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For students with no prior experience with computers. Organization
and function of computer systems; application of computers in today’s
society; social impact of computers. Introduction to algorithms, various
types of application packages, and the Internet. Not for computer science
majors. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Introduction to problem-solving methods and algorithm development.
Includes procedural and data abstractions, program design, debugging,
testing, and documentation. Covers data types, control structures, functions,
parameter passing, library functions, and arrays. Laboratory exercises
in C++. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: Programming experience in a high-level language other
than C++. Covers the elements
of object-oriented programming and the C++ language. Data types, control
structures, functions, library functions, classes, inheritance, and multiple
inheritance. Use of constructors, destructors, function and operator overloading,
reference parameters and default values, friend functions, input and output
streams, templates, and exceptions. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: Programming experience in a high-level language other
than Java. This course covers the elements of object-oriented programming
and the Java Programming Language. Primitive data types, control structures,
methods, classes, arrays and strings, inheritance and polymorphism, interfaces,
creating user interfaces, applets, exceptions and streams. Laboratory
course. 4 cr
Fundamentals of logic (the laws of logic, rules of inferences,
quantifiers, proofs of theorems), Fundamental principles of counting (permutations,
combinations), set theory, relations and functions, graphs, trees and
sorting, shortest path and minimal spanning trees algorithms. Monoids
and Groups. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 201. Study of computer organization/architecture
to include: CPU, ALU, register transfer languages, memory, caches, interrupt
systems, and operating systems. Discussion of assembly language topics
such as data representation, instruction sets, addressing, modes, interrupt
processing, and operating systems support. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 201. Extends material covered in
CS 201, using the C++ language. Covers the use of classes, member functions,
constructors, destructors, operator overloading, friend functions, class
composition, inheritance and multiple inheritance, input and output streams,
templates, and exceptions. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 231 or MET CS 331. Covers data structures, using
the C++ language. Topics include data abstraction, encapsulation, the
use of recursion, creation and manipulation of various data structures;
bags, lists, queues, tables, trees, heaps andgraphs, and searching and
sorting algorithms. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 232. This course covers data structures using
the Java Programming Language. Topics include data abstraction, encapsulation,
information hiding, and the use of recursion, creation and manipulation
of various data structures: lists, queues, tables, trees, heaps, and graphs,
and searching and sorting algorithms. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 201 or both MET CS 101 and MET MG 301. Computer-based
management information systems. Management’s role in development
and use of computer systems. Planning for a comprehensive information
system; role in decision Prereq: MET CS 231 or MET CS 232 or MET CS 331. Provides an introduction
to human-computer interface design and evaluation, with an emphasis on
graphical user interfaces for software products. Covers design principles
and theory, Web usability, and selected basic research in the areas of
human factors and human cognition. Offers a hands-on application of learned
principles using .NET. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 231 or MET CS 232 or
MET CS 331. Basic concepts of DBMS; introduction to SQL, data modeling,
object persistency, DB security and Oracle DBMS. 4 cr
Prereq: consent of advisor. Independent study on special projects
under faculty guidance. 4 cr
or variable cr
Prereq: MET CS 341 or MET CS 342. In-depth exploration of the C++ programming
language and Visual Studio .NET for development, debugging, and deployment
of applications. Programming in C++ encompassing the following topics:
Device I/O handling, .NET Framework application development classes such
as window forms, splitters, views, controls, dialogs, resources, such
as menus, tool bars, bitmaps, and status bars. Custom controls, visual
inheritance, SDI, MDI, and extending the Visual Studio .NET interface.
File I/O for reading and storing binary and textual information. Data
services for manipulating SQL-databases using ADO.NET. Graphics Services
(GDI+) for 2D-vector graphics, imaging, and text rendering, including
the new features of gradients, anti-aliasing, double buffering techniques,
zooming, off-screen image processing and rendering. Communication services:
TCP and UDP sockets, broadcast, unicast, and multicast sockets. Utilizing
idle time processing, timers, and threading for building responsive GUI
applications. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 341 or MET CS 342. Organization of programming
languages, especially the run-time behavior of programs. Discussion of
imperative (Pascal, C), object- Prereq: Previous programming experience with functions, CAS CS
111 recommended, CAS MA 226 or equivalent. In-depth discussion of object
oriented programming with C++ for mathematical finance. Topics include:
built-in-types, control structure, classes, constructors, destructors,
function overloading, operator functions, friend functions, inheritance,
polymorphism with dynamic binding. Case study: finite differences solutions
for the basic models of financial derivatives; design and development
of modular, scalable, maintainable software for modeling financial derivatives.
Laboratory course. 4 cr
Note: Only students in MA in Mathematical Finance and MS in Actuarial Science will receive graduate credit for this course.
Prereq: MET CS 342 or consent of instructor. Accelerated review of differences between C++ and Java in the areas of program structure, built-in types, control constructs, and arrays. Detailed coverage of enumerations, structures, unions and bit fields. Discussion of C++ functions and modes of parameter passing. Detailed study of C++ classes, constructors, destructors, operator functions, class composition, inheritance, multiple inheritance, and virtual functions. Review of techniques of programming with exceptions and with templates. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Note: Only students in MA in Mathematical Finance and MS in Actuarial Science will receive graduate credit for this course.
Prereq: MET CS 342 or consent of instructor. Accelerated review
of differences between C++ and Java in the areas
of program structure, built-in types, control constructs, and arrays.
Detailed coverage of enumerations, structures, unions and bit fields.
Discussion of C++ functions and modes of parameter passing. Detailed study
of C++ classes, constructors, destructors, operator functions, class composition,
inheritance, multiple inheritance, and virtual functions. Review
of techniques of programming with exceptions and with templates. Laboratory
course. 4 cr
Note: Credit will not be given for this course if the programming prerequisites
have been taken in C++.
