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LIS 786 - Advanced Web Design 3 Credit Hours
This course is an advanced seminar in Web design which will build on students basic Web design knowledge. The course will include deep examination of issues such as information architecture, accessibility and usability, professional interface design, and overall editorial management. In addition, students will gain a deeper understanding of emerging Web design trends and technologies such as content management systems.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 ; LIS 753 or demonstrated knowledge of XTML and CSS.
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LIS 787 - Information Privacy 3 Credit Hours
Data privacy law in the US is piecemeal; a number of different laws regulate the dissemination of information to third parties. Some laws govern information about children, some about health information, some about finanical records, some about personally identifying information. These laws are enacted in organizational policies and are eventually encoded in software. This course will examine the legal, social, and policy issues surrounding information privacy.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701
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LIS 791 - Organizational and Multicultural Communication 3 Credit Hours
This is a course designed to help students survive and thrive as employees in library, information, and knowledge organizations serving increasingly multicultural local, national, and world contexts. Course participants will develop the communication skills and understanding necessary to success in twenty-first century academic, public and school libraries, as well as corporate information and knowledge management centers.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 or IM 701
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LIS 792 - Digital Humanities 3 Credit Hours
Digital humanities is an interdisciplinary academic field that combines the application of computational resources, tools, and methods with the traditional humanities fields such as literature, history, and philosophy. Libraries have been instrumental in the development of the digital humanities by providing the underlying data, access to tools, and technical support for researchers. In this introductory course, students will explore the history, theory, and practice of digital humanities. Students will work with various tools for text mining and entity extraction, text encoding, social network analysis topic modeling, and creative visualization.
Listed also as IM 792
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 or IM 701
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LIS 794 - Foundations of Health Informatics 3 Credit Hours
Health Informatics is the application of technology to healthcare delivery, population and public health, community-based clinical research, and the potential for big data and analytics to transform the field. Within a framework of theory and practice, students will explore the critical issues and challenges within the field including interoperability, standardization, safety, and risks associated with the implementation of the electronic health record for individual patients as well as collective big data that can be used for population health management.
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LIS 796 - Special Topics: Bologna International Children’s Book Fair 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in Library and Information Science
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LIS 799 - Practicum 3 or 1.5 Credit Hours
Supervised student fieldwork experience in an approved library or information center under the direction of an SOIS faculty member. In addition, a course research report or project will be required. The library supervisor, the faculty member and the student meet periodically to review the student’s progress. Students have an option for either 1.5 or 3 credit hours; the 1.5 credit hour Practicum requires 60 hours work at the practicum site during the semester. The 3 credit hour practicum requires 120 hours work onsite (approximately 10 hours per week for 12 weeks).
Prerequisite(s): Student must have completed 24 semester hours, including LIS 701 , LIS 702 , LIS 707 , and LIS 708 ; GPA of 3.3 or higher.
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LIS 801 - Independent Study in Library and Information Science 3 Credit Hours
Directed and supervised projects of independent study. Limited to students having a grade point average of 3.3 or above who have a sufficient background to work independently. Consent of the instructor is required before registration. No student may take more than two independent studies.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of eight courses, including LIS 701 , LIS 702 , LIS 703 , LIS 707 , and LIS 708 .
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LIS 804 - Special Topics 1.5 Credit Hours
Special Topics
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LIS 805 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
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LIS 820 - Clinical Practice 3 Credit Hours
The clinical practice comprises the final phase of requirements for a Professional Educator License with a PK-12 Endorsement for Library Information Specialist (school librarian). Candidates must apply for and be accepted into this semester of coursework and fieldwork. The School of Education makes all placements in approved schools. Clinical practice is completed under the cooperation and supervision of a cooperating librarian and a university supervisor. Candidates demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the art and science of teacher librarianship through performances in two school libraries and complete coursework in methods of instruction for reading and methods of instruction for special education. Evaluation focuses on assuring that the candidate meets the appropriate content area standards and the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards. Candidates also complete and submit their edTPA, a performance-based state assessment during this semester.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 , LIS 702 , LIS 703 , LIS 707 , LIS 708 , LIS 709 (or equivalent), LIS 721 , LIS 722 , LIS 724 , LIS 725 , LIS 773 and approval of the filed experience coordinator. Offered in fall and spring.
