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Department of Technology and Society
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EMP 501 Behavioral and Organizational
Aspects of Management
This course provides an understanding of the management
process by analyzing organizational behavior. Topics include behavior in
two-person situations, factors influencing attitudes and changes in
organizational behavior, group influence on behavior, formal and informal
organizational structures, conflict and conflict resolutions, and the
dynamics of planned change.
Fall, 3
credits, ABCF grading
EMP 502 Management Accounting and
Finance Decision Analysis
Fundamentals of financial and managerial
accounting with emphasis on concepts, ratio and break-even analysis,
financial structure, cost analysis, replacement of assets, and cash flow
management.
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF grading
EMP 503 Legal and
Regulatory Aspects of Management
A survey of business and regulatory law.
Topics include contracts, sales, warranties, and business partnerships and
corporations. An overview is provided
of high technology topics such as computer law, product liability, patent,
trademark, copyright, and environmental law and their impact on business.
Summer, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 504 Quantitative Methods
in Management
This course is a rapid introduction to the
application of modern mathematical concepts and techniques in management
science. Algebraic operations, mathematical functions and their graphical
representation, and model formulation are reviewed. Topics covered include
the following: mathematics of interest, annuity, and mortgage; algebraic and
graphic methods of linear programming; PERT, CPM, and other network models;
and inventory theory. Simple management-oriented examples are used to
introduce mathematical formulations and extensions to more general problems.
The computer laboratory is used to give students experience with PC software
packages that solve problems in all course topics. Interpretation of computer
outputs is also stressed.
Prerequisite: MAT 123
or equivalent
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF
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EMP 506 Global Operations
A managerial approach to the
concepts, issues, and techniques used to convert an organization's resources
into products and services. Topics include strategic decisions for planning
products, processes, and technologies, operating decisions for planning
production to meet demand, and controlling decisions for planning and
controlling operations through teamwork and Total Quality Management (TQM).
Operational problems in producing goods and services are reviewed.
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 507 Research and Special
Topics in Global Operations Management
An individual study course for students
investigating special topics relating to global operations management.
Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor
Fall and Spring, 1-3
credits, ABCF grading
EMP 509 Enterprise Information
and Knowledge Systems Management
This course covers the different types of
enterprise systems, how they are used to manage an organization's processes,
re-engineering the business with enterprise systems, and the relationship
among technology, organization, and management. Knowledge-based and web-based features in
modern enterprise systems will be emphasized.
Database Management, Security, Control, Ethical, and Social issues of
enterprise systems will be discussed.
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 511 Starting a
Business Venture
This course covers the necessities of
beginning a business from turning a concept into a new venture and developing
a business plan for a venture. Topics
include how to identify and evaluate the product and its market potential;
management and organization issues; production and channels of distribution;
and how to present a plan to the financial community. Specific case studies and guest speakers
are utilized.
Summer, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 517 Quality and Value
Management
Modern management's approach to quality has
changed radically in the last 20 years; this course explains why and how. It
covers methods used by both manufacturing and service organizations to
achieve high quality: how each organizational function is involved in
quality; how improving quality can reduce costs; importance of communication;
importance of involving all employees; need to measure quality; and
introduction to statistical quality control and how it is used.
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 518 Program/Project Management
We will examine how teams can be organized, directed, and
monitored so that relatively complex projects can be carried out efficiently.
Topics include: planning, organizing, and controlling resources; monitoring
progress toward objectives; identifying and managing risks; resolving
conflicts; communicating effectively; setting priorities; and writing
proposals. The systems approach will be emphasized.
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 521 New Product
Development & Design
This course covers how to manage enterprise innovation,
corporate innovation cultures, ideation and creative thinking, product design
and development processes and phases, issues in product design, collaboration
between R&D and operations/marketing. Also, this class will focus on how
to use forecasting to ensure the successful launch of a product. Case studies
will be discussed.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 522 Strategic
Marketing: Planning and Process
This course will examine the vital role that strategic
marketing and planning plays in all businesses, as well as non-profit and
government organizations. Marketing's role in our economy, society and the
appropriate marketing target and mix of media will also be presented. The
various careers which exist in marketing and the structure of marketing plans
and departments are studied. The class will create a marketing plan based on
real products and present it.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EMP 523 International
Business and Management
This course covers the world's marketplace, international
environment, managing international business, and managing international
business operations. Additional topics include cultural issues in a global
marketplace, the impact of law and legal differences in the world marketplace
compared to the U.S.,
and addressing competitive issues related to items such as a need for local
contact.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
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EST 520 Computer Applications
and Problem Solving
A problem-solving course for professionals
who use applications software to address administrative and managerial
problems. Students develop skills in
planning, forecasting, and MIS requirements. The major applications software
packages used are Excel and Access. Students learn to create advanced-level
spreadsheets and data files, and use them to find optimal solutions to
problems in all professions.