Prereq: MET CS 341 or equivalent knowledge of C++. Comprehensive coverage of flow of control, classes and methods, class composition and extension, interfaces, exceptions, and packages in Java. Use of concurrency control, utilities, applets, and Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). Swing Library, Streams and File I/O, Networking, and Java Database Connectivity. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Note: Credit will not be given for this course
if the programming prerequisites have been taken in Java.
Prereq: MET CS 248 and MET CS 341 or MET CS 342. Discusses basic
methods for designing and analyzing efficient algorithms emphasizing methods
used in practice. Topics include sorting, searching, dynamic programming,
greedy algorithms, advanced data structures, graph algorithms (shortest
path, spanning trees, tree traversals), matrix operations, string matching,
NP completeness. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 248, MET CS 272 and MET CS 341 or MET CS 342.
Automata theory, grammar, and language structure, lexical analysis, syntactic
analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization techniques.
Students design and implement a compiler. Laboratory course. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 272 and MET CS 231 or MET CS 232 or MET CS 331.
Computer organization ranging from large mainframes to minicomputers and
microprocessors, with emphasis on processor, memory, and input/output
systems. Includes microprogramming, virtual memory, peripheral device
characteristics, and concurrent and distributed systems. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 272 and MET CS 231 or MET CS 232 or MET CS 331.
Overview of operating system characteristics, design objectives, and structures.
Topics include concurrent processes, coordination of asynchronous events,
file systems, resource sharing, memory management, security, scheduling
and deadlock problems. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 231 or MET CS 232 or MET CS 331. This course provides
a theoretical
yet modern presentation of database topics ranging from Data and Object
Modeling to advanced topics such as using C++/Java to develop Web-based
database applications. Other topics covered—relational data model,
SQL and manipulating relational data; applications programming for relational
data-bases; physical characteristics of databases; achieving performance
and reliability with database
systems; object-oriented and distributed information systems. 4 cr
Prereq: Consent of advisor.
Prereq: high school trigonometry and algebra. Covers fundamentals
related to a wide range of topics, including basic functions (trigonometric
functions, such as complex exponential functions and logarithms), and
basics of calculus (derivatives
and integrals). Introduces fundamentals of probability and stochastic
processes. Emphasis is on mathematical methods relevant to telecommunication.
4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 201, MG 600 or equivalent. Basic concepts of data
communications and computer networks; hardware, software, and reference
models; TCP/IP protocol suit. Overview of voice communication, LAN, network
development life cycle, security, management IT Economic: Total Cost Ownership,
Return on Investment and IT Project Portfolio Management. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CS 201 or MET CS 231 or MET CS 232. Overview of data
communication and computer networks, including network hardware and software,
as well as reference models, example networks, data communication services
and network standardization. The OSI and the Internet (TCP/IP) network
models are discussed. The course covers each network layer in details,
from the physical layer to the application layer, and includes an overview
of network security topics. Other topics covered include encoding digital
and analog signals, transmission media, protocols, circuit, packet, message,
switching techniques, internetworking devices, topologies. LANs/WANs,
Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, and Web applications. Labs on network analysis.
4 cr An overview of the criminal justice system and explanations of
criminal behavior. How the
system relates to the individual, from the time of arrest through conviction
and sentencing. Emphasis is on the conflict between social order and individual
justice. 4 cr
An examination of the increasingly complex role of police in
society, including the origin and evolution of the police concept, real
vs. perceived functions of police, political control, paramilitary structure,
and policy vs. police discretion. 4 cr
Models of punishment and treatment from the perspectives of the
humanities and social sciences. Correctional practices and procedures,
including institutional treatment, probation, and parole. Prison conditions,
programs for juveniles, and comparative systems. Correction administration
topics covered include personnel, legal, operating practices, overcrowding,
and planning. 4 cr
Theory and practice of criminal law, including sanctions, individual
liability, limitations on state action, criminal and victim rights, evidence,
defense, deterrence, mandatory sentencing, decriminalization, intent,
entrapment, vagueness, and capital punishment. Case studies of recent
court decisions. 4 cr
Prereq: MET CJ 351 or consent of instructor. Federal, state,
and local criminal courts and their relationship to contemporary social
and political issues. Historical background of the current criminal court
system. Institutional functions of the courts. Role of the courts in reducing
crime. Judicial process and criminal procedure, case studies and court
decisions. 4 cr
An introduction to the basic concepts and practices of business
intelligence, including analysis of risk for overseas investment and operations;
understanding competition in the marketplace; protection of proprietary
information, personnel and facilities; and legal and ethical issues in
business intelligence. In addition to discussing basic intelligence principles,
students perform individual and team exercises to gain an understanding
of business intelligence methods and practices. 4 cr
Independent study in criminal justice under faculty guidance.
Prior approval by program director required. 4 cr
Prereq: previous criminal justice or related course, or consent
of instructor. Seminar topics of current interest in the field are selected
by program faculty. Occasional international faculty or topic. Consult
Criminal Justice Program Office for additional information. 4 cr
Use of computers in management and research as applied to police,
courts, corrections, and juvenile organizations. Topics include database
management, information networking, security applications, and selected
current issues. Field case studies and exercises. 4 cr
See also:
MET CJ 602 Deviant Theory
and Behavior
MET SO 344 Drugs and Society
MET UA 507 Law and Justice
in the City
Earthquakes and plate tectonics. Volcanic eruptions. Floods,
erosion, and water pollution. Coastal hazards. 4 cr
The course introduces the concept of global climate change and
Earth system science by first discussing basic principles of environmental
geology and plate tectonics. Groundwater, groundwater pollution, and environmental
impact of resource recovery are discussed in the context of health and
land-use planning. Other topics include glaciations, desertification,
acid rain, global warming, and long-term geologic change. 4 cr
Factors affecting coastlines of
the world, including tectonic setting, sediment supply, glaciation, waves,
and tides. Beach morphology and processes. Hurricanes and northeast storms.
