Credits: 3Introduction to the application of information technology in organizations, roles of managers and staff professionals in developing and using information systems with current and future technology. Cross-Listed: CSC 325.
Credits: 3This course applies business policies and procedures to the small business environment. As such, it is designed for students contemplating management or ownership of a small business. Topics include the nature of the entrepreneur, financing and ownership options, marketing, government regulations, taxation, inventory control and other relevant business functions. Cross-Listed: BADM 334.
Credits: 3This course is a study of management, including the planning, direction, controlling and coordinating of the various activities involved in operating a business enterprise. Cross-Listed: BADM 360.
Credits: 3Applications of microeconomic theory, statistics and other quantitative methods to analysis and solution of decision making problems confronted by managers of agribusiness, commercial and manufacturing enterprises. Topics include economic analysis of demand, production, cost, market structure, government regulation, risk, and capital budgeting. Prerequisites: ECON 201 and STAT 281. Cross-Listed: ECON 431-531.
Credits: 3This course is a study of individuals and groups. Traditional organization theory and concepts are presented and study is given to motivation, group dynamics, and methods of coordination, change and adaptation within an organization. Prerequisites: BADM 360. Cross-Listed: BADM 464.
Credits: 3This course is designed to develop an understanding of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. It involves integrating all functional areas of business, analyzing the environment in which the firm operates, and choosing strategies that enable the firm to meet its objectives. Prerequisites: BADM/FIN 310, BADM/BLAW 350, BADM/MKTG 370; and BADM 360 or BADM 369. Cross-Listed: BADM 482.
Credits: 1-3A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media, such as internet, and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to 20 or fewer students.
Credits: 1-3Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.
Credits: 1-4A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
Credits: 1-3Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range, but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Credits: 1-6Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Credits: 1-12Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
MFL 101 - Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture I (COM) [SGR #4]
Credits: 4Fundamentals of the language and introduction to the culture where the language is spoken. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class. Notes: Course meets SGR #4.
MFL 102 - Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture II (COM) [SGR #4]
Credits: 4Fundamentals of the language and introduction to the culture where the language is spoken. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class. Notes: Course meets SGR #4.
Credits: 1-5Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Credits: 1-3Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
MFL 201 - Intermediate Modern Foreign Language I (COM)
Credits: 1-8Intermediate language and culture study. Qualifying languages are those not currently offered on campus. Prerequisites: MFL 101 and MFL 102.
Credits: 1-12Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established by the student, instructor, and field-based supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with an internship or practicum course.
Credits: 1-12Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
Credits: 1-3Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Credits: 3Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Credits: 1-12Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Credits: 1-12Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
Credits: 4Introductory microbiology course for biology, microbiology and biotechnology majors. Basics of microbial cell structure and function; viral structure; microbial diversity and evolution; interactions between microbes and plants/animals; biogeochemical cycling; microbial growth; and control of microorganisms. The laboratory will include aseptic technique; use of bright-field microscopes; common staining techniques; cultivation of various microbes; investigations of diversity; metabolic characteristics; microbial growth and control of microbial growth/metabolism. Prerequisites: Completion of BIOL 151 and 6 credits college chemistry. Corequisites: MICR 233L-233.
Credits: 1A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
MICR 310-310L - Environmental Microbiology and Lab
Credits: 4Microbiology of water, air and surfaces in the environment. Standard methods for detecting and controlling pathogens and non pathogens. Laboratory experience that accompanies MICR 310. Prerequisites: MICR 231-231L or MICR 233-233L. Corequisites: MICR 310L-310.
Credits: 4Microbiology of fresh and processed meats, dairy products, vegetables and modern convenience foods. Laboratory quality study of food preservation, processing and spoilage. Laboratory experience that accompanies MICR 311. Prerequisites: MICR 231-231L or MICR 233-233L. Corequisites: MICR 311L-311.
MICR 421-421L/521-521L - Soil Microbiology and Lab
Credits: 3Microbial species of agricultural soils, environmental factors affecting their numbers and activity, and biochemical changes brought about by these organisms. Laboratory course to accompany MICR 421-521. Prerequisites: BIOL 151-151L and BIOL 153-153L, or BOT 201-201L. Corequisites: MICR 421L-421/MICR 521L-521. Cross-Listed: PS 421-421L/521-521L.
Credits: 3Basic course discussing the characterization, structure, and replication of viruses and the pathogenesis of viral disease in man and animals. Prerequisites: AS 332 or BIOL 204. Cross-Listed: VET 424-524.
Credits: 3Principles of medical microbiology including a survey of the most clinically significant bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral diseases in the world, with an emphasis on those most prevalent in North America. Case studies will address: morphology, physiology, and virulence of the microbes and the epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of the diseases they cause. Prerequisites: CHEM 106 or CHEM 112 and MICR 231-231L or MICR 233-233L.
