ME 4303 - Electromechanical Systems

• Automatic control systems

ME 4304 - Introduction to Robotic Systems

• Electrical circuits
• Differential equations
• Dynamics

ME 4602 - Transient and Nonlinear Finite Element Methods

• Have reviewed the procedural steps involved in FEA analysis
• Derive a finite element formulation from a governing differential equation
• Understand and implement time integration of dynamic systems with inertia
• Understand step-wise linearization of nonlinear systems
• Understand and implement iterative solution techniques for nonlinear systems
• Be familiar with use of a commercial general-purpose FEA software package for transient and nonlinear applications
• Understand how to validate results for problems involving systems design

• Mechanics of materials, statics, dynamics, heat transfer, linear algebra, integral and differential calculus

• Review of the method (1 class)
• Method of weighted residuals (3 classes)
• Comparison with energy methods (1 class)
• Modal analysis (2 classes)
• Modeling inertia and mass distribution using FEA (2 classes)
• Modeling damping in continuous systems using FEA (1 class)
• Understanding and implementing time integration algorithms for dynamic FEA analysis (2 classes)
• Implementing nonlinear FEA solutions as a set of iterative, quasi-linearized sub-problems (3 classes)
• Use commercial general-purpose FEA software package for transient and nonlinear applications (3 classes)
• Review of static analysis (1 class)
• Modal analysis and transient analysis (1 class)
• Nonlinear structural analysis (1 class)
• Transient, nonlinear thermal conduction, convection, and radiation
• Validate results for real design of an engineering system (4 week course project)
   

ME 4610 - Medical Applications in Mechanical Engineering

• Discern the role that engineering mechanics and engineering design play in the development, analysis and utilization of mechanical devices
• Understand how mechanics and mechanical engineering principles may be applied to the modeling of bone and soft tissues
• Understand the kinematics and kinetics involved in human gait
• Understand general bone, muscles and tendons structure and their functions

• Basic strength of materials and statics

• Basic anatomy (2 classes)
• Biomedical engineering material (1 class)
• Mechanics, material and mechanical properties of bone, Bone remodeling (3 classes)
• Implants and failure of implants (3 classes)
• FEA modeling of biomedical systems (and laboratory exercise) (3 classes)
• Spine Mechanics. Torso mechanics. (1 class)
• Clinical function of the spine (2 classes)
• Mechanics of scoliosis and correction. (1 class)
• Experimental testing and verification of spinal mechanics (and laboratory exercise) (3 classes)
• Viscoelastic models (3 classes)
• Muscle mechanics (3 classes)
• Link-Segment models. Forces in joints. Force plates. Pressure sensors. (3 classes)
• Practical gait lab analysis (2 classes)

ME 4701 - Fluid Power Circuits

• Size hydraulic components based on steady state requirements
• Read a hydraulic schematic to determine the function of the circuit
• Design a hydraulic circuit based on input requirements and standard components
• Select pump controls to minimize energy consumption

• Ability to use free body diagrams
• Understanding of forces and motion

• Fluid properties 
• unit conversions 
• Hydraulic system schematics
• Pumps & motors
• Cylinders
• Directional control valves 
• Flow and pressure control valves
• Flow losses
• valve controlled cylinders and motors
• Cavitation
• Hydrostatic transmissions
• Auxiliary components
• Fixed vs. variable displacement pumps
• Load sensing
• Pressure and flow compensation
• Power consumption and efficiency
• Flow forces
• Basic linkage analysis
• Accumulator application and sizing

ME 4702 - Fluid Power Modeling

• Linearize equations to develop linear models
• Develop steady state models of pumps and valves
• Develop dynamic models of the pumps and valves
• Combine component models to form system models
• Use the developed models to assess hydraulic circuit performance
• Conduct design studies understand how parameters affect performance

• Interactions of components in a system
• Dynamic systems

ME 4802 - Compressible Flow

• Demonstrate the ability to utilize the adiabatic and isentropic flow relations to solve typical flow problems
• Demonstrate the ability to solve typical normal-shock problems, problems involving moving normal shocks or oblique shocks and Prandtl-Meyer flow problems by use of appropriate equations or tables or charts
• Demonstrate the ability to solve typical Fanno flow problems and Rayleigh flow problems by use of appropriate equations and tables
• Explain choking and shock in various applications and contexts

• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics-II (covering Second Law of Thermodynamics)

• Review of the fundamentals (Laws of Thermodynamics, Conservation of Mass, Momentum and Energy, Entropy changes for perfect gases, Stagnation properties) (2 classes)
• Introduction to Compressible Flow (Sonic velocity, Mach number, Stagnation relations in terms of Mach number, total pressure loss and entropy change relation) (2 classes)
• Varying-Area Adiabatic flow (convergent-divergent nozzle, diffuser, choking, isentropic flow tables) (3 classes)
• Standing Normal Shocks (3 classes)
• Moving and Oblique (planar or conical) Shocks (3 classes)
• Prandtl-Meyer Flow (including lift and drag calculations on airfoils at various angles of attack, and discussion on overexpanded and underexpanded nozzles) (3 classes)
• Supersonic Nozzle Experiment and Mach number calculations (2 classes)
• Sanno Flow and applications (3 classes)
• Rayleigh Flow and applications (3 classes)
• Topic: Applications of Compressible Flow in Propulsion Systems (Example-ramjet engine) (2 classes)
• Exams and review (4 classes)

ME 4803 - Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Demonstrate working knowledge of the governing equations of fluid mechanics
• Understand the mathematical properties of the governing equations and be able to evaluate boundary/initial value problems
• Demonstrate a systematic approach to solving the appropriate governing equations using CFD
• Qualitatively analyze a numerical results and provide appropriate data plotting
• Recognize strengths and limitations of CFD techniques
• Understand the differences between different CFD turbulence models

• Fluid mechanics
• Numerical methods

• Fluid dynamics
• Numerical Methods
• Vorticity-Streamfunction
• RANs Turbulence Modeling
• Finite Volume Analysis
• Post Processing

ME 4804 - Advanced Energy Technologies

• Course outcomes vary depending on the selected topics for the quarter

• Classical thermodynamics (energy balances)

• Topics are chosen from the list given above in the course description based partly on student interest

ME 4805 - Renewable Energy Utilization

• Appreciate the challenges facing world energy supply and use
• Predict the solar energy resource at any location on earth
• Develop an understanding of the science of photovoltaic devices and solar thermal systems
• Apply engineering design principles to solar power generation installations
• Perform economic analysis of solar power systems
• Analyze the energy potential of biofuels, the technology of biofuels production, and the economic advantages and disadvantages of energy from biomass
• Develop an understanding of the science and engineering of wind energy systems
• Appreciate the engineering necessity and comparable performance of storage systems for renewable energy

• Classical thermodynamics (energy balances)

• World and US energy picture
• The solar resource
• Solar photovoltaic systems
• Solar thermal systems
• Energy from biomass
• Wind resources
• Wind turbine performance prediction
• Simulation tools for solar energy simulation

ME 4806 - Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Demonstrate working knowledge of the governing equations of fluid mechanics
• Understand the mathematical properties of the governing equations and be able to evaluate boundary/initial value problems
• Demonstrate a systematic approach to solving the appropriate governing equations using CFD
• Qualitatively analyze a numerical results and provide appropriate data plotting
• Recognize strengths and limitations of CFD techniques
• Understand the differences between different CFD turbulence models
• Exercise simulation capability with commerical software

• Fluid mechanics
• Numerical methods

• Fluid dynamics
• Numerical Methods
• Vorticity-Streamfunction
• RANs Turbulence Modeling
• Finite Volume Analysis
• Post Processing
• Simulation with commercial software

ME 4906 - Applied Numerical Methods

• Differential equations
• Linear algebra
• System dynamics

ME 4951 - Bachelor Thesis I

• The student is expected to write an in-depth thesis documenting the student’s process that recognizes, defines, solves and validates a scientific or engineering task within a specified time.

