2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

May 18, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Management Information Systems
	MIS 322 - Enterprise Resource Planning Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The concepts of integrated information systems and total systems are the main core of this course. Introduction of different software will be a part of this course. Prerequisite: MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 323 - Data Warehousing and Data Mining Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 In this course the concepts of database of databases i.e. the data warehouse will be presented. Different algorithms for data mining will be presented. Prerequisite: MIS 300 and MIS 320 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 330 - System Analysis and Design Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an understanding of the system analysis and development. It introduces different systems development methodologies and explains the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) by leading students through detailed steps of Planning, Analysis, Design and Implementation. It provides the details for all activities for planning and analysis phase and prepares the students for the second course (MIS 331 ). Computer tools will be used in construction of the systems. Prerequisite: MGMT 311 and MIS 320 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 331 - Systems Development Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course continues the materials on MIS 330 and concentrates on the last two phases of systems development life cycle i.e. design and implementation. Students will use Visual Basic Application and Microsoft Macros to write codes to enhance the applications. Some concepts of Object Oriented Design will be introduced in this course. CASE Tools will be used to facilitate different tasks on Systems Development Life Cycle Prerequisite: MIS 430 and CSC 102 and MIS 320 and MIS 330 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 332 - Object-Oriented Programming and Design Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is about the object oriented technology and modular design of the systems and related programming issues. Prerequisite: CSC 102 and MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 340 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The concepts of planning and control of projects and mainly the IT projects will be discussed. The control and optimization of time/costs will be discussed. Different models of project control under certainty and uncertainty will be presented. Prerequisite: BADM 216 and MGMT 311 and BADM 214 and MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 409 - Web Development Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces Hyper Text Markup (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Java Script languages to build dynamic web pages. Students will learn how to implement web pages with links, images, image maps, forms, multimedia content, and dynamic pop-up windows, scroll messages, and validating forms in web pages. Prerequisite: MIS 300 with a grade of C or better Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 410 - Supply Chain Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 In supply chain, the suppliers connect to customers through a series of processes e.g. purchasing, production, storage, sales, transportation and distribution. Each of these business processes and business units interface with others by sending outputs and receiving inputs preferably over an electronic supply chain network. Modeling of these units and optimization of flows together with other issues such as human factors, cultural issues, security factors, automation and other related topics will be discussed. Prerequisite: MIS 300 and BADM 216 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 411 - Excel Analytics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces modeling concepts in the Excel environment. Students will learn how to implement several accounting and financial models using formulas, functions, and tools to manipulate and display information in spreadsheets. Data visualization for trends discovery and dashboard reporting will also be emphasized. Prerequisite: MIS 300 or ACCT 300 with a grade of C or better Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 412 - Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introduction to the field of business analytics, which has been defined as the extensive use of big data, statistical and quantitative analysis, exploratory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions. Various data visualization techniques using Excel 2013 are discussed. Linear regression model, time series analysis, and forecasting models are addressed in detail. Different data mining techniques such as cluster analysis, association rules, classification, and regression trees are covered in depth using XLMiner or SAS Enterprise Miner. Students actively participate in the delivery of this course through case and project presentations. Prerequisite: MIS 300 or ACCT 300 with a grade of C or better Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 415 - Social Media and Digital Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This class introduces social media and tools, their use in marketing, and their impacts on the business world. Students will understand the use of social media and make recommendations of popular web applications for marketing and business uses. They will also describe new business models and opportunities that the web and social media enable. Through readings, in-class exercises, projects, and presentations, students will learn about current web technologies, strategies for integrating web-enabled capabilities in the enterprise, and their impact on organizational functions such as marketing, branding, or crowd-sourcing and the innovative management of consumers. Students will apply their knowledge of social media technologies by creating, managing, promoting, and recommending social media for a real business. This course will be cross listed with MKTG 333 . Prerequisite: MIS 300 and MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 420 - Management Support Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will focus on decision making processes under semi-structured situations. Different theories and practices related to decision theory will be covered using several teaching methodologies. Databases, user interfaces, knowledge bases, and modeling concepts will be discussed and students will learn several tools for aiding decision makers in various phases of decision making. Students will be introduced to business intelligence technologies that support business analytics and will learn how to implement data mining model(s) for prediction. Decision modeling software will be used to demonstrate model implementations Prerequisite: MGMT 325 and MIS 320 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 421 - Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 The concepts of using machines to imitate human behavior and transferring human knowledge and know how of humans to machines are the main themes of this course. Different models, algorithms and software will be discussed. Prerequisite: MIS 300 and BADM 216 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 430 - Data Communication and Networking Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an understanding of data communications and networking, including networking and telecommunication technologies, hardware, and software. