Course Descriptions

RMT 366 - Customer Relationship Management

• Use IT technologies/tools in the context of CRM.
• Explain what is CRM and its roots, and its importance for organizations.
• Explain different enablers of CRM especially data integration, and how can technology facilitate this integration.
• Demonstrate the importance of data mining in CRM and apply some data mining techniques.
• Demonstrate and apply some measurement of CRM effort and effectiveness.
• Demonstrate basic understanding of the ethical and future issues in CRM.
• Demonstrate personal thinking and personal integration of concepts.

RMT 379 - IT Management Career Planning

• Research and design a plan for finding an internship or career advancement

RMT 396 - Individual Study

RMT 397 - Honors

RMT 398 - Special Topics

RMT 399 - Seminar

RMT 467 - Retail Management

• Describe the framework of retailing and its special characteristics.
• Apply strategic planning in retailing.
• Critique the philosophies of business ownership and management.
• Describe retail institutions on the basis of strategy mix.
• Describe and apply the steps in setting up a retail organization.
• Describe and understand the processes of merchandise buying and handling.
• Describe and understand several pricing concepts and strategies.
• Describe and understand the elements involved in a retailers communication with its customers.
• Discuss and identify the unique aspects of service retailing.
• Evaluate retail management information from multiple sources.
• Use electronic mail and Power Point presentation.
• Demonstrate technology into presentations and assignments.
• Demonstrate how computers and the World Wide Web can be used in retail operations.

RMT 485 - International Retailing

• Knowledge of key International Retailing (IR) concepts, terminology, decision-making areas, planning process, and global trends
• Analyze the contemporary global marketing and retailing environment and identify shifts/trends in: demographics, social/cultural values, political attitudes, laws and regulations
• Demonstrate concern of ethics in IR
• Use and apply various research technologies (Web, library, on-line databases, CD-ROMs) to IR decisions
• Demonstrate how global marketing retail decisions affect resources in the natural environment and vice versa
• Development of oral and written communication skills

RMT 490 - Cooperative Education

RMT 492 - Practicum

RMT 496 - Individual Study

RMT 497 - Honors

RMT 498 - Special Topics

RMT 499 - Seminar

RUSS 151 - First-year Russian

RUSS 152 - First-year Russian

RUSS 153 - First-year Russian

RUSS 200 - The Art of the Protest: Censorship and Resistance in Russian Culture

• Recognize resistant artistic practices in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts and in variety of media.
• Identify various cultural, political and social factors that contribute to censorship in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between arts and political power in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts.
• Analyze and interpret primary sources (literary texts, films, art pieces).
• Relate primary sources to the examined secondary sources(scholarly articles).
• Generate cultural analysis of a chosen censored text (a literary text, film or an art piece) in its political and cultural context.

RUSS 251 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 252 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 253 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 261 - Heritage Russian Through Film and Media

• Recognize idiomatic speech in films and identify relevant cultural context using the increased knowledge of Russian vocabulary and grammar.
• Identify and differentiate Russian grammatical and syntactical patterns in written text.
• Use context-appropriate speech to discuss important ideas from assigned films: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Summarize and analyze cinematic texts within their historical and cultural context.
• Analyze films from the perspectives of form both in written and oral modalities.
• Formulate an effective oral presentation using tools of formal and cultural analysis of a favorite film.

RUSS 298 - Special Topics

RUSS 299 - Seminar

RUSS 341 - Advanced Russian I

• Demonstrate strong communicative competence in predictable everyday situations, based mostly on reactive language use
• Use low- to mid- intermediate level of vocabulary and grammar appropriately, orally and in writing, most of the time
• Identify and recognize some information from sentence- length speech, one utterance at a time, in authentic personal and social contexts
• Demonstrate complete understanding of short non-complex authentic texts and limited understanding of complex authentic texts featuring description and narration
• Demonstrate a strong ability to write in the present tense with limited control of the aspect, and limited ability to write in different time frames
• Identify salient cultural features in the context of everyday predictable situations

RUSS 342 - Advanced Russian II

• Demonstrate strong communicative competence in predictable everyday situations and limited communicative competence in spontaneous, unscripted situations.
• Use low to mid intermediate level of vocabulary and grammar appropriately, orally and in writing, most of the time, and high intermediate level vocabulary and grammar in a limited way.
• Identify and recognize most information from sentence-length speech, one utterance at a time, in authentic personal and social contexts.
• Demonstrate complete understanding of short non-complex authentic texts and correctly identify salient features of complex authentic texts.
• Use intermediate to advanced stylistic and rhetorical devices in writing in a limited way.
• Demonstrate a moderate ability to write in different time frames with limited control of the aspect.
• Identify salient cultural features in the context of everyday situations and in complex oral and written texts in a limited way.