Coastal currents. Coral reefs. 4 cr
Primary vs. secondary coasts, barrier types, barrier island development,
tidal inlet processes, shoreline erosion and depositional problems, coastal
dunes, tidal marshes, and estuarine processes and environments. 4 cr A one-semester introduction to economics for those who desire
economic literacy but anticipate no further formal training in the field.
Covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics with an emphasis on the
analysis of current issues. 4 cr
Note: MET EC 100 cannot be substituted for either MET EC 101 or EC 102 and does not count toward a concentration in economics or management studies.
One semester of a standard two-semester sequence for those considering
further work in management or economics. Includes the economics of households,
business firms, and markets; consumer behavior and the demand for commodities;
production, costs, and the supply of commodities; price determination;
competition and monopoly; efficiency of resource allocation; market failures
and governmental regulation; income distribution; and poverty. 4 cr
One semester of a standard two-semester sequence for those considering
further work in management or economics. Includes national economic performance;
problems of recession, unemployment, inflation, and trade and budget deficits;
money creation, government spending, and taxation; economic policies for
full employment and price stability; and international trade and payments.
4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 101 or equivalent. Determination of commodity and factor
prices under differing market conditions of competition and monopoly.
4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 102 or equivalent. Determination of aggregate
income and employment. Analysis of fiscal and monetary policy. Inflation
and income policy. Problems of the open economy. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 101 and EC 102, or equivalent. Theoretical and
empirical examination of the structural changes associated with the process
of economic development; special reference to poor regions and countries,
and rigorous analysis of criteria for policy judgments in developing planning
and programming. 4 cr Prereq: MET EC 332, EC 201, or equivalent. Discussion of selected
markets determined by instructor. Introduction to antitrust and regulatory
policy. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 101 or equivalent. Economic analysis of current
important legal issues. Contributions of economics to analysis of contracts,
torts, property, and crime. Effects of property rights on allocation of
resources and distribution of income. Market and non-market schemes of
regulating the environment. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 304 or CAS EC 202. Survey of commercial and central
banking institutions. Examination of macro relations between financial
organizations and principal objectives of stabilization policy. Recent
monetary policy. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 303 or CAS EC 201. Basic principles of public
finance. Classical and modern attitudes toward government revenues and
expenditures. Problems related to public debt and budget making. Evaluation
of fiscal policy as an instrument of control. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 303 or CAS EC 201. The pure theory of international
trade. Topics include comparative advantage, gains from trade, tariff
and nontariff barriers to trade, and case studies in international economic
policy. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EC 304 or CAS EC 202. Basic issues of international
finance. Topics include the balance of payments and adjustments; theories
of exchange rate determination; and case studies in international economics
policy reform. 4 cr Note: College of Engineering (ENG) and College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) courses are charged at the day rate for tuition, fees, and other charges. Course sequencing is semester-specific. Registration for SEP students must be approved by the SEP Academic Counselor.
The Freshmen Advising Seminar introduces Science and Engineering
Program freshmen to Boston University, the Science and Engineering Program,
and resources and services available to all SEP freshmen. The seminar
will provide students with a forum to learn about the unique academic
support services, student activities, and career development opportunities
available at Boston University. Guest speakers will address topics such
as learning skills and strategies, research opportunities for students
at Boston University, and ethical issues for scientists. Students will
become familiar with theories of learning styles and career development
and will have opportunities to complete learning style and career interest
inventories. SEP freshmen will be informed of Metropolitan College academic
policies, student obligations, and requirements to successfully transfer
to either science or engineering programs at the College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS) or the College of Engineering (ENG) in their junior year. (Successful
completion of MET EK 100 is a requirement of the Science and Engineering
Program.) P/F
Prereq: CAS PY 211; Coreq: MET MA 225. Analysis of static systems.
Equilibrium and friction. Vector treatment of particles and rigid bodies.
4 cr
Continuation of MET EK 311. Application of Newton’s laws
of motion. Energy and momentum methods. Vector analysis of dynamic systems.
4 cr
Prereq: CAS PY 212. Coreq: MET MA 225. Introduction to electric
circuits, including Kirchhoff’s laws, current-voltage relationship,
equivalent circuits. 4 cr
Coreq: CAS MA 226. Continuation of MET EK 317. Analysis methods for AC and DC circuits, transient behavior, operational amplifiers. 4 cr
Composition
Note 1: All students enrolling in MET EN 101 are required to take a placement examination. The Department of English reserves the right to assign students to sections based on the results of this examination.
Note 2: MET EN 101 and EN 102 fulfill the same composition requirements as EN 103 and 104.
Note 3: For full-time and additional part-time courses in English for international students, contact the Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs (CELOP), 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; 617-353-4870. Logic and techniques of writing, with review of grammar and mechanics.
For students who wish to improve their basic writing skills in preparation
for further academic work, professional growth, or personal enrichment.
Classes limited in size to ensure individual attention. Does not provide
College of Arts and Sciences credit. 2 cr
Required for all undergraduate degrees. Reinforces basic skills
in communication necessary for college work. Instruction and practice
in fundamentals of critical writing, reading, and thinking. Lectures combined
with seminars on vital current social, political, psychological, and philosophical
issues. Students choose their seminars. Frequent papers; individual conferences.
4 cr
Prereq: MET EN 104 or equivalent, or exemption. Does not give
concentration credit. Practice in writing exposition, argument and persuasion,
the critical essay, and the research paper. Related readings. Class discussion
of papers. Individual conferences. Limited enrollment. 4 cr
Designed mainly for those with little or no experience in creative
writing. An introduction to writing in various genres: poetry, fiction,
and plays. Students’ works discussed in class. Limited enrollment.
4 cr
Competitive admission, limited enrollment. Note: Obtain syllabus
at Creative Writing Program Office (236 Bay State Rd.) before end of fall
semester. Intensive study of American writers and of writing by participants.
Students write and present at least one story or chapter and read writings
of others. 4 cr
See also:
MET MG 310 Business Communication
Note: Prerequisite for all 500-level courses is at least 8 credits
from the following: MET EN 121–199 or EN 220–223.
