COMM 497UA: ST-Future/Information Society
Requirement Filled: Broadened Inquiry
Credits: 3
Description:
Media portray images of the future in a number of ways. Sometimes the representations tend to be utopian, sometimes dystopian, and often, the messages imply that a utopian or dystopian future is dependent upon the decisions main characters make. In this course, we’ll use images from film, tv, theater, radio, and literature to explore ideas of “memes” (the smallest units of the connotative image) that are present in so many media forms that they begin to influence consistent media themes.
FINOPMGT 397E: Business Processes & Enterprise Systems
Requirement Filled: Elective
Credits: 3
Description:
This course exposes undergraduate students to core business processes and how
these processes are implemented with enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems in organizational settings. The key business processes covered include
procurement (materials management), fulfillment (sales), and production
(manufacturing). The class meets in a computer lab, and provides hands-on experience with these business processes through SAP’s ERP solution. Using the system’s core modules and data warehouse, students will gain insight into online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP). A detailed case study with supporting data and structured in-class exercises will
provide students with experiential learning and reinforce the conceptual content of the course. Students will also play an SAP ERP simulation game to better
EDUC 592A: Online Tools for Learning and Instruction
Requirement Filled: Foundation
Credits: 3
Description:
This course is designed to teach students to utilize open educational and public domain resources to create, edit, and deliver content for learning and instruction. There are no prerequisites for this course.
EDUC 592A: Online Tools for Learning and Instruction
Requirement Filled: Broadened Inquiry
Credits: 3
Description:
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the fundamental preoccupations of the field of Learning Media and Technology (LMT), as well as to take participants on a journey through the "cutting edge" of Media, Technology, and Education. This field is a subset of the discipline of Education primarily concerned with the integration of technology and learning through the study and development of theories and practices in Pedagogy, Cognitive Studies, Computer Science, Communications, Media and the Arts, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and various aspects of Design.
SCH-MGMT 397BI: Business Intelligence and Analytics
Requirement Filled: Elective
Credits: 3
Description:
This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence, including the
processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and current practices used to transform
business data into useful information and support business decision-making.
Business Intelligence requires foundation knowledge in data storage and
retrieval, thus this course will review logical data models for both database
management systems and data warehouses. Students will learn to extract and
manipulate data from these systems and assess security-related issues. Data
mining, visualization, and statistical analysis along with reporting options such
as management dashboards and balanced scorecards will be covered.
Technologies utilized in the course include SAP Business Warehouse, SAP
Business Objects, Crystal Reports, and RapidMiner.
