UX 4410 - Digital Portfolio

• Highlight academic competences and accomplishments and document career readiness
• Enhance their learning by reflecting on their skills and analyzing their academic and career goals
• Develop and apply skills in professional technical writing
• Develop and apply skills in user-centered document and visual design
• Create customized pages and samples of work using a free web portfolio tool

• Foundations of technical writing and document design

• None

IG 100 - Intensive Grammar I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• The “be” verb
• The simple past, present, future, and progressive tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles, demonstratives and quantifiers
• Time clauses and conjunctions

Emphasis is given to avoiding and identifying most common grammar usage mistakes with explicit application of target structures in writing. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

IG 200 - Intensive Grammar II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• The simple past, present, future, progressive, and perfect tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles
• Time clauses and future conditionals
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Relative clauses
• Conjunctions and adverb clauses

Emphasis is given to avoiding and identifying most common grammar usage mistakes with explicit application of target structures in writing. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

IG 201 - Intermediate Intensive Grammar I

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• The Present
• The Past
• Nouns, Determiners and Pronouns
• The Present Perfect
• Adjectives, Adverbs and Prepositions

IG 202 - Intermediate Intensive Grammar II

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Investigate everyday use of a grammar point and present findings to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• The Future
• Modal Verbs and Modal-Like Expressions
• Verbs + Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Gerunds and Infinitives
• Clauses and Conjunctions

IG 210 - Online Intensive Grammar I

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on course assessments

• None

IG 300 - Intensive Grammar III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• A review of the simple past, present, future, progressive, and perfect tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles
• Time clauses and future conditionals
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Relative clauses
• Conjunctions and adverb clauses

Emphasis is given to avoiding and identifying most common grammar usage mistakes with explicit application of target structures in writing. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

IG 301 - Upper-Intermediate Intensive Grammar III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities

• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks

• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others

• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class

• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

• The Present and the Past
• The Perfect
• The Future
• Modals and Modal-Like Expressions
• Nouns and Pronouns
• Gerunds and Infinitives
• Questions and Noun Clauses

IG 302 - Upper-Intermediate Intensive Grammar IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities

• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks

• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others

• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class

• Investigate everyday use of a grammar point and present findings to the class

• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

   

• None 

• Questions and Noun Clauses
• Indirect Speech
• The Passive
• Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses)
• Conditionals
• Connecting Ideas

IG 310 - Online Intensive Grammar III

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to written and oral tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on course assessments

• None

• None

IG 350 - Online Intensive Grammar III+

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to written tasks and online activities
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in their own writing
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on course assessments

• None

IG 400 - Intensive Grammar IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Cause and effect
• Comparison and contrast
• Narrative
• Classification and definition
• Problem-solution
• Summary-response
• Persuasion

Emphasis is given to avoiding and identifying most common grammar usage mistakes with explicit application of target structures in writing. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

IG 401 - Advanced Intensive Grammar V

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

• Cause and Effect
• Comparison and Contrast
• Narrative

IG 402 - Advanced Intensive Grammar VI

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Investigate everyday use of a grammar point and present findings to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments​

• None 

• Classification and Definitions
• Problem-Solution
• Summary Response and Persuasion

IG 500 - Intensive Grammar Application

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Recognize grammatical structure used in current event oral and written reports
• Lead a discussion using appropriate and targeted grammar concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

IW 001 - Remedial Intensive Writing

• Review Sentence Structure, punctuation, and verb tenses for consistency
• Use new vocabulary for creative tasks
• Edit sentences for accuracy
• Write about yourself using correct tense and detail
• Learn and use new vocabulary from context
• Free-write and edit for common mistakes
• Describe work, play, and relaxation
• Group and recognize vocabulary by subject
• Draft short descriptions of people, jobs and careers, and important life events
• Use simple past and present for narration in context
• Group ideas into a paragraph-like structure
• Recognize paragraphs

• None 

• None appended

IW 100 - Intensive Writing I: The Paragraph

• Understand the rationale for a multi-step writing process
• Brainstorm and organize ideas to prepare a foundation for structured writing
• Implement and use editing symbols for revision
• Describe personality in writing
• Characterize a person with ordered detail in a paragraph
• Narrate a short story with ideas and relevant detail
• Use transitions to effectively tell a story
• Peer-review and self-edit paragraphs for grammar and style
• Write about a scary or funny experience
• Identify good and bad topic sentences, support and concluding sentences in paragraphs
• Focus on aspect and tense to tell stories
• Describe place with accurate prepositions
• Develop and support an opinion in short written work

• None

IW 200 - Intensive Writing II: The Short Composition

• Use details to support main ideas
• Outline relevant supporting ideas for short compositions
• Give and receive peer-feedback on written work
• Support writing with examples and background
• Revise and edit personal writing for grammatical accuracy and content
• Structure and support an outline using parallel supporting points and successive main ideas
• Interpret and describe figurative language devices by clustering and outlining
• Avoid verbosity in written work
• Write an accurate and concise summary of fiction and non-fiction
• Use the “literary Present Tense” in narrative and summary
• Express an opinion by formal response to a non-fiction work
• Critique a fiction work in writing 

• None

IW 201 - Intensive Writing I: The Paragraph

• Recognize the use of paragraph and short composition format
• Distinguish between general and specific ideas
• Use details to support main ideas
• Prepare a short composition describing a person and narrating a personal experience
• Outline relevant supporting ideas for short compositions
• Improve your writing by giving and receiving peer-feedback on written work
• Identify and irrelevant material in supporting sections
• Accurately include direct quotations in writing
• Support writing with examples and background
• Revise and edit personal writing for grammatical accuracy and content
• Structure and support an outline using parallel supporting points and successive main ideas

