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BIOSC 1510 - CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This experimental methods course is designed to give upper division majors and opportunity to learn modern techniques used in cell biology research. Students will master the fundamentals of light microscopy (bright field, phase contrast, and dark field) and explore more advanced techniques such as fluorescence, confocal, video, and differential interference contrast microscopy. Students will isolate plasma membranes, mitochondria, nuclei, brush borders, and flagella and characterize these organelles by microscopy, enzyme assays and antibody labeling.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080) or (BIOL 0102 or 0121); CREQ: BIOSC 1500 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); LVL: Junior or Senior
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
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BIOSC 1511 - CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is the writing practicum for cell biology laboratory, BIOSC 1510. Students will prepare laboratory reports based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1510.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1510 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1520 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The mechanisms of animal development will be analyzed. The first half of the course will emphasize classic embryological investigations focusing on how the embryonic body plan becomes organized, while the second half will deal primarily with the genetic and molecular regulation of development. The experimental analysis of such processes as fertilization, morphogenetic movements, tissue interactions, pattern formation, and gene expression will be discussed using examples from a variety of animal embryos, and by discussion of the current research literature.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0350 or 0203 or 0352 (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1530 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This laboratory course is designed to provide students with practical experience in the scientific method of experimental research with regard to animal development. Initial labs will stress observational skills, but the goal of each will be to understand the careful and deliberate process of experimental design, execution, and the interpretation of results. The importance of establishing and interpreting controls in experimental procedure will also be emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121; CREQ: BIOSC 1520 (ALL MIN GRADE ‘C’); LEVEL: Junior or Senior
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BIOSC 1531 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Course is a writing practicum for developmental biology laboratory, BIOSC 1530. Students will prepare laboratory reports and write essays based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1530.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0200 or ENGR 0012 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102); CREQ: BIOSC 1530 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
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BIOSC 1540 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of how computational approaches can be used to solve problems in biology. Both the biological and computational underpinnings of the methods will be addressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0160 or 0165 or 0180 or 0191or 0716) or (BIOL 0102 or 0120) (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1542 - COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore the use of computer-aided methods to generate and test biological hypotheses at whole-genome scales. Students will gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of working with genomic data typical of high-throughput sequencing technologies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1540 and (CS 0008 or 0010 or 0011 or 0012); MIN GRADE ‘C’
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BIOSC 1544 - SIMULATION AND MODELING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches computational structural biology, simulation, and modeling, as seen through the lens of rational, computer-aided drug discovery. Topics will include protein structure and modeling, cheminformatics, virtual small-molecule screening, molecular dynamics simulations, molecular visualization, and online resources for studying proteins and molecules. A class project will allow students to apply the relevant tools and to demonstrate their acquired knowledge.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1540 and (CS 0008 or 0010 or 0011 or 0012); MIN GRADE ‘C’
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BIOSC 1545 - THE MATHEMATICS OF BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course uses examples from across biology to illustrate how simple mathematical models can increase our understanding of biological systems. We will focus on several foundational modeling approaches, including systems of difference equations, matrix models, probability, and statistical data analysis. Students will discover how these approaches are used, their strengths and limitations, and how they could be extended to more complex problems. Students should be prepared to use both spreadsheet programs and scripts, written in a language such as Python or R, to explore these models.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOL 0102 or 0120) and (MATH 0220 or 0221); MIN GRADE `C¿
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BIOSC 1550 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this seminar course, a single topic is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature as chosen by the instructor. Topics might include, for example, “cladistics controversies”, “molecular phylogeny”, or “wetlands conservation”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0370 or 0371 or BIOL 1430 or 1515) and BIOSC 1130; (ALL MIN GRADE ‘C’) PLAN: Ecology and Evolution (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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BIOSC 1551 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is a writing practicum for the ecology and evolution seminar. Students will write one paper, with several revisions, based on the topic of their oral presentation in the co-requisite course BIOSC 1550. Topics will be chosen by the instructor for BIOSC 1550.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1550 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Ecology and Evolution (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1560 - CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Possible topics might include genes encoding major developmental switch proteins, the cytoskeletal basis of morphological movements in development, or establishing and subdividing body axes in development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1500 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1520 (MIN GRADE ‘C’): PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
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BIOSC 1561 - CELL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR WRITNG PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is a writing practicum for the cell and developmental biology seminar. Topics will be chosen by the instructor for BIOSC 1560.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1560 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1562 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Topics in molecular biology will be explored using primary literature. Students will present and discuss research articles.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1940 Molecular Biology; CREQ: BIOSC 1945 Advanced Molecular Biology (grade of C or better); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
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BIOSC 1563 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Topics in molecular biology will be explored using primary literature. Students will complete a series of writing assignments that will culminate in the production of a literature review paper.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1562 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
