BTECA 116 Business English II (3 credits)

2. Proofread and edit written business documents to meet communication objectives and style guide conventions.

3. Communicate effectively, efficiently, accurately, and concisely appropriate to various business settings.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communications skills Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

BTECA 117 Business Mathematics (5 credits)

2. Critically evaluate business word problems by using appropriate mathematical formulas in order to solve for the requested information.

3. Solve equations by completing correct algebraic processes.

4. Interpret data from applicable tables (for example, present value/compound value) to solve business related problems.

5. Evaluate solutions for reasonableness.

6. Construct equations from information given in real-world business scenarios.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Effectively complete tasks and solve problems that require computation in the workplace by utilizing knowledge of business math processes, computer application functions, and accounting procedures. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Minor Core Ability: Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECA 121 Microsoft Excel: Prepare Basic Worksheets (1 credit)

2. Demonstrate the ability to use the Help features of MS Excel.

3. Create basic formulas using mathematical functions and operators.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 122 Microsoft Excel: Manage Workbooks (1 credit)

2. Manage workbooks by integrating data and formulas between worksheets.

3. Apply formatting features to workbooks and worksheets in MS Excel.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 123 Microsoft Excel: Financial Formulas and Charts (1 credit)

2. Apply financial formulas to create meaningful reports for business use.

3. Create charts to manipulate and showcase key business data and increase readability for business reports.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 124 Microsoft Excel: Manage Tables and Import Data (1 credit)

2. Demonstrate the ability to manipulate data within a worksheet.

3. Demonstrate the ability to import data and text files from other programs.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 130 Microsoft PowerPoint: Create and Modify a PowerPoint Presentation (1 credit)

2. Demonstrate the ability to use the Help features of MS PowerPoint.

3. Demonstrate the ability to modify the appearance of presentations in MS PowerPoint.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communication skills with diverse people in the office environment. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 131 Microsoft PowerPoint: Visual Elements & Themes (1 credit)

2. Create PowerPoint presentations implementing elements into the slides.

3. Apply tables, SmartArt, charts, and photo albums in the creation of MS PowerPoint presentations

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communication skills with diverse people in the office environment. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 132 Microsoft PowerPoint: Customize and Share Presentation (1 credit)

2. Apply custom animation and slide show settings to MS PowerPoint presentations to manage audience interaction with slides.

3. Effectively import and export presentations for sharing among users.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communications skills with diverse people in the office environment. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 136 Ten-Key Mastery (1 credit)

2. Demonstrate data entry by touch with proper fingering.

3. Demonstrate proper ergonomic position at the computer workstation.

4. Apply data entry skills for employment scenarios.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 140 Microsoft Access: Create Tables and Relationships (1 credit)

2. Demonstrate the ability to create and modify tables within an MS Access database.

3. Demonstrate the ability to create and edit relationships within an MS Access database.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 141 Microsoft Access: Create Queries and Forms (1 credit)

2. Identify the appropriate use of queries, tables, and forms in MS Access Database.

3. Demonstrate the ability to design and modify queries, tables, and forms in an MS Access Database.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 142 Microsoft Access: Create Reports and Manage Data (1 credit)

2. Apply advanced features to maintain and protect records in a database.

3. Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage data in MS Access and in relation to other programs.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Employ software and/or technology to manage information. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 145 Records Management (5 credits)

2. Apply filing principles to manual and electronic records storage. 

3. Apply the basic concepts of electronic databases for the purpose of records management.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Identify and understand the role of industry-specific professional organizations. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking (CCRT): Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECA 160 Business Document Formatting: Basic (1 credit)

2. Key, proofread, and edit business and academic reports.

3. Use standard proofreader marks to edit copy.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office.

Core Ability: Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 10
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10

BTECA 161 Business Document Formatting: Advanced (1 credit)

B. Key, proofread, format, and edit academic reports using a style guide.

C. Key, proofread, format, and edit resumes, end-notes, and bibliographies.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 2
Lab Contact Hours 16
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 18

BTECA 180 Microsoft Outlook (3 credits)

2. Demonstrate proficiency with customizing the tools in MS Outlook.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:  Employ software and/or technology to manage information.  Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office.  Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Total Contact Hours 30

BTECA 205 Office Procedures (5 credits)

2. Manage productivity through time management and prioritization of work-related tasks. 

3. Research various career postions and organizations associated with those careers. 

4. Exhibit employment readiness through development of job search skills. 

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:

1. Work independently and in teams.

2. Interact courteously and responsibly with a diverse group of people in the office environment.

3. Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communication skills with diverse people in the office environment.

4. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office.

Core Abilities:

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECA 245 Cooperative Work Experience I (3 credits)

2. Demonstrate and apply skill sets learned throughout the student’s program of study.

3. Demonstrate appropriate attitudes and work ethics on the job.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Interact courteously and responsibly with diverse people in the office environment. Model positive, ethical behavior as it impacts workplace success. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Minor Core Ability: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 90
Total Contact Hours 90

BTECA 246 Cooperative Work Experience (5 credits)

1. Work in a professional office position for 150 hours.
2. Relate recent course instruction to this internship.
3. Demonstrate job skills specific to student’s BTECH program.
4. Demonstrate attitudes and work ethic relevant to various office environments.
5. Exhibit personal responsibility for office conduct and completion of work tasks in a timely manner.

Interact courteously and responsibly with diverse people in the office environment.

Model positive ethical behavior as it impacts workplace success. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 150
Total Contact Hours 150

BTECA 247 Pathway to Career Success (5 credits)

2. Demonstrate a variety of problem - solving skills in an office setting. 

3. Apply skills needed to obtain career opportunities that align with personal skills sets, such as job searches, cover letter, resume writing, and interview skills.

4. Discuss workplace characteristics that lead to personal and professional success. 

5. Evaluate actions and impacts on the workplace community.

Degree Outcomes
Interact courteously and responsibly with diverse people in the office environment.

Model positive ethical behavior as it impacts workplace success.

Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECA 250 Business Communications (5 credits)

2. Employ a systematic approach to creating and editing documents.

3. Produce documents tailored to the audience to meet the intended purpose.

4. Compose business letters of various purposes such as expressing goodwill, attempting to persuade, or conveying a negative message.

5. Research a topic related to business communications that incorporates academic research and primary sources reflected in a written report with visual representation.

6. Use information ethically and legally.

7. Utilize researched information to compose and deliver an oral report.

8. Represent a worldwide business understanding in oral and written communication.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Communicate effectively using written, oral, and visual communications skills. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 149 Introduction to the Medical Office (5 credits)

2. Demonstrate knowledge of differences among medical practice settings and health care delivery systems.

3. Discuss the importance of organizational, basic business, communication, and interpersonal skills and medical knowledge required of an Administrative Medical Assistant.

4. Describe the elements of teamwork that contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the medical office.

5. Examine the rationale for, importance of, and processes related to continuous quality improvement in the medical office including the continual advances in technology.