Summer, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 530 Internet Electronic
Commerce
Topics addressed in this course include:
technology infrastructure, business models and concepts, technological skills
needed to build an E-Commerce web site, marketing, communications, security
and encryption, payment systems in E-Commerce/M-commerce. Financial transactions, advertising models,
content ownership and the prospects for E-Commerce are also covered.
Summer, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 540 Environmental Management
This is intended to be an introduction to environmental
management and will focus on the interplay between science and public
policy. Concepts include problem identification and
definition , collection and analysis of relevent data to produce information,
the use and interpretatiion of scientific information and the roles of public
perception and action in ultimately determining outcomes when consensus is
not reached. Specific fields to which
these concepts will be applied will be solid waste management and coastal
management. Current local problems
will be used to illustrate the broader conceptual issues. Crosslisted as CEY 501, MAR 514 or HPH 672
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 541 Groundwater Problems
Discussion of the hydraulic processes and technologies that
are central to the management and monitoring of groundwater resources
including special problems of coastal hydrology and saltwater intrusion, as
well as the fate of contaminants. Remediation approaches are also examined.
Crosslisted as CEY 507, MAR 521 or HPH 673.
Fall,, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 550 Introduction to Homeland
Security
The course is a combination of lectures and
laboratory experience to introduce students to critical issues and assess
needs for homeland security. The course includes invited lectures by experts
on special topics such as fundamentals of nuclear, chemical, and biological
weapons and the associated threat to the transportation of goods and the
public. The students will learn about cyber security, devices to safeguard
materials from terrorist threats, safety of nuclear power plants and water
supply, forensics and emergency preparedness. The students will submit a term
paper on a selected topic in lieu of the final exam. Crosslisted as ESM 550
or HPH 653.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate level biology, chemistry and physics.
Fall and Spring, 3
credits, ABCF grading
EST 553 Nuclear Security
The course will familiarize students with
the fundamentals of nuclear physics, radiation, mining, weapons and fuel
cycle, other than producing electricity, as it pertains to nuclear power
plants. Topics include nuclear detection, devices to safeguard nuclear
materials from terrorist threats, needed physical protection for safe
handling and its relevance to Homeland Security. The course combines lectures
with hands-on experience at the newly installed nuclear detection facility
located at the nearby United States Department of Energy's Brookhaven
National Laboratory. Crosslisted as ESM 553 or HPH 654
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate equivalent physics and chemistry.
4 credits, ABCF
grading\
EST 554 Chemical and
Biological Weapons: Safeguard and Security
This course deals with the fundamentals of
chemistry and biochemistry related to chemical weapons (CW) and biological
weapons (BW) that could be used by terrorists. Topics include CW and BW
history, production, control, detection, identification, and emergency
response measures to deal with intended or unintended release and escape, and
security measures to protect and control stockpiles. Crosslisted as ESM 554
or HPH 655.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate equivalent chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology.
4 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 560 Risk
Assessment, Regulations, and Homeland Security
The course focus is on risk assessment
associated with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as it relates to
Homeland Security. Topics include air dispersion, uncertainty analysis,
exposure measurements, epidemiology, toxicology, regulatory issues, risk
management, risk communication, risk perception, and risk preparedness. The
course will also cover laws and regulation, discouraging terrorism, and
disaster preparedness, various acts passed by the U.S. Congress to regulate
water, air, and controlled substances. Crosslisted as ESM 560 or HPH 656.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate or equivalent physics, math and chemistry.
4 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 563 Computer Literacy for
Educators
This course is an introduction to computer
and software basics and was formerly listed as EST 583. Students will develop an understanding of
the underlying concepts and principles behind computers. Students will gain
sufficient knowledge to successfully navigate the digital world. Emphasis
will focus on computer literacy areas used in education and other
professional environments. Students will leave this course with the ability
to grasp the risks and benefits surrounding new and current computer
technologies. The following skills will be addressed; electronic
communication, application-based projects, information management,
assessment, and the societal impacts of computer based technologies. Students
having completed EST 565 in a prior semester cannot receive credit for EST
563. EST 563 and EST 565 may be taken in the same semester.
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 565 Instructional
Technologies
This course examines issues in teaching and
learning, especially the use of computers and emerging technologies to
investigate unique types of learning that are made possible, or may be more
efficient, with this technology. Exposure to generic software applications,
and an overview of commercial software titles and applications are provided.
