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Global Development
	DEV 5001 - Seminar in Global Development 1 Credit Hours The first in a series of two seminars covering basic elements of Global Development. This seminar covers elements of policy that relate to the operations of Go’s and NGO’s in developing nations, especially as they relate to their interrelationship with the U.N. and its millennium goals. Emphasis will be placed upon the African context. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5002 - Fieldwork Seminar 2 Credit Hours This seminar presents the essentials of Ethnographic, Missiological and cultural studies relating to the micro and macroeconomic environment of the global poor. This seminar will also explore the ethical underpinnings of cross-cultural work. Emphasis will be placed upon the African context. Prerequisite: DEV 5001 Seminar in Global Development Availability: Every Summer View textbook information.
	DEV 5003 - Research Project I 3 Credit Hours The aims of this fall research project will be to identify a problem area that exists within the student’s selected track. Students will begin by compiling a reading list and identifying a problem area of study. Students will then conduct background research relating to the identified problem area and ultimately create a prospectus for both research and action. This is the first in a 2-part series of courses. Students will be paired with a team of professors, with one designated as the chair. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5004 - Fieldwork 4 Credit Hours This course offers a mandatory internship for all students enrolled in the M.S. program in Strategic Global Development. Situated abroad within the context of an emerging economy, students will immerse themselves within a target culture to be studied and served, and both observe and work alongside the operations of GO’s and NGO’s within the culture. Academic exercises include the creation of a field journal and both discussion and writing exercises pertaining to the tracks represented in the M.S. degree. Requires Passport, Visa, and status of “Cleared for Departure” from the Center for Experiential Learning. Availability: Every Summer View textbook information.
	DEV 5013 - Research Project II 3 Credit Hours The aims of this spring research project will be to create a thesis related to the activities of DEV 5003 Research Project I. Students will work to answer questions raised in a methodical manner, and in close conjunction with a faculty representative or committee. The final result will be the creation of a thesis and the creation of a case study which summarizes the issues of the thesis. Prerequisite: DEV 5003 Research Project I Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5023 - Practicum in Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value 3 Credit Hours This course provides a practicum for those students who completed DEV 5123. It offers them the opportunity to take the content matter of that class, and to apply it to some discrete problem for Global Development. Students, through group work and under professor direction, are to identify a global need relating to wealth value, assess the cultural nature of that need, and articulate a solution to that need. Prerequisite: DEV 5123 Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value Prereq/Corequisite: DEV 5123 Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy 3 Credit Hours This course is a practicum in Global Development Policy, offering the student the opportunity to implement the tools learned in DEV 5043 Development Policy to specific issues. Students will be assigned global development policy issues and will be required to articulate a policy statement regarding them. Students will acquire background knowledge, research Governmental and Non Governmental reports, assess the cooperative landscape, and deliver a policy document which addresses the core needs in their area of research. Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Development Policy Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy 3 Credit Hours This course is a practicum in Global Development Policy, offering the student the opportunity to implement the tools learned in DEV 5043 Development Policy to specific issues. Students will be assigned global development policy issues and will be required to articulate a policy statement regarding them. Students will acquire background knowledge, research Governmental and Non Governmental reports, assess the cooperative landscape, and deliver a policy document which addresses the core needs in their area of research. Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5043 - Microenterprise and Microfinance 3 Credit Hours This course offers a practical, data-driven study of microenterprise and microfinance. Topics include the identification of need, micro-loan mechanics, microfinance policies, and the potential extension of microfinance into capital markets. Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5053 - Global Economics 3 Credit Hours This course provides a study of the global economics, with application to the global banking industry and financial markets. Attention will be paid to both Western and European financial markets, as well as emerging markets. Topics include trade theories, commercial policy, and theories and international investment and migration, international regulations, loan markets, debt capital markets, global equities markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5063 - Development Policy 3 Credit Hours This course studies trends and dynamics in Global Development Policy. Topics include the U.N. Millennium goals, U.N. policy and practice, cooperation among GO’s and NGO’s, policy evaluation, and peace-keeping operations. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5073 - Development Economics 3 Credit Hours This course studies the dynamics of economies in developing nations. Topics include both microeconomic and macroeconomic data regarding the global poor, the nature of informal markets, the institutions and forces that serve to promote or prevent poverty and the successes and failures of attempts to address this problem. Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5083 - Case Study Seminar I 3 Credit Hours This is the first of two case study seminars. In this seminar, students will be provided cases prior to each class meeting, and are expected to prepare opinions regarding the case. Class time will be used, under professorial supervision, to offering solutions to the cases. Emphasis will be placed on each of the three core areas of the M.S. in Strategic Global Development program - Applied Theology and Ethics, Policy, and Microfinance and Microenterprise. Students are expected to submit their analysis of each case, and prepare a final extended analysis on one case discussed during the semester. