Courses

NU 672 NURSING MGT & EXEC LEADERSHIP PRACTICUM   3.0 Credit(s)
This is the next to the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive Leadership program. Nursing 672 will focus at the larger organization's macrosystem level. Students will apply and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated clinical practicum experience using a preceptor. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants through a weekly discussion using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities including managing client needs and expectations, marketing, assessing quality and safety, strategic planning, designing care management systems, and developing operational plans for accountability and ethical practice. Leadership strategies for accomplishing this work are explored. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project. In this course, the student will perform an organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level) in two parts and complete Part I of the capstone project. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants through discussions using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. Prerequisite: Take NU 617, NU-511, NU-521-NU-665, NU-576 ýAnd NU-575
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years

NU 673 CAPSTONE:NURSING MGT & EXEC LEADERSHIP   3.0 Credit(s)
This is the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive Leadership program. Nursing 673 will focus on the larger organization's macrosystem level. Students will apply and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated role practicum experience using a preceptor. Further, students will examine the application of theories/evidence from scholarly readings and their application to practice. Students will share their reflections with other course participants through discussions using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives. The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities and include assessing the following areas: human resource management, workforce development, succession planning, professional practice and interprofessional collaboration, budgeting and financial accountability, information management, automation in healthcare and redesign of workflow, laws, regulations and healthcare policy shaping administrative practice, executive presence and raising the bar - learning from excellence. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project. In this course, students will complete their capstone project and the organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level). Prerequisite: Take NU-672;
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years

CS 662 GAME DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENT.   3.0 Credit(s)
In this course students work as a team to develop an innovative, original computer game. Group responsibilities include project planning and documentation, teamwork, presentations, and demonstrations. Students learn the technical skills involved in game architecture, including advanced character animation and nesting, game physics, sound syncing and editing, lighting simulation techniques, and game balance. Special attention will be paid to emerging game development opportunities in education, professional training, medicine, advertising, and scientific research. Prerequisite: TAKE CS-571
Offered: Spring & Late Spring Semesters All Years

