Courses
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
CM 642 BRANDING AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to fundamental concepts in branding for strategic communication along with the theory and practice of effective visual communication.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CM 643 MEDIA AESTHETICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the formal elements of composition and structure in visual media. In this class students will develop the language to articulate what films, videos, photographs, or advertisements look like, what formal or stylistic choices were made in their production, and what distinguishes one media artifact from another.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 644 MEDIA & VIOLENCE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course invites students to explore the complexities of how violence is represented in the media. Throughout the course students will interrogate the intersections between gender, race, and violence with special attention given to cultivation theory.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 645 MEDIA & BODY IMAGE 3.0 Credit(s)
We are constantly bombarded by images of beauty and idealized bodies in the media. Students will be introduced to communication, feminist, psychological, and sociological theory in order to deconstruct these images and explore how they contribute to the complex concepts of body image and body satisfaction.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CM 646 ADVERTISING, PR & CONSUMER CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
We live in a world where we are surrounded by advertising and PR messages. With the goal of producing more ethical communication professionals, in this course, students will turn a critical eye to the persuasion industries in order to examine their impact on individuals and society.
Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years
CM 647 MULTIMEDIA HEALTH PROMOTIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces to the key components of health promotion. Students will explore the sociocultural factors surrounding health issues and the need for public health initiatives. Throughout the course students will analyze health promotion strategies and create their own multimedia health campaigns.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
PA 601 INTERNAL MEDICINE 5.0 Credit(s)
This five-week clinical course provides the PA student with in-patient experience in internal medicine. The student will gain in-depth knowledge of a variety of medical problems and learn the skills necessary for providing patient care in an in-patient (hospital) setting. Students will gain experience in professional communication with patients, patient families, and supervising physicians within an interprofessional healthcare team.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
PA 602 OB-GYN/WOMEN'S HEALTH 5.0 Credit(s)
This five-week clinical course provides the PA student with experience in managing common gynecologic care and the maintenance of gynecologic health. Obstetric experience will include routine prenatal care. Students will gain experience in professional communication with patients, patient families, and supervising physicians within an interprofessional healthcare team.
Offered: All Semesters All Years