6. Summarize essential components of law related to health care and their impact on medical ethical scenarios.

7. Demonstrate understanding of the basic components and requirements of HIPAA.

8. Research various professional organizations that offer services and benefits for the Administrative Medical Assistant and related professions.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Demonstrate knowledge of the United States’ Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Model positive ethical behavior as it impacts workplace success. Demonstrate commitment to the office profession and life-long learning. Work independently and in teams.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 150 Medical Terminology I (5 credits)

2. Use basic prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms to build medical terms.

3. Convert words from singular to plural form.

4. Correctly identify proper usage of medical terms in context.

5. Demonstrate knowledge of the common rules for proper medical term formation, pronunciation, and spelling.

6. Relate terminology to the names, locations, and functions of the organs in the body systems.

7. Describe the medical terms that pertain to the whole body, such as body planes, body regions and quadrants, body cavities, and divisions of the back region.

8. Identify correct terminology for pathological conditions along with diagnostic tests and treatments for the various body systems studied in this course.

9. Define common terms and abbreviations in medical records related to the systems of the body.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Understand and properly define medical terminology and anatomy.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 151 Medical Terminology II (5 credits)

2. Use basic prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms to build medical terms.

3. Convert words from singular to plural form.

4. Correctly identify proper usage of medical terms in context.

5. Demonstrate knowledge of the common rules for proper medical term formation, pronunciation, and spelling.

6. Relate terminology to the names, locations, and functions of the organs of the body systems.

7. Identify correct terminology for pathological conditions along with diagnostic tests and treatments for the various body systems studied in this course.

8. Define common terms and abbreviations in medical records related to the systems of the body.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Understand and properly define medical terminology and anatomy.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 244 Medical Office Simulation (3 credits)

B-1 Demonstrate medical office skills: interpersonal communications, records management, written communications, financial administration, and office management.

C-1 Use of efficient work habits: prioritization, problem solving, and time management.

C-2 Demonstrate appropriate attitudes toward co-workers, clients, instructors, fellow students, and community members.

C-3 Demonstrate appropriate work ethic: reliability, punctuality, confidentiality, etc.

E-1 Research possible job opportunities for future employment through use of social media, professional organizations, internet, etc.

E-1 Locate and identify possible Administrative Medical Assistant jobs and/or Billing/Coding positions.

E-2 Produce a professional cover letter for possible Administrative Medical Assistant positions.

E-3 Produce a professional resume for possible Administrative Medical Assistant positions.

F-1 Explain impact of service learning project through reflection assignment.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office.Demonstrate commitment to the office profession and life-long learning.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 10
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

BTECM 250 Medical Claims and Insurance Management (5 credits)

2. Display basic knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding and define the differences between these systems.

3. Extract information from case studies to accurately complete the appropriate insurance claim form or forms.

4. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of electronic claims submissions and the safeguards that need to be in place to ensure confidentiality.

5. Explain the impact of coding compliance and clinical documentation on health care settings.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Demonstrate knowledge of the United States’ Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 254 CPT Coding (5 credits)

2. Apply coding conventions and guidelines when assigning procedure codes.

3. Explain how the levels of Evaluation and Management (E/M) services are determined.

4. Evaluate the medical record to assign the appropriate CPT, HCPCS, and International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) codes.

5. Utilize the various appendices of the CPT manual to complete a task.

6. Apply correct coding modifiers.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office. Manage time and multiple tasks appropriate to the office. Work independently and in diverse teams. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of medical billing and coding rules and regulations.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 255 Diagnosis Coding (5 credits)

2. Explain the importance of accurate diagnostic coding in relation to quality of care, medical necessity, and reimbursement.

3. Verify that documentation supports the appropriate diagnosis coding and has been obtained from valid sources.

4. Describe the purpose of the ICD-10-CM code set.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Demonstrate and apply knowledge of medical billing and coding rules and regulations. Work independently and in diverse teams. Evaluate the impact of personal attendance and meeting deadlines.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate, and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 256 Advanced Coding and Reimbursement (5 credits)

2. Apply coding guidelines to properly sequence diagnosis, procedure, and supplies codes.

3. Synthesize the various resources and tools used by coding professionals.

4. Demonstrate effective professional communication with payers, healthcare providers, and patients.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Communicate effectively using written and oral communications skills with diverse people in the office environment. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of medical billing and coding rules and regulations.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate, and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

BTECM 257 Electronic Health Records (5 credits)

2. Identify the major healthcare regulatory bodies and their functions in the U.S.

3. Identify attributes and functions of Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record (EMR/EHR) and the benefits of a well-maintained EMR/EHR.

4. Enter and revise data in a simulated EMR/EHR to include patient data, orders, codes for billing, and procedure reports.

5. Explain how current and emerging technologies have impacted and may continue to effect consumer health.

6. Outline the principles and methodologies underlying standards for healthcare data interchange regulations and practices.

7. Identify the main issues and discuss trends in healthcare privacy, administrative safeguards, and security management.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards. Demonstrate knowledge of the United States Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 130 Customer Relationship Management (5 credits)

2. Analyze and explain the various elements of a customer service culture including the following: service philosophy, organizational mission, policies and procedures, customer feedback techniques, employee behavior, roles and expectations.

3. Develop and apply strategies for communicating with different behavioral and personality styles.

4. Identify and apply appropriate telephone customer service skills including answering the phone, transferring the customer, using call waiting and voice mail, and following up with customers.

5. Develop and apply strategies for handling difficult customers’ encounters including dissatisfied, indecisive, angry, demanding, rude, and talkative customers.

6. List and apply cultural factors that impact customer service in a diverse business environment.

7. Develop an action plan for service recovery following a breakdown in quality, quantity, or type of product service delivered.

8. Design and evaluate market research tied to customer service. Analyze and present results in a professional manner.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Communicate and resolve conflict respectfully and effectively while demonstrating the skill to offer and receive feedback. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 136 Web Usability & E-Commerce (5 credits)

2. Use industry standard tools, applications and strategies to test, measure and analyze website usability, online user behavior and information design effectiveness.

3. Design and evaluate wireframe models of websites and e-commerce applications for maximum user interaction, accessibility, and satisfaction.

4. Research and discuss knowledge, skills and abilities required for professional positions in the fields of user-centered design, website usability and e-commerce user experience for business.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 137 Independent Contracting (3 credits)

2. Explain requirements for setting up basic bookkeeping, including taxes, expenses and purchases.

3. Review contracts for critical points, such as payment schedule, delivery requirements, rights and responsibilities, and propose reasonable amendments. 4. Create a time management plan that includes effective amounts of time for completing professional activities and business operations.

5. Analyze own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) to improve marketability.

6. Create a marketing plan of action, including networking and social media.

7. Create a written viable business plan using external research.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

MNGT 138 Information Design for Business (5 credits)

2. Develop and analyze targeted business and marketing content strategies that meet expectations of specific user audiences and integrate best practices in information design.

3. Research and discuss knowledge, skills and abilities required for professional positions in the fields of business information design and user experience for the web and social media.

4. Identify what makes video and podcasting mediums effective for digital marketing.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 139 Social Media Digital Content for Business (5 credits)

2. Research and discuss knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional positions in the fields of social media content and digital content creation. 3. Plan and develop effective and engaging digital content for business that is appropriate for distribution on multiple social media platforms.

4. Evaluate and propose strategies for delivering effective marketing messages and business content for the web and social media channels.

