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Operations and Supply Chain Management
  

  • OP 323 Supply Chain Logistics Management

    3 unit(s)
    Studies the role of transportation and warehousing activities that impact the movement and storage of materials and services in the supply chain between suppliers, manufacturers and retailers. Students will examine the physical, economic, and functional characteristics of the major transportation modes as well as the increasing intermodal and global trends in logistics. Course includes the growing role of outsourcing to third party logistics providers. They will review the integration of transportation, warehousing, order processing, inventory control, materials handling, and customer service with the other components of the global supply chain.


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  • OP 329 Global Supply Chain Applications in Business

    3 unit(s)
    This course introduces applications and issues in supply chain management of international trade operations in sourcing, production, logistics, services, and customer service. These complex practices and procedures to support international trade management will be explored including import-export, risk management, regulations, transportation, foreign currency, information, and off shoring using current content, cases and real-world examples. Key analytical methods such as total landed costing and strategic profit modeling will be taught as tools for decision making. Each student will work on a personal term project involving the plan and design of the international supply chain to support a business, product or service offering of the student’s interest. Prerequisite(s): OP 321 .


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  • OP 396A-ZZ Selected Topics in Operations and Supply Chain Management

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in operations management or supply chain management. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): will vary based on topic.


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  • OP 398 Internship: Supply Chain Management

    3 unit(s)
    Offers students the opportunity to receive graduate-level work experience in operations management. Students are responsible for their own placement in an internship approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course, and a written report is required upon completion of the internship. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department chair or program director.


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  • OP 399 Directed Study

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides an opportunity for the advanced student with a specific project in mind to do reading in a focused area and to prepare a substantial paper under the direction of a faculty member. Only one directed-study course may be taken for credit toward a master’s degree. Prerequisite: completion of six graduate seminars in the advanced program and consent of the department. This course may be taken more than once for credit.


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Organizational Leadership & Human Skills Development
  

  • OLHS 110 Emotional and Social Intelligence at Work

    3 unit(s)
    This course develops the student’s understanding of the primary and secondary components of emotional and social intelligence and how they are applied in the workplace and in professional relationships within a variety of organizational contexts (including private, public, nonprofit, and military contexts). Students explore the origins of emotional and social intelligence, as well as the importance of exercising workplace emotional and social intelligence within and beyond organizational settings. Students identify their own levels of emotional and social intelligence and learn how they can further develop and apply this intelligence in a variety of business and non-business contexts. Specific applications are made to workplace relationships, communication, team collaboration, diversity, managing conflict, and leadership. Corequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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  • OLHS 111 Engagement, Thriving, and Well-Being in Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the importance of workplace engagement and how engagement is connected to and informs morale, the ability to thrive, and overall individual and team performance within a variety of organizational contexts (including private, public, nonprofit, and military contexts). Students identify the factors and conditions that are necessary to build and sustain engagement. The topics of applying strengths, making a contribution, professional development, autonomy and problem solving, recognition, and meaning and purpose in one’s work are explored. The significance of work and the workplace are also explored, as well as insights about the leadership and management practices that enhance and support engagement, thriving and the well-being of people in organizations. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 .


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  • OLHS 112 Building and Sustaining Team Cohesiveness

    3 unit(s)
    This course develops an understanding of the dynamics of team cohesiveness and relationships between team cohesiveness, performance and results. Students will apply methods and assessments evaluating team performance, research, and practitioner-based practices; these assessments focus on comprehending how critical phases of team development and management, including trust building, mastering conflict, building commitment, and peer-to-per accountability, contribute to achieving results. Students will also learn methods for creating a team environment that promotes and supports positive behaviors and strengthens the overall performance of the organization. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 . Corequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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  • OLHS 113 Managing Conflict and Crucial Conversations

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the how conflict can be framed, understood, addressed, and managed within organizational settings. This includes building a perspective of conflict as an opportunity to build clarity, understanding, and alignment between people, within teams, and organizations. Students will also learn how to conduct or hold crucial conversations in a situation characterized by conflict, misunderstanding, and mistrust. Students will explore approaches to conflict that are relational, organizational, and ideological. This will include understanding how conflict is viewed and experienced within people, different organizational cultures, and across cultural boundaries. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 . Corequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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  • OLHS 114 Leading Effectively through People, Teams, and Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the importance of leading others using influence and persuasion in a variety of settings and positions within organizations. Students will gain strategies, tools, and resources for how to influence others to move toward a common goal or shared objective. This course will examine selected leadership approaches as well as explore the importance of motivation, empowerment, credibility, building engagement, morale, and trust between leaders and followers and between and amongst followers. This course will provide an understanding of how to practice leading and leadership, in both formal and informal settings, that is based on the needs of those who are being lead and the needs of the larger team, department, organization, and community. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 .


