The "Introduction to Research in the Discipline" course is part of the CICS Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP). It provides a group-based, dual-mentored research structure designed to provide a supportive and inclusive first research experience for a large number of early-career Computer Science and Informatics majors.

Areas in banking that require application of analytical tools and techniques in bank decision-making process.

This course explores key issues in fixed income markets. It develops tools for valuing and modeling the risk exposures of fixed income securities and their derivatives.

Overview of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Topics include: Behavioral background of formal organizational life, organizational design, integrating factors in collective behavior, organizational change, systems analysis, techniques of decision making and control, the organization and its environment, and the nature of management theory. Topics grouped in modules of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: junior standing.

This course provides an executive viewpoint of marketing concepts, such as branding and segmentation, for strategic and organizational decision-making. There is an emphasis on tools available for analysis and control of marketing activities, including the use of new media. Topics also include industrial life cycles, customer experience, and pricing strategy.

This course provides an overview of statistical analysis and inference. The language and methods of statistics are used throughout the MBA curriculum, both in the classroom and in assigned readings. In addition, the language and methods of statistical analysis have permeated much of academic and professional writing as well as media reporting, both inside and beyond the business community. The goal is to present a broad introduction to statistical thinking, concepts, methods, and vocabulary. The course has an emphasis on business applications.

Vivek Murthy, the former Surgeon General of the United States, describes loneliness and a major public health problem that has reached epidemic levels worldwide. In this class we will define loneliness and the resulting disconnection and isolation. We will discuss the importance of social connectedness at a community, national, and global level. By exploring issues of identity, race, displacement, and aging, we will gain a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding loneliness. In this course, we will also include strategies for social change to create a more connected world.

This seminar will explore the brain structures and functions that underpin mental disorders emerging early in life and across the lifespan. Topics include how brain architecture develops from before birth through adulthood, how the environment and caregiving shape the brain in at-risk children, and important and recent neuroscience discoveries that are moving the field away from a siloed, DSM-centric view of mental illness and toward a more dimensional, transdiagnostic framework.

This course takes a comparative, historical, interdisciplinary approach to the study of law as part of society and politics. It provides theoretical and methodological training for students interested in learning about law and society, political sociology, as well as domestic, international, and comparative public law. Our focus will be on classic texts within law and society, paired with contemporary work applying earlier theories in both the US and countries in the Global South.

All organisms must cope with a variety of natural and anthropogenic challenges in order to survive, grow, and ultimately reproduce. Physical conditions and biotic interactions vary immensely across habitats, and organisms must possess the appropriate suite of physiological adaptations for success. Understanding the traits that permit animals to cope with various conditions can provide great insights into evolutionary processes, comparative physiology, and behavior.