MICR 438L - Techniques in Molecular Biology Laboratory
Credits: 2This laboratory course will provide hands-on experience for the students interested in basic molecular biology techniques, including gene amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA isolation and modification, bacterial transformation, protein expression and detection (Western Blot). Prerequisites: MICR 448 (completed or concurrent).
Credits: 3This course covers the theory and mechanisms of immune-responses as they relate to human and veterinary medicine. Prerequisites: MICR 231 and BIOL 204.
Credits: 3This course will involve individualized hands-on training in molecular, cellular, bacteriological, and immunological techniques frequently used in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Students will be provided with information on principles and fundamentals of various techniques followed by hands-on experience in the lab. Prerequisites: MICR 424/VET 424 or MICR 433 or MICR 439.
Credits: 4This course in molecular genetics will cover the concepts and the molecular mechanisms in genetics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Students will study the molecular processes underlying gene structure and function, will learn the major components and their basic structures in molecular genetics, will understand the molecular mechanisms of major biological processes such as gene expression and regulation, and will learn to interpret the results from the literature in molecular genetics. In addition, the course will provide a comprehensive coverage of the common molecular tools and their applications. Prerequisites: BIOL 204 or BIOL 371. Cross-Listed: BIOL 448.
Credits: 3The rapid development of biotechnology techniques and their commercial application continues to be a major economic driver in the twenty-first century. Biotechnology uses living cells or their enzymes to produce chemicals, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and energy from renewable biomass feedstocks. This interdisciplinary course will examine theoretical and practical aspects of cell metabolism, metabolic engineering, fermentation and fermentor design, product recovery, process control, energy balances, and economics as related to several current bioprocesses. This course will integrate principles from microbiology, biochemistry, and engineering to provide students with the skills needed to fill roles in research, operations and commercialization. Prerequisites: MICR 231-231L or MICR 233-233L.
Credits: 1-6A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Credits: 1-3Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Credits: 1-4Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Credits: 1-12Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Credits: 1-4Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Credits: 3This course introduces the student to the basic concepts and practices of modern marketing. Topics include marketing and its linkages to business, consumer behavior, marketing research, strategy and planning, product and pricing decisions, distributions and promotion decisions, marketing management, and evaluation and control aspects for both consumer and industrial goods. Prerequisites: ECON 201 or ECON 202. Cross-Listed: BADM 370/ECON 370.
Credits: 3This course is a study of the skills needed to develop and manage long-term relationships with customers and suppliers. Emphasis is placed on relationship selling, presentation, prospecting, handling objectives and closing techniques with consideration given to differences in the global marketplace. Cross-Listed: BADM 474.
Credits: 3This course provides an in-depth study of the primary methodologies of marketing research. Emphasis is placed on collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting information for the purpose of reducing uncertainty surrounding marketing and management decisions. Prerequisites: BADM/ECON/MKTG 370 and STAT 281. Cross-Listed: ECON 476-576.
Credits: 1-3A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Credits: 1-3Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.
Credits: 1-4A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
Credits: 1-3Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range, but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Credits: 1-6Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Credits: 1-12Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
MLS 201 - Understanding Medical Laboratory Science
Credits: 2An overview of the allied health profession in Medical Laboratory Science including an introduction to the interdisciplinary emphasis in Hematology and Hemostasis, Microbiology, Immunohematology, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis, Immunology, Molecular and General laboratory clinical practice. Provides an introduction to the professional levels of practice, professionalism, ethics and leadership within the field of clinical laboratory practice.
Credits: 2, 1Normal maturation, morphology, and function of blood cells. Application of manual and automated methods/techniques in hematology. Corequisites: MLS 301L-301. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 4Principles and theory of clinical chemistry including metabolism of biochemical molecules, metabolic disease/dysfunction, electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, instrumentation, quality control, and quality assurance. Prerequisites: CHEM 108-108L or equivalent. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 3A review of the introductory content and technical aspects of the medical laboratory science profession included Hematology, Immunohematology, Clinical Chemistry, Phlebotomy, laboratory math and General laboratory clinical practice. Provides a transitional experience for current associate degree laboratory professionals into the advanced courses within the MLS curriculum. Prerequisites: Student must be accepted into the SDSU Upward Mobility Program or advanced placement in the on-campus traditional program.
Credits: 3, 2Focuses on the principles and methodologies for the recovery of bacteriological agents from complex biological specimens, biochemical identification, general practices in infection control and the laboratory’s role in developing policies and procedures during global events and new threats from emerging pathogens. Supervised laboratory instruction in the principles and methods for the analysis and identification of bacteriological agents from complex biological specimens utilizing various technical applications, instrumentation, and applications in quality control and quality assurance. Prerequisites: MICR 231-231L or MICR 233-233L. Corequisites: MLS 341L-341. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
MLS 368 - Medical Laboratory Science Transfer Credit
Credits: 20-43Designed to facilitate transfer of students who have completed a one or two year regionally or nationally accredited or certified program in medical laboratory science, clinical laboratory science and /or technician. The purpose is to provide transfer of previous work into an upward mobility option for students who have a commitment to medical laboratory science. Notes: MLS professional program or MLS upward mobility program acceptance required.