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BIOSC 1570 - MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this seminar course, a single topic each term will be chosen in which the instructor is experienced and knowledgeable, and in which a suitable collection of primary research articles is available for student presentation. The papers to be discussed will be drawn primarily from the recent literature, and will reflect current concepts in microbiology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1865 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Microbiology (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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BIOSC 1571 - MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is a writing practicum for the microbiology seminar. Topics will be chosen by the instructor for BIOSC 1570.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1570 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Microbiology (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1580 - BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Recent topics have included biosynthesis of peptide hormones, recombinant DNA technology, processing of mRNA precursors, protein folding with emphasis on the molecular biology and biochemistry of chaperonins, and protein translocation within cells.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1820 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS) or Biochemistry (BS)
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BIOSC 1581 - BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is a writing practicum for the biochemistry seminar. Topics will be chosen by the instructor for BIOSC 1580.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1580 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS) or Biochemistry (BS)
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1590 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
A single major topic in biology will be developed and explored by students in the form of student presentations of current and/or historical literature.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0203 or 0350 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); MIN CUM GPA: 3.25
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BIOSC 1610 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This field course will focus primarily on the applied aspects of conservation biology by examining the degradation and loss of species populations and ecosystems due to human activities and by considering alternatives for avoiding and/or mitigating these impacts. The perspectives of science, management, and policy will be elucidated in the context of historical, current, and future strategies designed to conserve the diversity of life.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0165 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or 0835 or BIOL 0102 or 0120 or GEOL 1641; Min Grade ‘C’
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
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BIOSC 1630 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Topics in computational biology will be explored using primary literature. Students will present research articles orally, as well as complete a series of writing assignments that will culminate in the production of a literature review paper.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1540 (minimum grade of ‘C’) and (ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); LEVEL: Junior or Senior; PLAN: CBUAS-BS and CBUSCI-BS
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1630 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Topics in computational biology will be explored using primary literature. Students will present research articles orally, as well as complete a series of writing assignments that will culminate in the production of a literature review paper.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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BIOSC 1640 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will use computational biology methods to address an authentic research question.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1540 and (CS 0008 or 0010 or 0011 or 0012) and CS 0445; MIN GRADE `C`; PLAN: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Majors (BINF-BS and CBUAS-BS and CBUSCI-BS).
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Undergraduate Research
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BIOSC 1690 - EXPERIENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
Minimum Credits: 0.5
Maximum Credits: 6
A program to allow qualified undergraduate students to assist in the teaching of one of the BIOSC lecture or laboratory courses that they have successfully completed. Details of the student’s responsibility must be worked out with the biological sciences faculty member in whose course the student will be assisting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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BIOSC 1691 - UNDERGRADUATE TA TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course trains Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in skills for successful teaching practices. The course may be taken either prior to becoming a UTA or simultaneously with BIOSC 1690 Experience in Undergraduate Teaching.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BIOSC 1730 - VIROLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents the concepts and methods of modern molecular virology. Principles of bacteriophage and animal virus replication are covered. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of viruses as model systems to approach basic problems in molecular biology. Applications of virological knowledge to medicine and biotechnology will be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0350 or 0355 OR BIOL 0203 or 0350 or 0352) and (BIOSC 1000 and 1850) (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1740 - VIROLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is designed to give each student practical experience with the methods and techniques used in the study of viruses while conducting original research using bacteriophages.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 1855 or 1860) and (BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0203 or 0350); MIN GRADE ‘C’ for all courses; LEVEL: Junior or Senior
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BIOSC 1741 - VIROLOGY LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Course is a writing practicum for virology laboratory, BIOSC 1740. Students will prepare laboratory reports and write essays based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1740.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1740(MIN GRADE ‘C’)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1760 - IMMUNOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course will describe the role of the immune system invertebrates. The molecular and cellular basis of immunity will be emphasized. The roles of antigens, antibodies and immunocompetent cells in pathogenesis and immunity will be covered. The applications of immunology in the design of vaccines, immunotherapeutic, immunodiagnostics, organ transplantation, cancer therapy, and immune system diseases will be discussed, as will the use of immunology in biological research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0203 or 0350 or 0352 (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is concerned primarily with the structure and functions of proteins and nucleic acids. These are large polymers where structure and function are determined by the sequence of monomeric units. Topics will include the physical and chemical properties of the monomer units (amino acids/nucleotides); the determination of the linear sequence of these units; analyses of the three-dimensional structures of the macromolecules; kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalyzed reactions, including RNA enzymes; regulation of enzyme activity; molecular recognition; and fidelity of protein synthesis. Emphasis throughout will be on experimental methods, molecular mechanisms and problem solving.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ:(BIOSC 0160 or 0165 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOENG 1071 or BIOENG 1072 or BIOL 0102 or 0120 )(MIN GRADE ‘C’)and(CHEM 0320 or 0350 or 0740 or 0208 or 0232) PLAN:BIOSC-BS or BINF-BS or ECO-EV-BS or MICRO-BS or MOLBIO-BS or CBUAS-BS or CBUSCI-BS
