Master of Science in Biology

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The UB Associate in Dental Hygiene AS degree program combines general education courses with courses from the Fones School of Dental Hygiene to offer a broad educational preparation. In addition to basic and dental science theory, the two-year curriculum provides education in prevention service and dental health education.

Dental Hygiene instruments and supplies are issued through the Fones School. These items are distributed throughout the clinical phase of the curriculum, the costs of which are included in tuition. During the second year, students receive clinical training not only at the Fones Dental Health Center on campus but also through assignments at clinical and educational facilities of school dental health programs, hospitals, and community agencies. These assignments are directly supervised by Fones faculty. Students may be responsible for their own transportation to community agencies. All courses listed for the Associate and/or Bachelor of Science degree are required for graduation. Dental Hygiene students must earn a grade of “C” in all major courses. Any student who receives a grade of “C-” or below in a course in the major field must obtain a written statement from the Fones School Director specifying the procedure necessary to remedy the deficiency and remain in the major.

Enrollment in the second year is contingent on successfully completing all first year requirements with a cumulative QPR of 2.5. Dental Hygiene clinical courses begin in the fall term. The Associate in Science degree curriculum is open only to full-time Dental Hygiene students. Clinical students are required to submit a physical, dental, and visual acuity report, provide proof of required immunizations and Tuberculin/PPD record, and must maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the Health Care Provider.

All admitted students are subject to a background check conducted by an outside agency. All information is maintained confidentially.

Learning Outcomes and Careers
Through completion of the entry-level dental hygiene curriculum, students will achieve the following outcomes

• Characterize professionalism and responsibility in all health promotion and disease prevention activities
• Apply a professional code of ethics while adhering to appropriate legal and regulatory measures when providing oral health services
• Utilize critical thinking, problem solving, and evidence-based decision making in the dental hygiene process of care
• Provide the dental hygiene process of care (assessment, dental hygiene diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation, documentation) for patients/clients in all settings
• Communicate effectively with and deliver culturally competent, inter-professional health care to individuals and groups from diverse populations
• Demonstrate the knowledge necessary to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate community-based oral health programs
• Continually perform self-assessment to maintain professional standards and encourage life-long learning
• Value the need for personal and professional growth through participation in professional activities and associations
• Understand and master the competencies of Dental Hygiene Professional Practice

The Masters in Computer Engineering MS Degree Program is a course of study intended to prepare individuals whose undergraduate background is in computer or electrical engineering for advanced professional work in the field and for further study leading to the doctorate.

Emphasis is placed on current state-of-the-art applications including parallel computing, image processing, VLSI design, sensing, robotics, mobile computing, automation and the like.

Learning Outcomes

Our Computer Engineering Students will:

• Demonstrate an in depth and comprehensive understanding of Computer Engineering
• Have an enhanced ability to learn, on their own, technical details for which they are responsible
• Have an enhanced ability to apply the knowledge learned to solve technical problems that arise in research they
• conduct or supervise
• Have an enhanced ability to study an issue, identify and evaluate alternative actions, propose an optimal course of action
• Have an enhanced ability to prepare technical point papers, brief their seniors, and defend their conclusions

Develop the technical skills required for specialist and management roles in financial enterprise by completing our Master of Science in Finance degree program at UB’s Ernest C. Trefz School of Business. This highly specialized degree will focus exclusively on issues related to finance, economics, and money markets. We will introduce you to modern concepts, such as financial regulation and behavioral finance, that play a critical role in today’s marketplace.

At UB, you will gain the decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical capabilities to solve financial problems, including how to:

• Evaluate and price a financial opportunity
• Gauge the appropriate level of risk to discount future projections
• Compare across investment opportunities at a given time and how to allocate among them in an optimal way
• Create useful tools for answering financial questions so that reports can be generated automatically and progress can be tracked
• Assess and manage risk

Learning Outcomes
Students will integrate the knowledge and skills they have gained throughout the Master of Science in Finance degree program to develop and evaluate financial and risk management strategies by:

Technical

• Demonstrating an understanding of concepts learned throughout their graduate program
• Testing a hypothesis or market strategy through robust historical evaluation
• Using research methods and instruments to price assets, evaluate risk, and manage portfolios
• Explain and differentiate standard financial models and their assumptions

Known for offering an education for the careers of tomorrow, the University of Bridgeport is pleased to announce a new undergraduate program in Digital Marketing Communication. The innovative program is offered in a face-to-face setting with close student-faculty collaboration.