Students have the opportunity to work collaboratively with others in this
field, and are able to develop a working application that could be used in an
educational environment.
Prerequisite: EST 563
or permission of instructor
Fall, Spring, Summer,
3 credits, ABCF grading
EST 568 Network Communication
Technologies
Students will learn the basic design
concepts behind the Internet, as well as wired and wireless communication
networks. Students learn effective use of the Internet and commercial software for active learning. Discussion
topics include: the role of the Internet as a 21st century global
communication tool, the relationship between a computer system’s
underlying architecture and software, ethical and societal issues as they
relate to educational standards, and how to judge the benefits and risks associated
with these networks. This course was formerly listed as EST 572/567. Not for credit if you have already taken
EST 572or EST 567.
Prerequisite: Computer
experience.
Fall, Spring, Summer,
3 credits, ABCF grading
EST 570 Design of Courseware
Principles of designing courseware modules
for K-12 schools, universities, and industry. Educational technologies used
in courseware. Theories of learning
and how they are implemented.
Assessment and evaluation.
Learning standards and educational policy making. Courseware design specification. Each student will develop a courseware
design specification that can be implemented for her/his master’s
project Prerequisite: EST 568
Fall and Spring, 3
credits, ABCF grading
EST 571 Research
Methodologies for Educational Technologies
This course evaluates the educational uses
of computer technology. Course goals include understanding research
methodology and literature, conducting a research study of educational
technology, developing professional leadership skills and exploring micro-worlds
and constructivism. The course includes class discussions to assess the
quality of research articles on educational technology.
Prerequisite: EST 568
Fall and Spring, 3
credits, ABCF grading
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EST 573 Design of Multimedia
Courseware
This course was designed for school
teachers, corporate trainers, and multimedia specialists who are interested
in the use of multimedia design techniques as a teaching tool. The class is
half lecture and half hands-on training in multimedia production tools.
Students have a term project for which they have to create a courseware
program.
Prerequisite: EST 568
or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: EST 570 or permission of
instructor
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 574 Distance Education
Web-based distance learning applications are quickly
growing within higher education
institutions, K-12 schools and corporate environments. This course is designed for higher education
faculty, K-12 administrators and teachers, educational computing
coordinators, and corporate training personnel that would like to investigate
ways to enhance their educational systems through the development and
implementation of distance learning applications. The focus of this course is on the design
and implementation of effective modes of distance learning.
Prerequisite: EST 570
Fall, Summer, 3
credits, ABCF grading
EST 575 Developing Grants and Managing
Projects
This course will develop the skills
necessary to take a program proposal from idea through reality with an
emphasis on new technological resources available to help with this
process. Topics include: techniques
for successful fundraising, grant writing, program design, staffing,
publicity and outreach, and reporting and evaluation. It is designed for current educators and
administrators as well as students about to enter the education, social
service and health fields.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 576 Geographic Information Systems
in Education and Research
Students use Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) software to create, manipulate and interpret layers of interactive maps
and databases. Students collect and
modify geographical materials from the Internet, satellite and aerial
imagery, and field data. They design
and test scientific inquiry-driven educational modules and/or visualizations
for research and analysis on global and local geography, for use in
economics, earth science, politics and civic action, history and sociology,
global studies, and environmental planning and assessment.
Prerequisite: EST 568
or EST 595 or permission of instructor.
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 578 Human-Computer
Interaction Design for Instruction
Principles of human-computer interaction applied to the
design of educational courseware.
Usability engineering, with a focus on the audience and learning
objective. Interface design
principles. Human-computer
dialogs. Multimedia as a communication
tool, using images, audio, and video.
Multimodal input devices and strategies. Students will use a multimedia authoring tool
to create a prototype of an educational application or learning tool.
Spring, 3 credits,
ABCF grading
EST 579 Educational
Games
Simulations and computer games as a learning tool. Traditional game and simulation genres and
their appropriate uses in education.
Game-play design. Game
development process, from storyboarding to delivery. Assessing games as learning tools. Students will use a multimedia authoring
tool to prototype an educational game or simulation of their own design.