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BIOSC 1820 - METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND REGULATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The primary focus of this course will be on the pathways of intermediary metabolism by which all cells and organisms synthesize and degrade carbohydrates, lipids (fats), nitrogenous compounds, and nucleotides. Specifically, we will examine the chemistry of the reactions that constitute these pathways, and discuss how energy is derived from the breakdown of nutrients. A strong emphasis will be placed on how the pathways are regulated by specific molecules and hormones in living systems. Finally, we will consider how several human diseases arise from defects in metabolic pathways, and will review papers in the current scientific literature on new techniques by which the components of metabolic pathways are characterized in the laboratory.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810 (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1830 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Course introduces several basic experimental techniques of biochemistry including spectrophotometry, ion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography, radio-chemical methods, gel electrophoresis, enzyme isolation, and nucleic acid purification. Lecture will concern the techniques under study.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121) and BIOSC 1810 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1820 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology Majors (MOLBIO-BS) or Biochemistry (BS)
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
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BIOSC 1831 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Course is a writing practicum for biochemistry laboratory, BIOSC 1830. Students will prepare laboratory reports and write essays based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1830.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1830 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN; Molecular Biology (BS) or Biochemistry (BS)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1850 - MICROBIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the basic biology, diversity in types, and survival strategies of microorganisms. We will study basic topics, including microbial growth, metabolism, nutrition and genetics, as well as the relevance of microorganisms to human disease, biotechnology and environmental science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0160 or 0165 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOENG 1071 or 1072 or BIOL 0102 or 0120) and (CHEM 0120 or 0102 or 0112 or 0420 or 0720 or 0770 or 0970);Min Grade ‘C’ for these courses
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BIOSC 1855 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Students in this course will culture microorganisms from natural samples such as soil, vegetables, and their own skin, and learn various methods in the process of studying the organisms they have cultured. The topics for the course include (a) survey types of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, and bacterial viruses, (b) types of methods used to culture and study these microorganisms, (c) some practical applications of microbiology such as microbiological analysis of wastewater, and identification of clinical isolates.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1850 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); LEVEL: Junior or Senior
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BIOSC 1860 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This laboratory course introduces basic techniques used for isolation of microorganisms in pure culture, identification of groups of microorganisms, and study of microbial physiology, genetics, and ecology. Some topics in applied microbiology that are covered include food microbiology, water and waste water analysis, and identification and antibiotic sensitivity-testing of pathogenic isolates. Viruses, archaebacterial, bacteria, algae, protozoa, and fungi that students isolate from soil, pond water, human skin, and other sources are used to illustrate these methods.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121) (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1850 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Microbiology (BS)
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BIOSC 1861 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Course is a writing practicum for microbiology laboratory, BIOSC 1860. Students will prepare laboratory reports and write essays based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1860.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1860 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Microbiology (BS)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1865 - MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the diversity of microbial life from a physiological point of view. We will examine the fundamental processes of microbial metabolism in diverse organisms, and develop a framework for understanding how organisms use different approaches to solve specific needs. Lecture material is appropriate for students trained in introductory microbiology and in biochemistry.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1850 and (BIOSC 1000 or 1810); Minimum Grade ‘C’
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BIOSC 1900 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES PEER ADVISING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Students in the Department of Biological Sciences will be trained as Peer Advisors who are able to share their experiences and offer appropriate advice on scheduling, studying, and extracurricular activities. Peer Advisors will meet with current and prospective BIOSC majors to help with course requirements, career preparation, and work-life balance while also helping to develop a stronger sense of community within our large department. Students must have permission from the Biological Sciences Advising Office to enroll. This course does not satisfy elective credits towards majors within the Department of Biological Sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BIOSC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 0.5
Maximum Credits: 6
A program of independent reading with individual tutorials on a topic chosen in consultation with the BIOSC faculty member who will supervise the program.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOL 0102 or 0120
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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BIOSC 1903 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 0.5
Maximum Credits: 6
A program of independent laboratory research, with supporting library work, on a topic chosen in consultation with the BIOSC faculty member who will supervise the work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Attributes: Capstone Course
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BIOSC 1904 - UNDERGRADUATE HONORS RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 0.5
Maximum Credits: 6
A program of independent laboratory and library research on topic chosen in consultation with the BIOSC faculty member who will supervise the work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Undergraduate Research
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BIOSC 1905 - HONORS RESEARCH WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006)
*Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1906 - RESEARCH COMMUNICATION: COMMUNICATION IN LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course introduces students to a variety of topics associated with the written, oral, and pictorial communication of scientific hypotheses, data, and results, using personal research experiences of students in the course. Students will read scientific literature, discuss how to present data and models, and complete diverse assignments. Techniques to model presentations for different audiences will be emphasized. It is recommended that students work in a research lab while taking the course. The course is for students enrolled in the research certificate in biological and biomedical sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BIOSC 1907 - RESEARCH DECONSTRUCTION: UNDER THE HOOD OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course takes an in depth look into how scientific research is done by studying where research is done, who does it, how questions are developed, how approaches and techniques are chosen, and how data is analyzed and presented. Students listen to a research seminar aimed at an expert audience, and then dissect the work throughout the semester. At the end of term, pieces from studying the research project are reassembled, a video of the seminar critiqued, and the course concludes with a Q+A session with the seminar speaker. The course is for students enrolled in the research certificate in biological and biomedical sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0180 or 0191 or 0716 or BIOL 0102 or 0120 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1903 or 1904 or NROSCI 1901 or 1961 (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1908 - BIOLOGY ACADEMIC COMMUNITY SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Students will be introduced to a broad range of careers in this academic community seminar course, which will include a career series with invited guest speakers from the community and workshops dedicated to researching career options and job searches. Students will prepare documents (CV, cover letter, secure letters of recommendation) for their career applications. This course is restricted to students who have applied and been selected to participate in a biology career exploration academic. This course does not satisfy elective credits towards majors within the department of biological sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BIOSC 1909 - ASBMB DEGREE CERTIFICATION EXAM PREPARATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course is designed for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology majors entering their last spring semester and who are registered for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Degree Certification Exam. Areas of review will focus on the ASBMB core competencies of Energy & Metabolism, Structure & Function, Information Storage & Transfer, and Scientific Skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOSC 1560 or 1562 or 1580; PLAN: BIOCHM-BS or MOLBIO-BS; LVL: Senior
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BIOSC 1910 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Internship in the area of biological sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Internship
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BIOSC 1940 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course will examine the molecular basis of life processes, with a primary emphasis on genes (what they are, what they do, how they determine the properties of an organism). Topics covered will include replication of DNA, transcription of DNA into rna, and translation of RNA into protein. Much of the course will be concerned with how these processes are regulated in response to changes in the environment, and how this regulation relates to the observed properties and behavior of the organism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0350 or 0203) and (BIOSC 1000 or 1810) (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOSC 1945 - ADVANCED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide students with a deeper understanding of molecular biology for a subset of topics introduced first in BIOSC 1940 such as replication, DNA packaging, DNA repair, transcription, RNA processing, translation, and noncoding RNAs. Primary literature will be emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1940; Min grade ‘C’
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BIOSC 1950 - MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course will discuss the theories and methodologies that have recently emerged as the central theme of modern molecular genetics. Lectures will emphasize descriptions and applications of techniques such as molecular cloning, restriction site mapping, in vitro mutagenesis, the polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequence analysis that have led to the recent explosion in knowledge about chromosome organization, gene structure, and the regulation of gene expression. Laboratory sessions will emphasize polymerase chain reaction, agarose gel electrophoresis, cloning DNA fragments, bacterial transformation, restriction analysis, and the sanger method of sequencing DNA.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); CREQ: BIOSC 1940 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology Majors (MOLBIO-BS)
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BIOSC 1951 - MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY WRITING PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Course is a writing practicum for molecular genetics laboratory, BIOSC 1950. Students will prepare laboratory reports and write essays based on exercises and assignments for the companion course, BIOSC 1950.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006); CREQ: BIOSC 1950 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Molecular Biology (BS)
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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BIOSC 1998 - BENEFICIAL MICROBES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is focused on the beneficial roles of microorganisms in a range of natural, medical, agricultural, and/or industrial settings. Students will learn about how microbial communities alter human, animal, and plant biology, as well as the challenges in both creating and maintaining beneficial partnerships. Primary literature will be emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1850; Min grade `C’
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BIOSC 1999 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an advanced level lecture course educating students in the microbial aspects of human infectious diseases. Students will learn about the microbial basis of infection, the host response, and the nature of specific infections within the human body. The course also will present approaches for the diagnosis of infections and strategies for disease control. The topics of medical microbiology will be presented in a system-based rather than an organism-based approach.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1850 (MIN GRADE ‘C’)
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BIOST 2011 - PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICAL REASONING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Acquaints students with the concepts of statistical reasoning as applied to the study of public health problems. Students learn the general principles of statistical analysis and acquire the ability to utilize a statistical software package (Minitab) as a tool to facilitate the processing, editing, storing, displaying, analysis and interpretation of health research related data.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: GradLG/SU3
Course Requirements: PROG: Graduate School of Public Health; PLAN: Excluded Plans = Biostatistics(DPH, PHD, MPH, MS, MSH)
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BIOST 2012 - BAYESIAN & EMPIRICAL BAYES STAT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BAYESIAN AND EMPIRICAL BAYES STATISTICAL METHODS WILL BE PRESENTED. THE USE OF THESE METHODS IN DATA ANALYSIS WILL BE ILLUSTRATED WITH SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND WITH DISCUSSIONS OF COMMON DATA ANALYSIS ISSUES CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BAYESIAN, EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN, AND CLASSICAL METHODS WILL BE EVALUATED.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BIOST 2041 - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Discusses techniques for the application of statistical theory to actual data. Topics include probability theory, estimation of parameters, and tests of hypothesis for both the discrete and continuous case.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: GradLG/SU3