You will gain first-hand experience in developing digital marketing plans and integrate marketing, advertising, public relations, sales, and logistics strategies across physical and digital channels. This includes instruction in digital marketing, e-commerce, online consumer psychology, search engine optimization, social media marketing and web analytics.

Today’s marketing world is vastly different than in past decades when you focused on just one skill. You may apply your skill set to multiple tasks daily from creative conceptualizing, to writing for social, to funneling conversion strategy, to directing a photo shoot for an advertorial, to sourcing materials, to meeting with vendors, and more.

Digital marketing careers enjoy better-than-average job growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates job demand will increase 10 percent by 2026.

The average entry-level wage for a digital marketing specialist or digital manager is $40,453-$44,156,* with a range of $86,575- $124,207 for more experienced digital marketing managers.

Modern technology now provides industries of all kinds with the ability to gather vast amounts of data. But data requires more than just flashy dashboards and reports. In order to make better data-driven business decisions, employers require hybrid IT/business professionals to make data meaningful. Our STEM designated program was built with this need in mind.

In the Master of Science in Analytics degree program, we will help you:

• Develop the critical thinking skills necessary to combine complex data and business value and turn it into actionable insight
• Cultivate expertise in analysis, management, solution architecture and delivery, and hands-on technical skill
• Grow your skills through our comprehensive curriculum, which offers opportunities for inquiry and professional development to round out your experience

The ever-increasing use of the computer in today’s world offers expanding opportunities in this field of specialization. The Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, BS Degree Program, provides a bridge between the disciplines of electrical engineering and computer science.

Graduates can enter such fields as chip design, software engineering, robotics, and a variety of computer-controlled applications. This requires the development of the engineering approach through the understanding of engineering mathematics, digital and analog electronics and control, as well as computer languages, computing theory and computer architecture. Design and problem-solving form the heart of the discipline and a variety of computer-aided design (CAD) tools are utilized to facilitate learning and implementation.

The graduate from this program will obtain the basic education in the first three years. The final year is utilized to explore specific areas of interest. One can choose a software-oriented program including such areas as artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems and software design or a hardware-oriented program pointing toward computer or integrated circuit design, robotics and networking.

The engineering approach and knowledge of computer structure are the attributes that make it unique. This program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. A total of 132 semester hours are required for graduation.

Program Educational Objectives & Student Outcomes

• Our graduates will develop effective and innovative solutions to challenging engineering problems. [Problem Solving]
• Our graduates will become leaders in emerging technologies, developing future state-of-the-art designs and products based on new fundamental theories. [Engineering System Design]
• Our graduates will lead teams of engineers and collaborate with other professionals in multidisciplinary environments. [Communication]
• Our graduates will maintain an awareness of the global and societal environment, and engineer solutions to problems as they arise. [Contemporary Issues]
• Our graduates will engage in life-long learning by pursuing advanced degrees and professional development leading to career advancement. [Work/Grad School]

As crime becomes increasingly transnational, its causes can no longer be viewed solely through the prism of local circumstances. Understanding criminal justice and social conditions on a global scale is now vital to stopping the proliferation of crime and injustice.

UB’s Master of Arts, MA in Criminal Justice and Human Security degree program, is designed to help you attain expertise in the worldwide political, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions that contribute to crime and its attenuation. Our program will help you gain insight into the cultural, ethnic, religious and ideological differences often discovered at the root of criminal acts, violence, and terror.

Among some of the in-depth topics covered in this program: domestic, international, and comparative criminal law; transnational crime; cybercrime, and cyberterrorism—all taught by experienced faculty from UB’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Human security, as it relates to modern threats such as terrorism, human trafficking, and ethnocentric violence, will also be explored.

This broader understanding of human rights and its connection to history, global policy, international peace and security, and humanitarian affairs provides a strong foundation on which you will be able to draw correlations and build solutions towards a safer world.

