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Mt. Sierra College Course Descriptions
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` HUM-365 | Art, Politics, and Culture
Course retired Summer 2003
Students study the artist in society. Students explore
through literature the areas of interest to the artist
in various media, focusing on the artist’s concerns
and commitment to ethics and morality as expressed
through artistic accomplishments. This course will also
examine and evaluate the artist’s relationship to art,
politics, and culture, and how this relationship helps
shape contemporary thought.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
Information Technology Management
ITM-420 | Operations Research & Implementation
Prerequisite(s): MTH-135; MTH-375
This course is designed to meet the needs of beginning
through advanced students, and provides a balanced
coverage of the theory, applications, and computations
of operations research techniques – with a focus
on deterministic models, probabilistic models, and
nonlinear models.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` ITM-430 | Quantitative Management
Prerequisite(s): ITM-420
This course covers different theories of quantitative
management and decision theory, forecasting, and
game theory for decision-making processes.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` ITM-450 | Knowledge Management
Prerequisite(s): MGT-310
This course covers the creation, transfer, sharing, and
management of knowledge that is vital to business and
technology decision making processes.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
Internship
` INT-xxx
Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Academic Dean and
Departmental Chair
Open to students in good standing in their tenth term
or higher.
Under the supervision of a Professor, the student will
serve as an intern at a business or community-based
organization related to his or her field of study. The
student will have the opportunity to perform tasks and
complete projects that synthesize the various skills
learned within the degree program in a real world
environment. Credits awarded depend upon nature of
the internship and the total hours of the assignment.
Students may complete two internships for credit,
and must enroll in the internship prior to beginning the
internship.
Maximum credits granted per internship: 2 credit hours
Management
` MGT-310 | Business Management I
Prerequisite(s): BUS-100
This course provides an in-depth analysis of business
enterprise as it relates to communication management,
personnel management, and resource management
issues.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` MGT-315 | Business Management II
Prerequisite(s): MGT-310
An introduction to the management of processing
systems, information systems, and future systems
development is provided.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` MGT-410 | Human Resource Management
Prerequisite(s): MGT-310
Theoretical and practical approaches and practices
of managing human resources are covered in this
course. Special attention is given to issues of training,
development, performance appraisal, and the evaluation
of organizational effectiveness.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` MGT-460 | Customer Relationship Management
Prerequisite(s): MGT-310
This course introduces the student to the discipline
of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with a
focus on how enterprises integrate customer service,
marketing and sales strategies with technology to
achieve the goals of CRM. Topics covered include
developing new customers, managing existing
customers, increasing customer revenues, and
simplifying the sales and marketing process. CRM
strategies will be discussed and analyzed from case
studies.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
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