May 16, 2024

2017-2019 Graduate Catalog

2017-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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History
	HIS 509 - History of Africa Since 1850 3 Credits Examines the two key forces that have impacted the African continent over the past 150 years: European Imperialism and African Nationalism. The first half of the course covers the partition of Africa and systems of colonial rule; the latter half, the rise of independence movements and the emergence of an indigenous leadership. Historiography will be heavily emphasized. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 510 - Early Colonial History 3 Credits Examines the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America up to the early 18th century. Particular attention given to those factors which contributed to the development of a distinctive American character. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 512 - The American Revolution This course may be offered occasionally. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 517 - Modern Rhode Island History 3 Credits Examines Rhode Island’s history between the First Industrial Revolution and the early 21^st century. Topics include: causes and effects of industrialization, immigration patterns, Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Islanders and the civil war, conservatism vs. liberal reform, the “Bloodless revolution” of 1935, and the state’s rich ethnic diversity. Students will learn how the past influences many aspects of Rhode Island’s culture today. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 523 - The American West 3 Credits The history of the American West and its place in American culture and imagination will be examined. Some of the following themes will be covered: the significance of the frontier, the impact of conquest on Native American societies in the West, and the impact of race, gender, and ethnicity on one’s historical experience of the West. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 530 - The Civil War 3 Credits A history of the causes of the Civil War; the nature of the Union, the territories, the social differences, and slavery; and the war and its effects. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 532 - Immigrant in America 3 Credits The motives that brought immigrants to America will be the primary focus. Looks initially at immigration from England. Also examines the experience of the European, Hispanic, and Asian immigrants who arrived after the founding of the American Republic. Also studied will be the nativist reaction to the various waves of immigrants. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 533 - History and Culture of the Cold War 3 Credits An examination of the origins of the Cold War, analyzing its causes and assessing its impact on U.S. foreign policy and on domestic politics and culture, with emphasis on the impact of the atomic age on American society, McCarthyism as a domestic version of containment, and the effect of such developments on American society. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 534 - The Gilded Age 3 Credits Reviews American society in the last quarter of the 19th century. Offers analysis and interpretation of the problems of politics, labor, business, agriculture, and reform in post-Civil War America. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 535 - The Progressive Era 3 Credits Survey of the politics in an age of reform, with particular attention to the problems of politics and diplomacy accompanying America’s emergence as a world power. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 537 - American Urban History 3 Credits A survey of the place of the city in the framework of American history. Special emphasis will be given to the post-1860 period and the immigrant groups who reshaped our urban life. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 549 - Modern Japan 3 Credits History of political, economic, and social development in Japan in the modern period, concentrating on the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and Japan’s emergence as a modern state. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 568 - Institutional and Social History of the Middle Ages II 3 Credits Covers selected social and institutional topics in the medieval period, including 4th and 5th century barbarian invasions, Black Death, crusades, Mongolian contacts, territorial expansion, and various medieval women’s topics. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 571 - Early Christian History 3 Credits Traces the history of the early Church from its roots in Judaism and the development of Christian tradition up through the age of Augustine. Same as THL 630. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 573 - The Reformation 3 Credits Studies the complex religious, social, and political factors that led to the Protestant Reformation and its subsequent developments that created new expressions of Christianity. Also considers the Roman Catholic response to the Protestant Reformers and the development of Tridentine Catholicism. Same as THL 632. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 577 - Modern Russia 3 Credits This study of the turbulent history of Russia in the 20th and 21st centuries from the fall of the Romanovs to the present will cover the Bolshevik Revolution; the reigns of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev; the Cold War; Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Union; and post-Soviet Russia. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 578 - Modern Church History 3 Credits Examines the ecclesial and theological developments within Catholic and Protestant Christianity from 1618 to 1965. Same as THL 633. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 579 - Eastern Europe During the Era of the Two World Wars 3 Credits Covers Eastern Europe during the formative period of the two world wars. Examines the various ideas and developments that have helped to bring about the turbulence that has rocked the region in recent years and discusses the lives of the figures who helped to shape the destiny of this part of Europe. