306. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN BUSINESS
(Credit, 3 hours). Operations research techniques
including linear programming, decision
analysis, project management, queuing theory,
simulation, and other techniques with emphasis
on applications in business. Prerequisite: ECON
275 or MATH 276, MGMT 300.

366. RACE RELATIONS (Credit, 3 hours).
Course designed to address a multiracial audience
derived from the student bodies of
Louisiana State University and Southern
University. Students examine the question of
race relations in an interdisciplinary setting to
include sociological, psychological, political,
and historical perspectives. Students then will
apply these newly-acquired critical perspectives
to analyze and compare selected texts,
essays, films, and other cultural artifacts from
various cultural/ethnic groups in the United
States. This analytical tool will help students
to recognize the genesis, evolution, and dissemination
of racial/ethnic prejudices, conflicts,
and tensions as well as to recognize
dynamics of interracial harmony.

Research

EDLD 580. FOSTERING COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN SCHOOL. (Credit, 3 hours). This course includes the study and design of school community relations programs based on the inter-communication between the school and the community. Emphasis will be placed on the role of administrators in the development of a comprehensive program of school community relations. General information will be acquired form discussions, readings, reports, and the internet. The course content will also include such issues as school crisis such as shooting and terrorism and the role and power of new technology in school community relations. In addition, issues associated with ¿No Child Left Behind¿ and reporting school achievement and test scores are explored to provide future school leaders with guidance in dealing with cutting edge school community relations issues.

430. SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY-BASED
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Credit, 3 hours).
Seminar in community-based criminal justice
agencies, special training needed, necessary
interactions with the environment, educational
presentations of agencies, the impact on law
enforcement, court, corrections, drug abuse,
etc., and interfacing with neighborhood
groups, the church, educational institutions,
and others. Prerequisite: CRJU 310.

400. SEMINAR IN MARKETING (Credit, 3
hours). Contemporary topics of current
interest in marketing. Topics change from
semester to semester. Prerequisite: Senior
standing or consent of department chair.

PPOL 608. SOCIAL POLICY. (Credit, 3 hours). An investigation of policies in areas such as health, education, employment, and housing. Service provision and income transfer policies are analyzed from an organizational framework.

499. SENIOR SEMINAR¿ PRACTITIONER
PROFESSIONALISM (Credit, 3 hours). A senior
capstone course which centers on the student¿s marketing
skills, consolidation of ¿college knowledge¿
useful in prospecting and securing employment.
Students will learn how to prepare for an interview
for criminal justice and private sector positions using
social science theory, practice and methodology,
develop resumes¿, and how to utilize the computer
in locating and applying for jobs on the Internet as
well as through more traditional means at the local,
state, and national levels. Prerequisite: Senior standing
or permission of chair.

Service Learning