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BUS 3250 - Organizational Behavior & Management
Credit(s): 3
This course studies how individuals and groups interact in organizations to reach goals and objectives. Particular emphasis is given to the problems faced by business organizations.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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BUS 3260 - Investment and Portfolio Management
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a base for the development of careers in investment analysis. The instruction covers such topics as the investment setting, securities valuation and analysis, security markets and regulation, portfolio constraints and regulation.
Prerequisites: BUS 3230
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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BUS 3272 - Social-Media Marketing
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an overview of the critical considerations of social-media marketing. We will study these considerations as we define the role social-media marketing will play within any organization’s comprehensive marketing plan. Both lecture-based and hands-on, this course will focus on many of the current tools and networks in use today.
Prerequisites: BUS 2230
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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BUS 3310 - Greening the Business Environment
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the impact of business processes on the natural environment. Through research, guest presentations and field experiences, students develop a greater understanding for the complex and fragile web of life and how business operations influence all natural ecosystems.
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: NVU Online
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BUS 3350 - Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Credit(s): 3
This course examines how to add value to a new venture or existing business by developing solutions that meet new customer demands, hidden needs, or old customer and market needs in new ways. Participants will be introduced to tools to help identify emerging business opportunities, be it in their own entrepreneurial venture or in their workplace. The course will cover competencies and characteristics of entrepreneurs, business idea and model development, analysis of business opportunities, as well as understanding, assessing, and managing risks related to business on a realistic level.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015 and ACC 2122 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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BUS 3370 - Professional Communication
Credit(s): 3
Communication skills are the foundation for success in professional life and interpersonal relationships. This course is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to communicate effectively in personal and professional environments. The course integrates team skills and interpersonal communication, with an emphasis on cross-cultural communication and team problem solving. Students learn to effectively communicate in a variety of ways, including oral, written and digital communication applications. Communication theory underscores contemporary methods of communication, which include important skills as they apply to business correspondence, reports, memos, presentations, interview skills and social media.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015 and BUS 2230
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: NVU Online
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BUS 3420 - Athletic Facility & Event Management
Credit(s): 3
This course examines how to build and finance a sport facility, facility operation, administration of marketing and finance, risk management and security protocol. Students will plan, market and implement an event of their choice, which they will organize throughout the course.
Prerequisites: BUS 1350
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 3440 - Ecotourism and Sustainability
Credit(s): 3
This course will introduce students to the major components of an ecotourism experience and to the geographic reach of ecotourism. Students will learn about ecotourism as an economic development strategy at local, regional, and country scales, and the role of NGO’s and multilateral aid agencies in ecotourism development. Students wil explore the numerous programs established to promot ecotourism as a responsible travel alternative and learn to design an ecotourism experience based on the principles and practices outlined by The International Ecotourism Society.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 3490 - Leadership & Quality
Credit(s): 3
This course explores advanced issues in management and leadership. Focusing on the traits and behaviors of high performance teams, the course investigates leadership strategies that empower and involve others, transform organizations into a team-based culture, and improve individual and group performance.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 3710 - Special Topics in Business
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Business curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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BUS 3810 - Business Internship
Credit(s): 3
The Business Internship involves field placement with a business or industrial enterprise designed to provide the student with on-site, entry-level management experience for practical application of professional theories and principles learned in the classroom. The work experience must be approved in advance of the semester by the department faculty, and a learning contract must be established between the student, the faculty advisor, and the work supervisor. Bi-weekly reports and a final paper are required.
Restrictions: By Permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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BUS 4030 - Marketing Research
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with hands-on experience with marketing research and market analysis for start-up, growth, and improvement of business and non-profit enterprises. Marketing research is an organized way of developing and providing information for decision-making. The first part of the class will focus on information sources, research methods and design, and interpretation of data and information for good marketing decisions. The second part of the class will focus on a marketing research or market analysis project, including research design, collection and analysis of data, and presentation of actionable recommendations.