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5093 - Case Study Seminar II 3 Credit Hours This case study seminar, building upon its predecessor, offers the student continued experience with case study analysis and also with the opportunity to present and lead discussion on cases of their own making. Students will be provided cases prior to each class meeting, and are expected to prepare opinions regarding the case. Class time will be used, under professorial supervision and in group discussion with other students, to offering solutions to the cases. Emphasis will be placed on each of the three core areas of the M.S. in Strategic Global Development program - Applied Theology and Ethics, Policy, and Microfinance and Microenterprise. Students are expected to submit their analysis of each case, and prepare a final extended analysis on one case discussed during the semester. Prerequisite: DEV 5083 Case Study Seminar I Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5103 - Advanced Microfinance 3 Credit Hours This course offers an advanced study of microfinance. Topics include the underlying macroeconomic environment which creates need for microfinance, determination of interest rates, hidden wealth, gender and microfinance, models of financial services, and an analysis of value added. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Microfinance and Microenterprise Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5113 - Advanced Microenterprise 3 Credit Hours This course offers an advanced study of microenterprise, Topics include different natures of legal obligations in emerging nations, regulatory differences, the challenges of marketing and bringing products to market, mergers and acquisitions, franchising and the role of equity and capital in the creation of microenterprise. Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Microfinance and Microenterprise Availability: Every Spring View textbook information.
	DEV 5114 - Community Development Fieldwork 4 Credit Hours This course offers a mandatory practical experience for all students enrolled in the M.S. program in Community Development. Graduate Students are paired with a currently-existing NGO or not for profit and work on a specific project, overseen by faculty member. Academic exercises include observation of activities, creation of a fieldwork log, and writing and preparation of a proposal rooted in the activity observed. Availability: Summer View textbook information.
	DEV 5123 - Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value 3 Credit Hours This course offers a study of the historical and recent work on the cultural nature of wealth and value. Attention is paid to these concepts in the western world, and compares them to concepts in developing or emerging nations. Availability: Every Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5133 - Master’s Thesis 3 Credit Hours The master’s thesis must demonstrate evidence of scholarly study and writing and contribute to the knowledge base associated with some aspect of global development. It should be an original work, and should be informed by the student’s fieldwork experience. Typically, students begin by submitting an approved prospectus and progress through a series of drafts, ultimately submitting a final thesis which is formally defended. Prerequisite: DEV 5004 Availability: Fall View textbook information.
	DEV 5136 - Master’s Thesis 6 Credit Hours The master’s thesis must demonstrate evidence of scholarly study and writing and contribute to the knowledge base associated with some aspect of global development. It should be an original work, and should be informed by the student’s fieldwork experience. Typically, students begin by submitting an approved prospectus and progress through a series of drafts, ultimately submitting a final thesis which is formally defended. Prerequisite: DEV 5004 Availability: Fall View textbook information.
Education
	EDU 5563 - Communication for the Educational Leader in Implementing Change 3 Credit Hours This course examines leadership theories and organizational dynamics, and their role in executing successful change in the school setting. Additionally, effective collaboration and communication skills and practices are examined in productively communicating with all stakeholders. Availability: Fall Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5573 - School Leadership & Diversity 3 Credit Hours This course examines Federal and state laws, structures and practices related to ESOL, accountability and equity for all K-12 learners. Availability: Fall Sub-Term B View textbook information.
	EDU 5583 - Public School Law 3 Credit Hours This course is designed to develop knowledge of the laws related to education as well as the legal and ethical practices and issues related to school improvement, student control and discipline. Availability: Spring Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5593 - The Principalship 3 Credit Hours This course examines organization and administration of the school, roles, responsibilities as well as challenges and competencies necessary for leadership and management of the school center in making student learning a priority. 25 hours of practicum work is required. Availability: Fall Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5603 - School Adminstration 3 Credit Hours Recruitment and retention of school personnel, understanding bargaining agencies, bargaining agreements and the effective practices in retention of a diverse high performing faculty and staff. 25 hours of practicum work is required. Availability: Spring Sub-Term B View textbook information.
	EDU 5613 - School Finance 3 Credit Hours A study and analysis of effective utilization of resources, including budgeting, in maximizing a safe, efficient, legal and effective learning environment will be examined. Availability: Spring Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5623 - Leadership 3 Credit Hours This course examines and analyses strategies for collaboration with teachers and teacher leaders in designing an instructional framework which focus on learning goals, curriculum and school improvement, and addressing students’ needs. Availability: Spring Sub-Term B View textbook information.
	EDU 5633 - Dealing with Mental Health & Trauma in the School 3 Credit Hours This course examines the nature and impact of traumatic events on cognitive and emotional functioning. It is designed to equip school administrators with skills in creating safe and healthy school environments for all K-12 students. Availability: Summer Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5643 - Data Informed Decision Making 3 Credit Hours This course uses methods to analyze and conduct data-driven decision making in a professional, legal, ethical, and methodologically sound manner to make instructional decisions for school improvement. Availability: Summer Sub-Term A View textbook information.
	EDU 5653 - Practicum in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours This course focuses on examining and monitoring the decision making processes through a supervised internship in a school setting. 100 hours of practicum work is required. Availability: Summer Sub-Term A View textbook information.
Computer Science