• None 

• None appended

IW 202 - Intensive Writing II: The Short Composition

This elective course is designed to provide a solid foundation in writing skills by aiding students to refine and develop coherent and accurate multi-paragraph compositions. Emphasis is given to supplying details to build the paragraphs within the compositions using parallel points relevant to each topic. Autonomy is encouraged through the use of checklists for accurate editing and rubrics.  This course does not replace courses in core curriculum. (prereq: none)

• Use details to support main ideas
• Outline relevant supporting ideas for short compositions
• Improve your writing by giving and receiving peer-feedback on written work
• Support writing with examples and background
• Revise and edit personal writing for grammatical accuracy and content
• Structure and support an outline using parallel supporting points and successive main ideas
• Interpret and describe figurative language devices by clustering and outlining
• Avoid verbosity in written work
• Writing an accurate and concise summary of fiction and non-fiction
• Use the “literary Present Tense” in narrative and summary
• Express an opinion by formal response to a non-fiction work
• Critique a fiction work in writing

• None

IW 203 - Intensive Writing III: The Essay 1

• Define and understand the purpose of an essay
• Identify an audience and choose an appropriate topic 
• Narrow or broaden the scope of a topic to effectively outline an essay
• Expedite various brainstorming techniques such as listing, free-writing, and using graphic organizers and diagrams
• Recognize and explain the relative strength or weakness of a thesis statement
• Outline and order ideas for expansion in different essay types
• Draft, edit, polish, and produce formal written work, including essays of Explanation, Problem-Solution,  and Comparison-Contrast
• Outline and write a strong academic essay under a given time constraint
• Implement self and peer editing strategies for formal writing
• Use different hedging techniques to avoid over-generalization
• Accurately paraphrase, summarize, and quote an author’s work, using correct and appropriate citation

• None 

IW 204 - Intensive Writing IV: The Essay 2

• Define and understand the purpose of an essay
• Identify an audience and choose an appropriate topic 
• Narrow or broaden the scope of a topic to effectively outline an essay
• Expedite various brainstorming techniques such as listing, free-writing, and using graphic organizers and diagrams
• Recognize and explain the relative strength or weakness of a thesis statement
• Outline and order ideas for expansion in different essay types
• Draft, edit, polish, and produce formal written work, including essays of persuasion, a response to a reading, and timed writing
• Outline and write a strong academic essay under a given time constraint
• Implement self and peer editing strategies for formal writing
• Use different hedging techniques to avoid over-generalization
• Accurately paraphrase, summarize, and quote an author’s work, using correct and appropriate citation

• None

• None

IW 210 - Online Academic Writing I

• Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Avoid common errors in writing such as run-on sentences, comma splices, and incorrect subject/verb agreement
• Apply understanding of punctuation and capitalization rules to writing
• Write a topic and concluding sentence and give specific examples when writing a paragraph
• Use a variety of new vocabulary words to express yourself in writing
• Give constructive feedback to others about their writing
• Receive feedback from others about your writing and apply comments to improve your work
• Reflect on your strengths and areas of needed improvement in writing

• None

• None

IW 300 - Intensive Writing III: The Essay

• Define and understand the purpose of an essay
• Identify an audience and choose an appropriate topic 
• Narrow or broaden the scope of a topic to effectively outline an essay
• Expedite various brainstorming techniques such as listing, free-writing, and using graphic organizers and diagrams
• Recognize and explain the relative strength or weakness of a thesis statement
• Outline and order ideas for expansion in different essay types
• Draft, edit, polish, and produce formal written work, including essays of explanation, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, persuasion, and response to a reading
• Outline and write a strong academic essay under a given time constraint
• Implement self and peer editing strategies for formal writing
• Use different hedging techniques to avoid over-generalization
• Accurately paraphrase, summarize, and quote an author’s work, using correct and appropriate citation

• None

IW 310 - Online Academic Writing III

• Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Avoid common errors in writing such as run-on sentences, comma splices, and incorrect subject/verb agreement
• Apply understanding of punctuation and capitalization rules to your writing
• Write a topic and concluding sentence and give specific examples when writing a paragraph
• Use a variety of new vocabulary words to express yourself in writing
• Give constructive feedback to others about their writing
• Receive feedback from others about your writing and apply comments to improve your work
• Reflect on your strengths and areas of needed improvement in writing

• None

• None

LS 100 - Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Listen for topics and main ideas
• Listen for reasons, examples, and specific information
• Listen for causes, effects, and solutions to problems
• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Use a variety of strategies to take and organize notes

Academic Speaking:

• Describe preferences and interests
• Ask for and give permission and advice
• Ask for and give an opinion
• Keep a conversation going
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 200 - Academic Listening and Speaking II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Get the main ideas from an introduction
• Listen for supporting information
• Listen for categories and definitions
• Make inferences after listening
• Include details in your notes

Academic Speaking:

• Ask for and give directions
• Change statements into questions
• Give reasons and examples
• Agree and disagree with others’ opinions
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 201 - Intermediate Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Produce common English expressions to ask for and give directions, advice, and clarification
• Greet and respond to a greeting using reduced forms of words
• Agree and disagree with negative questions using phrases to express disbelief and skepticism
• Pronounce the phonemes /θ/and /s/correctly when speaking
• Research and analyze two colleges or universities and give an 2-3 minute informative presentation comparing the two*
• Interview three people about a product you designed and outline a 3-5 minute presentation to “sell” the product to your audience*
• Interpret the meaning of different forms of non-verbal communication by collecting information and having a small group discussion*

*At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize the medial T and the difference between the phonemes /θ/and /s/
• Identify emotion from a speaker’s tone of voice
• Interpret the meaning of interjections and the difference between a statement and a question through listening for intonation
• Understand and compare a speaker’s point of view in a radio program and a lecture
• Use an outline and graphic organizer to organize notes from an academic lecture
• Prepare for a lecture by predicting its contents and learning new vocabulary
• Listen for details, supporting information, a causal chain, anecdotes, and unstressed words in radio broadcasts and academic lectures   