Prerequisites: BUS 2230 and MAT 2021 (or MAT 2030 if taken and passed prior to Fall 2018), or permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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BUS 4060 - Strategic Management
Credit(s): 3
This capstone course provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their full range of business-analysis and decision-making skills. The course uses theory and case study to help students practice and hone their individual skills. Students are expected to propose and justify strategic decisions for public corporations using their knowledge of management techniques, marketing, accounting, finance, technology, and industry expectations.
Prerequisites: ACC 2122 (Johnson); BUS 3230 (Lyndon)
Restrictions: Senior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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BUS 4180 - Leadership & Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide current and future non-profit managers and leaders with an overview of a range of management and leadership theory, concerns and best practices. The course will expand students’ management skills, analytical tools, and leadership knowledge. Students take the perspective of non-profit managers. volunteers, board members, policy makers, donors and clients.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 4190 - Leadership in Business
Credit(s): 3
This course offers a comprehensive review of the essential elements of successful business leadership. Through the study of great leaders, students will learn how organizational excellence can be shaped, necessary global competencies can be constructed, and organizations can be improved through critical transformational change. At the end of this course, students will have a clear understanding of the difference between the traditional management function and the more contemporary leadership role that management plays in business today.
Prerequisites: BUS 2015 ; or permission of instructor.
Restrictions: Senior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: This course is offered every spring.
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BUS 4320 - Sport Promotion & Branding
Credit(s): 3
This course provides the student with basic theoretical and practical knowledge of managing the promotion and branding of a sport organization and its programs. Topics covered include marketing, branding, public relations, social media, customer service and sponsorship. Special attention is given to market segmentation, research, customer service and the creation of a brand management plan.
Prerequisites: BUS 1350 and BUS 2230
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 4340 - Environmental Entrepreneurship, Community Vibrancy, and Innovation
Credit(s): 3
Large and small private-sector businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies are increasingly concerned about the impact they have on the environment and on communities in which they operate. Innovative activity within existing organizations is often initiated by intrepreneurs while innovative new organizations are often started by entrepreneurs. Students will learn how organizations strive to minimize their impact on the environment and make meaningful contributions to society. This course surveys practices and processes of sustainable develoment planning, and its application, methods and implementation at a variety of scales but primarily at the community and individual business level. Students will survey the many approaches to sustainable development, including perspectives from private, non-profit, and public sector actors. Students will evaluate the successes and failures, as well as the strengths and weaknesses, of community development methods, and the results of these efforts in achieving social equity, environmental, and economic sustainability at the community scale.
Prerequisites: ENV 1360 or equivalent course; or permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
Notes: This course is offered every spring semester.
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BUS 4710 - Special Topics in Business
Credit(s): Variable (1-12 credits)
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Business curriculum.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With change of topic.
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BUS 4810 - Internship in Business Management
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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BUS 4830 - Senior Practicum
Credit(s): 3
In this experiential learning practicum, specific projects will be assigned to students for the semester to prepare them to enter the business world by applying and practicing their skills in business situations.
Restrictions: Senior standing, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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BUS 4910 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1-12 (Johnson); 3 (Lyndon)
This course offers independent study or directed study/internships, in consultation with a faculty member. An independent study contract must be negotiated with a faculty member before registration.
Restrictions: By Permission.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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CHE 1023 - Outline of General Chemistry
Credit(s): 4
This is a one-semester survey of principles of general chemistry for students needing one semester of general chemistry. Topics covered include bonding, structure of molecules, properties of water, electrolytes, chemical reactions in the aqueous phase, energy changes, oxidation/reduction, gas behavior, equilibrium, acid/base chemistry, and solubility. The course requires three classroom hours and one two-hour lab per week.
Prerequisites: MAT 1060 or permission.
Recommended: High school chemistry is strongly recommended.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 1031 - General Chemistry I
Credit(s): 4
This is the first course of a two-semester sequence on the fundamental principles of chemistry. Topics include atomic structure, stoichiometry, gas laws, thermochemistry, modern atomic theory, liquids and solids and molecular structure.
