Students will gain familiarity with the key military policy issues that confront government officials, and they will learn to evaluate the claims of journalists and advocacy organizations that confront informed American opinion on a day-to-day basis.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

Specially designed independent study course taken under the supervision of various instructors. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

In-depth consideration of the value of information in managerial decision making. Topics include issues in design and evaluation of management information systems, decision support systems, and business expert systems.

A study of key problem formulation and solution procedures in business decision making. The topics studied include statistical techniques integrated in decision making under uncertainty, decision trees, queuing problems, and value of information. A major segment of the course is devoted to the study of linear programming problems, sensitivity analysis, assignment problems, and transportation problems.

Students confer individually with instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This is a variable topic course enabling focused doctoral student investigation of current research areas. It is anticipated that the course grade will be based on individual student semester research papers in the course topic area. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits under different subtitles.

A course designed for undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students who participate in a UK Exchange Program. Students will be enrolled in this course by their Education Abroad advisor upon submission of the required application materials to Education Abroad at UK. Enrollment in this course will generate the appropriate exchange fee depending on the type of exchange. The type of exchange will be indicated by the title suffix. TFE-Tuition/Fees

A course designed for undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students who participate in a UK Exchange Program. Students will be enrolled in this course by their Education Abroad advisor upon submission of the required application materials to Education Abroad at UK. Enrollment in this course will generate the appropriate exchange fee depending on the type of exchange. The type of exchange will be indicated by the title suffix. TLM-Tuition/Lodging/Meals.

A course designed for undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students who participate in a UK Exchange Program. Students will be enrolled in this course by their Education Abroad advisor upon submission of the required application materials to Education Abroad at UK. Enrollment in this course will generate the appropriate exchange fee depending on the type of exchange. The type of exchange will be indicated by the title suffix. ISEP