Apr 20, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

European Studies

  
  • EURO 383 Medieval Philosophy


    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 383 .)

  
  • EURO 385 Modern Philosophy I


    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 385 .)

  
  • EURO 387 Modern Philosophy II


    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 387 .)

  
  • EURO 398 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • EURO 399 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • EURO 432 Classical Mythology


    3 semester hours

    (See CLCV 451 .)

  
  • EURO 451 Major Thinkers


    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 451 .)

  
  • EURO 498 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • EURO 499 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • EURO 500 Capstone Project


    1 semester hours

    The capstone project consists of a portfolio that meets the objectives of the European Studies major.

    Credit/No Credit grading.

    Senior standing required.


Executive MBA Program

  
  • MBAP 601 Financial Accounting


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course introduces the role of accounting in business and society, the basic concepts and techniques of financial accounting, and use of financial statements for decision-making purposes.

  
  • MBAP 602 Managerial Accounting


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course presents the nature, techniques, and uses of accounting from a manager’s perspective. Topics include interpreting quality of earnings, alternative accounting measurement techniques, and operational decision making.

  
  • MBAP 603 Business Analytics


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Covers data analysis through descriptive statistics techniques, an introduction to quantifying uncertainty through the use of probabilities and decision trees, and an introduction to basic regression analysis tools for business forecasting.

  
  • MBAP 604 Applied Business Economics


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course applies economic concepts and tools to solve contemporary, real-world business problems. Includes economic terminology, issues and methods, determinants of supply and demand, elasticity concepts, understanding the economics of the firm, and characteristics of alternative market structures.

  
  • MBAP 608 Managerial Finance


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Financial planning and analysis for businesses. Emphasizes long-term investment, securities and business valuation, risk vs. return analysis, long-term and short-term financing alternatives, and working capital management.

  
  • MBAP 609 Finance, Valuation, and Capital Budgeting


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course reviews and builds on the finance materials covered in MBAP 608. Advanced applications include capital budgeting expanded to include real options, valuation using market multiples, and agency cost framework for understanding financing choices made by corporations.

  
  • MBAP 611 Corporate Expansion Analytics


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This real-world skill application project ties the course work together and provides actual practice in using quantitative data to support a major financial decision.

  
  • MBAP 612 Leadership Practicum


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This skill application project includes a capstone business simulation, in which students will understand how to use one’s own leadership style more effectively.

  
  • MBAP 613 Business Opportunity Assessment


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This skill application project involves the identification and evaluation of an international business opportunity. A major report and presentation integrate module concepts into a supportable recommendation for board-level decision.

  
  • MBAP 614 Strategic Opportunity Implementation


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This skill application project is a comprehensive implementation plan for the business opportunity identified and evaluated in the Module 3 skill application project.

  
  • MBAP 615 Field Consulting Project


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    In this course, student teams conduct an in-depth study of an actual business, usually a small disadvantaged or non-profit enterprise. Acting as consultants to the enterprise, students apply concepts learned in the classroom to actual business situations, and their recommendations and solutions carry real consequences. Students gain a framework for managing a consulting project and practice the art of quickly turning complex information into effective oral and written presentations.

  
  • MBAP 616 New Venture Start Up


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course introduces entrepreneurship as an integral part of our economy at the local, regional, national and global levels. Students will gain knowledge and skills that will enable successful entrepreneurial careers in both small and large organizations, and students will learn the application steps in starting a new venture and preparing a business plan for this venture.

  
  • MBAP 622 Strategic Human Resource Management


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Introduces students to key human capital management concepts and tools for managing individual and organizational performance. Includes human capital and organizational performance; HR strategy development and planning; HR “best practices”; establishing, evaluating, and rewarding performance; high performance management practices; recruitment/retention of superior staff; knowledge management; and work design.

  
  • MBAP 623 Leadership in the 21st Century


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Addresses what it means to be a leader in the 21st century. Focuses on three areas related to leadership: the key framework that defines a leader; the key issues a leader encounters in daily work, such as managing people, professional growth planning, and providing feedback and coaching; and the context within which the leader operates, including organizational change, climate and culture, and organizational power and politics.

