Graduate Catalog - Shippensburg University

Shippensburg UniversityManagement Information Systems (ISM)ISM420 Telecommunications and Distributed Processing (3 crs.)Examines technology, organization, and operations of telecommunicationsand distributed data processing systems. Topics discussedinclude hardware/software facilities, transmission systems, system designconsiderations, and network configurations. Hands-on exercisesand case studies used to illustrate the application of telecommunicationand distributed processing technology. Prerequisite: ISM344 orpermission of instructor.ISM442 Electronic Commerce and Technology Integration (3 crs.)Covers the Internet and electronic commerce concepts related tothree specific areas: business operations and management, technologyutilization, and industry-specific applications such as financeand marketing. Class lectures and hands-on application developmentapplied to the examination of business and technical issues involvedin designing, implementing, and managing business operations andcommerce via electronic means, including the Internet. Prerequisites:ISM355.ISM446 Applied Project Management (3 crs.)This senior capstone course provides an in-depth coverage of theanalysis, design, and development of projects within the various environmentsincluding business. Cooperative project teams will propose,design and build solutions for selected academic or business applications.Coverage includes: analysis of current project requirements,management of project activities; design of proposed solution; activityscheduling; establishment of practical quality controls; publication ofproject documentation; project delivery and closure. Project managementconcepts, earned value management, and brainstormingtechniques will be covered with related software introduced.ISM490 Selected Topics in Business Information Systems (3 crs.)Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interestnot covered by the regular courses.Marketing (MKT)MKT430 Marketing Research (3 crs.)In-depth study of the tools of marketing research, including methodologyand techniques used in measuring characteristics of markets forproducts and services. Topics include research process, data collection,sampling, data analysis, and presentation of results. Containshands-on development of capabilities to study characteristics of themarketplace. Prerequisites: MKT305, MKT306, and SCM200, ordepartmental permission.MKT490 Selected Topics (1-3 crs.)Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interestnot covered by the regular courses.MKT495 Marketing Analysis and Strategy Development (3 crs.)Capstone synthesis course for marketing majors. Requires studentsto apply information and skills learned in business core and marketingcourses to case situations and research projects. Critical thinking,use of marketing research, and strategic decision making are stressed.Emphasizes the use of written and oral communication skills aspart of the marketing core requirements. Prerequisites: MKT305,MKT306, and MKT430, or departmental permission.Mathematics (MAT)MAT400 History of Mathematics (3 crs.)Focuses on the development of mathematical ideas relevant to K-12mathematics. Some examples include episodes in the development ofnumber systems, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, number theory, andanalytic geometry. Some time spent on multicultural issues, sometimesreferred to as “ethnomathematics.” Prerequisite: MAT320.MAT410 Numerical Analysis (3 crs.)Primarily methods of numerical approximation to the value of functions,polynomials, and systems of equations. Topics include accuracyof approximate calculations, interpolation and interpolating polynomials,solution of algebraic and transcendental equations. Numericalsolution of simultaneous linear and nonlinear equations, principleof least squares, difference equations, and quadrature formulas arestudied. Prerequisites: MAT212 and either CSC180 or CSC110.MAT413 Statistics II (3 crs.)Study of statistical methods and their application to various datasets. The entire statistical process of data collection, fitting data to amodel, analysis of the model, verification of the model, and inferencewill be covered. Topics include hypothesis testing, two-populationmeans, bivariate relationships, regression, ANOVA, experimentaldesigns, two-way tables, time series, survival analysis and multivariateanalysis. Examples taken from a variety of disciplines. Conceptsreinforced through class projects. Prerequisite: MAT 313.MAT421 Number Theory and Cryptography (3 crs.)Introduction to a selection of topics from the related fields of numbertheory and cryptography. Topics may include congruence arithmetic,primitive roots, quadratic residues, perfect numbers, Pythagoreantriples, sums of squares, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and primalitytesting, various substitution ciphers including affine, Vigenere, andHill ciphers and the RSA public key encryption system with severalvariations. Algorithms for each encryption scheme discussed will beintroduced and implemented. Prerequisite: MAT320.MAT422 Partial Differential Equations (3 crs.)Introduction to partial differential equations, a fundamental branchof applied mathematics. Three classical equations from mathematicalphysics are discussed: the wave equation, the heat equation andLaplace’s equation. Techniques which include separation of variables,Fourier series and fundamental solutions are introduced to addressthese equations. A introduction to numerical methods is alsoincluded. Prerequisites: MAT213 and MAT322.MAT425 Advanced Algebraic Structures (3 crs.)Detailed study of one or more of the higher level algebraic structuressuch as groups, rings, fields, or abstract vector spaces. Emphasison structure theorems such as the fundamental theorem of grouphomomorphisms and uses the sophistication developed in MAT320.Prerequisites: MAT318 and MAT320.MAT430 Complex Analysis (3 crs.)Introductory course in the theory of functions of a complex variable.Topics include complex numbers, analytic functions, contour integration,Cauchy’s Theorem, and infinite series. Methods of a logicalproof are developed and used throughout. Prerequisites: MAT212 andMAT320.MAT441 Real Analysis I (3 crs.)Designed to give a fundamental understanding of the concepts usedin elementary calculus. Methods of a logical proof are developed andused throughout. Topics include real numbers, sequences, limits, continuity,derivatives and the Riemann integral. Prerequisites: MAT213and MAT320.98