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LIS 880 - Knowledge Management 3 Credit Hours
Provides an awareness of current theories and foundation of knowledge management with an emphasis on profit and not-for-profit organizations. Discusses knowledge assets and their value to organizations in terms of products, processes, market and services. Examines analytical tools and techniques for knowledge acquisition, assessment, evaluation, management and organization, and dissemination. Provides an analysis of commercially available documents, databases and applications packages, reviews best practices and experiences and addresses the design and execution of knowledge management projects.
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LIS 881 - Advanced Archival Principles, Practices and Services 3 Credit Hours
This course offers an in-depth examination of the archival functions of appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference and outreach, access, and advocacy. Students will work with standalone and integrated archival management systems. Students will learn about management and administrative issues, such as facilities and risk management, technology planning, preservation strategies, digitization strategies, copyright and cultural institutions, grant writing, and policy development.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 775 or LIS 885
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LIS 882 - Metadata for Digital Resources 3 Credit Hours
This course will provide a comprehensive and practical introduction to metadata for digital collections. The course will provide students knowledge of the kinds and uses of metadata commonly found in digital collections. Students will learn about and use specific schema, such as Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA Core, to describe and organize digital resources. The course will also provide an overview of XML, linked data, and metadata interoperability, quality and sharing.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 and LIS 703
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LIS 884 - Big Data and Competitive Intelligence 3 Credit Hours
Competitive Intelligence (CI) uses legal and ethical means for efficiently discovering, developing and delivering timely, relevant new knowledge about the external environment. This course provides an overview of CI theories and best practices, and introduces the latest big data analytics & visualization techniques to facilitate effective decision making. Areas of studies include: spotting business trends, managing public relations crises, determining quality of research /education, preventing diseases, combating crimes and more.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701
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LIS 885 - Cultural Heritage Resources and Services for Diverse Communities 3 Credit Hours
Students will learn about issues of diverse cultural heritage resources and services, such as tangible and intangible resources, and culturally-competent services. They will learn about implement methods to assess and document the cultural heritage of diverse communities. They will learn nomenclature, museum technology, and curation practices. They will work with both case studies and with actual communities in Chicago to implement diverse rules and norms, standards, and Traditional Knowledge (TK) for organizing, exhibiting, and preserving cultural heritage resources.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701
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LIS 886 - Records and Information Management 3 Credit Hours
Students learn the fundamentals for an effective records and information management program. They learn about the technology, principles, and practices that are necessary for a systematic control of records throughout their life cycle. They learn the value and implementation of records and information as strategy, management, research, development, and compliance for an organization or institution.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701
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LIS 888 - Cultural Heritage/Archives Fieldwork 3 Credit Hours
This course is a focused practical field experience combined with a classroom component. Students will work on site in small teams on projects selected by the archives or cultural heritage institution and pre-approved by the course instructor. Working on projects with defined goals and expectations, students will apply the theory and concepts from LIS 775 or LIS 885. They will identify the issues and challenges facing many archives and cultural heritage institutions. In the classroom component of the class, students will share and discuss their activities and projects with each other and the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): LIS 701 ; LIS 775 or LIS 885
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LIS 889 - Digital Curation 3 Credit Hours
Increasingly libraries, information centers, archives, museums, and other information-based organizations are becoming repositories for digital collections and digital objects. Preserving digital materials has emerged as a major initiative for these organizations. This course will provide an overview of the research in curating and preserving digital data, will provide practical experience in working with digital materials, and will develop the skills necessary to create curation plans for digital materials.
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 or LIS 701 and LIS 709 or equivalent
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LIS 890 - e-portfolio 0 Credit Hours
The submission of an e-Portfolio during the last semester of study is required of students seeking the master of library and information science degree. The assignment is graded as pass/fail and the prospective graduate must satisfactorily meet the requirement. Students must submit an application for graduation with the Office of the Registrar to prompt individual registration in this course.