(includes a lab)
Recommended: MAT 1020 , MAT 1221 , or MAT 1410 , and/or high school or college physics.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 1032 - General Chemistry II
Credit(s): 4
This course is a continuation of CHE 1031 . Topics include solution properties, kinetics, equilibrium, reaction mechanisms, thermodynamics, acid-base reactions, electrochemistry and element properties.
(with lab)
Prerequisites: CHE 1031
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 1055 - General, Organic and Biochemistry
Credit(s): 4
This is a one-semester survey course that focuses on presenting foundational concepts (general and organic chemistry) in the context of biomolecules and biochemistry including laboratory experiments with a biochemical focus.
(with lab)
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 1710 - Special Topics in Chemistry
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Chemistry curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CHE 2020 - Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
Credit(s): 4
This course examines the interactions between chemicals and the environment. Specific topics include major classes of pollutants, environmental degradation due to chemical pollutants, chemistry of soil and water, microbial biodegradation of pollutants, restorative and buffering ecosystem services, biogeochemistry, environmental restoration and risk assessment of contaminated land and water. Student projects are conducted throughout the semester.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 2710 - Special Topics in Chemistry
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Chemistry curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CHE 2910 - Independent Study in Chemistry
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CHE 3010 - Biochemistry
Credit(s): 4
This course provides an introduction to the principles of biochemistry. Topics studied include the structure, function, reactions, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. The course requires three laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites: CHE 3111 or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 3050 - Environmental Chemistry
Credit(s): 4
This course focuses on applying concepts of sustainable environmental management of chemicals. Emphasis is placed on the remediation of contaminated land and water with living technologies such as living machines, phytoremediation, bioremediation, and biomimicry. Discussion of current issues in environmental chemistry including state, federal, and international legislation, current events, and emerging technologies occurs throughout the course. This course expands upon concepts introduced in CHE 2020 though student project-oriented experimentation and application.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is CHE 1032 or CHE 2020 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 3111 - Organic Chemistry I
Credit(s): 4
This is an introduction to the chemistry of carbon. Topics include nomenclature, bonding, molecular structure, functional groups, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and stereochemistry. The lab introduces students to safety procedures, basic techniques, and synthesis emphasizing green chemistry techniques.
(with lab)
Prerequisites: CHE 1032
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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CHE 3112 - Organic Chemistry II
Credit(s): 4
This course continues CHE 3111 with an introduction to the biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. The course requires one three-hour laboratory per week, which emphasizes green chemistry techniques of compound identification and synthesis.
(with lab)
Prerequisites: CHE 3111
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CHE 3710 - Special Topics in Chemistry
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Chemistry curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CHE 4710 - Special Topics in Chemistry
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Chemistry curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CHE 4910 - Independent Study in Chemistry
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CIN 1060 - Cinema Production and Editing
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on fundamental aspects of motion picture production, including cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound recording and design. Student projects will emphasize the aesthetic nature of the cinematic medium as a form of visual communication.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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CIN 1710 - Special Topics in Cinema Production
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Cinema Production curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CIN 2015 - Film Festival Experience
Credit(s): 1-3
This course provides students with an immersion experience viewing films, exhibits, and presentations at a film festival. Students will be expected to attend meetings prior to, during, and after the festival. The academic content of the course will focus on participation in film screenings, group discussions, and reflection papers about the experience. Students registered for 2 or 3 credits will be required to complete extended analytical or research papers.
Restrictions: By Permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes (but only 3 credits may be counted toward program requirements).
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CIN 2060 - Cinema Production II
Credit(s): 3
This course further develops the techniques presented in CIN 1060 to expand students’ understanding of the aesthetic nature of the cinematic medium. Students will work in a team environment to explore the key components of motion picture production through a series of short projects that emphasize motion picture grammar, form, and style.