• None

• None appended

LS 202 - Intermediate Academic Listening and Speaking II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Speaking

• Use common English vocabulary and expressions to ask for and give more information in an informal conversation
• Introduce yourself and respond to an introduction, on the phone and to someone you don’t know, using verb phrases for meeting people
• Give your opinion and agree or disagree with the opinion of another speaker by using common English expressions and correct intonation
• Pronounce reduced forms of do and did, the phonemes /i/ and /I/, and verbs ending in -ed correctly when speaking
• Conduct a survey, plan a meal, and participate in a small group discussion summarizing your results*
• Know how to take turns when speaking and encourage others to participate in discussions
• Work cooperatively in a small group to research, prepare, and present a 4-6 minute presentation on a topic about slavery or The Civil Rights Movement in the US*
• Professionally give and receive feedback from a classmate
• View, summarize, analyze and facilitate a discussion about a film that portrays an aspect of US history*

*At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize reduced forms of do and did, the difference between the phonemes /i/ and /I/ and different pronunciations of verbs ending in -ed in everyday conversations
• Interpret agreement or disagreement through listening for intonation
• Guess meaning from context using the phrase “such as”
• Use an outline, a timeline, and graphic organizers to organize notes and answer questions from an academic lecture
• Prepare for a lecture by asking questions before listening and brainstorming possible vocabulary
• Understand the main idea of a lecture by listening to the introduction
• Listen for numerical information, reasons, categories and definitions, examples in groups, and dates on radio broadcasts and in academic lectures  

• None 

• None appended

LS 210 - Online Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Ask for and give contact information
• Give directions and talk about places on a map
• Use phrases for shopping
• Describe people
• Discuss solutions to health problems; give health advice; discuss complaints; talk about the body
• Make small talk; discuss invitations and celebrations
• Agee and disagree; discuss a lecture
• Talk about jobs; make polite complaints; discuss goals
• Order in a restaurant; give opinions on food
• Discuss vacation plans; talk about abilities; talk about weather; express likes and dislikes
• Pronounce can vs. can’t
• Use count and non-count nouns in questions; compare eating habits
• Talk about finding somewhere to live; ask information about an apartment
• Pronounce past tense -ed endings
• Compare customs

Academic Listening

• Listen for main ideas and specific information
• Use context clues to guess the meaning of vocabulary words
• Listen for directions, prices, reasons, descriptions, advice, instructions, messages, complaints, invitations, and opinions
• Take notes while listening to lecture
• Prepare for a listening by predicting its contents and learning new vocabulary

• None

LS 300 - Academic Listening and Speaking III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Listen for main ideas and meaning of terms
• Listen for examples, differences, comparisons, causes, and effects
• Notice topic change signals
• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Use a variety of strategies to take and organize notes

Academic Speaking:

• Ask for and give clarification and confirmation
• Participate in a panel discussion
• Interpret symbols
• Present a persuasive argument
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 301 - Upper-Intermediate Academic Listening and Speaking III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Speaking

• Use correct intonation and common English expressions to ask for and give confirmation and clarification, give and refuse permission, and request an explanation
• Pronounce reduced forms of verbs followed by “to” and questions with -d + you, the phonemes /i/ and /I/, and verbs ending in -ed correctly when speaking
• Collaborate with a small group to create and present a company and its plan to cope with cultural differences*
• Prepare and give a 4-6 minute presentation describing what a government should provide its citizens*
• Compromise and take turns in a small group setting
• Visit a museum to research and give a 4-6 minute presentation on an artist and your opinion of his or her work using note cards*

* At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize reduced forms verbs followed by “to” and questions with -d + you, the difference between the phonemes /i/ and /I/ and /θ/and /s/, and the meaning of interjections from intonation in academic lectures and everyday conversations
• Use an outline and graphic organizers to organize notes and answer questions from an academic lecture and a radio program
• Prepare for a lecture by having questions in mind before listening and learning new vocabulary words and phrases
• Understand the main idea of a lecture by listening to the introduction
• Listen for and comprehend anecdotes, examples, the meaning of new words and phrases, differences, the gist, numerical information, and time periods from radio broadcasts and academic lectures

• None 

• None appended

LS 302 - Upper-Intermediate Level Academic Listening and Speaking IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Speaking

• Use correct intonation and common English expressions to avoid answering impolite questions, ask for information over the phone, and agree or disagree or give advice to a degree
• Pronounce reduced forms of a and of, can vs. can’t in the context of a sentence, the phonemes /ɛ/ and /æ/ and /θ/and /t/, and verbs ending in -ed correctly when speaking
• Recognize the form and function of gerunds in English phrases
• Prepare and give a 4-6 minute presentation describing your research on an aspect of sleep and dreaming and ask questions to your audience*
• Research an aspect of abnormal behavior, participate in a panel discussion, and take notes to ask questions from after the presentation*
• Clearly organize and defend a researched position on a controversial issue related to health with three or more reasons*
• Compare, research, and present a 4-6 minute discussion on an issue pertaining to an aspect of health and its cultural significance in two different cultures using note cards*
• Give and receive constructive criticism to and from your classmates

*At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize reduced forms of a and of, the difference between can vs. can’t, and the phonemes /ɛ/ and /æ/, and /θ/and /t/ in lectures and informal speech
• Distinguish sounds by looking at the context of a word in a phrase or sentence
• Use outlines, charts, and graphic organizers to organize notes and answer questions from academic lectures and radio programs
• Prepare for a lecture by learning new vocabulary words and phrases and carefully listening to the introduction
• Interpret the meaning of scientific and Latin terms, medical roots, figurative language, and sarcasm
• Listen for and comprehend words that signal a change of topic, comparisons, two sides of an argument, and numbers in academic lectures