RUSS 351 - Advanced Russian Through Literature

• Recognize and reproduce advanced grammatical constructions found in high literary language.
• Generate accurate translations of select literary works from Russian to English.
• Evaluate and analyze literary texts from the perspectives of translation and literary studies in written modality.
• Apply knowledge of literary language and grammar in conversational context. Formulate and express a range of ideas in oral modality.
• Value and practice cultural awareness through understanding the context of Russian literary culture of the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

RUSS 352 - Advanced Russian Through Film

• Recognize and reproduce in speech and in writing colloquial, conversational patterns found in films.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the content of the visual texts and their cultural context.
• Examine films from the perspectives of content and form both in written and oral modalities.
• Express themselves in conversational Russian in a range of complex interpersonal situations connected to the material.
• Practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian popular visual culture, and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

RUSS 396 - Individual Study

RUSS 397 - Honors

RUSS 398 - Special Topics

RUSS 399 - Seminar

RUSS 441 - Advanced Composition and Grammar

• Demonstrate strong communicative competence in predictable everyday situations and moderate communicative competence in spontaneous, unscripted situations
• Use high-intermediate level of vocabulary and gramma r appropriately, orally and in writing, most of the time
• Identify and recognize salient features of the information presented in sentence-length speech, in an uninterrupted dialogue or monologue, in authentic personal and social contexts
• Demonstrate complete understanding of simple authentic texts and moderate understanding of complex authentic texts
• Use intermediate to advanced stylistic and rhetorical devices in writing most of the time
• Demonstrate a strong ability to write in different time frames with some control of the aspect
• Demonstrate an ability to write in a variety of formats (re- telling, descriptive and analytical compositions, argument, summary and review)
• Demonstrate a moderate ability to identify salient features in complex oral and written texts

RUSS 445 - Topics in Russian Language

• Identify and correctly utilize advanced grammatical and morphological concepts in Russian.
• Express complex ideas orally in Russian.
• Express complex ideas in writing in Russian.

RUSS 451 - Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition

• Recognize and use in written text and in speech advanced level grammatical concepts and constructions (such as verbs of motion, aspectual pairs, conditional and hypothetical constructions, complex sentence,  case system in relation to verbs and prepositions).
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the content of authentic Russian texts and their cultural context.
• Analyze authentic Russian texts from the perspectives of content and form both in written and oral  modalities.
• Formulate and express a range of ideas in spoken Russian: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Value and practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian culture and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

RUSS 462 - Russian Cinema

• Identify salient issues in the historic evolution of Russian cinema.
• Recognize various genres and tropes of film language and form.
• Critically analyze films from the standpoint of cultural context and cinematic techniques.
• Identify and interpret the cultural, political and social impact of Russian cinema on Russian society.
• Recognize and interpret the significance of international cinematic context for the development of Russian cinema.

RUSS 496 - Individual Study

RUSS 497 - Honors

RUSS 498 - Special Topics

RUSS 499 - Seminar

SHM 101 - Evolution of Workplace Safety and Health (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Demonstrate their ability to identify the influence of various institutions such as trade associations, government agencies, insurance companies, and professional societies that led to a change in safety culture in the American workplace.
• Demonstrate their ability to critically analyze historical events (human suffering resulting from occupational accidents, industrial disasters, workplace injuries and diseases), their social impacts and the results of those experiences as expressed in economic, legal, behavioral, and ethical societal changes.
• Demonstrate their ability to: (1) research and identify common safety and health issues in American workplace, (2) recommend solution by identifying appropriate regulatory measures currently in place, and (3) demonstrate their understanding of the impact of these issues/solutions within a societal and global context.
• Demonstrate their understanding of ethical responsibilities of employers to provide a work environment free of known hazards.