Degree Outcomes
Program outcome: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 141 Professional Portfolio (3 credits)

2. Create a professional career video or multimedia presentation that demonstrates knowledge, skills and abilities developed in a college program of study. 3. Communicate an effective personal brand based on core values and professional best practices to an appropriate audience in a student’s chosen career or industry.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

MNGT 182 Creative Sales and Customer Relationship Management (5 credits)

2. Analyze and explain the various elements of a customer service culture including the following: service philosophy; organizational mission, policies, and procedures; customer feedback techniques; employee behavior, roles, and expectations.

3. Develop and apply strategies for communicating across cultures with different behavioral and personality styles.

4. Develop and apply strategies for handling difficult customer encounters including dissatisfied, indecisive, angry, demanding, rude, and talkative customers.

5. Develop and deliver effective professional oral presentations.

6. Develop a manual that demonstrates effective sales and customer service principles.

7. Explain basic ethical standards in a professional environment.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: ABPO 1. (HRS) Communication. Communicate effectively in various forms using an appropriate channel for the situation. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 186 Professional Development (3 credits)

2. Develop methods to strategically expand professional networks and evaluate each for potential impact on desired career path.

3. Formulate professional action plans that outline steps needed to achieve education plans, career goals, and professional aspirations.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Strategic Thinking. Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate business problems in order to design and execute effective and ethical business solutions. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

MNGT 275 Introduction to Visual Promotion (5 credits)

3. Identify and demonstrate the use of the elements and principles of design in visual promotion.

4. Identify and explain various target markets for specific products or services including analysis of business image as it relates to customer attraction and sales promotions in order to demonstrate knowledge of a cohesive visual promotion plan.

5. Develop promotional plans using promotional components including: branding, budgeting, marketing, and cooperative advertising for specifically identified business structures and target markets.

6. Design and produce visual materials for a promotional press kit including development of logo, letterhead, business card, print advertising, direct mail brochure, special promotion items, media kit, and online presence plan.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Display proactive behavior in project development and completion Develop and critically assess technical and/or creative business documents Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 276 Employment Law: Human Resource Legal Issues (5 credits)

2. Identify the major federal and state administrative agencies regulating employment, delineating: a. their authority to regulate employment, b. the processes they use in performing those regulatory functions, and c. the offices and officials within those agencies who interact with outside entities in order to resolve employment-related matters.

3. Discuss and explain major federal and state statutes of conditions of employment, together with related regulations, as applied by the courts regarding : a. discrimination based on a variety of cultural traits, such as gender, age, race, religion, national origin, and ability, and including sexual harassment and affirmative action b. safety, including payment to workers for job-related injuries, and c. compensation and public policy issues, such as overtime and child labor.

4. Analyze significant federal and state statutes, together with related regulations, as applied by the courts to the establishment and administration of retirement trusts.

5. Examine major federal and state statutes, together with related regulations, as applied by the courts to the labor-management relationship, including the establishment and operation of unions and the negotiation and administration of collectively bargained agreements.

6. Demonstrate, relative to initiating, maintaining, and defending against legal actions pertaining to employment matters, the ability to: a. gather and organize relevant, reliable information, and b. prepare the forms typically required.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Minor Core Ability: Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 282 Principles of Marketing (5 credits)

2. Conduct research to develop a marketing strategy. The research will consider such issues as demand, competition, environmental climate, resources, distribution factors, ethical standards, and political and legal constraints.

3. Develop a written marketing plan, as a result of research, that employs an effective and viable marketing strategy.

4. Describe, explain and present the marketing strategy.

5. Prepare a written critique of the marketing plan that identifies strengths as well as opportunities for improvement.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome(s): Develop and critically assess technical and/or creative business documents. Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 283 Principles of Management (5 credits)

MNGT 284 Small Business Management (5 credits)

2. Develop a preliminary business plan including business description, product strategy, legal requirements, market analysis, marketing plan, management team, organizational structure, and financial plan.

3. Research a small business opportunity using a variety of information sources.

4. Identify various elements that distinguish a successful business plan from an unsuccessful business plan including professional presentation, comprehensive approach to organizational factors, accurate data, and funding contingencies.

5. Describe the interdependent relationship of various business functions related to small business including marketing, finance, human resources, and business operations.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:

Display proactive behavior in project development and completion.

Develop and critically assess technical and/or creative business documents.

Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 289 Work Based Learning (3 credits)

MNGT 293 Retailing & Merchandising (5 credits)

2. Perform retail sales computations required of the retail sales environment.

3. Compare and contrast the different sales formats and ownership options of retail operations.

4. Analyze interrelationships within the online and offline retail environments considering: business location, traffic patterns, customer demographics, sales volumes, inventory management, and advertising in order to evaluate business models.

5. Develop and apply productivity measures in order to evaluate merchandising objectives within retail environments including: turnover, stock-to-sales ratios, inventory planning, sales pro forma, space management, and seasonal and promotional opportunities.

6. Create a hierarchy associated with each retail employee function including basic safety and legal issues related to retail situations.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Display proactive behavior in project development and completion. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 294 Leading Teams Through Innovation and Change (5 credits)

2. Describe and analyze how emotional intelligence impacts leadership effectiveness.

3. Describe and analyze how power dynamics, organizational politics affect organizational growth.

4. Apply and analyze organizational learning strategies to improve organizational performance.

5. Describe and apply effective negotiation strategies to ethically meet organizational goals.

6. Apply conflict management and negotiation techniques to solve organizational challenges.

7. Apply and analyze team building, operation, and behavior strategies and factors that influence team effectiveness.

8. Apply and analyze cross-functional and cross-cultural communication strategies to facilitate effective team development.

9. Apply and analyze effective coaching and team development strategies through innovation and change.

10. Apply critical and innovative thinking skills to improve decision-making processes within teams and across organizations to meet organizational goals.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: ABPO 2: Teamwork and Collaboration: Work effectively within and across groups/teams to achieve common goals. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 295 Human Resource Management (5 credits)

MNGT 296 Current Trends in Human Resources (5 credits)

2. Write and facilitate a behaviorally-anchored structured job interview.

3. Participate in a mock behaviorally-anchored structured job interview as (1) interviewer and (2) applicant.

4. Assess a position in an organization to define the “soft skills” competencies essential to success in the position.

5. Design a process and describe accountability standards for successful implementation of individual development plans in organizations.

6. Write an ADA/EEOC compliant mock employee policy manual containing, at a minimum, a sexual harassment policy, a substance abuse policy, and a policy regarding the employer’s treatment of employees and applicants with disabilities.

7. Write two mock ADA/EEOC compliant job descriptions, one for an exempt position and one for a non-exempt position.

8. Prepare a comprehensive training curriculum outline (e.g., for an orientation training program).

9. Prepare comprehensive questions for, and interview with, a human resources manager to ascertain relevancy and consistency of course content with “real-world” experiences.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Exercise and role model positive ethical behavior. Communicate and resolve conflict respectfully and effectively while demonstrating the skill to offer and receive feedback. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 298 Work Based Learning (3 credits)

2. Set workplace learning objectives, develop a plan for accomplishing these objectives, document the learning process, and assess their success in reaching the objectives.

3. Write a career path plan communicating where they want to be in their careers five years in the future and the steps they will take to make it happen.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:

Communicate and resolve conflict respectfully and effectively while demonstrating the skill to offer and receive feedback.

Display proactive behavior in project development and completion.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 90
Total Contact Hours 90

MNGT 310 Systems Theory and Applied Business Management (5 credits)

2. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of systems theory in creating a more inclusive decision-making environment.

