2017-18 University Bulletin 
    
    May 05, 2024  
2017-18 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • AIE (AIIE) 500 - English for Professional Purposes


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will build the skills necessary to communicate accurately and fluently in English at the management level within different professional contexts and technical areas by studying a variety of communications practices and by utilizing the functional language needed for managing project-based tasks.

  
  • AIE (AIIE) 501 - Art of Presenting: Advanced Oral Communication


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will develop the rhetorical strategies, language, and skills of public speaking necessary to plan, write, and deliver short-form speeches and participate in group-based presentations on degree-related topics, as well as to become proficient and successful English speakers across a variety of professional contexts.

  
  • AIE (AIIE) 502 - English for Specific Purposes


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will build the necessary skills to speak, read, and write accurately and fluently in English at the graduate level in a specific field, such as business.  Students will focus on functional language for communicating and discussing field-specific ideas and performing standard tasks in the field.

     

    Free Note: Adelphi International Students only.

  
  • AIE (AIIE) 503 - Advanced Composition


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will learn to write research papers that are compelling, thoughtfully structured, and that integrate and build upon contemporary research.  Students will develop their ability to write and revise academic texts through illustrative models and examples, abundant practice, targeted feedback, and multiple drafts.

    Free Note 2: Adelphi International Students only.

  
  • AIE (AIIE) 600 - Professional Development Sequence


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will develop the skills necessary to craft a professional resume, portfolio, attend a conference, conduct a panel discussion, learn to manage work-life-study quality, and submit part of a grant application, among other goals.

  
  • AIE (AIIE) 601 - Active Research Colloquium


    Credits: 0.00

    Students will be introduced to university researchers and learn how research projects are planned, conducted, and published.  Through a seminar format, students will explore key aspects of research to interact with researchers about their work and connect what they learn in the class with what researchers do in the field.

    Free Note: Adelphi International Students only.

  
  • AIU (AIIU) 101 - Live, Learn & Grow I


    Credits: 1.00

    The Foundation term (Live Learn Grow I)  provides international students in the Adelphi University International program with essential information, exposure to key services and helps to familiarize students with their physical and cultural surroundings.

    Students will collect essential information to support their everyday lives at the University, including housing, finance, transportation and access to technology.

    Students will become familiar with and have experience of national cultures, higher education cultures and the specific University cultures.

    Students will assess and develop their successful qualities; focusing on personal responsibility and self-management.

    Students will reflect and narrate their own experience in the Pathway Program through digital storytelling; in so doing, they will be introduced to project management, creative technologies and mixed media storytelling.

    Students will participate in three Signature Student Experiences that will introduce and incorporate them into the community of the University and their Pathway cohort.

    Students will participate in two campus workshops that will introduce them to valuable student services, featuring campus Advising and Student Activities centers.

  
  • AIU (AIIU) 102 - Live, Learn & Grow, II


    Credits: 1.00

    Bridge term (Live Learn Grow II) focuses on exploring and developing the personal qualities of students in the Adelphi University International program that will foster their success in various interpersonal dynamics, in analyzing career and life prospects.

    Students will consider and advance their personal and interpersonal competencies ensuring their emotional and professional resilience.

    Students will assess and develop their successful qualities; focusing on self-awareness, emotional intelligence, time management and interdependence.

    Students will continue to reflect and narrate their own experience in the Pathway Program through digital storytelling and build related competencies.

    Students will participate in two Signature Student Experiences that will introduce and incorporate them into the community of the University and their Pathway cohort.

    Students will participate in one campus workshop that will introduce them to valuable student services, featuring the University Library.

  
  • AIU (AIIU) 103 - Live, Learn & Grow III


    Credits: 1.00

    Learning Track term Live Learn Grow III continues the development of Adelphi University International program students’ future outlook by guiding their examination of education, career and networking opportunities.