Prerequisites: CIN 1060
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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CIN 2110 - Film Theory and Practice
Credit(s): 4
This course investigates the nature of cinematic art through thematic and historical approaches to film theory with practical application in related cinema production projects. Topics may include Soviet montage theory, structuralism, semiotics and film language, ideological analysis, the relation between film and reality, and the relation between sound and image.
Prerequisites: CIN 1060 and FLM 1055 , or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CIN 2710 - Special Topics in Cinema Production
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Cinema Production curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CIN 3060 - Directing
Credit(s): 3
This course provides rigorous and intensive practical training in the techniques of motion picture production. Student projects focus on advanced methods of production management, camera work, lighting, editing, sound recording, and sound mixing.
Prerequisites: CIN 2060 and FLM 1055 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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CIN 3710 - Special Topics in Cinema Production
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Cinema Production curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CIN 4060 - Cinema Production Workshop
Credit(s): 3
This course involves students in the creation of original works of cinematic art and offers advanced students intensive inquiry into specific cinema production topics. Students will undertake the supporting creative and professional roles in senior capstone films and will work on their own short projects under the direct supervision of a faculty specialist. It should be noted that this course is not designed to provide direct professional experience but rather to permit students to explore their creative abilities while employing professional tools and procedures.
Prerequisites: CIN 2060 and FLM 1055 .
Recommended: COM 3125
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes.
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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CIN 4070 - Cinema Production Seminar
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the correlations among the art of filmmaking, production management practices, and methods of distribution and exhibition in the changing media landscape, and engages senior students in planning their capstone films. Particular emphasis is on the various pre-production phases of cinema production, on legal issues related to filmmaking, and on portfolio development in preparation for graduate study or for careers in the field.
Prerequisites: CIN 2110 and CIN 4060 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIN 4080 - Advanced Cinema Workshop
Credit(s): 3
This course builds on work completed in CIN 4070 , allowing senior students to execute their capstone films by working with other advanced Cinema Production students. Senior students will undertake the primary creative and professional roles in a significant motion picture project under the direct supervision of a faculty specialist. It should be noted that this course is not designed to provide direct professional experience but rather to permit students to explore their creative abilities while employing professional tools and procedures.
Prerequisites: CIN 4070 and COM 3125 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Yes.
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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CIN 4710 - Special Topics in Cinema Production
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Cinema Production curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CLM 3061 - Survey of Climate and Statistics I
Credit(s): 2
This course is designed for Climate Change Science majors and introduces the study of climatology using statistical concepts. Topics may include atmospheric composition, controls of climate, atmospheric interaction with other climate components, energy balances, the hydrologic cycle, general circulation, and climate classifications. Statistical concepts include probability, numerical and graphical summaries, and re-expression. This course will additionally focus on effective science communication to help bridge the gap between the scientific community and the public.
Prerequisites: ATM 1212
Corequisites: MAT 1410 or a higher math course required for the major, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee. This course is cross-listed with ATM-2062.
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CLM 3062 - Survey of Climate and Statistics II
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed for Climate Change Science majors and expands on the study of climatology and may include topics such as regional climates, natural and anthropogenic climate change and variability, coupling between the atmosphere and ocean, statistical forecasting, and climate modeling. Instruction applies additional statistical concepts, such as paired data exploration and significance testing, to various types of climate data to study spatial and temporal climate variability, teleconnections, and trends. This course will additionally focus on effective science communication to help bridge the gap between the scientific community and the public.
Prerequisites: CLM 3061
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee. This course is cross-listed with ATM-2062.
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COM 1035 - New Student Seminar in Journalism and Communications
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces Digital Communications and Broadcast and Digital Journalism majors to the intellectual and social environment of college. Students will discuss industry trends and issues that impact the profession, and will participate in activities that will support their success within the Digital Communications and Broadcast and Digital Journalism majors at NVU-Lyndon. The importance of general education is also covered. Topics may include time management, research, critical thinking, effective studying techniques, and offices/services available to students.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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COM 1125 - Television Production and Editing
Credit(s): 3
This introductory course covers basic theory and utilization of personal and professional video production equipment and focuses on skills in studio and field production, lighting, and audio, conforming to industry standards for all digital platforms. Instruction includes a series of in-class laboratory sessions which develop basic hands-on competencies in a multi-person collaborative environment.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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COM 1220 - Introduction to Media and Communication
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to the study of communication processes and media literacy practices. Students will explore print media, audio-visual media and mobile platforms. They will also examine historical and technological developments, and subsequent cultural, political and economic implications of these platforms.
