EDH685 Community
College Leadership Academy (8 credits)
This course combines current leadership theory and practical
application at the student’s community college. Students
attend 2 weeklong sessions, develop an individualized professional
development plan, and participate in a yearlong mentoring program.
In addition, students participate in online discussions with
their colleagues and faculty regarding leadership issues and
experiences.
EDH785 The
Learning College (4.5 credits)
This course reviews and critiques the key concepts of the Learning College
and the applications colleges are making of these concepts in institutional
policies, programs, practices, and in the way they use their personnel. Students
lead a team project relating to Learning College strategies. In addition,
students conduct in-depth research and analysis of key issues of the Learning
College.
Information
Science Courses
IS 590
Current Issues in Administrative Technology (1 - 10 credits)
This course covers current issues associated with the design,
delivery, and evaluation of administrative technology in
community colleges. Students study
current research and best practices in the field and apply them to their
own community college administrative technology experience. Course may be
taken more than once for credit and a maximum of 10 credits may fulfill degree
requirements.
IS591
Current Issues in Instructional Technology (1
- 10 credits)
This course covers current issues associated with the design, delivery, and
evaluation of instructional technology in community colleges. Students study
current research and best practices in the field and apply them to their
own community college instructional technology experience. Course may be
taken more than once for credit and a maximum of 10 credits may fulfill degree
requirements.
IS600 Administrative
and Academic Technology
(2 credits)
Examines the technology used by community college academic and administrative
managers, and the impact of technology on decision making.
Graduate
Management Courses
MGT500 Foundations
of Management Theory and Practice (3-4 credits)
This course provides an overview of the history, functions, leading theorists
and the language of management. Particular emphasis will be given to the
unique nature of managing community college staff and faculty. While many
of the basic assumptions of management theory hold up in the higher education
sector, the unique nature of colleges requires adapting business management
theory and practice to the higher education environment.
MGT595 Team
Development I (2-4 credits)
This course covers the principles and practices of team development. Students
study and apply the concepts of team formation, member roles, team member
relationships, and conflict resolution. Students participate in a yearlong
distributed team experience.
MGT611 Operating
Strategies for Managers: An Introduction to the Case Method
(1 credit)
Provides an in-depth introduction to basic quantitative and qualitative business
case analysis.
MGT612 Group
Dynamics (1 credit)
Uses study group teams as laboratories to study team-building and initiates
a two-year process of learning both how to lead and to be a member of effective
work groups.
MGT621 Financial
Systems (3-4 credits)
Introduces generally accepted accounting principles and concepts, together
with the preparation and analysis of financial statements.
MGT622 Strategic
Marketing (4 credits)
Presents current theories, practices, and cases in strategic marketing management.
The module is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the application
of modern marketing analysis to corporate and not-for-profit organizations.
MGT623 Professional
Development I: The Organization and the Individual (2 credits)
Examines individual motivation and behavior patterns and the intersection
of the individual and the organization.
MGT626 Strategic
Marketing for Community Colleges (2 credits)
Introduction to the key concepts, tools, and applications of modern marketing
analysis for community colleges.
MGT627 Strategic
Planning in the Community College (2 credits)
Examines strategic planning concepts and practices in the
community college. Students are exposed to and practice using
tools used in strategic planning throughout management procedures,
problem-solving techniques, and process evaluations. Includes
the theories of planning, organizational and behavioral principles
of the planning process, analytical and forecasting methods,
and strategy implementation.
MGT631
Statistical Decision Analysis (2-3 credits)
Statistical Decision Analysis focuses on how to conceptualize,
organize, calculate, interpret, and present numerical
observations for decision making.
MGT632 Individual
and Group Behavior in the Organization (2 credits)
Uses cases and student experiential knowledge drawn from
the workplace to explore how theories of behavior apply to individuals
and groups within organizations.
MGT634 Managerial
Finance (2 credits)
Examines fundamental concepts central to an understanding of most financial
management decisions.
MGT635 Negotiation
and Dispute Resolution (2
credits)
Develops and sharpens skills in negotiation and dispute resolution. Topics
include integrative and distributive negotiation, ethical issues, third-party-assisted
negotiation, and dispute systems design.
MGT636 Community
College Finance (2 credits)
Introduces the
federal, state, and local funding systems within which community
colleges function. Also covers corporate and private funding.
An overview of national as well as state structures will be presented.
MGT637 Labor
Relations and Collective Bargaining in Community Colleges
(2 credits)
This course covers contemporary labor-management relations
in the public sector, with emphasis on the community college.
Includes the history of collective
bargaining, federal and state laws affecting collective bargaining, and the
National Labor Relations Board’s functions, and techniques in negotiation,
arbitration, and mediation.
MGT638 Professional
Development II: Team Effectiveness and Power in Organizations
(2 credits)
Investigates the effect power has on the design of teams and organizations
and evaluates the effectiveness of program study teams.
MGT641 Managerial
Economics (2 credits)
Explores the nature and determinate (including market forces) of decisions
about profit-maximizing production and pricing.
MGT642 Money,
Banking and Credit Markets (2 credits)
Examines how credit markets and financial institutions work and explores
the role of money in the economy.
MGT644 Managerial
Accounting (2 credits)
This course focuses on the use of managerial accounting information
in tactical and strategic decision making in an organizational
environment. An emphasis
is placed on the meaning and application of management accounting information,
using management accounting as a supporting system/tool for organizational
mission achievement and assessment. Linkages between organizational culture
and managerial accounting system design are also studied.