MET EN 121 is not a prerequisite for EN 122. Representative fiction,
poetry, and drama by selected major figures in world literature. Primarily
for students not concentrating
in English. 4 cr each
Representative fiction, poetry, and drama from modern Continental, British, and American writers. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. 4 cr
Selected American writers from
the Colonial period to the present. Prose and poetry representative of
the American tradition. Primarily for students not concentrating in English.
4 cr
Representative English and American novels from the eighteenth
century to the present. Required papers. Primarily for students not concentrating
in English. 4 cr
Critical reading of representative English and American poems.
Primarily for students not concentrating in English. 4 cr
Critical reading of representative plays from the ancient Greeks
to the present. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. 4
cr
Fundamentals of literary analysis and interpretation. Intensive
study of selected literary texts. Frequent papers. Limited class size.
4 cr
Prereq: MET HU 221. British literature from its beginnings to
the Restoration. 4 cr
Prereq: MET EN 322. British literature from
the Restoration to the end of the nineteenth century. 4 cr
A century’s transformations of drama and stage. Reading
and discussion of plays from early realism and expressionism to the theatre
of the absurd and present trends: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Synge,
Pirandello, Brecht, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Pinter, and others.
4 cr
Modern
to contemporary drama since about 1950. Beckett, Genet, Osborne, Wesker,
Pinter, Arden, Stoppard, Durrenmatt, Grass, Weiss, Handke, Albee, Miller,
Williams, Shepard, and others. Related readings in predecessors, such
as Kleist and Artaud, and in less well known contemporaries. 4 cr
Six plays chosen from the following: Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV (Part 1), Troilus and Cressida, As You Like It, Hamlet, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Winter's Tale. 4 cr
Six plays chosen from the following: Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and The Tempest.
4 cr
Origins and development of the detective and crime genres in
England and America, including works of Collins, Poe, Dickens, Doyle,
Christie, Sayers, and Chandler, among others. 4 cr
Emphasis on Bacon, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, Crashawe, Browne,
and other authors. 4 cr
Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. Emphasis on readings, but the
course deals with romanticism both as a historical movement and as a cultural
category significantly connected to modernism. 4 cr
Keats, Shelley, and Byron. Emphasis on readings, but the course
deals with romanticism both as a historical movement and as a cultural
category significantly connected to modernism. 4 cr
Study of selected poets: Hardy, Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Lawrence,
Larkin, and Heaney. 4 cr
Five or six poets from the following: Pound, Eliot, Stevens,
Williams, Moore, Frost, Lowell, Bishop, Berryman, Ammons, Ashbery, Plath,
Ginsberg, and Merrill. 4 cr
The novel from Scott to Hardy. Among the works to be discussed: Scott's
Waverley, Austen's Emma, Dickens's Bleak House,
Eliot's Middlemarch, Brontë's Wuthering Heights,
and Hardy's Jude the Obscure. 4 cr
Conrad, Woolf, Lawrence, Ford, Forster, Beckett, and other novelists
of the period 1895–1956. 4 cr
From 1900 to the present, including Dreiser, Hemingway, Fitzgerald,
Faulkner, and selected contemporary novelists. 4 cr
Study of American postmodern fiction and culture since 1950;
includes works by Atwood, Barthelme, Burroughs, Coover, DeLillo, Nabokov,
Pynchon, and others. 4 cr
The heritage of Marlowe and Shakespeare: the collapse of a historic
world; Jacobean pessimism and decadence in the plays of Jonson, Webster,
Middleton, Ford,
and others. 4 cr
A survey
of sacred and secular lyric poetry composed from the 5th to the 15th centuries
in Latin, Provencal, Old and Middle French, Old and Middle English, Middle
High German, and Icelandic. Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina Burana, Archpoet,
Hugh Primus, Walter von der Vogelweide, Rutebeuf, Villon, and others.
4 cr
Notes from Underground: Major developments in the arts since
the Romantic era and their relation to authoritarian trends in modern
society. Writers, artists, and composers studied will include: Blake,
Dostoyevsky, Joyce, Kafka, Pynchon, Monet; Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse,
Pollock, Brahms, Schoenberg, Bartók, Stravinksy. Museum trips and
musical selections. 4 cr
Introduction to major works of ancient and medieval European
literatures that influenced later Continental, English, and American literature:
the Bible, Homeric epic, Greek tragedy, Virgil’s Aeneid,
and Dante's The Divine Comedy. 4 cr
See also:
MET
RN 243 Myth and Religion in Literature
The 20th century presented the most accelerated period of social evolution
in human history: two World Wars were fought; technology developed at
a dazzling pace; psychological exploration and scientific discovery assailed
traditional conceptions of religion and the nature of reality; the relation
of the individual to society fluctuated as new social and political models
originated. Our main focus will be the literature and film within this
time frame, but parallel developments in art and music will also be discussed.
5 cr
This course will complement HU 400 by focusing on the philosophical,
scientific, and political concepts that underlie the foundations of modern
western history. 5 cr
This skills-oriented course will focus on the development of oral and
written communication techniques, small and large group dynamics and presentations,
and negotiations. 5 cr
The natural sciences in the context of public policy. This course will
focus on controversial and critical social, environmental, business, and
political issues in the various disciplines of science. 5 cr
An examination of project management concepts, including organizational
forms, planning and control techniques, and the role of the project manager.
Develops the skills vital to effective management of multidisciplinary
tasks through lectures, case studies, and business simulations. 4 cr
Investigates the special issues of management that arise in organizations
that employ numerous professionals and that emphasize innovation in their
products, services, and internal processes. Topics include: motivation,
incentive systems, team and work flow management. Understanding relationships
between individuals, social interaction patterns, technology, and organizational
arrangements and their environmental context. An examination of the management
process and the social environment in which organizations operate, including
a discussion of the manager’s responsibilities to employees, customers,
stockholders, and society. 5 cr
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems of financial and
managerial accounting. Includes data accumulation, accounting principles,
financial statement analysis, measurement and disclosure issues, cost
analysis, budgeting and control, production costs, and standard costs.
