Summer II 2023 Course Offerings

ACCT 0105 Principles of Accounting II (3)

Continuation of the emphasis in Principles of Accounting I upon corporate financial reporting to external parties. An introduction to the concepts underlying the preparation of accounting information which is useful to management in the planning and control of business operations.

ART 0108 Computer Graphics for Art Applications I (3)

This introductory computer graphics course allows the student to explore the creative, visual and artistic possibilities which the microcomputer offers. Class work and lab time on the computer are supplemented with lectures on computer generated art and its potential. Lectures assume no previous knowledge of computers or programming. Students create a variety of projects in the form of slides, animations, and printouts.

BIOL 0102 Environmental Biology (4)

An introduction to general ecological principles, and an examination of human interactions with, and effects upon, the environment.

BIOL 0104 Human Biology (4)

Human Biology introduces the structure and function of the human body. Students will study the major systems of the human body, including reproduction, digestion and nutrition, circulation, respiration, nervous and hormonal control and locomotion through examination of and non-invasive experimentation with their own bodies, computer simulations, reading and attending lecture/discussions.

BIOL 0104 Human Biology (4)

Human Biology introduces the structure and function of the human body. Students will study the major systems of the human body, including reproduction, digestion and nutrition, circulation, respiration, nervous and hormonal control and locomotion through examination of and non-invasive experimentation with their own bodies, computer simulations, reading and attending lecture/discussions.

BIOL 0106 Biology Today (4)

An introduction to the study of cells, cellular reproduction, inheritance and the gene, molecular genetics, and the development of organisms. Concentrates on human genetics and development. Investigates the role of biotechnology in genetics and development.

BIOL 0106 Biology Today (4)

An introduction to the study of cells, cellular reproduction, inheritance and the gene, molecular genetics, and the development of organisms. Concentrates on human genetics and development. Investigates the role of biotechnology in genetics and development.

COMM 0101 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)

Provides students with a comprehensive survey and critical analysis of mass communication. This is accomplished through the study of the history and structure of mass media industries and an examination of social, economic, political, cultural, and global factors that create the context in which media operate.

COMM 0101 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)

Provides students with a comprehensive survey and critical analysis of mass communication. This is accomplished through the study of the history and structure of mass media industries and an examination of social, economic, political, cultural, and global factors that create the context in which media operate.

COMM 0212 Film and Gender (3)

Examines the construction and portrayal of gender in film. In addition to surveying some of the predominant cinematic images of gender, students will be introduced to the precepts of contemporary feminist film criticism and gender studies.

COMM 0329 Crime and the Media (3)

The course will deal with issues related to the mass media and crime in society. The increasing importance of the mass media in shaping people�s perception of and attitudes toward the criminal justice system will be focused on. Other topics will include the media as a cause and cure for crime, biases in the media coverage, the effects of the media on criminal proceedings and crime on television and films.

CRJU 0310 Organized and White Collar Crime (3)

The methods through which organized crime influences and, in many instances, controls entire communities. Traditional types of crime heavily influenced by organized crime, such as loan sharking and gambling, will be analyzed in an effort to demonstrate the basis of power and wealth of organized crime in the United States.

CRJU 0329 Crime and the Media (3)

The course will deal with issues related to the mass media and crime in society. The increasing importance of the mass media in shaping people�s perception of and attitudes toward the criminal justice system will be focused on. Other topics will include the media as a cause and cure for crime, biases in the media coverage, the effects of the media on criminal proceedings and crime on television and films.

CRJU 616 Victimology (3)

An analysis of the characteristics of crime victims to their victimization; the treatment of victims by the criminal justice system and possibilities of reform in this regard; and the attitudes of criminals towards victims.

CRJU 631 Multinational Crime (3)

This course will explore the newly designated area of multinational crime. Terrorism, espionage, arms and drug area of multinational crime. Terrorism, espionage, arms and drug trafficking�offenses that are organized and systematic, cutting across international borders�present new quandaries for the criminologist. Multinational crime will be described and explained with reference to current criminological theories.

ECON 0102 Principles of Microeconomics (3)

Emphasis on the economics of the firm and resource allocation. Topics to be discussed include: the price and output determination under pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly, the resource market, international trade, and an evaluation of American capitalism. ECON 0101 and ECON 0102 may be taken in any order.