Prerequisites: Writing proficiency at ENG 1081 level is expected.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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COM 1221 - Interpersonal Communication
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the basis of successfully interacting with a person face-to-face while observing and evaluating messages received through both verbal and non-verbal communication. The course also deals with professionalism and public presentation, including appropriate public speaking and social skills, as well as communication via electronic means. Group work and peer evaluation are integrated into coursework.
Prerequisites: Writing competency at the level of ENG 1081 is expected.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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COM 2050 - Introduction to Film Study
Credit(s): 3
The study of film as an item of commerce, as an art form and as a method of communication. An examination of film’s style and technology will inform critical interpretation (voice, oral and written) as an integral part of the course
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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COM 2085 - Public Relations, Advertising, and Marketing
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the principles and practice of public relations, advertising, and marketing in a multimedia environment. Exploring marketing strategies that guide corporation, advertising campaigns that shape popular culture, and public-relations efforts that drive news headlines, this course will examine the role of strategic communications in society. The course offers practical experience in the techniques of writing and producing news releases, marketing projects, and advertising messages for a wide variety of media.
Prerequisites: ENG 1081 or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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COM 2125 - Advanced Field Production and Digital Editing
Credit(s): 4
This course covers digital field acquisition and editing techniques of still and video images. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of digital literacy and storytelling techniques throughout the process. Students will learn basics in field production lighting, visual point of view, sequential shooting, and audio gathering in the field. Basic editing principles covered include enhancing sound for video, interpreting and establishing story pace, and understanding the use of transitions and effects.
Restrictions: A C- or better is required for admission into the Newsroom practicum for journalism concentration students. There is a course fee. Students will not be able to continue forwrad into the Newsroom Practicum until they achieve a C- or better in this course.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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COM 3031 - Media Law and Regulations
Credit(s): 3
This course traces the evolution of law and regulation affecting producers and consumers of news media beginning with the First Amendment. Topics will include privacy law, libel, slander, and the Fair Use Doctrine. The course also may examine the practical workings of the local and regional court systems, rules and regulations affecting journalists, the changing landscape of Internet law, and FCC rulings.
Prerequisites: ENG 1082 or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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COM 3080 - Strategic Media Communications
Credit(s): 3
This course offers advanced study of strategic media communication techniques in a practical setting. The instruction covers advanced topics such as integrated marketing communication, crisis communication, and social media messaging. Students act as public relations and advertising consultants for selected clients.
Prerequisites: COM 2085 , OEL 3110 , or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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COM 3220 - Mobile Storytelling
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to storytelling techniques using mobile technologies such as cell phones and compact cameras. Students will produce content for a variety of different platforms for different mediums to reinforce the versatility of compact storytelling technologies.
Prerequisites: COM 2125
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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COM 4810 - Sr. Internship in Digital Communications
Credit(s): 4
This course enables students of advanced standing and achievement to participate in on-the-job work experience in digital communications-related situations separate from the classroom. Students must apply for an internship in advance, and must meet with their academic advisor for materials, application form, and procedure details.
Restrictions: Senior standing. By Permission (contract required).
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: See also the section on internships and cooperative education. There is a course fee.
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COM 4815 - Digital Communications Practicum
Credit(s): 3
This course enables students of advanced standing to participate in on-the-job work experiences within the University newsroom. Students will create promotional content across all digital platforms to support and promote newsroom activities. Students will develop an appropriate portfolio to apply for promotions or jobs within the industry.
