Programs

Leadership Development

Associate Degree

Credits:

60.00

Financial Aid Eligible

The following list is not the official course list for this program. It is intended to give students an idea of what coursework will be required.

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First Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Professional Development StrategiesCourse: 10196128Credits: 3.00

Students will develop personal and learning skills that will enhance their success in the Supervisory Management program. Students will learn program expectations, accelerated learning skills, and how to research, write and present information. The course will prepare learners to use Blackboard, the Internet and presentation software. Emphasis is placed on developing communication, team building and interpersonal skills. Students will put together a student success plan that includes a personal development plan, career goals, and a resume. Time management skills will also be developed to assist with balancing family, school, and work.

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SupervisionCourse: 10196191Credits: 3.00

The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a frontline leader. Each learner will demonstrate the application of strategies and transition to a contemporary supervisory role including day-to-day operations, analysis, delegation, controlling, staffing, leadership, problem-solving, team skills, motivation, and training.

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English Composition 1Course: 10801136Credits: 3.00

This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.

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Second Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Software Appl for BusinessCourse: 10154102Credits: 3.00

Introduces the student to Office 365 suite of products. This course includes software application basics and file management strategies to better organize, create, and maintain information to communicate in a business setting. Office 365 applications will be related to solving business problems, formatting business information, and creating business reports that integrates all features of Office 365.

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Personal Leadership StrategiesCourse: 10196164Credits: 3.00

The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to deal with the time management, stress, and related challenges to a supervisor. Each learner will demonstrate the application of time management techniques, personal planning, continuous learning, valuing rights and responsibilities of others, effective communication, assertiveness, and dealing effectively with stress.

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Diversity & Change MgmntCourse: 10196169Credits: 3.00

Addresses changes taking place in the workforce and their affect on the supervisor and the organization. Explores a broadened view of diversity, including values, age, gender, disabilities, education and culture. Provides an action framework for the supervisor to gain advantage by blending and capitalizing on the different skills and perspectives of people and creating an organization where everyone gives his or her best.

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Intro to PsychologyCourse: 10809198Credits: 3.00

An introductory course in psychology surveying the multiple aspects of human behavior. It addresses the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as perception, learning, motivation, development, personality, health and pathology, exploring physiological and environmental influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal and vocational settings.

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Third Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Team Building & Problem SlvngCourse: 10196189Credits: 3.00

The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to facilitate problem solving in a team environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the benefits and challenges of team work, necessary roles in a team, stages of team development, different approaches to problem solving, consensus, a systemic process of problem definition, data acquisition, analysis, developing alternative solutions, solution implementation, and evaluation.

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Leadership DevelopmentCourse: 10196190Credits: 3.00

The learner applies skills and tools necessary to fulfill his/her role as a modern leader. Learners demonstrate the application of evaluating leadership effectiveness and organization requirements, individual and group motivation strategies, implementing mission and goals, ethical behavior, personal leadership style and adaptation, impacts of power, facilitating employee development, coaching, managing change, and effective conflict resolution.

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SpeechCourse: 10801198Credits: 3.00

Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.

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Fourth Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Introduction to BusinessCourse: 10102106Credits: 3.00

Students study the components of the U.S. business enterprise system and discover how these components fit together in successful organizations. Regardless of the career chosen, or position within a company, it is imperative to understand the interrelationship among the various functional areas of a business.

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Legal Issues for the WorkplaceCourse: 10196134Credits: 3.00

Each learner will demonstrate the application of legal practices in both union and non-union environments, analysis of the impact of U.S. employment laws, the impact of the global economy, the appeal process, reacting to legal charges, documenting the hiring and firing process, dealing with harassment issues, privacy issues, and summarizing legal issues facing contemporary supervisors.

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Safety in the WorkplaceCourse: 10196136Credits: 3.00

An introduction to safety and loss prevention in the workplace with an emphasis on the supervisor's responsibility for maintaining a safe, productive environment. Students will study safety concepts, hazard controls, developing safety and health programs, and federal and state mandated regulations.

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Fifth Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Business FinancialsCourse: 10102126Credits: 3.00

Students will explore how businesses build their “bottom line”. In the pursuit of profitability, students will learn to maximize the financial resources of the organization. This will be accomplished by evaluating financial statements, budgets, sales forecast, and other financial metrics.

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Project ManagementCourse: 10196188Credits: 3.00

Learners explore the importance of project management in business environments. Learners create successful proposals and plan, schedule and budget for a project. Team leadership and communication are practiced. Microsoft Project assists them in monitoring the progress of the project, including the use of Gantt Charts, Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM). Includes professional presentation of your project.

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Human Resource ManagementCourse: 10196193Credits: 3.00

Learners apply the skills necessary to value and apply employees' abilities and needs to organization goals. Learners apply the supervisor's role in human resource management, impacts of EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), writing job descriptions, recruitment, selection, conducting job interviews, orientation, developing policies and procedures, training, performance management, employee counseling and development, and effective use of compensation and benefit strategies.

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EconomicsCourse: 10809195Credits: 3.00

This course is designed to give an overview of how a market-oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.

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Sixth Term

Course NameCourse NumberCredits

Organizational DevelopmentCourse: 10196168Credits: 3.00

Learners apply skills and tools necessary to deal with organization behavior and change. Learners apply intervention strategies to deal with diversity, restructuring, globalization, team building, confict resolution and process consultation. Learners analyze how an organization's goals, decision-making, performance management and planning impact goal attainment, business outcomes, organizational structure, job design and employee participation.

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Managing for QualityCourse: 10196192Credits: 3.00

The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a continuous improvement environment. Learners will demonstrate the application of a personal philosophy of quality, identifying all stakeholder relationships, meeting or exceeding customer expectations, a systems-focused approach, using appropriate models and tools, managing a quality improvement project, and measuring effectiveness of continuous improvement activities.

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Math w Business AppsCourse: 10804123Credits: 3.00

This course covers...real numbers, basic operations, linear equations, proportions with one variable, percents, simple interest, compound interest, annuity, apply math concepts to the purchasing/buying process, apply math concepts to the selling process, and basic statistics with business/consumer applications.

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