2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MATH 119 - Precalculus Mathematics
Intended for students who plan to go on to calculus. MATH 119 is to be used, when necessary, as preparation for MATH 120 or MATH 124 and does not satisfy any requirement of either the major or the minor in mathematics or computer science. Students should have a solid grasp of elementary algebra. Covers more advanced algebraic techniques (linear and nonlinear inequalities, quadratic equations, linear systems) and gives a rigorous look at elementary functions (polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric).
Prerequisites: A suitable score on the mathematics placement test.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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MATH 120 - Calculus I
Calculus is essential for majors in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and environmental science and policy. Part I includes functions, limits, continuity, differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions, mean-value theorem and various applications. Part II includes Riemann sums and integrals, techniques and applications of integration, improper integrals, transcendental functions (logarithms, exponential functions and inverse trigonometric functions). Part III includes further topics from calculus proper (sequences, series, polar coordinates) and introduces linear algebra (vectors, matrices and linear systems). Though not all results are derived rigorously, care is taken to distinguish intuitive arguments from rigorous proofs. MATH 120, MATH 121 and 122 fulfill the formal-analysis requirement. MATH 122 is a prerequisite for MATH 131 for students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 121 .
Prerequisites: Prerequisite for Math 120: appropriate score on the mathematics placement test or passing grade in MATH 119 .
Prerequisite for Math 121: a passing grade in Math 120.
Prerequisite for Math 122: a passing grade in Math 121.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every Fall (120, 122) and Spring (121)
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MATH 125 - Honors Calculus II
See MATH 124 .
Prerequisites: A passing grade in MATH 124.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every Fall (124) and Spring (125).
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MATH 126 - Number Theory
Introduces number theory and trains students to understand mathematical reasoning and to write proofs. Includes the unique factorization of integers as products of primes, the Euclidean algorithm, Diophantine equations, congruences, Fermat’s theorem and Euler’s theorem (and some applications: calendar problems, magic squares, cryptology).
Prerequisites: MATH 120 or MATH 124
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MATH 127 - The Mathematics of Voting and Elections
Who should have won the 2000 Presidential Election? Do any two senators really have equal power in passing legislation? Should there be multiple rounds of voting to determine the winner in an election? While these questions are of interest to many social scientists, a mathematical perspective can offer a quantitative analysis of issues like these. In this First-Year Intensive (FYI) course, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various types of voting systems and show that, in fact, any such system is flawed. Along the way, we will enhance the critical reasoning skills necessary to tackle any type of problem, mathematical or otherwise. Please note: this course does not use calculus. Therefore students without a math background, or those whose primary interest is in political science or behavioral economics, are absolutely welcome to attend.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall 2017
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MATH 130 - Linear Algebra
A requirement for mathematics and physics majors; highly recommended for all computer-science majors. Topics include systems of linear equations and their solutions, matrices and matrix algebra, inverse matrices; determinants and permutations; real n-dimensional vector spaces, abstract vector spaces and their axioms, linear transformations; inner products (dot products), orthogonality, cross products, and their geometric applications; subspaces, linear independence, bases for vector spaces, dimension, matrix rank; eigenvectors, eigenvalues, matrix diagonalization. Some applications of linear algebra will be discussed, such as computer graphics, Kirchoff’s laws, linear regression (least squares), Fourier series, or differential equations.
Prerequisites: MATH 121 or MATH 125 .
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 131 - Multivariate Calculus
A continuation of calculus (MATH 120 , MATH 121 , or MATH 124 , MATH 125 ). Multivariate calculus uses linear algebra to extend the important concepts of single-variable calculus to higher-dimensional settings. Topics include scalar-valued and vector-valued functions, graphs, level sets, limits and continuity; partial derivatives, gradients, tangent planes, differentiability, total derivatives, directional derivatives; paths, velocity, acceleration, arclength, curvature, vector fields, divergence, curl; extrema, Hessians; multiple integrals, change of variables, Jacobians; line integrals, Green’s theorem; surface integrals, Stokes’ theorem, and Gauss’s theorem.
Prerequisites: MATH 121 or MATH 125 or MATH 130 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 172 - Introduction to Modern Analysis
Modern analysis provides a language and unifying framework for theories encountered throughout mathematics. In this course, students learn to understand, formulate and prove mathematical statements. Ideas first encountered in calculus-convergence, completeness and integration-are studied in depth. Other topics include metric spaces, normed spaces, compactness and measure theory (Lebesgue integration). Required for mathematics majors by the junior year, and earlier if possible.
Prerequisites: MATH 121 or MATH 125 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 214 - Modern Analysis
Ideas introduced in MATH 172 are developed and applied to scientific models. Topics include Hilbert spaces, Lp spaces, Fourier series, Weierstrass approximation theorems and linear operators.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 and MATH 130 and MATH 172 .
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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MATH 216 - Functions of a Complex Variable
Designed for undergraduate science and mathematics majors. Includes Cauchy’s theorem, power series, Laurent series, the residue theorem, harmonic functions and physical applications, such as problems in two-dimensional flow. An introduction to Riemann surfaces if time permits.
