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MAIS 5300 Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 semester hours) Topics will vary each semester. (May be repeated for credit.) (3-0) S
MAIS 5301 Seminar on Close Relationships (3 semester hours)
An examination of the psychological, sociological, economic, and philosophical approaches to the study of close relationships. Specific issues that will be discussed include male-female differences, intimacy and self-disclosure, loneliness, conflict. (3-0) Y
MAIS 5302 Capstone Seminar (3 semester hours) Topics will vary. The seminar includes discussion of interdisciplinary theory and preparation for a research project.
Must be taken in the student’s next-to-last semester. (3-0) S
MAIS 5303 Research Project (3 semester hours) Completion of an interdisciplinary research project.
Prerequisite: MAIS 5302. (Students on academic probation may not enroll for MAIS 5303.) (3-0) S
MAIS 5V04 Independent Study (1-6 semester hours) Available only to meet particular curricular needs of an individual degree plan.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of MAIS adviser. (May be repeated for credit.) ([1-6]-0) S
MAIS 5307 Ethics and Law (3 semester Hours)
An exploration of the ethical foundations of the law and the institutions through which it is created and administered. It will examine the principles upon which our notions of justice rest and inquire how and why these fundamentals may have changed in our own times.
MAIS 5308 Law and Psychiatry (3 semester hours)
Covers a wide-ranging field of subject matter in both law and medicine. The primary focus will be upon issues of public concern such as the death penalty; the causes of social and interpersonal violence; drug and alcohol abuse; aberrant sexual behavior; and the direction law and society might take on these and other issues.
MAIS 5310 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3 semester hours)
An exploration of the dynamics of conflict resolution from the smallest of interpersonal disputes to those of global dimensions. Focus is on the evolution and employment of peaceful techniques for settling disputes and their substitution for the more violent forms of conflict resolution through force. (3-0) Y
MAIS 5311 Business and Competitive Intelligence (3 semester hours) Explores the acquisition of regular and sensitive information and the ethics of the means used to obtain and exploit it. As in many other spheres of human activity, while most of the information necessary to the making of useful informed business decisions lies within the public domain, what is required is a thorough understanding of the sources and the methods to exploit them since over the past two decades, the acquisition, storage and retrieval of all kinds of business intelligence have changed substantially. (3-0) Y
MAIS 5313 Doing Business in Greater China (3 semester hours).
A study of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong with the focus on economic development and current participation in the global economy. The course reviews the experience of multinational corporations and examines strategies of doing business in Greater China. The course also explores how the digital revolution reshapes the three economies. (3-0) R
MAIS 5316 Managing
The Digital Economy (3 semester hours) Examines how the digital economy (chip-making, computing, IT services, and telecommunications) has transformed American business. Knowledge workers need to cultivate skills in leadership, communication, entrepreneurship, finance, and project/workplace management.
MAIS 5320 Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies (3 semester hours) Topics will vary each semester.
May be repeated for credit. (3-0) S
MAIS 5330 Human Relations and Motivation in the Corporate Arena I (3 semester hours) Addresses equal rights/opportunities of the individual, by law, in the workplace, via providing information, regarding compliance with all of the major laws that prohibit discrimination in employment. Laws to be covered: Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, and the Civil Rights act of 1964 as amended.
MAIS 5331 Human Relations and Motivation in the Corporate Arena II (3 semester hours)
Second course in two-part session. Addresses equal rights/opportunities of the individual, by law, in the workplace, via providing information, regarding compliance with all of the major laws that prohibit discrimination in employment.

 

Last Updated: February 28, 2011