This course provides an overview of healthcare policy, regulation and law. Topics include: sources of common, statutory, and constitutional law; contracts and intentional torts; the organization and management of a corporate healthcare organization (HCO); for-profit and nonprofit HCOs; liability issues for individuals and HCOs; admission and discharge issues; medical staff appointments and privileges; emergency care issues; consent issues for treatment; and taxation and antitrust issues. Current issues in fraud, abuse, and corporate compliance programs are also covered.

1. Describe the evolution of hospitals and sources of law.
2. Examine tort law and the criminal aspects of health care.
3. Analyze contracts and how antitrust laws affect health care organizations.
4. Describe civil procedures and trial practices.
5. Describe a healthcare organization’s corporate structure, compliance, medical staffing, and liability exposure.
6. Evaluate the impact of the law on medical staff, nursing and department and health care professional liability.
7. Examine information management and health care records and how the legal reporting requirements impact health care.
8. Assess the legal implications of ethical decisions that impact consent for treatment, right-to-die, and patient rights and responsibilities.
9. Evaluate the impact of ethics in health care.
10. Analyze tort reform and risk reduction.
11. Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
12. Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.

This course reviews substantive and procedural law relative to divorce, adoption, guardianship, custody, and other family law matters within the jurisdiction of the Probate Court. It covers the legal status of children, legal rights of women, illegitimacy and paternity proceedings, as well as divorce procedures and child custody and support issues. The course will simulate factual situations using legal concepts to enhance analytic skills.

1. Explain the evolution of the laws regulating marriage and premarital agreements.
2. Explain the legal rights of women surrounding domestic violence.
3. Explain the various actions involved in the divorce process (complaint, discovery, relief, resolution, hearing, trial, appeal)
4. Explain the legal framework of child custody proceedings (parent and non-parent custodial arrangements, visitation rights, etc.)
5. Explain the administrative framework for child and spousal support, including guidelines, enforcement, duration, and tax implications.
6. Describe the approaches to marital property division, including classification, valuation, distribution, and tax implications.
7. Explain the legal framework for paternity issues.
8. Explain the legal framework for adoption.
9. Use technology and information resources to research issues in family law.
10. Write clearly and concisely about family law using correct grammar and mechanics.

Provides an overview of the hospitality industry, career opportunities, international perspective on the travel and tourism industry, and a comprehensive look at each department in the food service, lodging, and travel industries. Basic management theories will also be explored within the context of the industry.

1. Discuss various career opportunities in the food service and lodging industries.
2. Describe the significant trends impacting the hospitality industry.
3. Categorize the different types of hotels.
4. Differentiate the operations and functions of departments common to most hotels.
5. Compare and contrast the general characteristics of quick service, mid-scale, upscale, and fine-dining restaurants
6. Analyze the basic procedures involved in managing a restaurant operation.
7. Determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations, particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel management, and the recording of sales transactions.
8. Analyze the interdependence of the food service, lodging, and meetings segments of the hospitality industry..
9. Discuss the nature of and the various activities related to gaming entertainment.
10. Demonstrate the role that customer-based quality service plays in the success of the hospitality enterprise.
11. Determine the critical leadership skills needed for successful operations of companies in the hospitality industry.
12. Use technology and information resources to research issues in hospitality and tourism management.
13. Write clearly and concisely about hospitality and tourism management using proper writing mechanics.

Examines the applications of ethical principles through consideration of typical problem areas encountered in organizations. The course focuses on the ethical perspectives of business decision-making and policy development in a variety of key areas including individual behavior, human resource management, work environments, marketing, property rights, and international business. The analysis of case situations will illustrate the application of various ethical approaches (utility, individual rights, and justice) in managing organizations.