Prerequisites: MATH 131 and MATH 172 or permission
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MATH 217 - Probability and Statistics
An introduction to probability theory and mathematical statistics that emphasizes the probabilistic foundations required to understand probability models and statistical methods. Topics covered will include the probability axioms, basic combinatorics, random variables and their probability distributions, mathematical expectation and common families of probability distributions.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 , MATH 130 ,MATH 131
Course Designation/Attribute: N/A
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 219 - Linear Models
A course in linear regression analysis which explores statistical methods for modeling a linear functional relationship between a response variable and one or more predictor variables. First the underlying theory for simple regression models involving one response and one predictor variable is developed, and then the results are extended to the case of one response variable and multiple predictor variables (multiple regression). Underlying model assumptions are explored and the implications of their violation. Besides the development of the statistical theory, we will emphasize the practical application of the theory to real world examples.
Prerequisites: MATH 217
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 220 - Introduction to Stochastic Modeling
Stochastic processes considered in this course are collections of random variables indexed by a time parameter. These processes are used to model the dynamics of random events over time. Our focus is on Markov chains in discrete and continuous time, which form a widely used and relatively simple class of stochastic processes. The Markov property basically says that the future random behavior depends only on the current state of the process, and not on its past. These processes are used in a wide range of fields such as physics, chemistry, information sciences, queuing theory, statistics, economics and finance, social sciences, mathematical biology, and many more. This course is not only well suited for math majors but also for students in other fields with a background in probability and an interest in modeling.
Poisson processes which model events that occur continuously and independently of each other form a particular class of continuous time Markov processes. Examples include such diverse phenomena as the radioactive decay of atoms and telephone calls arriving at a call center. The probability distribution of the waiting time until the next occurrence of an event in a Poisson process is an exponential distribution. The generalization of waiting time to arbitrary distribution leads to the notion of renewal processes, which are often more realistic but harder to analyze. We will use these processes to model problems in a variety of fields, depending on students’ interests.
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Anticipated Terms Offered: Every other Spring
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MATH 225 - Modern Algebra I
In the 19th century, Kummer introduced “ideal numbers” to salvage unique factorization of integers into primes (which breaks down in some rings of algebraic integers). This course discusses unique factorization and the modern theory of rings and their ideals, emphasizing Euclidean domains. Other algebraic structures (groups, fields) also are introduced. Required for all mathematics majors.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 MATH 130 .
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MATH 226 - Modern Algebra II
In the early 1800s, Abel showed that a general equation of degree at least five cannot be solved by extracting roots. Today, group theory, developed by Galois to determine which equations are solvable, is used throughout mathematics and in much of physics and chemistry. This course focuses on groups and Galois theory. Other possible topics include canonical forms of matrices and modules.
Prerequisites: MATH 225 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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MATH 228 - Topology
This course continues the study (begun in MATH 131 and MATH 172 ) of the topological properties of subsets of Euclidean space, developing algebraic tools like homology (the proper context for Stokes’ theorem from MATH 131 ) and fundamental groups, with an emphasis on finite simplicial complexes. Further topics may include knot theory and topological modeling in psychology.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 , MATH 130 , MATH 131 and MATH 172 , or permission.
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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MATH 230 - Differential Geometry
Spaces such as curves and surfaces, along with their higher dimensional generalization, the manifold, are studied in this course. Local properties, defined initially in the vicinity of a point, are examined along with global ones, which concern the space as a whole. A main theme is the interplay between the notion of distance, and that of curvature. The latter comes in many forms, such as the Gauss curvature, mean curvature and principal curvatures, all related instances of a multifaceted concept. The techniques used in this study have their origin in Calculus, especially Multivariable Calculus. Differential Geometry is renowned for its applications in Physics, most notably General Relativity. In its modern form it has been utilized in many other disciplines, ranging from Architecture to Economics. Some of these will be touched upon if time permits.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 , MATH 130 - Linear Algebra , MATH 131 - Multivariate Calculus , MATH 172
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
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MATH 244 - Differential Equations
Most ordinary differential equations occurring in mathematical models of physical, chemical and biological phenomena cannot be solved analytically. Numerical integrations do not lead to a desired result without qualitative analysis of the behavior of the equation’s solutions. This course studies the flows of scalar and planar ordinary differential equations. Stability and bifurcation are discussed.
Prerequisites: MATH 120 , MATH 130 and MATH 172 .
Course Designation/Attribute: NA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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MATH 297 - Honors
Readings and research for students in the honors program.
Anticipated Terms Offered: each semester
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MATH 299 - Directed Study
Undergraduates, typically juniors and seniors, construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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MATH 1010 - Introduction to Mathematics I
An individually paced course designed primarily to develop proficiency with the concepts of introductory mathematics and algebra needed for future course work. Once areas have been mastered in a test-free environment, more advanced topics–from such areas as trigonometry and precalculus–are considered.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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MATH 1020 - Introduction to Mathematics II
An individually paced course designed primarily to develop proficiency with the concepts of introductory mathematics and algebra needed for future course work. Once areas have been mastered in a test-free environment, more advanced topics–from such areas as trigonometry and precalculus–are considered. Prerequisite: Introduction to Mathematics I.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Mathematics I.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varied
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MATH 1030 - Introduction to Mathematics III
An individually paced course designed primarily to develop proficiency with the concepts of introductory mathematics and algebra needed for future course work. Once areas have been mastered in a test-free environment, more advanced topicsfrom such areas as trigonometry and precalculusare considered. Prerequiste: Introduction to Mathematics II.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Mathematics II.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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MATH 1110 - Precalculus
Intended for students going on to calculus. Topics include coordinate geometry, functions and their graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions and trigonometry. A solid grasp of elementary algebra is assumed.