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  • OLHS 115 Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the meaning of diversity and inclusion and how both impact people’s sense of meaning and belonging within organizational settings. This course examines how practices, behaviors and policies related to diversity and inclusion influence performance, and work to create values and norms within organizational cultures. Students will gain an understanding of how current issues of diversity and inclusion are experienced within communities and how organizations can leverage comprehensive diversity initiatives to build and sustain a competitive advantage. Special attention is directed toward understanding inclusivity and how it is experienced by members of various groups within communities. Diversity and inclusivity will be examined from a local, national and global perspective. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 . Corequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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  • OLHS 116 Innovation and Creativity in Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    In this course, students will understand the value of innovation, creativity, and design thinking in organizations and how to approach their work and the work of the organization using their own creative potential to design innovative solutions to the challenges they face. Students will explore skills in problem solving, management, and critical thinking to learn new ways of perceiving and tackling challenges. Students will become familiar with the principals of design thinking and how to apply these principles into professional and personal situations and dilemmas within and beyond organizations.

    Today’s business ecosystems are heavily influenced by innovative and nimble organizations. The stereotypical picture of innovation in the modern economy is that of the small, startup company ready to jump at new opportunities; however, established companies can also provide a breeding ground for disruptive innovations while also providing a critical infrastructure to help new ideas grow and thrive. This course will develop the skills to nurture entrepreneurial thinking, innovation, and creativity in any organizational environment. By completing the course, students will gain the ability to recognize when an organization can benefit from these skills and will teach students how to use them to create the innovations needed for an organization to succeed. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 .


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  • OLHS 117 Adaptability and Agility in a Disruptive World

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores how change, as experienced through volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, impacts employees, organizations, and the global community. Special focus will be on the impact of rapid and unpredictable change and the importance of building adaptive capacity to more effectively navigate that change within and beyond organizations. Students will understand how to approach complexity and how to be receptive and open to new, unpredictable, and evolving outcomes and connections that can impact organizations and those who work within them. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 .


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  • OLHS 118 Leadership and Transformation Through Relationships and Communities

    3 unit(s)
    This course focuses on the role and responsibility of leaders as servants to strengthen and empower people, organizations, and communities. Whether formal or informal leaders, the servant leader leads and influences in ways that encourages others to bring themselves holistically to their respective work responsibilities as well as into their communities. This course will define how the primary work of the servant leader is to equip others so that they themselves are able to engage in servant leadership wherever they find themselves within or beyond the organization.  As the capstone course for the OLHS degree, this course emphasizes that the role of any leader at any level in any organization is to model a servant leadership approach that advances organizational performance while it also addresses the importance of the servant leader’s connections to their communities in ways that heal, restore, and empower communities. Prerequisite(s): OLHS 110 . Corequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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Philosophy
  

  • PHIL 50 Professional and Personal Ethics

    3 unit(s)
    How should one solve serious ethical problems in professional life? How should one make sense of the problem? Are there rules that can be followed? Should simply obey the law? Are there any ‘right’ answers at all? Should one follow one’s conscience? Or, is it just a matter of opinion what one should do? This course will study how to approach answering questions like these. We will study how to reason about and how to attempt to resolve moral problems in professional life and personal life. Specific attention will be paid to: 1.Conceptual tools and theories for identifying, framing and analyzing moral problems. 2.Different ways of thinking about our professional lives, our goals and ourselves. 3.Methods and principles that will help us address moral problems in business case studies related to whistle-blowing, conflict of interest and finance.


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  • PHIL 60 Introduction to Philosophy

    4 unit(s)
    This course is a topical and historical introduction to the discipline and practice of philosophy. Through analysis of texts, discussion, participation, and lecture, the student will gain an understanding of philosophy both as a unique discipline that investigates some of the most profound questions about ourselves and the world, and as a practice that illuminates our scientific, social, and individual existences. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • PHIL 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Philosophy

    1-3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in philosophy. Topics will be selected by the department coordinator. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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  • PHIL 199 Directed Study in Philosophy

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed-study course per trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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Project Management
  

  • PM 50 Fundamentals of Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces project management principles, best practices and techniques, providing an overview of the project life cycle from start to finish. Covered topics include the role of projects and the project manager within organizations, managing conflict and negotiation, planning, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, monitoring and controlling activities, project auditing and project closure. Formerly: PM 180.


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  • PM 100 Project Management with Asana I: Project Structure, Concepts and Initiation

    3 unit(s)
    This course is the first in a three-part series focused on project management, and is aimed at students with little or no background in project management. In this course students will be introduced to the foundations of project management. Students will familiarize themselves with the role of the project manager and the leadership skills they will need to be successful project managers. Students will be introduced to Asana and other project management tools such as spreadsheets. They will learn essential information about projects, project life cycles, project management processes and methodologies. Students will explore stakeholder management, and create a plan for engaging with stakeholders. They will produce a project charter, a stakeholder engagement plan, a scope statement and a work breakdown structure, all of which provide a strong foundation for a project.


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  • PM 110 Project Management with Asana II: Effective Project Planning

    3 unit(s)
    This course is the second in a three-part series focused on project management, and is aimed at students with little or no background in project management. Pathstream built the course in partnership with Asana.

    In this course, students will become familiar with project management tools such as Google Sheets and Asana. Students will use tools to create a project schedule and budget. Students will also learn about procurement and project resources. Students will develop project kickoff activities, like planning an agenda for a meeting and setting up communications for the project team and stakeholders. Students will also create a communication plan. Prerequisite(s): PM 100 .