• None

• Project dependent

ME 4952 - Bachelor Thesis II

• The student is expected to write an in-depth thesis documenting the student’s process that recognizes, defines, solves and validates a scientific or engineering task within a specified time

• None

• Project dependent

BA 1001 - Fundamentals of Business

• None

BA 1003 - Problem Solving and Innovation

BA 1221 - Principles of Microeconomics

BA 1327 - Foundations of Global Business

• None

BA 1800 - Business Information Technology

• None

BA 4010 - Business Analytics

• None

MS 184 - Introduction to Computer Methods/Applications

• Create a Word Document
• Edit and Format a Word Document
• Create a Multi-Page Report using Word
• Create a Newsletter using Word
• Create a Web Page using Word
• Manage Financial Data using Excel
• Work with Formulas and Functions
• Develop a Professional-Looking Worksheet
• Create Charts and Graphics using Excel
• Create a Letter that includes a Chart and Table
• Create a PowerPoint Presentation
• Apply and Modify Text and Graphic Objects to a PowerPoint Presentation
• View and Work with Tables in an Access Database
• Create, Update, and Modify Tables in an Access Database
• Query an Access Database
• Create Forms and Reports in Access

• None

• Windows 2007 (1.5 hours)
• Blackboard and MSOE Computing Environment (1.5 hours)
• MSOE Library/Digital Resources (2 hours)
• Word 2007 (6 hours)
• Excel 2007 (12 hours)
• PowerPoint 2007 (3 hours)
• Access 2007 (4 hours)

• No formal labs, but class assignments use all of the Microsoft Office tools in project-based work

MS 221 - Microeconomics

• Demonstrate an understanding, usage and application of basic economic principles
• Describe and apply the methods for analyzing consumer behavior through demand and supply, elasticity and marginal utility
• Understand the role of alternative property rights in resource allocation
• Identify and appraise various models of how markets are organized, and the price and output decisions for maximizing profit
• Know how markets that fail to use resources efficiently create unintended effects
• Strengthen problem solving skills by applying economic criteria to business decisions, international trade and public policy

• None 

• Foundation of economic thinking, opportunity cost, production possibilities and property rights (4 classes)
• Supply and demand, price ceilings and floors (4 classes)
• Elasticity, marginal utility and consumer choice (5 classes)
• Production costs and the profit maximizing decision (4 classes)
• Decision-making under different market structures (4 classes)
• Externalities, market failure and public choice (3 classes)
• International trade (3 classes)
• Discretionary topics: factor markets, income distribution, taxes, government spending, etc. (3 classes)

MS 273 - Web Site Design

• Demonstrate proper use of basic HTML formatting elements (head, body, paragraph, font, bold, italics, underline, lists, tables, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of hypertext HTML elements (images, anchors, links, image maps, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of user interaction HTML elements (forms, input fields, buttons, menus, form submission, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of HTML layout control (frames, framesets, banners navigation, content management, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of Cascaded Style Sheet (CSS) elements (style attributes, style tags, and external style sheets)
• Demonstrate proper use of basic JavaScript elements that enhance a site (buttons, alert boxes, form validation, etc.)
• Use a standard HTML text editor (Dreamweaver, HomeSite, FrontPage, etc.) to complete course assignments.

• Ability to use a personal computer (typing skills, etc.)
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)

• HTML formatting basics (standard tags for formatting text)
• File Management and Web Server communications (Secure SHell)
• Hypertext HTML elements (images, anchors, links, image maps, etc.)
• HTML tables and table data (horizontal space management)
• Frames and Frame sets in HTML (simple layout management)
• User Interaction HTML elements (forms, buttons, menus, navigation, etc.)
• Cascaded Style Sheet (CSS) elements
• Separation of HTML content from CSS style into control “look and feel”
• JavaScript elements used to enhance a web site
• Dreamweaver basics that simplify management of all of the above

• HTML formatting basics
• HTML interactive elements
• CSS to manage “look and feel”
• JavaScript to enhance a web site
• Dreamweaver basics to manage HTML, CSS and JavaScript

MS 275 - Advanced Web Site Design

• Select and apply web design strategies into a pre-existing web site
• Create a form that integrates into a site
• Incorporate JavaScript validation to the form to insure good data is received from the form.
• Include a customized thank you page on a site that incorporates the reading and writing of cookies using JavaScript
• Explore Photoshop techniques for enhancing and creating images
• Create an animated gif that integrates into a site
• Replace table formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• HTML, CSS and JavaScript basics
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)

• Web Site Design
• Forms
• Form validation with JavaScript
• Reading and Writing Cookies
• Graphics
• Animation
• Formatting pages with Cascading Styles Sheets

MS 277 - Multimedia for Web Site Design

• Flash Movie Essentials
• The Flash MX Tools Panel
• Flash Symbols and Libraries
• Managing Content
• Enhancing Your Appearance
• Motion Tweening
• Shape Tweening
• Masks and Masking
• Actions and Interactions
• Intelligent Actions
• Sound and Video
• Optimizing and Publishing

• HTML, CSS and JavaScript basics
• Macromedia Flash MX basics
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)

• Tools in the Toolbox
• Library
• Using the Timeline
• Tweening
• Including Sound and Video
• Writing ActionScript

MS 280 - Introduction to Management Information Systems

• Identify the role of information systems in today’s competitive business environment
• Describe an information system
• Explain how information systems support major business functions: sales and marketing, manufacturing and production, finance and accounting and human resources
• Explain business processes and detail the benefits of using information systems to support business processes, including those for customer relationship management and supply chain management
• Outline how businesses use information systems for competitive advantage
• Recognize the difficulties in building successful information systems and develop strategies to overcome those challenges
• Identify the major managerial and organizational challenges posed by electronic commerce and electronic business
• Explain the ethical, social and political issues raised by information systems
• Outline strategies to acquire and manage a firm’s hardware and software assets
• Recognize why businesses have trouble finding the information they need in their information systems and explain how database management systems help businesses improve organization of their information
• Identify the principle technologies for supporting electronic commerce and electronic business and the management problems raised by the new information technology (IT) infrastructure
• Classify information system applications that are most useful for distributing, creating and sharing knowledge in the firm
• Describe the steps required to build a new information system
• Explain how a company can measure the business benefits of information systems

• Microsoft operating systems
• Internet browser
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word

• Managing a digital firm (3 classes)
• Information systems, organizations, management and strategy (3 classes)
• E-commerce, e-business, global enterprise (3 classes)
• Ethical and social issues of information systems (3 classes)
• Managing hardware and software (3 classes)
• Managing data resources (3 classes)
• Managing knowledge (3 classes)
• Enhancing management decision-making (3 classes)
• Redesigning the organization with information systems (3 classes)
• Understanding systems and managing change; IS security and control (3 classes)

