MISCELANEOUS BUSINESS RELATED CLASSES
Introduction to Statistics - Examining relationships between two variables using graphical techniques, simple linear regression and correlation methods. Producing data using experiment design and sampling. Elementary probability and the basic notions of statistical inference including confidence interval estimation and tests of hypothesis. One and two sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, inference for count data and regression
Leadership and Management - Assists students in acquiring knowledge and developing the cognitive processes necessary to make decisions in the practice of management. The student will learn the traditional foundations of management while developing decision skills to apply this knowledge in a real-world setting. The major focus is centered upon global management, ethics and social responsibility, total quality management, and cultural diversity
Fundamentals of Economics - Fundamental ideas in economics: scarcity, substitution, opportunity cost, marginal analysis, gross domestic product, real and nominal magnitudes. Supply and demand analysis. Microeconomic analysis of pricing in competitive and noncompetitive markets. Macroeconomic analysis of production, employment, the price level, and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policy and the stabilization of the economy. Comparative advantage and international trade.
CURRICULUM
Principles of Sociology - Analyses of key processes and institutions including interaction, inequality, organization, socialization, and social change. Includes core sociological concepts, methods, theoriesProfessional Writing - Provides students with the opportunity to improve their writing ability in sociology. The course will focus on the presentation of sociological ideas, concepts, theories, methodologies, and research findings
Social Stratification - Focusing on the United States, this course will explore the general principles and consequences of stratification, the theoretical explanations by which inequality and systems of stratiication emerge and are maintained as well as the relationship between social class and other forms of inequality - namely race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and age
Research Methods in Sociology - This course is designed to acquaint students with the principles and practices of sociological research. Different types of research will be explored. The focus will be on research design, data collection and analysis, and the ethics of research. Strengths and weaknesses of the various methods will be explored.
Data Analysis with SPSS - This course will teach students how to explore data and the most frequently used data analysis techniques in sociology using SPSS.
Social Theory - History and development of sociological theory with emphasis on American and European theorists. Contemporary analyses of models of functionism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, and exchange theory, as well as feminist theory and neo-functionalism.
Senior Seminar - Students will complete a senior research thesis, including a review of teh literature on a socilogical problem and field research. The course is also designed to develop professional identity and review career and professional opportunities for sociology majors
Criminology - Study of processes whereby behavior is defined as crime and persons are identified as criminals. Includes a sociological investigation of agencies of law enforcement, adjudication, corrections and prevention; patterns of criminal behavior; explanations of variations in criminality with emphasis on sociocultural and sociopsychological theories.Criminal Justice - An introduction to the criminal justice system and its three major components: police, courts, and corrections. Particular attention will be given to the crimal problems facing the United States criminal justice system.
Juvenile Delinquency - An explorationto teh causes and explanations of juvenile delinquency and youth crime. Particular focus is given to the sociological analysis of the juvenile justice system as well as teh treatment and prevention of youth crime.
Social Problems - Analysis of the processes of social and personal disorganization and reorganization in relationto pverty, crime, drug addiction, and other social problems
Aging and Society - Introduces the student to social gerontology, with particular emphais on the sociology of aging, social policy issues and the social problems of the elderly