• None

• None appended

LS 400 - Academic Listening and Speaking IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Listen for topics, subtopics, and main ideas
• Listen for details, supporting statistics, quoted material, and points of greater importance
• Listen for causes, effects, and solutions to problems
• Understand idioms and slang
• Take careful lecture notes

Academic Speaking:

• Manage a conversation
• Ask for confirmation
• Deliver a clearly organized research presentation
• Narrate a story
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 401 - Advanced Level Academic Listening and Speaking V

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Listening

• Listen for topics, subtopics, and main ideas
• Listen for details, supporting statistics, quoted material, and points of greater importance
• Listen for causes, effects, and solutions to problems
• Understand idioms and slang
• Take careful lecture notes

Academic Speaking

• Give a personal introduction
• Manage a conversation
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds YOU struggle with
• Tell an anecdote
• Give an academic presentation
• Lead and participate in an academic discussion

• None 

• None appended

LS 402 - Advanced Level Academic Listening and Speaking VI

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Speaking

• Use correct intonation and common English phrases to agree and disagree with negative questions, make appointments, start and maintain a conversation, ask yes/no and information questions, demonstrate proper phone etiquette, and express concern with and without emotion  
• Pronounce the /t/ sound in the middle of words, reduced forms of wh- questions, the phonemes /ð/, /d/and /z/, /æ/ and /ə/ in the words can and can’t, and /ɛ/, /æ/, and /ʌ/ correctly when speaking
• Prepare a 3-5 minute short speech utilizing strategies for effective public speaking*
• Work with classmates to act out and analyze a folktale in front of the class*
• Uncover multiple sources to research and create a 5-7 minute presentation using visual aids*
• Choose a topic to research and give a 5-7 presentation on using organized notes*
• Give and receive constructive criticism from your peers

*At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize the /t/ sound in the middle of words, reduced forms of wh- questions, the difference between the phonemes /ð/, /d/and /z/, /æ/ and /ə/ in the words can and can’t, and /ɛ/, /æ/, and /ʌ/ in academic lectures and everyday conversations
• Use an outline and graphic organizers to organize notes and answer questions from an academic lecture and a radio program
• Prepare for a lecture by learning new vocabulary words and phrases and having questions in mind
• Distinguish the form and function of the passive voice in everyday conversation
• Listen for and comprehend rhyme and rhythm, words that signify the topic, influences, the summary in the conclusion, anecdotes, fast and accented English, and figurative language from radio broadcasts and academic lectures

• None 

• None appended

LS 500 - Academic Communication Skills

• Listen actively to interviews, lectures, presentations, and panel discussions
• Identify key facts and details while listening
• Determine the perspective and purpose of a speaker
• Refine note-taking skills
• Identify problems and evaluate arguments
• Clearly express a need or ask a question to an academic advisor or professor
• Critique a product or service
• Research and explain a technical subject
• Present a project proposal
• Deliver a well-organized academic presentation with a partner
• Participate in a panel discussion 

• None

OR 010 - Online Academic ESL Orientation

• Demonstrate level of language proficiency in grammar, speaking, and writing
• Determine how to be a successful online learner
• Understand the rules and expectations of the Online Academic ESL Program
• Communicate his or her capacity to access and use different technologies

• None

• None

RP 100 - Academic Study SKills

• Effectively manage time in order to complete class assignments
• Determine an organization strategy to manage work in all classes
• Recognize the meaning of 48 common testing verbs and respond appropriately when prompted
• Actively take notes and summarize lectures to demonstrate comprehension of main ideas and important details
• Respond to questions using appropriate, academic vocabulary
• Demonstrate time management for essay completion
• Effectively organize notes and other written information
• Apply correct sentence structure to written responses and essays
• Recognize the appropriate essay organization for a writing prompt
• Increase reading speeds and comprehension of written material
• Skim and scan compositions for main ideas and pertinent information
• Record information accurately by taking academic notes while reading
• Recall vocabulary and important information from readings
• Review and summarize chapters, articles, and other various compositions
• Analyze and make conclusions based on information in the readings

• None

• None

RP 101 - Language Lab

• Identify areas of needed improvement in English and overall study skills
• Set personal goals and work independently to achieve them
• Remediate deficiencies in determined areas

• None

RP 200 - Application of Strategic Test-Taking Skills

• Identify personal needs and goals
• Listening
  • Identify main ideas, specific information, and detail
  • Follow description in diagrams, maps, and plans
  • See beyond the surface meaning
  • Follow signpost words and a talk
• Speaking
  • Respond to personal question
  • Increase spoken fluency
  • Prepare and give a talk
  • Understand abstract ad analytical questions
• Reading
  • Become orientated to a text
  • Scan for specific detail
  • Skim for general understanding
  • Identify main and supporting ideas
  • Understand an argument
  • Identify the writer’s views and claims
• Writing
  • Interpret, describe, and summarize graphic data
  • Plan and present arguments in an essay
  • Link ideas
• Develop academic vocabulary
• Notice structure in written English
• Identify common errors in English 

• None

RP 400 - Research into Academic Field of Study

• Develop a specialist vocabulary in your future field of study
• Listen to and take notes on academic lectures
• Read and report on a book related to your future field of study
• Research future job prospects and necessary qualifications
• Create your resume
• Discuss your progress in learning about your major