MS 300 - Principles of Operating Systems

• Understand operating system history and motivation
• Understand hardware components controlled by an operating system
• Understand software elements that comprise an operating system
• Understand multiprocessing and synchronization problems and their solutions
• Understand the classic problems and solutions common to all operating systems
• Understand the solutions to the producer/consumer, readers/writers, and dining philosophers problems
• Conduct research and report on one area of interest in operating systems

• Knowledge, understanding and familiarity with computer programming languages
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language

• Introduction to operating systems and history (3 classes)
• Introduction to computer architecture and software components (3 classes)
• The “process model” for workflow in an operating system (3 classes)
• Threads and process management (1 class)
• Process sychronization and semaphores (3 classes)
• Monitors and contition variables (2 classes)
• Producer/consumer problem (2 classes)
• Readers/writers problem (1 class)
• Dining philosophers problem (1 class)
• Memory management (paging systems) (2 classes)
• File systems management (2 classes)
• Student term paper presentations (6 classes)
• Tests, examinations and reviews (2 classes)

MS 322 - Macroeconomics

• Demonstrate an understanding, usage, and application of basic Macroeconomic concepts and principles
• Describe methods of calculating price indices, Gross Domestic Product, Real GDP, and unemployment rates
• Describe the structure of the Federal Reserve System and its tools for controlling the money supply in a fractional reserve banking system
• Demonstrate an understanding and ability to use a basic macroeconomic model for predicting the direction of macroeconomic activity
• Demonstrate an understanding of fiscal and monetary policy and how policy changes can potentially affect the economy

• None

• Foundation of economic thinking and basic concerns of macroeconomics (4 classes)
• Price indices, labor force measurements, unemployment measures, gross domestic product measures, inflation, deflation (8 classes)
• Money, the money supply, fractional reserve banking systems, monetary systems and central banks and the Federal Reserve System (8 classes)
• A simple Macroeconomic Model of Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply, with and without price and wage flexibility, and the Keynesian multiplier (8 classes)
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy, the international sector (2 classes)

MS 327 - International Business

• Demonstrate an understanding of basic terminology in international business
• Describe the factors causing the globalization of markets and typical business strategies for competing in foreign markets
• Construct a country risk assessment that includes all the relevant factors for firms operating overseas or thinking of entering new markets
• Summarize and track current news topics facing countries or businesses in international markets

• MS 342  Management Principles

• The rapid change of global business (1 class)
• Trade and investment flows (2 classes)
• Contributions of international organizations (2 classes)
• Assesing the economic, financial, political cultural, and competitive risks (12 classes)
• A country risk assessment project (4 classes)
• Marketing internationally (3 classes)
• Financial practices in exporting and importing (2 classes)
• Presentations and discussions (4 classes)

MS 331 - Business Law

• Understand the basic nature of the legal system including the court structure and the role of lawyers
• Understand the different types of torts and crimes
• Be familiar with contract law including all the elements of a contract under the common law as well as the Uniform Commercial Code
• Understand the basic theories of products liability law
• Be familiar with the creation of security inerests and the rules that secured creditors must follow
• Understand the basic features of bankruptcy law
• Understand the general nature of an agency relationship

• Microeconomics

• Introduction to Legal System (5 classes)
• Tort and Criminal law (5 classes)
• Contract Law (9 classes)
• Uniform Commercial Code (3 classes)
• Products Liability Law (2 classes)
• Secured Transactions (2 classes)
• Bankruptcy (2 classes)
• Agency (2 classes)

MS 340 - Production Management

• Be provided with an opportunity to gain exposure to, and an understanding of, essential principles of operations and production, and be able to communicate those principles to others
• Understand the issues related to planning, organizing and managing the resources used to create and deliver products and services
• Understand the approaches used to control productive resources (order point, MRP/ERP, and Just-in-Time/Lean systems)
• Understand the basic production processes (project, batch, mass, and continuous)
• Understand the strategic importance of operations and explain how operation can provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace
• Understand the relationship between operations and other business functions, such as marketing, finance, accounting and human resources

• None

• Operations Strategy - The Strategic Role of operations
• Transformation Process
• Quality Management
• Processes and Technologies
• Operations planning and organizing Facilities Capacity and Aggregate Planning
• Operations management Inventory management Techniques (order point, MRP / ERP, and Just-in-Time / Lean systems) Scheduling
• Supply chain management
• Products and Services
• Human Resources in Operations Management

MS 342 - Management Principles

• Demonstrate an understanding of basic terminology in an introductory management principles course
• Apply ethical and socially responsible reasoning in a professional and managerial role
• Identify and appraise the evolution of management and leadership theories
• Demonstrate a satisfactory understanding of strategic planning, the use of planning tools, and the manager’s role in decision-making and organizational design
• Formulate a personal assessment of strengths and developmental needs as future managers
• Describe and apply the techniques of a managerial control system
• Cultivate a sensitivity to the diverse set of situations and cultures managers will face

• None

• Introduction and review of management schools (3 classes)
• Social responsibility and ethics (3 classes)
• Global and inercultural managing (2 classes)
• Planning and the strategic planninc process (4 classes)
• Decision-making and planning aids (3 classes)
• Organizational design (3 classes)
• Theories of leadership (3 classes)
• Managerial controls (3 classes)
• Other - cases, projects, etc. (6 classes)

MS 344 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership Development

• Identify the potential advantages of organizational behavior knowledge
• Describe how focusing on the human element can contribute to organizational and managerial effectiveness
• Explain how individual differences influence the behavior of people in organizations
• Apply the eight-step guide to ethical decision-making when faced with an ethical dilemma
• Enhance creative problem-solving ability
• Choose an appropriate motivational model for a given situation
• Have the necessa5ry information to resolve many workplace conflicts
• Summarize barriers to effective communication and how to overcome them
• Explain how to overcome cross-gender and cross-cultural communication problems
• Pinpoint several potential problems with group effort and know how to prevent them
• Differentiate between leadership and management
• Identify and describe a variety of political and influence tactics
• Explain how managers can control dysfunctional politics
• Identify and define the foundation concepts of organization structure, including the informal structure
• Describe several strategies for bringing about organizational change
• Describe why people resist change and how to manage such resistance
• Identify and explain key dimensions of cultural differences
• Recognize organizational conditions favoring knowledge management
• Specify methods for sharing information within an organization

• None

• None

MS 354 - Principles of Accounting

• Understand the underlying concepts of accounting including the accounting cycle, accrual accounting, accounting for current assets, fixed assets and current liabilities
• Understand the accounting process and prepare the financial statements for a small business
• Be knowledgeable users of financial statements
• Have an introductory-level understanding of computerized accounting systems and how to use those systems

• Sophomore standing
• MS 183/MS 184   Introduction to Computer Methods and Applications
• MS 221   Microeconomics
• MS 331   Business Law

• Technical expertise: The accounting equation Processing accounting information Accrual and cash-basis accounting Balance sheet Income statement Statements of equity
• Working knowledge: Cash reconciliations Accounts receivable Inventory processing Inventory management Fixed assets and depreciation Great Plains accounting software
• Appreciation for objective: Cash flow statement Internal controls Short-term investments Contingent liabilities Long-term debt Equity.