MGT645 Legal
Issues (2 credits)
Examines the legal foundations of business and the interaction of law, business,
and society, and develops the practical knowledge business managers need
to recognize legal issues and protect business interests.
MGT646 Legal
Issues in Community College Management (2 credits)
Examines the legal foundations of management practices at community colleges,
such as employment laws, ADA, and laws that protect and limit faculty, student
and staff rights.
MGT648 Professional
Development III: Diversity in the Workplace
(2 credits)
Analyzes the values, attitudes, and mechanisms that discourage and foster
multicultural diversity within organizations.
MGT651 Management
in a Global Environment (1 credit)
Initiates the discussion of the major social, political, economic, cultural,
demographic, and environmental trends and problems facing the world. Focuses
on the external environment of management. Aims at enhancing global and cross-cultural
awareness.
MGT652 Organizational
Transformation (1 credit)
Introduces a year-long study of organizational transformation using the management
program, cohort groups, and work settings as laboratories for learning about
transformational leadership and management.
MGT661 Macroeconomics
and Forecasting (2 credits)
Studies the impact of monetary policies and private sector forces on such
macroeconomic variables as GNP, interest rates, and unemployment.
MGT662 Ethics
in Organizations (2 credits)
Investigates the ethical context in which American business is conducted.
This includes the ethical nature and role of business organizations and an
examination of particular ethical issues that arise in the course of this
activity, including the social responsibility of business.
MGT664 Environmental
Management (2 credits)
Examines the tension between productive activities and their potentially
negative impact on the natural environment. Topics include social costs of
pollution, resource depletion, raw material substitution, product design,
and recycling initiatives.
MGT665 Human
Resources Management (2 credits)
Analyzes the relationship between corporate strategy and human resource planning
within organizations.
MGT666 Ethical
Issues for Community Colleges (2 credits)
Investigates the ethical context in which American community college leaders
function. The course focuses on the ethical principles that guide ethical
decisions in Western culture and the use of those principles in decision
making for community college professionals. Students will develop their own
ethical framework as a community college professional.
MGT668
Professional Development IV: Vital Issues in Management
I
(2 credits)
Analyzes current issues in the management of organizations.
MGT671
International Management (2 credits)
Identifies and evaluates trends in the economic, political, and social contexts
of international business significant to regional managers. The course examines
the flow of resources across national boundaries and its impact on policy
and identifies skills necessary for successful international negotiations
with emphasis on marketing and currency factors.
MGT672
Globalization & Organizational Culture (2 credits)
Examines the impact of organizational culture on corporate strategy and performance.
Students analyze case studies in organizational culture that illustrate the
mechanism of cultural change within the organization.
MGT674 Operations
Management (2 credits)
Operations Management focuses on concepts and techniques used in planning for
productivity, project management, quality, process, capacity, location, inventory,
and scheduling for organizational improvement.
MGT675 Strategic
Management (2 credits)
Examines the core management functions of crafting, implementing, and executing
competitive strategies.
MGT676 Globalization
and the Community College (2 credits)
Examines the impact
of globalization on the notion of community within
community college practice.
MGT677
Professional Development V: Career Management (2 credits)
This course builds a perspective on career decisions grounded
in self-discovery of one's material capacities and talents,
personality factors, personal values, and core purpose.
MGT680 Individualized
Course (1-10 credits)
Each individualized course is documented through a student-designed course
syllabus that includes a title, learning objectives, learning activities,
reading list, evaluation plan, instructor, time period, and approved credit
amount. Note that this course number is assigned to all individualized courses,
but each course will be assigned a unique title. Therefore, when transcripted,
this course will appear more than once although the course titles will differ.
Course may be taken more than once for credit and a maximum of 10 credits
may fulfill degree requirements.
MGT681 Leadership
(2 credits)
Explores the phenomenon of leadership from both cognitive and experiential
dimensions, using illustrations of entrepreneurial leadership drawn from
the U.S. and global business environments.
MGT684 Entrepreneurship
and New Venture Formation (2 credits)
Presents methodologies for evaluating new venture ideas: preparation of
business development plans; formulation and implementation of business
strategies for new ventures; and financial planning for new ventures.
MGT686 Leadership
in the Community College (2 credits)
Explores the phenomenon of leadership from both cognitive and experiential
dimensions using illustrations of community college leadership.
MGT688 Professional
Development VI: Vital Issues in Management II
(2 credits)
Analyzes current issues in the management of organizations.
MGT690 Capstone
(4 credits)
Integrates theory, research, and practice in the field of management.
MGT695 Team
Development II (2-4 credits)
This course continues
the study and application of the principles of team development
and maintenance. Students focus on enhancing team effectives,
making conflict productive, and developing skills in team leadership. Students
participate in a yearlong distributed team experience.
Research Courses
RSH610
Practitioner Research (4 credits)
This course is designed to help students become familiar
with two major research paradigms (qualitative and quantitative),
and learn the epistemology, axioms, and methodological
assumptions behind these paradigms. Depending on student
interests, emphasis will be given to those particular
research methodologies, which will bring the students
closer to designing their research studies in their selected
area. Students will be able to narrow down their research
focus, write a research question, select an appropriate
methodology, and design and conduct a pilot research project.
Throughout the course, emphasis will be given to research
designs, methods, and writing styles that are more meaningful
and valid for practitioner research.
*Course offerings are subject to change.