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  • PM 120 Project Management with Asana III: Risk, Quality, and Integration Management

    3 unit(s)
    This course is the third in a three-part series focused on project management, and is aimed at students with little or no background in project management. In this course, students will focus on addressing risk and ensuring quality in projects. Students will also learn techniques for monitoring a project and for managing work and deliverables throughout a project’s life cycle. Students will use tools to make reports. Students will study change control and review, approve, and manage changes related to a project and communicate the changes to stakeholders and team members. Finally, students will learn how to close a project and conduct a retrospective on a project to improve organizational operations. Prerequisite(s): PM 100 .


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  • PM 130 Agile Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    In this course, students will build off of their existing project management knowledge to dive deeply into Agile project management methodologies. They will work through a summative project where they will use Agile concepts, tools and techniques to successfully manage a technical project from start to finish.

    Students will begin by exploring the fundamentals of Agile, including frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP. They will then learn about Scrum in detail, covering key concepts, such as sprints, adaptive planning and estimation. Students will also learn how to conduct daily scrums, retrospectives and other key ceremonies to successfully plan and manage a project. While learning these concepts and frameworks, students will practice key project management related soft skills, such as how to plan for unexpected challenges and proactively manage issues that arise on a team.

      Corequisite(s): PM 50  and PM 100 .


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  • PM 340 Introduction to Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the principles and techniques of directing and controlling resources for a fixed-term project established for the accomplishment of specific goals and objectives, including issues pertaining to engineering, construction and large-systems development projects. Covers the manager’s responsibility, use of systems analysis, scheduling and control of project operations, planning, executing, budgeting and staffing; and the manager’s role in leadership, motivation, communication, conflict resolution and time management. Class material will be integrated with the information in the PMI®’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).


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  • PM 342 Agile Management for Project Managers

    3 unit(s)
    Managers in today’s complex, rapidly changing business environment must be able to effectively respond to change, learn consistently, make connections and understand context. This course uses presentation, interactive exercises and small-group work to explore Agile concepts, principles, roles and responsibilities, and practices. Students will get hands-on experience with Agile management tools and techniques, and gain an understanding of how Agile teams and projects work.


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  • PM 343 Advanced Project Planning and Control

    3 unit(s)
    Presents an in-depth treatment of critical aspects of planning and control in modern project management. The locus of projects within the overall context of good business practice is emphasized, as well as the role of business analysis and the relevance of business needs. Project-planning issues addressed include project life cycles, constraints, the work breakdown structure, project plan and charter, project estimating, project budgeting and financial control issues and earned value analysis. The latest techniques in project risk management are explored through assessing and controlling of the risk variables with emphasis on project procurement management, solicitation and contracting issues. Project quality management is treated in depth, to include contemporary concepts, tools and techniques. Applications using computer-based software and case studies are drawn from various industries to illustrate the analytical, planning and control activities common to project management. Prerequisite(s): PM 340 .


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  • PM 344 Project Governance: Program and Portfolio Management

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the processes of project governance, project portfolio management and program management. Students will learn how to identify and take the lead in effective project decision-making, manage multiple project investments using principles of program management, organize and control the program-delivery process, and examine the concept of decision rights in IT project governance. They will learn how to charter and organize a program management office (PMO), demonstrate the interrelationship between project governance and portfolio management, articulate the frameworks and objectives of effective project portfolio management, and manage and control the delivery of multiple project investments. Contemporary management texts, case studies and selected readings will be used. Corequisite(s): PM 340  (or permission of the program director for students possessing related experience, training, or certification).


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  • PM 346 The Practice of Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    Bringing together the skills and knowledge developed in the other core courses, this capstone course for the MS PM degree integrates significant project-management concepts and tools, ranging from the roles of project managers and team members, software tool analysis, project initiation components, advanced project planning and execution, as well as project monitoring and closing. Agile concepts and practices are integrated into the course. Additionally, critical skills such as negotiation, problem solving, scheduling, risk analysis and earned value are addressed. The course will have a focus on practical applications, supported by outside readings including academic research, case studies and PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK®) and the Agile Practice Guide. Students undertake a course-long research project based on real-world project-management cases. Course is to be taken in the final semester of project management coursework. Prerequisite(s): PM 340 , PM 342 , PM 343 , PM 344 , and PM 348 . 


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  • PM 348 Project Risk Management

    3 unit(s)
    Explores and elaborates the role of risk analysis and proactive risk management within a modern enterprise project environment. Acknowledging that risk is an inherent feature of any project, processes and tools are reviewed which enable project teams to identify, plan, manage and control project risks related to the triple constraint, as well as treatment options for risks beyond the project manager’s oversight. Methodology presented is consistent with the risk management processes in PMI®’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), with which comparisons are drawn to risk management strategies used in actual projects, both successful and unsuccessful in outcome. This class builds on a student’s basic project management knowledge to provide a more comprehensive and thorough approach with which to successfully address risks inherent in today’s cost-sensitive yet demanding project settings. Prerequisite(s): PM 340 .


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  • PM 396A-ZZ Selected Topics in Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in project management. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): will vary based on topic.