3. Compare and contrast systems theory and other theories across various management styles and to day-to-day operational decision making.

4. Identify a persistent management problem related to issues (such as ethics, law, demographics, automation, or globalization) and apply systems theory to solve the problem.

5. Using systems theory, evaluate an organization’s hiring, customer service, or marketing practice; and, provide a framework for integrating systems and critical thinking into a managerial decision-making processes.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 330 Adaptive Leadership and Organizational Learning (5 credits)

MNGT 350 Applied Human Resource Development (5 credits)

2. Describe various human behaviors in organizations and explain the role of management strategies, including motivational theory, to influence individual and organization behavior.

3. Explain factors for effective and ineffective human resource management practices, especially in the context of cultural complexity.

4. Apply effective teamwork, leadership, and motivational strategies to diverse organizational settings and evaluate results.

5. Apply systems theory and economic concepts to analyze managerial considerations in human resource development – especially as they relate to the global economy.

6. Use analytical tools to assess and evaluate employee benefits concepts and plans in the context of administrative and compliance considerations.

7. Identify a training need for a local organization of substantial size; design a training program using systems theory and human resource development theory; evaluate strengths and weaknesses.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 2. Collaboration and Teamwork - Work responsibly, respectfully, and inclusively within and across diverse groups/teams to achieve common goals. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. 4. Creativity and Innovation - Maintain an open, adaptive, and innovative mindset to analyze and evaluate merits of ideas, learn from mistakes, and continuously create value. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. 2. Legal and Ethical Practice – Use ethical and legal practices in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational processes and products. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 1. Apply effective time management, delegation, and organization principles to meet personal and organizational goals. 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 395 Global Human Resource Management (5 credits)

2. Analyze organizations’ human resource management policies and practices in how they reflect the cultural, national, and global environments. 

3. Evaluate strategies used to build and maintain a diverse workforce environment that is socially and culturally responsible.

4.  Reflect on how one’s own positionality and biases impact the implementation of human resource management policies and practices.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Communicate and resolve conflict respectfully and effectively while demonstrating the skill to offer and receive feedback.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 410 Business Strategy and Decision-Making (5 credits)

2. Analyze business models and how these affect business functions.

3. Analyze ethical and legal problems within business situations, choose a resolution, and defend that ethical choice.

4. Analyze corporate strategies within global, digital, and cultural contexts.

5. Analyze and evaluate strategic objectives, evaluate trade-offs, uncertainties, and risks.

6. Evaluate business performance and choose high-value strategic options against known criteria.

7. Use mathematical and analytical tools to compute decision-making factors.

8. Explain the role of systematic cognitive biases and traps that operate on individuals and groups and adopt strategies to overcome them.

9. Create and evaluate a decision-making process to solve a problem that is difficult to solve due to lack of time or data, limited resources, or level of complexity.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 2. Collaboration and Teamwork - Work responsibly, respectfully, and inclusively within and across diverse groups/teams to achieve common goals. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. 4. Creativity and Innovation - Maintain an open, adaptive, and innovative mindset to analyze and evaluate merits of ideas, learn from mistakes, and continuously create value. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. 2. Legal and Ethical Practice – Use ethical and legal practices in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational processes and products. 3. Digital and Information Competency – Use relevant technology and analytical tools to understand and solve problems; create and evaluate ideas; and find and assess quality information for responsible applications. C. Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, Entrepreneurship 1. Sustainable Business Model – Use systems theory, business principles, and an adaptive mindset to analyze and make short- and long-term business decisions in context of the greater environment and society. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Minor Core Ability- Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 420 Marketing for Managers (5 credits)

2. Analyze legal and ethical considerations and expectations in the marketplace with special considerations of manifestations in social media platforms.

3. Apply various analytical tools to assess marketing variables that inform marketing decisions.

4. Evaluate marketing concepts in the context of changing environmental conditions, consumer preferences, market opportunities, and changing demographics.

5. Compute various marketing costs and returns on investment, lifetime customer value, and other marketing metrics and evaluate viability of marketing proposals.

6. Create a marketing plan that communicates, captures, and creates value for a target market.

7. Evaluate successful and failed marketing plans and analyze contributing factors.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. 4. Creativity and Innovation - Maintain an open, adaptive, and innovative mindset to analyze and evaluate merits of ideas, learn from mistakes, and continuously create value. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. 3. Digital and Information Competency – Use relevant technology and analytical tools to understand and solve problems; create and evaluate ideas; and find and assess quality information for responsible applications. C. Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, entrepreneurship 1. Sustainable Business Model – Use systems theory, business principles, and an adaptive mindset to analyze and make short- and long-term business decisions in context of the greater environment and society. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 430 Applied Accounting for Managers (5 credits)

2. Analyze managerial financial results and provide recommendations for planning and improvement.

3. Demonstrate costing and cost-analysis techniques in both manufacturing and service industries.

4. Analyze the relationship between financial and non-financial information in managerial decision-making.

5. Analyze and evaluate significance of capital investment decisions in order to determine their long-term profitability.

6. Clearly and concisely communicate relevant financial and non-financial information so that decision makers can make informed decisions.

7. Identify ethical accounting issues and apply principles of ethics and civic responsibility to maintain professional and organizational integrity as well as legal compliance.

8. Apply managerial accounting techniques and analytical tools in the business decision-making process with attention to short- and long-term financial planning and controlling implications.

9. Conduct a financial analysis of a publicly traded company.

Degree Outcomes
A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. 2. Legal and Ethical Practice – Use ethical and legal practices in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational processes and products. C. Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, entrepreneurship 1. Sustainable Business Model – Use systems theory, business principles, and an adaptive mindset to analyze and make short- and long-term business decisions in context of the greater environment and society. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 450 Operations and Logistics for Managers (5 credits)

MNGT 460 Applied Financial Management (5 credits)

2. Describe investments and securities markets (e.g., bonds, equities, derivatives, portfolio theory and risks) and their role in organizational finance.

3. Explain time value of money, sustainable finance, municipal markets, and quantitative risk management.

4. Use mathematical, statistical, and other analytical tools to assess business activities and solve financial problems.

5. Use systems theory to explain complexities of financial decisions and long-term financial commitments – critical components of business success or failure.

6. Analyze role of competition, technological changes, inflation, interest rates, taxation, foreign exchange rates, global economic uncertainty, and other factors on organizational decision-making.

7. Apply basic financial management principles in risk management to make sound financial decisions.

8. Analyze financial scenarios and evaluate possible outcomes.

Degree Outcomes
A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. 2. Legal and Ethical Practice – Use ethical and legal practices in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational processes and products. C. Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, entrepreneurship 1. Sustainable Business Model – Use systems theory, business principles, and an adaptive mindset to analyze and make short- and long-term business decisions in context of the greater environment and society. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 470 Business Development and Negotiations (5 credits)

2. Apply marketability strategies (oral, written, visual, etc.) and tools (analytics, applications, social media, etc.) to sell ideas.

3. Apply ethical communication strategies to mobilize people and resources.

4. Assess market opportunities for the purpose of creating, communicating, and capturing value across diverse stakeholders.