• None

RP 500 - Academic Research Paper

• Understand and engage in the reasoning and culture of US-style research practices
• Brainstorm and select a research topic suitable for undergraduate and professional work
• Focus a topic to the scale of a standard undergraduate research project
• Find, assess, and maintain a pool of academic print and electronic resources related to research area
• Craft an arguable thesis that effectively indicates the scope of entire work and allows for concrete development
• Develop an outline that organizes Introductory and Background Material, Major and Minor Supporting elements, Explicit/Implicit Arguments and Counter-Arguments, and Conclusions, all proceeding from the original intent of the thesis statement
• Execute various strategies for concise summarizing and accurate paraphrasing
• Understand the role of quoted material in non-fiction work and be able to effectively incorporate quotations in writing
• Synthesize borrowed material to support and develop Major and Minor elements
• Write a valid research-based paper in accordance with American Psychological Association (APA) style
• Incorporate citations and references as a result of a firm understanding of intellectual property ideals common to all developed academic communities
• Recognize and avoid any and all forms of plagiarism
• Present and defend work to an audience and a small panel of evaluators

• None

• None

RW 100 - Academic Reading and Writing I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Preview the topic of a reading
• Determine the main idea and important details in a non-fiction text
• Understand and apply reading skills such as scanning, finding causes and effects, organizing information into charts, asking and answering “Why?” questions, and recognizing the order of events

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development:

• Preview vocabulary words to aid comprehension
• Deduce meanings of new words by using context clues
• Utilize the academic word list as a guide to vocabulary development
• Write organized paragraphs about the topics of the readings using new vocabulary words appropriately

• None

RW 200 - Academic Reading and Writing II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Locate key words
• Make inferences
• Form an opinion about a text
• Find specific support

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development:

• Identify the basic structure of a paragraph
• Organize a paragraph of process
• Use transitions of cause, effect, and contrast
• Write a paragraph of analysis, summary, and compare/contrast

• None

RW 201 - Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Reading

• Deduce meanings of new words through context
• Infer meaning of new words through captions and pictures
• Make inferences about personality and attitude from reading
• Use punctuation to inform meaning of new vocabulary
• Formulate critical thinking questions for previewing a text
• Locate and evaluate topic sentences in text
• Find definitions of new vocabulary through examples in text
• Understand the uses of Italics in academic and literary work

Academic Writing

• Use a graphic organizer to prepare for writing
• Write a paragraph about an ideal job
• Describe an advertisement in using relevant grammatical devices to indicate detail
• Classify information into groups
• Stratify main ideas and details into an effective outline
• Organize and write a concise paragraph detailing a specific process

• None

• None appended

RW 202 - Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Reading 

• Make concise inferences about academic texts

• Use a Venn diagram to visualize critical thinking strategies about a given text

• Scan a text for specific information

• Extract historical information from a text to make a time line of events

• Map cause and effect from in written work

• Interpret and draw inferences from supplemental graphs in academic reading

• Find unstated and implicit assumptions in text

• Recognize cause and effect in writing 

Academic Writing 

• Accurately paraphrase sentences and short paragraphs

• Condense complex sentences with summarizing techniques 

• Write a full, structurally significant summary from a source reading 

• Use quotations to support general statements

• Compose a paragraph of analysis 

• Write a strong paragraph of comparison

• None 

• None appended

RW 210 - Online Academic Reading I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Make predictions about a reading
• Locate and evaluate topic sentences in text
• Improve reading speed by employing the reading strategies of skimming and scanning
• Identify main ideas and details in a text
• Take notes using different types of graphic organizers
• Recognize the parts of a good summary
• Synthesize ideas from a reading
• Recognize the structure of a reading
• Determine literal meanings and inferences from a text

Vocabulary Development

• Preview vocabulary words to aid comprehension
• Deduce meanings of new words through context and punctuation
• Use knowledge of stems and affixes, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms, and word families to determine the definition of a new word

• None

• None

RW 300 - Academic Reading and Writing III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Find main ideas, topic sentences, major subtopics, and details
• Determine point of view
• Understand connotation

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development:

• Write topic sentences and propositions
• Write about symbols, advantages, and disadvantages
• Use subordinating conjunctions and transitions of comparison and contrast
• Paraphrase and cite your sources
• Write a paragraph of exposition, analysis, comparison/contrast, summary, and persuasion

• None

RW 301 - Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Make inferences from academic and literary texts 

• Use the punctuation of a sentence to deduce the meaning of new vocabulary

• Skim a text for main idea and details 

• Extract and organize ideas from texts in graphic organizers

• Assess essential and non-essential new vocabulary in reading 

• Determine an author’s point of view

• Investigate and differentiate narrative intent in various academic and popular publications

• Identify cause and effect in reading

• Find evidence to support a writer’s theory

• Interpret, summarize, and analyze different types of texts

Academic Writing 

• Focus a topic sentence for scope and intent in paragraph writing

• Write a strong Expository Paragraph

• Craft strong analysis in writing 

• Use graphic organizers to express comparison and contrast

• Write a strong paragraph of comparison and contrast, incorporating relevant similarities and differences

• Describe, explain, and illustrate cause and effect in written work

• Group and synthesize material for written work    

• None 

• None appended

RW 302 - Upper-Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Differentiate between objectivity and subjectivity in writing

• Find relevant dictionary definitions for new vocabulary

• Understand positive, neutral, and negative connotation related vocabulary

• Find an implied main idea in an author’s work 

• Use a T-chart to understand advantages and disadvantages of theories and ideas

• Understand and interpret metaphors

• Scan a text for specific information

• Determine and author’s purpose and tone

• Read and analyze an extended fiction or non-fiction work

Academic Writing 

• Use verbs of narration effectively 

• Organize and map ideas for concise expression in short written work 

• Write a strong paragraph of analysis utilizing symbolism and other figurative devices

• Execute different strategies of paraphrasing 

• Paraphrase various authentic materials

• Write an accurate summary paragraph of textual and authentic work 

• Craft a strong proposition 

• Develop a strong persuasive paragraph incorporating evidential and rhetorical claims