SHM 102 - Occupational Health

• Explain scientific and technological advances in occupational health and how they impact the lives of workers
• Describe potential biological, chemical, ergonomic, physical, and psychosocial risk factors and hazards
• Assess the importance of prevention and proactive behavior in reducing risk factors and hazards
• Research occupational and environmental risk factors, hazards, and exposures for a selected work environment
• Investigate the use of human factors theories to enhance workplace health
• Prioritize recommendations based on research and quantitative reasoning

SHM 201 - Introduction to Safety and Health Management (Put on reserve 9/16/17)

• Identify and describe the diverse aspects of the safety and health management profession including industries, career options, and daily activities.
• Identify and describe professional credentials, certification processes, societies and organizations, and admission requirements.
• Incorporate core math, science, and engineering knowledge in the conduct of various activities in safety and health practice.
• Identify and describe sources for research and knowledge.
• Identify and describe the courses to achieve their career goals.

SHM 298 - Special Topics

SHM 299 - Seminar

SHM 301 - Fundamentals of Safety and Health Management

• Explain the influence of various institutions such as trade associations, government agencies, insurance companies, and professional societies that led to a change in safety culture in the American workplace.
• Explain the fundamental aspects of safety, risk management, industrial hygiene, environmental management, fire safety, process safety, ergonomics, hazardous materials, fleet safety, emergency management, and accident investigation.
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the safety and health discipline.
• Complete the OSHA recordkeeping log.
• Calculate the common safety performance metrics and explain their importance.
• Demonstrate their basic understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities as safety and health professionals.

SHM 302 - Workplace Safety and Substance Abuse Program

• Identify and describe risks and hazardous conditions created by drug and alcohol use in the workplace.
• Identify and apply pertinent standards, regulations, and codes.
• Design, implement, and evaluate a workplace substance abuse program.
• Describe the various employer recordkeeping requirements and best practices for drug and alcohol testing.
• Recognize observable behaviors in the workplace that indicate that an employee is impaired by alcohol and/or drugs.

SHM 321 - Agriculture Safety (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Describe the characteristics of the agriculture and food processing industry.
• Describe fundamental aspects of agriculture and food processing safety.
• Identify and apply agriculture and food-processing industry related standards, regulations, and codes.
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the agriculture and food processing industry.
• Evaluate worker task performance to identify the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to control the hazards.

SHM 323 - Construction Safety and Health

• Describe construction contract types, contractual elements, pricing schemes, and typical project delivery methods including advantages and disadvantages from a safety perspective.
• Identify and apply construction-related standards, regulations, and codes.
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the construction industry.
• Develop a site specific safety plan for a construction project.
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the construction safety and health discipline.

SHM 325 - General Industry Safety and Health

• Describe the characteristics of the general industry.
• Identify and apply general industry-related standards, regulations, and codes.
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the general industry.
• Develop a safety and health program for a facility or organization.
• Use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the general industry safety and health.

SHM 327 - Research and Laboratory Safety

• Describe research and laboratory concerns associated with environmental compliance, health, and safety, including the OSHA Laboratory Standard.  Topics will include: chemical fume hoods and biological safety cabinets, research animals, sterilization, cryogens, radiation, and emergency planning.
• Identify and apply research and laboratory-related standards, regulations, and codes
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the research and laboratory industry
• Develop a lab specific Chemical Hygiene Plan for an assigned laboratory environment
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the research and laboratory safety and health discipline

SHM 351 - Incident Analysis

• Demonstrate their ability to conduct an incident investigation and analysis.
• Demonstrate their ability to collect evidence and defend their party in a work-related lawsuit.
• Demonstrate their ability to apply their applied science knowledge and perform a comprehensive accident trending based on historical accident data.
• Develop a return to work program.

SHM 352 - Systems and Design

• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental aspects of systems safety. (SHM-K)
• Demonstrate their ability to perform system safety analysis
• Demonstrate their ability to develop a system safety plan that can be used to evaluate a system
• Demonstrate their ability to perform a life cycle safety analysis

SHM 353 - Risk and Insurance

• Demonstrate their ability to apply business and risk management concepts as part of a comprehensive safety and health management program. (ABET-3; SHM-N).
• Identify the various risks as part of an organization and recommend mitigating actions for each risk. (ABET-a; SHM-B).
• Identify and define the various types of insurance associated with the safety and health profession.
• Identify the various legal aspects of safety and health profession.

SHM 371 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness

• Demonstrate their ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies to the various hazards associated with natural and man-made disasters. (ABET-3; SHM-J).
• Identify and describe the role of federal and state agencies in emergency response situations.
• Demonstrate their ability to develop a comprehensive emergency management plan.