5. Use ethical negotiation and persuasion principles to achieve personal and organizational objectives.

6. Demonstrate how and when to make concessions and to avoid self-inflicted negotiation mistakes.

7. Analyze the role collaborative negotiations play in business relationships.

8. Develop and evaluate strategies to build endurance, foster authentic confidence, and sustain partnerships over time.

9. Use creativity and value-based negotiations and ethics-based influence to achieve successful closure and maintain productive, trust-based business and organizational relationships.

Degree Outcomes
A. 21st Century Competencies – Mastery on the four Cs : 1. Communication - Effectively communicate within groups, across organizational levels, and with diverse stakeholders. Actively listen and apply appropriate inter- and intrapersonal skills to effectively interact across perspectives and contexts. 2. Collaboration and Teamwork - Work responsibly, respectfully, and inclusively within and across diverse groups/teams to achieve common goals. 3. Critical Thinking - Use systems theory to understand and analyze trends and organizational problems as well as to construct and evaluate evidence-based solution options. 4. Creativity and Innovation - Maintain an open, adaptive, and innovative mindset to analyze and evaluate merits of ideas, learn from mistakes, and continuously create value. B. Core Business Competencies: Economics, operations, marketing, accounting/finance, ethics/legal 1. Strategic Thinking – Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze and solve business problems in order to meet organizational goals. C. Business Model Orientation: Sustainability, entrepreneurship 1. Sustainable Business Model – Use systems theory, business principles, and an adaptive mindset to analyze and make short- and long-term business decisions in context of the greater environment and society. D. Self-Management and Professional Development: General management, professionalism 2. Apply inclusive problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation practices to promote professional and organizational success in diverse settings. 3. Apply high professionalism standards to demonstrate integrity, responsibility, and continuous growth. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

MNGT 490 Strategic Management Capstone (3 credits)

MNGT 498 Strategic Management Internship (2 credits)

CHEM& 100 Preparatory Chemistry (5 credits)

2. Balance simple chemical equations.

3. Solve problems using units in dimensional analysis including kilo-, centi-, milli- metric prefixes, along with simple English/metric conversions.

4. Express and manipulate numbers using scientific notation and significant figures.

5. State why measured quantities need to be expressed using significant figures.

6. Relate energy changes to chemical equations.

7. Describe the basic structure of atoms and ions and relate them to their location on the Periodic Table, their charge, and the number of fundamental particles.

8. Relate physical and chemical properties to the Periodic Table, including metals, non-metals, metalloids, group names, ionic charge, and valence electrons.

9. Demonstrate an understanding of the basics of chemical bonding including polarity of diatomic molecules.

10. Demonstrate a working knowledge of inorganic nomenclature.

11. Describe the states and properties of matter.

12. Demonstrate an understanding of the mole and Avogadro’s number.

13. Perform gram/mole conversions and mole/mole stoichiometric calculations.

14. Make and interpret graphs.

15. Use chemical vocabulary appropriately.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CHEM& 110 Chemical Concepts w/ Lab (5 credits)

2. Discuss how chemistry impacts their daily life.

3. Describe physical phenomena on a molecular level.

4. Describe the structure of matter.

5. Relate energy changes to changes on a molecular level.

6. Relate physical and chemical properties to the periodic table.

7. Describe how and why atoms come together to make molecules.

8. Demonstrate how chemical data is acquired in a laboratory setting.

9. Connect laboratory experiences to real world applications.

10. Practice standard laboratory safety precautions.

11. Communicate the results of laboratory work.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

CHEM& 121 Introduction to Chemistry (5 credits)

2. Generate conversion factors from available information.

3. Perform calculations and determine whether the answer is reasonable.

4. Use basic chemical vocabulary appropriately such as atom, molecule, chemical property, and density.

5. Relate chemical and physical properties and electron configuration to the position of an element/atom on the periodic table.

6. Distinguish between ionic and covalent compounds.

7. Name chemical compounds.

8. Write formulas of compounds from their names.

9. Write and balance chemical equations.

10. Predict chemical formulas using ionic charges and empirical formulas.

11. Perform stoichiometric calculations using mol/mol and mol/gram relationships.

12. Describe and explain gaseous behavior.

13. Describe s and p atomic orbitals and draw the shapes.

14. Describe the states of matter and the factors that affect the transitions between one state and another.

15. Explain how intermolecular forces affect the physical properties of matter.

16. Write chemical equations for reactions which occur in aqueous solutions.

17. Identify oxidation-reduction reactions.

18. Perform calculations related to the preparation of solutions involving molarity, gram-percent and dilution.

19. Complete and balance neutralization reactions.

20. Identify acids and bases.

21. Demonstrate an understanding of pH by relating it to hydrogen ion concentration and hydroxide ion concentration.

22. Describe and explain the formation and function of a buffer system.

23. Describe and explain the factors that affect the rate of reaction.

24. Describe the relationship between energy changes and chemical processes.

25. Describe equilibrium and relate it to Le Chatelier and the size of the equilibrium constant.

26. Describe and carry out simple experiments.

27. Use standard laboratory equipment appropriately.

28. Practice standard laboratory safety precautions.

29. Use chemical reference material appropriately.

30. Communicate the results of laboratory work, including calculations and graphs.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

CHEM& 131 Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (6 credits)

2. Name selected organic molecules using International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) based on condensed or structural formulas.

3. Draw structural or condensed formulas from IUPAC names.

4. Describe the molecular geometry in organic molecules.

5. Relate physical properties to molar mass, polarity and functional group.

6. Describe the reactions of organic functional groups and relate them to metabolic pathways.

7. Identify and explain the reactions that form carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. 8.Describe and draw: structural isomers, geometric isomers, stereoisomers.

9. Differentiate glycosidic linkages, anomerism, metabolic value, and optical rotation between different classes of carbohydrates.

10. Classify lipids and discuss their physiological importance.

11. Relate saponification, hydrolysis and esterification to lipids.

12. Classify amino acids based on their chemical structure.

13. Relate the structure of polypeptides to the amino acids it contains and to peptide bonds.

14. Describe the interactions between amino acids as they relate to primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary protein structures and how these are affected by denaturation.

15. Relate isoelectric point of amino acids to charge, electrophoresis, and zwitterions.

16. Describe the models of enzyme activity.

17. Discuss how enzyme activity is affected by pH, temperature, substrate concentration, and enzyme concentration.

18. Explain the relationship between glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the fatty acid spiral.

19. Describe Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) production.

20. Describe the structure and function of DNA and RNA, and relate them to replication, transcription and translation.

21. Explain protein synthesis and the impact of mutations on protein synthesis.

22.Design and carry out experiments.

23.Use standard laboratory equipment appropriately.

24.Practice standard laboratory safety precautions.

25.Use chemical reference materials appropriately.

26.Communicate the results of laboratory work.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 70

CHEM& 139 General Chemistry Prep (5 credits)

2. Express and manipulate numbers using scientific notation and significant figures.

3. Recognize the importance of significant figures in measurements.

4. Apply significant figures to measurements.

5. Solve problems using units and dimensional analysis including cubed units such as m3 to cm3 and density.

6. Generate and use conversion factors from available information.

7. Construct and interpret graphs.

8. Describe the fundamental organization of the periodic table.

9. Describe the fundamental differences between the states of matter.

10. Describe the basic structure of an atom.

11. Use inorganic nomenclature system including a discussion of the properties of common acids and bases and their pH.

12. Predict when an ionic or covalent bond will form.

13. Relate the mass of a substance to the concept of the mole and Avogadro’s number.

14. Write and balance chemical equations.

15. Perform mole-mole, gram-gram, percent and theoretical yield calculations from a balanced equation.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CHEM& 141 General Chemistry I: Non-Lab (5 credits)

2. Explain the relationship between reactants and products in a chemical reaction by calculating stoichiometric qualities, and evaluating the reasonableness and accuracy of these calculations. 