  
  • MBAP 624 The Manager as Decision Maker


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Integrates two different but related decision-making theories: prescriptive (normative) theory and behavioral theory. On the prescriptive side, typical decision-making problems are investigated from problem statement through to solution analysis. On the behavioral side, decision making is investigated from the perspective of how the decision maker is influenced by non-quantitative information.

  
  • MBAP 625 Managing Technology


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Introduces key concepts and tools for leveraging and managing information technology (IT) for business results, including IT literacy, business megatrends where technology is often deployed, foundational rule-breaking technologies, and the IT maturity curve and its usage.

  
  • MBAP 626 Executive Communications I


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course includes basic elements of corporate communication strategy with an emphasis on writing, presenting, and listening.

  
  • MBAP 627 Executive Communications II


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Emphasizes developing and delivering effective presentations.

  
  • MBAP 628 Business Research Skills


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    The course introduces students to business research methods and their application to optimizing strategic decisions. Students will complete a “hands-on” industry analysis project. As part of the project, students will learn how to plan and manage the execution of business research projects; how to identify, evaluate, and analyze publicly available data sources; and how to conduct data collection in the field (interviews with policy makers and business executives). Special attention will be placed on the development of students’ teamwork skills. The project will conclude with a presentation and a research project.

  
  • MBAP 629 Managing Innovation


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course introduces students to the innovation process within organizations. It examines the leadership, management, organizational, and cultural factors that either facilitate or inhibit innovation in organizations, whether it be in systems for new product development, services, operations, management, or administration. Students will research leading companies to identify and understand factors critical for their ability to sustain innovation. Upon completion of the course, students will gain an understanding of how innovation can contribute to a firm’s strategy for sustaining competitive advantage.

  
  • MBAP 631 Strategic Management


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    The first of two courses on Strategic Management. Addresses macro-level issues and how they impact the long-term direction of the firm. External forces (globalization, economic trends, technology trends, political and legal environment, and market trends) are analyzed and evaluated to determine strategies that will lead to and sustain a competitive advantage for the firm.

  
  • MBAP 632 Applied Macro Economics


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Explores how aggregate production and spending interact within free markets in the context of the global economy, including understanding how government policies, including monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policies, help shape the environment in which companies compete.

  
  • MBAP 633 Business in the International Environment


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Helps students understand the intricacy of the global political economy by understanding the issues involving international trade and investment for multinational corporations.

  
  • MBAP 634 Applied Marketing and Marketing Strategy


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    The first of two marketing courses, where students come to understand how marketing translates the goals of the business into strategies and activities that create a sustainable competitive advantage. The goal is to reach a clear understanding of the elements used to create a marketing plan.

  
  • MBAP 635 Legal Environment of Business


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    An introduction to business law in the United States, with emphasis on the court system and on contracts, which are basic to all business activities.

  
  • MBAP 641 Executing Strategy in the Global Environment


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course focuses on the leader’s role in setting, implementing, and controlling strategy. Students learn how to integrate and incorporate the leadership skills, competencies, and functional disciplines needed to strategically lead an enterprise in a responsible and ethical manner.

  
  • MBAP 642 Deal Making


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    How to select an appropriate market-entry strategy from a range of reasonable alternatives. If the appropriate strategy requires a business combination of some type, students learn how and when to use the appropriate tools and skills to successfully complete various types of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and business alliances.

  
  • MBAP 643 Strategic Marketing


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course builds upon the marketing concepts and processes explored in Module 3 ( ). Continues the transition already begun in Module 3 that addressed understanding the marketing environment (marketing mix and product strategies) to developing specific implementation strategies and tactics.

  
  • MBAP 644 Corporate Governance


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Helps students understand the role of corporate governance in protecting the interests of corporate stakeholders. Governance often refers to the formulation and administration of policies designed to protect such interests. Traditionally, corporate governance has been defined as a system that allocates duties and authority among a company’s shareholders, board of directors, and managers. More recently, the definition has been expanded to include stakeholders other than shareholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, regulators, and communities.