5 cr
Prereq: MG 471. Emphasizes issues of accounting, finance, and economics
that are important
in most management contexts. Introduction
to tools of financial analysis and the problems of financial management
including cash, profitability, and capital budgeting. Various sources
of corporate funds are considered—short-, intermediate-, and long-term
arrangements. Stresses understanding financial statements, planning and
control, cost and benefit evaluation, cash flow analysis, and capital
budgeting. 5 cr
Quantitative procedures used to study underlying structure of decision
making problems in business and industry. Includes limitations of the
management science methodology. Introduction to
the operating functions of a firm. Emphasis
on problem-solving skills using analytical techniques. Includes production
planning and inventory control, quality control, forecasting, capacity
planning, and work-study. Viewed from the aspect of management. 5 cr
The organization and operation of marketing functions within individual
firms. Examines methods of product determination, channels of distribution,
and advertising and sales promotion. Administration of total marketing
program. Readings, class discussions, lectures, and case analyses. 5 cr
Introduction to linear equations, algebraic functions, calculus and probability
concepts necessary for study in the business areas of finance, operations
management, and business decision making. 5 cr
Reviews the process whereby organizations establish and pursue goals
within internal and external constraints, resources, and opportunities.
Topics include strategy and tactics; the process of strategic choice and
adjustment; resource assessment; environmental and competitor analysis;
stakeholders and values; and strategy implementation, control, and valuation.
Policy problems of business organizations. Integrates the areas of prior
academic study
in marketing, finance, accounting, economics, and personnel into a managerial
concept of business decision making. 1 cr
This course combines: (1) the practical aspect of Web design through
the use of application software such as Dreamweaver to construct a commercial
website with (2) a general overview of the marketing, supporting services,
systems, security and business strategy issues facing commercial enterprises.
4 cr
Addresses the specifics of new product and service development as well
as the aspects of internal innovation and the use of technology to increase
performance in small, medium, and large firms. Topics include generating
and screening initial ideas; assessing user needs and interests; forecasting
results; launching and/or improving products/services; and bringing innovation
to commercial reality. 4 cr This introduction to philosophy revolves around selected films and related
texts that provoke serious reflection on issues of knowledge, ethics,
and personal identity. The main objective of the course is to provide
an introduction to the nature of philosophical inquiry and analysis by
exposing the student
to specific philosophical problems and issues. By focusing on film as
the visual and narrative medium in which these problems and issues emerge,
the student will also consider the ways in which art (with the focus here
being on cinematic art) can represent and embody philosophical questions,
ideas, and positions. Related objectives include the development of critical
thinking and writing skills as well as the cultivation of the student’s
appreciation of film as an art form. 4 cr This course will explore biological principles in the context of food.
It will focus on biodiversity, evolution, biochemistry, symbiosis, and
humans in the biosphere. Students will be encouraged to make their own
connections about the world of food by learning about biological interactions
and relationships. 4 cr The purpose of the course is threefold: first, to introduce
students to a wide variety of essay forms, arranged historically and considered
in historical context; second, to provide the opportunity to practice
these forms and by imitating models to become more adept and polished
writers of the essay, and finally, to explore the theory
of the essay, by examining discussions among literary critics concerning
the defining characteristics of the genre. 4 cr The course examines the philosophical underpinnings of what it means
to be an American and the experiences of ordinary men and women in the
making of modern America. It will look closely at the ideas of those who
founded the nation and how this affected the idealism that became the
America identity. The role of immigration, the change from agrarian to
urban industrialized society, the growth and influence of labor unions,
the shift of the U.S. from maker to buyer of goods and services, and how
the ideological notion of what it means to be American evolved will be
examined. How events shaped lives and national identity will be discussed.
The course will look at ordinary workers and their communities and how
they adjusted to changing events and forces around them. 4 cr This course will explore the science behind new technologies in biology,
but it will also address the ethical questions that define and direct
the application of these approaches, especially in humans. Students initially
will be expected to master the basic biology of DNA, gene expression,
and genomics. The course will require students to learn the basic components
of ethical theory and apply them to living organisms in general and to
human life in particular. 4 cr This interdisciplinary course pairs well-known
“classic” texts with more contemporary, perhaps lesser-known
works that, in one way or another, respond to the earlier examples. The
course focuses on traditions (literary, cinematic, and so forth) to emphasize
genre and cultural history, and, as one of its goals, moves toward discussions
of aesthetics. The course will examine the timeless quality of any work
we consider a “classic” and also challenge
the idea of timelessness by thinking about dialogues that exist between
centuries and cultures and art. Contemporary examples will allow students
to think of how other voices and perspectives (gendered, ethnic, racial)
may question the stability of what we often deem enduring or artistic.
The course pushes beyond a simple comparison/contrast approach and mere
discussions of influence. Instead, we will think through the implications
(theoretical, political, and aesthetic) of revision, adaptation, and the
intertextual. Finally, the class asks students to formulate their own
aesthetic criteria through a close reading of both primary texts and secondary
critical essays that will supplement the readings, film screenings, and
artwork. 4 cr Over time and throughout cultures, human understanding of a divine
presence, of a god or gods, has been intimately connected to our relationship
with nature. In some myths, the divine is thought to be inherent in the
forces of nature; in others, God stands outside, controlling nature and
passing that control over to human beings. Still another worldview suggests
that humans, nature, and the divine are all one thing, as represented
in metaphors such as the circle or web of life. This course will introduce
students to some of the world’s great mythic traditions, applying
them to the enduring cultural issues surrounding humanity’s relationship
to nature and our role as stewards of the environment. We will follow
a roughly chronological syllabus, with readings from the Bible and classical
mythology through the writings of Emerson and modern works such as Ceremony
by Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. Students will also be exposed to
visual art (including Celtic Christian and Native American design) and
some film.
