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{GENERICO:type="QuickInfo-2",time="15"}Investigate interpersonal communication in formal and informal settings by building and managing personal and professional relationships through effective communication.

How do we define, understand, and uphold principles of justice in the global political environment? Some argue we cannot achieve global justice in a world that is increasingly chaotic and diverse. Others say that, by its very nature, justice demands a global context and uniform scope of applicability. In this course, we review political philosophy, international and global relations, history, practical reasoning, the tensions between universalism and relativism, and the challenge of creating ...

This short course will help you better understand how information impacts all facets of your life, whether personal, professional, or educational. Information is central to life, especially in a knowledge economy driven by technology. Understanding how to effectively find, evaluate, and use information is key to success. This course will discuss how information is produced, organized, located, and used ethically and legally, both online and in print. This process starts with understanding the...

The essential function of a manager is to make decisions. Decision-making is about making choices between alternatives to reach a goal or objective. In our personal lives, decision-making can involve determining many things, such as where we live, what foods we eat, and who our friends are. In business, decision-making can revolve around the products and services that a company offers, the markets it serves, the people it hires, and so on. In this unit, we will look at the decision-making pro...

When we use programming for problem-solving purposes, data must be stored in certain forms (or data structures) so that operations on that data will yield a specific type of output. Imagine, for example, that a non-profit is having trouble staying afloat and needs more donations. It decides to keep track of its donors in a program to figure out who is contributing and why. The non-profit would first need to define the properties that would define those donors: name, address, amount donated, d...

Businesses undertake projects for many reasons, such as solving business problems, creating a competitive advantage, or delivering value to the consumer. There are as many types of projects as there are businesses, products, processes, and operations. Thus, every business must decide what methods to use for various projects. Most companies will have more than one project going at the same time. The process that it uses for each project may differ. A software project may use an agile method, w...

The business world is changing, and database management systems are at the heart of modern business information systems. Like any other resource, corporate data must be effectively managed to ensure the organization's ongoing success. Data management, which focuses on data collection, storage, and retrieval, thus constitutes a core activity for any business or organization. Organizations and enterprises use big data more than ever to make informed business decisions. They rely heavily on big ...

* Understand the functions, structures, and evolution of operating systems; * Evaluate design choices and trade-offs in the implementation of different operating systems, and decide which type of operating system would be most appropriate for a given situation; * Evaluate, debug, and modify operating system code to achieve the desired functionality; and * Explain data structures, algorithms, computer architecture, and programming in the context of operating systems.

In this course, we explore the physical and human landscapes of the world by dividing them into ten regions. We explore physical characteristics, such as location, climate, terrain, and natural hazards, and human characteristics, such as culture, ethnicity, language, economics, and politics. Our goal is to begin understanding each region's physical and human attributes from a spatial perspective and place them within a global framework. We will use maps to locate places and features within re...

This course will teach you how to create documents using Microsoft Word and Google Docs. It is designed for students with little or no experience with these word processing programs. We will review some basic editing and formatting tools and how to create and print a business letter. Google Docs and Microsoft Word share many of the same formatting features and functions, and most of the features we explore in this course can be used in both programs. If you do not have Microsoft Word, you can...