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis, design, and management of networking applications in organizations. Prerequisite: MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 435 - Electronic Commerce Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces emerging online technologies and trends and their influence on the electronic commerce marketplace. Students will learn various revenue models and how to market on the Web, various legal and ethical issues, important security issues, and how to plan for electronic commerce. This course also introduces the current Web design concepts and techniques that will help students develop a real electronic commerce site. Prerequisite: MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 440 - New Topics In MIS Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Information technology is a very dynamic field that changes very quickly. The new concepts introduced in this area will be presented in this seminar course. Prerequisite: MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 450 - Advanced SQL Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides students with advanced SQL skills that allow them to write effective queries against single and multiple tables; manipulate data in tables; create database schema objects; create indices and constraints; alter existing schema objects; create and query external tables; and learn to use the advanced features of SQL in order to query and manipulate data within the database. Students also learn to control privileges at the object and system level and will be able to work with date-time functions available in the Oracle Database. In this course, students use Oracle SQL Developer as the main development tool. SQLPlus will be introduced as an optional development tool. This course is one of three Oracle certification training courses. Prerequisite:* MIS 321 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 451 - Programming with Advanced PL/SQL Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course covers advanced PL/SQL concepts. Students learn to create PL/SQL blocks of application code that can be shared by multiple forms; create reports and data management applications; create anonymous PL/SQL blocks; work with stored procedures and functions; declare variables; trap exceptions; and declare and control cursors. In addition, students learn to develop, execute, and manage PL\SQL stored program units such as procedures, functions, packages, and database triggers. They also learn to manage object dependencies and the recompilation of invalid objects. This course also describes the characteristics and techniques of the manipulation of large objects. Students are introduced to the uses of some of the Oracle-supplied packages. This is one of three Oracle certification training courses. Prerequisite: MIS 321 or MIS 450 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 452 - Advanced Database Design and Development Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The objective of this course is to provide students with the practical database experience necessary for the successful completion of the Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate Exam. Students will be required to design a database for a business situation, create and manage all objects necessary for implementation, and perform various maintenance operations on that database. This is one of three Oracle certification training courses. Prerequisite: MIS 321 or MIS 450 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 455 - Business Modeling and Simulation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This is an elective course for MIS majors and for business majors who are interested in learning the process of modeling business situations and developing model applications using popular Excel add-ins such as: Solver optimization, Crystal ball for forecasting, RiskAmp Monte Carlo simulation, TreePlan for decision analysis, and @Risk for risk analysis. This course combines tangible applications in Finance, Marketing and Operations with a modeling philosophy of learning by doing Prerequisite: MIS 300 and BADM 216 and MGMT 325 and MGMT 325 Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 498 - Information Systems Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course involves the application of quantitative and systems skills developed in the academic environment to problems in a real-world operating environment. The participant will receive practical training and experience under the guidance of the staff of a local business or government organization and a faculty supervisor. Available internships are filled on a competitive basis. Prerequisite: Senior standing and consent of faculty supervisor Please click here for Book Information
	MIS 499 - Management Information Systems Co-Op Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 MIS Co-op offers students an opportunity to prepare for a career involving the application of information technology by combining academic theory and work experience. Three hours of academic credit are awarded for half-time paid work experience over a 15-week period. The cooperative education staff, the student, the MIS Co-op director, and the employer’s co-op supervisor must agree on the employment terms and the learning experience to be gained in a written contract. The academic grade is assigned by the MIS Co-op director based on student reports and reports of the employer’s co-op supervisor. Prerequisite: MIS 300 Please click here for Book Information
Marketing
