Education Courses
Courses run from April 6 – June 11, 2020
ED530: Special Educational Law
Day: Wednesday, Blended,
On-campus dates: TBD
Instructor: C. Baumann
Participants will gain an understanding of federal and Maine special education law. This course is designed and intended for teachers and special education administrators, principals, assistant superintendents and superintendents. The course includes review current cases and trends in special education law with an opportunity for case analysis.
ED545: Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
Day: Thursday
Instructor: T. Martin
Students will analyze instructional methods that help all children learn and progress using a variety of approaches, including guided reading and writing, read-alouds and other word study opportunities in the classroom, small group and one-to-one settings. A comprehensive balanced literacy approach addresses reading, writing, speaking and listening. According to the National Reading Panel’s findings the five essential areas of literacy instruction include the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency and vocabulary. Students will have the opportunity to build their knowledge base in these areas and implement strategies and instructional techniques in their own classrooms.
ED555: Trends in Instruction
Online
Instructor: K. Rybakova
This course examines current teaching strategies to ensure that instructional materials meet appropriate mandates for content and learning goals, and which also address students’ diverse needs, abilities, and experiences.
ED698: Capstone in Education
Online
Instructor: K. Rybakova
This capstone course is designed to give students opportunities to take on the role of researcher by reflecting and applying theory to practice, a process known as action research. All core classes must be completed and this must be one of the last three courses.
MBA Courses
EC551: Economic Systems
Day: Wednesday, Blended, On-campus dates: 4/8, 4/22, 5/6, 5/20, 6/3
Instructor: D. Leland
This course presents a survey of relevant current economic trends in the rapidly changing modern world. The subject matter is divided into three broad areas including macroeconomic issues, microeconomic issues, and analysis of emerging global systems. The method of analysis combines the use of economic history, theory, and development with a critical analysis of current economic issues and events. The objective is to learn to assess the impact of regional, national, and global economic trends on business and society.
FN551: Financial Management
Online
Instructor: B. Harrington
This course focuses on financial decision-making by the firm. Topics include financial analysis and planning, valuation and the cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure and dividend policy, long-term financing, and working capital management. Emphasis is placed on case studies of practical business problems using computer electronic spreadsheet programs.
HR564: Training, Development and Evaluation
Online
Instructor: T. Nedik
A major function of human resource departments is to ensure that employees are properly trained to perform their assigned tasks. This course introduces students to the training and development process. Additionally, performance review and evaluation is discussed as part of the overall career development plan.
MG695: Strategic Planning
Day: Monday, Blended, On-campus dates: 4/6, 4/13, 5/4, 6/1, 6/8
Instructor: D. Cragen
Complex business situations are analyzed in this course, with particular attention given to the development and analysis of strategic business plans. MBA core courses must be complete and this must be one of the last three classes completed.
TB548: Managerial E-Commerce
Day: Tuesday, Blended, On-campus dates: 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9
Instructor: R. Wheaton
This course is intended to add to the study of management as it relates to the technological advantages of running an Internet business. This exploratory course will allow students to discover the benefits of buying or selling products/services over the Internet has for business.
Cybersecurity Courses
Spring II Courses
Courses run from March 16, 2020 to May 8, 2020
CS550 – Technology Management and Integration
Day: Thursdays
Room: AL-204
Instructor: F. Appunn
This course is designed to provide a graduate-level introduction of corporate information systems, including investigations in the role of technology for communications, decision making, management, and planning. Students will demonstrate competency in utilizing information technologies on the managerial level and adapt technology to business scenarios and leadership decisions.
Cy645 Cybersecurity Operations
Instructor: H. Felch
Addresses the delivery of ongoing protection of the organization by deploying appropriate planning, processes, and tactics. Operations integrates controls relating to events, provisioning, maintaining, changes, and updates to systems from internal and external sources. It includes the systems and processes needed to monitor, inform, respond to outages, and restore operations. Content includes related incident response, crisis management, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