• Structure an argument with variety and topic sentence/introductory adjustment 

• None 

• None appended

RW 310 - Online Academic Reading III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Make predictions about a reading
• Locate and evaluate topic in text
• Improve reading speed by employing the reading strategies of skimming and scanning
• Identify main ideas and details in a text
• Use headings to preview a text
• Take notes using different types of graphic organizers
• Summarize and paraphrase a text in your own words
• Synthesize ideas from a reading
• Outline specific details from a reading passage
• Make inferences about the context of a text)
• Recognize different structures of a text (e.g. comparison, cause effect, problem-solution
• Utilize reading strategies to become a more successful test-taker

Vocabulary Development

• Preview vocabulary words to aid comprehension
• Deduce meanings of new words through context and punctuation
• Use knowledge of stems and affixes, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms, and word families to determine the definition of a new word
• Utilize the academic word list as a guide to vocabulary development
• Determine the correct dictionary definitions for words with multiple meanings
• Create new words using affixes and word families 

• None

• None

RW 400 - Academic Reading and Writing IV

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Know which words to focus on
• Outline main ideas, important details, and examples
• Use subordinating conjunctions to show differences
• Evaluate sources

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development:

• Organize a research paper and write a thesis statement
• Paraphrase, summarize, and use material from a source
• Choose the right reporting verb and weave in quotations
• Write a persuasive essay and provide evidence

• None

RW 401 - Advanced Academic Reading and Writing V

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Know which words to focus on
• Outline main ideas, important details, and examples
• Preview and annotate a text
• Evaluate sources
• Use context clues to determing the meaning of new words in a text

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development

• Organize a research paper
• Paraphrase, summarize and use material from a source
• Write a paragraph of definition, cause and effect and a summary
• Choose the right reporting verb and weave in quotations

• None 

• None appended

RW 402 - Advanced Academic Reading and Writing VI

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Reading

• Know which words to focus on 
• Outline main ideas, important details, and examples
• Increase your reading speed and comprehension
• Use context clues to guess the meaning of new words

Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development

• Write a paragraph of analysis and an persuasive essay
• Provide evidence 
• Organize a research paper and write a thesis statement
• Paraphrase, summarize, and use material from a source
• Weave in quotations

• None 

• None appended

RW 500 - Advanced Critical Reading

• Build an understanding of critical, academic vocabulary
• Consider place and date of publication
• Identify author bias and purpose
• Evaluate the scope of research
• Distinguish fact from opinion
• Compare the author’s argument to alternative points of view
• Evaluate the strength of an argument and the validity of a text
• Critically review an article
• Read, analyze, and discuss 1-2 classic American novels

• None

SM 200 - Foundations of Algebra and the Scientific Method

• Apply algebra and the scientific method to questions about Physics and Chemistry
• Define English words and phrases used for mathematical problems and scientific terms
• Translate English word problems into mathematical symbols
• Perform arithmetic operations without using a calculator
• Deal with fractions and decimals
• Calculate averages and percentages
• Solve algebraic equations
• Interpret and create graphs based on equations

• None

SP 100 - Foundations of English Orthography and Conversation

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Identify high-frequency vocabulary words through illustrations and context
• Apply vocabulary words verbally in an authentic setting
• Accurately pronounce targeted vocabulary
• Write with vocabulary in context using word partnerships
• Develop study skills to review and recall vocabulary words

Academic Spelling:

• Recognize spelling patterns in prefixes and suffixes, parts of speech, etc.
• Make phonetic connections between spelling and pronunciation
• Identify general common spelling mistakes, as well as individual common spelling mistakes
• Write using high-frequency vocabulary words with accurate spelling

Academic Speaking Strategies:

• Initiate and rejoin a conversation
• Clarify information and rephrase what someone has said
• Elicit information
• Solicit attention
• Correct someone politely and repair a conversation
• Summarize a conversation
• Politely excuse yourself and end a conversation

Academic Pronunciation:

• Recognize syllables and rhythm of speech
• Correctly use stops and continuants with words
• Pronounce linking sounds correctly
• Understand and be able to produce word stress patterns
• Identify emotions and interpret sentence structure from intonation
• Use basic emphasis patterns in speaking

• None

SP 101 - Language Application through Servant Leadership

• Identify areas to engage with the Milwaukee Community
• Set personal goals and work independently to achieve them
• Create professional emails/and or have professional phone conversations
• Engage in meaningful work related to their interests and skills

• None

SP 102 - American Experience

• Broaden understanding of American culture
• Apply learned language skills to in and out of class activities
• Improve every day English vocabulary 

• None

SP 202 - Conversation Strategies

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Academic Speaking Strategies     

• Initiate and rejoin a conversation
• Clarify information and rephrase what someone has said
• Elicit information
• Solicit attention
• Correct someone politely and repair a conversation
• Summarize a conversation
• Politely excuse yourself and end a conversation

Academic Pronunciation

• Recognize syllables and rhythm of speech
• Correctly use stops and continuants with words
• Pronounce linking sounds correctly
• Understand and be able to produce word stress patterns
• Identify emotions and interpret sentence structure from intonation
• Use basic emphasis patterns in speaking

• None

• None appended

SP 203 - Pronunciation Principles

• Learn, understand, and produce the American pronunciation of vowels and consonants in words alone and in sentences
• Understand the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds, and then appropriately apply them to the sounds of English
• Correctly pronounce new words as you sight read them
• Understand and apply syllable stress within words and word stress in sentences
• Develop increased fluency of sentence speech through development of pronunciation, intonation, and word combination skills
• Understand more of conversation content from native English speakers through a deeper understanding of reductions, linking, and elision
• Apply specific sounds and pronunciation strategies to complete a report and presentation of such sounds and strategies as found in an assigned sound clip, speech, or radio broadcast

• None

• None

SP 205 - Foundations of English Orthography

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Identify high-frequency vocabulary words through illustrations and context
• Apply vocabulary words verbally in an authentic setting
• Accurately pronounce targeted vocabulary
• Write paragraphs with vocabulary in context using word partnerships
• Develop study skills to review and recall vocabulary words