MS 356 - Business Finance

• Understand the underlying concepts of finance and how to analyze the financial statements of a company
• Understand how to use financial information to help them in decision-making
• Have a working-knowledge of cash flow statements, contribution margin, working capital management and time value of money

• MS 354  Principles of Accounting
• MS 221   Microeconomics

• Cash flow statement - preparing a statement of cash flows, importance of the different sources of cash flow, income tax considerations
• Financial statement analysis using ratios - profitability ratios, asset utilization ratios, liquidity ratios, debt utilization ratios
• Financial forecasting - cash budgeting, pro forma financial statements
• Contribution margin and cost volume profit analysis including break even, target profit, degree of operating leverage, degree of financial leverage and degree of combined leverage
• Optimal financing patterns (matching financing to asset lives) - short-term assets and short-term financing, premanent current assets, spontaneous financing, long-term assets and long-term financing
• Working capital management - cash management, receivables management, inventory management, payables management and short-term financing
• Time value of money - future value of a single amount, present value of a single amount, future value of an annuity and present value of an annuity

MS 358 - Managerial Cost Accounting

• Understand the underlying concepts of manufacturing accounting, including five different costing methods
• Understand the costs, financial statements, budgeting process and management by objective for a small manufacturing or service business
• Knowledgeably use managerial accounting information for decision-making in manufacturing and service businesses

• None

• Manufacturing accounting - definitions of costs, cost of goods manufactured schedule and cost volume profit analysis
• Cost measurement - absorption costing, process costing, job order costing, activity-based costing and variable costing
• Profit-planning and budgeting including static, flexible, service department and proforma financial statements
• Tools for management by objective - variance analysis, standard costing, balanced scorecard

MS 361 - Marketing

• Each chapter begins with objectives that prepare the student for the chapter material and point out learning goals. The course gives the marketing student a comprehensive and innovative, managerial and practical introduction to marketing.

• None

• Understanding marketing and the marketing process
• Analyze marketing opportunities
• Selecting target markets
• Developing the marketing mix
• Managing the marketing effort
• Extending marketing

• Classroom assignments – work with “real world” marketing professional on final marketing project

MS 363 - e-Business Marketing Strategies

• Understand Internet technoogies and how they are used to transform existing busiess processes
• Identify and implement new business models that have emerged due to the Internet
• Have the knowledge to integrate marketing plans and marketing communications techniques for an eBusiness venture including performance measurements
• Achieve an awareness of the complex social, legal, and public policy issues affecting e-commerce and eBusiness
• Develop a comprehensive eBusiness plan to establish a Web presence for an existing organization

• None

• Scope of e-commerce and eBusiness
• Internet technology and infrastructure
• Payment technologies and security issues
• Market opportunity analysis
• Value proposition
• Online business models
• Customer Interface using the 7Cs of design
• Marketing communications framework
• Branding
• Organizational structures for eBusiness
• Integrative resource systems
• Metrics
• Website development process
• Website architecture
• Human and financial resource allocation
• Media transformation
• Public policy and related issues including ethics and legal issues
• Knowledge management

MS 365 - Business-to-Business Marketing

• Understand the dynamic nature of the business-to-business environment as well as the similarities and differences between consumer and business marketing
• Identify the industrial, marketing, and business terms and concepts that are significant within the field of business-to-business marketing
• Comprehend the decision process that organizational buyers apply and the resulting strategy implications for marketers
• Apply key B2B marketing techniques, such as relationship marketing and supply-chain management
• Segment organizational markets, identify attractive target markets, and focus the marketing mix towards those target segments when developing strategic marketing plans
• Understand the strategic marketing issues that result through international market expansion
• Demonstrate the application and use of B2B marketing concepts through case studies and a comprehensive marketing plan

• None

• Business Marketing Perspective
• Perspectives on the Organizational Buyer
• Organizational Buyer Behavior
• Relationship Strategies for Business Markets
• E-Commerce Strategies for Business Markets
• Supply Chain Management
• Segmenting the Business Market
• Demand Analysis and Forecasting
• Business Marketing Strategies
• Global Strategies
• Managing Products for Business Markets
• Managing Innovation and New Product Development
• Managing Servicesfor Business Markets
• Managing Business Marketing Channels
• Pricing Strategy for Business Markets
• Business Marketing Communications
• Selling and Sales Management

MS 371 - Introduction to Unix Operating Systems

• None

• None

• None

MS 373 - Advanced Unix and System Administration

• Demonstrate the ability to maintain and enhance a Unix/Linux system as a stand-alone system, a network client and a network server
• Understand how to manage toe book process through the seven run levels of a Unix/Linux system
• Understand the Unix/Linux process model and how to create, destroy, suspend, resume and restart processes (especially daemon processes)
• Understand the full capabilities and limitations of the superuser (root)
• Understand how to create, remove and maintain user accounts
• Understand the Unix/Linux file system and how it’s used to interface to virtually any kind of hardware device or resource
• Understand how to write shell scripts to automate repetitive system administration tasks (sh, bash or perl)
• Understand backup procedures that are necessary for most Unix/Linux data centers
• Understand how logging facilities work under Unix/Linux
• Understand how security and protection mechanism work under Unix/Linux
• Know how to upgrade the kernel
• Know how to upgrade application packages that run under Unix/Linux

• None

• Getting help on Unix/Linux (documentation user’s groups)
• Booting, startup and shutdown issues
• Superuser and root permissions
• Process control and management
• File system permissions and management
• Network management
• Security and Protection mechanisms
• System architecture
• Network architecture

MS 382 - Introduction to Java Programming

• Knowledge of the basic expressions that make up the Java language (constant, variable, arithmetic, relational, logical, etc.)
• Knowledge of control statements and the proper structuring of control statements to solve problems
• Knowledge of I/O streams for reading and writing data to and from files, consoles, and other devices
• Knowledge of functions and parameter passing
• Ability to design a program in a modular fashion using functions
• Understand the scoping rules for identifiers and the use of package namespaces
• Knowledge of basic data structures (arrays only)
• Knowledge of strings and basic string manipulation operations
• Basic knowledge of classes, data members, and member functions (object-oriented programming basics)
• Use of ‘public’, ‘private’, and ‘final’ as a mechanism for protection of data
• Understand the basics of Applets in addition to Java Application

• Introduction to object-oriented software development (2 classes)
• Introduction to Java syntax and basic operations (4 classes)
• Functions: identifier scope and lifetime, parameters (4 classes)
• Object-oriented design, class libraries, member functions (5 classes)
• Selection and iteration (4 classes)
• Containers in general and arrays in particular (1 class)
• Character string classes and operations (2 classes)
• Programming style, development process, design exercises, and special topics (5 classes)
• Tests, quizzes, examinations, and reviews (3 classes)

• Computing environment (1 session)
• Conditionals (1 session)
• Loops (1 session)
• Functions (1 session)
• File I/O (1 session)
• GUI (1 session)
• Comprehensive projects (3 sessions)

MS 387 - Computer Systems Analysis and Design I

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the vocabulary employed in this discipline
• Demonstrate proficiency in the generation of standard systems development documentation encompassed by the system development life cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to select effective tools for use in the definition, design, and creation of automated systems
• Incorporate the above skills in conducting the complete systems analysis function for a realistic business problem