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  • PM 398 Internship: Project Management

    3 unit(s)
    Offers students the opportunity to receive graduate-level work experience in project management for academic credit. Students are responsible for their own placement in an internship approved by the program director. Course is to be taken in the final semester of project management coursework. This course may be taken more than once for credit. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): PM 340 , PM 342 , PM 343 , PM 344 , PM 348 . 


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Psychology
  

  • PSYCH 10 Introduction to Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    This course provides a basic introduction to the field of human psychology. Students will explore systems theory as it applies to individuals, families, and organizations; basic methods of psychological research; motivation; learning and memory; sensation and perception; basic topics in neuroscience; and social psychology. Students will learn how to use research-validated tools to create more effective and satisfying relationships, in both personal and professional settings. The course also covers how psychology can elaborate and deepen the understanding of cultural diversity, human biology, and lifespan development. The class concludes by applying psychological principles to career goals.


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  • PSYCH 60 Introduction to Psychology

    4 unit(s)
    This is a survey course introducing major topics in psychology. Topics covered include research and methods; culture; the brain; neurobiology; sensation and perception; learning; memory; thinking; intelligence; language; emotion and motivation; social psychology; developmental psychology; consciousness; personality; abnormal psychology and treatments; and happiness and well-being; as well as special topics in moral psychology, humor, and criminal psychology. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • PSYCH 102 Lifespan Development: Theories and Applications

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the psychological, therapeutic and health implications that developmental issues have on individuals, couples and family relationships, and the biological, social, cognitive and psychological aspects of aging. Cultural understandings of human development will be covered along with the impact of financial and social stress on human development. Therapeutic implications including long-term care, end-of-life and grief issues will be covered. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10 .


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  • PSYCH 108 Research Design and Experimental Methods

    3 unit(s)
    Basic course in experimental psychology, including: research design and inferential statistics; introduction to scientific procedures and methods in psychology; and participation in research, data analysis, and report writing.


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  • PSYCH 113 Psychology and Technology

    3 unit(s)
    This course studies a wide range of subjects which focus on the relationship between people and technology, including how technology influences people, and how people might use technology to live more effectively and skillfully. In addition, this course addresses the problematic use and impact of digital technologies across the lifespan, as well as the psychological implications of cyberspace and emerging technologies. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10  and ENGL 60 .


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  • PSYCH 115 Introduction to Biopsychology

    3 unit(s)
    An introduction to the role of the nervous system in psychological processes, including the basis of nerve conduction, the role of neurotransmitters, and basic neuroanatomy. The course also addresses the neurophysiology underlying sensory processes, motivation, emotion, sleep and dreaming, language, learning and memory, addiction, and mental disorders. It also explores human cognition, including the evolution of mind, as well as sensation, perception, learning and memory. Language, concept formation, and decision-making will also be addressed. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10 , ENGL 60 , and MATH 40 .


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  • PSYCH 120 Principles and Methods of Counseling

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the specialized communication skills used in the practice of counseling. Students will study basic counseling skills, interventions and the use of the psychological interview as an assessment tool. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10 .


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  • PSYCH 121 Abnormal Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    This course examines the origins, symptoms, and treatments of behavioral and personality disturbances from childhood through senescence in the context and application of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5). This course covers a broad survey of mental health problems including: anxiety disorders, depression, addictive disorders, psychosis, eating disorders, and personality disorders. Students will develop critical thinking skills as applied to theories, assessment, and treatments relevant for each disorder. Students will also be encouraged to consider the role of stigma in mental illness. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10  


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  • PSYCH 125 Psychology of Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    3 unit(s)
    This course presents a framework and process for exploring aging at the end-of-life, and includes dying, death and bereavement. In addition, this course investigates the psychological problem of death anxiety, as well as various parts of the aging process at the end-of-life, including psychological, physiological and sociological aspects. Coping with loss, change, grief and mourning are also addressed. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 10  and ENGL 60 .


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  • PSYCH 143 Psychology of Leadership

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the psychology of leadership as viewed through leadership identity, theory, self-awareness, and practice. The role of leadership theories is explored along with the importance of the role of personality and behavioral type in leadership. The topics of leadership and emotional intelligence are examined as well as the interactions between the leader and followers and how leaders, influence, motivate and engage human beings. The course concludes with an examination of the role of leadership in cultivating teleology and purpose within and beyond organizations.


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  • PSYCH 190 Strands of a System: Psychology Capstone

    3 unit(s)
    Using a portfolio design which encompasses all the of the signature assignments the student has created in the major courses as a basis, the lead instructor works closely with the student to learn about his/her future goals, and how best to achieve them. The faculty then mentors the student in the direction of the chosen post-graduation destination, whether that be going on to graduate school, or finding work. There will be a final, summative project in the capstone, one which must demonstrate broad integrated learning, as well as an applied ethical lens to some aspect of psychology that spoke to the student. The final project then will be the crowning achievement to burgeoning portfolio. Alumni, outside mentors, adjunct faculty, and leaders from within the counseling community, in conjunction with the lead faculty member, can collaborate to help student placements in real-world occupational settings as well.


