3units Peer teaching and leadership instruction in earth science. Demonstrations, classroom activities, field projects and teaching strategies for K-12 teacher groups.
Prerequisite(s): Teaching credential and instructor consent. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with SCED 204. Geology is responsible for scheduling.
GEOL 213 - Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
4units Igneous and metamorphic processes and the evolution of the lithosphere. Application of field, petrographic and chemical data to models of petrogenesis. Laboratory emphasizes microscope studies and computer modeling.
Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 3 hours; field trips.
4units Petrographic study of sedimentary rocks with application of petrographic information to reconstructions of source terranes, depositional conditions and diagenesis. Discussion of nature and origin of carbonate and terrigenous components is emphasized.
Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 3 hours.
Prerequisite(s):GEOL 124 and GEOL 213 or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
4units Analysis of deformed rocks with emphasis on deformation mechanisms, small-scale structures, shear zones, faults and folds. Techniques of strain analysis and analyzing structure on maps are emphasized in the laboratory.
4units We will investigate the role of geomorphology in affecting large-scale processes such as mountain uplift and the global climate. Coursework will include the manipulation of data sets from the Himalayas, topographic analysis of the Sierra Nevada, and modelling with Matlab.
Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 3 hours; 3-day field trip required.
4units Advanced methods of ArcGIS mapping and analysis using published digital datasets and/or student-generated Differential GPS files. Topics vary, depending on student interest, but are generally limited to natural sciences.
Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hour/Lab 3 hours
Prerequisite(s):GEOL 137 or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
4units The lecture portion of this course will be conducted as a seminar; students will read and discuss classic and important newer papers on macroevolutionary theory and paleobiology. In the lab portion of this course, students will use fossil samples to develop and test scientific hypotheses that will be part of a semester-long project.
Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hours/Lab 3 hours.
Prerequisite(s): Suitable background in geology or evolutionary biology. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with BIOL 242. Geology is responsible for scheduling.
1-6units Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.
3units Development of society, civilization and culture in German-speaking countries until 1871, including aspects of geography, political and intellectual history, fine art and cultural anthropology.
Prerequisite(s): Four semesters of college German (or equivalent). Grading: Graded
GERM 102B - German Culture from 1871 to the Present
3units Development of society, civilization and culture in German-speaking countries from 1871 to the present, including aspects of geography, political and intellectual history, fine art and cultural anthropology.
Prerequisite(s): Four semesters of college German (or equivalent). Grading: Graded
1-6units Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.
3units Is death the end or the beginning? Learn how people integrate the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of living and dying. Examine religious teachings and practices for making death personally meaningful, socially significant, or even politically powerful.
SatisfiesE: Human Understanding & Development.
Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with HUM 99 / RELS 99. Humanities is responsible for scheduling.
3units Social, psychological and physiological aging processes. Implications of aging for individuals and societies, with emphasis on issues related to diversity, equality and gender in the U.S.
SatisfiesSJSU Studies S: Self, Society & Equality in US
Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A / LLD 100A with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended. Grading: Graded
Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.
Cross-listed with PH 107 / SCWK 107. Social Work is responsible for scheduling.
3units Normal age-related health changes and common illnesses in later life. Health status, behavior and attitudes of older adults. The continuum of health care services. Professional and ethical issues in service delivery.
Prerequisite(s): College biological sciences course. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with PH 108. Social Work is responsible for scheduling.
3units Selected ethical problems in health care practices. For example, abortion, patient rights, national health care, euthanasia and genetic engineering, with emphasis on philosophical methods.
Prerequisite(s): 3 units of philosophy or upper division standing. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with NURS 111 / PH 111 / PHIL 111. Philosophy is responsible for scheduling.
3units Psychological development of middle-aged and older adults emphasizing normative (typical) development in the context of cognitive, socioemotional, biological, and cultural processes. Course content also includes age-related health problems and their prevention.
3units The aging process, physiological changes, dietary requirements, diseases, environmental factors, housing, economic status, handicaps, personal relations and current programs for the aged.
Prerequisite(s): One college nutrition course or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with NUFS 116. Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging is responsible for scheduling.
3units History and organization of the continuum of long term care for U.S. families, financing and regulatory policies, and factors influencing the quality of care. Professional and ethical issues facing long term care providers.
3units The roles and problems of the older woman in a changing society. Societal attitudes, stereotypes, employment and interaction patterns. Opportunity for focus on specific areas of interest.