    Students will evaluate educational plan choices, develop career plans and learn about various professional development dynamics.

    Students will assess and develop their successful qualities; focusing on self-motivation and lifelong learning.

    Students will continue to reflect and narrate their own experience in the Pathway Program through digital storytelling and build related competencies.

    Students will participate in three Signature Student Experiences that will introduce and incorporate them into the community of the University and their Pathway cohort.

    Students will participate in one campus workshop that will introduce them to valuable student services, featuring the campus Career center.

  
  • AMC (0615) 101 - Management Concepts


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the fundamental theories and ideas that influence organizing, planning, control, and decision making in the business world. These concepts will be analyzed and applied in reference to specific systems, techniques, and cases drawn from real life. The consequences of management decisions will be discussed and critiqued.

  
  • AMC (0615) 171 - Survey of Financial Planning


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 211 - Principles of Accounting I


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the various aspects of accounting from balance sheets to inventories. The techniques and fundamental principles underlying financial accounting will be reviewed and analyzed. This course is particularly helpful for those managers wishing a broader understanding of financial procedures.

  
  • AMC (0615) 212 - Principles of Accounting II


    Credits: 4.00

  
  • AMC (0615) 213 - Principles of Finance


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the role of finance in business management. Major areas of study include financial markets, financial organizations of business entities, analysis of budgets, credit, equity and debt financing, the uses of corporate securities in capitalization, and asset management.

  
  • AMC (0615) 222 - Effective Communications


    Credits: 4.00

    Analyze the principles of persuasive communication, both written and spoken. Examine the techniques of business report writing, Agood news@ and Abad news@ letter, and other business correspondence, learn how to give an oral presentation or speech, and examine the characteristics of non-verbal communication. Papers and oral reports required.

  
  • AMC (0615) 232 - Marketing Concepts


    Credits: 4

    This course explores the concepts of modern marketing and the strategies and techniques through which they are applied. Students will become familiar with the relation and interaction of the components of sound marketing, including pricing, distribution channels, product planning research, and advertising.

  
  • AMC (0615) 233 - Marketing Research


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 242 - Personnel Concepts


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 261 - Introduction To Computers With Basic Programming


    Credits: 4

    An introduction to electronic data processing and business concepts, including both the processing capabilities and the information storage facilities of computers. The fundamentals of computer problem solving and programming in BASIC will be discussed and applied. In addition, students will be prepared for more advanced courses in computer programming and computer systems.

  
  • AMC (0615) 271 - Principles of Investment


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 332 - International Marketing


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 333 - Consumer Psychology


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 334 - Advertising And Advertising Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 335 - Sales Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 337 - International Business


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 343 - Union Management Relations


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 344 - Business Law I


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the legal environment of business and analysis of the laws essential in daily life, including contracts, sales, insurance, and personal property.

  
  • AMC (0615) 345 - Business Law II


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 346 - Industrial Management,Policies and Procedures


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 347 - Ethics for Decision Making


    Credits: 4

    This course analyzes how business interacts with, affects, and is affected by, the rest of society. The focus is on business morality, contemporary ethical issues, and corporate social obligations. Topics should include racism, sexism, environment, unemployment, age discrimination, and the impact of technology and society.

  
  • AMC (0615) 348 - Compensation And Retirement Programs


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 349 - Labor Law


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 352 - Retail Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 353 - Entrepreneurship


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 355 - Fundamentals of Health Care Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 356 - Financial Management of Health Care Facilities


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 357 - Health Care Human Resources Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 358 - Legal Aspects of Health Care


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 359 - Health Care Management Information Systems


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 360 - Special Topics


    Credits: 4.00

  
  • AMC (0615) 365 - Systems Development Project


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 368 - Management Information Systems


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 370 - Participative Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 371 - Case Studies in Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 372 - Creative Problem Solving


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 373 - Management of Technology


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 374 - Total Quality Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 375 - Staffing,Recruitment Selection and Training


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 376 - Financial Statement Analysis


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 377 - Financial Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 378 - Global Finance


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 379 - Financial Markets


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 380 - Special Topics


    Credits: 4

    Students will: apply the tools and theories of leadership to a variety of situations including work, family and community; build the capacity to influence others and govern self. Topics include: signature strengths, crucial conversations, change mastery, big picture thinking, how values become vision, decision-making, resilient habits, and creative problem solving.

