Prerequisite: DCL 600M. Serve as a contract manager and explore three major segments of the acquisition process acquisition planning, acquisition management, and contract pricing through pre-award, negotiation preparation, and post-award stages. Complete an acquisition plan using quantitative techniques to quantify and facilitate decision. Apply various cost analysis techniques and quantitative tools to evaluate a contractors cost proposal and develop a negotiation range and objective.

Prerequisite: ACM 610. Serve as a contract manager and apply legal, administrative, and ethical requirements and principles to procurement and contract management. Explore a broad array of legal issues applicable to acquisition as well as the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the American Bar Association model procurement code for state and local government.

Prerequisite: ACM 630. Serve as an acquisitions manager and explore logistical issues, techniques, methodologies, and strategies designed to enhance organizational efficiency with the acquisition lifecycle. Apply specific concepts including the total cost approach to logistics, planning and implementation, systems relationships and integration, and demand forecasting to solve logistical and asset management issues that arise within the acquisition life-cycle.

(Recommended preparation for students who want to improve their writing skills.) Develop the skills needed for effective academic writing. Improve your grammar and punctuation skills. Summarize and synthesize texts, and develop well-organized essays, integrating sources into writing. Format academic papers according to APA style. Revise writing to produce clear, concise documents.

(Recommended preparation for students who want a foundational background in accounting and finance.) Engage in a basic study of accounting and financial management concepts and their use in analyzing financial statements and estimating the value of long-term capital projects and investments. Analyze the financial statements of actual companies using financial ratios. Apply time value of money concepts to determine the current and future value of financial and real assets/investments. Develop an appreciation for how financial management and accounting information can be used to support financial assessment analysis, valuation, and decision making in various contexts.

(Recommended preparation for students who want a background in the basic configurations of computer hardware and operating systems software, especially those entering the cybersecurity technology, cyber operations, cybersecurity policy, and digital forensics programs who do not have a background in computing.) Explore concepts of computing. Discuss computer systems (including computer hardware and hardware components, computer software, and networks) and the internet. Develop your understanding of the privacy and security issues related to computing and the internet.

"(Recommended preparation for students with some programming experience, typically with older languages such as PRG and COBOL, especially those entering the cybersecurity technology, cyber operations, cybersecurity policy, and digital forensics,bioinformatics, data analytics, database technology, or software engineering programs.) Prerequisite: ASC 609. Gain hands-on experience in creating computer programs. Explore aspects of programming related to the structure of the program, including loops, procedures/functions, and leveraging other software libraries/packages."

Make yourself more valuable to an employer by gaining and improving skills in communication and problem solving. Explore the field of cybersecurity by developing connections to your career aspirations, creating a professional social network presence, and using critical thinking to inform decisions. Improve and refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and team leadership. Hone your professional writing and oral communication skills to produce effective presentations and become proficient with current technology. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CBR 600, DCL 600M, DCL 600T, or PRO 600.

Make yourself more valuable to an employer by gaining and improving skills in communication and problem solving. Explore the field of cybersecurity by developing connections to your career aspirations, creating a professional social network presence, and using critical thinking to inform decisions. Improve and refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and team leadership. Hone your professional writing and oral communication skills to produce effective presentations and become proficient with current technology. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CBR 600, DCL 600M, DCL 600T, or PRO 600.

Make yourself more valuable to an employer by gaining and improving skills in communication and problem solving. Explore the field of cybersecurity by developing connections to your career aspirations, creating a professional social network presence, and using critical thinking to inform decisions. Improve and refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and team leadership. Hone your professional writing and oral communication skills to produce effective presentations and become proficient with current technology. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CBR 600, DCL 600M, DCL 600T, or PRO 600.

Make yourself more valuable to an employer by gaining and improving skills in communication and problem solving. Explore the field of cybersecurity by developing connections to your career aspirations, creating a professional social network presence, and using critical thinking to inform decisions. Improve and refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and team leadership. Hone your professional writing and oral communication skills to produce effective presentations and become proficient with current technology. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CBR 600, DCL 600M, DCL 600T, or PRO 600.

Make yourself more valuable to an employer by gaining and improving skills in communication and problem solving. Explore the field of cybersecurity by developing connections to your career aspirations, creating a professional social network presence, and using critical thinking to inform decisions. Improve and refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and team leadership. Hone your professional writing and oral communication skills to produce effective presentations and become proficient with current technology. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CBR 600, DCL 600M, DCL 600T, or PRO 600.