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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This interdisciplinary course analyzes the ways in which race, class, gender and ethnic relationships shape the experience of all persons in this society. It examines the categories of race, class and gender as social constructs that have been historically developed and sustained by economic, social, political, and cultural factors.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An examination of issues and questions posed by the existence of diversity in social life. Students build on what they have learned in MCS-110 by focusing in greater depth on selected aspects of multicultural interaction. Topics change each semester and are listed in the course roster. Recent topics include "Understanding Privilege," "The Meaninof Difference," and "Narratives of HumanDifference: Science, Politics, Literature." Prerequisite: MCS-110 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
1-4 credits An intensive study experience in multicultural studies. The student designs and carries out a course of focused study under the supervision of a multicultural studies faculty member. The student's proposed plan of work must be reviewed and approved by the faculty sponsor and by the multicultural studies advisory committee. May be repeated once for credit.
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4.00 Credits
1-4 credits A supervised community service of work experience at an approved site. Placements are made in accordance with each student's particular theme within multicultural studies. A minimum of three hours per week on site per credit (39 hours per semester); in addition, students complete readings and reports and meet weekly with the instructor. Primarily for multicultural studies minors in their junior or senior year. All philosophy courses have small weekly discussion classes to help the student question, interpret, and critically analyze the course material.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course deals with the fundamentals of organizational behavior as they relate to management such as motivation, communications, and leadership. Behavior is examined at the individual, group, and organizational level. The management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling are addressed. The effects of global operations and the requirements of ethical behavior on managers are also explored.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course deals with the nature of human resource management, its functions, procedures, and practices currently found in profit, non-profit and public sector organizations. Topics covered include recruiting and selection, training, human resource development, equal employment opportunity, performance appraisal, diversity, job analysis, compensation, and employee rights and discipline. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Demographic shifts, changing patterns of labor force participation, global competition, and a growing cultural emphasis on the celebration of difference have all contributed to the creation of diversity as a hot topic in management. This course explores the opportunities and challenges of the increasingly diverse workforce emerging in the United States today. We will address the knowledge and skills managers must develop in working with others who are different from themselves. Some of these differences are obvious - gender, race, age, and physical characteristics. Other differences are not as easily observed - family structure, educational level, social class, and sexual orientation. This class incorporates experiential learning techniques for personal growth. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits How careers are shaped by individual needs and experience and assisted by organization systems and practices is the focus of this course. The meaning of work and the development of careers are discussed, and students undertake self-assessment for the purpose of career planning. Careers are examined in the context of important changes occuring today in the world of work. The impact of the executive, organizational counselors and trainers, and the educational system upon the development of human potential is examined, along with the techniques for human resource planning and development. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The purpose of this course is first, to explore the major concepts and theories behind effective negotiating practices and second, to develop negotiating skills applicable to a wide range of contexts. A knowledge of negotiation is a crucial requirement for anyone interested in a business career since it is a common mechanism for implementing change and for resolving conflict in the workplace. This course will provide both conceptual knowledge and practical skills in the art of negotiation. Topics will include two-party negotiations, power and politics, mediation, arbitration, and collective bargaining. A variety of teaching techniques will be used including readings, discussion, and role-playing. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The role of small business in the American economy is examined. Favorable practices, policies, functions, principles and procedures of and for the small business entrepreneur and owner-manager are studied. Includes learning a method to evaluate a new venture idea. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor and junior standing.
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