SHM 375 - Transportation and Fleet Safety

• Identify and describe the role of state and federal agencies in establishing and maintaining rules and regulations for transportation safety.
• Describe the impact of different transportation modes used daily by industry and the general public.
• Determine causes and countermeasures for transportation related injuries and death.
• Identify and describe the components of a complete transportation safety program.
• Establish a transportation safety program to achieve targeted performance goals.
• Demonstrate correct driver performance including ability to manage risk and other skills related to the driving task.

SHM 377 - Hazardous Materials Management

Demonstrate their ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies associated with hazardous materials.

Utilize federal regulations related to hazardous materials to assess compliance.

Utilize DOT regulations related to hazardous materials to assess compliance.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/21/2012

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:

SHM 379 - Facility and Building Safety

• Define basic fire prevention and protection terminology.
• Demonstrate their ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies associated with fire hazards.
• Demonstrate their ability to identify the common fire extinguishment agents used and the different options available in terms of fire suppression, fire detection, and alarm systems.
• Demonstrate how to use and inspect a portable fire extinguisher.
• Evaluate a building in terms of life safety.

SHM 396 - Individual Study

SHM 397 - Honors

SHM 398 - Special Topics

SHM 399 - Seminar

SHM 423 - Advanced Construction Safety Management (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Pre-qualify construction contractors based on historical safety performance.
• Calculate all the lagging and leading indicators associated with construction safety management.
• Identify the impacts of LEED on worker safety and health.
• Identify the innovation in technology available to enhance construction safety management.
• Identify the impacts of construction quality on worker safety and health.
• Rate a construction project based on SCSH rating system.

SHM 450 - Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

• Identify and describe key commercial property risk exposures and control, and name the type of insurance policies that address each of these loss exposures.
• Identify the essential elements/provisions of various commercial property insurance policies that govern how coverage applies.
• Identify and describe the processes involved in procuring commercial property insurance and adjusting claims.
• Articulate regulations and current issues facing the commercial property insurance industry.

SHM 451 - Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance

• Identify and describe key commercial liability risk exposures and control, and name the type of insurance policies that address each of these loss exposures.
• Identify the essential elements of various commercial liability insurance policies that govern how coverage applies.
• Identify and describe the processes involved in procuring commercial liability insurance and adjusting claims.
• Articulate regulations and current issues facing the commercial liability insurance industry.

SHM 452 - Risk Management for Public Entities

• Describe and give examples of distinctive property, liability, and personnel exposures associated with public entities.
• Identify and describe how public entities should perform each of the steps in the risk management decision process.
• Analyze various risk control options available and how to implement them to protect public entities against losses.
• Outline the procedures by which claims against public entities are typically processed.
• Develop risk management plans for public entities.

SHM 453 - Construction Risk and Insurance Management

• Describe construction contract types, contractual elements, pricing schemes, and typical project delivery methods including advantages and disadvantages from a safety perspective.
• Identify and describe the primary risks of loss faced by contractors and name the type of insurance policies that address each of these loss exposures.
• Apply the risk management process in managing a contractor’s risks of loss.
• Apply appropriate techniques used to manage risk.
• Identify and describe the essential elements of the most common insurances used in the construction industry including commercial general liability, commercial auto, workers compensation, builders risk, contractor’s equipment, and commercial property.

SHM 454 - Risk Management Principles and Practices

• Concept of enterprise-wide risk management and the various risks faced by an organization.
• Identify and apply risk management standards and guidelines.
• Explain how ISO 31000 provides a framework and a process for an organization to manage its risks.
• Apply the enterprise-wide risk management framework and process to an organization’s hazard risk.
• Given a description of a business operation, recommend techniques for identifying and mapping risk.
• Demonstrate an ability to quantify risk through the application of statistical analysis techniques.

SHM 455 - Risk Assessment and Treatment

• Demonstrate an ability to use loss control techniques for hazard risk.
• Use failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to assess and mitigate risk.
• Given information on a physical property, assess the risk and recommend treatment options for protecting lives and property.
• Identify and describe control measures for the following risk categories: legal and regulatory, management liability, human resource, environmental, crime and cyber, and fleet risks.

SHM 456 - Risk Financing for Safety and Health Management

• Describe risk financing, common risk financing goals, and its importance to organizations.
• Explain how to analyze, evaluate, and estimate expected losses arising from hazard risks.
• Explain the purpose and operation of insurance, and how insurance benefits individuals, organizations, and society.
• Given a case, justify a self-insurance plan that can meet an organization’s risk financing needs.
• Describe the purpose and operation of the following insurance plans: self-insurance, retrospective rating, reinsurance, and captive insurance.
• Describe the types of contractual risk transfer for hazard risk.