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 580 - Eastern Europe Since 1945 3 Credits Examines the political development of the nations of Eastern Europe from the end of World War II to the present. The takeover by the Russians, the development of Communist political regimes, and their role in the Cold War are emphasized. The collapse of Communism and the development of Eastern Europe today are also examined. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 581 - Europe Since 1945 3 Credits Since the end of World War II, Europe has grown toward greater economic cooperation but still experiences the pains of ethnic struggle and warfare. Examines the seemingly contradictory forces of unity and fragmentation. Studies the political, social, artistic, and religious evolution of the continent in recent decades. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 588 - Europe, 1852-1890 3 Credits Studies the social, political, economic, and diplomatic developments from the beginning of the Second French Empire until the end of the era of Bismarck. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 590 - Medieval Church History 3 Credits Study of the development of the institutional aspects of the Medieval Church in relation to Western Civilization and of the major developments in the history of theology from Gregory the Great to the Reformation. Same as THL 631. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 591 - Europe, 1914-1933 3 Credits Examines the major political, cultural, and intellectual events and trends surrounding World War I and the interwar period to 1933. Particular attention paid to the Treaty of Versailles, the Russian Revolution, the Weimar Republic, the Great Depression, and the rise of totalitarianism, Fascism, and Nazism. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 614 - Early Latin America 3 Credits Assesses, from the initial encounter to the wars of independence, the impact of conquest and colonialism on pre-Contact peoples, the rise of immigrant populations, and the evolving institutional basis of colonial life. Specific topics include imperial politics, Spanish and Indian towns, patterns of accommodation and resistance, colonial economies as well as the role of women, family, and kingship. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 615 - Modern Latin America 3 Credits Traces six selected countries (Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, and Peru) from the 1910 beginning of the Mexican Revolution to the current War on Drugs, addressing particularly political transformations, social movements, economic strategies, and motivating ideologies from both a regional and comparative perspective. The goal is to understand the historical roots behind the challenges and promises confronting Latin America today. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 618 - American Diplomatic History from the Mexican War to World War I 3 Credits Emphasizes the diplomacy of the Mexican and Civil Wars, the roots of late 19th-century American expansionism, the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, and the nature of American involvement in World War I. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 622 - History of the British Empire 3 Credits In its examination of the rise and fall of the British Empire, this course focuses chronologically and geographically on social, political, and economic issues. Explores many aspects of British Imperialism, including its origins; the Americas; imperial endeavors in Asia, Oceania, and Africa; social Darwinism; Nationalism; the transformation of the empire and the formation of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 628 - History of the Middle East to 1920 3 Credits The Middle East from Mohammed to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I will be examined in this course. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 629 - History of the Middle East, 1920 to the Present 3 Credits Covers the Middle East through the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of nationalism, the impact of World War I, the struggle for Palestine, World War II and after, Israel and the Arab world, and the Middle East in contemporary world affairs. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 630 - Seminar in American History 3 Credits Research and reading assignments in American history. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 639 - Colloquium on the Irish in America 3 Credits Explores the Irish Diaspora in America and its effects. Attention given to both the Scotch-Irish and the Catholic Irish immigrant experience in America and the social evolution of those immigrants. Through selected readings, lectures, and discussion, examines the broad spectrum of the “Irish experience” from immigrant to middle-class American. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 649 - Europe, 1933-1945 3 Credits Surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Europe from 1933 through 1945. Topics include the Great Depression, Italian Fascism, Nazism, the Spanish Civil War, Catholic social thought, World War II, the Holocaust, and the beginnings of the Cold War. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 654 - Seminar in European History 3 Credits Research and reading assignments in European history. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 656 - Europe, 1890-1914 3 Credits Examines Europe in the years leading to the Great War. All aspects of the period will be covered, including the political and diplomatic maneuverings of the great powers, the challenges brought to European society by industrialization and secularization, the explosion of modernity in the arts, and military preparations - ending with the Christmas truce of 1914. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 670 - Seminar in Medieval History 3 Credits Research and reading assignments in the Middle Ages. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 679 - America, 1945 to the Present 3 Credits Explores the significant political, economic, diplomatic, and social developments in the U.S. since the end of World War II. Topics include postwar prosperity, the Red Scare, the struggle for racial and sexual equality, student protests in the 1960s, the problems of the modern presidency, and the contemporary crisis in the American economy. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 704 - Directed Readings in American History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 710 - Directed Readings in Medieval History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 726 - Selected Topics in American History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 727 - Selected Topics in Modern European History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 728 - Selected Topics in Medieval History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 730 - Selected Topics in Ancient History 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 780 - Thesis Research 6 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	HIS 804 - Thesis Continuation Allows for continued access to the faculty, facilities, and service supports regularly available to all registered students. The fee for this course will be the equivalent of 1-graduate credit. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Mathematics
	MTH 500 - Foundations of Mathematics 3 Credits Designed to prepare students for abstract mathematics. Logic, set theory, proof techniques, number theory, relations, functions, and cardinalities of sets will be covered. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 501 - Algebraic Structures I 3 Credits Discusses the theory of groups, rings, and fields. Homomorphisms, isomorphisms of groups, factor groups, fields of quotients of polynomials, and extension fields will be covered. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 502 - Algebraic Structures II 3 Credits Discusses vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices, eigenvalue problems, and canonical forms. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 504 - Differential Equations 3 Credits Discusses ordinary linear and nonlinear differential equations and systems of differential equations. Separation of variables, substitution techniques, integrating factors, undetermined coefficients, and variation of parameters, Laplace transforms, and infinite series will be covered. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 506 - History of Mathematics 3 Credits Discusses a historical development of calculus from the Greeks to eighteenth century analysis. The reading will be mainly from primary sources, and students will be expected to do some short independent research projects. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 507 - Number Theory 3 Credits Explores intriguing properties of natural numbers by studying the works of Fermat, Euler, and Gauss. Basic properties of prime and composite numbers, theory of divisibility, congruence, and cryptography will be studied. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 511 - Mathematical Analysis I 3 Credits Discusses the theory of analysis, such as metric spaces, sequences and limits, functions and continuity. The relationship between these properties and topological properties of the real numbers such as connectedness, completeness, and compactness will also be studied. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 512 - Mathematical Analysis II 3 Credits A continuation of MTH 511. Uniform continuity, sequences and series of functions, differentiation, Riemann integration, and the fundamental theorem of calculus will be covered. Prerequisite: MTH 511 or permission of instructor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 516 - Graphing Calculators in the Classroom 3 Credits Introduces the use of graphing calculators and other instructional technologies. Typesetting systems, computer algebra systems, course management systems, and screen-casting will be covered also. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 518 - General Topology 3 Credits Discusses metric and topological spaces, separation, and continuous maps and their invariants. The Stone-Cech compactification and Stone-Weierstrass theorems will also be studied. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 523 - Probability and Statistics 3 Credits Discusses classical and subjective probability, probability models, limit theorems, statistical inference, data analysis, regression, correlation, and prediction. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 530 - Topics in Geometry 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 540 - Topics in Applied Mathematics 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 640 - Computers in Education 3 Credits Discusses the instructional use of computers in the classroom setting through hands-on lab assignments. Word processing, databases, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, internet, multimedia, web design, and software evaluation will be discussed. No programming experience is required. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MTH 709 - Computers in Secondary School Mathematics 3 Credits Covers the use of computer applications with numerical, symbolic, and graphical capabilities to enhance the teaching of mathematics. No programming experience is required. Same as EDU 709. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
MBA