Credits: 3Advanced study of the hematopoietic system and blood cells, including morphology and disease states, such as leukemias, lymphomas, and myeloproliferative disorders. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 3, 1Discussion of the principles for immunologic mechanisms and serological concepts to the theory of laboratory procedures for the diagnosis of disorders of infectious and immunologic origin, including analysis and evaluation of advanced immunopathology, and supervised laboratory experience in the principles and methods for the study of the immune system, antigen-antibody reactions and associated clinical laboratory diagnostics. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 3, 1The principle and theory of clinical chemistry including clinical endocrinology, clinical toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, and assessment of metabolic disease/dysfunction using clinical analysis. Methods of analysis in the clinical laboratory; instrumentation, quality control, and quality assurance. Corequisites: MLS 411L-411. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 3, 1Anatomy and physiology of vascular system; and techniques for obtaining blood specimens (phlebotomy) including dermal, syringe and vacutainer systems. In addition the course will include specimen processing, infection control, laboratory safety and instruction in good general laboratory practices required within the medical laboratory science field. Laboratory course to accompany MLS 412. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
MLS 431-431L - Principles of Immunohematology and Laboratory
Credits: 2, 1The study of red blood cell antigens and their antibodies, including blood grouping and typing, antibody detection and compatibility testing, blood donor screening and component preparation, immunologically related diseases, transplantation, and principles of antigen-antibody based tests. Supervised laboratory experience in the principles and methods for the study of red blood cell antigens and antibodies, includes blood grouping and typing, antibody detection and compatibility testing and blood donor screening. Prerequisites: MLS 403 or equivalent. Corequisites: MLS 431L-431. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 3, 2Focuses on the principles and methodologies for the recovery of bacteria, fungal, parasitic and viral agents from complex biological specimens, biochemical identification, and advanced principles in clinical sensitivity and specificity. Supervised laboratory instruction in the principles and methods for the analysis and identification of bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral agents from complex biological specimens utilizing various technical applications, instrumentation and applications in quality control and quality assurance. Corequisites: MLS 441L- 441. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 2, 1Advanced laboratory in immunohematology including complex incompatibilities, trouble shooting, transfusion medicine, clinical correlations and advanced laboratory methods in immunohematology. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
MLS 461 - Introduction to Management and Education
Credits: 3Basic concepts in laboratory management and education. Building critical thinking, problem solving, and professional skills. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
MLS 468 - Advanced Supervised Clinical Experience I
Credits: 1-5Off campus supervised clinical experiences administered in conjunction with clinical faculty in SDSU affiliated health care institutions. Emphasis will be on advanced hematology, hemostasis, phlebotomy and immunology. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the MLS upward mobility program or instructors permission.
MLS 469 - Advanced Supervised Clinical Experience II
Credits: 1-5Off campus supervised clinical experiences administered in conjunction with clinical faculty in SDSU affiliated health care institutions. Emphasis will be on advanced chemistry, urinalysis, body fluids, diagnostic microbiology and molecular diagnostics. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the MLS Upward Mobility program or permission of the instructor. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 2, 2Advanced laboratory diagnostics including clinical correlations, total quality management, general operations, and patient analysis of complex disease states. Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 8Supervised clinical experience in chemistry, urinalysis, body fluid analysis, microbiology, immunohematology, hematology/hemostasis, manuals and general laboratory practice.
Credits: 3Advanced clinical applications and correlations that includes clinical chemistry, urinalysis, body fluid analysis, hematology, hemostasis and general laboratory operations.
Credits: 3Advanced clinical applications and correlations that includes microbiology, immunohematology, molecular diagnostics and general laboratory operations.
Credits: 3Advanced clinical applications and correlations that includes microbiology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, body fluid analysis, molecular diagnostics, hematology, hemostasis and general laboratory operations.
Credits: 3Students will complete a formal analysis of patient data at the clinical affiliate site and submit in a clinical case study format as a comprehensive experience. In addition, students will be required to successfully complete an interdisciplinary comprehensive program exam. Notes: Senior status in the MLS professional program and clinical placement required. Students enrolled in MLS program prior to Fall 2012 will take MLS 483 - Clinical Immunology Clinical Practice.
Credits: 1-4Supervised clinical experience in an area outside a large clinical laboratory (rural laboratory, research laboratory, or clinic laboratory). Notes: MLS professional program acceptance required.
Credits: 1-3Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.