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MATH 1140 - Discrete Mathematics
The study of mathematical structures that naturally arise in computer science. Topics include elementary logic and set theory, equivalence relations, functions, counting arguments, graphs and trees, recursion, and Boolean algebra. Proofs and problems solving are emphasized.
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MATH 1200 - Calculus I
Topics include: functions, limits, derivatives, techniques of differentiation, continuity, related-rates problems, maximum-minimum problems, definition of integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA (summer only)
Anticipated Terms Offered: -
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MATH 1210 - Calculus II
A continuation of Calculus I. Topics include further study of the techniques of integration and the studies of series.
Prerequisites: MATH 1200 - Calculus I or permission of the instructor.
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MATH 1470 - Statistics
Students have the opportunity to learn the rationale behind the fundamental areas of descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as the mechanics involved with each: graphic representation of data, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, elementary probability, binomial and normal distributions, sampling, t-test, analysis of variance, chi-square, regression and correlation and nonparametric statistics.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA (summer only)
Anticipated Terms Offered: -
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MBB 101 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
This course will provide an applied introduction to bioinformatics, computational biology, and comparative genomics. Topics covered include genome assembly, gene prediction, functional annotation, gene expression quantification, variant indentification, etc. Students will work in research teams to analyze DNA and RNA sequence data from public databases within a LINUX environment. Teams will research the biology of sequenced organisms, evaluate methodologies, as well as plan and carry out computational analysis to test hypotheses.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 (or AP Biology)
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MBB 120 - Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems
With new high throughput experimental techniques leading to large data sets of increased quality, mathematical and computational modeling approaches have become an integral part of modern biology. This course aims to provide students interested in the interface between biology and mathematics with an integrated multidisciplinary foundation. Topics will incorporate areas of biology such as genomics, molecular biology, ecology, development, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology. The mathematical approaches we will use to study these areas will include discrete and continuous dynamical models, probability models and parameter estimation algorithms.
Prerequisites: Math 120 or 124 and BIO 101
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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MCA 010 - What Do Advertisements Want?
In this course students will reflect on what makes advertisements effective and also problematic. Class will involve a combination of interactive lectures, workshops, and presentations, as students think critically and creatively about this cultural discourse.
Prerequisites: VE Placement Required
Course Designation/Attribute: VE
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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MCA 101 - Introduction to the Theory, History & Analysis of Media
The study and production of Media can rightly be viewed as the quintessential liberal arts focus for the 21st century, and it remains an innately interdisciplinary venture. Clark’s new major in Media, Culture & the Arts (MCA) allows students to engage with histories and theories of media informed by philosophical, artistic, and technological traditions, while learning to produce creative works that interrogate these traditions. The term “media,” here, is understood in a very broad sense, including print, photography, film, sound & music, television, digital media, and other forms of visual art, both traditional and contemporary.
MCA101 is an introduction to critical theory, cultural studies, and media history, designed to both support and define students’ interdisciplinary work in the major and beyond. In the course, we engage in a series of media-focused case studies, employing influential theoretical approaches such as structuralism and post-structuralism, ideological analysis and psychoanalysis, feminist and queer theory, critical race theory, theories of post-colonialism and globality, and media and technology studies. Our approach emphasizes the study of media texts in their historical, economic, social, and political contexts. We examine cultural formations created and disseminated on many scales, by individuals as well as media by industries, and the ways in which these forms of communication resonate in everyday life, on personal, local, national, and global Levels
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Corequisites: MCA majors are strongly encouraged to take concurrently one Media Production Workshop
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
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MCA 282 - Radio Journalism in the Community
For all the changes in 21st century communications-across the spectrum of the Web, social and streaming media, and endless blogs and podcasts-radio, the oldest form of broadcasting, still has a powerful presence, a unique delivery, and a real impact on listeners.
This course will focus on four major areas: Providing an in-depth introduction to reporting, journalistic writing, and radio history; mastering the stylistic and technical requirements-and the intensive practice-of radio reporting, editing, producing, and broadcasting; learning about up close and reporting on the surrounding Worcester community; working with college and professional radio stations and interacting with professional radio reporters, producers, and anchors, as well as getting familiar with Worcester-based journalism from reporters and editors of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.
Prerequisites: CSAC 101 (or COMM 101)
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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MCA 283 - Arts Journalism-Reporting & Reviewing the Arts and Culture
Arts journalism has long occupied a prominent place among newspapers and magazines, radio and television, and more recently the online world. While news and sports reports mainly give the reader/listener/viewer information, stories and reviews in the arts usually provide their consumers with enlightenment-an understanding of what’s involved in the creative process, the people doing the creating, and, in the case of reviews, how the finished products present themselves.
In this course, your writing will do exactly that kind of writing as you explore the range of the arts on the Clark campus and in the community beyond. You will visit arts venues around Worcester and spend time with reporters and editors at the Telegram and Gazette.