EDUC 645 Practicum I: Clinical Experiences in Reading Elementary (3)

Practicum I is designed to guide initial licensure candidates enrolled in the Reading Specialist Program to diagnose and develop interventions fro PreK-12 pupils experiencing literacy difficulties. Candidates are supervised as the assess (using multiple assessments) and teach two individual case study students considered at-risk for literacy success at two different levels using� a clinical model. They are also required to teach small and large groups of students at different grade and proficiency levels. Practicum I is supervised by both an on-site Massachusetts licensed Reading Specialist (the Supervising Practitioner) and a University Program Supervisor in candidates' schools or in summer school setting. Eligible candidates may choose to enroll in either Practicum I Elementary (EDUC 0645) or Secondary (EDUC 0646). Practicum I requires 150 hours. Candidates are not required to take any time away from full time teaching positions.

ENGL 0221 World Literature (3)

This course introduces the diverse yet underrepresented cultures and literatures from at least three geographical locations of the world to initiate a dialog around global understanding of history and human experience.� This course will help students recognize literary figures, texts, themes, and movements within the given historical period(s) under study, identify literary genres and devices, and draw the connections between different themes and ideas presented in literature.� Through a critical study of literary texts, either in English or in translation, this course will establish a foundation to promote intellectual growth by strengthening students' abilities to think analytically and creatively about literature and by developing their sensitivity to cultural diversity.� In addition to interpreting and synthesizing representative texts from different literary traditions, students will practice writing reflectively about literary texts and themes by applying the conventions of academic writing to create an essay that is rhetorically cohesive, sufficiently evidenced, and stylistically sound.� Note: This course can be repeated if the themes and texts are different.� Intended for all majors.

ENGL 0392 Business and Technical Writing (3)

How to write more powerfully, persuasively, and successfully in business. Students will learn the strategies of writing clear and effective memos, letters, and reports, and easy techniques for using tables and graphs. By the end of the course the student will have a portfolio of writing samples to demonstrate writing skills.

ENGL 634 Writing and Rhetoric (3)

Intensive course in the practice or theory of writing or rhetoric. Focus designated each semester by a course subtitle. Course syllabus is dependent upon the topic.

ENVS 0101 Principles of Environmental Science (3)

This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary topics and techniques of Environmental Science including the scientific method, ecology, the human population, resources use, pollution, climate change, and others.

EGST 0101 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies (3)

This course focuses on the meaning and significance of race, ethnicity and culture in the United States. Students will be exposed to basic concepts in ethnic studies such as ethnicity, culture, race, socialization, cultural assimilation, acculturation, migration, immigration, social protest, and resistance. This course will be taught from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby allowing students to build a base from various viewpoints and methodologies including but not limited to historical, cultural, political, economic, and sociological.

EGST 0102 Introduction to Women�s and Gender Studies (3)

Introduces students to the scholarship and research developed Women�s and Gender Studies. The course will address a variety of issues in the field in an interdisciplinary format, generally focusing on the social construction of gender and women�s lives and experiences as illuminated by the social sciences and humanities. The course will be taught with a global comparative perspective allowing students to examine women�s experiences and the politics of gender with a wide international lens.

HIST 0132 United States History and Government 1865 � Present (3)

This course traces the history of the United States from the Civil War to the present, surveying the political, economic, social and cultural aspects. Topics include the Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrial Revolution, Progressive Period, 1920�s, Great Depression, World War II, Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, and domestic and foreign politics to the present. The course focuses on major events, presidential administrations, United States Constitution, structure of state and federal government. Not open to students who have taken HIST 0130.

HIST 0270 Problems in American History (3)

This course will offer readings and/or research in a specific prearranged topic in American history. Examples of the topics are sickness and health in American History, the Immigrant Experience, the Depression, etc. This course may be taken three times for credit.

HIST 0290 Problems in World History (3)

These courses are designed to focus the attention of the student on a specific problem within the scope of historical study the fields of Africa, Asia, or Latin America. The problems will be of contemporary interest; and they will include intensive research, readings, class discussions, and the production of a scholarly paper. The field and problem(s) will be designated prior to the semester in which the course is offered. This course may be taken 3 times for credit.

MGMT 0220 Production/Operations Management (3)

A state of the art strategic systems approach to the operations functions of manufacturing and service organizations. The course covers designing, acquiring, operating, and maintaining facilities and processes; managing the supply chain; controlling and maintaining inventories; and staffing and scheduling human resources needed to provide goods and services.

MGMT 0308 Organizational Development and Behavior (3)

Examines the foundations for understanding individual and group behavior and relates these points to the problems faced by managers in organizations. Emphasis is on topics of study relevant to developing managerial effectiveness in interrelationships with other organizational members. Course attempts to develop an understanding of the relationship between individual and organization and to identify management skills that can contribute to effective performance.

MGMT 0325 Business Policy and Strategy (3)

Emphasizes management planning and control techniques in solving business problems and in determining strategy for sales and profit growth. An integrated case study approach will be used. The course will illustrate the many factors that influence complex business decisions. FOR SENIORS ONLY.

