Courses

PS 545 DVERSITY & CROSS-CULTURAL WITHIN ORGS   3.0 Credit(s)
Overview of theory and practice of diversity in organizations; examination of the impact of changing workforce demographics on current and future productivity and competitiveness of organizations.
Offered: Modules Odd Semesters All Years

PS 553 APPLICATION OF ADVANCED ORG ANALYTICS   3.0 Credit(s)
Introduction to advanced organizational analytics including big data and the applications of the analytics within the workplace as well as the ethical issues regarding organizational analytics.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PS 555 LEADERSHIP DEVEL/COACHING   3.0 Credit(s)
Models, strategies and techniques for coaching/mentoring leaders and employees in contemporary organizations with an introduction to research on issues shown to play key roles in leadership success or failure.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PS 560 WORK MOTIVATION   3.0 Credit(s)
The meaning of work, theories of motivation, values and expectations, performance and reinforcement, job satisfaction and motivation, pay as an incentive, interventions to increase work motivation.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PS 565 INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
Theories, strategies and techniques for assessing individuals within organizations with an introduction of research on issues regarding assessment as well as the application of assessments in the workplace.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PS 570 WORKER WELL-BEING   3.0 Credit(s)
Overview of frameworks, theories, and critical issues associated with psychological well-being of people in the workplace including topics such as work-life balance and organizational interventions facilitating the well-being of workers.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PS 575 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN IO PSYCHOLOGY   3.0 Credit(s)
In-depth investigation of topical trends and areas of concern in Industrial/Organizational psychology. Content will be stated at the time the course is scheduled.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SW 530 GROUP WORK   3.0 Credit(s)
This course presents theoretical and practical approaches to groups, with particular emphasis on the exploration of creating meaningful connections through mutual aid. Group members will develop skills to intervene and empower individuals and community members to bring about broader social change.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PAD 546 NON-PROFIT GRANT MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
Grant Management for public and non-profit agencies provides students with knowledge required for proposal development, managing grant and contract awards, ethics, record keeping and accountability.
Offered: Late Spring Semester Contact Department

EDCS 501 COMPUTING SYSTEMS & NETWORKS   3.0 Credit(s)
This course begins by analyzing how users interact with existing computational devices and expect students to propose improvements based on these observations. Students will design projects that combine hardware and software components, and also interact with other pieces of cyber-physical systems. Students will model role of network protocols in transmitting data on the Internet.
Offered: Fall & Summer Semesters All Years

EDCS 503 DATA & ANALYSIS - ELEMENTARY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an understanding of data and related concepts using multiple encoding schemes on various computational tools. Core data operations such as storing, copying, searching, retrieving, modifying, deleting and transforming information. Students will collect and present data in various visual formats, and be able to identify and describe patterns in data visualizations to make predictions, as well as highlight and propose cause-and effect relationships. Social impacts of computing are also presented.
Offered: Module 2 All Years

EDCS 504 DATA & ANALYS - SECONDARY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an understanding of data and related concepts using multiple encoding schemes on various computational tools. Core data operations such as storing, copying, searching, retrieving, modifying, deleting and transforming information. Students will collect and present data in various visual formats, and be able to identify and describe patterns in data visualizations to make predictions, as well as highlight and propose cause-and effect relationships. Social impacts of computing are also presented.
Offered: Module 2 All Years

EDCS 505 ALGORITHMS - ELEMENTARY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course helps students create prototypes to solve computational problems, modeling daily processes to complete tasks.  Students will develop programs with sequences and simple repetitions (loops) to express ideas or solve basic problems.  Flowcharts and pseudocode concepts will be introduced to emphasize the importance of design before starting development.  The importance of decomposing a problem into smaller parts will also be introduced.  Students will be expected to systematically design and develop programs making selections among various alternative approaches to solve a problem and justify their choice.
Offered: Spring & Summer Semesters All Years

EDCS 506 ALGORITHMS - SECONDARY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course helps students create prototypes to solve computational problems, modeling daily processes to complete tasks.  Students will develop programs with sequences and simple repetitions (loops) to express ideas or solve basic problems.  Flowcharts and pseudocode concepts will be introduced to emphasize the importance of design before starting development.  The importance of decomposing a problem into smaller parts will also be introduced.  Students will be expected to systematically design and develop programs making selections among various alternative approaches to solve a problem and justify their choice.
Offered: Spring & Summer Semesters All Years

EDCS 507 PROGRAMMING - ELEMENTARY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on hands-on skills for students to develop plans that describe a particular program's sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes. Proper program development skills in modular design, indentation, commenting, and help files will be studied. Students will be asked to debug (i.e., identify and fix) errors in programs, and explain how errors are fixed by using relevant terminology. Prerequisite: Pre or co-req EDCS-505 or EDCS-515
Offered: Spring & Summer Semesters All Years