Course DescriptionsCommunication - EconomicsCOMM 435 Communication and Gender(3 units)Introduction to a number of conceptual and theoretical problematicsthat have a bearing on the study of communication and its relevance toquestions of gender. Explores differences between males and femaleswith respect to communication styles, the cultural motivations for thesedifferences, how they are reproduced in ongoing socialization experi ences,their social and political implications, and the stratagems speakers deployin the course of exploiting, bridging, negotiating or overcoming suchdifferences. (CCSC)COMM 440 Organizational Communication(3 units)Examination of theoretical and research literature on the interactionwithin organizations and its bearing on individuals and groups in societyat large. Some of the themes stressed are: the function of organizationswithin complex technological, market and sociopolitical environments;the communicative challenges of organizing; social responsibility andresponsiveness; conflict mediation between organizational groups andactors; corporate wrongdoing; issues management; corporate politicalactivity; institutional ethics; and whistle blowing. (CCSC)CS 211 Computer Science II(4 units)A continuation of program design and development. Introduction to datastructures: stacks, queues, linear lists, trees and sets. Includes pointersrecursion, and implementation and analysis of sorting and searchingalgorithms. Extensive programming is required. Includes introduction toparallel models and algorithms, problem state space, relational database, andnumerical approximation methods. Three hours of lecture. Prerequisite: CS 111.CS 301J Computer Mastery: Java(3 units)An introduction to the applications of computers, such as word processing,spreadsheet, database management, networking communications,operating systems, editors, societal issues and historical perspectivesof computer usage; algorithmica and critical thinking and computerprogramming in: Java. CS 301 (A) May not be taken for credit by studentswho have received credit for EDUC 422A and EDUC 422C. A grade of C+ orabove in CS301(A) can be used to fulfill EDUC 422A and EDUC 422C. Maynot be repeated. Credit may not be counted toward the computer sciencemajor. Enrollment restricted to students who have completed the Entry-LevelMathematics (ELM) requirement.CS 311 Data Structures(3 units)A thorough understanding of several advanced methods forimplementing the abstract data types and the time used by eachmethod. Includes abstract data types such as dictionary, priority queues,matrices, and relations, foundation of recursive algorithms, complexityanalysis, complexity classes, sorting and searching, computability andundecidability, problem-solving strategies, heuristic search, modelingand components of database systems, and graphics software systems.Prerequisite: CS 211. Co-prerequisite: MATH 270 or 370.CS 443 Database Management Systems(3 units)Study of the concepts and structures necessary to design and implementdatabase management systems. File organization, index organization,security, data integrity and reliability, data description and querylanguages will be studied within hierarchical, network and relationalmodels. A commercially available relational database management systemwill be used. May not be taken for credit by students who have received creditfor CS 543. Prerequisite: CS 311.ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics(3 units)Introduction to the tools economists use to analyze a wide variety of issuesand to gain an understanding of the economic way of thinking. Includessupply and demand, market exchanges, opportunity cost, productionpossibilities frontier, marginal analysis, consumer choice, firms and markets,externalities, public goods, and cost and production theory. Subject matteralso may include issues commonly believed to be outside the economicdomain. Illustrates the wide and diverse applicability of economic analysis.ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics(3 units)The economy is the subject of study in this course. Includes gross domesticproduct, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, monetary policy, fiscalpolicy, budget deficits, trade deficits, international trade, exchangerates, business cycles, expectations and a comparison of differentmacroeconomic schools of thought.ECON 301 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I(3 units)Examines the economic decisions made by individuals as consumers.Subject matter includes consumer choice, demand theory, labor leisurechoice, intertemporal choice, choice under risk, welfare economics, generalequilibrium analysis and public goods. Prerequisites: MATH 132 or MATH 160,ECON 201 and ECON 202.ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II(3 units)Examines the economic decisions made by business firms. Subject matterincludes production and cost theory, theory of the firm, market structures,game theory, and externalities and factor market analysis. Prerequisites:MATH 132 or 160, ECON 201 and 202.ECON 331 Money, Banking and the Economy(3 units)Discussion of the Federal Reserve System, money supply and moneydemand. Analysis of money’s effects on the price level, interest rates,employment, output and exchange rates is analyzed. Examines howmoney evolved out of a barter economy. Banking and financial institutionsare examined, with emphasis on innovations in financial markets.Prerequisites: MATH 132 or 160, ECON 201 and 202.ECON 401 Behavioral Economics(3 units)Examines how people deviate from the standard, explore thepsychological evidence, construct the behavioral economics model andanalyze how we can test the predictive power of the behavioral economicsmodel. May not be taken for credit by students who have received creditfor ECON 481-6. Prerequisite: ECON 301 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.12SUMMER 2020 | CSUSM EXTENDED LEARNING | csusm.edu/summer
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