Elective Courses (3)

The Study of Labor and Work Organizations

Code : HRD 4410                    Unit : 4           

An in-depth study of employment systems and relationships, and employee organizations.

Workforce Diversity

   Code : HRD 3530                  Unit : 4             

This course introduces current and emerging workforce diversity trends and practices. Topics include: the history of workforce diversity, equity, inclusion, race, gender, disabilities, sexual orientation, ageism, religion, spirituality, organizational culture, workforce diversity leadership and organizational justice.
General Education Requirement(s): Satisfies the university general education requirement in U.S. diversity. Satisfies the university general education requirement for a writing intensive course in the major. Prerequisite for writing intensive: completion of the university writing foundation requirement.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 1060

Survey of Management

   Code : MGT 3000           Unit : 3           

Course covers traditional business management ideas, recent management thinking, and their application to the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Course provides survey of topics such as goal setting, managerial decision-making, design of organizations, corporate culture and organizational change and development.
Additional Requirement(s): Sophomore standing; open to non-business students only

Introduction to Public Health

   Code : PH 3000                             Unit : 3                                  

This course introduces knowledge areas that are foundational to the field of public health. With an emphasis on structural forces that influence health and equity, this course examines the social, economic, political, environmental, and cultural factors that shape population and community health. Public health history, policies, programs, and strategies to improve health are integrated across topics.
General Education Requirement(s): Satisfies the university general education requirement in the social science knowledge exploration area. Satisfies the university general education requirement in U.S. diversity.

Introduction to Ethics

   Code : PHL 1300          Unit : 4      

Major ethical analyses of right and wrong, good and evil, from the ancient Greeks to the present. Appeals to custom, theology, happiness, reason and human nature will be examined as offering viable criteria for judgments on contemporary issues of moral concern. Offered every semester.

Survey of Operations Management

   Code : POM 3000     Unit : 3 

This course introduces the student to the operation of both manufacturing and service organizations. Topics included are capacity planning, facility location and layout, production control and scheduling and quality assurance. Business majors, pre-business students and business undecided students cannot take this course. Offered every other winter semester. Students cannot receive credit for both POM 3000 and POM 3430.
Additional Requirement(s): Junior standing

Composition I

   Code : WRT 1050            Unit : 4      

Emphasizes the rhetorical and stylistic demands of college writing through focus on experiential, analytical, and expressive writing. Students learn to generate, organize and develop their ideas and to make choices as writers that are appropriate to the rhetorical situation. A grade of (C) or higher must be achieved to advance to WRT 1060.
Prerequisite(s): placement by ACT English score, or WRT 1020 with a grade of (C) or higher