Prerequisite: EST
578
Summer, 3 credits,
ABCF grading
EST 581 Methods of Socio-Technological
Decision Making
Focus is on the application of
decision-making techniques to analyze problems involving technology,
particularly its social impacts. Areas of study include decision making under
uncertainty, decision making in a passive vs. active environment, sequential
decisions, estimating payoffs, forecasting, and technology assessment. These
systems-analysis techniques are used to formulate and solve a variety of
socio-technological problems, especially those that arise in educational,
industrial, and environmental professions.
Prerequisite: Graduate
standing in department or permission of instructor
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 582 Systems Approach to
Human-Machine Systems
Systems concepts (feedback, stability,
chaos, ergonomics) and analytical tools applied to dynamic systems in which
technologies and/ or natural environments interact with human users,
regulators, or designers. Examples: ecological systems, nuclear power plant
operations, space shuttle missions, computer/web educational technologies,
regional planning. Students prepare a systems design study of an industrial,
educational, or environmental device, technology, or management system.
Prerequisite: EST 581
or permission of instructor, Graduate standing in the department,
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 584 Air Pollution and Air Quality
Management
The effects of air pollution on the
environment and public health are explored. Primary pollutants, such as
particulates, oxides of sulfur, nitrogen and carbon, hydrocarbons, lead and
CFCs are considered, as are secondary pollutants, such as sulfuric acid, PAN,
and surface ozone. The effect of atmospheric conditions on the dilution and
dispersion of pollutants and the impact of pollution on the global atmosphere
are explained. Air pollution disasters and the impacts and ramifications of
the Clean Air Act of 1970, its 1990 amendments, and recent international
accords are discussed. Case studies of air pollution reduction, management,
and regulation in local industry are included. Other contemporary topics
include the loss of stratospheric ozone and global warming due to human
activities. Cross-listed as HPH 683.
Prerequisite: College
chemistry or permission of instructor
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 585 Technology in
Learning Systems
This course is designed to provide
educators with an overview of uses of technology to improve instruction.
Standard and innovative, nonconventional modes of learning are considered.
Specific areas of study include a systems-based analysis of the design and
function of learning environments, individual applications related to the
student's area of professional practice, and assessment of educational uses
of technology today and tomorrow. Students are exposed to various educational
technologies and make a formal presentation applying a technology to an
educational system.
Prerequisite: EST 582,
systems background, or permission of instructor
3 credits, ABCF
grading
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EST 586 Environmental and
Waste Management in Business and Industry
Environmental and waste management
practices in industrial and other institutional settings. Technologies of
hazardous waste prevention, treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal
are considered. Topics include information systems and software tools for
environmental audits, regulatory monitoring and compliance, cost estimation,
recycling programs, air, land and water emissions controls and permits.
Employee health, safety, and education and quality management and examined.
Field trips to several Long Island
institutions.
Cross-listed as HPH 684.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 587 Today's Technology:
Impact on Education and Economics
This course involves the student in studies
of the science, technology, and economics of four selected areas:
electronics, transportation, energy, and health sciences. Classroom time is
supplemented by visits to appropriate facilities in each area; individuals
and groups also plan for the use of the information in their specific areas
of responsibility. For example, teachers are responsible for developing
teaching strategies for use of the information in their classes and for
student career advice and preparation. Those from commerce and industry learn
of the powerful influence of technological development on regional economics.
This knowledge is helpful in carrying out strategic planning and forecasting
within the student's organization.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 588 Technical
Communication for Management and Engineering
The ability to communicate technical ideas
clearly and effectively is critical to success in management and engineering.
Hours and money are wasted when confused, distorted writing and speaking
obscure the information they are intended to convey. This course will provide
managers, engineers, and other technical professionals with practical methods
for making their memos, reports, and correspondence clear, comprehensible,
and persuasive. Students learn strategies for communicating with both
nonspecialist and technical audiences, stating their purpose clearly,
organizing points most effectively, and expressing ideas concisely and
precisely. Special attention is given to technical presentations and to
communicating in meetings.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 589 Technology-Enhanced
Decision Making
This course examines the use of
technological devices, especially computers, as aids in decision making. A
treatment is given of the cognitive science and artificial intelligence
methods used in the structure and operation of some systems that support
human decision making. Medical diagnosis systems, business and industrial
planning systems, and computer-aided dispatch systems are discussed. In
addition, the application of high technology in air traffic control systems
is examined.