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every other spring semester
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MCA 285 - New Media, Youth Action & Social Change
This course explores the ways in which global communications has been restructured and redefined as a result of the democratization of new media technologies. We will be dealing with the theoretical, practical, social, cultural and ideological shifts in the field of global (and local) emerging technologies, with a special focus on internet technologies and its impact on youth action and social change. The class material will feature case-studies from diverse countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe and Australia to compare, contrast and analyze the connection between such emerging media, youth activism and social change. The unique narratives that emerge from these diverse regions in the context of emerging technologies as a social force will be explored. The extent to which this shift supports the democratization of the multi-media sphere and how it has redefined the ethical and applied futures of the field of communication will be critically examined. A holistic goal of this course is to broaden your understanding of this phenomenon—to learn how to tie the global with local, theory with praxis.
Prerequisites: CSAC 101 (or COMM 101)
Anticipated Terms Offered: bi-annually
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MCA 297 - Honors
Readings and research for students in the honors program. May be repeatable for credit.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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MGMT 100 - The Art and Science of Management
This course is designed to encourage students to consider how business is embedded into the larger society. It will introduce students to basic management skills and the context in which they are applied. Whether a person is working in a complex organization, such as a bank, university, high-tech firm, hospital or manufacturer; participating in a student-run activity; volunteering for a local nonprofit; or working a summer job-management skills are necessary. For management majors and minors, the course provides an introduction to the topics they will study in greater depth in their future course work. For students not majoring in management, it provides an opportunity to learn basic skills that will be helpful in their current and future activities in organizations. The course structure includes readings, lecture, service learning, case analyses, role plays and experiential exercises. The course involves considerable interaction between the professor and students, and among students, because the practice of management is about people working with, listening to, and respecting people who have different backgrounds, experiences and opinions. This class fulfills the Verbal Expression requirement.
Course Designation/Attribute: VE
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 101 - Principles of Accounting
Presents the theory and techniques of financial accounting. Teaches students an understanding of accounting information, as a basis for financial statement analysis and decision making, and the environment in which it is developed and used. The course structure includes readings, lecture, discussions, and problem solving. Topics include accrual basis accounting, transaction analysis, accounting cycle, and preparation and analysis of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows) for service, merchandising and manufacturing companies.
Prerequisites: This course is not recommended for students to take during their first semester at Clark.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
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MGMT 104 - Introduction to Management Information Systems
Information and communication technologies play an essential role in organizations and society in today’s knowledge economy. It is important for individual to possess a working knowledge of the state-of-the-art information technology tools, effective ways of using and developing of these tools, and their impacts to individuals, organizations, and the society. Introduction to Management Information System is an introductory course that examines strategic, organizational, technological, managerial as well as ethical issues that are relevant to information systems. In addition, it provides opportunity for students to learn and practice the most popular software tools through hands-on applications. Fulfills the Formal Analysis requirement.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 110 - Quantitative Methods for Managers
This course provides an introduction to the quantitative methods used by managers and business professionals. It basically contains two equally weighted parts: math and statistics. In the math portion, the emphasis will be placed on the mathematical techniques that are applicable to real-world management problems. Business application examples in this part include, for example, the optimal quantity to produce and sell in the market under a mathematical viewpoint of quardratic functions, the time value of money in the application of logarithm functions, and the inventory model solved with calculus. In the statistics part, the course emphasizes the basic statistical concepts and methods including basic descriptive statistics, sampling and normal distributions, confidence interval and hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Statistical software such as MS Excel will be used to show the business applications of simple and multiple regressions. As such, how to use the basic statistical functions in Excel and how to interpret the regression outputs from Excel is also included.
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 170 - Managerial Communications
Strong communicative abilities are essential to career success and are particularly important to managers who must direct employees to perform work. People with highly developed communication skills become more persuasive and are better leaders. This course examines communication strategy which includes audience analysis, channel decisions, intercultural communication, ethics, and more. Communication as used by individuals and organizations are examined. Students will practice all facets of the communication process - from logic and organizing thoughts to conducting research and analyzing/presenting data and other information in both written and verbal form. Learning by doing is an essential part of the course and students will experience in-class exercises, class discussions, conducting research and examining sources, working independently and as part of a team, delivering impactful written/verbal presentations, and delivering an impromptu speech under less than ideal circumstances. Students will be introduced to and are expected to use a variety of industry “best practices.”
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 203 - Management Accounting
This course emphasizes accounting from the management perspective. Teaches students an understanding of internal reporting to managers for use in planning, controlling, and decision making. Topics include cost concepts, cost behavior, job-order costing, process costing, activity based costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, variable costing, segment reporting, budgeting, flexible budgets, variance analysis, decentralized organizations, and relevant costing. The course structure includes readings, lecture, discussions, and problem solving.
Prerequisites: MGMT 101 ; not open to first-year students.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 212 - Project Management
The course introduces students to basic project management concepts and techniques. Students will study contemporary problems and challenges and apply the latest techniques for tracking and controlling projects, managing innovation under cost and time pressures, managing project teams in decentralized organizations, and dealing with interruptions, risks, issues conflict and commitments.
This is a 0.5 unit course. Students may take a combination of two 0.5 unit courses to meet 1 unit of Management Elective requirements.
Prerequisites: MGMT 100
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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MGMT 225 - Human Resource Management
Course covers a general overview of human resources management including job design, talent acquisition, talent management, basic labor law, employee relations, employee engagement, collective bargaining, total rewards and the latest trends in human resources management.
