4340 Survey of Spanish Literature from the Middle Ages to 1700 (3-3-0) Prerequisite: SPAN 3301, 3340 or permission of instructor. Study of the literature of Spain from the Middle Ages through 1700. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 1305 and MATH 1306, or MATH 2401. Basic concepts of statistics for business students are considered including descriptive statistics, probability concepts, random variables, probability distributions, expected values, point and interval estimations techniques and some hypothesis testing and linear regression. Applications to a variety of business problems are stressed and computer statistical packages are used. Credit cannot be given for both MATH 3302 and STAT 3309.
4342 Survey of Spanish American Literature from Columbus to Independence (3-3-0) Prerequisite: SPAN 3301, 3340 or permission of instructor. Study of Spanish American literature from the colonial period through th the 19 century, with an emphasis on the development of Spanish American national literatures through the Baroque, Neo-Classical, and Romantic literary movements. Taught in Spanish.
3310 Statistical Analysis for Business Applications II (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in STAT 3309 or MATH 3302, or department approval. Test of hypotheses, regression and correlation, introduction to analysis of variance, and other special topics. Applications to a variety of business problems and use of computer statistical programs.
4343 Survey of Spanish American Literature from Modernismo to the Present (3-3-0) Prerequisite: SPAN 3301, 3340 or permission of instructor. Study of Spanish American literature from 1900 through the present, with an emphasis on key literary movements such as modernismo, vanguard and post-vanguard poetry, “Boom� narrative, and other contemporary literary forms. Taught in Spanish.
3311 Statistical Analysis for Natural Science (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 1404 or MATH 1505. Basic concepts of statistics for natural science students are considered including collection of data, descriptive statistics, probability concepts, random variables, probability distributions, expected values, point and interval estimation techniques, hypothesis testing, bivariate data, linear regression, and analysis of variance. Natural science applications are stressed and computer statistical packages are used.
4365 Teaching Spanish (3-3-0) Prerequisite: SPAN 3301 or permission of instructor. Current methodologies for teaching Spanish as a second language and as a second dialect. The first part of the course focuses on current methodologies for teaching Spanish to non-native speakers, and the second part focuses on teaching heritage speakers. Taught in Spanish.
4294 Senior Seminar (2-2-0) Cross-listed as CS 4294, MATH 4294. Credit may not be earned for more than one. Prerequisite: COMM 1304, ENG 3302, senior standing and department approval. An intense, structured seminar. Students are exposed to the world community as it relates to their major (involving a written and oral report on cultural issues as well as discussion of these topics); ethics is discussed as it relates to the subject. In addition, students prepare a written proposal for a senior project. Attendance at departmental colloquia is also required.
4380 Field Experience in Spanish Prerequisite: SPAN 3301, 3302, 3320, junior standing and approval of department chair. Placement of students in private or public sector jobs related to their chosen supplemental concentration. Work may be paid or unpaid. Written reports, conferences with the instructor and other academic work are required.
4300 Statistical Quality Control (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 3302 or STAT 3309. Topics include x-bar and R charts, c charts, u charts , median charts, Pareto analysis, cause and effect analysis, process capability indexes and other statistical techniques.
4390 Special Topics in Spanish (3-3-0) Prerequisite: SPAN 3301. Special topics in Spanish language and literature, such as contemporary Latin American or Spanish literature, survey of Latin American or Spanish literature. With permission of department chair, may be repeated once for credit.
4303 Decision Mathematics (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 3302 or STAT 3309. Applications of the most useful tools of decision mathematics. Topics are selected from probabilistic models, decision models, game theory, queuing theory, Pert/CPM, inventory methods, Bayesian inference and other relevant topics.
STAT (Statistics) 2300 Introduction to Statistics (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 1301 or placement by exam taken at UH-Downtown. Techniques for the collection, analysis and interpretation of numerical data. Probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, estimation and special distributions. Special emphasis is placed on a variety of applications. Computer packages are used. This course may not be applied toward a major in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences department. (MATH 1342) 3309
4306 Mathematical Models and Computer Simulation (3-3-0) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 3302 or STAT 3310, and CS 1408 or CS 1410. Quantitative modeling of industrial systems, computer simulation languages; and discussion of problems encountered in constructing simulation programs. This course may be used to fulfill the writing application course requirement with additional prerequisites including STAT 4294 and department approval.
Statistical Analysis for Business Applications I (3-3-0)
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