	CSC 5003 - Advanced Programming Languages 3 Credit Hours This course teaches students the principles of different programming language paradigms, including functional, imperative, and logic programming languages. The course discusses the design issues of the various program language constructs, examines the choices for realizing these constructs in some of the most common languages and critically compares design alternatives. Topics covered include language interpretation and compilation, semantics (operational and denotations), types systems (polymorphism, inference, and abstract types), object-oriented programming and modules. Prerequisite: CSC 2203 Programming I, CSC 2303 Programming II, CSC 3003 Programming Ill, CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	CSC 5013 - Data Mining Methods and Application 3 Credit Hours This course introduces methods and techniques of recognizing patterns and make predictions from an applications perspective.Topics covered include data selection, cleaning, coding, using different statistical and machine learning techniques, and visualization of the generated results. Selected application domains will be examined include credit rating, fraud detection, marketing, and stock market investments. Prerequisite: CSC 2253 Discrete Structure and CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	CSC 5023 - Advanced Database Systems 3 Credit Hours This course focuses on database topics such as relational algebra and data model, database and scheme design, schema normalization and integrity constraints, query optimization, query processing, query optimization, and transactions. Prerequisite: CSC 2603 Database Systems Availability: Fall View textbook information.
	CSC 5033 - Introduction to Theory of Algorithm 3 Credit Hours This course extends students’ knowledge on mathematical analysis of algorithm complexity. Topics include advanced data structures, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming and approximation algorithms and, algorithm applications in different problem domains, such as graph, sorting, and optimization problems, and NP-complete problems. Prerequisite: CSC 2253 Discrete Structure and CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis Availability: Fall View textbook information.
	CSC 5043 - Computer Architecture 3 Credit Hours This course helps students to understand the basic operation of computer hardware, how it works, and how it interfaces to software and operating systems. Representative topics include data representations, machine level representations of programming language (e.g., the C language), processor architecture, memory hierarchy, exception flow (exceptions, interrupts and processes), virtual memory and memory management, system-level 1/0, basic network programming, and concurrent programming. Upon completing this course, students should have a high level understanding of computers, assemblers, instruction sets, and hardware. Prerequisite: CSC 3103 Computer Organization Availability: Summer View textbook information.
	CSC 5053 - Principles of Information Security 3 Credit Hours This course provides an overview of techniques and consideration of conducting cyber security, including data and internet security, security measurement methodologies, data analytics and characterization of cyber-attacks and defenses. Topics cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security. Applications of security include operating systems (OS) security, languages security, hardware security and security in web applications. The course will also emphasize how ethical, legal, and economic frameworks enable and constrain security technologies and policies. Prerequisite: CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis and CSC 4413 Computer Network Security Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	CSC 5063 - Advanced Operating Systems 3 Credit Hours Software engineering is a subfield of computer science, which is concerned with disciplined approach to produce cost-effective software systems. This course covers the fundamentals of software engineering, including capturing systems requirements, finding effective methods of design, implementation, and testing. The course combines a strong technical focus on producing a capstone project in which students work in teams to apply knowledge and skills learned in class in a realistic development environment for a real client. Prerequisite: CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis and CSC 4704 Senior Research , or CSC 4714 Senior Project, or CSC 4804 Availability: Spring View textbook information.
	CSC 5073 - Advanced Computer Networks 3 Credit Hours This course introduces conceptual and practical aspects of computer networks, communication protocols (IP protocol at the network layer, UDP, TCP and SCTP end-to-end transport protocols), supporting technologies, measurement of application performance, and TCP socket programming. Prerequisite: CSC 3413 Computer Networking Availability: Summer View textbook information.
	CSC 6003 - Theory of Automata & Formal Languages 3 Credit Hours An introductory course to the formal languages and automata. This course provides a challenging introduction to some of the central ideas of theoretical computer science. It presents a vision of “computer science beyond computers,” that is, computer science as a set of mathematical tools for understanding complex systems. The course introduces students to computational thinking. The course focuses on context-free and regular languages. Topics include regular grammars , detem1inistic and non-deterministic finite state machines, parsing algorithms, linear-bounded automata, properties of regular languages , the Pumping lemma, and the use of Turing machines to introduce the P=NP problem. Prerequisite: CSC 2253 Discrete Structures and CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis Availability: TBA View textbook information.
	CSC 6013 - Artificial Intelligence 3 Credit Hours Artificial Intelligence (Al) is a broad and fast- growing subfield of computer science, which is concerned with the construction of intelligent agents. The course introduces students to the basic knowledge of artificial. Intelligence, including representation, problem so lying and learning methods. The course provides an overview of methods, history and impact of AI. Topics include heuristic search, planning, game playing, reasoning with propositional and predicate logic, reasoning under uncertainty, machine learning, and app locations. Prerequisite: CSC 2253 Discrete Structures and CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis Availability: Summer View textbook information.
	CSC 6023 - Software Engineering 3 Credit Hours Software engineering is a subfield of computer science, which is concerned with disciplined approach to produce cost-effective software systems. This course covers the fundamentals of software engineering, including capturing systems requirements, finding effective methods of design, implementation, and testing. The course combines a strong technical focus on producing a capstone project in which students work in teams to apply knowledge and skills learned in class in a realistic development environment for a real client. Prerequisite: CSC 2403 Algorithm Design and Analysis and CSC 4704 Senior Research, or CSC 4714 Senior Project, or CSC 4804 Senior Internship Availability: Spring View textbook information.