Prerequisites: Juniors and seniors only, MGMT 100
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MGMT 230 - Marketing Management
The main objective of this course is (1) to introduce students to marketing by providing key marketing terms, fundamental concepts, and principles and (2) to enable students to understand and analyze real marketing issues and problems. The content will focus on the analysis of marketing activities in consumer, reseller, industrial, government, and service markets. In addition, after you complete this course, you will be more knowledgeable about particular companies/organizations as well as the importance of marketing to organizations and other business functions. This course will make you a better consumer by helping you better understand marketing theories, strategies, and tactics. Likewise, this course will make you a better employee for the organizations you are employed by throughout your career. When completed, this course will help you understand how marketing concepts and tools can help any organization be more successful. You will be able to make better purchase decisions (or at least more knowledgeable ones) for you and your family. Lastly, you will better understand how information technology is impacting the field of marketing.
Surveys the role of marketing in business and society. Topics include the marketing environment, marketing research and information systems, consumer behavior, the organizational consumer, products, pricing, distribution, promotion, international service and nonprofit marketing.
Prerequisites: MGMT 100 ; sophomores, juniors and seniors only.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 231 - Marketing Research
The purpose of marketing research is to provide information for making better business decisions. In this course, students will be introduced to marketing research process and techniques. This course will (a) provide students with the necessary knowledge base and tools to conduct basic marketing research and (b) develop students into the mindset of managers and business leaders who can use marketing research to generate business insights. The class focuses on qualitative and quantitative aspects of marketing research as it relates to business problems such as market segmentation, demand assessment and new product design. The topics will include research design, data collection procedures, sampling and data analysis. The class will involve a combination of lectures, readings, cases and computer-based exercises. The lectures will focus on the introduction of marketing research process and techniques; the readings and cases will involve class discussions that help students understand the applications of marketing research; and the computer-based lab exercises will provide students with some “hands-on” experience with selected marketing research techniques.
Prerequisites: MGMT 230 ; juniors and seniors only.
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MGMT 234 - Consumer Behavior
Consumer Behavior is a course focused on the concepts that create consumer demand for products and services and define consumers choices for particular brands. Within the course, students will discuss selected articles and videos that go beyond the textbook to demonstrate current trends in consumer buying behaviors in key market segments. Students will also work as teams during the semester on a project to identify marketing strategies to position brands for target consumer segments.
Prerequisites: MGMT 230 ; juniors and seniors only.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MGMT 237 - Branding Concepts and Principles
This is an undergraduate management course whose purpose is to introduce the key concepts and principles of branding as a critical part of the new business landscape. These concepts will be delivered through cases, articles and global reviews of top brands in major product and service segments. The delivery of content will rely on textbook studies of branding, along with Harvard Business Cases, articles from business magazines and other relevant sources. Brand management is becoming more critical for both large and small organizations, as Corporate Social Responsibility and other issues become larger components of consumer and business buying decisions. The position of this course will reinforce the marketing principles taught in MGT 230 and will provide a good foundation for those students who seek an MBA and will take the more advanced Branding strategy course offered at the graduate level.
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Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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MGMT 238 - Digital Marketing
This course will provide a macro overview of Digital Marketing including Display, Search, Affiliate, Email, Re-Targeting, Social and Mobile. The course will also discuss how the rise of the Internet has fundamentally changed how individuals and organizations design, acquire and market goods and services within the Digital Marketing ecosystem, specifically how brands communicate with their audiences via Social Media. Students will gain practical, real world techniques and experiences discussed in class to complete a series of group exercises and presentations. Student participation is a large component of this class.
Prerequisites: MGMT 230
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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MGMT 250 - Operations Management
This course emphasizes an understanding of the concepts and principles of operations strategy and operational-decision making, which is important not only for operations managers but also for general business decision makers. There will be a balance between quantitative methods and qualitative thinking for this course, which will be delivered in the combination of lectures and case study approaches. Topics may include operations strategy, capacity management and planning, product and service design, production and service processes, quality management, lean production, inventory management, supply chain management, etc. It may also include topics such as forecasting, project management, and scheduling.
Prerequisites: MGMT 100 , MGMT 101 ; MGMT 110 ; juniors and seniors only.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 252 - Green Business Management
The course imparts knowledge and skills for planning sustainability projects and developing solutions for organizations of at least 50 employees including: small businesses, non-profits or local townships. The focus of the course is a student team identifying and working with a client developing and delivering a customized, actionable plan; i.e., a Sustainability Action Plan (SAP). Common client goals are reduction of operating costs, minimization the environmental footprint and improvement of environmental sustainability practices. Opportunities are determined and initiatives developed in collaboration with the client for both short term and long term. Typical areas of focus include: energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, supply chain management, green IT and transportation. In support of recommended initiatives SAPs will emphasize a process to foster sustainable behavior, outline key performance indicators to measure performance and a sustainability capital reserve to capture cost savings for possible future investments. Deliverables for the course are a SAP and a presentation to the client stakeholders; e.g., the leadership team and staff.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: juniors and seniors only.