Restrictions: Senior standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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COM 4850 - Digital Communications Capstone
Credit(s): 4
This course continues work from COM 3125 and allows students to create finished digital communications projects in cinema or television formats, as well as accompanying marketing and social media materials.
Prerequisites: COM 3125
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1050 - Computer Operation Systems and Spreadsheets
Credit(s): 1
This course covers the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize spread sheets in varied settings. Students explore concepts and skills such as user-made functions, translation to graphs, using library macros, user macro development, and What If Scenarios. Students who successfully complete the course will be prepared to generate and use spread sheets to process information rapidly in virtually any setting and should obtain the performance of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1060 - Introduction to Databases
Credit(s): 1
This course presents the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize microcomputer databases in varied settings. Students explore concepts and skills such as database structures and records, browsing vs. editing, FOR conditions and relational/logical operations, modifying database structures, and use of catalog storage. Students who successfully complete this course will be prepared to generate and use databases to process information in varied dimensions, and should obtain the performance of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1090 - Problem Solving with Computers
Credit(s): 3
This course teaches students how to solve problems with computers using elementary computer programming concepts. Students learn to analyze a problem and then define the logic required to solve the problem using a computer. Students complete the software-development process by designing and implementing the solution using a programming language. Lab exercises reinforce and integrate concepts and practice.This course will teach students how to solve problems with computers using object oriented concepts such as classes, objects, methods and encapsulation. There will be an emphasis on the design, implementation and analysis of solutions. Lab exercises will reinforce and integrate concepts and practice.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1210 - Concepts of Word Processing
Credit(s): 1
This course offers the concepts, knowledge and skills necessary to design, create, organize, store, and utilize written documents in varied computer formats. Students explore concepts and skills such as multilayered documents, text-around-image formats, address list creation, document merging, mail-merge for addressing letters, and macros for standard-form documents. Students who successfully complete the course will obtain the performance level required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1220 - Concepts of the Internet and WWW
Credit(s): 1
This course presents the concepts and knowledge that are fundamental to effective use of the Internet and the World Wide Web largely through commonly available browsers and search engines. Students explore concepts such as legal and ethical concerns, public access, and various protocols (http, ftp, etc.) as applied to searching, downloading, and file sharing. Students who successfully complete this course will understand the fundamental operations of the Web and be able to manipulate the Internet. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1240 - Simple Computer Graphics
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to present the concepts and knowledge in order to present data and information in a visually appealing form. Students explore concepts such as graphics file types, inputs and scanners, bit mapping, taking pictures of screens, postscript concepts, and review of graphic cards and acceleration. Students who successfully complete this course should understand the fundamental operations of computer manipulation of graphical data and be able to produce presentations using several graphics software packages. The performance level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1247 - Concepts of Desktop Publishing
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to present the concepts, knowledge, and skills necessary to design, create, and implement various production pieces using an integration of text, texture, style, images, and bars. Students explore concepts and skills such as size, integration, perspective, message, placement, and color. Students who successfully complete this course should be prepared to produce, print, and deliver stand-alone documents and assist others in these productions. The performance level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hands-on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1310 - Methods of Computer Presentations
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to present the concepts, and skills necessary to design, create, organize, and make effective computer generated, and/or computer controlled presentations. Students explore concepts, and skills such as masters, and templates, application of text, color, icon, and picture schemes, using other media forms on slides, and directing the flow of a presentation. Students who successfully complete this course should be prepared to produce and make such presentations, as well as assist others in their productions. The level of students completing this course is that required of a professional in the workplace. This course is conceptual in nature and includes direct application to hand on real-world settings.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 1710 - Special Topics in Computer Science
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Computer Science curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CIS 2011 - Visual Basic Programming
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to the Visual Basic programming language and the concepts involved in object-oriented programming. The course will be a hands-on programming class that will expose students to the skills necessary to create and maintain visual programs.
Recommended: CIS 2271
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2060 - Programming with FORTRAN
Credit(s): 3
This course offers a brief review of computer architecture and program structure charting techniques. The course presents intensive study of the FORTRAN programming language on available machinery, and intensive applications involving report construction, basic numerical methods, and modeling. The instruction includes special topics such as structured programming and special projects individualized according to the interests and abilities of the student.