3. Describe gaseous behavior and gas laws using kinetic molecular theory.

4. Explain the role of heat transfer in chemical and physical processes and apply these to thermodynamics.

5. Describe the historical development of atomic theories.

6. Explain chemical and physical properties of elements by applying current atomic theories.

7. Demonstrate via multiple modalities how course-specific concepts and theories apply to physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatments.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CHEM& 142 General Chemistry II: Non-Lab (5 credits)

2. Describe, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the various aspects of mixtures including concentration, solubility, and colligative properties.

3. Apply the 2nd law of thermodynamics and its applications to chemical systems.

4. Describe factors that affect rates of chemical reactions and apply rate laws to calculate rate order and activation energy.

5. Describe, predict, and calculate the outcomes resulting from the interaction of acids, bases, buffers and salts and complex ions, using the concept of chemical equilibrium Demonstrate via multiple modalities how course-specific concepts and theories apply to physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatments

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CHEM& 161 General Chemistry w/Lab I (5 credits)

2. Calculate stoichiometric quantities using stoichiometric relationships and determine the reasonableness of answers. 

3. Apply kinetic molecular theory to describe gaseous behavior and gas laws.

4. Explain the role of heat transfer in chemical and physical processes and apply these to thermodynamics.

5. Use a variety of course-specific laboratory techniques to safely carry out lab procedures and describe the results.

6. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

CHEM& 162 General Chemistry w/Lab ll (5 credits)

2. Using modern bonding theories, create Lewis structures and use them to explain the geometry and polarity of covalent compounds.

3. Identify the different types of intermolecular forces and explain how their strengths influence the physical properties of matter.

4. Describe, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the various aspects of mixtures including concentration, solubility, and colligative properties.

5. Apply the 2nd law of thermodynamics and its applications to chemical systems.

6. Use a variety of course-specific laboratory techniques to safely carry out lab procedures and describe the results.

7. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

CHEM& 163 General Chem w/Lab III (5 credits)

2. Apply rate laws to calculate rate order, activation energy, and evaluate plausibility of reaction mechanisms.

3. Describe the condition of chemical equilibrium using Le Chatelier’s principle and calculate the condition of chemical equilibrium through acid base reactions, solubility, and complex ion formations. 

4. Describe, predict, and calculate outcomes resulting from the interaction of acids, bases, buffers and salts.

5. Describe how oxidation-reduction reactions are used to construct and operate electrochemical cells.

6. Calculate cell potential, equilibrium constants, and Gibbs free energy within different types of chemical cells.

7. Use a variety of course-specific laboratory techniques to safely carry out lab procedures and describe the results.

8. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

CHEM& 261 Organic Chemistry w/Lab I (6 credits)

2. Convert between structures and names of hydrocarbons in order to be able to communicate organic concepts and reactions.

3. Recognize isomerism (constitutional isomers and stereoisomers) and describe its effect on chemical and physical behavior.

4. Write arrow-pushing reaction mechanisms illustrating the flow of electrons for acid-base, substitution, elimination, and addition reactions, and use them to predict the progress of chemical reactions.

5. Use a variety of course-specific laboratory techniques to safely carry out lab procedures and describe the results.

6. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific organic chemistry concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 80

CHEM& 262 Organic Chemistry w/Lab II (6 credits)

2. Write arrow-pushing reaction mechanisms illustrating the flow of electrons and use them to predict the progress of chemical reactions, including free-radical reactions, redox reactions, organometallic reactions, and reactions involving addition to aldehyde and ketone carbonyl groups.

3. Identify organic redox reactions and indicate when to use appropriate redox reagents.

4. Describe the nomenclature, reactions, and syntheses of alcohols and ethers.

5. Describe organometallic compounds and demonstrate the use of Grignard reagents in syntheses.

6. Using various theories of bonding, explain the enhanced stability of conjugated unsaturated systems, including aromatic systems, and the specific reactions they are involved in.

7. Use a variety of course-specific organic lab techniques to safely carry out reactions and isolate natural products.

8. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific organic chemistry concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 80

CHEM& 263 Organic Chem w/Lab III (6 credits)

2. Describe the structure, reactivity, and synthesis of carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives.

3. Describe the structure, reactivity, and synthesis of amines.

4. Identify the structure and explain the basic functions of the major biological molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids).

5. Use multiple course-specific organic lab techniques to safely carry out a variety of processes, including the design and implementation of self-generated lab projects.

6. Demonstrate via multiple modalities (e.g. case studies, labs, projects) how course-specific organic chemistry concepts and theories apply to and influence the broader world.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 80

COLLG 110 College Success (3 credits)

2. Navigate and use college resources and services in order to pursue personal, academic, and career goals.

3. Implement study strategies and self-monitoring habits in order to comprehend, retain, and apply learning.

4. Engage with peers, instructors, and college community in order to build intercultural relationships that foster personal, academic, and career success.

5. Assess and develop self-efficacy in order to support success.

Degree Outcomes
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

COLLG 112 Trio College Transfer Planning (2 credits)

2. Reflect on educational experiences (both inside and outside of Pierce College) to empower students to confront challenges that may arise at a 4-year college.

• Portfolio
• Journal
• Seminar
• Class presentations
• Written evaluations
• Instructor observation

3. Determine cultural and social issues that may impact academic success at the 4-year college and develop a plan utilizing empowerment and networking strategies to overcome them.

• Personal inventories
• Portfolio
• Written evaluations
• Seminar
• Peer evaluations
• Class presentations
• Journal
• Instructor observation
• Question & answer session with guest speaker(s)
• Test

4. Discuss the role and benefits of a mentor and work with a personal mentor in order to begin developing a network of support at the 4-year college.

• Personal inventories
• Written evaluations
• Question & answer session with guest speaker(s)
• Journal
• Portfolio

5. Develop a portfolio that bridges work here at Pierce to professional/academic aspirations at the transfer institution. The portfolio will also document the student’s preparation for transitioning to a 4-year school.

• Portfolio

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

COLLG 115 Personal and Academic Success (5 credits)

2. Assess and intentionally reflect on their interests, values, skills, and strengths in order to continually explore and affirm an education and career pathway.

3. Implement study strategies and self-monitoring habits in order to comprehend, retain, and apply learning.​

4. Navigate and use college resources and services in order to pursue their personal, academic, and career goals.

5. Engage with peers, instructors, and college community in order to build intercultural relationships that foster personal, academic, and career success.