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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MGMT 260 - Applying the Art and Science of Management (Capstone)
This course offers a multidisciplinary and cross-functional consideration of the firm in its environment. The purpose of the course is for students to integrate and apply the knowledge gained in the management major and to introduce students to the field of business strategy. In this course, students will focus on using information and analysis tools for decision making in the context of the business strategy. This includes understanding the influences of economic, socio-cultural, technological, legal-political, and natural environment forces as well as the impact of industry and competitive conditions in which organizations operate.
Prerequisites: MGMT 240 , MGMT 250 ; Seniors only.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Annually
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MGMT 262 - Business Ethics and Law
The course is designed to enable students to gain an understanding of how Business, Law, Ethics and the ever present personal sense of right and wrong exhibited by each and every one of us assists in our daily decision making.
To understand Legal Frameworks and Ethical Decision Making Models relative to business in such a short period of time, it will be necessary for you to meet the requirements of the readings, participate actively in and, as a team, lead class discussions and conduct a team project.
This is a foundation course, providing visibility to what the worlds of management and society will expect of you. We will study, understand and discuss statutory as well as case law related to the following contemporary topics:
• Whistleblowing: Conflict of Loyalties
• Privacy and Technology
• Valuing Diversity: Stereotyping vs. Inclusion
• Workers’ Rights as Human Rights: Health and Safety in the Global Workplace
• Environmental Law and Justice: Responsibility, Resilience and Survival
• Marketing and Technology: Choice and Manipulation
• Allocating Risk and Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace Products Liability
• Ownership, Creativity and Innovation: Intellectual Property
• Falun Gong - a Chinese Ethical and Societal Movement
This class fulfills the Values Perspective.
Prerequisites: Juniors/seniors only.
Course Designation/Attribute: VP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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MGMT 298 - Internship
An Academic internship is a practical work experience with an academic component that enables a student to gain knowledge and skills within an organization, industry, or functional area that reflects the student’s academic and professional interests.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall/Spring
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MGMT 299 - Directed Study
Directed Studies are open to juniors and seniors only, are offered to qualified students upon application. They are limited to no more than one course credit and do not count toward the management major or minor requirements. Students may take no more than two of such courses in the Management Department. All MGMT 299 courses must be approved by the Graduate School of Management program manager.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Periodically
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MGMT 4800 - Strategic Decision Making
This course utilizes analysis tools from strategic management, economics, finance, operations, marketing, and management in an integrative approach to strategic decision making. The course introduces students to the tools used to assess industry competitive factors, industry environments, and external environments that include economic, legal-political, technological, socio-cultural, and natural environment forces. The objectives of the course are to assess the impact of these factors on organizational competitiveness and long term success, as well as to develop and grow critical thinking skills.
Prerequisites: ECON 4004 , FIN 4200 , MGMT 4302 or MGMT 4200 , and OM 4600 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall and Spring semesters
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MGMT 5510 - Community Development, Social Change & Sustainability Consulting Projects
For Dual Degree students, the course is designed to enable students to employ theory, lessons and skills taught by two departments (GSOM and IDCE) in a final project plan. The nexus of IDCE and GSOM will be merged with both theory and practice, marrying management with environmental science, social change or community development.
MBA and IDCE graduate students will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained in their graduate studies to address real-world challenges and opportunities.
Students will chose from a consultancy assignment for a specific client, or work on another type of project; e.g., a community development, social change, sustainability or preparation of a ‘business plan’ for an entrepreneurial effort the student intends to undertake alone or in conjunction with others.
Approval of the project is required at least 120 days prior to the start of the course by the instructor as well as by the students’ advisor(s), as appropriate. Refer to Addendum A for an overview of the timeline for course preparation, the course structure and follow-on activity, as appropriate. The project should align with the student’s area(s) of interest and be supportive of his/her career aspirations. Given the uniqueness of each student’s competencies, interests and goals, teams are typically not appropriate for a project; i.e., projects are managed by individual students. However, on an exception basis, student teams may take responsibility for a project given mutual interests in the client, topic, etc.
Counts as Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program or as an elective.
Prerequisites: ACCT 4100 or ACCT 4101 , OM 4600 , MGMT 4050
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5543 - Project Management
For some time, management experts such as Tom Peters in The Wow Project have been predicting that ‘white collar’ work will become more and more project-based. This trend is clear in many professions and industries including accounting, architecture, construction, consulting, implementation of mergers and acquisitions, law, new product introduction, etc. Individuals and managers in ‘operational’ positions are being challenged to do more; i.e., take on and manage a project to drive innovation in the organization.
The course will cover tools and techniques necessary for successful management and completion of projects. Students will learn about project management concepts, challenges, needs identification, proposed solutions, risk assessment/management, project planning, scheduling, project control techniques, project team management, communication, change management responsibilities, documentation and web-based project management software. In addition, project management as a possible career path will be discussed.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5615 - Corporate Social Responsibility
The course explores different facets of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and various perspectives in an objective manner enabling students to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the topic. The approach taken is to build a foundation of knowledge of CSR, then discuss how CSR is applied in different arenas of the business, the workplace, the marketplace, the community and the ecological environment. Based on this, we examine the essential components of CSR management in terms of specific responsibilities, best practices and apply them in a real-world experience by helping a client.
Student teams are responsible for identifying and working with a client to develop and deliver a customized, actionable CSR Plan. Client organizations are to have at least 50 employees and may be a small businesses, non-profit or governmental agency.