Prerequisites: MAT 1410 or MAT 1221 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2101 - Introduction to Unix
Credit(s): 1
This course offers an introduction to the Unix operating system. The instruction provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to work proficiently in a networked Unix laboratory. Course topics include the history of Unix, introduction to shell tools and shell programming, the Unix file system, moving around on the system, listing files, managing disk usage, file ownership and permissions, creating, moving, renaming, deleting files and directories, filters, piping, regular expressions, shell programming, job control, and printing.
Prerequisites: Basic computer competency.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2112 - Computer Hardware & Organization
Credit(s): 3
This introductory course focuses on the basic elements and organization of computer hardware. Students study concepts regarding logic elements and Boolean algebra, the centra processing unit, input-output interface, peripherals, memory structures, and operating systems. Lab work includes practical application of computer technology, instsallation and configuration of desktops, laptops, and related hardware; and basic networking.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2141 - Programming Internet and Web Applications Part I
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the creation of web pages and web sites and the subsequent development of software applications that will serve those sites with major emphasis on client-side applications. Topics may include HTML, graphics for web pages, client-side scripting (JavaScript/Jscript) and related programming concepts, and Dynamic HTML.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2142 - Advanced Visual Basic
Credit(s): 3
This course covers advanced topics in the Visual Basic programming language. Instruction will include memory management, object oriented concepts (inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and information hiding), data structures, user interface features, error handling, advanced input and output.
Prerequisites: CIS 2011
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2271 - Java Programming
Credit(s): 3
This course addresses control flow, user defined and Java API classes and methods, data types (simple and object), object oriented concepts, operators, program design, basic input and output and swing GUI components.
Prerequisites: CIS 1090 , or permission of instructor with demonstrated knowledge of a computer programming language.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2279 - Introduction to Perl Programming
Credit(s): 1
This course is an introduction to the Perl programming language with a focus on data manipulation. Topics will include data structures, basic input and output, Perl modules, overall program design and coding practices.
Restrictions: By permission, with demonstrated knowledge of a computer programming language.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CIS 2290 - Introduction to Python
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of programming in Python. The course will be hands-on and will use a series of lecture, demonstrations, and exercises to teach students how to design, develop, and debug Python applications. Students will learn the fundamentals of Phython, including data types, the object-oriented model, list comprehension, exception handling, flow control/looping, packages, modules, inheritance, and more.
Restrictions: By permission, with demonstrated knowledge of a computer programming language.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2330 - Database Systems
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to develop skills in the use of database management systems. Topics include the analysis, design and maintenance of relational databases and their objects (tables, queries, forms, and reports). Additional areas of focus include: Data description and manipulation languages, schema design and normalization, file and index organizations, and data integrity and reliability.
Prerequisites: Experience in at least one other programming language.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2370 - Help Desk Support
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to the tools, technology and techniques used in help desk / customer support systems. Topics include fundamental help desk processes and support tools. Customer interaction utilizing soft skills is emphasized. Students work with real world computer support examples, case studies, and activities.
Prerequisites: CIS 2112 and CIS 2101 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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CIS 2710 - Special Topics in Computer Science
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Computer Science curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CIS 2850 - System Administration Essentials
Credit(s): 4
This course offers a practical approach to the principles of system administration. It utilizes the major operating system families: Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac. This course employs hands-on
learning for topics such as maintaining and backing up systems, disaster recovery, updates and troubleshooting. There will be an emphasis on industry standard best practices.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are CIS 3110 and CIS 2101. There is a course fee. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
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CIS 2910 - Johnson - Independent Study in Computer Information Systems
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
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CIS 2990 - Portfolio
Credit(s): 1
This course consists of the completion of the required graduation portfolio for the Associate’s Degree, which will be reviewed by a faculty panel.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is sophomore status.
