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)
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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
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.