PPPHI 114 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY [3]
Introduces students to the nature of reasoning and argument and familiarizes with basics of philosophy of religion, sciences, ethics and mind.
PHI 314 HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY [3]
P: PHI 114. A survey of ancient western philosophy from Thales through Plotinus. Selected reading on and by the pre-socratic philosophers : Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic philosophy.
A study of the principles of mechanics, heat, fluids, oscillations, waves, sound, electricity and magnetism, height and atom. Emphasis is on conceptual development and problem solving.
Experiments to be performed should include major topics covered in PHY 103.
PHY 117 GENERAL PHYSICS-II [3]
P: PHY 103. Advance treatment of topics in physics involving topics like mechanics, heat, fluids, oscillations, waves and sound, electricity, magnetism and light.
The lab will cover experiments on general physics course on PHY 117.
P: MAT 160. Static, uniform and accelerated motion; Newton's laws: circular motion; energy, momentum, and conservation principles; dynamics of rotation; gravitation and planetary motion; properties of matter, simple harmonic and wave motion; sound.
POL 107 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE [3]
A course introducing students to politics, public policy, governmental process, distribution and use of political power, public opinion, groups, parties and political system and practice in democracies, including Bangladesh.
POP 301 PRODUCTION-OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT [3]
Basic principles and methods of managing facilities, technology, plant, equipment and the process of transforming inputs into goods and services are covered. Topics include : production planning, scheduling and control, plant location and layout, work study and methods, inventory control, maintenance management, quality control and productivity management. Plant visits are arranged during the course to expose students to actual operating system.
POP 302 PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING MANAGEMENT [3]
P: POP 301. The course deals with principles, concepts and techniques
of procurement programs and covers purchasing principles and practices.
Determination of requirements, purchase planning, source selection, price,
cost and value analysis, evaluation, negotiating, buying practices, policies
and ethics are included.
POP 303 MATERIALS AND STORE MANAGEMENT [3]
P: POP 301. Deals with principles and concepts of planning and control of materials movement and storage activities in business organizations. Topics include material handling, order precessing, inventory control systems, store location and layout, store records management, and store control.
POP 304 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT [3]
P: POP 301. Deals with application of economic and business principles to transportation and distribution systems, functional analysis of all transportation modes. Examines basic practices related to purchasing and operating transport services.
POP 401 OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL [3]
P: POP 301. An in depth study of production system. Topics include product development,process selection, facilities location and layout scheduling, staffing, materials, cost and quality control.
POP 402 INVENTORY PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM [3]
P: POP 301. A study of inventory and production control concepts, techniques and strategies for effective integration with basic finance, marketing and manufacturing objectives and includes scheduling, capacity planning and shop floor control. Forecasting methods, material requirements, planning systems and techniques, distribution requirements and inventory models are covered. Mechanized production-inventory control systems are examined to highlight design issues in systems development and execution.
POP 403 PRODUCTION-OPERATIONS STRATEGY [3]
P: POP 301. Deals with the development of production-operations strategies to ensure that the production-operation function contributes to overall profit of an enterprise in an optional manner. The course focuses on analysis of market environment, technological environment, analysis of production capacity, technology, manpower and systems, development and evaluation of alternative production-operations strategies and selection and implementation of strategies.
POP 501 PRODUCTION-OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT [3]
P: CSC 101. This course provides students with the concepts of economics of production, basic production decision, and operations of organizations producing goods and services. This covers identification and definition of major problem areas within these functions and development of appropriate concepts and decision processes for dealing with these problems. Main emphasis is given on forecasting, quality control and inventory control, utilizing the operations research, industrial engineering and system approach.
POP 503 PRODUCTION-OPERATIONS STRATEGY [3]
P: POP 501. The corporate, national and international environments of operations management. Formulating and evaluating manufacturing strategy and policies vis-a-vis corporate and other functional strategies.
POP 601 STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION [3]
P: POP 501. This course outlines the primary relationship of technology
to the strategic posture of the firm. This will be done with two major
emphasis. The first is the role of technology in determining the firm's
competitive advantage and distinctive competence. The second is the management
of innovation, technology development and technology transfer in large
complex organizations. The latter includes the conscious design of the
organization for purposes of focussed entrepreneurial activity, consistent
with an explicit strategy.
PUB 103 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION [3]
Fundamentals of structure and administration of government are covered. Topics include role of civil servants, organization structure, legal system, government regulations and development administration.
PSY 105 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY [3]
An introduction to the process, factors, and different psychological theories (such as motivation, temperament, mental concept, etc.) the process of social adjustment and their relationship to one's personality, attitudes, mental health adjustment and personal activities.
PSY 240 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY [3]
P: PSY 105. A broad survey of current knowledge about human social behavior. Topics covered include aggression, attraction and love, social influence, attitudes and attitude change, nonverbal communication, leadership, prejudice and discrimination, and application of social psychology to law, medicine, and other fields.
PSY 320 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY [3]
Abnormality identified, organic and functional abnormalities. Personality
disorders, anxiety and stress related disorders, psycho-somatic disorders,
neurosis-hysteria, psychosis. Schizoprenia-etiology and treatment.