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CIS 3025 - Advanced Object Oriented Programming
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on object-oriented paradigm, design principles and practice using UML. It includes an in-depth study of a modern object-oriented language including inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling, event handling, and generics. Lab work includes implementation, debugging and profiling using an IDE an a version control system.
Prerequisites: CIS 2271
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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CIS 3040 - Johnson - Database
Credit(s): 3
This course takes the student through the world of relational databases using Microsoft Access. By the end of the course, each student will be able to design and build a relational database.
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CIS 3050 - Algorithms and Data Structures
Credit(s): 3
The course includes advanced programming topics dealing with logical structures of data and the design and analysis of computer algorithms operating on these structures. Topics covered include a broad variety of data structures, algorithms and their applications including linked lists, various tree organizations, hash tables, strings, storage allocation, algorithms for searching and sorting, and a selected collection of other algorithms. Programs to give students experience in algorithms, data structure design and implementation will be assigned.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is CIS 2032 or CIS 2142. This course is offered every spring.
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CIS 3110 - Networking
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces data communications concepts and terminology. Topics may include network topologies and components, distributed information systems, the communication environment, protocols, regulatory issues, pricing, and management. Students will also be provided with hands-on experience in setting up and maintaining a computer network.
Prerequisites: This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
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CIS 3120 - Programming Internet and Web Applications Part II
Credit(s): 3
This course is a continuation of CIS 2141 and it builds on the client-side applications foundation that was established in the previous course. This course then focuses on server-side applications. Topics include Dynamic HTML, Active Server Pages (ASP), server-side scripting, XML, and database access by web applications. An introduction to electronic commerce may also be covered.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is CIS 2141. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
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CIS 3240 - Computer Security
Credit(s): 3
This course will include policy, planning and implementation for building a comprehensive information risk management program, with a focus on technologies such as firewalls and encryption to secure data and aspects of access control, authentication, malicious software, and general exploits and attacks. This course is intended for students with no knowledge of computer information security, but a basic knowledge of networks is required.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is CIS 3110. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
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CIS 3430 - Data Science I
Credit(s): 4
This course introduces the core concepts of data science. The emphasis is on outcomes of the application of data science to broad problems.
This course highlights exploratory analysis to define problems and goals; application of statistics to knowledge discovery by way of general techniques in data science, such as classification, clustering, regression analysis, and association rule mining; and techniques to generate contextualized models in a variety of domains. This course uses the statistical programming language R for analyses.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CIS 3440 - Data Science II
Credit(s): 4
This course integrates mathematical and computational knowledge with skills in data science to model and solve well-specified problems. This course applies data science techniques to generate inferences from data in a variety of formats from noisy, complex data sets. This course instructs how inferences are summarized and communicated to an audience using narrative and visualizations. This course emphasizes strong quantitative reasoning, statistics, and computer programming using the statistical programming language R.
Prerequisites: CIS 3430
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CIS 3710 - Special Topics in Computer Science
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Computer Science curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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CIS 3750 - Cloud Computing
Credit(s): 4
This course presents a hands-on comprehensive study of the concepts of virtualization with an introduction to cloud computing. The course work focuses on practical applications and utilization of current technologies in the IT industry including virtual servers, virtual storage, virtual file systems, and virtual networking.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are CIS 3110 and CIS 2101. There is a course fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
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CIS 3810 - Cooperative Field Work
Credit(s): 3 to 12
This field experience is selected according to each student’s career plan. Emphasis on system design and analysis or theoretical computer science is recommended. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
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CIS 4120 - Systems Analysis and Design
Credit(s): 3
This course describes systems analysis and design principles, concepts and methods. The course fosters a disciplined, comprehensive approach to systems analysis and design with an emphasis on human factors as well as technical considerations.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is any other programming class. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
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CIS 4330 - Advanced Networking
Credit(s): 4
This course emphasizes job skills in computer networks. Topics covered include the configuration and management of eMail services, collaboration services, network storage, virtualization and network security.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is CIS 3110. There is a course fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
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