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  • PSYCH 197 Internship: Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    Provides supervised work experience in psychology. Job and learning objectives are developed in conjunction with the department chair. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • PSYCH 198A-ZZ Special Topics In Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in psychology. Topics will be selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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  • PSYCH 199 Directed Study in Psychology

    1-3 unit(s)
    Individual study of a selected topic under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed-study course per semester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • PSYCH 302 Lifespan Development: Theories and Applications for Therapists

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the psychological, therapeutic and health implications developmental issues have on individuals, couples and family relationships; and the biological, social, cognitive and psychological aspects of aging. Cultural understandings of human development will be covered along with the impact of financial and social stress on human development. Therapeutic implications including long-term care, end of life and grief issues will be covered.


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  • PSYCH 304 Cross-Cultural Aspects of Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the effects of culture and ethnicity on psychology and behavior. Students will examine the cultural traits and values of various cultural groups in the United States. Implications for work and organizational environments and for counseling will be explored.


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  • PSYCH 306 Group Models of Counseling

    3 unit(s)
    Provides an overview of group psychotherapy. In this course, students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in and lead therapy groups. Content includes a survey of group-counseling theories, techniques, and research; discussion of professional, ethical, and clinical issues in group practice; review of the developmental stages of groups; and practice as group members and as leader. Experiential practice is incorporated throughout.


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  • PSYCH 308 Applied Psychological Research

    3 unit(s)
    This course is designed to help students think critically about practical questions related to human behavior and thought processes. The course will introduce students to an array of methodological tools psychologists use in their research – from the basics of scientific inquiry, ethical conduct, and controlled observation to co-relational, experimental, and applied approaches to research. Throughout, students will learn research methods within the context of classic and contemporary studies from diverse areas of psychology.


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  • PSYCH 320 Therapeutic Communication and Counseling Skills

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the specialized communication skills used in the practice of counseling. Students will study basic counseling skills, interventions and the use of the psychological interview as an assessment tool.


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  • PSYCH 321 Psychopathology

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the paradigms of mental and emotional dysfunction. Emphasizes the clinical techniques and professional practices used in the evaluation of individual psychological disturbance. Case studies will be used to examine different disorders and to learn how to use the DSM-5.


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  • PSYCH 322 Psychological Assessment

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys the theoretical and conceptual foundations of psychological assessment. Students will learn to select and administer assessment tools and to interpret their findings. Contains six hours of content related to suicide risk assessment and intervention.


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  • PSYCH 323 Psychodynamic Models of Counseling

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the major traditional and contemporary psychodynamic models of counseling and psychotherapy. These are concerned with the conscious, subconscious, unconscious and subjective constructions of life experiences. Students will learn how to work with individuals using these models, paying attention to the models’ principles of change and techniques, and their underlying theoretical rationale. Students will also learn to develop clinical case formulations and treatment plans, consider neurological factors that are relevant to counseling practice and outcomes, and modify case formulations and therapeutic interventions in order to consider clients’ cultural and social identities.


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  • PSYCH 324 Child/Adolescent Psychology, Assessment and Treatment

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the issues related to child and adolescent therapy, including assessment. Applies the principles by which a child develops the ability to think, speak, perceive and act and the moral, intellectual and cognitive changes experienced in adolescence to the therapeutic process. Students will learn the different assessment methodologies and therapies used in working with young people.


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  • PSYCH 325 Principles of Couple and Family Counseling

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the major theoretical approaches and therapeutic techniques used in counseling families and couples. Students will study the basic concepts of family systems and learn several methods of intervention.


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  • PSYCH 326 Legal and Ethical Responsibility for Counselors

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the legal and ethical responsibilities of counselors such as confidentiality, privilege, involuntary hospitalization and mandatory reporting. Students will learn the legal obligations of professional practice, laws relating to minors, marriage and the family and professional codes of ethics.


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  • PSYCH 329 The Neuroscience of Counseling and Psychopharmacology

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the neuroscience of counseling and psychopharmacology. Considers recent research and theoretical perspectives on brain functioning, enabling us to understand that all forms of counseling, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy are successful to the extent they change relevant neural circuits in the brain. Also considers the development of the brain and its relationship to psychological well-being and psychopathology. Examines several of the psychological problems individuals experience and the therapeutic interventions employed to address them, informed by our understanding of brain functioning. Major classes of psychotherapeutic medications, the psychiatric problems they address, their underlying neurological mechanisms, indications and contraindications for their use, and side effects are examined. Students learn to use internet databases and reference materials to maintain their knowledge base of these medications. The psychopharmacology of specific cultural and social groups is considered, including women, racial/ethnic groups, children and adolescents and the elderly.


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  • PSYCH 331 Human Sexuality

    1 unit(s)
    Examines human sexuality and sexual development, including dysfunctions and their treatment. Students will study the range of sexual behaviors, including atypical and dysfunctional behaviors; examine sexuality issues related to special populations or groups; and learn processes and techniques of sex therapy.


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  • PSYCH 333 Substance Use, Co-Occurring Disorders and Addiction

    1 unit(s)
    Covers the definition, etiology, identification and treatment approaches of substance use, co-occurring disorders and addictions. Prevention, populations with special risk, community resources and the role of people and systems that support or compound use and addiction will be covered. Effects of drug use, and medical and legal aspects will be explored.