4 cr This course will examine the nature of the American Dream as seen through
fiction, essays, poetry, autobiography, historical documents, and art.
It will follow a chronological pattern with the Dream evolving from the
Puritan fathers’ desire for religious freedom to the Revolution’s
emphasis on political liberty, the nineteenth century’s focus on
self-reliance, and the quest for the good life characteristic of the twentieth
century. At the same time, such characteristic thematic elements as the
desire for equality, individual expansion and achievement, and the maturation
of the soul will be examined in terms of their impact on all the different
permutations of the Dream. 4 cr In this course students will expand their knowledge of the mathematics
of probability, algebraic thinking, geometry, and statistics, with a focus
on contemporary developments and applications. The course will examine
the applications of mathematics in contemporary contexts via readings
and explorations. 4 cr The course will assess whether China will likely remain a friend or become
a foe for the U.S., argue whether China’s road to modernization
is an apt model for other developing nations, analyze China’s past
to discover patterns and traditions that still exist, and study the interaction
between China and the world community to determine its future role as
a world leader.
4 cr This course will provide students with an introduction to environmental
science with a dual focus in physical geography and climatology. Students
will learn to interpret major themes in Earth history and human affairs
through interactive lessons that include online lectures, outside reading,
and extensive online maps, diagrams, and animations. We will discuss the
interactions of climate, physical geography, and human activities in the
formation of a dynamic, living Earth. The action of weather, humans, and
non-human organisms on the Earth’s surface will tie the course together
as we end with biogeochemistry and a look at the origin of life. 4 cr The indigenous people of North America have a unique experience
of negotiating cultural boundaries, alien ideologies, and inscrutable
behaviors that appear in everything from personal interactions to national
policy, and their own cultural and religious traditions have survived
despite a dominant culture that has sought to both annihilate and romanticize
them. This course is about that cultural interaction and offers an opportunity
to understand Native American cultures in their own terms through the
voices of their people expressing themselves in literature, film, and
other cultural productions and to understand America from the perspective
of the cultures of its original inhabitants. 4 cr Introduction to musical compositions created during and after
the Holocaust that commemorate the period’s historical moments,
social issues, and personal experiences. Listening, analysis, and background
reading on music by Schoenberg, Shostakovich, and Reich. 4 cr An introduction to the factors that shape the natural environment.
Topics include the controls of climate change, vegetation and soils, and
the origin of the earth’s landscapes. 4 cr
Systematic study of landforms and landform evolution. Discussion
of factors and processes that shape the physical landscape. Lab includes
interpretation of maps and aerial photographs. Two hours lecture, two
hours
lab session. 4 cr
Study of spatial patterns of plant and animal distributions.
Discussion of natural processes that determine such distributions. Human
impact on the natural environment, especially the ecosphere, is examined
in detail. Also considers conservation and protective strategies. 4 cr Surveys the development of Western society and culture from
A.D. 1000 to the French Revolution of 1789. Topics include the development
of medieval European society and culture, the Renaissance, the Reformation,
the scientific revolution, absolutism, enlightened despotism, and eighteenth-century
rationalism. 4 cr
A survey of Western society from the French Revolution through
World War II, including the Industrial Revolution, nineteenth-century
nationalism and imperialism, the rise of working-class movements, international
rivalries, and ideological conflict in the twentieth century. 4 cr
Growth of the United States from the colonial wars to the end
of the Civil War. Explores British colonial policy, the Revolution, and
the Constitution. Analyzes Federalism, Jeffersonian revolution, and westward
expansion. Examines sectionalism, slavery, and war. 4 cr
Continues MET HI 151. Analyzes the Reconstruction; economic expansion;
problems of transportation, business, agriculture, labor, and finance;
the populist movement; the place of the United States among nations; reform
legislation; the United States in World War I;
the New Deal; and World War II and after. 4 cr
This intensive course will broadly survey the place and historical development
of sea power in the Atlantic World and beyond, focusing primarily on the
role of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. We will consider the various
historical catalysts for European exploration and colonization, which
led to global trading networks, empires, and an unprecedented diffusion
of cultures and technology. The class will explore maritime history not
only through readings and lectures, but also through hands-on training
aboard a full-rigged wooden ship. Students will learn by direct experience
the arts of a tall-ship sailor and the interrelationship between humans
and the seas. 4 cr
This intensive course will broadly survey maritime history—human
sea-borne enterprise and the development of sea power since the Age of
European Expansion—through the lens of classic works of maritime
fiction. Classes will alternate between historical lectures (meant to
set the course readings into context) and discussions of the literary
motifs and characters found in a selection of timeless tales of the sea.
Focusing primarily on the role of “wooden ships and iron men”
during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we will consider the various
historical catalysts for European exploration and empire-building, whaling,
piracy, global trading networks, and an unprecedented diffusion of cultures
and technology. The class will explore maritime literature and history
not only through the traditional means of specialized readings and lectures,
but also through hands-on training aboard a full-rigged wooden ship.
4 cr
Immigration has made and is remaking America. All Americans,
or their ancestors, were at one time immigrants. This course provides
a historical survey of this immigration. The first half of the course
explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century immigration movements; the
second half focuses on the twentieth century. 4 cr
This course examines the historical and social context of landmark
judicial trials in Massachusetts from the seventeenth through the twentieth
centuries. The background, issues, and outcome of each trial is observed
within itself and in relation to the larger context in which it occurred.
Certain legal strategies will be discussed, as well as the fairness or
unfairness of the outcome of each trial and its effect on the society
as a whole. 4 cr
Analysis of the crucial role played by the nations of Europe
in the great international developments of the past century. Special attention
to the impact of domestic social, economic, and political conflicts on
the formulation of foreign policy. 4 cr
Prereq: MET HI 102. International relations. Political, social,
and ideological developments in the principal countries of Europe from
the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I. 4 cr
Using historical studies, fiction, and film, this course explores
the major twentieth-century European political struggles from the perspective
of ordinary citizens. Topics include the cultural impact of mass warfare,
the invasion of ideology in private life, sexual politics, and the drive
for independence of the colonized peoples. The course stresses the building
of writing and discussion skills with the chance to rewrite and to debate
interpretations of events and trends with classmates. 4 cr
Middle Eastern history and society from World War I to the present.
