Curriculum
It is recommended that students start with the courses in group 1, continue with group 2, move on to group 3 and finish with group 4. Within each group, students may take classes in whatever order is interesting or convenient for them. Students who follow these recommendations should have a smoother and more meaningful learning experience.
Upon graduation, a student will have completed 66 credits.
GROUP ONE
10-102-158 Business-Introduction
3
10-196-164 Supervisors-Personal Skills
3
10-196-189 Team Building/Prob Solve
3
10-801-136 English Composition 1
3
GROUP TWO
10-196-134 Legal Issues-Supervisors
3
10-196-193 Human Resource Mgmt
3
10-801-196 Oral/Interpersonal Comm
3
10-804-123 Math w Business Apps
3
10-809-197 Contemporary Amer Society
3
GROUP THREE
10-196-136 Safety-Workplace
3
10-196-169 Diversity in the Workplace
3
10-196-190 Leadership Development
3
10-196-199 Business Ethics
3
10-809-198 Intro to Psychology
3
10-809-199 Psychology Of Human Relations
3
GROUP FOUR
10-101-184 Business Finance/Budgeting
3
10-196-145 Workplace Innovation
3
10-196-188 Project Mgmt Fundamentals
3
10-196-192 Managing-Quality
3
*10-196-196 Leadership Capstone
3
Curriculum Note
*It is strongly recommended that Leadership Capstone, 10-196-196, be taken in the final semester of program courses.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
These courses provide an opportunity for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding required for employment in this field.
10-101-184 BUSINESS FINANCE/BUDGETING ...fiscal and 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. (Prerequisite: 10-804-123, Math w Business Apps)
10-102-158 BUSINESS-INTRODUCTION ...organization/management process of human resources, production, operations, marketing, distribution, and finances; risk management; ethics/legalistic management; international business; accounting, computers, and data processing.
10-196-134 LEGAL ISSUES-SUPERVISORS ...legal practices of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, selection, evaluation/promotion, employee discipline, firing, EEOC and nondiscrimination, employee privacy, workplace harassment, FMLA, ADA and unions.
10-196-136 SAFETY-WORKPLACE ...safety awareness, federal/state/local compliance, inspections, risk analysis, workplace violence, substance abuse, health hazards, first aid, CPR, fire and electrical safety, and emergency preparedness.
10-196-145 WORKPLACE INNOVATION ...use of inventive thinking techniques and innovative methods to improve work processes in multiple workplace environments; research and analyze the use of technology in businesses to promote innovation in the workplace; develop an innovative, entrepreneurial, and entrepreneurial mindset.
10-196-164 SUPERVISORS-PERSONAL SKILLS ...time management and personal planning, emotional intelligence, effective communication, assertiveness and stress management related to the challenges of a supervisor.
10-196-169 DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE ...diversity in the workplace, analyze the effect of perceptions, attitudes, biases, and organization culture on diversity, dealing with barriers, measuring progress, and celebrating success.
10-196-188 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS ...the role of project management, developing a project proposal, demonstration of relevant software, working with project teams, sequencing tasks, charting progress, dealing with variations, budgets and resources, implementation, and assessment.
10-196-189 TEAM BUILDING/PROBLEM SOLVING ...benefits and challenges of group work, necessary roles in a team, stages of team development, meeting facilitation, different approaches to problem solving, consensus, data acquisition, analysis, developing alternative solutions, implementation and evaluation.
10-196-190 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ...leadership effectiveness and organization requirements, individual and group motivation strategies, vision, mission and goals, ethical behavior, leadership style and adaptation, impacts of power and influence, employee development, coaching, managing change, and conflict resolution.
10-196-191 SUPERVISION ...front-line leadership including teamwork, setting goals, planning, delegation, controlling, communication, motivation, performance management, staffing, training, problem solving, and conflict management.
10-196-192 MANAGING-QUALITY ...developing a personal philosophy of quality, identifying all stakeholder relationships, meeting/exceeding customer expectations, managing a quality improvement project, measuring effectiveness, lean thinking, six sigma, and systems thinking.
10-196-193 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ...impacts of EEOC, writing job descriptions, recruitment, selection, conducting job interviews, orientation, developing policies and procedures, training, performance, counseling and development, and compensation and benefit strategies.
10-196-196 LEADERSHIP CAPSTONE ...leadership assessment, career research and planning; task management, human relations leadership, and professional self-development through the culminating experience of leading a real-life, hands-on project. (Prerequisites: 10-196-189, Team Building/Problem Solving; 10-196-190, Leadership Development; 10-196-188, Project Management Fundamentals)
10-196-199 BUSINESS ETHICS ...ethical points-of-view, morality/ethical theory, utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, justice and the market system, whistle-blowing, trade secrets/conflict of interest, privacy, advertising, product safety, corporate social responsibility, international business.
10-801-136 ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 ...learners develop knowledge/skills in planning, organizing, writing, editing. Students will also analyze audience/purpose, use elements of research, format documents using standard guidelines, and develop critical reading skills. 3 cr.
10-801-198 SPEECH ...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 the listening process. 3 cr.
10-801-196 ORAL/INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ...the communication process, perception and self-concept, language, listening, nonverbal communication, interpersonal relationships, communication in groups and public communication; prepare and deliver an oral presentation. 3 cr.
10-804-123 MATH W BUSINESS APPS ...real numbers; basic operations; proportions/one variable; percents, simple/compound interest; annuity; apply math concepts to purchasing/buying process, selling process; and basic statistics with business/consumer applications. (Prerequisite: Recommendation:Accuplacer Arithmetic = 65). 3 cr.
10-809-197 CONTEMPORARY AMER SOCIETY...the major social institutions within the American society: government, family, education, religion, and economic system. 3 cr.
10-809-195 ECONOMICS ...scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, and global economic issues. 3 cr.
10-809-198 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY ...survey of theoretical foundations of human behavior such as sensation and perception, motivation, emotions, learning, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, stress, and human diversity in personal, social and vocational settings. 3 cr.
10-809-199 PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONS ...decision making, motivation, conflict resolution, learning strategies, growth and adjustment, diversity, psychological theories, relationships, psychological disorders, stress, career analysis, social psychology, and lifespan development. 3 cr.