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  • PSYCH 334 Relational Abuse: Assessment, Treatment and Reporting

    1 unit(s)
    Prepares students to identify, intervene, report and treat intimate partner and spousal abuse, geriatric abuse, family abuse and child maltreatment. Legal, cultural and psychosocial issues will be covered. Students will learn about current issues and recent research in the area of family violence, trauma and child maltreatment. Prepares students to apply their knowledge to use in a variety of clinical settings.


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  • PSYCH 335 Special Issues in the Treatment of Families

    2 unit(s)
    Equips students with the knowledge and therapeutic tools necessary to work with families encountering special treatment issues including: substance abuse; immigration; illness; end of life and grief; and financial stress and homelessness. Students will also learn how to work with families who have a unique structure or are undergoing change such as same-sex relationships; divorce; single and step-parenting; and adoption. Students will be provided with a theoretical foundation while learning to execute practical therapeutic approaches required when working with a variety of special situations. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 325 .


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  • PSYCH 336 Evidence-Based Practice Treatment

    1 unit(s)
    Explores evidence-based practice treatments, best practices and the areas of emerging research knowledge within a recovery-orientated paradigm. Students will become familiar with specific evidence-based interventions to use for individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness, including co-occurring disorders. Additional topics of human diversity and legal/ethical concerns will be highlighted throughout the course. Should be taken within the last two trimesters of study. Corequisite(s): PSYCH 321 .


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  • PSYCH 337 Community Mental Health

    3 unit(s)
    Examines principles and skills required to work with adults, youth and families with a diagnosis of serious mental illness using a recovery-oriented paradigm. Specific approaches for engagement, assessment, treatment planning and case management are addressed for meeting needs of consumers with persistent mental illness, trauma histories and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Students will learn how to engage in collaborative treatment, being a member of a multidisciplinary team with various systems of care; including community behavioral health; alcohol and drug service providers; human service agencies; law enforcement/criminal justice; primary care and academic/vocational services. Additional topics of illness prevention, health promotion, human diversity and legal/ethical concerns will be highlighted throughout the course. Prerequisite(s): PSYCH 321 .


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  • PSYCH 339 Cognitive-Behavioral and Short-Term Models of Counseling

    3 unit(s)
    Examines and compares behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and other short-term models of counseling and psychotherapy. Equips students with the tools and evidence-based techniques necessary to help individuals resolve a host of problems presented by their clients. Students will also study behavioral and cognitive-behavioral models of couples and group counseling; learn to develop clinical case formulations and treatment plans; consider neurological factors that are relevant to addressing specific psychological problems; and modify case formulations and adapt therapeutic practice and interventions in order to consider clients’ cultural and social identities, including socioeconomic status.


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  • PSYCH 340 Group Dynamics in Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the theoretical and experiential aspects of group-functioning in organizations and the behavioral, psychological, and social-psychological dynamics of group behavior. Common pitfalls of group-decision making processes, life-cycle theories of group development, influence patterns in groups and the unique challenges of forming cross-cultural and cross-geographical groups will be explored.


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  • PSYCH 341 Organizational Behavior and Process

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the structure, function and performance of organizations and the impact of psychological and sociological variables on the behavior of groups and their members. Students will learn the key relationships between organizational culture, behavior and processes.


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  • PSYCH 342 Organizational Development, Assessment and Intervention

    3 unit(s)
    Explores how systematic organizational interventions are accomplished within complex human networks. Students will learn how to use behavioral science to assess an organization’s current state and discover routes to its improvement. Also covered will be the role of internal and external consultants in intervention and the resulting impact on human behavior and organizational performance.


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  • PSYCH 343 Leadership and the Development of Managerial Excellence

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the nature and role of leadership in organizations. Special emphasis will be devoted to the role of emotional intelligence in organizational effectiveness and managerial excellence. Students will learn through an examination of their own emotional and leadership competencies, and also through readings, cases and group projects.


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  • PSYCH 344 Tests and Measurements

    3 unit(s)
    Prepares students to administer and interpret psychological tests in organizational environments. Students will be exposed to the major psychological assessment tools used to measure organizational performance and effectiveness, as well as tools used for employee selection, placement and training. Students will be able to select tools to perform key I/O duties like job analysis, performance appraisal and feedback, team building, person-environment fit analysis, leadership training and team morale assessment. They also will be able to construct and validate assessment tools and perform data analysis using SPSS to diagnose organizational problems. This course fulfills the test publishers’ educational requirement to purchase testing materials.


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  • PSYCH 345 Organizational Behavior and Development

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the structure, function, and performance of organizations, the impact of psychological and sociological variables on the behaviors of groups and their members, and explores how systematic organizational interventions are accomplished within complex human networks. Students will both learn the key relationships between organizational culture, behavior, and processes and learn how to use behavioral science to assess an organization’s current state and discover routes to its improvement. 