• None

• None

MS 388 - Computer Systems Analysis and Design II

• Complete an in-depth feasibility study for a computer project
• Question a client and gather the necessary information to propose an appropriate system solution
• Articulate career paths associated to system analysis
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the vocabulary employed in this discipline
• Demonstrate proficiency in the generation of standard systems development documentation encompassed by the System Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to select effective tools for use in the definition, design and creation of automated systems
• Incorporate the above skills in conducting the complete Systems Analysis function for a realistic business problem

• None

• Investigation phase
• Analysis and general design phase
• Detailed design and implementation phase
• Install and review phases
• Rapid development techniques

MS 389 - Data Center Management

• Explore and debate critical issues related to managing and administering the IS function
• Investigate the core management functions associated with distributed and Internet-based network, including E-Business issues
• Examine the management functions associated with IS operations and data administration. Understand the role of outsourcing and managing the security risk to the firm
• Assess the technologies for developing application systems and the management issues with development process
• Review performance based process categories to assess the operational performance of the data center in terms of operational effectiveness
• Understand the financial issues associated with IS function in terms of budgeting, chargeback, and financial analysis
• Understand the legal and process elements associated with the acquisition of hardware and software
• Use case study examples to reinforce course concepts

• None

• Managing the I/S structure (3 classes)
• Distributed systems architecture and management issues (2 classes)
• Management of Telecom, Operations, and Data Administration (5 classes)
• Systems development management (2 classes)
• Financial issues with the I/S function (1 class)
• Hardware/Software Acquisition (2 classes)
• Data Center Performance Metrics (2 classes)
• Knowledge Systems - Management Issues (1 class)
• Hour examinations and review (4 classes)

MS 393 - Quantitative Management Techniques

• Have awareness that the techniques covered under those topics are available to aid in decision making and forecasting
• Understand when, or to what types of problems the different techniques should be used
• Apply all of the techniques, as appropriate, to solve specific problems

• MA 340  
• MS 340 

• Decision analysis Without Probabilities (maximax, maximin, minimax regret, equal likelihood) With Probabilities (expected value, expected value of perfect information) Sequential decision trees
• Linear Programming Formulation Graphical Solutions Computer solutions Transportation problems
• Facility location techniques Location factor rating Center of Gravity Load distance
• Simulation Techniques
• Waiting line models Single server Multiple server
• Review of Statistics Frequency distributions Normal Binomial Exponential Poisson Descriptive statistics Mean Median Variance Standard deviation Expected value Sampling distributions Sample sizes Central limit theory Tabulated areas o the normal distribution
• Ientifying data patterns Random Stationary Trend Seasonal Cyclical
• Regression Analysis (casual forecasting) Linear regression Multiple regression
• Time series data analysis Moving averages Single exponential smoothing Double exponential smoothing Regression of time series data Winters method

MS 395 - e-Business Technologies

• None

• None

• None

MS 419 - CompTIA A+

• Know how to build, install, configure, and upgrade desktop computer modules and peripherals
• Diagnose and troubleshoot common computer problems and system malfunctions
• Identify purpose of various preventive maintenance procedures
• Identify classifications, categories, and principles of motherboards, processors, and memory in desktop computers
• Recognize basic types of printers and printing components
• Understand basic networking and telecommunications and modems
• Identify operating system functions, structures, major system files, and underlying DOS functions in Windows 9x, and Windows 2000
• Install, configure, and upgrade Windows 9x and Windows 2000
• Diagnose and troubleshoot common problems in Windows 9x and Windows 2000
• Connect Microsoft client computers to the network using Windows capabilities and networking protocols

• None

• Introduction to computers, overview of personal computers, and central processing units (2 classes)
• Power supplies, motherboards, ROM BIOS, memory, cables and connections (2 classes)
• Basic and advanced disk drives, displays, printers and portable computers (2 classes)
• Connectivity, networking, telecommunications and modems (1 class)
• Operating system fundamentals, introduction and installation of Microsoft Windows (1 class)
• Maintaining, upgrading and troubleshooting (2 classes)
• See laboratory topics (5 classes)

• Disassembly of computer (1 class)
• Build and assemble computer (4 classes)

MS 433 - Small Business Management

• Understand the components of a good business plan and build one
• Know where to start and how to proceed in establishing a new small business
• Understand the challenges of beginning and running a successful small business
• Present a business plan

• None

• Entrepreneurs
• Analyze the product in relationship to customer needs
• Small business
• Analyzing the market
• Financial plans and financing
• Focus on product strategy and operations
• Organize the management team
• Executive Summary Report and presentation
• Banker role

MS 439 - Principles of Real Estate

• Have acquired a practical overview of real estate as a potential purchaser and investor
• Describe the key economic, physical and legal characteristics of real estate
• Explain the underlying property rights and the methods of conveying these rights
• Demonstrate an understanding of the lending practices of financial institutions
• Explain the criteria by which real estate investment is calculated
• Generate and interpret an investment analysis of a property
• Apply one of the three appraisal techniques to the evaluation of a residential or commercial property

• None

• The nature and characteristics of real estate (2 classes)
• Ownership rights and nonpossessory interests in land. (3 classes)
• Transferring title and the need for public records (3 classes)
• Sales contracts and lending practices (4 classes)
• Sources and types of financing (4 classes)
• Real estate appraisal (3 classes)
• Investment analysis (6 classes)
• Presentations and projects (3 classes)
• Other topics (2 classes)

MS 441 - Supervision

• Understand principles of supervision
• Apply the above principles to cases
• Give an oral report based on interviewing a supervisor regarding the above principles

• None 

• What do supervisors do? (1 class)
• How is supervision changing? (1 class)
• Goal Setting, Controlling (3 classes)
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making (3 classes)
• Organizing (2 classes)
• Hiring
• Training (3 classes)
• Appraising employee performance (2 classes)
• Motivating vs. Leading (3 classes)
• Communicating (3 classes)
• Conflict, Stress, Dealing with change (4 classes)
• Unions and Discipline (3 classes)

MS 443 - Labor Relations

• Understand the historical framework regarding the development of labor unions
• Be familiar with the major provisions of labor laws that have been passed by Congress to regulate labor management relations
• Understand the structure and organization of the AFL-CIO
• Understand the general nature of collective bargaining agreements and the practice of arbitration of such agreements
• Be familiar with the typical provisions found in labor agreements

• None 

• Historical background
• Legal framework
• Collective bargaining
• Administration of agreement
• Wage issues
• Economic supplements under collective bargaining
• Administrative issues under collective bargaining

MS 444 - Business and Government Relations

• Understand the principal laws that regulate business activity in the marketplace
• Understand and be able to apply economic analysis to determine the desirable and undesirable features of such regulation
• Understand the nature of corporate responses to the existence of government regulation

• None

• Role of business and government
• Basic economic concepts
• Nature and rationale of regulation
• Theory of public choice
• Consumer legislation
• Product liability law
• Environmental law
• Risk and cost/benefit analyses
• Economic analysis of pollution
• Discrimination law
• Work place issues
• Labor unions and labor laws
• OSHA and job safety
• Public utility regulation
• Anti trust law
• Deregulation
• Reforming government regulation

MS 446 - Business Strategy Capstone

• None

• None

• No course topics appended

MS 447 - Management Readings & Issues

• None

• None

• None

MS 448 - Employment Law

• Understand the basic provisions of the various federal discrimination statutes and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
• Be familiar with the reasoning in the landmark discrimination court cases
• Understand the basic features of a variety of other laws including employment compensation, workers’ compensation and the fair labor standards act
• Be familiar with the provisions in employment contracts and the theories of wrongful discharge