1. Explain the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
2. Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
3. Explain the concepts of justice and the factors that constitute rights using the predominant ethical theories such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics.
4. Explain the role of free trade and government in an economic system, the key features of capitalism, and the critical business ethics issues associated with international business.
5. Recommend viable policy options that address the selected business areas, reflect key ethical considerations, and foster an ethical work environment.
6. Analyze the concepts of public safety and government regulation along with the role of business responsibility. 
7. Recommend ways in which businesses can be partners with nature by applying the concepts of business ethics, business ecology, and environmental ethics.
8. Describe the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.
9. Analyze the effects of unethical actions by company officials on the company, its employees, and society.
10. Analyze the ethical issues related to job discrimination, affirmative action, and sexual harassment.
11. Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
12. Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

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This course focuses on the management of service quality and improvement within all operational segments of the hospitality and tourism industry. Topics contained in the course include introduction to quality management systems, managing teams, assessing an organization’s service strengths and weaknesses, servicing the customer, developing and implementing quality service, and management leadership. The course will prepare students to understand the importance of service quality and how to implement service quality plans within an organization.

1. Develop a plan for managing and improving quality in a hospitality operation.
2. Describe the management attributes contributing to providing service quality.
3. List and describe basic service paradigms.
4. Differentiate between high- and low-performance organizations and identify contributing factors.
5. Develop team service performance models.
6. Explain the typical service expectations of customers and the behaviors associated with providing these services.
7. Define and apply the process of Total Quality Management to hospitality operations.
8. Apply service quality standards used in other industries to the hospitality industry.
9. Synthesize customer perceptions into service performance standards.
10. Describe the leadership practices that can enhance employee service performance.
11. Assess and implement quality standards as a “turnaround strategy.”
12. Use technology and information resources to research issues in quality service assurance.
13. Write clearly and concisely about quality service assurance using proper writing mechanics.

This course provides a foundational overview to the discipline of information technology that illuminates key computing concepts and describes how those concepts relate to other computing disciplines. Students are presented the diverse context in which information technology is used and the challenges inherent in the diffusion of innovative technologies.

1. Explain how the components of information technology systems interrelate.
2. Distinguish among the complexities in information technology to include abstraction, modeling, versioning, standards, and use of appropriate tools.
3. Explain the complexities in an information technology environment by applying best practices and using appropriate technologies and methodologies.
4. Describe the role of the information technology professional as the user advocate.
5. Demonstrate why adaptability and interpersonal skills are important to an information technology professional.
6. Illustrate the use of information and communication technologies to solve problems as an information technology professional.
7. Outline why the Information Assurance and Security perspective needs to pervade all aspects of information technology.
8. Explain how organizational context is influenced by the development and deployment of information technology systems.
9. Evaluate the ethical concerns that information technologies raise in society, and the impact of information technologies on crime, terrorism, or war.
10. Use technology and information resources to research issues in information technology.
11. Write clearly and concisely about introductory information technology topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

This course provides an overview of information technology security principles, challenges, vulnerabilities and countermeasure strategies. Topics include definition of security terms, concepts, elements, and goals. Students will explore industry standards and practices that focus on the availability, integrity and confidentiality aspects of information systems security.

1. Explain the concepts of information systems security as applied to an IT infrastructure.
2. Describe the principles of risk management, common response techniques, and issues related to recovery of IT systems.
3. Describe how malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities impact an IT infrastructure.
4. Explain the means attackers use to compromise systems and networks, and defenses used by organizations.
5. Explain the role of access controls in implementing a security policy.
6. Explain the role of operations and administration in effective implementation of a security policy.
7. Describe the ethical principles and standards in information security.
8. Explain the importance of security audits, testing, and monitoring to effective security policy implementation.
9. Explain how businesses apply cryptography in maintaining information security.
10. Analyze the importance of network principles and architecture to security operations.
11. Apply international and domestic information security standards and compliance laws to real-world implementation in both the private and public sector.
12. Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems security.
13. Write clearly and concisely about network security topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

This course examines the criminal activity of juveniles and includes the study of gangs, status offenses, and the problems facing juveniles today. An overview of American juvenile justice is also provided, in terms of both system and practice. The causes of juvenile crime, the juvenile court system, and the institutionalization, rehabilitation, and treatment of juveniles are explored.