Social Responsibility topics include: Community Involvement & Development; Environment; Human Rights; Fair Operating Practices; Labor Practices; and Consumer Issues.
Please note: Course previously listed as MGMT 5900 Corporate Social Responsibility. Students who took the course under that designation should not register for this, as it is the same course.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5616 - Sustainability Strategy
This course provides an introduction to sustainability strategy for organizations including corporations, non-profits and governmental agencies. Since the Paris Climate Accord of 2016, thousands of U.S. CEOs, mayors, governors, and university presidents have signed onto the “We Are Still In” pledge committing to take leadership on climate. In the last decade, the U.S. solar industry has seen over a 50% annual growth rate. Global Fortune 500 companies have set carbon-neutral goals. Sustainability is a constantly evolving and increasingly important aspect of business in the U.S. and globally. This course will explore topics such as current best practices for sustainability management, sustainability challenges facing organizations today, principles and tools that organizations use to measure and report on sustainability, marketing and reputation implications, and engaging stakeholders. The course combines lectures, case studies, and hands-on, real-world activities to allow students to investigate the intersection of business and non-profit with environment and practice building the business case for sustainability.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5783 - Global Business Seminar
This intensive course combines readings and discussion at Clark University with a week of traveling in a foreign country with visits to foreign (in most cases U.S.) and national firms. Current global business events are examined in light of management theories as well as the country’s economic and political policies and its social, cultural, and historical context. Seven class sessions are held on campus, followed by a week of visits to companies in the country visited. Refer to GSOM’s policies and procedures for more specific information about the course.
Counts as Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program or as an elective.
Previously cross-listed with a CAP designation.
Prerequisites: MGMT 4050 and STAT 4300 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Only offered in the Spring semester.
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MGMT 5786 - Research: Answering Important Management Questions
This course provides students with the opportunity to conduct applied research on real-world issues related to human behavior in organizations (e.g., managing change, employee motivation). Students will gain an understanding of the methods used in research on organizational behavior and human resources management. Topics covered include problem identification, research design, data collection methods (e.g., experiments, surveys, and interviews), data analysis, and reporting. Student teams will use this knowledge to complete a research project that addresses a problem identified by a client organization.
Counts as Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program or as an elective.
Open to MBA students only.
Prerequisites: MGMT 4302 or MGMT 4200 , MGMT 4050 , and STAT 4300 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5792 - Management Consulting Projects
This course is organized around projects provided by a variety of profit and nonprofit organizations in central Massachusetts and Boston. Teams of three to four second-year M.B.A. students are invited to work in these organizations as consultants in training. Working with guidance from Clark faculty members and managers from the host organizations, the student teams analyze their assigned projects and recommend courses of action. Management, in turn, critically evaluates and responds to the students’ analysis and recommendations, in much the same manner that they respond to proposals from their own staff.
Counts as Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program or as an elective.
Previously cross-listed with a CAP designation.
Prerequisites: ACCT 4100 or ACCT 4101 , MKT 4400 , MGMT 4800 , and OM 4600 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5802 - Entrepreneurship
In this course we examine the idea of entrepreneurship, its symbiotic existence with much larger organizations, the origin of new (company) concepts, setting up the new legal entity, raising funding from outside investors or donors, developing and writing a comprehensive business plan, and pitching your concept to a panel of seasoned investors or potential donors. Some key topics include: (1) demographics for small businesses, (2) conceiving and understanding a sound ‘business model’, (3) financial forecasting and modeling for new start-ups, (4) cash flow management in start-ups, (5) term sheets, (6) the venture capital business, (7) multiple funding rounds, (8) start-up company valuations, (9) liquidation preferences, (10) leveraging strategic alliances, (11) the role of the Board of Directors, (12) restricted stock, stock options, and 83(b) elections, and (13) creating and leveraging your Advisory Board.
Course assignments include graded individual assignments as well as team assignments. Assignments involve both qualitative and quantitative problem solving. Each individual (or team) will conceive and develop a new business concept during the course and write a comprehensive ‘investor quality’ business plan for the concept as well as an investor (or donor) presentation that will be delivered to a panel of professional investor/donors at the conclusion of the course. MGMT5802 will be delivered as a combination of lecture and discussion. The instructor demands active participation from the class members.
Counts as Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program or as an elective.
Previously cross-listed with a CAP designation.
Prerequisites: MGMT 4050 and STAT 4300 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5900 - Special Topics in Management
Each year, the Graduate School of Management offers courses under the “special topics” category. These courses are often different each semester and can be either .5 or one unit courses. For descriptions of current special topics courses, please see the Course Descriptions page on GSOM’s website. May be repeatable for credit.
May count as an Experiential Learning Requirement II for the MBA program, depending on the topic.