• None

• Introduction
• Overview of Discrimination Laws
• Civil Rights Act (1991)
• Employee Selection
• Race Discrimination
• Gender Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment and Affinity Orientation
• Affirmative Action
• Performance Appraisals
• Age Discrimination
• National Origin Discrimination
• Religion Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination
• Family Leave Law
• Proof/Evidence Issues
• Unemployment Compensation
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Worker’s Compensation
• Employee Benefits
• Employment Contracts
• Privacy Rights
• Disciplinary Action
• Disciplinary Policies
• Reference Checks

MS 449 - Human Resource Management

• Understand the development of and present status of Human Resource Management
• Understand the issues that confront and must be dealt with by an HR specialist
• Understand the concepts and techniques used by an HR manager

• None

• The challenge of human resources management
• Equal employment opportunity and human resources management
• Job requirements and the design of organizations to achieve human resources productivity
• Human resources planning and recruitment
• Selection
• Training and development
• Career Development
• Appraising and improving performance
• Managing compensation
• Incentive rewards
• Employee benefits
• Safety and health
• Employee rights and discipline
• The dynamics of labor relations
• Collective bargaining and contract administration

MS 450 - Management Control Systems

• Recognize and evaluate methods of measuring efficiency and effectiveness in various decentralized operations
• Investigate problems with transfer pricing.
• Analyze and resolve problems in measuring management performance.

• MS 359 Managerial Accounting II

• Management control
• Expense center
• Profit center
• Transfer price
• Investment center
• Budget preparation
• Financial performance
• Management compensation

MS 451 - Personal Tax

• Have a basic knowledge of federal tax regulations for individuals
• Understand the current tax forms and filing methods for individuals and be able to prepare a tax return for an individual using the appropriate forms
• Have a basic understanding of tax planning for individuals

• None

• Introduction to taxation History of taxation Enactment of new laws each year Objectives of tax law Rate structures
• Determination of Tax Tax formula Filing status Exemptions
• Gross Income Inclusions Exclusions Capital Gains Business Income
• Deductions Expense criteria Medical Taxes Interest Charitable Casualty, Theft, Miscellaneous Passive losses Moving Home Office Deferred Compensation Depreciation
• Accounting Methods and Periods Cash vs. Accrual Long term contracts Installment sales Change in methods Alternate minimum tax Self-Employment tax
• Property Transactions Like-Kind exchange Involuntary conversion Sale of principal residence Section 1231 property Recapture of depreciation on sections 1245 property Recapture of depreciation on Section 1250 property Additional recapture provisions for corporations Recapture provisions for gifts and estates
• Credits and payments Child tax credit Dependent care credit Elderly and disabled credit Adoption credit Hope scholarship credit Lifetime learning credit Credit limitations Miscellaneous credits General business credits Earned Income credit Withholding of taxes Estimated tax payments
• Partnerships and Corporations Tax of Partnerships Tax of S Corporations Tax of LLC and LLP
• Tax Planning Considerations Shifting income Maximizing deductions Tax exempt bonds Deferred compensation Estate planning - annual gifts Business vs. Hobby Net operating losses Traditional vs. Roth IRA Accounting periods and methods Sale of residence Avoiding AMT Avoiding unerpayment penalty Business form to minimize tax

MS 452 - Investment & Portfolio Analysis

• None

• None

• None

MS 453 - Personal Investments

• Understand the importance of personal financial planning, and how to use personal financial statements in budgeting and cash flow management
• Understand the various types of consumer credit available and how to qualify and utilize those types of credit for major purchases such as automobiles and homes
• Understand the differences between property insurance, liability insurance, health insurance, and life insurance, and how to use those various types of insurance to protect against catastrophic financial losses
• Have an exposure to stock, bond, and real estate investment and how these investments fit into retirement and estate planning

• None

• The importance of Personal Finance
• Financial planning
• Budgeting and Cash Flow Management
• Managing Your Income Taxes
• Management of Monetary Assets
• Credit Use and Credit Cards
• Installment Credit
• Automobiles and Other Major Purchases
• The Housing Expenditure
• Risk Management and Property/Liability Insurance
• Health Care Planning
• Life Insurance Planing
• Investment Fundametals and Portfolio Management
• Investing in Stocks, Bonds
• Through Mutual Funds
• Buying and Selling Strategies
• Real Estate and Advanced Portfolio Management
• Retirement and Estate Planning

MS 457 - Financial Intermediaries

• None

• None

• None

MS 459 - Intermediate Accounting

• None

• None

• None

MS 462 - Technical Selling

• Effectively formulate, express, and understand ideas of the principles of selling and how it relates to the business world
• Understand the elements needed of a salesperson from service to ethics
• Broaden one’s understanding of the key elements in the American free enterprise system by doing a sales presentation and role play as a purchasing agent

• MS 221  
• MS 331  

• Selling as a profession
• Preparing for relationship selling
• Relationship selling process
• Ethics in sales
• Current events relating to sales/selling
• Sales presentation
• Role play as purchasing agent

MS 467 - Marketing Research

• Explain the importance of marketing research in shaping marketing decisions
• Distinguish between primary and secondary research techniques and apply thm to marketing situations
• Explain the measurement concepts and scales used in marketing research
• Define the elements in questionnaire design and apply them in developing survey instruments
• Distinguish between probability and nonprobability sampling concepts and determine sample size
• Apply data analysis and statistical testing techniques
• Design and conduct secondary and primary research studies

• None 

• Marketing research and decision making
• Use of the Internet in marketing research
• Understanding the research process
• Research problem definition
• Secondary data and databases
• Information management systems
• Qualitative research
• Survey research
• Sampling and systematic errors in research
• Customer satisfaction and loyalty research
• Survey methods and determination
• Human and machine observation research
• Experimental research
• Causation in research
• Experimental validity
• Test markets
• Measurements and attitude scales
• Questionnaire design process
• Developing a sampling plan
• Probability sampling methods
• Nonprobability sampling methods
• Sample size
• Data analysis and statistical testing
• Communicating research results
• Managing the research function
• Research ethics

MS 468 - Promotion and Advertising Strategies

• Recognize the critical role communication plays in marketing programs
• Recognize the importance of effective brand and product positioning, and utilize the strategies that help establish a positive position
• Comprehend the relationship between a company’s promotional efforts, the efforts of competition, and the opportunities and threats that result from these activities
• Recognize the steps of effective advertising management
• Recognize how visual and verbal messages are used in ads
• Create and implement a media strategy
• Recognize the important relationships between advertising programs and other parts of the promotional mix
• Adapt marketing communications functions to Internet programs
• Recognize the various levels at which IMC programs should be assessed
• Demonstrate an understanding of IMC principles and practices through developing a comprehensive IMC program

• None

• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Brand and Corporate Image Management
• Consumer Buyer Behavior
• Business-to-Business Buyer Behavior
• Promotion Opportunity Analysis
• Advertising Management
• Advertising Design: Theoretical Framework and Types of Appeals
• Advertising Design: Message Strategies
• Advertising Media Selection
• Internet Marketing
• Trade Promotions
• Consumer Promotions
• Personal Selling, Database Marketing, and Customer Relationship Management
• Public Relations, Regulations, and Sponsorships
• IMC for the Small Business Entrepreneur
• Evaluating an Integrated Marketing Program

