Social theory presents opportunities to rethink and reform cultural, social, and political societal assumptions with the goal of promoting liberation for all people and exposing oppression in its many forms. Key critically minded contributors to social theory include economists, philosophers, psychologists, historians, activists, dramatists, essayists, poets, and novelists. Social theory, from a critical perspective, is accessible to everyone and seeks ways to understand social life and is crucial for helping people make sense of their daily lives and is essential to understanding new research, social practices, and institutions. With the long-term aim of helping us better understand our lives and world, students will study what theorists have to say about the social world. The course covers key areas such as Queer Theory, Crip Theory, Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and other areas of inquiry that seek to engage a multidisciplinary perspective with the goal of advancing emancipatory knowledge.

This course studies the problems and needs of organizations and how business functions, staff, data, business processes, and technology can be used to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The focus is on assessment for improvement of the business and its functions. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the Digital Literacy Competency

Students will demonstrate mastery of the concepts and methodology in the major by producing a final project that includes extensive research into the selected topic. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the General Education Capstone course. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the General Education Capstone course.

This course provides a management-focused perspective of modern business information systems by introducing the application of AI and cybersecurity protocol. The topics addressed in the course consist of the fundamentals of computer systems including hardware / software, programming languages, software development methodologies, basics of networking, and cybersecurity. The course introduces information systems solutions for business problems by automating business processes, conducting risk assessment and cybersecurity threat detection.

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and tools to develop an understanding of the nature of literature, what functions it has, and what the relation of the text is to the author, the reader, language, society, and history.

This course addresses the business systems analysis function and purpose within organizations. Students will learn to elicit, analyze, and validate business and user requirements. Topics include information systems solutions planning, requirements gathering, logical system diagrams, developing information systems solutions to address business problems, and intelligent business information systems analysis methods, based upon emergent technology.

This course provides students an opportunity to conduct research into a theoretical area of linguistics and its application to assist in creating a plan for future study and professional development. Students will select a topic of interest and research its current and potential applications to one or various areas of industry. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how key linguistic theories have allowed for progress within certain industries and identify opportunities that are still present in the field of applied linguistics. Prerequisites: LNG 101 or 321 and successful completion of the General Education Capstone course.

This course surveys British literature from the Romantic, Victorian, modern, and postmodern periods. Students analyze works of different genres within their historical, socio-political, economic, philosophical, and religious contexts and examine how writers respond to the themes and issues central to British society and identity over historical time.

This Introductory course presents concepts, theories, and research in sociology. Intersections of identity and privilege are considered alongside relationships and the social construction of race, class, gender, and other forms of identity. Group organization and collective action are also presented in the course to explain human behavior and social change.

This course surveys British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the mid-18th century. Students examine the historical, political, philosophical, and religious influences on the development of British literature and consider how authors use the conventions of different genres to express the themes and concerns central to their age.