2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

BUS 5651 HEALTHCARE POLICY (3 credits). Analyzes key contemporary issues
in healthcare policy. Includes design and structure of the U.S. healthcare system,
policy initiatives and the roles of government, the private sector, consumers and
advocacy groups in setting policy agenda.
BUS 5653 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE (3 credits).
Addresses issues related to the management of information for healthcare practitioners
and consumers. Provides insight and experience, and applications of information
technology that improve the quality of healthcare communication and delivery,
and facilitates healthcare research.
BUS 5654 LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE (3 credits). Analyzes healthcare
business entities and the regulations with which they must comply. Discusses individual
right to access, and malpractice and its defense. Examines legal perspectives
to starting a new healthcare business venture, and information necessary before
entering into a joint healthcare venture.
BUS 5656 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR STRATEGIES (3 credits). Examines the consumer
decision-making process and its societal, environmental, group and economic
determinants. Includes research, analysis and strategy development in consumer
motivations, values, wants, needs and behavior. (Requirement: Must be enrolled
in Florida Tech University Online.) Prerequisites: BUS 5470.
BUS 5657 ADVANCED MARKET RESEARCH (3 credits). Examines the consumer
decision-making processes and behavior through the application of qualitative and
quantitative research methods. Includes problem identification, secondary research,
data gathering, analysis, interpretation and report writing. (Requirement: Must be
enrolled in Florida Tech University Online.) Prerequisites: BUS 5470.
BUS 5658 HEALTHCARE PLANNING AND MARKETING (3 credits). Discusses
and applies the concepts of healthcare planning and marketing to healthcare delivery,
assessment of community needs and resource planning in both ambulatory and
clinical settings. Includes health services planning and trends, demand for and use
of health services, research methods and sources of marketing and planning data.
BUS 5661 STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Covers the role
of project management in a business or corporate environment. Teaches how to
achieve project goals and objectives within set constraints such as time and budget.
(Requirement: Must be enrolled in Florida Tech University Online.)
BUS 5662 PROJECT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (3 credits). Covers tools and
techniques used to plan and control projects and accomplish business objectives.
Emphasizes how to determine which tool or technique to use during different
phases of the project life cycle. Uses project management software in exercises.
(Requirement: Must be enrolled in Florida Tech University Online.) Prerequisites:
BUS 5661.
BUS 5668 CASES IN APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Covers
planning and managing a project from initiation and execution to closeout, using
learned project management concepts. Provides hands-on experience in planning
and managing through a student project. Gives insight through case studies and
real-world analyses. (Requirement: Must be enrolled in Florida Tech University
Online.) Prerequisites: BUS 5662.
BUS 5669 MASTERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Covers the generally
accepted project management practices in industry (such as construction, software,
engineering and automotive). Emphasizes the process-based approach (inputs,
tools and technology, and outputs). Includes the nine knowledge areas of project
management. (Requirement: Must be enrolled in Florida Tech University Online.)
BUS 5840 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY (3 credits). Introduces the
three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting,
capital structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range
of international financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign
operations can have on financial statements.
BUS 5858 LEADING IN THE TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE
(3 credits). Examines the leadership challenges inherent in managing a technology-oriented
enterprise. Presents various leadership approaches and describes
their application in managing innovation and technology. Also addresses the role
of leadership in system design and development in integrated product teams.
BUS 5870 GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Emphasizes the
global nature of marketing and the factors that shape it, including analysis of the
multilateral environment in which firms operate, global marketing research and
alternative strategies for market entry and development. Contemporary topics
may include relationship marketing, sourcing strategy and business-to-business
marketing.
BUS 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0-2 credits). Variable registration for thesis
completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
BUS 5990 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3 credits). Offers master’s-level independent
research or directed study under the direction of a member of the College of
Business graduate faculty. May require deliverables such as a comprehensive paper.
(Requirement: Program chair approval.)
BUS 5999 THESIS (3-6 credits). Students must register with the director of
industry/education programs at least two months prior to the start of the semester.
Minimum requirements include formal written and oral presentations, weekly
summary reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a host employer’s location.
(Requirement: Associate dean approval.)
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHE 1091 NANOSCIENCE/NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (1 credit).
Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience
research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin film
deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques like
atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes. (Requirement: Freshman status
or instructor approval.) Prerequisites: CHM 1101.
CHE 1101 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1 (2 credits).
Introduces the chemical engineering profession. Discusses the role of an engineer
as a problem solver dealing with multiple constraints. Covers process flowsheets,
and piping and instrumentation diagrams in Microsoft ® PowerPoint. ® (Requirement:
Must be enrolled in the chemical engineering program.) (CL)
CHE 1102 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2 (1 credit).
Applies the skills learned in CHE 1101 to a design problem presented in oral and
written form. Presents statistics, plotting and spreadsheeting in Microsoft ® Excel ® ,
and curve fitting using Oakdale Engineering DataFit. (Requirement: Enrollment
in chemical engineering degree program.) (CL)
CHE 2101 CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES 1 (3 credits). Basic principles
and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical principles
to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteady-state
material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing; equilibrium
process models. Prerequisites: CHM 1101, MTH 1001.
CHE 2102 CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES 2 (3 credits). Basic principles
and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical
principles to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteadystate
material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing;
equilibrium process models. Prerequisites: CHE 2101, CHM, 1102, MTH 1002.
Corequisites: CHM 1102.
CHE 3101 TRANSPORT PROCESSES (3 credits). Includes models for molecularlevel
transport mechanisms; bulk transport of momentum; pipe flow and pipeline
design and optimization; rheologic behavior and viscometry; compressible flow;
pressure and flow measurement; flow through fixed and fluidized beds; two-phase
flow; pumping; boundary-layer theory. Prerequisites: CHE 2102, MTH 2201.
Corequisites: MTH 2201.
CHE 3103 HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES (3 credits). Theory and applications
of heat transfer; conduction, convection, radiation, condensation and evaporation;
heat transfer in reaction vessels; humidification and water cooling; thermowell and
heat exchanger design and optimization. Prerequisites: CHE 2102, MTH 2201.
CHE 3104 MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES (3 credits). Includes fundamental
principles and applications of mass transfer and separation processes; diffusion
and stagnant-layer approximation; two-film theory and surface renewal; flash and
batch differential distillation; continuous binary and multicomponent rectification;
and batch fractionation. Prerequisites: CHE 2102, MTH 2201.
CHE 3110 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (3 credits).
Studies the thermodynamics of chemical solutions and reactions. Includes ideal
and non-ideal solutions, phase equilibria, single- and two-phase reaction equilibria.
Prerequisites: CHE 2102.
CHE 3115 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES LAB 1 (2 credits). Includes
experimental demonstration of theory covered in CHE 3101, CHE 3103 and
CHE 3104. Prerequisites: CHE 3101, CHE 3103, CHE 3104.
CHE 3170 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
(3 credits). Introduces the field of environmental engineering that emphasizes the
interrelationships among air, water and land pollution and the effect of ecological,
economic and sociological constraints on the solution of environmental problems.
(Requirement: Junior standing.)
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