3units Theories and concepts of psychological adaptation, common emotional problems, functional disorders and organic disorders in late life. Assessment, prevention and treatment of mental health problems of elderly individuals and their caregivers.
3units Supervised work experience in an organization providing services to older adults. Short-term projects, observation of organizational dynamics and individual skills development.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 9 units in gerontology. Grading: Credit/No Credit
3units Family relationships of older adults in diverse U.S. ethnic groups. Current patterns of family and formal assistance to elders with disabilities. Critical analysis of eldercare policies and services.
3units Sociological analysis of medical and mental health institutions, values and roles. Patient-doctor interaction, influence of hospital structure on health care, social class and illness, cultural determinants of illness and related areas of old age (gerontology) and death.
Prerequisite(s):SOCI 1 or equivalent. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with SOCI 166. Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences is responsible for scheduling.
3units Theory and practice related to the role of leisure services in maximizing the quality of life for older adults. Interrelationship of leisure and other supportive services for older adults in community and institutional settings.
3units Knowledge and skill development for practice from a transcultural multi-systems perspective in aging and health care settings. Emphasis on Latino, African American, Asian American, and other diverse client systems. Conceptual frameworks for practice at micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
GERO 260 - Multidisciplinary Health Promotion in Later Life
3units Multidisciplinary assessment and planning. Principles of promoting health and preventing disability in later life. Physical, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, and environmental factors that affect length and quality of life.
Prerequisite(s):BIOL 66 or GERO 108 or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with HPRF 260 / NUFS 260. Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging is responsible for scheduling.
3units Provides a framework for better understanding the process of cross-generational communication and the improvement of communication competencies for interaction with cognitively impaired persons.
Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with EDSP 265. Communicative Disorders and Sciences is responsible for scheduling.
3units Examination of human development across the lifespan, through multiple theoretical and cultural perspectives, with a holistic integration of physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional aspects of development. To deepen knowledge to assist children, adolescents, and adults with life challenges.
Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with EDCO 268. Counselor Education is responsible for scheduling.
3units This interdisciplinary course covers basic theories of leadership and innovation and investigates key topics that influence contemporary social leadership issues. Students assess their leadership styles to create personal development plans leading toward positive, innovative impacts on society.
BUS5 40 - Developing Your Entrepreneurial Potential
3units This course introduces foundational concepts in innovation and entrepreneurship. It provides insights into the characteristics and motivations of entrepreneurs, and the factors that foster an entrepreneurial mind-set and enable individuals to translate positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship into actual behavior.
1-14units Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.
3units Familiarizes students with processes that transform inputs into finished goods and services; helps students understand the importance of operations management and how it interacts with other parts of the organization; develops skills in applying appropriate analytical tools to business operations challenges.
3units Coverage of the fundamentals of transportation management combined with a focus on its role in global supply management. The challenge of managing the various modes of transportation is combined with strategies for their use in the supply chain environment.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units Holistic approach to managing quality: interaction of production design, work design and the manufacturing process. International view and roles qualitative and quantitative techniques play in successful quality management programs.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
3units Includes concepts and methods to optimize business processes relevant for creating value for the customers and adding value to an organization. Provides capability of designing and managing business processes and the interfaces between Operations Management and other business functions.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units Addresses concepts/tools for effective and efficient management of supply chains. Topics include materials planning/control, sourcing strategy, strategic alliances, information technology role, quality/customer issues, inventory management, and distribution/logistics management.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units Builds analytic thinking for improving global operations management (GOM). Introduces analytical methods, tools, and software to analyze GOM problems and then derive managerial implications and decisions in global business operations perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded
3units Studies operations management issues unique to manufacturers with extensive international operations. Educational objectives are to develop an understanding of: the strategic tradeoffs associated with global operations, total supply chain management and the economics of transnational logistics.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
3units Operations Management (OM) approaches across a broad range of healthcare settings: clinical, management, and support processes in the medical and public healthcare systems. Apply OM tools including flowcharting, process analysis, queuing, forecasting, six-sigma, health worker scheduling.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units Develops skills in setting formal standards for product attributes and operating procedures that comprise service experience. Categories of services; indirect and direct consumption. Psychological/social characteristics of the consumer/server encounters, enhancing ability to monitor service quality. Total quality management.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or instructor consent. Business Minor. Grading: Graded
3units Introduces a holistic view of the interaction between operations activities and the environment. Builds awareness of major environmental problems and issues in the operations function of business, and learns environmental assessment and management tools for operations management.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
BUS5 162 - International and Comparative Management
3units Management functions and practices in an international context; comparison of management and business practices from various political and cultural perspectives; emphasis on what managers need to be aware of in order to perform in the international environment.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100w, BUS 187 or instructor consent. Upper division standing. Grading: Graded
3units Course focuses on the strategic challenges and the strategic management of firms that operate and compete in a global environment. Course provides an overarching experience in international business by integrating knowledge and previous international business learning.