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Courses

DEV 5001 - Seminar in Global Development

DEV 5002 - Fieldwork Seminar

DEV 5003 - Research Project I

DEV 5004 - Fieldwork

DEV 5013 - Research Project II

DEV 5023 - Practicum in Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value

DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy

DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy

DEV 5043 - Microenterprise and Microfinance

DEV 5053 - Global Economics

DEV 5063 - Development Policy

DEV 5073 - Development Economics

DEV 5083 - Case Study Seminar I

DEV 5093 - Case Study Seminar II

DEV 5103 - Advanced Microfinance

DEV 5113 - Advanced Microenterprise

DEV 5114 - Community Development Fieldwork

DEV 5123 - Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value

DEV 5133 - Master’s Thesis

DEV 5136 - Master’s Thesis

EDU 5563 - Communication for the Educational Leader in Implementing Change

EDU 5573 - School Leadership & Diversity

EDU 5583 - Public School Law

EDU 5593 - The Principalship

EDU 5603 - School Adminstration

EDU 5613 - School Finance

EDU 5623 - Leadership

EDU 5633 - Dealing with Mental Health & Trauma in the School

EDU 5643 - Data Informed Decision Making

EDU 5653 - Practicum in Educational Leadership

CSC 5003 - Advanced Programming Languages

CSC 5013 - Data Mining Methods and Application

CSC 5023 - Advanced Database Systems

CSC 5033 - Introduction to Theory of Algorithm

CSC 5043 - Computer Architecture

CSC 5053 - Principles of Information Security

CSC 5063 - Advanced Operating Systems

CSC 5073 - Advanced Computer Networks

CSC 6003 - Theory of Automata & Formal Languages

CSC 6013 - Artificial Intelligence

CSC 6023 - Software Engineering