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BUS 0010 - YOUR ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this course, you will: learn the technical aspects (academic and experiential attributes) pertaining to the majors and certificates offered in CBA; Explore paths of self-awareness and career opportunity utilizing assessment models including StrengthsFinder; Utilize Bloomberg Business Week to develop business literacy; explore global opportunities, such as study abroad, and the international internship program; develop networking skills, and relate those skills to establishing your personal and professional network; create a resume that has been reviewed by a professional development consultant; establish a CBA Connect account on which you will post your resume, schedule appointments with CLDC staff, register for events, view internship/job opportunities, and access secure documents; establish a professional profile on social media; and explore basic competency of Excel.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PROG: College of Business Admin
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BUS 0020 - YOUR CAREER SUCCESS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this course, you will: learn and practice a variety of tools used in the exploration of career paths (e.g., StrengthsFinder, Skill Clusters, informational interviewing, job shadowing, etc.); Explore your skills, abilities, and preferred roles and environments; develop and implement a personal strategy for career goal setting and planning; learn the internship and job search processes; learn and practice communication tools necessary throughout the job application process (e.g., resume, cover letter, social media, networking, interviewing, and accepting job offers).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PROG: College of Business Admin
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BUS 0600 - CONSULTING FIELD PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches management consulting in a real-world environment. Students are provided a unique opportunity to apply the analytical tools and concepts taught by katz, and do so in a practical manner. Each project includes three to five students assembled as a team. Each project involves a single “client” organization, which may be a profit, non-profit, or governmental. Each client provides its assigned study team with a project of immediacy and an executive dedicated to working with the team. A faculty advisor is assigned to each team. Students schedule their own time, dovetailing with client schedules and that of their faculty advisor. Students are further supported three Saturday consulting workshops led by consultants from the Pittsburgh office of McKinsey & company, management consultants. An end-of-term competitive competition is also held, the winner being awarded the McKinsey cup.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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BUS 0600 - CONSULTING FIELD PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches management consulting in a real-world environment. Students are provided a unique opportunity to apply the analytical tools and concepts taught by katz, and do so in a practical manner. Each project includes three to five students assembled as a team. Each project involves a single “client” organization, which may be a profit, non-profit, or governmental. Each client provides its assigned study team with a project of immediacy and an executive dedicated to working with the team. A faculty advisor is assigned to each team. Students schedule their own time, dovetailing with client schedules and that of their faculty advisor. Students are further supported three Saturday consulting workshops led by consultants from the Pittsburgh office of McKinsey & company, management consultants. An end-of-term competitive competition is also held, the winner being awarded the McKinsey cup.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1023 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This one-credit, one-week international experience is for students who wish to gain valuable experience and exposure to several business sectors and firms within the visited country. The purpose of experience is to focus on four industry-specific business sectors relevant to the historical, cultural, political, and economic background of the country. The sectors will be chosen from the following: healthcare, tourism/hospitality, arts, sports/athletics, human/social services, education, real estate, and banking. As a result of the experience, students will develop a “tool kit” of concepts and information regarding the cultural and business climate of the country in focus, begin developing of a working knowledge of how differences in cultural context affect business activities and develop a basis for critical evaluation of a country- specific, cross-sector business analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1027 - DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1028 - DOING BUSINESS IN JAPAN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide a broad introduction to business in Japan. Topics covered include: the Japanese economy, from post-war growth, through the ‘bubble’ and post-‘bubble’ years, to today; ongoing demographic, social/cultural, and structural change; human resource and production management; women in the workforce; and working with Japanese in a business setting. By the end of the course, students will be more knowledgeable about Japan and Japanese business, and about the opportunities and challenges facing Japanese firms and individuals working in or with Japanese firms.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1392 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course deals with the basics of personal financial planning. Students will create personal financial plans based on projected horizons of 1, 3, and 5 years. The primary focus is on near term planning with emphasis on: initial savings, paying off student debt, judicious use of credit, and investing for short and long term goals. Students will prioritize and codify their plans based on personal, professional, and lifestyle objectives projected over the plans stated horizons.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BUS 1755 - SERVICE LEARNING IN ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed around an experiential learning methodology in an international context that uses an international service project for a community organization to enhance student understanding of a particular content area in leadership and ethics. Students will be challenged to immerse themselves in readings, essays, and discussions in a specific content area that will be operationalized and reviewed throughout the duration of the community service project. Students in this course are required to participate in the international service learning component of the program.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1900 - BUSINESS INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
The business internship provides an opportunity for students to study in depth a particular area of business management in a work setting. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific educational objectives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: Restricted for College of Business Administration
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BUS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
An independent study course for students desiring to pursue in greater depth a specific set of business problems or functions to which they have been introduced in other business courses. The course involves directed reading and research under guidance of a full-time faculty member.