BUS5 163 - Management Issues in High Technology Companies
3units Provides an overview of a wide variety of key managerial concerns, industry knowledge and management techniques that are especially relevant in high technology companies. Such organizations compete within an environment characterized by rapid technological change and a high degree of uncertainty.
3units Introduces a theoretical framework and skill-building exercises for negotiating agreements, resolving disputes, and making decisions across cultures. Builds awareness of the global negotiating environment including cultural and institutional factors. Applicable to commercial transactions, employee relations, contract disputes, and international diplomacy.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
BUS5 163B - Globalization and Innovation in Emerging and Developing Markets
3units This course investigates the world economy, specifically emerging and developing markets and provides an in-depth understanding of how institutions shape the strategies that firms employ and the actions that managers take in these countries.
BUS5 164 - Strategies in High Technology Companies
3units Examines strategies for companies within high technology industries, focusing on how to anticipate, identify and exploit such technological change for competitive advantage. Technological change creates opportunities for new industries and products, but at the same time renders obsolete existing company capabilities.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 161A. Upper division standing. Grading: Graded
BUS5 164A - Country Perspectives on Business and Management
3units Provides a comprehensive study of the business and management practices of a featured country or region. Includes historical, institutional, sociopolitical, and cultural context. Japan is the featured country this semester. May be repeated for credit with a different featured country or region.
Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded
1-4units Course is designed with a faculty-led program abroad. Students gain first-hand knowledge of the historical, institutional, and cultural factors influencing business and management practices in the destination country. May be repeated for credit with a different country destination.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded
3units This course introduces students to global leadership and its development and is designed for students who want to work effectively with people in diverse settings. Taught experientially, the course involves simulations, innovation projects, and extensive individual feedback.
3units This is a project-based practicum course for students interested in global leadership and innovation. Course topics include project management of multicultural teams, innovation, and change management. Students apply theory and skills gained in previous courses as they implement personal leadership projects.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100W; BUS5 16; BUS5 165A; or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
3units The management of environmental issues, including the relationship of business to the natural environment; the public policy context of management decision-making; and the greening of the corporation and implications for strategic management, operations, human resources, marketing and accounting.
BUS5 169B - Honors Practicum in Organization and Management
3units Second part of a two-semester honors program sequence. Student teams will work on a project sponsored by a company or other organization, under the supervision of the sponsor and the instructor. Teams will present their final report to the sponsor.
Prerequisite(s):BUS3 160 or BUS3 161A and permission of the instructor. Grading: Graded
3units Insight into the characteristics of entrepreneurs, the approaches they use to create, identify and evaluate opportunities for new ventures and the skills that are needed to start and manage new ventures and develop a preliminary business plan.
3units An integrative course involving teamwork to prepare complete plans for starting a new business. This will require analyzing the industry and potential market, the competitive advantage of the business proposition, human and financial resource requirements and the founders’ skills.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 181 or instructor consent. Upper division standing. Grading: Graded
3units Exploration of the early decisions that have important long-term consequences for founders and funders. Examines the motivations, mechanics and resources available for those interested in investing in early stage ventures as an angel investor or venture capitalist.
3units Will explore the opportunities that entrepreneurs create, encounter and change in the global and cross-cultural arena. It will examine how entrepreneurs adapt to and succeed in a global economy and how institutional networks facilitate global and immigrant entrepreneurship.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units Discusses types of innovation and their impact. Analyzes industry practices in management of innovation for corporate growth and renewal through new products, processes, organization, and business models. Examines strategic and tactical aspects of the innovation process and alignment of innovation efforts with strategy.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent Grading: Graded
3units This course explores and analyzes the unique issues and challenges of family businesses in terms of the dynamic relationship between the family and business and its impact on decision-making and performance of the business.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3 181 or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
3units Explores all facets of growing an entrepreneurial organization, including building the team, sales, marketing, operations, and finance. Opportunity to learn with practical internship and roundtables with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and others in the new venture ecosystem.