  
  • AMC (0615) 381 - Cultural Diversity in The Workplace


    Credits: 4

    The American workplace is being transformed by an unprecedented influx of multicultural diversity with differences in gender, age, ethnicity, language, race, and physical ability. This course attempts to provide a framework wherein individuals may begin to develop an awareness of the skills needed to build bridges between diverse groups.

  
  • AMC (0615) 385 - Intro Law/Legal Research


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 386 - Corporations/Lap


    Credits: 12

  
  • AMC (0615) 387 - Employee Benefits/Lap


    Credits: 12

  
  • AMC (0615) 388 - Estates,Trusts,Wills/Lap


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 389 - Litigation/Lap


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 390 - Real Estate and Mortgages


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 391 - Intro Law/Legal Research


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • AMC (0615) 392 - Corporations/Lap


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 393 - Litigation/Lap


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 394 - Estates,Trusts and Wills


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 395 - Real Estate/Lap


    Credits: 0

  
  • AMC (0615) 396 - Matrimonial/Lap


    Credits: 1

  
  • AMC (0615) 397 - Criminal/Lap


    Credits: 1

  
  • AMC (0615) 398 - Ethics-Bankruptcy


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • AMC (0615) 421 - FpI: Introduction to Financial Planning


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 422 - FpII: Risk Management


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 423 - FpIII: Investment Alternatives


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 424 - FpIV: Management Income Taxation


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 425 - FpV: Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 426 - FpVI: Estates, Trusts & Wills


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 427 - FpVII: Counseling The Indiv On Financial Planning


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 428 - Computer Application For Financial Planning


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMC (0615) 490 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 4

  
  • AMS (0102) 110 - Into To American Studies


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 200 - Amer Studies Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • AMS (0102) 260 - America Observed


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 270 - Cult&American Experience


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 350 - Tutorial


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 400 - Amer Studies Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • AMS (0102) 480 - Seminar


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 481 - Seminar


    Credits: 3

  
  • AMS (0102) 490 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 16

  
  • ANB (0686) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 3

  
  • ANB (0686) 200 - Able Biology Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • ANB (0686) 400 - Able Biology Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • ANC (0690) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 3

  
  • ANC (0690) 400 - Able Chemistry Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • ANM (0670) 200 - Able Math Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • ANM (0670) 400 - Able Math Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • ANS (0612) 5 - Math Workshop


    Credits: 0

  
  • ANS (0612) 101 - Linear Math: Part I


    Credits: 2

  
  • ANS (0612) 102 - Linear Math: Part II


    Credits: 2

  
  • ANS (0612) 105 - Mathematical Problem Solving


    Credits: 4

    This course uses a problem-solving approach to study topics across the curriculum. Some mathematical problems considered are linear graphing, probability, statistics, and fractals. Topics related to other course offerings include apportionment, fair division, symmetry of motion, and symmetry of scale. The emphasis in this course is on modeling problems visually and analytically.

  
  • ANS (0612) 108 - The Rise of Science


    Credits: 2 to 4

    A broad-based introduction to the history and content of science, showing how our understanding of nature and humanity has been enriched by the major scientific discoveries of the past.

  
  • ANS (0612) 110 - Quantitative Problem Solving


    Credits: 4.00

    This course attempts to provide a sampler: graphs, operators, probability, statistics and more. It deals with some logical and psychological issues that stand in the way of effective problem solving. This course gives students an understanding of mathematical developments that create changes in the modern world.

 

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