Course Description:

This course provides an overview of effective research techniques. Students will learn about strategies for finding reliable sources, techniques for distinguishing between credible and unreliable information, and other topics related to conducting focused research. At the end of this course, students will be able to identify relevant keywords, create innovative plans for researching effectively, and implement strategies for leveraging various resources efficiently. Course Objectives:

• Understand the basics of how to research information
• Explore principles of evaluating suppositions
• Analyze methods for assessing source credibility
• Utilize strategies for uncovering new perspectives
• Comprehend different techniques for locating authoritative sources
• Evaluate approaches to discovering new data
• Create custom plans based on program needs
• Develop strategies for tracking research sources
• Design custom solutions based on the purpose
• Implement techniques for successful outcomes

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of effective evaluation and interpretation techniques. Students will learn about strategies for developing successful critical thinking skills, techniques for evaluating information accurately, and other topics related to making informed decisions. At the end of this course, students will be able to assess situations objectively, create innovative solutions for interpreting data, and implement strategies for recognizing patterns. Course Objectives:

• Understand the basics of evaluating and interpreting information
• Explore principles of critical thinking
• Analyze resources for uncovering underlying themes
• Utilize strategies for identifying bias
• Comprehend different techniques for synthesizing multiple perspectives
• Evaluate approaches to developing sound conclusions
• Create custom plans based on program needs
• Develop strategies for assessing data quality
• Design custom solutions based on context
• Implement techniques for successful outcomes

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of decision-making. Students will learn about strategies for making effective decisions, techniques for evaluating options, and other topics related to finding the best choices available in a given situation. At the end of this course, students will be able to identify key criteria when selecting decisions, create innovative systems for maximizing efficiency, and implement strategies that allow them to draw meaningful conclusions from their analysis. Course Objectives:

• Understand the basics of decision making
• Explore principles of evaluating options
• Analyze methods for uncovering criteria
• Utilize strategies for weighing alternatives
• Comprehend different techniques for predicting outcomes
• Evaluate approaches to understanding consequences
• Create custom plans based on program needs
• Develop strategies for recognizing risk
• Design custom solutions based on context
• Implement techniques for successful outcomes

Creativity and Innovation

Credit Hours: 3 Course Description: This course focuses on creativity and innovation, examining the relationship among creativity, organizational processes and systems, and successful innovation. Throughout the course the student will explore tools and techniques for fostering individual and group creativity, innovation, the business models to execute these ideas, and principles and practices for leading innovation. Course Objectives:

• understand the creative process
• learn how to frame and re-frame problems
• understand how to challenge assumptions
• learn to develop their personal creativity
• understand how to manage creative professionals
• learn how to develop an organizational climate that fosters innovation

Course Description: 

This course will explore the theory that life is balanced by opposition, such as gravity and centrifugal force, activity and rest, and yin and yang. Students in the course will analyze ancient and contemporary representations of the Theory of Opposition. Course Objectives:

• explore the theory that things cannot exist without its’ opposite
• understand the principle of seeing two opposite sides to things
• learn the theory of finding balance in opposition