  
  • MBAP 645 Demonstrating Leadership


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course provides the perspective of senior managers and what and what they must do to successfully lead a firm in the 21st century. The course work emphasis alignment of strategy into action, change management, ethical decisions, and the role of the CEO as figurehead of the firm. Leadership concepts are compared across different industry and organizational settings. A major objective of the course is to “tie together” the leadership threads in the program by integrating leadership concepts learned with one’s own personal leadership development experiences.

  
  • MBAP 646 International Negotiations


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    In this course students learn how to negotiate effectively in cross-cultural contexts that impact business. Students are exposed to negotiation processes and will have opportunities of applying theoretical knowledge in negotiation simulations.

  
  • MBAP 651 Introduction to Executive Leadership


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    The program begins with a four-day residential retreat where students set learning goals, form study teams, and engage in a variety of workshops and team-building exercises. A workshop specifically designed for students and their spouses/significant others addresses the importance of achieving balance between family, work, and school, and introduces the Spouse/Partner Support Program.

  
  • MBAP 652 Field Study: Innovation in Practice


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course supplements the Managing Innovation course (MBAP 629 ). The main component of the course is a domestic field trip to leading companies to study how their leadership, management, organizational, and cultural factors contribute to sustaining innovation in their respective organizations.

  
  • MBAP 653 Field Study: Business in the International Environment


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    This course supplements the Strategic Opportunity Implementation course (MBAP 614 ). Students draw on the international field trip’s lectures, site visits, presentations, and cultural experiences to gain insights and key “lessons learned” regarding the unique issues, challenges, and potential benefits of conducting business in an international setting. The course includes identifying and assessing major trends (e.g., economic, political, cultural) impacting a U.S. firm seeking to conduct business in a foreign setting and applying the insights gained from their international field trip experience to their own respective individual work environments.

  
  • MBAP 661 Team Performance and Group Dynamics


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Helps student study teams perform more effectively in skill application projects, and teaches students about teams and team building so they can use teams more effectively as executives. Includes determinants of team success, developing a team mission and operation guidelines, and monitoring team performance.

  
  • MBAP 662 Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Effective business leadership requires a commitment to personal leadership development and formation in order to fully realize one’s personal goals and maximize the value of the organization and the contribution it makes to stakeholders and society at large. This approach defines valuation in its broadest sense and links one’s development as a principle-based leader to how an organization identifies and implements core values within the enterprise.

  
  • MBAP 663 Professional Growth Planning


    0 TO 4 semester hours

    Provides the tools, guidance, and professional support for developing a well thought-out plan for professional growth. It effectively lets students apply the tools of analysis used in business to develop a professional growth plan.

  
  • MBAP 664 Neuroscientific Leadership


    .5 TO 4 semester hours

    This course is based on the most recent neuroscientific research that identifies components that reduce work-related stress, improve speaking and listening skills, enhance interpersonal and teamwork cooperation, and promote rapid problem solving with minimal conflict. Students will explore the dynamics of inner values and how they affect clarity, intention, and purpose at work and home. Students will be guided through an experiential training process that changes the way they neurologically process listening and speech to improve communication between individuals, groups, and teams.

  
  • MBAP 698 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

  
  • MBAP 699 Independent Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours


Filipino

  
  • FLPN 101 Elementary Filipino I


    3 semester hours

    This course is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the language. Students will learn how to construct the basic sentence patterns in Filipino/Tagalog, and to use the actor focus verbs UM, MAG, MA and the object focus verb -IN as well as the different sets of pronouns and their proper use: nominative, dative, and genitive.

  
  • FLPN 102 Elementary Filipino II


    3 semester hours

    This course is a continuation of Elementary Filipino I. The course will also cover the Object Focus Verbs -IN, I-, -AN, and the abilitative focus verbs MAKA- and MAKAPAG- and the causative verb MAGPA-. There will be extensive role play and multimedia materials to assist students in learning the language.

  
  • FLPN 203 Intermediate Filipino I


    3 semester hours

    This course is designed to strengthen listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and to improve communicative competence by teaching the social rules along with the linguistic rules. Students will be introduced to more complex sentence structures and the other verb focuses: locative, instrumental, and directional.