Prerequisite: EST 581
Co-requisite: EST 582 or permission of instructor
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 590 Seminar for MS/TSM Students
A forum for the discussion of research
methods, project ideas, and proposal preparation. A final product of this
seminar is an approved master's project proposal. Each student also leads a
discussion of an important technology-society problem, such as censorship of
the Internet, scientific decision making, or environmental regulations. Each
student works with a faculty advisor on background research and preparation
of the master's project proposal.
Fall, 3
credits, ABCF grading
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EST 591 Independent Study in
Technology and Society
The primary objective of independent study
is to provide a student with opportunities to interact with faculty members
who can be of assistance in his or her master's project. Students should
consult individually with faculty members on workload and credit(s).
Prerequisite: EST 590
or permission of instructor
1-3 credits, ABCF
grading
May be repeated for
credit
EST 592 Sustainable Energy:
Technologies, Systems, Markets, and Policies
The ample supply and appropriate use of
energy is critical to the well being of human society. Energy plays an
enormous role in environmental degradation, national insecurity,
international conflict, and in solutions to these problems. This course aims
to introduce the major energy issues to students in engineering, business,
and public policy areas. It discusses the energy choices to meet regional and
global energy needs. Major renewable and conventional energy sources, energy
supply technologies, and end-use efficiency options will be assessed in the
context of political, social, economic, and environmental goals.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate major in science or engineering strongly preferred.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 593 Risk Assessment and
Hazard Management
A case-study approach to the assessment of
risk and the management of natural and technological hazards, with emphasis
on those that can harm the environment. The course focuses on technological
hazards involving energy, transportation, agriculture, natural resources,
chemical technology, nuclear technology, and biotechnology, and on natural
hazards such as climactic changes, droughts, floods, and earthquakes. The
first part of the course consists of readings on risk assessment and hazard
management and discussions of published case studies. During the second part
of the course, students conduct their own case studies and use them as the
basis for oral and written reports. Cross-listed as HPH 686.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 594 Diagnosis of
Environmental Disputes
Diagnosis of disagreements about
environmental and waste problems. Tools for evaluating disputes about (a)
scientific theories and environmental models, (b) definitions and analytical
methodologies for estimating risk, "real" cost, net energy use, and
life-cycle environmental impact, (c) regulatory and legal policy, (d) siting
of controversial environmental facilities, and (e) fairness and other ethical
issues. These diagnostic tools are brought to bear upon case studies of
pollution prevention, recycling, nuclear waste disposal, and climate change.
Crosslisted as CEY 594 or HPH 687.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 595 Principles of Environmental
Systems Analysis
This course is intended for students
interested in learning systems engineering principles relevant to solving
environmental and waste management problems. Concepts include compartmental
models, state variables, optimization, and numerical and analytical solutions
to differential equations. Crosslisted as EST 595 or HPH 688.
Prerequisite: MAT 132
and one year of quantitative science such as physics, chemistry, or geology;
or permission of instructor.
Fall, 3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 596 Simulation Models for
Environmental and Waste Management
This course is intended for students
interested in developing computer models for technology assessment and for
environmental and waste management. Concepts developed in EST 595
Environmental Systems Engineering and Analysis are applied to real-world problems.
Techniques in model development are presented in the context of applications
in surface and groundwater management, acid rain, and health risks from
environmental contamination. Crosslisted as HPH 689.
Prerequisite: EST 595
or permission of instructor
Spring, 3
credits, ABCF grading
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EST 597 Waste Management: Systems and
Principles
Students will learn about the technologies
and policy options in waste management, emphasizing recycling, incineration,
landfilling, and source reduction options for municipal solid waste on Long
Island. Problems concerning paper, glass, plastic, organic materials, and
other waste stream components will be explored. Environmental impacts and
economics of landfills, materials recovery facilities, and waste-to-energy
systems areexamined. The institutional and regulatory climate, current and
planned practices in the region, and hazardous waste will be discussed.
Cross-listed as CEY 597 or HPH 663.
3 credits, ABCF
grading
EST 598 Teaching Practicum
Designed to give graduate students teaching
experience. Note: These credits cannot be counted as part of the 30 credits
required for the degree
3 credits, S/U
grading
EST 599 Special Projects and
Topics
A technology assessment laboratory for
emerging problems and focused research. May be run as a hands-on, group
research study of an important educational, environmental or waste problem
(perhaps to provide an assessment to a regulatory agency or administrative
system).
Fall, Spring, 3
credits, ABCF grading
EST 800 Summer Research
0 credits
May be repeated
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