Academic Career: CBA-DEAN
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: Restricted for College of Business Administration
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BUS 1904 - CBA FULL-TIME CO-OP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
CBA students who participate in a full-time career-developing internship experience as an integral part of their CBA academic program may register for this course. Students must have completed at least 60 credits, be in good academic standing, and plan to return to campus the first spring or fall term immediately following the internship term. Internships for this course are designated by the offering organization as full-time and lasting the duration of the term. Internship agreements specifying the academic work to be completed as part of the internship are required.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: Restricted for College of Business Administration
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BUS 1906 - CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This internship course is designed to help students improve self-awareness of personal preferences with respect to career interests in the context of a work experience. Incorporates readings, self-assessment instruments and exercises, job analysis, journal entries and two performance appraisals. May be used for internships, summer jobs, part time jobs and full-time positions that involve work related to a possible career interest. The internship site may be located anywhere in the world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BUS 1910 - BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 6
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BUS 1915 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUS 1940 - STUDY ABROAD
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 18
Study abroad represents credits earned in an approved study abroad program.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Non-Pitt Class
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BUS 1995 - STUDY ABROAD: INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
The study abroad internship provides an opportunity for students to study in depth a particular area of business management in a work setting outside of the United States. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific educational objectives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BUS 1997 - STUDY ABROAD: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 18
The study abroad exchange program represents credits earned in an approved exchange agreement between the university of Pittsburgh and another educational institution.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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BUSECN 1010 - MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Primarily an applied microeconomics analysis although some applied macroeconomic analysis of relevance to the business firm may also be treated. Emphasizes the development of economic tools and concepts which can be used in the firm’s management decision-making process. Builds upon the standard economic analysis of the firm which integrates a company’s revenue, cost, output and pricing decisions. Marginal and incremental reasoning is stressed as an important decision making principle.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0120 or 0126 or 0136 or 0140 or 0220 or 0235) and (ECON 0100 or 0102 or 0105 or 0120) and (ECON 0103 or 0110 or 0115 or 0120); PROG: College of Business Administration
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BUSECN 1508 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces the broad field of int’l econ, with emphasis on developing framework for effective management in today’s global economoy. Key issues and problems are explored in areas of int’l trade, int’l investment & int’l payments, from perspective of manager of enterprises in operating in a cross-border, int’l environment. The approach will be verbal, graphical and non-technical and will draw from actual data sets and late-breaking news items from such business-oriented publications as Financial Times Economist, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: International Business (CPIB-CR1) or Global Management (GLMGT-BSBA)
Course Attributes: Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies, West European Studies
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BUSECN 1509 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 0060 - MANAGERIAL ETHICS AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines the social, political and legal interfaces between the business institution (especially the corporation) and the environment. Topics typically considered include ethical and value issues in business, the social responsibilities of business, business-government relations, and the management of stakeholder relationships and corporate social policy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PROG: College of Business Administration; LVL: So, Jr, Sr
Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req.