	MKTG 311 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles of marketing; current practices and structures of the market; analyses of marketing functions, institutions, costs, and marketing legislation. Prerequisite: ACCT 211 and ECON 211 or ECON 212 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 312 - Entrepreneurial Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course clarifies key marketing concepts, methods, and strategic issues relevant for start-up and early-stage entrepreneurs. Topics addressed include: (1) Marketing issues facing entrepreneurs today; (2) Identification and evaluation of marketing opportunities; (3) Achieving competitive advantages given limited marketing resources, and (4) Major marketing/sales tools that are useful in an entrepreneurial setting. This course is cross listed with ENTR 312 . Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 322 - Advertising Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles of advertising, advertising media, and special problems of small business concerns, including appropriations and planning related to the development of advertising and the economic significance of advertising to both the consumer and the advertiser. Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 325 - Personal Selling Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An overview of skills and knowledge involved in personal selling. Emphasis on learning the different techniques for developing personal selling presentations, prospecting for customers, managing customer accounts, and the use of IT in the personal selling role. The course is designed for the student to gain a greater appreciation, understanding, and respect for sales, especially the interpersonal communication process. Prerequisite: A “C” or better in MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 330 - Retailing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of retailing and its role in distribution, focusing on problems of administrative organization, store location, layout, buying, pricing, merchandising, sales promotions, and current trends in retailing. Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 331 - Consumer Behavior Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the theories of consumer behavior, with contributions from the social sciences and their applications to the marketing discipline. Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 333 - Social Media and Digital Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This class introduces social media and tools, their use in marketing, and their impacts on the business world. Students will understand the use of social media and make recommendations of popular web applications for marketing and business uses. They will also describe new business models and opportunities that the web and social media enable. Through readings, in-class exercises, projects, and presentations, students will learn about current web technologies, strategies for integrating web-enabled capabilities in the enterprise, and their impact on organizational functions such as marketing, branding, or crowd-sourcing and the innovative management of consumers. Students will apply their knowledge of social media technologies by creating, managing, promoting, and recommending social media for a real business. This course will be cross listed with MIS 415 . Prerequisite: MIS 300 and MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 412 - Sales Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the functions of a sales department within the marketing organization, including the recruiting, selecting, training, motivating, supervising, compensating, and evaluating sales personnel. Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 421 - International Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the structure, techniques, problems, and general environment of marketing abroad, including the organization, promotion, financing, legal aspects, and operations of the multinational corporation Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 460 - Marketing Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The application of scientific methods of obtaining information to structuring marketing policies and techniques, with emphasis on the role of research in the solution of marketing problems. Prerequisite: BADM 216 and MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 470 - Marketing Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the organization and coordination of the total marketing program, including marketing segmentation, the marketing mix, and the operating environment. Students analyze firm’s marketing strategies, competitive strategies, and industry trends, and conduct an external situational analysis for the development of future oriented strategies and tactics to direct a company’s marketing efforts. Prerequisite: Senior standing in Marketing Please click here for Book Information
	MKTG 490 - Seminar in Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A capstone course for seniors in marketing, with course content and activities centering on special topics that may include management or marketing activities, special research topics, or other marketing issues relevant to the business environment. Prerequisite: Senior standing in Marketing Please click here for Book Information
Military Science
	MSCI 101 - Military Organizations Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Introduction of time management for students transitioning to college. An overview of the U. S. Army concentrating on the historical development of ROTC and related customs, courtesies, and traditions of uniformed service. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Fall. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 102 - Basic Leadership and Management Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course in leadership and management using case and situational studies to emphasize individual and group needs, group dynamics, and the decision making process. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Spring. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 201 - Studies in Decision Making Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study in progressive leadership concentrating on leadership models, personality, and perceptual process. Contemporary and historical leadership problems (case studies) are analyzed from a leader’s perspective. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Fall. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 202 - Land Navigation and Tactics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course in land navigation and rifle squad organization, capabilities, and tactics. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Spring. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 221 - Leader’s Training Course Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An intensive practical application of leadership and military skills to satisfy basic course. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 301 - Unit Level Command Response Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study in leadership from the perspective of the Second Lieutenant, concentrating on the coordination and execution of administrative and tactical command decisions. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Fall. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 302 - Terrain Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An integrated course of academics and military skills combining advanced land navigation with squad-level tactics. Laboratory periods concentrate on leadership development, physical training, and selected presentations. Spring. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 321 - Applied Military Leadership Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An intensive practical application of leadership and military skills for Advanced Course students. Five-week summer program conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington for all Advanced Course cadets from colleges and universities throughout the United States. Summer. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 401 - Basic Officer Course Prep Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Studies in military subjects which will prepare an individual for those duties and responsibilities of a newly commissioned officer. These subjects include Military Leadership, Small Unit Administration, Human Self-Development, Leadership Aspects of Contemporary Issues, Unit Readiness, Company Administration, Effective Written Communications, Awards and Decorations, and Fundamentals of Management. Fall. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 402 - Advanced Leadership and Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Studies in Military Staff organization and procedures to include topics essential to newly commissioned officers. These subjects are: Customs and Traditions of the Service, Ethics and Professionalism, Written and Oral Communications, Personnel and Training Management, Military Justice, Law of War, International Law, U.S. Army Logistics, Maintenance Management, and Soviet Army Indoctrination. Students prepare and present military science instruction to military science classes. Spring. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 421 - Physical Education and Training Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course is designed to introduce the student to physical fitness and the regulatory components of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Information on various topics contributing to a fit lifestyle (such as nutrition and hydration, the benefits of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, running selection, etc.) will be interwoven throughout the course. The course will involve calisthenics, introduction to various sports, swimming, weight lifting, running, and road marching. Prerequisite: MSCI 301 or MSCI 302 Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 422 - Physical Education and Training Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course is designed to sustain the student’s physical fitness in accordance with the regulatory components of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Information on various topics contributing to an above average fitness level (muscular strengthening and endurance, nutrition and hydration, the benefits of total body fitness, distance running/road marching techniques, etc.) will be interwoven throughout the course. The course will involve calisthenics, negotiation of obstacle courses advanced water survival, leadership/ confidence building exercises, preparation and execution of lesson plans, organization and execution of physical fitness training administration of APFT, and evaluation techniques. Please click here for Book Information
	MSCI 423 - Physical Education II Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course is designed to introduce the student ot physical fitness and the regulatory components of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Information on various topics contributing to an above average fitness level (muscular strengthening and endurance, nutrition and hydration, benefits of total body fitness, distance running/road marching techniques, etc.) will be interwoven throughout the course. The course will involve calisthenics, negotiation of obstacle courses, advance water survival, leadership/confidence building exercises, preparation and execution of lesson plans, organization and execution of physical fitness training, administration of APFT and evaluation techniques. Please click here for Book Information
Music
	MUSI 100 - Basic Musicianship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the rudiments of music, including basic rhythmic and pitch notation; major and minor scales; intervals; primary triads; rhythmic drills; and sight singing and ear training activities. Also includes keyboard and computer applications of concepts studied. Must complete and/or test out to be admitted as a music major. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 101 - Class Piano for Non-Majors Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A laboratory-style course designed for the non-music major giving the student a basic understanding of music reading, keyboard harmony, and technique. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 102 - Basic Piano Skills Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A class piano course giving the non-piano major a basic understanding of keyboard harmony and technique, with the first year of instruction devoted to practicing the five-finger major hand positions, memorizing several short compositions, sight reading, and combining staccato and legato playing. Must complete and/or test out to be admitted as a music major. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 110 - Choir Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course focusing on selections from all periods and styles of music, including pop, spiritual, and gospel music, with a study of vocal techniques, choral diction, and performance styles and practice. Includes choral performances at various University and community activities, with tours planned to many areas in North Carolina and other states. Open to all students who enjoy singing. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 111 - Chamber Ensemble Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course gives students the opportunity to engage more actively in the music-making process through participation in a chamber ensemble, which is defined as a small group of musicians (normally two to eight people) performing music without a director/ conductor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 115 - Percussion Ensemble Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course offers the student percussionist practical experience in the playing of percussion instruments in a chamber music setting. This course will explore traditional, contemporary, and world music for percussion ensemble. Open to all students following audition and permission of the instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 118 - Foundations of Music Tech I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will enable students to develop facility with a range of music technology hardware; and software, and learn procedures for operating those elements. This course will feature uses of technology in K-12 music education settings. Various methods and software applications available for use in public schools as well as their relative merits will be investigated. Additionally, this course provides a foundation for students to develop their creative capacities. Course topics will include student-based performance (sequences, warm-ups, accompaniment, transposition, scoring), composition (sequencing, arranging, scoring), administrative functions (grading, communications, research, databases, financial management), logistics (lab set-up, funding), and resources. Students should have previous experience with Windows or Mac interfaces and familiarity with the internet. Prerequisite: MUSI 100 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 120 - Brass Ensemble Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course in the performance of small ensemble compositions written for various combinations of brass and wind instruments. Open to all students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 125 - Trumpet Choir Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 A course in the performance of small ensemble compositions written for trumpet choir. Open to trumpet students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 130 - Woodwind Ensemble Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course in the performance of small ensemble compositions written for various combinations of woodwind instruments. Open to all students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 140 - Jazz Ensemble Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A major performing organization of the university, with practice including instruction in improvisation and arranging, and with a varied repertoire that includes music from jazz to fusion and popular styles. Open to all students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 150 - Opera Workshops Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Study and performance of scenes, acts, and/or operas from both the standard repertoire and operas of primarily historical interest. Open to all students. Audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 152 - Harmony, Sight Singing, and Ear Training I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 A study of the basic elements of harmony: primary and secondary triads in root position and all inversions; seventh chords; major, minor, and chromatic scales; introduction to part-writing procedures; rhythmic drills; and sight singing and ear training activities. Includes keyboard and computer applications of concepts studied. Prerequisite: MUSI 100 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 155 - Exploration in Music Education Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to teaching music in the public schools required of all music education majors. Students are introduced to the K-12 National Music Standards, NC Standard Course of Study, and North Carolina licensing procedures. Through reading, writing, field experiences, and discussions, students consider the implications of a particular philosophy of music education, various styles of teaching/learning, and music knowledge and skills, as well as dispositions necessary to become an excellent music teacher. Issues related to music assessment, classroom management, and different types of school settings are considered. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 159 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A user-friendly course of study in the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic practices associated with the art of jazz improvisation, including the theoretical background associated with it and the stylistic and idiomatic considerations as well. Students learn through a “hands-on” approach; they are called upon to improvise jazz in actual playing situations on a weekly basis. Students also learn through the study of jazz harmony and theory and through analysis of classic jazz recordings made famous by the masters of the craft. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 160 - Orchestra Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course in the performance of small ensemble compositions written for various combinations of string instruments. Open to all students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour Credit Hours: 0 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A series of weekly workshops, clinics, master classes, presentations, and performances presented to students taking applied lessons and senior recital. Students gain practical performance experience during the scheduled music seminar/ recital hours. Students are required to attend additional student ensemble, senior recital, and Fine Arts Series events. Concurrent registration in applied lessons or senior recital is required with MUSI 165 registration. Course taken for Pass/ Fail credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 167 - Applied Brass Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses focusing on diagnoses and recommendations for proper brass/wind playing habits, with emphasis on embouchure development, tonal studies, scales, and arpeggios. Minimum of five hours practice per week required. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 169 - Applied Organ Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequenced study of organ manual and pedal techniques, with practice works including easy preludes and offertories, studies by Gelason, Nilsen, etc.; Bach’s Little Preludes and Fugues; and hymn playing and service playing. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. Freshman year sequence. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 171 - Applied Piano Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A first-year sequence of courses in piano devoted to acquiring a firm technical foundation through the use of various drills and exercises, with beginning repertoire including pieces on the level of the Clementi Sonatinas, Op. 36, the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, and Bach’s Two-part Inventions. Includes practice with major and minor scales played in contrary and parallel motion. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 173 - Applied Percussion Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses for the percussionist focusing on basic technique, sound production, exercises and etudes with emphasis on indefinite pitch and related instruments, keyboard percussion, and timpani. