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Negotiations

This course introduces techniques and skills used in bargaining to maximize a company's profits and competitiveness for both domestic and global concessions. Interpersonal negotiations skills are essential for any person working in the business world. Students will be introduced to an interest based negotiations strategy and to conflict resolution techniques that will prove valuable throughout one's personal and professional life.

Psychology, Introduction to

This course introduces students to some of the major theories and topics of psychology, including the physiological basis of behavior, personality and learning theories, memory, states of consciousness, stress, research methods, intelligence, human development, psychopathology, and social behavior.

Distribution Management

In this course, students examine the role of warehousing and distribution centers as they relate to business and logistics. They analyze distribution management automation, operations, cost, and safety practices. Upon completion, students will be able to explain the activities and processes associated with the warehousing and movement of inventory throughout the supply chain.

Enterprise Resource Planning & Control

This course will provide the fundamentals of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems concepts, and the importance of integrated information systems in an organization. The focus of this course is on illustrating procurement, production, and sales business processes using ERP software. This course introduces the world of ERP's to future Supply Chain employee's. The understanding of the benefits of technology use within the efficient movement of materials and products is essential in the world of Supply Chain.

Operations Management

This course is designed to acquaint students with the specialized vocabulary and problems encountered in manufacturing management. Tools and techniques for solving production process problems are presented with an emphasis on quality and productivity.

Global Supply Chain Management

This course introduces the student to supply chain financial transactions which include foreign exchange market, fluctuations of the market, role of the global capital market, major determinants in country risk, methods of foreign market entry, international contracts and commercial documents, export packaging, customs clearance, and global supply chain logistics infrastructure.

Transportation Management

In this course, students explore the complexity of the transportation industry. They examine modes of transportation, regulatory guidelines, and associated economic impact. Students analyze environmental and sociological elements of transportation logistics. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain how materials are managed as they move through the supply chain.

Accounting Principles

Accounting Principles is an introduction to the field of accounting. Fundamental concepts of the accounting process including financial statement preparation, journal entries, posting, adjusting and closing entries. Cash, inventory, receivables, payables, and plant assets including depreciation methods are also covered.

Introduction to Manufacturing & Robotics

In this course, learners examine the historical significance of manufacturing and robotics in the US and world economies. Learners identify a wide variety of manufacturing processes, and analyze manufacturing systems in terms of material flow and storage, information flow, capacities, and times and durations of events. Learners explore the relationships among the properties of the material, the manufacturing process, and the design of components. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will be able to communicate the language and benefits of manufacturing and robotics.