Emphasis on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, colonial rule in the Arab
world and the struggle for independence, the Islamic movement, and the
role of foreign powers in the region. 4 cr
Institutions and practices of war in the Western world from ancient
times to the present. Attention will
be given to America as a case study of the changes in modern warfare and
the globalization of politics. 4 cr
Exploration of twentieth-century China. Emphasis on the conditions
inside and outside China that led to the revolution and to the establishment
of the present state. The Cultural Revolution and its effect on present-day
China. 4 cr
Impact of industrialization; progressive impulse and politics;
American imperialism; World War I; reaction and social revolt; technology,
prosperity, and fundamentalism; the Great Depression; Roosevelt, the New
Deal, and welfare capitalism; and politics and foreign policy. 4 cr
The origins and
consequences of World War II; the Truman administration and the Fair Deal;
the origins of the cold war; and international and domestic issues and
conflicts from the 1950s to the 1980s. 4 cr
Historical patterns of racial relations and participation of
African Americans in American social, economic, political, and cultural
life. Major historical events and institutions: the slave system, Civil
War and Reconstruction, industrialization, urbanization, the New Deal,
and the civil rights movement. 4 cr
The foundations, development, and “fate” of Boston
since the colonial period. Explores the architecture, geography, social
structure, and economic development of the city, as well as political
changes. 4 cr
American women’s history from the time of European settlement
to the 1980s. Women’s changing patterns of family life, paid and
unpaid work, political and social involvement, and attempts to change
the shape of their world. The goals of the course are to acquaint students
with the significant concepts and events in women’s history and,
through class discussions, to engage students in ongoing debates about
their meanings. 4 cr
Historical contexts of the magical world view; charms and spells,
oracles and divination, control of spirits, metamorphosis, and alchemy
in selected periods
of the ancient and medieval world. 4 cr
A survey of the conflicts and development of this volatile region
in modern times. Emphasis on the political, economic, and cultural evolution
of the Latin American republics. Cuban and Mexican revolutions and the
urban guerrilla movements. 4 cr
Analyzes relationship between film and history, that is, the
ways in which films re-create, distort, interpret, and communicate historic
events and personalities. Films include: The Gospel According to Matthew,
Spartacus, The Lion in Winter, Seventh Seal, Monty Python and the Holy
Grail, The Name of the Rose, The Decameron, The Return of Martin Guerre,
and A Man for All Seasons. 4 cr
This course provides an introduction to the role of women in
European history. Readings and discussion focus broadly on changing attitudes,
expectations, and opportunities for women by exploring such topics as
convent life, working conditions, charity, the witch craze, and political
and religious upheaval. It also examines the challenge of writing women
back into history and looks at the lives and strategies of individual
women. 4 cr
Significant themes in American social history in the twentieth
century, including radical and protest movements, mass media, ethnic movements
and conflict, urban disorders, and attitudes. Basic themes vary with the
instructor and semester. 4 cr
The increase in scholarly and popular interest in humor during
the past several decades demonstrates a heightened awareness of the significance
of humor in American culture. This course analyzes the historical and
sociological patterns of humor and their relation to social change and
conflict in twentieth-century America. Includes readings from the social
sciences and humanities and Classic feature films produced from the 1920s to the present
portraying insanity from many standpoints, considered from both cinematic
and socio-psychological perspectives. The public image of madness on the
screen related to clinical concepts and practices current during the period
of the film. Lab course. 4 cr
Independent study under faculty guidance. Prior approval of program director
required. The intelligence process and its role in democratic societies;
the organization and functions of the U.S. intelligence community; techniques
of intelligence collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert
action; assessment of problems and attempted solutions in the United States
and other democracies. 4 cr
Examines the use of strategic intelligence by modern world leaders
in shaping policy and the effects of intelligence on world events. Various
uses of intelligence collecting, information analysis, counterintelligence,
and covert action are explored with emphasis on the period from the Congress
of Vienna to the end of the cold war. 4 cr
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Explanation of Course Number and Level System
Anthropology
Art History
Astronomy
Biology
Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences
Chemistry
CAS and GRS Chemistry Courses
Classical Studies
Computer Science
MET
CS 101 Computers and Their Applications
MET
CS 201 Introduction to Computer Science with C++
MET
CS 231 Introduction to Computer Science for Programmers with C++
MET
CS 232 Introduction to Computer Science with Java
MET
CS 248 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
MET
CS 272 Introduction to Computer Systems
MET
CS 331 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with C++
MET
CS 341 Data Structures with C++
MET
CS 342 Data Structures with Java
MET
CS 382 Information Systems for Management
making, case studies. 4 cr
MET
CS 405 Introduction to Human-Computer Interface Design with .NET
MET
CS 469 Introduction to Database Design and Implementation for Business
MET
CS 503 Windows .NET Application Programming with C# (C Sharp)
MET
CS 560 Organization of Programming Languages
oriented (C++, Smalltalk, Java), functional (Lisp), logic (Prolog), and