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 175 - Applied Strings Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses featuring diagnoses and recommendations for proper string playing habits, with practice emphasis on bowing and fingering methods, positions, scales, arpeggios, tone, and vibrato. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 177 - Applied Voice Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses in voice focusing on the study of vowels and the fundamentals of tone production, correct breathing and posture, and the performance of early secular and sacred songs. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 179 - Applied Woodwinds Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses focusing on diagnoses and recommendations for proper woodwind playing habits, with emphasis on embouchure development, tonal studies, scales, and arpeggios. Freshman year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 191 - Marching Band Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 5 A major performing organization of the university, playing in parades, at miscellaneous events, and at football games both at home and in other states. Open to all students following audition and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 192 - Concert Band Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 5 A major performing organization of the university, playing varied styles and genres of music in concerts, both locally and in other cities. Open to all students following audition and permission of the instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 193 - Pep Band Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 The FSU Pep Band is an important performing organization of the university, playing recruitment concerts at high schools, official university functions, as well as home and selected away basketball games. This 1-credit course is open to all students following audition and instructor permission. Preference is given to those who have performed with the FSU marching band in the fall semester. This course can be repeated for credit. This course cannot be used for an ensemble credit requirement by music majors/ minors. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 201 - Piano Skills I Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course giving the non-piano major a basic understanding of keyboard harmony and technique, with the first year of instruction devoted to practicing the five-finger major hand positions, memorizing several short compositions, sight reading, and combining staccato and legato playing. Prerequisite: MSCI 102 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 202 - Piano Skills II Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A study of primary chords in all keys, the major and minor harmonic scales and major and minor arpeggios in two octaves; four-part chordal textures; and sight reading using chord symbols. Prerequisite: MUSI 201 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 210 - Music Appreciation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the basic materials and ideas of music, stressing the relationship of music to society, culture, and philosophy; introducing musical instruments and the contributions of important composers; and studying characteristics of style and form in various types of music. Recital attendance required. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 218 - Foundations of Music Technology II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course develops student proficiency in MIDI sequencing and in the use and integration of music notation, digital audio, and digital video software. Students will design multimedia projects, study electronic recording equipment, and construct music projects and interactive lessons appropriate for k-12 music instruction. Students will integrate digital multimedia files into presentations, music lessons, and class projects. This course will center on intermediate level competence in music technology. The recording studio, music instruction, and music notation are the global objectives for this course. Prerequisite: MUSI 118 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 225 - A History of Jazz in American Culture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Using both a socio-cultural and historical perspective, this course explores the major forms of African-American folk music indigenous to the United States. These forms of African American folk music (ragtime, blues, and gospel) contain elements of musical expression rooted in the aesthetic make-up of jazz. Students will explore and analyze the development of jazz music in relation to its cultural context. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 241 - Class Strings Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the basic concepts of playing and teaching the bowed string instruments, focusing on basic performance skills on each of the instruments (violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass), as well as on information about techniques for organizing, recruiting, and teaching string classes and orchestras in the public schools. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 242 - Class Woodwinds Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A practical introduction to the woodwind family, with emphasis on techniques for playing the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone, as well as on the characteristics and functions of each woodwind instrument and on the basic skills needed to offer instruction on woodwind instruments in the public schools. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 251 - Class Voice I Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course featuring group instruction in the fundamentals of singing, with emphasis on breath control, posture, and tone production, and with additional attention to developing a beginning vocal repertoire. Course intended for music education majors with instrumental and/or keyboard concentrations only. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 252 - Class Voice II Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of techniques started in MUSI 251 , including new material such as basic diction, consonant and vowel production, and the extension of vocal and dynamic range through exercises and repertoire. Course intended for music education majors with voice concentration only. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 260 - African-American Music Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of traditional African music and its interaction with western musical styles, with emphasis on the development of the blues, spirituals, gospel music, jazz idioms, and more recent African-American styles, and with attention to the work of major black composers and performers in both the concert and commercial areas. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 262 - Diction Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the enunciation, pronunciation, and articulation of languages applicable to performances of vocal literature written in English, French, Italian, German, and Latin. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 267 - Applied Brass Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses for the brass player focusing on the continuing development of playing habits, with an emphasis on embouchure development, technique development and solo literature. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSI 167 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 269 - Applied Organ Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses in organ technique and repertoire, including the Bach’s Little Preludes and Fugues and Orgelbuchlein; Brahms’s Choral Preludes; works by Vierne and Widor; hymns; and other standard works. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. Prerequisite: MUSI 180 and MUSI 169 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 271 - Applied Piano Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses in piano technique and repertoire on the level of Beethoven’s Sonatas Op. 49, Nos. 1, 2; Bach’s Two and Three-part Inventions; Chopin’s Mazurkas, and Waltzes; and Bartok’s Mikrokosmos, Volumes III and IV. Included practice with major and minor scales played in contrary and parallel motion. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSI 171 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 273 - Applied Percussion Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses for the percussionist focusing on intermediate techniques, sound production, exercises, etudes, and solo literature with emphasis on indefinite pitch and related instruments, keyboard percussion, and timpani. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit Prerequisite: MUSI 173 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 275 - Applied Strings Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses in technical studies and the development of a recital repertoire for strings. Performance in student recitals and a minimum of ten hours practice per week required. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSI 175 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 277 - Applied Voice Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of studies in tone production and other principles of singing, with emphasis on various vocalists and on English, Italian, and French songs. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 279 - Applied Woodwinds Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A sequence of courses in technical studies and the development of a recital repertoire for woodwinds. Performance in student recitals and a minimum ten hours practice per week required. Sophomore year sequence. MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour required. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSI 179 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 281 - Harmony, Sight Singing, and Ear Training II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 Further study of harmonic elements with emphasis on analysis of primary and secondary triads, seventh chords, and cadences in the content of compositions representing the major historical style periods. Introduction to small forms, nonharmonic tones and melody harmonization. Continuation of part-writing principles, sight singing, ear training, keyboard activities, and computer application of concepts studied. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 285 - World Music Cultures Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of predominantly non-western traditional musical cultures, including ethnic origins of folk and traditional music in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This course analyzes the various characteristics of global music culture, including the relationship of music to language, ceremony, and cultural practices such as storytelling and dance. The course is open to all students, and no prior knowledge of music is necessary. Students will listen to musical selections, attend selected events, and write essays about these experiences. Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 292 - Harmony, Sight Singing, and Ear Training III Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 Further study of harmonic materials of previous theory courses, including nonharmonic tones, principles of harmonic progression, and part-writing procedures involving more complex harmonies. Introduction of secondary dominants, elementary modulation, and small forms such as phrases, periods, and phrase groups. Creative work, keyboard harmony, sight singing, ear training, analysis, and computer assignments will provide opportunities for application of theoretical concepts studied Prerequisite: MUSI 281 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 341 - Class Brass Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A study of basic concepts, techniques, and information related to offering instruction on the brass instruments - trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba - in the public schools. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 342 - Class Percussion Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A study of basic concepts, techniques, and information related to offering instruction in total percussion, including snare drum, keyboard percussion, timpani, accessory percussion, drum set, world percussion, and electronic percussion in the public schools. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 350 - Band Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is design to provide the students the fundamentals and techniques of how a band works administratively and pedagogically. Prerequisite: MUSI 381 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 351 - Music History I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the development of music from antiquity through the seventeenth century. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information
	MUSI 352 - Music History II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the development of music from the culmination of the Baroque era in the early eighteenth century to the present day, with emphasis on performance practices and on works of major composers of the late Baroque and Rococo periods; the Viennese Classical School; the Romantic, Post-Romantic, and Impressionist periods; and the twentieth century. Prerequisite: MUSI 152 Please click here for Book Information