6. Engage in formal and informal collaborative work.

7. Assess personal wellness and make changes that positively impact their wellness.

8. Analyze the fundamental elements of a budget and make decisions based upon the analysis.

Degree Outcomes
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST 105 Intercultural Communication (5 credits)

1. Explain and apply field relevant terms such as defining culture, ethnicity, race, diversity in written and/or spoken contexts.
2. Explain how cultural world views shape cultural value systems and priorities which impact communication choices, and cultural responses to equity and diversity.
3. Identify key language patterns and components that reinforce cultural world views, such as but not limited to high and low context communication codes.
4. Delineate language factors that shape translation and interpretation issues and apply it across cultural and global contexts.
5. Analyze the role of cultures in determining nonverbal behavior through the study of nonverbals (including, but not limited to kinesics, proxemics, paralinguistics, and chronemics).
6. Identify key cultural factors that shape the forms and norms of how public and private relationships are conducted and apply those factors to their own experiences.  

Communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and other’s writing in order to communicate effectively.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST 330 Organizational Communication (5 credits)

2. Develop plans for effective organization communication practices across organizational networks to meet organizational goals.

3. Facilitate small group communications and resolve conflicts by using effective, organizationally appropriate communication strategies.

4. Apply key theoretical organizational communication frameworks (bureaucracy, rationality, power systems, etc.) and analyze their effects on complex organizational systems.

5. Analyze various communication contexts (global, regional, cultural, political, etc.) and evaluate how they may impact organizational communication practices.

6. Analyze how effective and ineffective communication strategies impact organizational efficiency.

7. Apply specific theories such as Weber’s Classic Organizational Theory of Fixed Structures and Tompkins and Cheney’s Organizational Control theory in order to address workplace communication challenges.

8. Apply strategies to communicate effectively in diverse settings and rapidly changing contexts.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST& 101 Introduction to Communications (5 credits)

2. Explain the differences between communication contexts, such as intrapersonal, interpersonal, and small group.

3. Explain the role of self in shaping communication choices.

4. Analyze the role of perception in the communication process.

5. Identify factors that affect communicating with persons of different cultures.

6. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic components and characteristics of language.

7. Define and identify nonverbal codes and their functions.

8. Identify and explain how reasoning affects communication.

9. Acquire empathic listening techniques.

10. Demonstrate understanding of the reasons we seek relationships.

11. Describe how roles and norms are developed.

12. Acquire skills in conflict management and group climate development.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST& 102 Intro to Mass Media (5 credits)

1. Identify techniques of mass media to explain the impact on individuals and society.

2. Identify key owners and key technological shifts in media to explain media economics, consolidation, convergence, and demassification. 

3. Critically analyze how mass media is a cultural, political and economic institution.

4. Using concepts and terminology from the discipline analyze how issues of diversity and self-awareness impact media effects.

5. Apply mass media function to contemporary issues such as stereotyping, censorship, and violence.

6. Identify key technological advances in media to explain media convergence and demassification.

7. Examine how media shape reality and content.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communication (5 credits)

1. Explain the importance and development of interpersonal communication.
2. Identify and apply individually centered theories of interpersonal communication to an experience, for the purpose of understanding the role of self in communication choices.
3. Identify and apply discourse or interaction-based theories of interpersonal communication to an interaction, for the purposes of improving interactions with others and reducing conflict.
4. Identify and apply relationship-oriented theories of interpersonal communication to a relationship, for the purposes of improving and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
5. Understand and explain the importance of different identities and/or positionalities in interpersonal interactions.
6. Identify and demonstrate techniques for creating supportive communicative climates.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST& 220 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (5 credits)

1. Construct speeches that integrate a balance of the two elements of proof in public speaking, which includes highly credible research and inartistic proof (such as ethos, pathos, and logos).
2. Create preparation and speaking outlines that follow appropriate arrangement to the corresponding speech purpose so they can deliver speeches that contain all desired content.  
3. Integrate elements of rhetorical style (such as varied word choice or kairos) into speeches and outlines to deliver speeches and presentations that engage audiences. 
4. Create speeches from a variety of delivery methods to include, but are not limited to extemporaneous and manuscript speech delivery.
5. Integrate concepts of skilled speech delivery, (such as eye contact, physical and facial gestures, vocal variety, and articulation) into their speeches to help aid in delivering meaning and gauge audience understanding for speech adaptation. 
6. Assess and appraise their speeches and those of their peers to improve students’ understanding of and apply rhetorical concepts to public speaking.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CMST& 230 Small Group Communication (5 credits)

1. Identify key components of the small group context that make it an unique form of communication (such as but not limited to: how the group is a system, how a group uses and is affected by inputs, through puts and outputs, synergy and interconnectedness).
2. Identify the stages of the group cycle (such as what are the four stages and what types of rhetorical behaviors are signs that a group is in that stage).
3.  Analyze how significant perceptual factors such as race, culture and gender influence the development of a group’s behavior patterns such as how a group manages conflict, approaches problem solving and relationship building.
4. Distinguish a variety of followership behaviors in a group and their affect on the group process.
5. Distinguish a variety of leadership styles and their affect on the group process.
6. Identify different sources of power possessed by group members.
7. Demonstrate effective conflict management and problem solving techniques for managing effective groups.

Effective communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and others’ writing in order to communicate effectively.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 103 Online Learning: Getting Started (2 credits)

2. Review classmates’ work, communicating ideas and opinions constructively in online classroom activities and discussion forums. (B, D)

3. Compare the characteristics of face-to-face and online instruction. (B, C)

4. Determine personal relevance of social trends in online learning. (B, C)

5. Identify personal motivational strategies for successful online learning. (B, C)

6. Demonstrate basic productivity software skills, e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint. (A,B,C D)
7. Follow written instructions. (B, D)

8. Write clearly, using acceptable grammar, complete sentences, punctuation, etc. (B, D)

9. Contribute to the creation of a collaborative online learning community (A, B, D)

10. Use Web-based search tools and library resources to gather information. (B, C)

Degree Outcomes
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

CIS 121 Introduction to Computer Information Systems (5 credits)

 

Course Content
A. Hardware
B. Internet
C. Software
D. Networks
E. Programming Languages
F. Computer Careers

Student Outcomes
1. Explain computing basics and current technology trends

2. Define and give examples of hardware, software, operating systems and computer applications

3. Explain networks, including the internet, web constructs and applications

4. Define cloud computing concepts

5. Define common privacy and security issues associated with computing

6. Discuss societal issues as they relate to social media and internet usage

7. Edit and create programs using logic control structures such as if/then/else

Degree Outcomes
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Program Outcome: Use information systems and networks in a responsible and ethical manner. Research, analyze and integrate information to stay current. Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise client-server computing.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 122 Introduction to Computer Programming (5 credits)

2. Apply basic algorithms and design constructs, such as nested and non-nested selection and looping to the programming process

3. Evaluate programs and use comments to enhance their readability, clarity and maintainability

4. Apply basic debugging strategies and exceptions handling

5. Compare and contrast procedural programming with object-oriented programming

6. Define basic computer programming terms and concepts

Degree Outcomes
Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Program Outcome: Model, design, develop and code data applications to meet user needs. Research, analyze and integrate information to stay current

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 123 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (OOP) (5 credits)

2. Apply object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts using basic classes, interfaces, and generic and collection objects. 