	MBA 532 - Introduction to Financial Concepts 3 Credits Introduces an understanding of the functions carried out by the financial manager of an organization. Emphasis on the money and credit forces in an industrialized society and the development of basic financial management skills. Satisfies the foundation requirement in finance and cannot be used as a graduate elective within the MBA Program. Prerequisites: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204; MBA 533 or ECN 101 and ECN 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 533 - Introduction to Economic Concepts 3 Credits Designed to acquaint the student with the basic forces underlying the economic organization of society. Topics such as national income accounting and theory, monetary policy, income distribution, the price system, and the theory of the firm will be examined. Appropriate for students who have not included economics in their undergraduate curriculum. Satisfies the foundation requirement in economics and cannot be used as a graduate elective within the MBA Program. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 548 - Introduction to Accounting Concepts 3 Credits Enrollment limited to students who have no previous accounting background. Principles and procedures underlying financial statements are introduced. Financial transactions are studied and alternative accounting treatments are also analyzed. The uses and limitations of accounting information are also discussed. Satisfies the six undergraduate credits that normally are taken in two introductory accounting courses and cannot be used as a graduate elective within the MBA Program. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 603 - Accounting and Decision-making in Organizations 3 Credits Focuses on cost accumulation and analysis, accounting aspects of planning, control, and performance evaluation, and other relevant uses of accounting information to assist in the decision-making process within organizations. Prerequisites: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 611 - Accounting Ethics 3 Credits Examines accounting ethical standards, concepts, and principles. Students gain an understanding of moral awareness and the moral reasoning ability of accounting professionals. Moral leadership in accounting will also be examined, including actions that leaders can take to promote ethical actions. Prerequisites: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 613 - Accounting Frauds, Scandals, and Scams 3 Credits Examines accounting frauds, scandals, and scams from the 1930s to more current frauds of Enron and WorldCom in the 21st Century. Topics include common themes and fraud prevention. Prerequisites: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 615 - Advanced Taxation 3 Credits Examines advanced topics in taxation including tax practice, taxes on the financial statements, stock redemptions, corporate reorganizations, consolidated tax returns, international taxation, partnership taxation issues, multistate taxation, and deferred compensation. Basic knowledge of federal taxation is required. Prerequisite: ACC 406 or permission of instructor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 620 - Advanced and IT Auditing 3 Credits Examines current problems and issues in internal and external auditing, IT auditing, and assurance services. Intended for students with previous coursework in auditing and assurance services. Topics include: 1) internal and external auditors’ professional responsibilities (including, but not limited to, ethical responsibilities and legal liability); 2) special topics in substantive testing (such as auditing fair value and applying international auditing standards); 3) auditing internal controls under AS5; 4) IT general and application controls; 5) data management systems; 6) auditing of networks, internet, and e-commerce transactions; 7) introduction to Computer-Assisted Audit Tools (CAATs); and 8) the evaluation of audit evidence and fraud detection using CAATs. Prerequisite: ACC 412 or permission of instructor. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 624 - Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credits Designed to acquaint the student with the accounting policies and financial statements of various types of nonprofit organizations. Throughout the course, financial reporting requirements of these institutions will be compared with those of profit-making institutions. Prerequisite: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 625 - Special Topics in Accounting 3 Credits Current issues in the area of financial accounting are considered. Problems in such areas as asset valuation, research and development accounting, foreign currency translations, and accounting for business combinations are covered. Prerequisite: MBA 548 or ACC 203 and 204. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 626 - Financial Management for Corporations 3 Credits Gives an in-depth study of the financial management problems of business in general, but corporations in particular, as they relate to working capital needs, flow of funds, optimum allocation, and the management of current operations. Additionally, problems of capital budgeting, debt management, acquisition or merger, and other long-term financial problems in managing the capital structure of the organization are examined. Prerequisites: FIN 207 and FIN 308 or MBA 532 and ECN 101 and ECN 102 or MBA 533. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 635 - International Finance 3 Credits An in-depth examination of the mechanisms of foreign trade and foreign exchange markets is provided. The theory and practice of managed and freely floating currency systems and the effects of recent international financial developments upon domestic economic activity are emphasized. Prerequisite: MBA 533 or ECN 101 and 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 640 - Investment Analysis 3 Credits An intensive study of the overall nature of investing, investment measures, securities analysis, and investment strategy objectives. The basic elements of portfolio theory will also be considered. Prerequisite: FIN 207 & FIN 308 or MBA 532; ECN 101 and 102 or MBA 533. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 642 - Management of Financial Institutions 3 Credits Considers the many decision-making problems encountered by savings and loan institutions, commercial banks, and finance companies. Prerequisite: FIN 207 and FIN 308 or MBA 532. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 645 - Portfolio Management 3 Credits Provides a study of quantitative and qualitative factors in the management of investment portfolios. Techniques and methods in hedging and speculative strategy through the use of derivative instruments will be covered. Prerequisite: FIN 317 or MBA 640. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 648 - Special Topics in Finance 3 Credits Devoted to a study of current problems in the field of finance. The topics covered in finance may be regional, national, or international in scope. Prerequisite: FIN 207 and FIN 308 or MBA 532. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 651 - Marketing Management in Competitive Environments 3 Credits Examines marketing management with a strategic emphasis. Such controllable variables as product, price, promotion, and distribution are treated as decision-making areas and studied in depth. The interaction of these variables with each other, with other business functions, and external factors that affect the marketing environment are also explored. Prerequisite: MKT 205. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 661 - Brand Marketing 3 Credits Explores brand strategies and the key steps of the analytical process to help grow a brand globally. Students learn to define measurable brand objectives and develop strategies to promote brand usage, while focusing on key areas of management decision-making in today’s international marketplace. Key topics covered include: brand positioning, brand extensions, global product development, and global branding. The concept of “building and maintaining brand equity” will be a unifying theme throughout. Prerequisite: MBA 651. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 662 - Marketing Global Luxury Brands 3 Credits Examines the phenomenal growth of the global market of the luxury industry. Students will develop an understanding of the multi-billion dollar global market for luxury goods and services, with particular emphasis on the “Democratization of Luxury.” Prerequisite: MBA 651. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 669 - International Marketing 3 Credits Highlights the dynamics of international marketing. Explores marketing issues that deal with the processes that involve the identification of overseas markets and placement of appropriate goods and services into those markets. Prerequisite: MBA 651. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 671 - Promotion Strategy 3 Credits Provides an intensive study of the marketing communications system including personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, and public relations. Topics include sales, personnel selection, selling techniques, media selection, social and psychological considerations in advertising, and a myriad of relevant ethical considerations. Prerequisite: MBA 651. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 675 - Special Topics in Marketing 3 Credits Provides an intensive study of selected current topics in the marketing area. Each student will be given directed readings and will do research on some aspect of the course topic being examined. Prerequisite: MBA 651. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 676 - Organizational Effectiveness through People and Teams 3 Credits Explores the critical process and skills of effectively motivating and managing individual employees and teams to achieve organizational goals. Emphasizes the human resource management processes most frequently used by team leaders and managers in organizations: recruiting; performance feedback, development, and appraisal; employee retention; and managing individual and team performance. Also provides an overview of strategic human resource management processes and systems. Utilizes cases, teams, case analysis and/or problem-based learning, discussions, and lectures. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 677 - Professional Ethics and Responsibility 3 Credits Explores the application of ethical principles to the issues generated within the business world. The use of the case method, handouts, and other publications examine ethical questions within organizations. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 679 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credits Examines the core principles and theories of nonprofit management as well as the roles and responsibilities of management and the nonprofit board of directors. The special role of fundraising in nonprofit organizations and the budgeting process will also be covered. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 680 - Leaders on Leadership 3 Credits Designed to facilitate your development as leaders, individually and as a community, with the assistance and guidance of your instructor. You will critically and reflexively think about yourself, relationships, organization, and leading. We will utilize theoretical, philosophical, and practical concepts and ideas as frameworks through which you will make sense of yourself, relationships, organization, and leadership to determine how to become a more authentic and effective leader in the future. To facilitate this learning, you will engage in reading, writing, research, dialogue, self-reflection, and self-reflexivity. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 681 - Self Leadership 3 Credits Students will explore self, identity, values, beliefs, faith, emotions, embodiment, spirituality, authenticity, integrity, resilience, self-discipline, truth-experiments, social intelligence, motivation, being, becoming, relationships, and leadership. Through self-assessments, self-reflection, and practical reflexivity, students will deepen their self-understanding, create their ideal of who they wish to become and a personal developmental plan and self-disciplines to lead them to become authentic and effective leaders. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 682 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credits Through assigned readings, class discussions, written assignments, interactions with social entrepreneurs, and an experiential learning project developed in cooperation with Social Venture Partners Rhode Island, students will be introduced to the field of social entrepreneurship, models of social enterprise, current trends and debates in the field of social entrepreneurship, and concepts employed and abilities possessed by effective social entrepreneurs. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 683 - Social Enterprise Development 3 Credits Student teams will develop a business plan for a social enterprise facilitated through their participation in the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition and application to Social Venture Partners Rhode Island’s Change Accelerator, a local social enterprise incubator. Students will engage in self-reflection to capture their learning about social enterprises, themselves, and create a personal social entrepreneur developmental plan. Prerequisite: MBA 682. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 684 - Leadership Coaching 3 Credits Provides an introduction to the discipline of coaching in the business community. Explores the nature of the coaching relationship and effective ways of being and communicating as a business coach. Students will engage in readings, discussions, assignments and experiential activities to develop their mindfulness, presence, self-awareness and coaching knowledge. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 685 - Digital and Social Media in the Business Environment 3 Credits The explosion of social media and devices has had an impact on how businesses function, the hiring and firing of personnel, marketing of their products/services, and engaging in the economy. Businesses are struggling to leverage the power of social media and digital devices while minimizing their legal, financial, and reputational risk. Examines social media and technological devices in the contemporary business environment, with an emphasis on legal issues. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 689 - Managing Information Resources 3 Credits Provides coverage in the use of conceptual computer applications in advanced management systems and management information systems. Topics include evaluation and selection of computer systems, project planning and control, programming languages, organizational aspects of computer systems, and the use of computer-generated information for management decision-making. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 690 - Operations and Service Management 3 Credits Offers a systematic study of quantitative and managerial concepts for both manufacturing and service organizations. Major areas of study include production, inventory, and quality control. Prerequisites: MTH 108; MGT 201 or FIN 217 or MTH 217. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 695 - Global Business Management 3 Credits Encompasses selected problems encountered by the international manager in the areas of financial management, marketing, community and labor relations, organization and operating policies, and the ways in which these problems may be approached. Prerequisites: ACC 203 or MBA 548; MBA 651; MBA 533 or ECN 101 and ECN 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 698 - Special Topics in Management 3 Credits Focuses on selective contemporary issues in the management field. Topics will be determined by the instructor each time the course is offered. Each student is required to write a paper on one of the issues covered in the course. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 699 - Real-Time/Real-World Experience: Business Internships 3 Credits The student is provided the opportunity to further develop skills and knowledge about a particular business function through direct association with a firm. Supervision is provided by both the firm and a graduate faculty member. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 700 - Strategic Management in a Global Business Environment 3 Credits This capstone course integrates the functional areas of business including accounting, quantitative methods, computer systems, marketing, finance, and management into the development of a strategic planning approach to the practice of business. Prerequisites: MBA 603, 626, 651, and 690. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	MBA 703 - Independent Study 3 Credits An Independent Study is under the direction of a Providence College School of Business faculty member. Students must complete an Independent Study Learning Agreement and gain prior approval from the MBA Program Director. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Theology
	THL 500 - Theology: History and Methods 3 Credits Introduces all graduate students in the respective programs to the study of theology, with special attention to the methods, purposes, and characteristics of theology as a field of inquiry and scholarship, through a survey of the history of Christian theological thinking and the more significant figures or schools that contribute to Catholic theology. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	THL 512 - Introduction to the Old Testament 3 Credits Introduces the literature that is the foundation of the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Offers a critical introduction to the major books in the Old Testament: the Pentateuch, the Deuteronomistic History, the Prophets, and the Wisdom literature. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	THL 513 - The Pentateuch 3 Credits Provides a theological introduction to the first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) employing historical and literary critical methods. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings

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HIS 509 - History of Africa Since 1850

HIS 510 - Early Colonial History

HIS 512 - The American Revolution

HIS 517 - Modern Rhode Island History

HIS 523 - The American West

HIS 530 - The Civil War

HIS 532 - Immigrant in America

HIS 533 - History and Culture of the Cold War

HIS 534 - The Gilded Age

HIS 535 - The Progressive Era

HIS 537 - American Urban History

HIS 549 - Modern Japan

HIS 568 - Institutional and Social History of the Middle Ages II

HIS 571 - Early Christian History

HIS 573 - The Reformation

HIS 577 - Modern Russia

HIS 578 - Modern Church History

HIS 579 - Eastern Europe During the Era of the Two World Wars

HIS 580 - Eastern Europe Since 1945

HIS 581 - Europe Since 1945

HIS 588 - Europe, 1852-1890

HIS 590 - Medieval Church History

HIS 591 - Europe, 1914-1933

HIS 614 - Early Latin America

HIS 615 - Modern Latin America

HIS 618 - American Diplomatic History from the Mexican War to World War I

HIS 622 - History of the British Empire

HIS 628 - History of the Middle East to 1920

HIS 629 - History of the Middle East, 1920 to the Present

HIS 630 - Seminar in American History

HIS 639 - Colloquium on the Irish in America

HIS 649 - Europe, 1933-1945

HIS 654 - Seminar in European History

HIS 656 - Europe, 1890-1914

HIS 670 - Seminar in Medieval History

HIS 679 - America, 1945 to the Present

HIS 704 - Directed Readings in American History

HIS 710 - Directed Readings in Medieval History

HIS 726 - Selected Topics in American History

HIS 727 - Selected Topics in Modern European History

HIS 728 - Selected Topics in Medieval History

HIS 730 - Selected Topics in Ancient History

HIS 780 - Thesis Research

HIS 804 - Thesis Continuation

MTH 500 - Foundations of Mathematics

MTH 501 - Algebraic Structures I

MTH 502 - Algebraic Structures II

MTH 504 - Differential Equations

MTH 506 - History of Mathematics

MTH 507 - Number Theory

MTH 511 - Mathematical Analysis I

MTH 512 - Mathematical Analysis II

MTH 516 - Graphing Calculators in the Classroom

MTH 518 - General Topology

MTH 523 - Probability and Statistics

MTH 530 - Topics in Geometry

MTH 540 - Topics in Applied Mathematics

MTH 640 - Computers in Education

MTH 709 - Computers in Secondary School Mathematics

MBA 532 - Introduction to Financial Concepts

MBA 533 - Introduction to Economic Concepts

MBA 548 - Introduction to Accounting Concepts

MBA 603 - Accounting and Decision-making in Organizations

MBA 611 - Accounting Ethics

MBA 613 - Accounting Frauds, Scandals, and Scams

MBA 615 - Advanced Taxation

MBA 620 - Advanced and IT Auditing

MBA 624 - Accounting for Government and Nonprofit Organizations

MBA 625 - Special Topics in Accounting

MBA 626 - Financial Management for Corporations

MBA 635 - International Finance

MBA 640 - Investment Analysis

MBA 642 - Management of Financial Institutions

MBA 645 - Portfolio Management

MBA 648 - Special Topics in Finance

MBA 651 - Marketing Management in Competitive Environments

MBA 661 - Brand Marketing

MBA 662 - Marketing Global Luxury Brands

MBA 669 - International Marketing