Strategic issues associated with multi-industry, multi-national, multi-business and start-up management; strategy implementation and institutionalization; planning systems.

Strategic issues associated with multi-industry, multi-national, multi-business and start-up management; strategy implementation and institutionalization; planning systems.

The focus of this course is on the theoretical concepts and methodology of social network analysis, both from a research and applied perspective. The course involves in-depth training on the hands-on analysis of social network data using specialized social network analysis software.

Designed for advanced students who undertake research problems to be conducted in regular consultation with the instructor. May be repeated to a total of six credit hours.

The doctoral colloquium is intended to be a professional socialization course for the Ph.D. students in Management. The course features a mix of topics related to the Management Ph.D. program, including research, teaching and service, major transitions in the program, preparation for the professoriate, as well as special research topics such as philosophy of science and guest research lectures.

Analysis of a specialized topic in management. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits when taken under different subtitles.

Microbes and society focuses on the impact, good and bad, of microbes on humanity and civilization. The course explores the beneficial effects of microbes on the environment, agriculture, industry, biotechnology, and medicine. In addition, the course describes how microbes and microbial diseases have influenced the history and evolution of humans. The course also explore the negative impact of microbes as pathogens and emerging infectious agents on civilization.

This course will cover topics of critical importance for understanding modern bacterial genetics. The course content will include the study of DNA elements including the chromosome, plasmids and bacteriophage, gene expression at the transcriptional, translational and post-translational levels, methods of genetic analysis, transposition, recombination, and the genetics of antibiotic resistance.

A survey of theories and mechanisms of immunity including: nature of antigens and antibodies, antigen-antibody reactions, immunocompetent cells, immunogenetics, allergic reactions, tumor immunology and transplantation immunology.

This course will examine the pathogenic mechanisms used by bacteria to cause human disease. Bacterial virulence factors & host susceptibility factors will be discussed, with an emphasis on understanding the techniques that can be used to identify these traits in newly emerging pathogens.