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BUSENV 0061 - CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS: MANAGERIAL ETHICS AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course examines the social, political and legal interfaces between the business institution (especially the corporation) and the environment. Topics typically considered include ethical and value issues in business, the social responsibilities of business, business-government relations, and the management of stakeholder relationships and corporate social policy. This section is reserved for students pursuing the Certificate Program in Leadership and Ethics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics (CERT)
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BUSENV 1701 - ETHICAL LEADERSHIP FUNDAMENTALS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
In this first integrated seminar of the CPLE sequence, students are introduced to ethics concepts and leadership skills - with a particular emphasis on demonstrating how ethics and leadership are complementary areas of emphasis for an effective leader. Ethics and leadership must be considered together in order to produce leaders who have the foresight to consider issues of responsibility, account ability and the full impact of their actions as well as a skill set that will empower them to implement their vision.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics (CERT)
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BUSENV 1706 - MARKET MANIPULATIONS: CRISES, BUBBLES, ROBBER BARONS AND CORPORATE SAINTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Taking a historical perspective, the course focuses on the major kinds of market manipulations, as well as their impacts. Major topic areas include: the nature of a market and its ‘failures,’ and how firms as well as governments evolved to compensate for those failures; types of major market calamities, with historical comparisons, examining how they might have been successfully managed; the market manipulators, focusing on the ‘robber barons’ of the ‘gilded age;’ and the contexts and consequences of market manipulation, including an overview of factory towns and of worker impacts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1750 - LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students will complete both social and ethics audits of the organization for which they are working an internship assignment. These exercises are designed to lead students to examine and critique their organization’s commitment to ethics and leadership in a critical, yet balanced, manner. The content of the internship course centers around students independently recognizing & identifying how issues related to ethics & leadership are & are not addressed in the organizations that they serve. Students permitted to take any internship approved by CBA’s Berg Center for Leadership and Ethics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics(CERT)
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BUSENV 1755 - SERVICE LEARNING IN ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed around an experiential learning methodology that uses a service project for a community organization to enhance student understanding of a particular content area in leadership and ethics. Students will be challenged to immerse themselves in readings, essays and discussions in a specific content area that will be operationalized and reviewed throughout the duration of the community service project.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics (CERT)
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BUSENV 1757 - RACE AND BUSINESS ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In what ways are corporations responsible for alleviating racial injustice? The Race and Business Ethics course is designed to give students the confidence and ability to address pressing social issues that are affecting corporate decision-making. Corporate leaders are making heavy investments in training and leadership programming to build a deeper understanding of racial injustice with the hope of bringing about a more fair and equitable society. The pressure on leaders to envision social issues as a part of corporate strategy comes from internal and external stakeholders and is consistent with the rise of important business movements that include sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Topics addressed in the course include African-American entrepreneurship, white racial identity, theories of justice, and structural racism, among others. Course assignments include a formal debate concerning front-page issues, leading a conversation about race via social media networks, and reading-based examinations. Students who take the course will be presented with readings, speeches, films, and other media that take a scholarly approach to the issue of race and the variety of ways it continues to exert its force on culture and commerce.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1760 - BUSINESS LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides students with an exposure to the extensive laws and regulations that affect almost all major aspects of business operations. Topics covered are chosen on the basis of their importance to contemporary business.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSENV 1765 - LEADERSHIP IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will give CPLE students exposure to in-depth analysis of leadership concepts and techniques in personal, interpersonal, and group skill areas. Students will complete a number of assessment and skill development exercises in topics such as teamwork, motivation, agenda building, power and influence tactics, problem solving and decision-making. The exercises will be grounded in students’ real world experiences in internships, leadership roles and campus and community organizations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics (CERT)
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BUSENV 1770 - BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INDEPENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
An independent study course for students desiring to pursue in greater depth a specific set of business environment issues or problems to which they have been introduced in other business environment courses. The course involves directed reading and research under the guidance of a full-time faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1775 - CPLE CAPSTONE SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this final course of the CPLE sequence, student will take a capstone seminar that is essentially a graduate-level research seminar on specific content areas in ethics and leadership. Based on previous exposure to the research process in the integrated seminars, students in the capstone seminar will be challenged to develop a substantial research project on their primary area of interest and expertise.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Leadership and Ethics (CERT)
