SE 6013. Project Management. Cross-Referenced with SCM 6013. This course will focus on the nine project management areas as defined by the Project management Institute. These include project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement management. Each of these nine areas will be investigated in detail and deliverables coming from those areas will be discussed. Fall semester, even years.
SE 6033. Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Cross-Referenced with MGMT 6033. A comprehensive study of practical creativity in an organizational setting. Creativity will be studied at both the macro and micro levels as both entrepreneurship (the start-up of new venture) and writing company creativity is investigated. Organizational structures, programs, and company creativity are investigated. Organizational structures, programs, and reward systems designed to foster creativity will be analyzed and discussed. Students will develop a written project proposal and a multimedia presentation to introduce it. As needed.
SE 6043. Environmental Economics. Cross-Referenced with ECON 6043. This course provides and overview of current issues in environmental economics such as environmental protection and policy, tradeoffs, and the global warming debate. As needed.
SE 6053. International Business. Cross-Referenced with MGMT 6053. The global environment of business is explored with emphasis on cultural diversity, international institutions, government-business interface, and global competition. Case studies will be used to emphasize issues. Country studies (both written and oral) will be developed and presented. As needed.
SE 6093. Community Development. Cross-Referenced with PA 6093. Provides an overview of principles and strategies of community development in rural areas. Explores how rural communities in diverse cultural, political, and economic settings can build on local assets, skills, and capacities to improve the lives of residents. Fall semester.
SE 6113. Professional Projects. Cross-Referenced with PA 6113. The professional project is intended to be a capstone for the MPA degree. It should demonstrate a level of competence on the part of the student that is expected of one with a professional degree. This will involve providing a product for a public or non-profit agency. Fall, spring, summer.
SE 6143. Sustainable SCM Practices. Cross-Referenced with SCM 6043. This course includes review of the literature related to sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and complete an empirical investigation of the impact of sustainability within a supply chain context on organizational and supply chain performance. This investigation requires the use of SPSS software to assess validity and reliability of measurement scales, to develop and interpret tables and graphs, and to conduct and interpret the results of statistical analysis. Spring semester, odd years.
SE 6243. Community Organizing. Cross-Referenced with PA 6243. This course provides an overview of principles and strategies of community organizing as a function of policy development. Through an examination of the underlying theories of grassroots movements, strategies for citizen empowerment, and the role of these in influencing policy, along with a review of principles of public administration, the student will examine how community groups in diverse cultural, political, and economic settings can bring about change. A special focus will be on empowerment. Summer.
SE 6253. Social Activism. Cross-Referenced with PA 6253. This course provides graduate students with a detailed overview of principles and strategies associated with social activism as a function of policy development. Through an examination of the underlying theories of social paralysis, grassroots movements, the dynamics of resistance/advocacy, and the role of these in influencing policy, along with a review of principles of public administration, the student will examine how social movements in diverse cultural, political, and economic settings are critical to the conduct of public policy. Summer.