  
  • FLPN 204 Intermediate Filipino II


    3 semester hours

    This course is a continuation of Intermediate Filipino I. Students will have extensive practice in narration (pagsasalaysay); description of people, places, objects, feelings (paglalarawan); defining and explaining a procedure (paglalahad); and argumentation (pangangatwiran). More complex grammatical structures and readings will be used to further the students’ proficiency in the language.


Film and Television Arts

  
  • FTVA 198 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 199 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 298 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 299 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 398 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 399 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 490 Entertainment Internship


    0 semester hours

    This course offers a supervised internship within the entertainment industry administered through the Entertainment Internship Program.

    May be repeated three times.

    Credit/No Credit grading.

  
  • FTVA 491 Entertainment Career Internship


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    This course offers a supervised internship within the entertainment industry administered by the Entertainment Internship Program. It provides the necessary resources and tools for students to maximize their career seeking skills within the entertainment industry through internship advisement, resume and cover letter support, and reflection on the internship experience.

    May be repeated three times for degree credit.

    Credit/No Credit grading.

  
  • FTVA 498 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 499 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 555 Incubator Lab


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 590 Entertainment Internship


    0 semester hours

    This course offers a supervised internship within the entertainment industry administered through the Entertainment Internship Program.

    May be repeated three times.

    Credit/No Credit grading.

  
  • FTVA 598 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 599 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 688 Intern Practicum


    0 TO 3 semester hours

    Internship in some phase of film, television, or communications industry.

    Prerequisite: Completion of 18 semester hours of graduate courses.

    May be repeated three times.

    Credit/No Credit grading.

  
  • FTVA 698 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • FTVA 699 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours


Film and Television Production

  
  • PROD 180 Pre-Production


    3 semester hours

    This course is intended to expose students to the complete process of pre-production through a basic understanding of all departments and their roles. The students will learn procedures of Production regarding equipment, safety, and production rules and regulations. The course provides an overview of location scouting, production design, and pre-visualization.

    Lab fee.

    Majors only.

  
  • PROD 198 Special Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 199 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 200 Introduction to Film Production


    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the aesthetic and practical problems of communicating visually through motion pictures. Each student is required to produce several movies.

    Lab fee.

    Majors only.

    A grade of B (3.0) or better is required.

    Prerequisites: FTVS 210  or FTVS 212 ; PROD 180 .

  
  • PROD 201 Introduction to Film Production Lab


    0 semester hours

    Training in the technical aspects of beginning film production: camera, sound, and lighting.

  
  • PROD 230 Media Innovation: Small Format Video and the Web


    3 semester hours

    Media Innovation is a creative, technical, and critical exploration of the practice of using small-form capture devices (cell phone, digital still camera, etc.) to create media for display on the web and other evolutionary viewing platforms. Each student is required to produce and edit a series of videos for posting on their own videoblog.

  
  • PROD 240 Images of Faith and Justice


    3 semester hours

    This course offers students the opportunity to explore faith and justice issues. The course includes a component of Community-Based Learning (CBL).

  
  • PROD 250 Introduction to Television Production


    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the aesthetic and practical problems of communications in the multi-camera television studio.

    Lecture and Laboratory, 6 hours.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    A grade of B (3.0) or better is required.

    Prerequisites: FTVS 210  or FTVS 212 ; PROD 180 .

  
  • PROD 298 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 299 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 300 Intermediate Narrative Film Production


    3 semester hours

    Practicum in the production of films from initial concept through post-production. Lectures on professional production procedures are linked to personal experience on an actual film project. Project maximum length, 10 minutes.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 200 , PROD 250 , PROD 365 , and PROD 366 ; RECA 250 ; SCWR 327 .

    Corequisite: 

     .

    PROD 365 , PROD 366 , and/or PROD 379  may be taken concurrently with PROD 300 with permission of chair.

  
  • PROD 326 Documentary Pre-Production


    3 semester hours

    This course surveys the theory and practice of writing for the documentary and other forms of non-fiction media in television and film.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 200  or PROD 250 ; SCWR 220 .