Learning Outcomes

Our Criminal Justice and Human Security (M.A.) graduates will:

• Demonstrate the skills necessary to excel in professional careers in federal, state, and international law enforcement agencies where intercultural communication skills, foreign language skills, and insights into other cultures are increasingly important both to address criminal activity and to take needed steps to prevent it
• Demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation of the rule of law, law enforcement’s role in the securing and protection of civil and human rights, and an understanding of the social conditions and circumstances that foster or discourage criminal behavior
• Demonstrate an understanding of Human Security and its role in the realization of a just and lawful society and the impact that this understanding of security has upon the existing notions of national, regional and international security
• Demonstrate the intercultural literacy skills needed to relate to an increasingly globalized population where norms and values may differ
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of non-state actors in international crime and justice, in such fields as norm creation, deviance, terrorism, and crime prevention
• Demonstrate an understanding of the interpretations of religion, ideology, and culture that contribute to the proliferation and/or the deterrence of violence and crime

UB’s Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) degree program combines in-depth studies with lab and project experience to help students apply the principles of motion, force, energy, and materials for the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, testing and maintenance of mechanical systems. In our program, students will develop competence and acquire knowledge in engineering fundamentals, computer-aided engineering tools, communication skills, design of individual components and multi-component systems, manufacturing processes, mechanical systems, professional ethics, and laboratory exploration.

Mechanical Engineering Learning Outcomes

• An ability to apply knowledge of math, science and engineering in the analysis of mechanical engineering problems. [Fundamentals]
• An ability to design and conduct scientific and engineering experiments and to analyze and interpret data. [Experiment/ Results]
• Knowledge of core mechanical engineering topics and an ability to design mechanical components, systems, or processes. [Design]
• An ability to function in a multidisciplinary team. [Team Work]
• An ability to identify, formulate and solve mechanical engineering problems. [Problem Solving]
• Knowledge of contemporary global and societal issues and their relationship to professional ethics and engineering solutions. [Ethics/Profession]
• An ability to convey technical material through oral presentation and formal written reports/paper. [Communication]
• An ability to identify and apply concepts of engineering economics and project planning. [Engineering Economics/Planning]
• A recognition of the need and the ability to engage in learning throughout life along with an appreciation of the diversity in the world and intellectual Areas. [Diversity and LLL]
• An ability to use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools for design and analysis. [Techniques/Skills]

The Associate in Arts in Business Administration degree program at UB provides options for students who want only two years of college study and students who are not certain about their degree objectives. This undergraduate degree program requires that all freshman and sophomore core business courses and business prerequisites, as well as University core requirements, be completed with an average grade of “C” or better.

Two-year business study at the University of Bridgeport provides many advantages not usually available to junior college or two-year college students. All the resources of the university are available to two-year students as readily as for bachelor’s or MBA students. This includes planning/placement services and all of the social, sports and extracurricular activities of the campus.

Students receive all the guidance and advising of a small, two-year college, while completing their studies in the environment of an internationally accredited business program provided by a major university. The A.A. degree in Business Administration does not have ACBSP accreditation.

Learning Outcomes

• Acquire basic general business knowledge
• Develop practical technical skills necessary for initially pursuing a junior level entry position
• Learn how to communicate with others in their organization
• Understand the role of business in the larger society
   

The Bachelor's degree in Business Administration major provides the maximum flexibility in course selection for a student to fulfill both personal and professional goals. Upon completion of University and College core requirements, the student may pursue a myriad of unique combinations of study to satisfy either a general or specific purpose. This includes combining study from two or three of the major disciplines of study within the college including those disciplines not listed in this catalog such as Economics and Management Information Systems, and combinations with other colleges at the University. In all cases, the student’s study program must be approved by the student’s faculty advisor.

Students interested in adding a Teacher Certification to a program in Business Administration can do so. A brief description of the teacher certification requirements appears elsewhere in this catalog under the School of Education section.

The Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration permits a student, upon completion of the core business requirements and prerequisites applicable to all business degrees, to create a unique combination of courses in business or other academic disciplines.

All business courses listed under other majors as well as courses in other academic disciplines such as political economy, psychology or sociology, may be chosen as elements of this major.

Learning Outcomes

• Students demonstrate well-developed knowledge in all - and mastery in at least one - of the basic business disciplines (accounting, business analytics & intelligence, economics, finance, International Business, management, marketing, and sport management).
• Students demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills in a business context in both formal and informal settings.
• Students will develop professional skills and an awareness of diversity across the spectrum of differences and consider these differences in the analysis of global realities and challenges.
• Students will demonstrate proficiency with technology, analytical techniques for decision-making and will understand the impact and opportunities offered by information technology in business.
• Students exhibit knowledge of current issues using creativity and innovation.
• Students identify, evaluate, and recommend possible courses of action related to the application of ethical business principles and will develop a personal ethical decision-making framework.
• Students will be critical thinkers and problem-solvers thereby enabling them to successfully lead in a dynamic global environment.