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The Graduate School Departments and Course Descriptions
indoor industrial aid containment PEL concentrations and industrial environment noise
levels are examined. Prerequisite: INEG 4223 or OMGT 4303. (Same as INEG 5223)
OMGT5303 Health Care Policies and Issues (Irregular) Health care management and
policy development. Health insurance, Medicare and managed care. Health benefits
for employees. The role of government and business in policy formulation. Financing
of health care. Legal and ethical considerations in health care. Hospital and outpatient
management issues.
OMGT5373 Quality Management (Irregular) Implementation of modern participative
quality management techniques in military and civilian operations. Includes quality
control methods and control charts. Acceptance sampling plans with emphasis upon
Department of Defense procurement standards. Prerequisite: OMGT 4333.
OMGT5423 Operations Management & Global Competition (Sp) Studies of principles
and cases in business/industrial administration in global competition. Survey of
markets, technologies, multi-national corporations, cultures, and customs. Discussion
of ethics, professionalism, difference valuing, human relations skills, and other topics
relevant to global engineering practice. Prerequisite: INEG 4433.
OMGT5433 Cost Estimation Models (Irregular) An examination of the methodologies for
estimating and forecasting manufacturing costs. Types of cost recovery systems, work
progress functions, product improvement curves, determination of hourly rates, parametric
estimating systems, and the development of software for computer-assisted
estimating systems. Prerequisite: INEG 3513 and INEG 3833. (Same as INEG 5433)
OMGT5463 Economic Decision Making (Irregular) Principles of economic analysis with
emphasis upon discounted cash flow criteria for decision making. Comparison of criteria
such as rate of return, annual cost, and present worth for the evaluation of project
alternatives. Required course (may be substituted by OMGT 5123).
OMGT5503 Maintenance Management (Irregular) Principles and practices of maintenance
department organization, prevention procedures, and typical equipment
problems. Includes related topics such as plant protection, preventative and plant
maintenance. Prerequisite: OMGT 4333.
OMGT5733 Human Behavior Analysis (Irregular) Psychological and physiological
factors to be considered by the operations manager. Human perceptual and work
capacities are examined in relation to various task situations, with emphasis on controlling
and monitoring tasks. Fundamental design factors are also considered. Human
behavioral aspects of management decisions are considered.
OMGT577V Special Problems (Irregular) (1-3) Application of previous course work
knowledge to problems encountered in military base and civilian operations. Problems
are proposed by students according to individual interests and needs. May be repeated
for up to 3 hours of degree credit.
OMGT5823 Computer Applications (Irregular) Computer systems for analysis and
control of operations management problems. Coding of operations models and currently
available software systems. Microcomputers, minicomputers, and time-sharing
systems. Networking and navigating the Internet as a resource for solving operations
management problems. Prerequisite: OMGT 4853.
OMGT5873 Organization and Control (Irregular) Examination of organizational decision
making authority, structures, and controls. Functions of management-planning,
organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Comparison of military and civilian
environments for the implementation of management principles. Required course (may
be substituted by OMGT 4623).
OMGT600V Master’s Thesis (Irregular) (1-6)
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
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Thomas Senor
Department Chair
318 Old Main
479-575-3551
E-mail: phildept@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/depts/philinfo/
• Professor Spellman
• Associate Professors Adler, Lee, Lyons, Minar, Senor
• Assistant Professors Funkhouser, McMullin, Ward
Degrees Conferred:
M.A., Ph.D. (PHIL)
Areas of Concentration: History of philosophy (including ancient, medieval,
modern, early analytic, and contemporary), metaphysics, epistemology,
ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of
mind, philosophy of religion, continental, and philosophy of science.
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Admission to the program is subject
to the approval of the graduate committee of the Department of Philosophy.
For the M.A., the normal expectation is 18 hours in philosophy, including
logic. Students with fewer hours in philosophy may be admitted with deficiencies.
In addition to the materials required by the Graduate School, at least two
letters of recommendation, a sample of written work, and GRE aptitude scores
(if available) should be submitted to the department chair. For the Ph.D.,
completion of an M.A. degree in philosophy is required.
Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree: (Min. 33 hours.)
1. 27 total hours of course work with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or
better. These hours must include:
a. Satisfaction of the course distribution requirement, which is as
follows: one course each in ancient Greek philosophy, modern
philosophy, one history of philosophy course in an area other
than ancient Greek and modern philosophy, value theory, and
metaphysics/epistemology. Only courses in which the student
earns a grade of “B” or better will count towards fulfilling the
course distribution requirement. A student may petition the
graduate committee to take an exam in one or more of the
above areas, which, if passed, would satisfy the distribution
requirement for the area(s) in question.
b. Symbolic Logic I or II with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent,
or exam in symbolic logic.
c. Six hours of course work in graduate seminars.
2. An acceptable thesis and a successful oral examination before the
thesis committee. With the approval of the graduate committee,
the oral exam may be taken a second time.
Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree:
1. 24 hours of course work beyond completion of the M.A. in philosophy
(with the approval of the graduate committee, up to six
hours may be taken in another discipline). Course work beyond
the M.A. must satisfy the following conditions:
a. Only courses in which a “B” or better is earned count toward
the 24 hours of course work required for the Ph.D.
b. Symbolic Logic I or II, or equivalent, or exam in symbolic logic.
(This requirement is waived for candidates who have completed
the above M.A. program.)
c. At least nine hours of graduate seminar work in philosophy.
d. By the time final course work is taken, students must have satisfied
course distribution requirements comparable to those for
the M.A. degree (1a., above).
2. Reading knowledge of one scholarly language in addition to
English. Languages other than French, German, Latin, and classical
Greek must be approved by the graduate committee of the
Department of Philosophy.
3. Qualifying Examinations:
a. Comprehensive Exam: The student must pass a comprehensive
examination of his or her main area of specialization.
b. Prospectus Exam: The student must write a dissertation
proposal and pass an oral preliminary dissertation examination
covering the proposal and the topic of the dissertation.
4. An acceptable dissertation, successfully defended before the dissertation
committee.
Through an agreement with the Academic Common Market, residents
of certain Southern states may qualify for graduate enrollment in the doctoral
program in philosophy as in-state students for fee purposes. See page 239 for
details.
Philosophy (PHIL)
PHIL4003 Ancient Greek Philosophy (Fa) Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
PHIL4013 Platonism & Origin of Christian Theology (Sp) The study of Plato, Middle
Platonism, and Neoplatonism, including Philo, Plotinus, and Proclus, and the influence
of Platonism on the Greek church fathers of the 2nd-5th centuries, principally Origen
and Gregory of Nyssa and also Pseudo-Dionysius. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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