3. Design programs using Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams

4. Apply debugging concepts and implement exceptions handling

5. Demonstrate OOP program concepts using inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, and encapsulation

Degree Outcomes
Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Program Outcome: Model, design, develop and code data applications to meet user needs. Research, analyze and integrate information to stay current.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 124 Introduction to JavaScript (JS) (5 credits)

1. Code JavaScript statements, objects, functions, and events
2. Use and script the JavaScript DOM (Document Object Model) 
3. Test and debug JavaScript (JS) applications
4. Integrate front-end scripts and applications i.e., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
5. Apply current JavaScript (JS) frameworks such as jQuery, React, Node, Vue

Program Outcomes: Model, design, develop and code data applications to meet user needs

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 130 Productivity Software (5 credits)

2. Maintain a secure, efficient computer system.

3. Effectively communicate using terminology associated with productivity software and integrated software.

4. Evaluate the capabilities and limitations of productivity software.

5. Embed and link charts, graphs, and pictures into documents.

6. Create an on-screen slide presentation using builds and transitions.

7. Utilize ethical business practices.

8. Identify the history and trends of careers involving productivity software knowledge, skills, and abilities.

9. Collaborate interactively with internet based resources.

10. Translate technical information into user-appropriate format.

11. Manage files and the Windows environment.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Program Outcome: Develop queries, forms and reports to meet user information requirements. Communicate effectively; orally and in writing.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 134 Computer Hardware and Operating Systems (5 credits)

2. Use terminology and functions of operating systems. 

3. Explain the boot process and create normal and emergency boot files.

4. Demonstrate intermediate skills in effectively utilizing operating systems such as format, scandisk, defrag, use of switches, back-up and recovery.

5. Describe general backup, recovery, and protection procedures.

6. Troubleshoot hardware and software operating system problems.

7. Describe various ways of defining/changing settings within different operating systems.

8. Explain options to customize the operating system to accommodate the need for other languages and accessibility for physical limitations.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Program Outcomes:

Install and troubleshoot system and application software. 

Apply the skills necessary to administer, configure and troubleshoot client operating systems and hardware. (Network Infrastructure certificate – CNE-NI)

Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise networking. (CNE-NI)

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 136 Spreadsheet Applications (5 credits)

2. Translate technical information into user-appropriate format.

3. Solve mathematical, accounting, logical, and statistical problems using spreadsheet capabilities.

4. Create, modify, and run macros using an appropriate programming/scripting language.

5. Design and create spreadsheets, graphs, and charts to accurately summarize and document information.

6. Sort, pivot, and filter data.

7. Validate and manage data.

8. Perform goal-seeking and what-if-analysis.

9. Build and use spreadsheet templates.

10. Import, convert, link, and export data from one application to another.

11. Link spreadsheets with other documents.

12. Organize data using spreadsheet database capabilities.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Program Outcome: Develop queries, forms and reports to meet user information requirements.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 137 Applied Spreadsheet Applications I (2 credits)

2. Summarize, organize and format data cells and ranges.

3. Create, format, filter, and sort Excel tables.

4. Use Excel functions to perform calculations on data, perform conditional operations, and modify text data.

5. Create and format charts and objects (such as text boxes, images, and shapes).

6. Demonstrate basic computer usage skills such as saving files, backups, file management, security, and virus checking.

7. Translate technical information into user-appropriate format.

8. Validate and manage data integrity.

9. Design spreadsheets to meet accessibility requirements.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Program Outcome: Develop queries, forms and reports to meet user information requirements.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

CIS 138 Applied Spreadsheet Application II (2 credits)

2. Apply custom number, conditional, filtering, color, style, theme, and international formats and layouts.

3. Create and use advanced date, time, logical, statistical, financial, and lookup formulas/functions.

4. Create advanced charts and tables to include trend-lines, dual-axis, chart templates, Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and Slicers.

5. Maintain safe, secure, and valid data and spreadsheet files according to business and legal requirements.

6. Solve business problems in such fields as accounting, finance, operations, and marketing using spreadsheet capabilities.

7. Provide legal, owner, and user spreadsheet documentation.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Program Outcome: Develop queries, forms and reports to meet user information requirements.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

CIS 155 Special Topics in Computer Information Systems (5 credits)

2. Apply the chosen information systems technology to solve a given problem.

3. Compare and contrast the chosen topic with earlier technologies.

4. Evaluate the impact of the chosen topic.

Degree Outcomes
Core Ability - Information Competency Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Program Outcome Accumulate, analyze, and integrate information and skills to maintain current knowledge in the field, workplace, and community.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 169 Introduction to Cloud Fundamentals (5 credits)

1. Identify the benefits of using cloud services, and categories of cloud services
2. Identify different types of cloud computing
3. Describe core Azure architectural components and core resources
4. Use Azure core solutions and cloud management tools
5. Identify and apply network security features
6. Describe identity, governance, privacy and compliance 
7. Identify methods for planning and managing costs, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles

1. Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
2. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Program Outcomes

1. Research, analyze and integrate information to learn current technologies
2. Use information systems and networks in a responsible and secure manner

CIS 210 Business Analysis (5 credits)

2. Identify stakeholders, activities and techniques, management and assessment processes needed to complete the required deliverables.

3. Analyze and develop training and materials for users.

4. Develop feasibility studies for development versus acquisition decisions.

5. Develop testing and implementation methodology and document all processes and solutions.

6. Use appropriate interview and/or survey techniques to determine stakeholder needs and concerns.

7. Create comprehensive solutions to business needs that can be delivered within scope.

8. Manage conflicts with stakeholders.

9. Manage scope changes with stakeholders.

10. Identify gaps between proposed, and deployed, solutions versus the original needs and determine necessary changes to meet the required deliverables.

Degree Outcomes
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Program Outcomes:

Work with stakeholders to understand the healthcare organization.

Recommend comprehensive IT solutions to meet the business objectives Leverage IT best practices to analyze and present database and information resources that support the mission of the healthcare industry while complying with healthcare industry standards such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Develop materials and conduct training for users.

Manage and coordinate or participate in projects with a team using industry standards and methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 211 Applied Business Analysis (5 credits)

2. Select and explain stakeholders, activities and techniques, management and assessment processes needed to complete the required deliverables.

3. Develop feasibility studies for development versus acquisition decisions.

4. Develop testing and implementation methodology and document all processes and solutions.

5. Use appropriate interview and/or survey techniques to determine stakeholder needs and concerns.

6. Create comprehensive solutions to business needs that can be delivered within scope.

7. Use effective communication and negotiation skills to mediate and/or resolve conflicts among stakeholders.

8. Validate and communicate scope definition, changes, and limitations with stakeholders.

9. Analyze gaps between proposed, and deployed, solutions versus the original needs and determine necessary changes to meet the required deliverables.

Degree Outcomes
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Program Outcomes: Manage and coordinate or participate in projects with a team using industry standards and methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

CIS 215 Introduction to Web Development (5 credits)

 

Course Content
A. Client-side Web Programming
B. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
C. Client-side frameworks and libraries
D. Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
E. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
F. JavaScript (JS)

Student Outcomes
1. Create static web pages utilizing HTML

2. Utilize CSS to change and develop webpages

3. Create client-side web pages that utilize  JavaScript and front-end frameworks (jQuery or current library frameworks)

4. Exchange data and communicate with the web server

5. Apply loops, iteration and branching techniques, and use basic data structures to store, sort and manipulate data (e.g. arrays, lists)

6. Retrieve and manipulate data using the Document Object Model (DOM)

7. Manage repositories and deployment using cloud resources

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions. 

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Program Outcome: Model, design, develop and code data applications to meet user needs Research, analyze and integrate information to remain current

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50