2008-2009 Academic Catalog

Course Descriptions Course Descriptions 2008–09 Cedarville University 245 MIS-4100 – NSG-2150 MIS 4100 Advanced Database Design –Sp 3 hours This course is a systematic study of the use of databases in dynamically generated web pages in e-commerce systems. The course focuses on the integration of database management systems and other software such as CRM, ERP, and supply chain management systems in the design and development of scalable E-commerce systems. Prerequisites: MIS-3100 Database Development; MIS-3500 Web Development. (Fee: $20) MIS-4500 System Development –Sp 3 hours Students hone their skills of analysis, design, and project management as they work in teams to develop IT projects that solve real-world problems proposed by end-users both inside the University and in outside organizations. The projects usually encompass aspects of system analysis, user-interface design, database development, web development, end-user training, documentation, and presentation to customers. Capstone course. Prerequisites: MIS 3500-Web Development; MIS-3800 System Analysis and Design. Marketing (MRKT) MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing –Fa, Sp 3 hours Survey of the marketing function in the business environment; product, price, promotion, and distribution as well as consumers organizations; service, nonprofit, and international markets. Prerequisite: junior status or permission of instructor. MRKT-3610 Sales/Sales Management Systems –Sp 3 hours Principles employed in the development, administration, and strategy of a sales force. Professional selling from a Christian perspective along with training, managing, compensating, and motivating a sales force. Prerequisites: MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management; MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. MRKT-3630 Marketing Research –Sp 3 hours Role of market research in marketing development. Decision making in an atmosphere of uncertainty. Determination of hypotheses. Planning research designs: survey, observational, experimental, and simulation. Execution of survey design: questionnaire construction, sample design, interviewing, tabulation, analysis, interpretation of results, and presentation. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. MRKT-3650 Buyer Behavior –Sp 3 hours Introduction to the psychological, sociological, cultural, and economic determinants of consumer behavior. Emphasis on exploration of various concepts and theories for the purpose of building understanding and providing an exposure to a variety of viewpoints. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. MRKT-3660 Promotion Strategy –Fa 3 hours Advertising as a tool in marketing management. Decision making relative to market analysis. Media selection, budgeting, production and layout, and measurement of effectiveness. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing or permission of instructor. MRKT-3670 Business to Business Marketing –Fa 3 hours A study of the industrial market sector, which includes buying behavior, applied demand analysis, and segmentation techniques. Designed to provide the student with decision-making capabilities for use in the industrial setting. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. MRKT-3680 Nonprofit Marketing –Fa 3 hours Designed to acquaint the student with skills, abilities, and attitudes necessary to effectively implement marketing practice in nonprofit organizations. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing or permission of instructor. MRKT-3690 Services Marketing –Sp 3 hours Designed to act as an introduction to the field of service- oriented business concerns and their subsequent marketing. MRKT-4610 Marketing Strategy –Sp 3 hours Computer simulation will be used to acquaint the senior marketing student in a realistic fashion to a variety of marketing situations and allow “hands-on” solutions to be implemented and tested. Prerequisites: senior status; twelve hours of marketing including MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. MRKT-4620 International Marketing –Fa 3 hours An intensive investigation of the problems, regulations, and challenges facing US manufacturers seeking to expand their markets to countries abroad. Prerequisite: MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing. Mathematics Education (MTED) MTED-3110 Clinical Teaching in Mathematics –Fa, Sp 1 hour Students are assigned to assist a college instructor in classroom and laboratory teaching, evaluation, and related responsibilities. The student must complete 40 clock hours of clinical involvement in each teaching field for which licensure is desired. Prerequisite: completion of Introduction to Education Block. MTED-3120 Teaching Mathematics –Fa 3 hour Designed to introduce prospective secondary school science teachers to the curriculum, materials, and methods of classroom teaching. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. N Nursing (NSG) NSG-1010 Member of Nursing Profession I –Fa 1 hour An introduction to nursing education, practice, theory, and research. Includes discussion of professional ethics and factors that motivate and influence Christian nurses. As members of the nursing profession, students are introduced to the use of information-management skills to provide culturally sensitive care, that is consistent with godly living. NSG-1020 Provider of Nursing Care I –Sp 2 hours An introduction to the role of the nurse as a provider of nursing care. Emphasis on supervised practice and validation of foundational nursing skills. Assessment and decision-making processes are introduced within the Cedarville University five- dimensional nursing model. (Fee: $200) NSG-2010 Member of Nursing Profession II –Fa, Sp 1 hour An introduction to and application of professional nursing roles within the US and global health care systems. Includes a focus on ways of thinking and an introduction to analytical judgment as a member of a profession from a Christian framework. Prerequisite: NSG-1010 Member of Nursing Profession I. NSG-2020 Provider of Nursing Care II –Sp 2 hours An introduction to clinical decision-making processes with application to various pathophysiological conditions in providing nursing care. Focus is on the development of systematic approaches to assessing the health balance of individuals. Includes elements of a health history, performing physical examination, analysis and categorizing of physical response patterns, and communicating findings in appropriate terminology. Prerequisite: NSG-1020 Provider of Nursing Care I. (Fee: $200) NSG-2150 Nutrition –Sp, Su 2 hours Study of normal nutrition and food consumption patterns of individuals and families of all ages within various cultures. Metabolism of food and nutrient utilization is described in a health balance framework. The use of nutrition as a resource to promote health is discussed. Prerequisite: CHEM-3710 Biochemistry; GBIO-2010 Anatomy and Physiology; or permission of instructor.