concurrent programming. Laboratory course. 4 cr
MET
CS 563 Software Development with C++ for Mathematical Finance
MET
CS 564 Accelerated C++ for Java Programmers
MET CS 564 Accelerated C++ for Java Programmers
MET
CS 565 Advanced Java Programming
MET
CS 566 Analysis of Algorithms
MET
CS 568 Language Theory and Compilers
MET
CS 572 Computer Organization
MET
CS 579 Database Management
MET
CS 593/594 Special Topics Course
MET
TC 250 Applied Mathematics for Telecommunication
MET
TC 425 Introduction to Business Data Communications and Networks
MET
TC 535 Data Communications and Computer Networks
Criminal Justice
MET
CJ 101 Principles of Criminal Justice
MET
CJ 251 The Police and Society
MET
CJ 271 Corrections: Concepts, Systems, and Issues
MET
CJ 352 Courts, Society, and Criminal Procedure
MET
CJ 380 Business Intelligence and Industrial Security
MET
CJ 510 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
MET
CJ 540 Computer Applications in Criminal Justice
Earth Sciences
MET
ES 107 Environmental Geology I: Geologic Hazards and Hostile Environments
(N)
MET
ES 108 Environmental Geology II: Land Use Planning, Environmental Impact,
and Global Change (N)
MET
ES 141 Introduction to Marine Science (N)
MET
ES 142 Shoreline Processes and Environments (N)
Economics
MET
EC 101 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis
MET
EC 102 Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis
MET
EC 304 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
MET
EC 320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions
MET
EC 333 Market Organization and Public Policy
MET
EC 337 Economic Analysis of Legal Issues
MET
EC 341 Monetary and Banking Institutions
MET
EC 367 Economics of the Public Sector
MET
EC 391 International Economics I
MET
EC 392 International Economics II: Problems and Policy
Science and Engineering Program
MET
EK 100 Freshmen Advising Seminar
MET
EK 311 Engineering Mechanics I: Statics
MET
EK 312 Engineering Mechanics II: Dynamics
MET
EK 317 Electric Circuit Theory I
MET
EK 318 Electric Circuit Theory II
English
MET
BC 101 Basic Writing Skills
MET
EN 104 English Composition
MET
EN 201 Intermediate Composition
MET
EN 202 Introduction to Creative Writing
MET
EN 305 Advanced Writing of Fiction
Literature
MET
EN 121, 122 Readings in World Literature
MET
EN 125 Readings in Modern Literature
MET
EN 127 Readings in American Literature
MET
EN 141 Literary Types: Fiction
MET
EN 142 Literary Types: Poetry
MET
EN 143 Literary Types: Drama
MET
EN 220 Proseminar: Literary Study
MET
EN 322 Survey of British Literature I
MET
EN 323 Survey of British Literature II
MET
EN 525 Literature of the Seventeenth Century I
MET
EN 529 The Romantic Age: English Literature in the Age of Revolution
MET
EN 530 The Romantic Age II
MET
EN 535 Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry
MET
EN 536 Twentieth-Century American Poetry
MET
EN 543 The Nineteenth-Century English Novel
MET
EN 544 The Modern British Novel
MET
EN 546 The Modern American Novel
MET
EN 547 Contemporary American Fiction
MET
EN 552 English Drama from 1590 to 1642
MET
EN 597 Medieval Lyric
MET
HU 210 Art in an Authoritarian Age
Executive Bachelor Degree Completion Program
MET
HU 400 Great Works of the Modern Era
MET
IS 400 Great Ideas in Western Thought
MET
IS 401 Communications Skills
MET
IS 402 Natural Science in Contemporary Society
MET
MG 415 Project Management
MET
MG 470 Organizational Behavior and Dynamics
MET
MG 471 Financial and Managerial Accounting
MET
MG 472 Financial Analysis
MET
MG 473 Operations Management and Quantitative Decision Making
MET
MG 474 Principles of Marketing
MET
MG 475 Quantitative Applications for Management
MET
MG 476 Business Strategy Seminar
MET
TM 448 Electronic Commerce and Web Design I
MET
TM 520 Developing, Implementing, and Organizing for New Products and Services
Undergraduate Degree Completion Program (Online
only)
MET IS 308 Exploring Philosophy Through Film: Knowledge, Ethics, and Personal Identity
MET IS 312 Food Stuff: A Taste of Biology
MET IS 325 Explorations in the Essay: History, Theory, and Practice
MET IS 327 The Meaning of America: The People, Identity, and Conflict that Built a Nation
MET IS 333 Manipulating Life: The Ethics and Science of Biotechnology
MET IS 345 Rethinking the Classics: Contemporary Takes on the Canon
MET IS 350 Nature and the Divine in Myth, Literature, and Art
MET IS 360 Literature, Film, and the American Dream
MET IS 362 Mathematics that Matters in the 21st Century
MET IS 370 China, the Emerging Superpower: A Model for Development?
MET IS 380 Landscape, Climate, and Humans
MET IS 385 Interior and Exterior Landscapes: Understanding Native American Cultures
MET IS 419 The Holocaust and Music
Geography
MET
GG 101 Natural Environments: Physical Geography (N)
MET
GG 210 Landform Development (N)
MET
GG 211 Principles of Biogeography (N)
History
MET
HI 101 The History of Western Civilization I
MET
HI 102 The History of Western Civilization II
MET
HI 151 American History, 1607–1865
MET
HI 152 American History, 1865–Present
MET
HI 225 Maritime History in the Atlantic World
MET
HI 230 Classics of Maritime Literature in Historical Context
MET
HI 300 The American Immigrant Experience
MET
HI 305 Pivotal Trials in Massachusetts History
MET
HI 317 Europe in World Politics, 1870–Present
MET
HI 331 History of Europe, 1815–1914
MET
HI 332 Recent and Contemporary History of Europe
MET
HI 333 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
MET
HI 363 Twentieth-Century United States, 1901–41
MET
HI 364 Twentieth-Century United States, 1941–Present
MET
HI 371 History of African Americans
MET
HI 374 Women in American History
MET
HI 380 Magic, Sorcery, and Witchcraft in History
MET
HI 386 Modern Latin America
MET
HI 425 Women in European History
MET
HI 440 Twentieth-Century American Social History
MET
HI 450 American Popular Culture: Film and Humor
a series of films. 4 crInterdisciplinary Studies
MET
IS 396 Psychology and Film: Images of Madness
MET
IS 491, 492 Directed Study
4 crInternational Relations
MET
IR 378 Intelligence in a Democratic Society
MET
IR 581 The Evolution of Strategic Intelligence
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