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MIS 322 - Enterprise Resource Planning

MIS 323 - Data Warehousing and Data Mining

MIS 330 - System Analysis and Design

MIS 331 - Systems Development

MIS 332 - Object-Oriented Programming and Design

MIS 340 - Project Management

MIS 409 - Web Development

MIS 410 - Supply Chain Management

MIS 411 - Excel Analytics

MIS 412 - Business Analytics

MIS 415 - Social Media and Digital Marketing

MIS 420 - Management Support Systems

MIS 421 - Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

MIS 430 - Data Communication and Networking

MIS 435 - Electronic Commerce

MIS 440 - New Topics In MIS

MIS 450 - Advanced SQL

MIS 451 - Programming with Advanced PL/SQL

MIS 452 - Advanced Database Design and Development

MIS 455 - Business Modeling and Simulation

MIS 498 - Information Systems Internship

MIS 499 - Management Information Systems Co-Op

MKTG 311 - Principles of Marketing

MKTG 312 - Entrepreneurial Marketing

MKTG 322 - Advertising

MKTG 325 - Personal Selling

MKTG 330 - Retailing

MKTG 331 - Consumer Behavior

MKTG 333 - Social Media and Digital Marketing

MKTG 412 - Sales Management

MKTG 421 - International Marketing

MKTG 460 - Marketing Research

MKTG 470 - Marketing Management

MKTG 490 - Seminar in Marketing

MSCI 101 - Military Organizations

MSCI 102 - Basic Leadership and Management

MSCI 201 - Studies in Decision Making

MSCI 202 - Land Navigation and Tactics

MSCI 221 - Leader’s Training Course

MSCI 301 - Unit Level Command Response

MSCI 302 - Terrain Analysis

MSCI 321 - Applied Military Leadership

MSCI 401 - Basic Officer Course Prep

MSCI 402 - Advanced Leadership and Management

MSCI 421 - Physical Education and Training

MSCI 422 - Physical Education and Training

MSCI 423 - Physical Education II

MUSI 100 - Basic Musicianship

MUSI 101 - Class Piano for Non-Majors

MUSI 102 - Basic Piano Skills

MUSI 110 - Choir

MUSI 111 - Chamber Ensemble

MUSI 115 - Percussion Ensemble

MUSI 118 - Foundations of Music Tech I

MUSI 120 - Brass Ensemble

MUSI 125 - Trumpet Choir

MUSI 130 - Woodwind Ensemble

MUSI 140 - Jazz Ensemble

MUSI 150 - Opera Workshops

MUSI 152 - Harmony, Sight Singing, and Ear Training I

MUSI 155 - Exploration in Music Education

MUSI 159 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation

MUSI 160 - Orchestra

MUSI 165 - Music Seminar/Recital Hour

MUSI 167 - Applied Brass

MUSI 169 - Applied Organ

MUSI 171 - Applied Piano

MUSI 173 - Applied Percussion

MUSI 175 - Applied Strings

MUSI 177 - Applied Voice

MUSI 179 - Applied Woodwinds

MUSI 191 - Marching Band

MUSI 192 - Concert Band

MUSI 193 - Pep Band

MUSI 201 - Piano Skills I

MUSI 202 - Piano Skills II

MUSI 210 - Music Appreciation

MUSI 218 - Foundations of Music Technology II