Academic Spelling

• Recognize spelling patterns in prefixes and suffixes, parts of speech, etc.
• Make phonetic connections between spelling and pronunciation
• Identify general common spelling mistakes, as well as individual common spelling mistakes
• Write paragraphs using high-frequency vocabulary words with accurate spelling

• None

• None

SP 300 - Professional Presentations and Technology

• Prepare, practice, and present two individual presentations
• Collaborate with 2-3 other students to create and give a group presentation
• Detect and analyze your strengths and weaknesses as a public speaker
• Watch and critique the presentations of professionals in various fields
• Draft an effective opening and closing of a presentation
• Master strategies to improve your voice power, structure of speech, and body language
• Use facts and figures and construct clear visual aids to enhance your presentations
• Uncover and utilize techniques to increase the impact of your presentations
• Build rapport with an audience, tell stories and lead a question/answer session while giving a presentation
• Research and present information about your major, including key vocabulary from the field
• Research information about a form of technology used in your future field of study
• Give and receive constructive feedback to and from your peers
• Work effectively with a group

• None

SP 400 - Professional Presentations

• Prepare, practice, and present two individual presentations
• Collaborate with 2-3 other students to create and give a group presentation
• Detect and analyze your strengths and weaknesses as a public speaker
• Construct and give feedback to your peers about their presentation skills
• Watch and critique the presentations of professionals in various fields
• Draft an effective opening and closing of a presentation
• Master strategies to improve your voice power, structure of speech, and body language
• Use facts and figures and construct clear visual aids to enhance your presentations 
• Uncover and utilize techniques to increase the impact of your presentations
• Build rapport with an audience, tell stories and lead a question/answer session while giving a presentation

• None 

• None appended

SP 500 - Critical Thinking

• Listen for the main ideas and key details in a presentation, talk or lecture
• Read to find the main ideas and key details in a text
• Find the purpose, audience, and main idea of a text and a lecture
• Write an effective summary of a text and a lecture
• Ask and answer higher-order thinking questions
• Lead and participate in a small and large group academic discussion
• Plan and give an academic presentation 

• None

TR 202 - Introduction to Primary Research and Data Analysis

• Conduct primary research projects and report on findings in formal reports and presentations.
• Apply the scientific method to answer a research question by formulating a hypothesis, designing and conducting an experiment, measuring results, and drawing conclusions.
• Evaluate and employ various methods of field research, including interviews, surveys, and observations.
• Accurately describe and interpret statistics, graphics, and mathematical operations.
• Compose an abstract for an academic publication.
• Write conclusions using language of argumentation and evaluation.

• None

• None

VC 201 - Vocabulary for Engineering

• Improve your professional communication skills
• Use and understand high-priority language useful in any branch of engineering
• Explain how technology works
• Describe technical functions and applications and emphasize technical advantages of products
• Create a poster to visually represent and teach information about a material
• Assess manufacturing and jointing and fixing techniques
• Follow the steps in the design process to solve an everyday problem
• Apply learned vocabulary to oral presentations and written explanations
• Discover vocabulary words related to your major and create a manual to showcase their meanings

• None

• None

VC 203 - Professional Vocabulary for Business Management

• Improve your professional communication skills
• Use and understand high-priority language useful in business management 
• Analyze and reflect on technical discussions in a professional context and the developments in technology, global relations and financial practice
• Work with a team to address real-life business scenarios
• Write with professional competence a formal email, cover letter, resume, budget, marketing report, and globalization analysis. 
• Create engaging presentations that target a specific audience which include references to visual aids such as graphs.
• Assess potential business pitfalls and provide recommendations.

• None 

• Human dimension
• Quality
• Competitive Strategy
• Marketing
• Logistics
• The Internet and Its Uses
• Company Finance
• Boom and Bust
• Corporate Responsibility
• Global Economy
• Intercultural Issues
• Writing in Business Management

MG 610 - The Application of Statistics

• Understand what kinds of statistical tools are available, and where and how they can be applied in a business and industrial environment
• Know what statistical tools require further independent study to satisfy the requirements of other courses as well as personal and career needs

• Experience in using or course(s) in basic statistical methods is strongly recommended
• Experience using Excel and software for statistical analysis would be helpful

• Introduction and graphical descriptive statistics management, work environment, culture and its impact on the application of statistics Statistical thinking - problems must be addressed in the context of a larger system and not as an exercise in mathematics
• Basic concepts descriptive statistics - graphical methods (1 class)
• Descriptive statistics - numerical methods central value, spread, and correlation (1 class)
• Interval estimates and sampling confidence intervals, approaches to sampling, and probability (1 class)
• Hypothesis testing, and making comparisons and inferences comparing a condition to a standard, comparing two conditions, risks and sample sizes (1 class)
• Statistical quality control variables control charts, attributes control charts, capability studies and indexes (1 class)
• Systematic collection and analysis of information for making decisions making multiple comparisons using the analysis of variance - ANOVA, Design of experiments - DOE (2 classes)
• The analysis of enumerated or counted data evaluating goodness of fit, and checking for independence (1 class)
• Studying and defining relationships between variables regression analysis and correlation analysis (1 class)
• Nonparametric methods and review sign tests, ranking tests, rank correlation, and review (1 class)
• Final Exam

MG 660 - Applied Organizational Behavior

• Know and understand organizational behavior and its impact on organizational performance, especially in today’s business environment 
• Identify and assimilate the theory/practice covered in this course with real world work situations 
• Describe the impact of perception, individual approaches to learning, ability and personality and their effect on performance 
• Examine how motivation and job satisfaction are affected by leadership/management practices, policies and job characteristics. Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Explain how individual performance in groups is affected by the presence of others, the cultural diversity of group membership, and the number of others with whom one works 
• Describe the formal forces and informal networks that influence communication in organizations 
• Distinguish between social influence, power and organizational politics, and their application in organizations 
• Explain how rising expectations about quality and ethical behavior have influenced the field of organizational behavior
• Describe how technology has led to the development of new organizational forms