3units A presentation of topics of current interest to entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Focuses on one or more special topics of concern to current practice, such as green entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, or managing high-growth ventures.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3 181 or instructor consent. Grading: Graded
3units VLAB is an experiential course in which students work on the process of developing and testing the idea(s) for a new venture. The course combines theory with hands-on entrepreneurship. Students will test each aspect of the business model outside the class, and share the insights with their peers in class. By the end of the course, they will have completed a prototype and be able to demonstrate the business opportunity.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded
3units An integrative interdisciplinary foundation for more specialized courses and self-directed learning. Provides an overview of economic, social, cultural and political/legal forces and factors influencing crossborder business and an introduction to international dimensions of business functions and operations.
1-14units Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.
BUS5 194 - Business Organization and Management of Technology Enterprise
3units This course provides a “top down” overview of how commercial business works, including the business components: Corporate Environments, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing, Customer Insights, Management/Leadership. Communication and business soft skills will be covered providing a foundation for a solid business acumen. All class sessions focus on local and global perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 193 or ENGR 193. Grading: Graded
Cross-listed with ENGR 194. General Engineering is responsible for scheduling.
3units Covers the early decisions that have important long-term consequences for founders and funders. It also examines the motivations, mechanics and resources available for those interested in investing in early stage ventures as an angel investor or venture capitalist.
Prerequisite(s):BUS5 181 or Instructor Permission Grading: Graded
3units Development of critical thinking skills in business through analyis of current news stories, business case studies, and videos to assess credibility of sources, biases, assumptions, and inferences, and generate alternative hypotheses based on logic and facts. Analysis of a current social issue including its sources, associated biases, related assumptions, current attempts at the solving the issue, and generatation of solutions based on logic and facts.
BUS5 197 - Special Topics in International Business
3units This course features special topics in International Business. The course can be taken for credit on campus or in a study abroad or short-term faculty-led program. It may be repeated for credit in the case of different special topics.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded
BUS5 198 - Strategic Consulting for Small Business
3units An integrative course requiring student work in a consulting arrangement with a local small business. Field study involves working within an integrated strategic framework to guide original data collection/analysis/recommendations encompassing external and internal considerations.
3units Introduces students to the scope of global studies as seen from the social and cultural perspectives. Readings based on the best critical studies of globalization and its outcomes. Occasionally, visiting professors will give new academic approaches to this field.
3units Presents scientific ways for understanding global phenomena and for developing policy to achieve positive outcomes of globalization. Interdisciplinary approaches require new analytical models. Visiting professors will collaborate with instructor.
1-12units Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.
3units Development of skills required for geographical research and writing.
SatisfiesSJSU Studies Z: Written Communication II
Prerequisite(s): GA3 or equivalent second semester composition course (with a grade of C- or better); completion of core GE; satisfaction of Writing Skills Test or completion of ENGL 100A or LLD 100A with C or better; and upper division standing. Or Graduate or Postbaccalaureate level. Grading: Graded
Note(s): Must be passed with C or better to satisfy the CSU Graduation Writing Assessment requirement (GWAR).
Cross-listed with GEOG 100W. Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.
3units Explore issues of poverty, gender, economic transformations, inequality while examining the history of development. Consider various meanings given to development by women and men, primarily as residents of particular regions, but also as aid workers, policy makers, and government officials. Explore the underlying political, economic, social, and gender dynamics that make “development” an ongoing problem world-wide.
SatisfiesSJSU Studies V: Culture, Civil & Global Understanding
Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A / LLD 100A with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Corequisite(s): Any 100W. Grading: Graded
Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.
3units Analysis of development and global diffusion of technology in the 20th and 21st centuries. Interrogates historical narratives of modern technology, reflecting on broader ethical, political, human significance of modern technology. Ecological impacts of technologies. Power, problems, promise of technology.
3units Interdisciplinary approach to contemporary global issues. Understanding and analyzing global issues are the focus of the course. Students will explore, analyze, and articulate the unique challenges each of the issues pose to the global community in ways that will foster student’s ability to understand and evaluate causes, consequences, and responses to global challenges.
Prerequisite(s): Upper Division standing or Instructor Consent Grading: Graded