Cognitive psychology uses scientific methods to understand mental functions from fundamental processes to everyday practical applications. Students will analyze their metacognition and develop broad perspectives on topics including perception, attention, memory, cognitive models, language, decision making and their relationships with technological and sociocultural phenomena. Students will develop focused knowledge by choosing their own topics of interest, analyzing and applying cognitive theories and evidence to personal and professional life. Prerequisite: PSY 101.

This course examines the nature and distribution of North American Indian cultures from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Through the use of archeological, anthropological, and contemporary community studies, this course will explore the diversity of traditional North American Indian and Inuit cultures and the adaptation of indigenous peoples to America. Prerequisite: Written Communication Competency and Intercultural & Global Awareness.

BUS 368 provides students the opportunity to gain fundamental finance knowledge needed to start, grow and value new business ventures. The emphasis is on using theory to inform practice rather than focusing on complex terms and calculations. Real-world case studies that demonstrate entrepreneurial finance concepts in action are used throughout the course. These concepts provide the foundation for obtaining financing and executing part of the management function of control when business-as-usual activities are evaluated. Prerequisite: BUS 362.

Students will explore the biological underpinnings of behavior by studying the central and peripheral nervous and endocrine systems, as knowledge of the relationship between mind and body promote better understanding of behavior, emotion, motivation, and health. Students will also examine historical and contemporary biopsychological developments and applications of biopsychology to psychology and other fields. Prerequisite: PSY 101 or equivalent and PSY 326.

Students will demonstrate their mastery of the learning outcomes of the Military Studies major by demonstrating the ability to conduct historical research using primary and secondary sources and by creating a final research paper requiring comprehensive critical analysis of an approved topic in the areas of military leadership, conflicts, peace-making, peace-keeping, and humanitarian efforts. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the General Education Capstone course.

This course is an introduction to the study of the relationship of language and culture, including examination of the characteristics and structural principles of natural language. After exploring the basic characteristics of sound, word formation, and sentence structure, these principles are applied to such topics as: language variation, language change, psycholinguistics, and pragmatics. Prerequisite: Written Communication Competency and Intercultural & Global Awareness.

This course emphasizes developing knowledge and skills of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. This iterative process transforms business opportunities into outcomes of inspirational value for customers and stakeholders alike. This practice based approach enables students to engage with obstacles as opportunities for devising unique solutions that create desirable, feasible, and viable outcomes. The course also examines how individuals can be innovative in organizations and the challenge of building creative, innovative organizations as entrepreneurs. Prerequisite: BUS 362.

Learning is the relatively permanent change in behavior and mental processes resulting from experience. This course consists of the application of learning theory and research in a wide range of settings where learning takes place. 

This course explores anthropological theory in a historical perspective focusing on the rise of a distinct anthropological perspective on the comparative study of human societies and cultures. The course will detail various theoretical models developed in the 19th and 20th centuries to explain the similarities and differences in cultural systems. Prerequisite: Written Communication Competency and Intercultural & Global Awareness.