MFIM 642 ADV DERIVATIVES & RISK MGMT   3.0 Credit(s)
The course emphasizes modern methods of risk management. Lectures cover risk measurement and estimation, management, control, and monitoring of risk positions. The impact of risk management tools such as derivative securities will be examined. Regulatory constraints and their impact on risk management will also be assessed. This course also provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of valuation methods for derivative securities. Extensive use is made of continuous time stochastic processes, stochastic calculus, and martingale methods. The main topics to be addressed include A.) European option valuation, B.) exotic options, C.) stochastic interest rate, D.) stochastic volatility, E.) American options, and F.) some numerical methods such as Monte Carlo simulations. Additional topics may be covered depending on time constraints. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-638 MFIM-636
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 644 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES & MARKETS   3.0 Credit(s)
This courses features analyses of U.S. and foreign fixed income markets and describes the various products, where and how they are traded, how they are priced, and how they are used to achieve a variety of financial goals including capital formation, interest rate risk management, and portfolio diversification. Topics covered include treasury, agency, corporate, and municipal bonds; floating rate bonds; mortgage backed securities; term structure modeling; immunization; credit risk management; credit derivatives; and interest rate derivatives including swaps, caps and floors, and swaptions. The course also provides an introduction to the valuation of fixed income securities, the management and hedging of fixed income portfolios, and the valuation and usage of fixed income derivatives. Some of the contracts analyzed in the course include pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, callable bonds, floating rate notes, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, swaptions, inflation indexed bonds, and convertible bonds. The course covers topics such as basic theoretical and empirical term structure concepts, short rate modeling, and the Heath-Jarrow-Morton methodology and market models. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-636
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 641 QUANTITATIVE FINANCE II   3.0 Credit(s)
The course has an emphasis on applications rather than statistical theory, and thus builds on Quantitative Finance I by emphasizing the use of financial data to conduct applied analysis. The aim of the course is to equip students with a working knowledge of important econometric techniques used in financial economics, such as event study, advanced time series analysis, and survival analysis. Substantial emphasis will be placed on the development of programming skills in computer program. The emphasis is on understanding and learning how to apply the econometric tools used by academics and practitioners working in these areas. The course will be helpful for anyone interested in pursuing a graduate degree in a quantitative field, but equally helpful for students interested in working at research institutions or financial institutions. Prerequisite: Take MFIM-636 MFIM-638;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 645 PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course analyzes the theory and practice of modern investment management. Topics include quantitative concepts, portfolio analysis, capital asset pricing theory model, performance measurement, efficient market hypothesis, portfolio management process, use of derivative securities, ethical and legal considerations, and professional standards. The course will also provide students with a concise introduction to recent results on optimal dynamic consumption-investment problems. Lectures will also cover standard mean-variance theory, dynamic asset allocation, asset-liability management, and lifecycle finance. The main focus of this course is to present a financial engineering approach to dynamic asset allocation problems of institutional investors such as pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds. Numerical methods for implementation of asset allocation models will also be presented. The course also focuses on empirical features and practical implementation of dynamic portfolio problems. Prerequisite: MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 646 ADV. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a solid foundation in the investment field. Considers aspects of accounting, economics, finance, strategic management, strategic marketing, and management science relevant to modern investment analysis. Topics include the analysis and understanding of security markets and the economy, industries, companies, and analysis and valuation of corporate securities. The course teaches students how to develop valuation techniques and technical analysis that is later used to value equities in the major industrial sectors. The variety of geographic, industrial, and other specialized circumstances requires a careful selection of the appropriate valuation methods and the interpretation of different standards of financial reporting and disclosure. The course also prepares students to analyze the firm's prospects based on forecasts of the economic environment, industrial activity, and business cycle; measures of performance and value added (EVA, MVA, CFROI); valuation for closely held companies, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; technical analysis; and alternative investments such as real estate, venture capital, investment companies, and hedge funds. Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 648 VALUATION MODELS & PRACTICES   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines different models and practices for valuing various asset classes ranging from R&D investments to firms, both public and private. Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 647 FINANCIAL REGS. & COMPLIANCE   3.0 Credit(s)
The course covers ethical issues, professional standards, and the code of conduct related to investment portfolio management and private and public sharing of information. This course will also examine regulations covering business ethics and standards of professional conduct in the financial services industry and include discussions of business leadership and professional conduct in the financial services industry. Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 649 GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS   3.0 Credit(s)
This course studies the flow of funds in the short-term and long-term financial markets. Sources and uses of funds, interest rate theory, and the role of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Treasury are studied to provide background for interpretation of current developments. Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

MFIM 650 NUMERICAL METHODS IN FINANCE   3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces and applies various numerical and computational techniques useful to tackle problems in mathematical finance. Among them are different interpolation methods and their consequences during hedge and root solving techniques and their properties. The focus of this course is the pricing of derivative securities. The PDE (partial differential equation) approach is discussed and stability analyzed. Monte Carlo methods are introduced with various variance reduction techniques and theoretical aspects studied. The course will also include applications to credit derivatives and other fashionable topics if time permits. The course is designed to be both theoretical and practical, dealing with theoretical aspects of the numerical techniques (what works, what does not, and what is popular in the industry and why) using tools from pure and/or applied mathematics with spreadsheet experimentations. In this course, students are challenged in both areas: theoretical (theorems, calculations, proofs) and practical (making spreadsheets that are working, easy to use, and understand). Prerequisite: TAKE MFIM-636 MFIM-638 MFIM-640
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CS 645 ADVANCED DIGITAL FORENSICS   3.0 Credit(s)
This instructor-led course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and effectively use the AccessData forensic software tool set to conduct digital/computer forensic investigations. There will be a significant amount of hands-on, in-class work. At the completion of this course, each student will have the opportunity to take the AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) test. Upon a successful completion of the test, the student will have earned the ACE certification. The AccessData forensic tools covered in this course include Forensic Toolkit (FTK), FTK Imager, Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK), and Registry Viewer. The platform for this course will be the Windows Operating System. Prerequisite: Take CS-635
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

CM 640 SOCIAL MEDIA & CULTURE   3.0 Credit(s)
Social media has altered how we communicate with each other on the individual and cultural level. This course explores the micro and macro impact of social media on health, identity, consumerism, and democracy.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 641 MEDIA INDUSTRIES   3.0 Credit(s)
In this course, students will interrogate the role of political economy in media literacy. Throughout the course students will review the foundations of media economics such as growth, globalization, integration, and concentration and explore how these factors impact media content. Students will also learn the historical context and cultural impact on media regulation and ownership.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department