PD 1012                        Using Computers (F, Sp)

Building upon the rudimentary computer skills learned in GS 1003, Foundations, you will enhance your computer skills and knowledge during the second semester of your freshman year.  The focus of the course is to learn which computer tools (applications) will help you solve problems throughout your lifetime, as well as, in your classes.  Topics included are terminology, file management, spreadsheets, web development tools, search engines, databases, presentation packages, and file linking.  Prerequisite: GS 1003

PD 2013                        Professional Communications (F, Sp)

Achieving career goals demands that you effectively inform, persuade, and build goodwill in a variety of media within a diverse set of dynamic environments.  You will employ contemporary commercial forms of written and oral communications to solve problems and case studies in individual and team-based settings.  You will communicate via e-mail, letters, memos, brochures, handouts, and electronic portfolios.  Oral skills will be developed with prepared presentations, on-the-spot reports, press conferences, and interviews.  You will also address listening skills and evaluating the work of others.    Prerequisites EN 1113, CO 1713

PD 3012                        Imagination, Innovation, and Creativity (F, Sp)

Adding value to services and products through innovation and imagination is the key asset for individuals and businesses in a knowledge-based economy.  Value comes from seeing what your customer/client really needs before they and others see it.  This requires that you think beyond the horizon or outside the box.  To do this, you will extend logic skills gained previously to develop your personal creative potential via techniques such as lateral thinking, inversion, and free association.  Working within a team, you will learn about team building, brainstorming, and problem solving through academic exercises and by addressing real issues on campus and in the community.  Prerequisite: Junior standing.

PD 3032                        Self-Leadership (F, Sp)

Developing your leadership potential begins with self-reflection.   You will have the opportunity to expand the process started in Foundations of understanding your personality and leadership styles and their impact on your life and choices.  Your study entails a survey of current literature relating to leadership and continues with discussions relating leadership styles, personal integrity, and real-life applications.  Prerequisite: Junior standing.

PD 3043                        Computing for Managers (F, Sp)

Learning computer tools (applications) helps you solve problems throughout your lifetime, as well as, in your classes.  Topics included are terminology, file management, spreadsheets, web development tools, search engines, databases, presentation packages, and file linking.  Open to transfer students only.

PD 4032                        Organizational Policies and Practices (F, Sp)

Studying traditional, current, and 21st century business practices is a necessary component in achieving success in your professional career. You will survey techniques used in accounting, economics, organizational behavior, finance, management, and marketing.  This will allow you to understand key concepts such as profit and loss, supply and demand, people skills, financial planning, management styles, and idea promotion.  Combining these concepts with your field of study will help you to improve your organization ("intrapreneurship") or start a new one (entrepreneurship).  Prerequisite: Senior standing.