MS 469 - Advanced Marketing Strategies

• Analyze marketing performance and identify strategic marketing problems
• Set appropriate objectives and goals for a marketing strategy
• Identify opportunities and threats in the market place
• Select target markets strategically and position products effectively
• Design and coordinate the marketing mix
• Integrate marketing research information into marketing decision making
• Allocate resources for optimal implementation of a marketing strategy
• Manage marketing’s interface with other business functions

• None

• Branding
• Product Lifecycle
• Market Segmentation
• Product Positioning
• Customer Relationship Management
• Sales Force Management
• Distribution Channel Strategies
• Marketing Communication Strategies
• New Product Introductions
• Pricing Strategies

MS 479 - CompTIA Network+

• Recognize the logical and physical topologies given a diagram or description
• Identify the main features and characteristics of networking technologies and media (cables, etc.)
• Identify the purpose, features, and functions of networking components such as hubs, bridges, and network adapter cards (NICs)
• Identify and differentiate between various network protocols and services, including remote access and security protocols and services
• Recognize the OSI layers and at which layer the various network components operate
• Identify IP addresses
• Identify the basic characteristics of Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies recognize and differentiate the basic networking capabilities of various server operating systems including Microsoft, Novell, Unix/Linux, and Macintosh
• Identify and implement various disaster recovery and security measures such as firewalls and proxy servers
• Recognize and be able to utilize network troubleshooting tools including TCP/IP utilities, diagnostic utilities, and hardware tools

• None

• Introduction and networking basics including an overview of the OSI Model Layers (1 class)
• Network hardware and connections (2 classes)
• Network software (1 class)
• Networking protocols including TCP/IP fundamentals, applications, and configuration including IP addressing (3 classes)
• Remote network access and routing (2 classes)
• Planning, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a network both LANs and WANs (2 classes)
• Network security (1 class)

MS 480 - XML/XSL Programming

• None

• None

• None

MS 481 - C# Programming

• None

• None

• None

MS 482 - Active Server Pages (ASP.NET)

• None

• None

• None

MS 483 - Database Management Systems

• Understand what a database is, why they are used, and how they are built
• Learn how to build and use an entity relationship model in IDEF1X standard form
• Understand the fundamental aspects of data modeling and database design
• Understand First through Fifth normal forms, Boyce-Codd normal form, and Domain Key Normal form relations
• Learn how to use the Structured Query Language (SQL) to define and manipulate database information
• Understand how, when and where to use stored procedures, triggers, rules and views
• Learn how database performance tuning can aid the access and manipulation of data
• Understand the roles associated with a database and how one is managed
• Understand how database systems can be a part of a larger application and provide a demonstration
• Cover advanced topics such as data replication, message orientated middleware, object-oriented databases, data mining, etc. and how they pertain to data collection
• Verify the objectives against the Course Grade Book

• Some familiarity with computing
• Knowledge of a programming language

• None

MS 485 - Telecommunications

• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic workings of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Demonstrate an understanding of key legislation that has been passed by Congress that has affected the Telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate an understanding of the judicial decisions that have been decided by the courts and their affect on the Telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of regulatory bodies (FCC, PSC) and their impact on the Telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of electromagnetics and electromechanical devices, in as much as they relate to telecommunications
• Demonstrate an understanding of multiplexing and line grooming in the process of providing a telecommunications transport infrastructure
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of digital communications and communication devices used in the PSTN
• Demonstrate an understanding of multilayered network communication models and the use of TCP, IP, and Ethernet protocols in LANs and WANs
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research and write a term paper that details one aspect of telecommunications

• A fundamental understanding of computing systems and programming.

• Telegraph and telephone networks (2 classes)
• The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) (6 classes)
• The legislative, judicial, and regulatory history of the telecommunications industry (3 classes)
• Introduction to electricity and magnetism (1 class)
• Multiplexing, line compression, and grooming (2 classes)
• Digital communications and devices (3 classes)
• ISDN, ADSL, and CATV standards (3 classes)
• LAN and WAN protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, X.25, FR, ATM, QoS) (5 classes)
• Guest lectures (PSc commissioner; Computer Center tour) (2 classes)
• Tests (3 classes)

• HTML formatting basics
• HTML interactive elements
• CSS to manage “look and feel”
• JavaScript to enhance a web site
• Dreamweaver basics to manage HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

MS 486 - Web Services

• None

• None

• None

MS 488 - Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• JavaScript, O-OP and SQL

• No course topics appended.

MS 496 - Business and Management Selected Studies

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 498 - Management Internship Experience

• None

• None

• None

MS 499 - Independent Study

• None

• None

• None

MS 1010 - Introduction to Business

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 1850 - Computer Methods and Applications in Healthcare

• Demonstrate basic competence using personal productivity software (MS Office 2007) that support decision-making in health care settings
• Identify and select different information systems tools to assist in decision-making and problem-solving in healthcare settings
• Demonstrate basic competence using nursing and patient care-specific information systems for evaluation and decision-making following evidence-based practice in health care settings
• Recognize and describe the role of information technology in improving patient care outcomes and ensuring safety in patient care settings
• Conduct efficient and effective searches of online nursing literature and cite literature appropriately in work products
• Identify and use web-based learning and online database tools for self and patient use
• Identify and uphold information privacy, security, copyright, and ethical standards as related to the use of information technology in health care settings
• Use correct and appropriate terminology to describe and evaluate information systems in healthcare
• Identify and select different information systems tools to assist in decision-making and problem-solving in health care settings
• Demonstrate basic competence using MSOE information systems and technology

• None

• Microsoft XP, Blackboard and Library Orientation, MSOE Data storage, MSOE email and email etiquette
• PowerPoint: Preparing a presentation, modifying a presentation and using HELP, formatting slides, inserting elements in slides, creating tables, charts, and SmartArt graphics, using slide masters and action buttons, additional features, linking and presentations
• Excel 2007: Preparing an workbook, formulas in a worksheet, formatting a worksheet, creating a chart
• PowerPoint 2007
• Access/Data in Healthcare: Creating database tables, creating relationships, performing queries, creating forms, creating reports, information security, information privacy, ethical use of information
• Patient Care, Data Management: Electronic health records overview, information sources and quality, role of IT in patient care
• Nursing Decision Support Systems: Epocrates, UpToDate, intelligent systems in healthcare, evaluation of system output, human vs. system in decision making
• Nursing Development: ECCO, eLearning in healthcare, use of technology by patients, nursing informatics, future of IT in nursing and patient care

MS 2220 - Foundations of Business Economics

• Develop problem solving skills by applying economic criteria to engineering design, business decisions, international trade and public policy
• Describe the structure of the Federal Reserve System and its tools for controlling the money supply in a fractional reserve banking system
• Demonstrate an understanding of fiscal and monetary policy and how policy changes can potentially affect the economy
• Develop analytical skills necessary for determination of the worth of systems, products and services in relation to cost
• Determine economic feasibility when evaluating alternatives
• Describe and apply the methods for analyzing consumer behavior through demand and supply, elasticity and marginal utility
• Identify and appraise various models of how markets are organized, and the price and output decisions for maximizing profit

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 2220H - Foundations of Business Economics

• Develop problem solving skills by applying economic criteria to engineering design, business decisions, international trade and public policy.
• Describe the structure of the Federal Reserve System and its tools for controlling the money supply in a fractional reserve banking system.
• Demonstrate an understanding of fiscal and monetary policy and how policy changes can potentially affect the economy.
• Develop analytical skills necessary for determination of the worth of systems, products and services in relation to cost.
• Determine economic feasibility when evaluating alternatives.
• Describe and apply the methods for analyzing consumer behavior through demand and supp;ly, elasticity and marginal utility.
• Identify and appraise various models of how markets are organized, and the price and output decisions for maximizing profit.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 2225 - Healthcare Economics

• Learn the basic theories and techniques of microeconomics, such as marginal analysis, graphing, and their applications.
• Understand marginal decision rules in both consumer and producer theory and study how people choose to lead their lives and how they interact with one another.
• Identify the four market structures and explain their expected conduct and performance. Apply economic theory to problems involving positive and negative externalities, social, and global issues.
• Demonstrate an understanding, usage, and application of basic macroeconomic concepts and principles.
• Analyze the role of government and the effect of regulation on the healthcare section as described by economics.
• Apply the principles of fiscal and monetary policy as it impacts healthcare administration at the organization and marketplace levels.