MGMT 0342 Entrepreneurship (3)

Students gain valuable experience in innovating and creating new business or not-for-profit opportunities. They will learn to find and develop new projects, to design new products and services, and to translate their ideas into comprehensive, workable business plans.

MGMT 0398 Business Internship (3-15)

Full time business student/must be a second semester junior or senior and have permission of department.

MRKT 0231 Marketing Management (3)

A developmental survey into the field of marketing in business, which will study the roles of marketers in business and society as a whole. Concentration shall be placed on defining marketing, the role of a marketing executive, the various systems of marketing, and the economic factors that affect marketing. In order to probe these questions, the course shall examine consumer behavior, purchase decision making, product pricing, policy and planning, channels of distribution in business, and marketing institutions and organizations. Further dimensions of advertising, marketing research, analysis, forecasting, and marketing information flows, controls, and performance shall be explored.

MRKT 0337 Consumer Behavior (3)

By gaining a better understanding of the factors that affect consumer behavior, marketers are in a better position to predict how consumers will respond to their marketing strategies. Consumer Behavior draws on the Social Sciences in addition to the quantitative characteristics of the market such as: population patterns, income distribution, living standards, and occupational changes.

MATH 0104 Pre-Calculus (3)

Topics covered include an in-depth investigation of functions; graphing; exponential and logarithmic functions; and trigonometry.

MATH 0106 Calculus II (4)

A continuation of Calculus I. Topics include techniques of integration, applications of the integral, series and sequences, L�H�pital�s Rule, approximation of functions.

MATH 0108 Elementary Statistics (3)

An introduction to basic concepts and techniques of statistics for students needing skills for research techniques in education, business, and the physical, life, and social sciences, or simply to understand the mass of statistical information in modern life. Topics include: graphical techniques such as histograms or box plots; measures of location and spread; scatter plots and correlation; sampling and sampling distributions; estimation and statistical inference (confidence intervals and/or hypothesis testing).

MATH 0111 Mathematical Applications (3)

An introductory course designed to provide the liberal arts major with opportunities to investigate ways in which mathematics is used to solve real world problems in a variety of disciplines. Applications may include such topics as voting schemes, fair division, networks, scheduling, finance, probability and statistics.

MATH 0250 Foundations: Patterns, Reasoning and Algebra (3)

An introductory course in the foundations of mathematics. Topics include: finding, analyzing, and describing patterns; sets and classification; functions and relations; inductive and deductive reasoning; problem solving; and logic. Students will develop a conceptual understanding of the course material in a learning environment that models the pedagogical foundations of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards.

MUSC 0104 World Music (3)

A survey of world music literature focusing on non-Western cultures including: Africa, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Latin and South America; and lesser known music of the Western world including Native American and Canadian peoples.

MUSC 0160 History of Jazz (3)

The study of jazz music from the early 1900�s to the present. Emphasis on styles and trends of major jazz performers and ensembles within each period.

POLS 0101 American National Government (3)

Fundamental course dealing with the Constitution, Congress, President, Supreme Court, and political party systems of the American national government.

POLS 0327 Administrative Law (3)

A study of the legal environment in which public administrators operate, with a focus on court rulings which define the powers of administrative agencies and regulatory commissions. Topics include Supreme Court rulings on the capacity of the president and Congress to control administrative actions, delegation of legislative power to agencies, agency rule-making, agency collection and use of information, the law of public employment, due process, governmental immunity and the liability of public administrators.

PSYC 0202 Child Development (3)

This course explores child growth and development from conception through childhood.� Emphasis is on principles underlying physical, cognitive, social and emotional development.� Using contemporary theory, research, and methods relevant to developmental psychology, the class explores individual differences and the sociocultural context of development, in order to learn how to optimize the domains of development for all children.�� The objective is to deepen students' understanding of and respect for children and the families, educators and communities that nurture them.

PSYC 0308 Statistics for Psychologists (3)

The application of statistical methods to current research problems in psychology. The selection of procedures appropriate to problems, performance of the procedures, interpretation of outcomes, data tabulation and reduction, measures of central tendency and variability, correlation and prediction, tests of significance, t-test, chi square and analyses of variance.

PSYC 0311 Health Psychology (3)

This course will introduce the student to the psychological specialty area of health psychology, a field of psychology targeting the improvement and maintenance of physical health, as well as the prevention of health difficulties. The student will understand the associative, multidirectional links between physiological systems, cognition, behavior, and social environment. Attention is given to applied psychological techniques for health improvement, maintenance, and prevention. Theoretical models of health behavior are used to initiate health behavior change.