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BUSENV 1780 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Corporate governance, the set of policies, process and customs by which an institution is directed, is a topic of increasing importance. How a company is governed influences corporate performance, rights and relationships with its stakeholders. This course aims to provide a deep understanding of the fundamentals of corporate governance from a variety of angles ’ the board of directors, senior management, investors, media, regulators and society ’ and from an international perspective. After a highlight on the main issues of corporate governance (e.g. the relationships between owners, management, board and institutional environment), relevant theories and corporate governance practices will be analyzed. Students will gain skills required for understanding corporate behavior and will be introduced to issues in business and government relations through lectures, discussion and case/policy studies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1785 - SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the complex dynamics of social entrepreneurship. This course covers theory, conceptual frameworks, and tools used to formulate strategies for creating innovative solutions to impact the public good. Topics addressed include defining social entrepreneurship and social initiatives, understanding the differences between traditional and social entrepreneurship, evaluating existing social ventures, and developing a plan for a new social venture. The course will consist of interactive lectures, readings, case discussions, and original research conducted by students.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1790 - BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The business environment internship provides business credits for project assignments that augment a professional business environment work experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1791 - PROJECTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This project course will involve an entrepreneurial incubator called the “Blast Furnace”’ during which you can learn about bringing an idea to the market and what it means to be an entrepreneur. The first part of the class will educate you on what is a good idea and what it means and takes to start a business. The second part of the course provides access to a rich curriculum, mentor and coaches and co-working space to prepare you to create and grow a business.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSENV 1795 - BUSINESS AND POLITICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The financial crisis, international negotiations toward a climate change agreement, and crises in such industries as pharmaceuticals and even toy manufacturing have highlighted the increasing interdependence of business and government. Such events often also expose the means by which business gains strategic benefits from government regulation. This course will examine methods and patterns of business influence on government, modern approaches to regulatory design, policy-making on issues affecting business, the performance of regulatory agencies, and the behaviors of groups and trade associations in politics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSBIS 0100 - PROGRAMMING ESSENTIALS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces data programming to undergraduate business students and focuses on automation of data collection, data cleaning, and data wrangling tasks. Students will learn to use the Python programming language along with Structured Query Language (SQL), Excel, and Tableau for completing data preprocessing and exploratory analysis tasks. Through hands-on exercises and projects, students will develop and execute programming scripts for examining a variety of structured and unstructured business data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSBIS 0105 - DATA VISUALIZATION AND STORYTELLING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the design of visual representations of data in order to discover patterns, answer analysis questions, gather persuasive evidence, and convey insights. Building on the foundation provided in the Business Analytics foundation courses (i.e., Programming Essentials for Business Analytics, Business Analytics I, and Business Analytics II), the course will provide training in specialized visualization and programming tools for exploratory analysis of data. Students will learn the grammar of graphics and the principles of data visualization for making sense of data, organizing clear evidence for analysis, and making engaging presentations of data-driven insights. Exercises and projects throughout the course will facilitate intensive experience-based learning for students to gain mastery of both exploring and explaining data. The overarching objective of this course is to enable students to understand the connection between the analytics/visualization and the objective of the analyses being performed - i.e., analytics storytelling with a purpose.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSBIS 1060 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
IT does not matter it’s what you do with IT! Business in the 21st century runs on IT. However, competitive advantage seldom comes from having exclusive or proprietary access to a technology. Rather, IT comes from more effectively utilizing technologies to which everyone - including the competition - has access. The implications of this reality are many. First, it is necessary to understand what technologies are available in the marketplace and their capabilities. Next, and far more challenging, it is necessary to understand how these capabilities may positively (or negatively) interact with business strategy. Business transformation is the alignment of process, people, and technology such that IT can both support and innovate business strategies. Given that technologies evolve and develop at a rapid pace, IT is necessary for managers to understand what technologies can do (both established and new) and how IT can be leveraged to create real value.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PROG: College of Business Admin
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BUSBIS 1600 - TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Business in the 21st century runs on Information Technology (IT). Competitive advantage, however, seldom comes from having exclusive, or proprietary, access to IT. Rather, sustainable advantage comes from more effectively utilizing IT to automate and integrate business processes. The implications of this reality are many. First, it is necessary to understand what technologies are available in the marketplace and what their capabilities are. Next, and far more challenging, it is necessary to understand how those capabilities might positively, or negatively, interact with business strategy. The capabilities of IT can certainly contribute to meeting a strategy, but it is also conceivable that those same capabilities could enable new, unconventional, strategies; in essence transforming the business. Given that rapid development of new technologies, and continuing trends toward outsourcing of IT, organizations need Business Analysts who can work as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT professionals to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and then recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its strategic goals. Successful Business Analysts acquire a broad skill set that covers all phases of the transformation lifecycle: 1. IT Discovery Portfolio 2. IT Project Portfolio 3. IT Asset Portfolio This course begins at a high level with a broad overview of IT systems, transformation strategies, IT portfolio management, and the role of the Business Analyst. The second half of the class narrows its focus to the IT Project Portfolio and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for practical application. Using an engaging mix of lectures, experience-based learning case studies, and in-class hands-on labs, students will develop the baseline set of skills necessary to become a successful Business Analyst.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ:BUSBIS1060;PLAN:Accounting(BSB),Finance(BSB),General Management(BSB),Global Management(BSBA),Marketing(BSB),Business Information Systems(BSB),Human Resources Management,Human Resources Management(BSB),Supply Chain Management(BSB)and undec CBA Majors
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BUSBIS 1605 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Topics covered include development of enterprise-wide data models using entity-relationship diagrams and semantic data models, logical design and implementation of relational databases, SQL, elements of data structures, and basic issues in the management of the corporate data resource.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ:BUSBIS 1060;PLAN:Accounting(BSB),Finance(BSB),General Management(BSB),Global Management(BSBA),Marketing(BSB),Business Information Systems(BSB),Human Resources Mgmt,Human Resources Management(BSB),Supply Chain Management(BSB)and undec CBA Majors
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