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  • PSYCH 348 Organizational Change

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the nature and dynamics of change in organizations and its impact on individuals and teams from psychological and social-psychological perspectives. Introduces the discipline of Change Management and the major models associated with its practice. Reviews the skill sets of organizational change agents, best practices for managing resistance to change, and approaches to measuring the impacts of organizational change efforts.


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  • PSYCH 349 Executive Coaching Theory and Practice

    3 unit(s)
    This course highlights the theoretical and practical aspects of the field of executive coaching. Areas of emphasis include the recent growth of executive coaching as a discipline and its place among other employee development practices, attitudinal and behavioral approaches to the coaching process, the measurement of coaching outcomes, ethical considerations in coaching, similarities and differences with psychotherapy, and the skills of an executive coach.


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  • PSYCH 351 Career Counseling and Development

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the expert skills and knowledge used in helping individuals clarify their career and life goals. Students will be introduced to the major career development theories and their application to the world of work. In the process, students will examine issues such as certification and licensure, multicultural counseling, retirement, and dual-career couples. Students will learn how to assess interest and ability and how to access occupational and educational information sources.


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  • PSYCH 352 Structure, Theory and Ethics of Conflict Resolution

    3 unit(s)
    Explores professional conflict resolution and mediation as an emerging means of problem solving in family, industrial, environmental and business law. Students will examine the theoretical framework of dispute resolution and its relationship to the traditional justice system, and explore related ethical issues.


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  • PSYCH 353 Conflict Resolution: Skills and Techniques

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the skills and techniques necessary for conflict mediation. Students will learn communication techniques, problem identification and disagreement management skills, techniques for achieving agreement or settlement and intake skills.


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  • PSYCH 354 Consulting Skills

    3 unit(s)
    This course introduces students to the action-research model on industrial/organizational psychology consulting to organizations and offers a step-by-step process to conduct successful consulting engagements. Core consulting processes such as entry, contracting, data-collection, feedback, action planning, and implementation will be reviewed. Additional topics include tactics for working with challenging clients, managing organizational politics, and typical career paths in consulting.


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  • PSYCH 355 Diversity in Organizations

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the dynamics and structure of diversity in organizations and how initiatives to build and sustain competitive advantage. Emphasis will be placed on ways organizations integrate diversity into key processes to capture a ‘diversity dividend’ resulting in improved financial performance, customer loyalty, and employee engagement.


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  • PSYCH 356 Conflict Resolution: Ethics, Theory and Practice

    3 unit(s)
    Explores professional conflict resolution and meditation as an emerging means of problem solving in family, industrial, environmental, and business law. Examines the skills and techniques necessary for conflict mediation. Students will examine theoretical frameworks and related ethical issues and learn conflict management and resolution skills.


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  • PSYCH 361 Coaching: Interpersonal Skills and Practices

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the growing field of business, organizational and personal coaching with a primary focus on learning interpersonal coaching skills and concepts. Topics will include: specific communication skills of a coach, interpersonal coaching tools, developmental models of change, common coaching issues, the stages and structures of coaching, and solution-focused coaching methods. Class structure will include: demonstrations, experiential practice and learning, and guest lectures from successful coaches (depending on their availability). May be used as a management, industrial / organizational psychology or conflict resolution certificate elective option. This course combines lecture, experiential learning activities and cyber-enhanced learning modalities. It is taught so that students will utilize theory in class activities that illustrate coaching concepts and teach coaching skills.


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  • PSYCH 394 Practicum: Counseling Psychology

    3 unit(s)
    Practical application of assessment, counseling, consultation and case management skills in an approved mental health setting. Students are required to complete a total of 300 clinical hours during the program consisting of face-to-face counseling with individuals (adults, children, adolescents, couples, families or groups).

    Supervision must be provided by an on-site practicum supervisor in accordance with Board of Behavioral Science regulations. Additionally, students will attend a practicum seminar that will provide group consultation utilizing written case studies and oral case presentations. Additional topics of human diversity and legal/ethical concerns will be highlighted throughout the course. Students are required to meet with clients and their families in volunteer and in-class settings.

    Students are required to enroll in the PSYCH 394 seminar course during every term that they will be participating in their traineeship placement. If the placement will cover five weeks or less of the term and the hours gained during that period are not needed to fulfill the 300-hour requirement, then registration in the PSYCH 394 seminar course is not required that term. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): PSYCH 320 , PSYCH 326 , and PSYCH 321 . Consent of the department chair is required.


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  • PSYCH 396A-ZZ Selected Topics in Applied Psychology

    1-3 unit(s)
    Explores significant, topical, practical and theoretical problems and issues in applied psychology. Topics are selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): will vary based on topic.


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  • PSYCH 398 Internship: Applied Psychology

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides practical experience and training in applied psychology by working with an experienced practitioner in an appropriate setting. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • PSYCH 399 Directed Study in Applied Psychology

    1-3 unit(s)
    Allows rigorous exploration of a specific topic. Students will research and prepare an extensive paper on an area of special interest. This course is for the advanced student only. Only one directed-study course may be taken for credit toward a master’s degree. PSYCH 399 can be used to satisfy area of concentration requirements for the master’s degrees in psychology. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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Public Administration
  

  • PAD 100 Public Policy and Administration

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the theory and practice of public policy and administration; focuses on the administrative enforcement including relations between governmental branches; a history of administration; theories of administrative organization; the management of public organizations including leadership, personnel and budgetary concepts; planning and evaluating; public policy questions; and current and future issues. Recommended as the first course in the public administration concentration for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees and the undergraduate certificate in Public Administration Leadership.


