate, and retain employees are investigated in this course. Topical areas include wage and hour regulations, job evaluation, pay structure development, incentive systems, merit pay decision making, and strategic benefit systems design.
  

  • MGT 4173:Human Resource Selection

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 4002  ,  60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course focuses on the acquisition, selection, and placement of human resources to maximize organizational effectiveness. Topics include strategic human resources planning, EEO requirements, labor force forecasting, job analysis methods, recruitment practices, employee selection techniques, and testing procedures that increase employee-job fit.
  

  • MGT 4174:International Human Resource Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  OR student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course focuses on human resource management functions required to implement international or global strategy. Areas examined include international recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, compensation, labor relations, management of expatriates and their repatriation, dealing with host country nationals, and career management in the international context. Special topics include human resource law and issues in specific countries outside the U.S. and managing a multicultural labor force in the U.S.
  

  • MGT 4185:Technology Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course focuses on the management of technologies within organizations. Specific topics include the management of innovation, technological development, research and development, the justification and strategic implications of new technologies, and the development of a technological strategy. The management of both manufacturing and information technologies will be emphasized.
  

  • MGT 4190:International Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course deals with the basic managerial functions in an international enterprise. It explores the theoretical and practical aspects of managing international business operations, and deals with multi-cultural and global issues of managing the business expansion beyond the domestic market. It portrays the difficulties of managing enterprises that cross national borders and have to deal with cultural diversity, and diversity in socio-political and economic systems.
  

  • MGT 4199:Strategic Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BUSA 4150  ,ECON 3300  , FIN 3100  , MGT 3100  , MGT 3200   and MKTG 3100   and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program. This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the B.B.A. program.
    This course emphasizes an integrative, multifunctional, general management perspective of the organization and its long-term survival in a global economic environment. It builds the knowledge base and analytical skills required for managing a business enterprise. Components include situation analysis, strategy formulation, evaluation, and choice, as well as strategy implementation at different organizational levels, and under different contextual conditions. The course enables the refinement of the student’s communication and presentation skills, as well as the interpersonal abilities necessary for accomplishing group tasks. Integrating multiple business disciplines, it serves as the capstone course in the business curriculum.
  

  • MGT 4200:Family Business Consulting

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course explores both consulting practices and the challenges faced in family business. In addition to introducing the concepts and tools in both these areas, the course provides real-world insights via interaction with family business owners and professionals from local and regional consulting firms. The course includes on-site visits to family businesses where students apply what they have learned in class and analyze problems and develop plans to assist these companies.
  

  • MGT 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.0,([Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course), and approval of instructor and Department Chair prior to registration
    Special topics of an advanced nature not in the regular course offerings.
  

  • MGT 4476:Contemporary Global Business Practices

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  and MGT 3600  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course deals with current practices in Global Business. It examines the strategies and tactics adopted by Global Companies from both Developed as well as Emerging Markets. Students will obtain insights into how firms in today’s global markets need to be skilled in handling virtual teaming, outsourced and offshored projects, and strategic alliances across national boundaries, in order to maintain competitive advantage.

    Notes: MGT 4476 and MKTG 4476 cannot both be used.
  

  • MGT 4490:Special Topics in Management

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, (Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course), and approval of instructor and Department Chair prior to registration.
    Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
  

  • MGT 4700:Hospitality Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This survey course provides students with an understanding of the Hospitality Industry and the role it plays in the both the U.S. and global economies. This course provides an overview of hospitality management areas such as lodging, food service, travel, and entertainment and career opportunities in each area. The main goal of the course is to expose students to the hospitality industry and provide an understanding of the unique aspects of managing businesses in this industry.

     
  

  • MGT 4800:International Supply Chain Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3200  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course examines the key concepts of supply chain management, involving the flows of materials and information among all of the firms that contribute value to a product or service, from the source of raw materials to end customers. The course emphasizes the relationship between a firm and its supply chain partners: primarily the suppliers from whom it purchases its inputs and those who assist in the logistics and distribution of the products. The course has an international emphasis to reflect the trend of increasing partnerships with international suppliers, international transportation providers, and distributors in foreign markets. Supply chain management issues are addressed for both manufacturing and service organizations.
  

  • MGT 4850:Managing Process Improvement

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3200  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course addresses leading-edge manufacturing theory and practice, including the just-in-time manufacturing philosophy, kanban production control systems, group technology, cellular manufacturing, the theory of constraints, the drum-buffer-rope production control system, and VAT analysis. This course extends knowledge beyond what is taught in traditional production and inventory management courses.
  

  • MGT 4860:Quality Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3200  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course is an in-depth study of the key concepts and practices of modern quality philosophies and techniques. The opportunities to add value through quality in all phases of business and product life cycles will be identified. Concepts and methods of statistical quality control will be presented.
  

  • MGT 4880:Service Operations Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MGT 3200  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    The course will focus on developing a clear understanding of services from multiple perspectives. Students will define, diagnose, design, measure, control, and change services with the objective of improving quality and productivity. The course will address important service design issues, competitive issues unique to services, and the extensive interaction between marketing and operations in service organizations.
 

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