Online Dual Enrollment Course Descriptions

This course surveys the dynamic environment in which businesses operate today. Students learn about economic concepts, business organization, forms of ownership, management, marketing, and managing financial resources. Actual business cases are used to explore the impact that managerial roles, market trends, legal standards, technological change, natural resources, global competition, and the active involvement of government has on businesses. The relationship between social responsibility and profits in our free enterprise system is explored. Credits: 3

This course provides students with a foundation upon which to develop lifelong personal financial management skills. Topics include: the importance of personal finance; financial planning and the time-value of money; money management skills such as budgeting, balancing a checkbook, taxes, cash management, credit/debit cards, and major purchases (auto, home, education); insurance (property/liability, health, life); and investments (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, portfolio management, real estate, retirement planning). Credits: 3

This course introduces students to the field of communication and enables them to increase their effectiveness and precision as public speakers and members of seminars and groups. Students explore how their perceptions influence the way they communicate and how to use a wide variety of listening skills. They become aware of how verbal and nonverbal language can alter, detract from or enhance messages. Students also employ a variety of language strategies that promote inclusion, honesty, conflict resolution and support from within a group. Credits: 3

This course invites you on a journey of discovering how we, as humans, communicate. By learning the practical and theoretical aspects of interpersonal communication in one-on-one and group settings, you will learn how to manage family, social, and workplace relationships better. Major topics include self-concept, being other-oriented, mindfulness, conflict resolution, communication styles and strategies, non-verbal communication skills, and relationship management skills. Weekly discussions with peers, short reading or writing assignments, quizzes, and one-on-one conferences with the instructor ensure mutual understanding of these key concepts.

The final project culminates with a presentation focusing on one of the key concepts you learned throughout the semester. By the end of the semester, you walk away from this course with a better understanding of yourself as a learner, and the skills needed to succeed in college. Credits: 3

This course introduces public speaking through applying communication theory and techniques to a variety of different presentation contexts, Students will learn how to select and organize ideas; adapt a message to an audience with confidence and enthusiasm. Students will be required to research and present at least 3 prepared in-class speeches. Public speaking is a skill that can be mastered by anyone with motivation and determination. Credits: 3

This course includes the fundamentals of computer programming with an emphasis on problem solving methods and algorithm development. Topics include design and implementation of programs that use events, functions, conditionals, loops, recursion and various data structures. Students will be expected to design, implement, and debug programs in a functional programming language. Credits: 3

This course provides an overview of basic programming and information principles to design and create web-based user-centered experiences. Students will be exposed to the logical elements of programming languages (e.g., HTML, Java Script, jQuery) as well as how to use web and graphics software editors. In addition to developing functional user- centered web sites, students will gain an understanding of the capabilities of accessible and interactive design by examining the history, infrastructure, and future of the Internet. Credits: 3

Perspectives in Learning is designed to foster student’s self-awareness, critical thinking, strategic learning, and self-advocacy. The course introduces theories, and their practical implications, related to the cognitive, social, emotional, and cultural dimensions of learning. Throughout the 14-week course are opportunities for students to practice study skills, including active reading, note-taking, test-taking, self-management, and technology competencies. Students will explore laws that protect individuals with diagnosed learning differences, as well as the resources and accommodations that provide academic, social, and emotional support. Credits: 3

Students today live in a digitally connected world. This credit course is designed to teach students the digital tools, behaviors, and ethics necessary to thrive in this ever-evolving technological landscape. Instruction is designed so that students interact with a variety of topics, including accessing and assessing information, understanding their digital footprint, using technology purposefully and ethically, managing digital communications, and protecting themselves online. Students will use digital tools to construct knowledge, produce artifacts, and refine their approach to living in a digital world. Credits: 3

This course examines the evolution of seminal ideas of enduring significance for Western civilization. Students trace ideas about religion, philosophy, politics, economics, technology and aesthetics from classical Greece through Roman civilization to the Christian and Muslim cultures of the Middle Ages. Students are encouraged to draw parallels between the early forms of these ideas and their expression in current society. Credits: 3

This course focuses on visual art and architecture as it reflects the development of Western civilization and some non-Western cultures, from the time of the Renaissance to the present. Students learn visual vocabulary and explore ways in which cultural perspectives are reflected in artforms. Social, political, economic and philosophical structures are studies to provide a context for the art. Credits: 3

This course explores mathematical thinking and reasoning through the beauty, rigor, and patterns of a variety of mathematical topics. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: problem solving, mathematical reasoning, number theory, set theory, logic, probability and statistics, mathematics and the arts, the infinite, and topology. This mathematical exploration is intended for the Liberal Arts student who wishes to engage in new ways of thinking and seeing the world. Credits: 3

This course concentrates on the study of expressions, functions, and equations. Students are also exposed to analytic geometry, conic sections, and logarithmic and exponential functions. Topics in this course provide the necessary foundation for entry into Introduction to Calculus, MAT 2731. Graphing calculator required. Credits: 3

This course introduces students to the fields of study in modern psychology. At the conclusion of the course students will be able to answer the following questions: What is psychology? What are the methods of investigation in psychology? How is the science of psychology applied to individuals and groups? This course covers topics such as learning, cognition, memory, emotion, perception, personality, developmental psychology, stress & health, psychological disorders, and the biological underpinnings of behavior. Credits: 3

This course introduces students to the scientific study of human social life, groups and societies. Students learn and apply concepts commonly used by sociologists in framing their understanding of institutions, cultures, networks, organizations, and social relations. Students acquire the conceptual tools that enable them to give social context to individual human behavior. Major topics include sociological theory and methods; culture and society; stratification, class and inequality; gender inequality; ethnicity and race; families; education; religion; and political and economic life. In addition, these topics are presented within the broader context of globalization. Class activities and discussions will regularly be supplemented with short film clips selected from award-winning documentaries. Credits: 3

This course explores current best evidence for behaviors that support physical and mental health and performance in a modern working environment. The world in which most of us live is very different from the one for which our bodies and brains have evolved. Considering current expectations for school and workplace technology use, students completing this course will practice developing habits that improve learning and remembering and overall healthy work-life balance. The focus will be on the relationship between lifestyle choices and the learning process, reflecting on how daily choices affect mental and physical well-being. Topics will include mindset, resilience, ergonomics, physical activity, and sleep. Credits: 3

This course emphasizes the interconnected nature of reading and writing at the college level. Students are asked to develop and refine individualized reading and writing processes, while working with a variety of rhetorical strategies and structures. Through reading and writing assignments and class discussion and activities, students learn to read deeply, integrate material from texts, and express ideas both informally and through writing academic papers of increasing length and complexity. Credits: 3

This course will focus on expressive writing in many different forms. Students will have the opportunity to explore several different types of poetry and prose styles, as well as responding to fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and children’s literature. Originality and writing that shows thought will be emphasized. Strategies to avoid writer’s block and new ways to uncover ideas for writing will be studied. Peer reviews and sharing ideas are essential elements to this course. Credits: 3