Intro to Business - 3 credits
An introduction to what a business is, how it operates, and how it is managed. Students will identify forms of ownership and the processes used in production and marketing, finance, personnel and management in business operations.
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Business Operations - 3 credits
The learner assesses the role of business, its internal structure, and relationship to its external environment. Each learner analyzes the supervisor's role in the functions of business planning, information systems, operations management, information technology, marketing and how they drive business activities.
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Microsoft Office-Beginning - 3 credits
Develops introductory skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Windows Explorer, Internet, and computer concepts through demonstrations and lab exercises.
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Supervision - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a contemporary frontline leader. Students engage in operational planning, analyze organizational structures, review the staffing process, employ techniques to enhance employee personal and group effectiveness, and develop control techniques to measure effectiveness in the above areas.
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Managing for Quality - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a continuous improvement environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of a personal philosophy of quality, identify stakeholder relationships, identify ways to meet/exceed customer expectations, apply a systems-focused approach, use quality models and tools, manage a quality improvement project, and measure effectiveness of continuous improvement activities.
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Written Communication - 3 credits
Develops writing skills which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments are designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents. Note: It is recommended that students enrolling in this course possess word processing skills.
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Business Law & Ethics - 3 credits
This course is designed to prepare students to make informed ethical decisions, form legal opinions and values, and work within the legal business framework. Topics will include the attributes of ethical decisions, the basics of our legal system, including its history and court system; crimes and torts; contracts, including types, formation, execution and termination; sales contracts; agency; national employment law; and bailments. Emphasis is given to ethics in all legal topics.
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Business Law - 3 credits
Examines the classifications of law, elements of legal contracts, and business applications. Negotiable instruments, sales and bailment contracts, principal-agent relations, and real estate law are also explained. Ethical practices are emphasized rather than narrow, legal definitions.
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Personal Skills for Supervisor - 3 credits
The learner applies skills and tools necessary to enhance personal professional success through the use of time and stress management and assertive behavior. Learners will use time management techniques, conduct personal planning, engage in life-long learning, value the rights of others, communicate effectively, display assertive behavior and manage stress.
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Team Building & Problem Solving - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to facilitate problem solving in a team environment. Each learner will assume the roles and responsibilities of team leadership in the stages of team development, use a systematic problem solving process and employ consensus building and conflict management strategies.
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Leadership Development - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to fulfill his/her role as a modern leader. Each learner will evaluate personal leadership effectiveness, use individual and group motivation strategies, implement mission and goals, demonstrate ethical behavior, adapt personal leadership style to worker readiness, use power, facilitate employee development, coach, manage change and resolve conflict.
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Speech - 3 credits
Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of this course.
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Oral/Interpersonal Communication - 3 credits
Focuses upon developing speaking, verbal and non-verbal communication and listening skills through individual presentations, group activities and other projects.
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Intro to Sociology - 3 credits
Introduces students to the basic concepts of Sociology: culture, socialization, social stratification, multi-culturalism, and the five institutions including family, politics, economics, religion and education. Other topics include: demography, deviance, technology, environment, social issues, social change and social organization.
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Intro to American Government - 3 credits
Introduces American political processes and institutions. Focuses on rights and responsibilities of citizens and the process of participatory democracy. Learners examine the complexity of the separation of powers and checks and balances. Explores the role of the media, interest groups, political parties and public opinion in the political process. Also explores the role of state and national government in our federal system.
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Race, Ethnic & Diversity Studies - 3 credits
Race, Ethnic, & Diversity is a course that draws from several disciplines to reaffirm the basic American values of justice and equality by teaching a basic vocabulary, a history of immigrants and conquest, principles of transcultural communication, legal liability and the value of aesthetic production to increase the probability of respectful encounters among people. In addition to an analysis of majority/minority relations in a multicultural context, the topics of ageism, sexism, gender differences, sexual orientation, the disabled and the American Disability Act (ADA) are explored. Ethnic relations are studied in global and comparative perspectives.
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Legal Issues for Supervisors - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary for a supervisor to effectively function in today's legal work environment. Learners will apply legal practices in union and nonunion environments, analyze the impact of U.S. employment laws on the global economy, use the appeal process to settle disputes, manage legal charges, document the hiring and firing process, manage harassment and privacy issues, and summarize the legal issues facing contemporary supervisors.
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Safety in the Workplace - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to provide a safe and secure work environment. Learners will practice safety awareness; comply with federal/state/local safety regulations; investigate and document safety incidents; conduct safety inspections; analyze risks; manage workplace violence, substance abuse, and health hazards; administer first aid and CPR; and prepare for emergencies.
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Diversity & Change Management - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a diverse work environment. Learners will assess the current extent of diversity in the workplace; analyze the effect of perceptions, attitudes, biases, and organization culture on diversity; remove barriers; apply change management strategy, process, and reactions; measure progress and celebrate success.
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Human Resource Management - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform human resource functions in an organization. Each learner will demonstrate skill in following EEOC laws; writing job descriptions; recruiting, selecting and orienting employees; developing policies and procedures; developing and conducting training; designing performance appraisal plans; developing employee development plans; and selecting compensation and benefit strategies.
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Intro to College Math - 3 credits
This is an introductory level course designed to review and develop fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Emphasis will be placed on computational skills and applications of rational numbers; problem solving skills with ratios, proportions, and percent; basic principles and application of algebra, geometry, graphing, and statistics; measurement skills in U.S. Customary and Metric Systems; and the use of calculators as a tool. Prerequisite: Accuplacer Arithmetic score of 65 or equivalent or ASC Math Prep V 77854783
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Macroeconomics - 3 credits
Macroeconomics is an introductory course. Basic social choices regarding economic systems, basic economic aggregates, fiscal policy, the banking system, monetary policy, and international trade are the principle topics discussed in the course. A balance is drawn between description, theory, analysis, and a critique of the institutions that characterize modern mixed-capitalist economies. Conflicting social goals, economic constraints, and environmental concerns provide the framework through which the macroeconomy is analyzed.
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Business Finance & Budgeting - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills necessary to achieve an understanding of the fiscal/monetary aspects of business. Each learner will demonstrate application of business types, cycles, forecasting, budgeting, expense control, and financial statement interpretation relevant to the supervisor as a non-accountant.
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Business Finance - 3 credits
This course introduces the basic concepts needed for firms to efficiently control the flow of money within a business to balance profitability with risk. Students will determine the financial impact of quality programs on a company, analyze financial statements using ratio analysis and industry comparison data, determine break-even points and leverage for a company, compare alternatives for short and long-term financing, explore options for global financing, and prepare a cash budget and pro forma financial statements for a firm. Prerequisite: Accounting I 10101111
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Organizational Development - 3 credits
The learner develops skill to assist organizations to achieve greater effectiveness, including increased financial performance and improved quality of work life. Skills developed include collecting, analyzing and diagnosing organization development data; developing plans to enhance human processes, organization structure, employee involvement, work design, human resources, and organization environment; and leading and managing the implementation of these plans.
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Project Management - 3 credits
The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to design, implement, and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will write a project proposal, work with project teams, sequence project tasks, develop project budgets, identify project resources, implement the project, chart project progress, deal with variations, evaluate the project, and use various technology in these processes.
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Microeconomics - 3 credits
This course examines the behavior of individual decision makers, primarily consumers and firms. Topics include choices of how much to consume and to produce, the functioning of perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets, the conditions under which markets may fail, and arguments for and against government intervention. The student applies the fundamental tools of economics to real world problems.
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Intro to Psychology - 3 credits
This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors and social influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social and vocational settings.
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