SPRING 2018 TOPIC: Global ELab - This course is designed for students with an entrepreneurial spirit and interest in understanding and examining entrepreneurship outside of the United States. This course will prepare students to apply, compare, contrast and examine business models from a global and international perspective. This course will require students to use problem solving, creative thinking and critical inquiry to examine international entrepreneurial opportunities around topics such as markets, competition, power and political considerations, social and cultural dynamics, ethical dilemmas, resources, sustainability and feasibility. Students will travel to another country and have direct interaction with entrepreneurs and small business owners in that country. They will experience international business operations with local entrepreneurs and small business owners. The trip is a practice-based experience where students will be asked to examine and propose solutions to the challenges and opportunities of the entrepreneurs they work with. ADDITIONAL FEES APPLY TO THIS COURSE
Prerequisites: Prerequisites vary depending on the course.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MGMT 5910 - Directed Research
For a directed research course, a student and professor design a self-study course based around a common research interest shared by both. A directed research must be approved by the professor and the Associate Dean of GSOM. It can be designed as either a 0.5 unit or 1 unit course. The Directed Research Course Request Form should be completed and submitted to Associate Dean Andrea Aiello (aaiello@clarku.edu). For questions or additional information, contact your academic advisor. This directed research is done in the subject area of management.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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MIS 4500 - Management Information Systems
This is an introductory course intended to provide students with a comprehensive understanding in planning, developing, managing and utilizing data, information and technology resources to improve organizational performance and strategic advantages. The objectives of this course are to ensure that the student is able to identify ways to improve strategic positioning and operation effectiveness through the use of technology and associated organizational changes; understand the technological infrastructure components such as hardware, software, database and networking technologies; identify key business processes and functions supported by major IS applications, such as ERP, SCM, and CRM; and plan for and manage the development of a new information system or system improvement initiatives.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MIS 4550 - Analytics Programming
This course provides a general introduction to the computer programming for analytics. Python will be used as the primary language while statistical programming language like R will be briefly introduced as well. Specific topics would include programming environment, elements of a programming language, basic data types, conditionals, functions, reading and writing files. Upon the completion of this course, students are expected to have a good understanding about programming and will be able to design and develop programs for scientific computing and basic analytics. This course requires no programming background.
Prerequisites: MIS 4500
Anticipated Terms Offered: Summer
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MIS 5573 - Business Intelligence
By leveraging enterprise information assets, business intelligence tools and technologies can help businesses become more efficient and effective in their operations. Business Intelligence utilizes technology, expertise, knowledge, statistics, and creative thinking to find solutions to problems. The focus of this class is to learn about enterprise approaches to business intelligence through case studies, decision support systems (DSS), development methodologies and enabling technologies. This course will provide students experience to conduct an analytic project from gathering the data to interpretation in the business intelligence technologies such as Tableau, KNIME, frontline solver, and others.
The analytics content is divided into three parts: descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. The descriptive analytics will take around four to five weeks and will be performed in Tableau. The following four to five weeks will be spent to learn predictive analytics methods using KNIME software. The remaining weeks will be utilized to learn linear programming and other prescriptive analytics methods using Excel Frontline Software. The course also involves a project in the form of a creative component. The details are given later in the syllabus.
At the end of course, students will develop an understanding about the role of computer based information systems in direct support of managerial decision making.
Prerequisites: MIS 4500 and MIS 5501
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually
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MIS 5600 - Data Structures and Big Data Computing
The astounding growth of data in all aspects of life in the form of emails, weblogs, tweets, sensors, videos and text has necessitated the use of Big Data and advanced analytics techniques to support large scale data analytics. The goal of this course is to enable students to design and build Big Data applications through highly scalable systems capable of collecting, processing, storing and analyzing large volumes of structured and unstructured data. By extending the Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) to build Big Data applications using distributed and parallel computing architecture, this course brings together key Big Data tools on Hadoop platforms such as pig, hive, R-Hadoop, flume, and SQL-MR. Students will learn how to efficiently manage data with three main characteristics: volume, velocity and variety. Topics include the Hadoop platforms such as Cloudera Hadoop, Teradata Aster and IBM Infosphere Streams, and analytics techniques such as social media analytics, link analysis, and stream analytics.
Prerequisites: MIS 4550 and MIS 5501
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually
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MIS 5910 - Directed Research
For a directed research course, a student and professor design a self-study course based around a common research interest shared by both. A directed research must be approved by the professor and the Associate Dean of GSOM. It can be designed as either a 0.5 unit or 1 unit course. The Directed Research Course Request Form should be completed and submitted to Associate Dean Andrea Aiello (aaiello@clarku.edu). For questions or additional information, contact your academic advisor. This directed research is done in the subject area of management information systems.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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MKT 5401 - Marketing Research
This course examines the basic concepts and techniques used in marketing research as a problem-solving aid in decision making in marketing. Problem definition, research design, types of information and measurement scales, and evaluation and utilization of secondary data with emphasis on electronic access are discussed. Students are trained in the basic methods of primary data collection, including structured and unstructured interviews, focus groups and surveys. Practical and intensive applications on sample size, questionnaire design, data analyses and interpretation are emphasized, as well as discussion of advanced multivariate techniques for inputting and analyzing data using the SPSS statistical package.
Prerequisites: MKT 4400 OR STAT4450
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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MKT 5486 - Branding Strategies
This course is a graduate level marketing course covering the principles and practices of effective brand management. The migration of products and services across global and cultural boundaries has emphasized the importance of developing strong lasting brands. This course is focused on applied strategies and tactics used by marketers to build effective brands in all markets. Students will learn the key elements of branding and the global market forces that impact brand success. Together as groups, and as individuals, students will evaluate realistic branding situations and develop strategies to maximize brand success. The impact of social media on branding, as well as global challenges will also be covered.
Prerequisites: MKT 4400 or waiver.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
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