Prerequisites: CPST 249 with C- or better.

CPST 341 - User Experience Design to Drive Business

In this course students will learn how to connect and align business objectives with UX Design goals. Students will learn how to bring high-level planning into concrete actionable steps. Students learn Strategy for continuously Developing Brand and Identity through Design. Students will be able to: Understand how effective UX is a strategic advantage for business; Connect and align business objectives with UX Design goals; Apply Design Thinking to create good UX.

Prerequisite: CPST 250

CPST 349 - Project Management

The art and science of project management as applied to a variety of business, commercial, and public management situations. Covers all phases of the project life-cycle; techniques for planning, scheduling and control of projects; project organizations; and techniques for building effective project teams. Students will gain a working knowledge of the fundamental principles and techniques of effective project management, and how to apply these principles and techniques in the business environment.

Prerequisite: CPST 250

CPST 370 - Leadership Theories and Applications

Students will study leadership theory, concepts and the practical application of leadership at all levels. Students will analyze historical approaches to leadership and focus on influential contemporary leadership perspectives such as servant leadership, situational leadership, transformational leadership, and principle-centered leadership. Students will complete a leadership development plan and apply leadership theories to workplace situations through reflection, real-life examples, and case studies.

CPST 382 - Cybersecurity Incident Response Management

Students in this course learn key aspects of Cybersecurity Incident Response Management (CIRM). Students in this course will learn how to plan for, respond to, investigate, and report on Cybersecurity Incidents. Students in this course will learn from case studies of past cyber incidents. Skills developed include the developing of an Incident Response Plan; ethical, best practices on handling communications/disclosures after an incident; incident investigation techniques (forensics); interfacing with law enforcement; and post-incident recovery.

STAT 103 - Fundamentals of Statistics

This course provides an introduction to statistical reasoning and techniques in descriptive and inferential statistics and their applications in economics, education, genetics, medicine, physics, political science, and psychology. Not open to students who have completed ISOM 241. Students will obtain a background in the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics along with an understanding of their uses and misuses; This course satisfies the quantitative literacy requirement of the core curriculum.

COMM 101 - Public Speaking & Critical Thinking

This introductory course is designed to supply students with the skills of public address, a fundamental understanding of critical thinking practices, foundational tenets of communication theory, a grasp of the relationship between context and communication, and a sense of the social responsibility that comes with the capacity for communication. Students can take one course from COMM 101 and 103, but not both. Students gain skills in public speaking and an understanding of critical thinking.