• None

• Organizational commitment 
• Managing diversity and prejudice 
• Motivation in organizations 
• Motivating by meting needs; motivating by being fair; motivating by altering expectations; motivating by structuring jobs 
• Career dynamics 
• Organizational socialization and mentoring 
• Group dynamics; structural dynamics and individual performance 
• Teams and effective team performance 
• Communications in organizations 
• Types of communication - verbal and nonverbal, formal and informal and improvement techniques 
• Decision-making; factors affecting decision in organization Individual versus group decision-making Techniques for improving 
• Interpersonal behavior; dynamics of pro-social behavior, cooperation and conflict Managing organizational behavior 
• Influence, power and politics social influence, individual and group power 
• Organizational politics, power in action 
• Leadership approaches to identifying leadership effectiveness 
• Organizational culture; identifying organizational culture, its consequences and capacity to change
• Creativity and the process of innovation 
• Organizational structure and design; structures and dimensions of organizations; organizational design 

MG 670 - Marketing Management

• Gain an understanding of the concepts of business marketing and the marketing management process. The perspective is from the role of marketing in a total customer satisfaction driven organization

• Understanding the business management and serving customer needs 

• Defining marketing in the 21st century 
• Adapting marketing to the new economy 
• Building customer satisfaction, value and retention 
• Winning markets through market-oriented strategic planning 
• Gathering information and measuring market demand 
• Scanning the market environment 
• Analyzing consumer markets and buying behavior 
• Analyzing business markets and business buying behavior 
• Dealing with the competition 
• Identifying market segments and selecting market targets 
• Positioning the market offering through the product life cycle 
• Developing new market offerings 
• Designing and managing global marketing strategies 
• Setting the product and branding strategy 
• Designing and managing services 
• Designing and managing strategies and programs 
• Designing and managing value networks and marketing channels 
• Managing retailing, wholesaling and market logistics 
• Designing and managing integrated marketing communications 
• Managing advertising, sales promotion, P.R. and direct marketing 
• Managing the sales force 
• Managing the total marketing effort

MG 800 - Strategic Management

• Develop an analytic and systematic approach to strategic management using value chain analysis, SWOT analysis,”Five Forces” analysis and leading edge strategic thinking models. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the entire organization’s value adding activities and how they contribute to the firm’s success 
• Class discussions and preparation will allow students to demonstrate an understanding of the foundation courses and the theory that is contained in those courses and to apply the learning of elective courses and their work experience 
• This course will provide students numerous opportunities to demonstrate analytic, investigative and organization skills regarding case studies and the text’s material. Creative solutions with insights and innovative approaches are required for each topic in class and online discussions, written reports, and a research paper
• The research paper is intended to be a cumulative representation of the material and discussions for the entire course with a specific, focused topic. Each student (or team) will make a formal presentation on the subject of their final paper to the rest of the class during the regularly scheduled class meeting. The complete written narrative will be submitted in an electronic format using the MSOE Style Guide. The executive summary will be shared with classmates prior to the formal presentation

• Understanding of the principles of: 
  • Marketing and marketing management 
  • Finance and financial management 
  • Operations and operations management 
  • Sales and sales management 
  • Human resource management 
  • Total quality management 
  • Product development and technology management 
  • Research and development planning 
  • Business law 
  • Ethics 

• Introduction to Strategic Management 
• Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness 
• Review of Case Study Analysis and Research and Writing Guidelines 
• The External Environment: O, T, I, C 
• The Internal Environment: R, C, and Core Competencies 
• Business-Level Strategy 
• Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics 
• Corporate-Level Strategy 
• Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies 
• Cooperative Strategy 
• Corporate Governance 
• Organizational Structure and Controls 
• Strategic Leadership 
• Strategic Entrepreneurship 

MG 7005 - Sustainable Built Environment

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7020 - Project Acquisitions and Business Development

• Be able to understand and identify the project acquisition process
• Be able to identify projects for acquisition using a go-no-go matrix
• Be able to develop a prequalification submittal
• Be able to identify their companies competitive advantage
• Be able to generate a planning process for estimating
• Be able to produce proposals using current marketing strategies
• Be able to identify risk in evaluating construction contracts
• Be able to present their project proposals in both written and oral form
• Be able to develop a handoff meeting agenda and understand how the handoff meeting functions

• None

• No course topics appended 

MG 7040 - Construction Operations and Management Strategies

1. Learn some basic strategies for starting up a construction company.
2. Be able to effectively manage and control the marketing aspect of a construction company.
3. Be able to understand and control the legal aspects of a construction business.
4. Learn how to manage, control, and utilize the financial aspects and controls of a construction company.
5. Be able to understand and manage the operations component of a construction business.
6. Be able to manage all risks associated with running a construction company, including safety issues.
7. Learn the human resources component of the business.

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7045 - Lean Construction and Resource Management

1. To explore the key elements of construction management as it relates to lean production and lean construction practices.
2. To critically evaluate alternative approaches to resource and knowledge management in construction management.
3. To critically evaluate alternative approaches to project delivery in construction management.

• None

• Lean Construction Theory
• Lean Construction Practices at they relate to resource management, knowledge management and project delivery

MG 7050 - Construction Data and Information Management

1. To teach students about the increased importance of data and information management techniques in construction management practices and the basic concepts and theories concerning the use of information technology
2. To provide students the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate alternative approaches for using information technology for construction management
3. To provide students with a hands-on experience in the use of a well-known and widely used information technologies

• None

• Interoperability
• IT for Construction
• IT for Facility Management
• Building Information Modeling
• Integrated Project Delivery