Prerequisite(s): Application for Graduation on file.
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LIS 901 - Advanced Seminar: Professional Issues 3 Credit Hours
Offers an overview of the field of library and information science with emphasis on critical understanding of its history, scope, diversity, theoretical principles, and practical procedures. Establishes groundwork for future study by developing and strengthening understanding of LIS concepts and frames of reference.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 928 - Teaching in the Academy 3 Credit Hours
This course offers an opportunity to explore the philosophy and history of teaching and introduces tools and theories about learning in higher education settings. In addition, the course introduces techniques to shape how to be a successful instructor and communicator. Although this course is designed for students planning careers in academe, it is also for students with a variety of interests and career goals, including improved thinking and presentation skills.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 950 - Advanced Seminar: Information Behavior 3 Credit Hours
Explores information access, seeking, and retrieval in past and future contexts. Moves from studying the information seeking behaviors of varied and diverse populations to analyzing information activities in online settings; considers the importance of communication exchange as a foundation for understanding libraries, emerging information technologies and design, and the management of knowledge in organizations.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 955 - Advanced Seminar: Information Policy 3 Credit Hours
This doctorate level seminar course will investigate information policy, particularly in respect to its relationship to American democracy and its impacts on core values of the information profession. Issues such as privacy, intellectual freedom, and intellectual property will be explored at length, beginning with the origins of intellectual thinking in these broad areas. In addition, we will examine the policy process and its various stages, along with its influences and roadblocks. The course will review various political perspectives and government levels, international information policies and information flows, and will also include a strong focus on the historical and contemporary impacts of technologies on these topics.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 962 - Advanced Seminar: Literacy and Learning 3 Credit Hours
Provides a historical and conceptual foundation of literacy initiatives in libraries and related organizations with analysis and comparison of information literacy models and community literacy programs, and investigation of the influences on learning and literacy of socio-cultural factors, political systems, and public and private institutions.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 964 - Advanced Seminar: Writing in the Academy 3 Credit Hours
In this course you will practice a systematic approach for effectively organizing and writing as a member of an academic community. You will apply your understanding of this writing system as you learn to integrate academic writing with your reading, listening, speaking, and thinking.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 965 - Advanced Seminar: Information Systems Research Theory and Practice 3 Credit Hours
This seminar course will cover the broad topic of information systems research. Readings on both the theory and practice of information systems research will be explored. During this course, students will become familiar with classic information systems topics such as systems development lifecycles, project management, technology productivity, capability, and organization performance as well as several emerging information systems topics, including information technology innovation, technology diffusion, social network analysis, and online community.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 968 - Advanced Seminar: Global Perspectives on the Library and Information Science Profession 3 Credit Hours
An investigation and examination of the library and information science profession within a global context.
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LIS 969 - Doctoral Research Methods and Design I 3 Credit Hours
The first of two doctoral-level research methods courses that present practical and theoretical tools of responsible and innovative inquiry for library and information services and settings. The course addresses qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches to rigorous investigation and problem resolution.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only.
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LIS 970 - Dissertation Preparation 3 Credit Hours
Gives step-by-step guidance on writing a successful dissertation. Covers vital processes like developing a research idea, writing a literature review, crafting a proposal, and submitting a thesis, and provides practical advice on committee selection and work habits.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 990 - Advanced Independent Study in Library and Information Science 3 Credit Hours
Directed and supervised projects of independent doctoral study. Consent of the instructor is required before registration.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only
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LIS 999 - Dissertation 6 Credit Hours
For PhD students who have completed 36 hours of coursework and who have passed both part of the qualifying process.
Prerequisite(s): PhD students only; instructor permission.