• None 

• Fundamentals of economics as an academic discipline
• Links with the fundamental principles from healthcare, sociology, history, psychology, ethics, and the regulatory environment.
• Supply and demand; production possibilities and opportunity costs
• Elasticity, marginal utility, consumer choice
• Business ownership
• Market structure
• Monopoly, monopolistic competition and perfect competition
• Oligopoly
• Antitrust and regulation
• Externalities and the theory of public choice
• International healthcare and public policy
• Economic, legal and ethical principles

MS 2401 - Appl Ops Mgmt: Stats Proc Control

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 2420 - Enterprise Resource Planning

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• No prerequisites by topic appended.

• No course topics appended.

MS 2771 - Object-Oriented Programming for Web

• None

• None

• None

MS 2773 - Java for Web Design

• Develop both text-based and windows-based applications that demonstrate the sound use of object-oriented design principles and programming practices
• Use components from standard libraries to design interactive windows-based programs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Java delegation event model
• Understand the principles of multi-threading and how to protect shared data from “race conditions”
• Understand the algorithms and data structures that are present in the Java Collections API
• Develop an appreciation for the use of design patterns in the construction of complex, object-oriented systems

• Knowledge, understanding and familiarity with computer programming languages
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language (C++, Java, Smalltalk, Eiffel, etc.)

• An introduction to Java (2 classes)
• Fundamental Programming Sructures in Java
• Objects, Classes, Packages
• Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Interfaces and Inner Classes
• Graphics (windows) Programming
• Event Handling
• Graphical Interfaces using the JFC Interface (platform independent GUI’s)
• Applets (an introduction to the client/server model)
• Java Collections (i.e. data structures and related algorithms)
• Multi-threading
• Exception handling
• Streams and Files

MS 2775 - Servlets for the Web

• Develop server-side java programs that respond to user requests submitted by web browsers.
• Understand the essentials of the HTTP 1.1 protocol
• Understand the essentials of HTML 4.01, particularly HTML Forms
• Understand “cookies” and session tracking
• Understand the basics of network security and web authentication
• Develop a simple e-commerce site that uses shopping carts, HTML GET and POST data, and other elements to produce a dynamic web site
• Understand the basics of Java ServerPages for dynamic web content

• Knowledge, understanding and familiarity with Java programming techniques

• An introduction to Java Servlets
• Servlet lifecycle methods
• Debugging servlets dynamically with Netbeans
• Handling client requests: HTML Form data and request headers
• Generating the response: HTTP status codes and response headers
• Auto-reloading, Persistent connections, and generating GIF images
• Handling cookies from the browser
• URL re-writing and session tracking
• Java ServerPages basics
• Putting it all together in an e-commerce web-based application

MS 2777 - Web JavaServer Pages

• Develop server-side JSP’s that dynamically respond to user requests submitted by web browsers.
• Understand the essentials of the HTTP 1.1 protocol
• Understand the essentials of the HTML 4.01, particularly HTML Forms
• Understand the Model-View-Controller design pattern
• Understand JSP Custom Tag Libraries and JSTL 1.0 basics
• Understand the basics of network security and web authentication
• Develop a simple e-commerce site that is built entirely using JSP’s
• Understand basic database integration into dynamic web sites
• Understand the basics of XML processing of dynamic web content.

• Knowledge, understanding and familiarity with Java programming techniques

• An introduction to JavaServer Pages
• JSP lifecycle model
• JSP expressions, declarations and scriptlets
• JSP page directive
• JSP include directive (server-side includes)
• JSP object scope (page, request, session and application)
• JSP, JavaBean and servlet integration
• The Model-View-Controller design pattern
• JSP Custom Tag Libraries and the JSTI 1.0 (i.e.. lJSP 2.0)
• Complementary JSP technologies (Struts)
• Alternative JSP technologies (Velocity)
• Database essentials: SQL and JDBC

MS 2810 - Intro to Computer Prog Visual Basic

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 2815 - Developing Business Solutions C#

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• No prerequisites by topic appended.

• No course topics appended.

MS 3010 - Introduction to Health Care Industry

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3030 - Organizational Development in Health Care

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3050 - Health Care Budgeting-Financial Management

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3220 - Sustainability Management and Economics

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3330 - Legal Aspects Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3401 - Lean Techniques

• No course learning outcomes appended.

• None 

• No course topics appended.

MS 3403 - Managing for Quality

• Demonstrated knowledge of quality systems and methods
• Studied and effectively applied tools and techniques related to quality management
• Gained the capacity to design and redesign effective business processes
• Obtained an understanding of strategic planning and demonstrated strategic thinking skills

• No prerequisites by topic appended.

• Organizational Effectiveness Defined
• History of Quality
• Quality Systems, Standards and Criteria
• Creating Customer Centric Organizations
• Organizational Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Managing Human Resources for Quality
• Measuring Quality Effectiveness
• Business Process Design
• Quality Tools
• Business Results

MS 3405 - Advanced Operations Management

• Understand the strategic importance of the production and operations management functions; identify and analyze the corporate issues in order to formulate a functional strategy in line with desired market needs; and, assess manufacturing system capability for both the current and desired state
• Understand how to develop a manufacturing strategy
• Understand the steps in choosing a manufacturing process
• Understand how to go about alignment of market needs to manufacturing capability
• Understand supply chain decisions regarding out-sourcing versus internal supply
• Understand the steps in developing a capable manufacturing infrastructure - manufacturing systems and processes. Development of systems and controls that provide accurate and timely indication to take action. Development of the resources necessary to realign manufacturing processes
• Development of systems and controls that provide accurate and timely indication to take action
• Development of the resources necessary to realign manufacturing processes.
• Understand the impact of accounting and financial practices on manufacturing.

• None

• Importance of Manufacturing Strategy - International Comparisons
• Developing a Manufacturing Strategy - Principles and Concepts Order - Winners and Qualifiers Developing a Manufacturing Strategy/Methodology Process Choice Product Profiling
• Core Competency - Principles and Concepts
• Focused Manufacturing - Principles and Concepts
• Lean Manufacturing - Principles and Concepts
• Make or Buy, and Managing the Supply Chain
• Manufacturing Infrastructure Development Six-Sigma - Principles and Concepts
• Acconting, Finance and Manufacturing Strategy

MS 3406 - Six Sigma Introduction

• None

• None 

• None