SHM 471 - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene

• Demonstrate their ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively evaluate chemical, biological, and physical workplace stressors that pose adverse health effects
• Demonstrate their ability to select appropriate type of personal protective equipment required to control exposures to chemical, biological, and physical stressors in the workplace
• Demonstrate their ability to identify and apply appropriate engineering and administrative controls to reduce employee exposures to chemical, biological, and physical stressors in the workplace
• Demonstrate their ability to evaluate a material safety data sheet (MSDS)

SHM 472 - Ergonomics

• Describe the relationship between work attributes and ergonomic risk factors
• Describe how ergonomic risk factors affect underlying physiological and biomechanical mechanisms of the human worker
• Undertake an ergonomic analysis of a workplace, tools, equipment, or specific task and formulate recommendations
• Calculate recommended weight limit for lifting/lowering tasks using the NIOSH lifting equation
• Undertake an ergonomic analysis of a workplace, tools, equipment, or specific task and formulate recommendations

SHM 474 - Safety and Health Management Systems

• Identify the various requirements of system-based consensus standards.
• Design and evaluate a comprehensive system-based safety and health program.
• Apply adult learning theories in the completion of safety and health training.
• Apply risk-based approach and concepts to the prevention of hazardous acts and conditions.
• Develop and conduct a perception survey, and analyze and interpret data.

SHM 477 - Environmental Management

• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental aspects of federal environmental legislation and environmental management systems
• Prepare and conduct a comprehensive environmental audit in a workplace and communicate their recommendation effectively in a written report

SHM 480 - Safety and Health Laboratory

• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the safety and health discipline.
• Demonstrate an ability to design and conduct experiments, and to analyze and interpret data pertinent to the safety and health discipline.

SHM 481 - Evolving Issues in Safety and Health Management

• Have developed the knowledge of contemporary safety and health issues within a global and societal context.

SHM 482 - Evolving Issues in Risk Management

• Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary risk management issues and the impacts of their solutions within a global and societal context.
• Given three common real-world ethical dilemmas, in a case study form, identify stakeholders, describe the ethical dilemma, and identify alternate courses of actions and their impacts.

SHM 485 - Safety and Health Management Capstone

• Have developed the knowledge of contemporary safety and health issues within a global and societal context.

SHM 490 - Cooperative Education

• Identify, formulate, and solve broadly defined technical problems by applying knowledge of technical topics.
• Formulate a process, procedure, or program to meet desired needs.
• Act in a professional and ethical manner.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.

SHM 491 - Workshop

SHM 496 - Individual Study

SHM 497 - Honors

SHM 498 - Special Topics

SHM 499 - Seminar

SED 298 - Special Topics

SED 299 - Seminar

SED 382 - Driver Task Analysis

SED 396 - Individual Study

SED 397 - Honors

SED 398 - Special Topics

SED 399 - Seminar

SED 481 - Teaching Traffic Safety Education: Classroom and Simulation Instruction

SED 482 - Teaching Traffic Safety Education: In Car

• Demonstrate knowledge of in-car instruction, including what it is, advantages and disadvantages, the development of risk management skills, the role of the teacher and students, and liability issues related to BTW instruction.
• Identify, discuss, and apply teaching methods for the enhancement of learning within the in-car driving experience which includes students with a variety of special needs.
• Construct lesson plans for each BTW lesson using the model found in the Master TSE Curriculum Guide or other approved method.
• Teach a minimum of 8 in-car BTW lessons to novice students who are currently enrolled in a TSE program.
• Teach space management, reference points, risk management, and visual search techniques utilizing current vehicle technology and restraint systems as related to each BTW lesson taught.
• Demonstrate effective assessment of novice drivers for each lesson taught.

SED 484 - Safety Program Supervision

SED 491 - Workshop

SED 496 - Individual Study

SED 497 - Honors

SED 498 - Special Topics

SED 499 - Seminar

SCED 101 - Integrated Life Science (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Collaboratively design, collect and analyze data, and present results of a community-relevant life science research project,
• Describe and explain fundamental concepts and practices in life science, specifically those underlying a) Ecosystems and ecological sustainability, b) Cell structure and processes, c) Heredity, c) Biological Evolution
• Apply life science concepts and processes to personal, local and societal issues around sustainability.
• Critically analyze and evaluate evidence and use this to develop and defend positions on contemporary life science issues.