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LLAS 200 - Introduction to Latino and Latin American Studies 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces the major concepts, issues and debates currently found in the fields of Latino studies and Latin American studies. It also provides an overview of regional geographies, national demographic profiles and the various socio-economic conditions characteristic of contemporary Latin America. The course includes study of the main demographic features of the diverse Latino communities in the United States today, a comparison of each group’s unique immigration and settlement patterns, and an investigation of adaptive and resistant Latino cultural practices. For an additional credit hour, students complete 20 hours of service to the Chicago-area Latino community, along with service learning assignments.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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LLAS 204 - Introduction to Latin American Studies 3 Credit Hours
An examination of contemporary problems and issues in Latin America and the Caribbean drawing on analysis and theories that address political, social, and cultural institutions, economies and economic inequality, and the possibilities and probabilities of social development.
Listed also as SOC 204 and SWG 204
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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LLAS 205 - Introduction to Latinx Studies 3 Credit Hours
An examination of the contemporary experiences of different United States-based Latino groups focusing on regional, national and global processes. Using a critical race paradigm, ethnic and racial categorizations and understandings are examined and deconstructed. Latino/a cultures based in the United States are framed within the wider U.S. social, cultural and political institutions. This course will utilize intersectional analysis to focus on communities, politics, policies, identities, immigration, economics, language, religion, gender, and sexuality.
Listed also as SOC 205 .
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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LLAS 238 - Latin@ Spirituality: The Origins, Roots, and Contemporary Experience of a People 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as THEO 238
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in theology.
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LLAS 239 - Latin@ Religious Experience And Theology 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as THEO 239 and SWG 239 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in theology.
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LLAS 248 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to issues and themes surrounding sexualities and genders within Latin America. The course reviews the literature, explores basic theoretical frameworks, and provides a historical grounding of gendered processes and their relationship to sexuality. This interdisciplinary class bring an intersectional lens to examine how gender and sexuality are structured and experienced in different contexts and regions of Latin America. It examines diverse perspectives including pre-Colombian Amerind and African traditions, as well as the ways colonialism, genocide, slavery, patriarchy, and racism influence understandings of gender and sexuality in Latin American countries.
Listed also as SOC 248 and SWG 248
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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LLAS 330 - Special Topics in Culture and Civilization 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as SPAN 350
Prerequisite(s): See SPAN 350
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LLAS 350 - Women and Development 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as SOC 350 and SWG 351
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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LLAS 386 - Sociology of U.S. Immigration 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as SOC 386
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and junior standing, or consent of instructor.
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LLAS 427 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Listed also as SPAN 427 .
Prerequisite(s): See SPAN 427 .
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LS 300 - The American Legal System 3 Credit Hours
This course provides an overview of the history and structure of the legal system in the United States. Students will explore contemporary controversies in the law through online class discussions and short writing assignments. The class will also introduce legal research skills and the fundamentals of legal writing. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 301 - Legal Research and Writing 3 Credit Hours
The law, like all other professional disciplines, has its own writing conventions. This course will focus on how to find legal resources and integrate them into legal memoranda, as well as how to write clearly and persuasively. Particular attention will be paid to the “plain English” movement in legal writing. Prerequisite: EN 102 Composition II. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 303 - Law Office Technology 3 Credit Hours
This course provides an overview of the tools used by paralegals in a modern law office, with a specific focus on the ways in which technology can improve efficiency and client service.
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LS 304 - Law Office Management 3 Credit Hours
A law firm is at heart a business, yet few legal professionals have significant management training. This course introduces the fundamental skills necessary to succeed in the law office environment.
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LS 306 - Basic Legal Training 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to prepare students for work as paralegals by focusing on the practical skills needed to succeed in a modern law office. Considerable attention will be paid to the fundamentals of written communication. Students who complete the course will be qualified to sit for the Accredited Legal Professional certification exam offered by NALS, although taking the exam is not required. The course is particularly beneficial for those without paralegal experience. This course counts toward the Paralegal Studies concentration.
Prerequisite(s): SPCS 200
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LS 310 - Crime and Society 3 Credit Hours
This course explores the relationship between crime and society, with a dual focus on how sociological forces impact the crime rate and how crime impacts society as a whole.
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LS 311 - Juvenile Justice 3 Credit Hours
This course wrestles with a number of important questions. How does the juvenile justice system differ from the adult system? What do these differences reveal about society’s views toward young people and crime? Does the juvenile justice system actually rehabilitate young offenders? Should juveniles ever be tried as adults?