  
  • PROD 350 Intermediate Documentary Production


    3 semester hours

    Planning, producing, and editing a documentary or experimental video production on actual locations.

    Lecture and Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 200 , PROD 250 , PROD 326 , PROD 365 , and PROD 366 ; RECA 250 .

    Corequisite:

     .

    PROD 365 , PROD 366 , and/or PROD 379  may be taken concurrently with PROD 350 with permission of chair.

  
  • PROD 365 Cinematography


    3 semester hours

    An introduction to 16 mm motion picture cameras, film stocks, lighting, and grip equipment. Location and studio procedures for both sync and non-sync situations.

    Lectures and Lab, 5 hours.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisite: PROD 200  or PROD 250 .

  
  • PROD 366 Post-Production


    3 semester hours

    Post-production theory and practice as applied to film.

    Lab fee. A one-time substantial fee for editing supplies to be used in this and subsequent film production courses is required. An additional lab fee for this class is also required.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisite: PROD 200  or PROD 250 .

  
  • PROD 368 Production Planning


    3 semester hours

    Pre-production theory and practice as applied to film/television. Special emphasis on the latest production facilities and their use.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisite: PROD 200  or PROD 250 .

  
  • PROD 379 Fundamentals of Directing


    3 semester hours

    Survey of pre-production preparation for directors, including script analysis, casting, visualization, and working with actors.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisite: PROD 200  or PROD 250 .

  
  • PROD 398 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 399 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 400 Advanced Narrative Film Production


    3 semester hours

    Preparation of the shooting script, casting, scheduling, budgeting, art design, pre-visualization, and other preparation prior to principal photography.

    Practical experience in motion picture production on a paraprofessional level including writing, directing, and editing a film. Sync sound project, maximum length 15 minutes.

    Note: Insurance required for off-campus use of equipment. The student must provide a professional copy of all senior thesis-level projects to the School of Film and Television in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.

    Lab fee.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 410 Film/TV Topical Seminar


    3 semester hours

  
  • PROD 450 Advanced Documentary Production


    3 semester hours

    Writing the thesis (documentary) project and preparing the script for production.

    Practical experience in motion picture production on a paraprofessional level including writing, directing, and editing a documentary or experimental piece. Project maximum length 15 minutes.

    Note: Insurance required for off-campus use of equipment. The student must provide a professional copy of all senior thesis-level projects to the School of Film and Television in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.

    Lab fee.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 , PROD 379 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 460 Directed Study in Production


    3 semester hours

    This class will fulfill your thesis requirement in lieu of PROD 400  or PROD 450 . The course is an intensive investigation in one or more areas of production based upon a mentorship, interviews, practical experience in production, and a final research paper and presentation. It is an alternative form for the student to gain in-depth knowledge of the professional practices within the entertainment industry.

    The student must provide a professional copy of all senior thesis-level projects to the School of Film and Television in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.

    Seniors only.

    Majors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350  and RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 466 Advanced Editing


    3 semester hours

    Further studies in aesthetics and the techniques of editing for film and/or TV.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 467 Post-Production Sound


    3 semester hours

    Advanced sound theory with actual experience in sound re-recording for both film and television.

    Prerequisite: RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 469 Advanced Cinematography


    3 semester hours

    Further studies in the techniques of camera and lighting for film and video.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 476 Post-Production Effects


    3 semester hours

    This course addresses the process of communication through typographic animation and visual effects. Emphasis is placed on creating emotional expression and identity through composites of video, text, and special effects.

    Lab fee.

    Insurance fee.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 479 Advanced Directing


    3 semester hours

    This course provides a supportive and open workshop environment in which advanced level Film and TV students explore two of the film’s director’s most essential tasks - script analysis and directing actors.

    Majors only.

    Seniors only.

    Prerequisites: PROD 300  or PROD 350 ; RECA 367 .

  
  • PROD 480 Advanced Production Technique Seminar


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Seminar/workshop course in special advanced techniques in production and post-production topics.

    School of Film and Television students only.

    Juniors and seniors only.

    May be repeated for degree credit up to three times.

 

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