PSYC 0316 Psychology of Human Sexuality (3)

An overview of human sexuality from the perspectives of physiological, developmental, social, and clinical psychology. Specific topics include theory and research methodology, sexual arousal and behavior, contraception, sexual orientation, variations in sexual behavior, sexual coercion, and sexual dysfunction and sex therapy. Emphasis is placed on the psychological sequelae of these topics rather than their biological, medical, sociological, or ethical aspects.

PSYC 0319 Research Methods in Psychology II (3)

This writing-intensive course will provide students with practical experience conducting research.� Students will review the psychological literature, develop appropriate research design(s), collect data while practicing ethical research, and analyze and interpret their own data.� Students will also receive in-depth instruction and practice in the communication of research results.

PSYC 0336 Psychology of the Family (3)

A presentation of theories of how family interaction and patterns of response influence personality and behavior. An exploration of the characteristics of �healthy� and �unhealthy� families and the types of individuals they produce. A review of family therapy techniques as a means of treating the �identified patient.� Limited to juniors and seniors.

PSYC 0359 Sensation and Perception (3)

This course deals with how we construct a conception of physical reality from sensory experience, particularly from sight and sound. We will review the main areas of perception from the neurophysiological, psychophysical, and cognitive points of view: the visual system and seeing, the auditory system and hearing, smell, taste, and touch. A series of lectures and demonstrations will introduce the students to interesting perceptual phenomena.

PSYC 554 Psychology: Special Topics (3)

Current relevant issues in the discipline offered at a graduate level.

PSYC 614 Principles of Family Counseling (3)

The primary purpose of this course is to train the student in skills involved in counseling families. Students will develop and present their model of family counseling, examine their own families, demonstrate listening and attending skills, diagnose the dynamics within a selected family, and intervene and interact within a given family system.

PSYC 641 Ethics and Standards in the Mental Health Profession (3)

The course will review several professional Codes of Ethics and the standards of ethical practice involved in working with clients. With these Codes as guidelines, students will develop: their own ethical awareness; problem solving abilities using case studies; and a knowledge of the use and limitations of the ethical codes.

PSYC 645 Counseling Diverse Populations (3)

This course is designed to provide students with the cultural and social foundations as well as examine the research pertaining to counseling in a diverse society. Theoretical approaches and experiential exercises are used to assist in the development of personal awareness and sensitivity toward issues of diversity (e.g., ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, gender). Attention will be paid to the way therapists and clients construct meaning in a multicultural and diverse society.

PADM 625 Administrative Law (3)

Examination of the legal environment in which state and federal managers operate, with a focus on court rulings which define the powers and processes of administrative agencies and regulatory commissions. Topics include federal court rulings on the capacity of the political branches to control administrative actions, delegation of legislative power to agencies, agency rule-making, agency collection and use of information, the law of public employment, due process, governmental immunity and the liability of public administrators.

LANG 0210 Language Culture and Society (3)

An introduction to the role of language in shaping and reflecting social structures within and among human communities. Topics treated include language issues in relation to social class, ethnicity and gender, language usage and language change, and controversies centering on issues of language and public policy primarily in the U.S.

LLIT 0201 Women Writers of the Americas: Global (3)

A study of selected works by women writers of the varied linguistic, national and cultural traditions of the Americas, with special attention to the efforts of writers to define themselves in relation or in opposition to existing literary and cultural traditions. Topics of a given semester may focus on writers of a particular region, or on a selected theme or genre (e.g., Women Writers of the Caribbean). Taught in English. Students may enroll more than once for credit provided topic is different.

SOCI 0201 The Family (3)

The family as a social institution, affected by and affecting other institutions. Some material of the family in non-industrial societies will be included, but the main focus will be on persisting patterns and on changes in pre-marital, marital, and family relationships in the United States.

SOCI 0305 Urban Sociology (3)

Growth, structure and functions of the city. The urban place as an ecological, stratified, attitudinal and decision-making unit. Urban problems and social relations.

SOCI 0307 Social Problems (3)

A study of contemporary American society in light of selected problem areas. An analysis of contributing factors, conflicting views and values, current situation of prospects for resolution involving application of sociological concepts, theories, and methods.

SOCW 0103 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (3)

Pre-professional course designed to introduce the student to the present profession of social work, present social welfare programs, and the history of social work and social welfare.

SOCW 543 Generalist Practice Bridge Course (3)

This course is required for Advanced Standing students as a bridge that allows students to be fully ready to enter the advanced level of MSW education. This course focuses on the core knowledge, values and skills that form the foundation of generalist practice.

SOCW 543 Generalist Practice Bridge Course (3)

This course is required for Advanced Standing students as a bridge that allows students to be fully ready to enter the advanced level of MSW education. This course focuses on the core knowledge, values and skills that form the foundation of generalist practice.