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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is for professionals to learn the basic principles necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle by keeping a variety of variables in balance and understanding the cmmon internal and external forces that tend to disrupt homeostasis. Students will understand the order of magnitude that stress/strains have on their systems and how to reduce them. Students will also discover basic internal decision-making rules to maintain balance and health.
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A review of the ideas, sources, general processes and common pitfalls of grant writing. Additional topics include following the proposal guidelines, determine the focus of and selling one's project, basic research and design, use of literature citations, collaboration and consultants, proposal organization, formatting and electronic presentation, scoring and resubmission. Practical experience in developing the aspects of a grant proposal will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an exploration of mathematics for the professional. Topics include area and volume, probability, functions, compound interest, exponential growth, symmetry and transformative geometry, statistics, ratios, proportions and fractions. All topics draw upon current event-based scenarios and relevant considerations and dilemmas for the contemporary professional.
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3.00 Credits
Through the studies of biographies and autobiographies about a variety of world leaders, top CEO's, legendary sports coaches, and major culture and arts figures, students will learn about different professional styles and the ways those styles can apply to their own professionalism. Students' learning will be accomplished specifically through writing a number of short essays, guided class discussions, applied practical exercises, and class presentations. Facilitating the students' self-discovery in terms of their own professional strengths and weaknesses will be a prime objective.
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3.00 Credits
The emphasis in this course is to cultivate students' skills in rhetoric and reasoning to advance their professional development. Specific topics will include a survey of the history of rhetoric, the basic principles of rhetoric, the issue of truth and rhetoric, refining reasoning skills for improving rhetoric, and the inter-relationship between reasoning and language. Students will develop their professional reasoning and rhetorical skills by completing a number of various kinds of writing assignments, presentations on topical issues in professionalism, and a series of professionally practical exercises.
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3.00 Credits
After a historical survey of the social evolution of technology and various ways of understanding the social impact of technology, students will be familiarized with methods of ethics analysis in order to be able to recognize and evaluate technological ethics issues in the professional workplace. Emphasis will be placed on analyses of topical ethics scenarios and on extended case studies.
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3.00 Credits
Professionals with non-profit organizations have a responsibility to contribute to engendering positive change in individuals and society. Students will explore components of non-profit organizations that support this responsibility as well as distinguish non-profits from for-profit businesses. These components include the importance of defining a mission and a vision statement, understanding 501(c) (3) non-profit status, effective strategies for marketing, innovation, and fund development, measuring performance, the value of relationship building, and the role of a leader.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an overview comparison/contrast of the basic principles of private vs. public administration, which leads to an examination of how the local, state, and federal bureaucratic systems are organized and how they relate. The course then focuses on two key areas in which a public servant is likely to be involved: public personnal administration and public budgeting. Emphasis is placed upon recruitment, training, promotion policies, position classification, and employer-employee relations. In addition, the politics, techniques, and fiscal schedules of budgeting processes at federal, state and local levels will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an examination of the basic principles of ecological science pertaining to its definition, subject matter, scientific methodology and research protocol. The course then proceeds to study various ecological issues from a scientific perspective in regard to how they impact professional work. Such issues will include ecological engineering and sustainability, restoration ecology, the effects of standard and alternative energy sources, and environmental ecology: conservationism and stewardship.
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3.00 Credits
The course offers in-depth education on disability awareness by focusing on four topical areas: 1) Typecasting: Understanding the Diversity of Disability, 2) Legal Implications: A Synoptic Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 3) Reasonable Accommodation, and 4) Etiquette: Communication and Interaction. The study of each of these areas will integrate relevant provisions from the five topics of the ADA: 1) Employment, 2) Government, 3) Public Accommodations, 4) Telecommunications, and 5) Transportation. Additional special emphasis will be placed on ADA applications to professionals operating small businesses of 15 to 100 employees.
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