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  • PAD 102 Policy Making and Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Provides an introduction to policy making, policy analysis and policy evaluation. Focuses on the theories of policymaking and the public process. Introduces students to some techniques and practical examples of public policy analysis.


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  • PAD 104 Privatization and the Public Service

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the growing trends and experiences toward market-based public service delivery systems. Public administrators in many levels of government are being challenged to become more entrepreneurial in their management of public enterprises. Additionally, contracting with private firms and adapting e-Commerce processes to provide public services is becoming the norm, rather than the exception.


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  • PAD 105 Public Budgeting Techniques and Processes

    3 unit(s)
    Provides an exploration and analysis of the budgetary process typically employed at the federal, state and local levels of the government. Students will study the practical as well as theoretical exposure to the techniques and various formats of public budgeting.


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  • PAD 106 Administrative Law and Justice

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces students to the concepts, resources and language of law as these relate to administrative law; functions and procedures of the public agency; limitations to and safeguards against arbitrary or erroneous administrative action; extent of judicial control over administrative action; Administrative Procedures Act; and relationship of executive branch agencies to the other branches of government. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 60 .


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  • PAD 197 Internship: Public Administration

    3 unit(s)
    Offers students the opportunity to receive work experience in a public management setting. Students will be responsible for their own placements in internships approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • PAD 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Public Administration

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in public management. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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  • PAD 199 Directed Study in Public Administration

    1-3 unit(s)
    Serves as an individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed-study course per trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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Science
  

  • SCI 50 Science, Technology and Social Change

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the impact of scientific thought and technological innovation on major cultures of the modern world. Analyzes the acquisition, application and adaptation of technology in pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial societies. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 50  or ENGL 60  and MATH 20 .


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  • SCI 60 Introduction to Astronomy

    4 unit(s)
    This course is al tour the history of the universe using modern technology and the constantly evolving knowledge of generations of astronomers and physicists. This course uses relevant and exciting discoveries to introduce light, the origin of the solar system, the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, the inner and outer planets and their moons, exoplanets, the life cycles of stars, dead stars, the Milky Way and other galaxies, black holes, the Big Bang, dark matter and energy, and the fate of the universe. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • SCI 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Science

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in science. The department coordinator will select topics. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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Social Science
  

  • SOSC 50 American Government in the 21st Century

    3 unit(s)
    Every citizen in the United States is impacted by the decisions made in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. The depth and breadth of that impact is difficult to understand without knowledge of the historical context of the formation of national government and its evolution since its inception. This course seeks to provide knowledge of that context, addressing issues of politics, power, and culture, as we gain greater understanding of how government works in the 21st century.


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  • SOSC 60 Introduction to Sociology

    4 unit(s)
    An introduction to the discipline of sociology. Topics covered include the sociological imagination; theoretical perspectives; research methods and ethical concerns; socialization; culture; groups and organizations; stratification; social control and deviance; race; gender, sex, and sexuality; family; religion; education; health, medicine, and the body; the environment; media; technology; social movements; social change. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • SOSC 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Social Sciences

    1-3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in social science. The department coordinator will select topics. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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  • SOSC 199 Directed Study in Social Sciences

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed-study course per trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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Taxation
  

  • TA 302 Accountants’ Professional Responsibilities and Ethics in Tax Practice

    3 unit(s)
    Provides the background and ethical framework that governs the practice of tax at both the federal and state levels. Focuses on the rules that govern the conduct of accountants in federal and state tax practice. Includes an in-depth discussion of Circular 230, the AICPA Tax Practice Standards, the state Boards of Accountancy, and state tax agencies’ rules and regulations (to the extent that they exist). Covers eligibility to practice in the tax field for federal and state purposes, client confidentiality and related tax-practitioner privileges, managing conflicts of interest, rules governing fees, standards of practice and disclosure on the tax return, new rules on written advice, practitioner penalties and malpractice claims, performing other services (and the unauthorized practice of law), and best practices for tax advisers. Also covers the states’ regulation of tax practice, including multi-jurisdictional practice. Focuses on real-life case studies that illustrate the dilemmas faced by tax practitioners in everyday situations, and addresses the practical questions of operating a tax practice. Prerequisite(s): TA 318  or equivalent.


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  • TA 306A Pro Bono Tax Clinic: State Income Tax

    1-3 unit(s)
    Under supervision of an attorney from the Board of Equalization’s Taxpayer Rights Advocate Office, students assist taxpayers with state income tax disputes against the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB). Students receive legal practice skills training, including gathering and identifying evidence, drafting legal briefs, and representing clients/taxpayers in negotiations with the FTB and at oral hearings before the BOE. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Program Director approval is required for all students seeking to register.
      Cross-listed with and equivalent to the following course. (Note: no academic credit is awarded for retaking equivalent course.): LLM 306A.


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