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LS 315 - Disability and the Law 3 Credit Hours
The most recent expansion of federal civil rights brought protection to people with disabilities. This was the result of a major shift in society’s view, which went from treating people with disabilities as tragic figures in need of charity to now encouraging people with disabilities to fully participate in civic and economic life. This course will focus on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related state statutes regulating inclusive practices in educational, public and business settings.
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LS 320 - Religion and the Law 3 Credit Hours
In ancient societies, religion and law were nearly synonymous. The United States and other modern democracies, however, have erected (or tried to erect) what Thomas Jefferson called “a wall of separation between church and state.” This course will examine how religion and the law influence one another, how conflicts between law and religion arise, and how courts attempt to resolve those conflicts. Considerable attention will be paid to the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 321 - Law & Economics 3 Credit Hours
The social sciences of law and economics both concern themselves with human behavior and how it responds to incentives. The law and economics movement argues that basic microeconomic principles can and should guide the formulation of legal rules. This course will explore the possibilities and limitations of this school of thought. No prior coursework in economics is required. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 322 - Philosophical Basis of the Law 3 Credit Hours
What basic assumptions underlie our system of justice? What does “justice” really mean, anyway? This course will examine the intellectual forces that have shaped and continue to shape our legal system. No prior coursework in philosophy is required. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 323 - Freedom of Speech 3 Credit Hours
This course will focus on contemporary First Amendment controversies as well as the philosophical bases for our professed desire to protect free expression. Topics include political speech, commercial speech, obscenity, advocacy of violence, new technologies, “hate speech” and free speech in a global perspective.
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LS 324 - Civil Rights 3 Credit Hours
The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaimed “all men are created equal,” yet the Constitution obliquely condoned the enslavement of “other persons.” Even after the Civil War, states in the north and south imposed a system of legal segregation whose effects linger today. Similarly, women continue to struggle for equality almost a century after the passage of the 19th Amendment. This course will examine both the progress and the remaining challenges to true equality we face, with a particular focus on contemporary issues like affirmative action, gay rights and religious conflict.
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LS 325 - Contracts 3 Credit Hours
Contracts are a fundamental aspect of our commercial system. In this course students will learn the elements necessary to form a valid contract and the remedies available when one party breaches the contract. Required for the legal studies major.
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LS 330 - Education Law 3 Credit Hours
in the union guarantees its children a free public education, which has been held to be a “fundamental right” by the US Supreme Court. All states also sponsor public colleges and universities in addition to regulating private ones; the federal government is heavily involved in education at all levels through various funding programs. This course will delve into this complicated regulatory environment and address key contemporary controversies like school busing, voucher programs, affirmative action policies and campus speech codes.
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LS 335 - Social Justice 3 Credit Hours
As a Sinsinawa Dominican-sponsored institution, Dominican University proclaims an “enduring commitment to social justice,” which can be thought of as a commitment to economic equality, human rights and human dignity. This course will examine the theological roots of social justice in Catholic social teaching, as well as the secular grounding from philosophers like John Rawls. This course seeks to answer two key questions: what does a just society look like, and how do we get there?
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LS 340 - Negotiation Theory 3 Credit Hours
The vast majority of legal disputes are resolved at some point before a trial court verdict as a result of negotiations between parties, which makes negotiation skills vital for legal professionals. Drawing on research from a wide range of fields, this course will use role-playing activities to develop the skills necessary to effectively and ethically negotiate a settlement to a dispute.
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LS 345 - Environmental Law 3 Credit Hours
In this course, students will critically analyze the overlapping network of environmental regulations that have sprung up over the last fifty years and assess their effectiveness at combatting environmental harms.
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LS 350 - Employment Law 3 Credit Hours
A patchwork of local, state, federal and even international laws govern the modern employment relationship. This course will examine how these laws interact with one another. Topics include the “at-will” doctrine, discrimination law, and labor law and workplace privacy.
