Economics of Social Issues (3 Credits)
This is an issues-oriented course that introduces essential economic principles and applies them to an array of important social questions. The course is designed to
reveal how economics enables us to understand the analysis behind headlines and news stories about current events and policy questions. Concepts and issues
from both microeconomics and macroeconomics will be addressed. This course is designed as a one-semester overview of economic principles for students in majors other
than business, economics, and accounting.
Exploring Business & Management (3 Credits)
This course examines fundamental issues in the world of business and the practice of management. It is designed to be an interactive and lively experience that provides
students with a theoretical background of how organizations work and the role of management in organizations. Some of the areas and issues that will be covered include:
the role of managers, the history of managerial thought, planning and problem-solving, individual responsibility and the ever-changing world of business in a global
environment. Students will be challenged to apply theoretical learning to their own experiences in business and organizations, and to look at organizations as
integrated and dynamic systems.
Managing Human Resources (3 Credits)
This course gives the student an overview of the broad subject of human resources management and an in-depth exposure to the key areas of this critical function. The
most successful organizations know that human resources must operate at the strategic level, along with finance and law, the other core staff functions. The
meaning of a strategic approach is explored in depth, providing a solid grounding in what management of human resources requires in today.s diverse, litigious,
downsizing-prone, tough, often controversial world of organizational life.
Legal Issues in Organizations I (3 Credits)
This course is designed to cover the fundamental principles within common business transactions. Students will study the nature of law, the function of law, court
procedure, and legal principles pertaining to contracts, agency, and property.
Introduction to Project Management (3 Credits)
Teaches students proven strategies and practical approaches for planning, executing and controlling projects. The course covers project management life cycle, offering
detailed and sophisticated instruction in the critical areas of team building, planning and organizing the work, scheduling key events, managing project estimates, and
identifying and managing risks. Participants improve their ability to define the scope of a project and manage within that definition. They learn the best practices to
identify and sequence tasks, estimate durations of tasks, schedule events and activities, plan for delays, control variances and manage costs. They also learn
qualitative and quantitative techniques for assessing and controlling risks.
Project Tools and Methodologies (3 Credits)
To use computerized tools effectively, a project manager must understand how the tools work and, more importantly, how they can respond to the changing demands of
planning, executing, monitoring and controlling a project. This course describes several ways to structure a project.s lifecycle, from a traditional linear sequence of
phases to more agile approaches that iteratively produce incomplete but useful products. Students will learn how to use project management tools to support the
methodology best suited to the project.s circumstances. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management
Project Cost Management (3 Credits)
Organizations select projects according to their anticipated financial outcomes, and the project manager.s job is to deliver a project so to realize these outcomes.
Though cost is not all a project manager has to deal with, everything in a project has financial implications. This course introduces students to the basics of cost
management: creating a budget and cost accounts, monitoring costs throughout the project.s life cycle, and achieving financial outcomes at project completion. Students
will learn how to manage costs related to resources, how to use measures of the project.s value such return on investment (ROI) and the time value of money, and how to
view a project from the perspective of one of the most critical stakeholders: its source of funding. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management
Computing Studies Concepts (3 Credits)
This course establishes a foundation for the understanding of information systems in organizations. Applications and technologies are studied in relation to
organization objectives. The student studies different types of systems such as MIS, DSS, EIS and basic applications such as Manufacturing, Finance, and Marketing. The
student studies an overview of technology including hardware, software, Internet, World Wide Web, e-Commerce, database, and objects.
Data Management I (3 Credits)
This course is an in-depth study of the design and implementation of client/server data-management systems in business. Students will study data modeling (the
relational and object-oriented data models), database query languages, multiuser database concerns such as concurrency control and recovery, and organizational issues
(for example, database security and database administration) that arise in a database environment. The course has a significant hands-on component, including a
database design and implementation project using client/server database application development software. Prerequisite: Computing Studies Concepts
Systems Analysis and Design (3 Credits)
The primary objective of this course is to introduce participants to basic concepts and techniques for analyzing problems and the designing of information systems that
address those problems. Participants, upon completion of the course, will have a working understanding regarding identifying requirements, clarifying and refining
requirements, process modeling, data modeling, and logic modeling within an object-oriented analysis framework. In the process of completing the course and actively
using systems analysis techniques, participants will develop an understanding of the systems development life cycle, systems analyst.s roles
and responsibilities, and the interpersonal skills necessary to analyze business problems. Prerequisite: Computing Studies Concepts
Information Systems Project (3 Credits)
Students in this course will work individually or in small teams to develop the solution to a problem for a real client, and work towards the implementation of the
solution. The systems development life cycle approach-analysis and design, and project management tools and techniques will be utilized to explicitly define,
monitor, and control project tasks. Prerequisites: Data Management I and Systems Analysis & Design
Public Presentation (3 Credits)
An introduction to the preparation, presentation, and evaluation of basic speech experiences for small groups, meetings, and mass audiences. The integration of content,
physical performance, and presentation technology is stressed. This course employs peer and, ultimately, instructor evaluations that are based on organization of ideas,
development and support of a thesis, verbal and visual aesthetics, and platform performance.
Organizational Communication (3 Credits)
This course is concerned with communication processes within an organization. It focuses on the sending, the receiving, and the interpreting of messages. Principles of
downward, upward, and lateral systems are investigated. Case studies are employed to illustrate typical problems that arise and the methodologies devised
for successful resolutions to achieve effective communication.
Small Group Communication (3 Credits)
An investigation of the theories and processes of communication within small groups. Students work in small groups to integrate theory with experience. The purpose of
this course is o provide an opportunity for focused study of human interaction within the context of groups. The course will provide an opportunity to examine, from
scholarly and practitioner perspectives, the nature of these interactions, how they can often lead to conflict between and within groups, as well as how this conflict
might be minimized through increased understanding of group dynamics and components.
Organizational Writing (3 Credits)
A course designed to cover the range of writing required in an organizational or corporate-communication capacity including: organizational and strategic communication
plans; case statements and feasibility studies; business letters and memos; policy and position papers; public presentation or testimony; and construction of media kits
and briefing materials. In addition, students will be expected to develop and refine research skills, including interviewing techniques. The principles of media writing
will be stressed, including the application of the AP style book and other professional style standards.