1. Describe what it means to be an adolescent in American society today.
2. Explain how delinquents have been handled throughout history.
3. Differentiate between various theoretical explanations for delinquent behavior.
4. Illustrate how social factors such as gender, racial and ethnic background, and social class relate to delinquency.
5. Apply theories of gang formation to the development of youthful offenders.
6. Explore the relationship of illicit drugs, gangs, and forms of delinquency.
7. Explicate the types of prevention programs that are likely to work with high-risk youngsters. 
8. Identify successful evidence-based treatment modalities for juvenile delinquents and be able to describe the ingredients of effective programs.
9. Identify the interaction among the various stages of the juvenile justice process.
10. Contrast the differences between the juvenile and adult justice system in the United States.

This course examines the American judicial system to include federal, state, and local courts. The professional courtroom work group, non-professional courtroom participants, the trial process, and challenges to the trial process are described. The activities of lawyers, judges, and related occupations and professions are reviewed. An overview of the juvenile court system is included.

1. Analyze the functions of law and identify various types of law.
2. Describe the structure of American courts, including federal and state courts, explain court jurisdiction.
3. Illustrate the workings of the adversary system.
4. Analyze the role of prosecutors and illustrate prosecutorial misconduct.
5. Analyze the role of the defense attorney, and illustrate the importance of legal ethics and professional responsibility as they impact that role.
6. Analyze the role of the judge, and review judicial qualifications, training, and misconduct.
7. Determine the functions of juries, to include grand juries, petit juries, jury selection, and jury verdicts.
8. Analyze pretrial procedures, including initial appearance, bail decision making, alternative dispute resolution, and plea bargaining.
9. Trace the steps in the trial process, and explain trial procedures – including speedy trial, bench trial, and jury trials.
10. Analyze the sentencing process and examine the role of the appellate court.
11. Appraise today’s juvenile justice process, including the jurisdiction of juvenile courts, the rights of juveniles facing court processing, the nature of delinquency, status offenses, and blended sentences.
12. Use technology and information resources to research issues in U.S. Courts.
13. Write clearly and concisely about U.S. Courts topics using proper writing mechanics.

This course introduces students to personal productivity software for use in organizations. Students will be presented with software and materials to develop competencies and documents in word processing, web browsing, spreadsheet modeling, database management, and presentation graphic applications. Topics include the creation and modeling of persuasive organizational documents, reports, and presentations.

1. Describe the purpose and use of microcomputer applications in organizations.
2. Distinguish among the common features of microcomputer applications.
3. Use word processing software to create and format documents.
4. Understand and use the features of electronic mail.
5. Use web browsing software to search and navigate online web sites.
6. Use spreadsheet modeling techniques to create and format spreadsheets.
7. Use database management software to develop and query a database.
8. Use presentation graphic software to create and format presentations.
9. Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems. 
10. Write clearly and concisely about topics related to microcomputer applications using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

This course introduces students to the OSI model and LAN concepts. Topics include networking devices that operate at Physical, Data Link, and the Network layers of the OSI model, LAN and internetworking cabling requirements, IP addressing and subnetting, collision and broadcast domains, LANs, WANs, and TCP / IP. Also included are labs to demonstrate router startup, router setup, configuring router interfaces, and the basics of network management.

1. Summarize the basic components and media of network systems and distinguish between LANs, MANs, and WANs.
2. Describe and differentiate the different layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and TCP / IP protocol stack.
3. Compare, contrast, create, and assign IP addresses to Class A, B, C, D, and E networks.
4. Describe the TCP / IP protocols and various functions among the application layer.
5. Configure and troubleshoot router and switches the Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) using the Console Command Line Interface (CLI).
6. Describe the difference between connection-oriented and connection-less protocols.
7. Demonstrate the use of operating system commands to monitor, control, and configure Internetworking environments.
8. Describe and implement VLANs on a computing network.
9. Compare and contrast dynamic routing, distance vector routing, and link-state routing protocols.
10. Describe organizational security considerations in an Internetworking environment.
11. Use technology and information resources to research issues in Internetworking.
12. Write clearly and concisely about basic internetworking using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.