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LS 351 - Criminal Law and Procedure 3 Credit Hours
An overview of the American criminal justice system with a particular focus on constitutional protections afforded to the accused. We will explore the extent to which these protections actually prevent injustice, as well as critically examine how well our system meets its goals of prevention, deterrence and rehabilitation. The course will progress through the entire process of criminal prosecution, from investigation through sentencing and appeals.
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LS 352 - Civil Litigation 3 Credit Hours
This course will take students through the entire process of pursuing a civil trial. Assignments will include drafting briefs, motions and memoranda.
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LS 353 - Family Law 3 Credit Hours
The law regulates a number of elements of familial relationships, including marriage, divorce, child custody, adoption and the emancipation of minors. We will explore the evolving nature of the family, with particular focus on the law’s treatment of same-sex couples.
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LS 354 - Estate Planning 3 Credit Hours
Benjamin Franklin famously declared, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This course will examine how these two certainties relate to one another, as well as the various means for transferring wealth from one generation to the next.
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LS 355 - Real Estate Law 3 Credit Hours
The course will apply ancient principles of property law to modern issues like zoning, home financing and environmental regulations.
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LS 356 - Administrative Law 3 Credit Hours
The United States in the Twentieth Century witnessed the rise of the bureaucracies at the state and federal level. Legal rights in the modern world are increasingly asserted through administrative procedures outside of the traditional court system. This course will provide a roadmap for navigating through the administrative environment.
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LS 357 - The Uniform Commercial Code 3 Credit Hours
The Uniform Commercial Code is a model legal code designed to harmonize business law throughout the fifty states. The UCC provides a set of default rules that govern how businesses interact with one another and their customers. This course will focus on sales of goods, negotiable instruments and secured transactions. Prerequisite: LS 325 Contracts.
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LS 358 - International Law 3 Credit Hours
International law has ancient roots, but has taken on increased importance with the formation of the United Nations after World War II. This course will look into the origins, nature, successes and limitations of international law as a solution to global problems.
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LS 359 - Immigration Law 3 Credit Hours
The law of immigration and naturalization is both highly complicated and highly controversial. In this course, we will explore the historical context for the evolution of immigration law and critically examine the current processes for entering the United States and becoming a citizen. We will pay particular attention to contemporary controversies surrounding the enforcement of immigration law.
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LS 400 - Legal Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Legal professionals, including both attorneys and paralegals, are bound by codes of ethics, which will be explored in detail in this course. In particular, we will wrestle with the difference between ethics and morality, the extent to which legal ethics advance or impede true justice, and potential alternative ethical canons. Required for the legal studies major.
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MATH 090 - Basic Skills in Mathematics 3 Credit Hours
The fundamental operations with integers, rational numbers, and real numbers; basic algebra.
This course is a developmental course and will not count toward the semester hours required for graduation.
This course is offered on a satisfactory/fail basis only.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination only.
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MATH 120 - Intermediate Algebra 3 Credit Hours
Polynomial and rational expressions; solving linear, quadratic and rational equations; applications; graphing techniques; and systems of linear equations.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination or MATH 090 . Not open to students who have completed any higher-numbered mathematics course.
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MATH 120T - Intermediate Algebra-Transitions 1 Lab Hours
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers and rational numbers, and applications of these skills.
Prerequisite(s): Participation in the Transitions Program.
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MATH 131 - Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry 3 Credit Hours
Trigonometric functions, identities, equations, applications, polar coordinates, and vectors.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 130 . Not open to students who have completed any mathematics course above MATH 211 .
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MATH 165 - Foundations of Mathematics for the Elementary Teacher 3 Credit Hours
The course introduces conceptual foundations of mathematics, include the following topics: problem solving techniques, numeration systems, number theory, set theory, concepts of measurements, geometric reasoning and applications of geometry and conic sections.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 130
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MATH 175 - Mathematical Concepts in Clinical Science 3 Credit Hours
A survey of mathematical concepts in clinical science including the use of proportions in unit conversions and dosage calculations, acid-base balance, pharmacokinetics, and diagnostic tests.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 130 and a course in biology or chemistry.
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MATH 190 - Pre-Calculus 3 Credit Hours
Exponential and logarithmic functions and equations; polynomial, rational, and radical functions and equations; inverse functions; trigonometric functions, identities, equations, and applications.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination or MATH 130 . Not open to students who have completed any mathematics course above MATH 211 .
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MATH 211 - Principles of Statistics 3 Credit Hours
Design of experiments, numerical and graphical data description, discrete and continuous probability, expected value and variance of a random variable, probability distributions, estimation, and statistical hypothesis testing.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 130 or consent of instructor.
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MATH 230 - Linear Algebra 4 Credit Hours
A study of systems of linear equations, linear independence, matrices, linear transformations, determinants, vector spaces, and applications of these topics. These concepts are increasingly being used in applications of mathematics to the natural and social sciences.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 251 or MATH 261 .
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MATH 240 - Discrete Structures 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the mathematics needed in computer science. Logic, digital logic circuits, number systems, proofs, sequences, induction, recursion, counting, and graphs and trees.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 130 or MATH 170 or placement above this level, and CPSC 155 .
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MATH 245 - Introduction to Proof Techniques 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the tools needed for higher mathematics. Topics include logic, set theory, relations, functions, basic proof techniques, and applications of proof techniques to selected areas of mathematics.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 230 or MATH 262 .
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MATH 250 - Introduction to Calculus 4 Credit Hours
Functions and their graphs, limits, continuity, differentiation, anti-derivatives, definite integrals, and the fundamental theorem of calculus. This course covers polynomial, rational and trigonometric functions with an introduction to trigonometry.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination or MATH 130 . Not open to students who have completed MATH 251 or MATH 261 .
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MATH 251 - Further Explorations in Calculus 4 Credit Hours
Inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, limits, differentiation with applications, and integration.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 250 . Not open to students who have completed MATH 261 .
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MATH 261 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4 Credit Hours
A study of the basic techniques of calculus with early transcendentals. Topics include limits, continuity, differentiation with applications, integration, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination or MATH 131 or MATH 190 . Not open to students who have completed MATH 251 .
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MATH 262 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 4 Credit Hours
Advanced integration techniques and applications such as area, volume, arc length, and work; introduction to polar equations; sequences, infinite series, and power series.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 251 or MATH 261
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MATH 270 - Multivariable Calculus 4 Credit Hours
Functions in multiple variables; partial differentiation, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 262
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MATH 280 - Introduction to Differential Equations 3 Credit Hours
First- and second- order differential equations with applications, power series solutions, Laplace transforms, and first-order linear systems of differential equations.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 262
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MATH 299 - Community-Based Learning 1 Lab Hours
Students provide community service using their mathematical and analytical skills for a total of 30 hours. This course can only be taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing. Open only to students majoring in mathematics or mathematics and computer science.
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MATH 311 - Probability and Statistics I 3 Credit Hours
Design of experiments, axioms of probability, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 262 (or concurrent enrollment)
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MATH 312 - Probability and Statistics II 3 Credit Hours
Estimation theory, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and correlation and analysis of variance.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 311 .
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MATH 313 - Applied Statistical Analysis Using SAS 3 Credit Hours
Review of descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing and estimation, SAS programming language, DATA step applications, SAS procedures, report generation, and working with large data sets.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 312 or consent of instructor.
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MATH 315 - Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours
In this course, students will learn mathematical, statistical, and computational tools for data analytics. Topics will include an introduction to the Python programing language focused on the Pandas data analytics library, computing summary statistics, introduction to graphing and data visualization with MatPlotLib and other relevant Python libraries, importing and analyzing time series data, linear models, cleaning data, and logistic regression. Social and ethical concerns regarding data analytics and big data will also be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 155 and MATH 311
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MATH 320 - Dynamics and Chaos 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental concepts and techniques of discrete dynamical systems, asymptotic behavior, elementary bifurcations, symbolic dynamics, chaos, and fractals.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 262
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MATH 330 - Modern Geometry 3 Credit Hours
A study of axiomatics, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and transformal geometry.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 245
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