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- Description:
- This course is considered a public health “survey” class because it briefly introduces a wide variety of topics within the public health field. If you find you want more information on any of the topics, you will find links at the end of each section of this document that will direct you to more in-depth information. As a result of this class, you should be able to: Identify the multifaceted determinants of disease in population health. Identify the components of evidence based public health and apply them in a variety of public health situations. Identify the fundamental roles of public health and how those roles are exhibited in public health organizations, funding, workforce, and regulations. Identify and discuss the roles of public health in addressing health disparities and the needs of vulnerable populations. Identify one or more occupations within the public health realm and describe the education/ credentialing process to enter that field.
- Keyword:
- population, HE 100, LBCC OER Grant, disease, and workforce
- Subject:
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Kristi Murphey and Department of Health and Human Performance
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- Introduces students to retailing and provides an understanding of the types of businesses, strategies, operations, formats and environments through which retailing is carried out. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to consider the process and structure of retailing. Retailing topics to be covered will include: planning, research, consumers' behavior, store design, merchandising strategy, management strategy, promotional strategy and pricing strategy. The global dimensions of retailing as well as the relationship between retailing and our society will be stressed throughout the course.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- El objetivo de esta página es dar acceso a varios materiales que he creado para ayudar a enseñar clases de español para hablantes de herencia. Los siguientes materiales han sido escritos para usarlos en cursos de hablantes de herencia del español. Las primeras 3 unidades fueron creadas como OER y las comparto a continuación, esperando que les sean de utilidad. Los objetivos de estos materiales son los siguientes: - Fortalecer la capacidad de los estudiantes de usar registros formales y distinguirlos de los coloquiales. - Fortalecer la identidad cultural. - Entender las diferencias entre el "espanglish" y el español normativo. - Aprender sobre la diversidad lingüística y cultural de los países hispanos y despertar su curiosidad. - Mejorar el conocimiento metalingüístico de los estudiantes. - Ampliar su vocabulario y, en general, su dominio del idioma para discutir y analizar temas más allá de la vida diaria.
- Keyword:
- Spanish language -- Study and teaching, Textbooks for foreign speakers, Español
- Subject:
- Languages
- Creator:
- Margarita Casas
- Language:
- Spanish
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Keith Tierney updated and enhanced this work in 2018 based on an adaptation of Business Law and the Legal Environment by the Saylor Academy.
- Subject:
- Law
- Creator:
- Saylor Academy, Keith Tierney, and Andy Schmidt
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- Class Discussion focusing on Poets from the Harlem Renaissance era.
- Subject:
- Ethnic Studies
- Creator:
- Ramycia McGhee
- Year course taught:
- 2022
- Resource Type:
- Homework/Assignment
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- Description:
- This course introduces the theory of relative prices in a market system, consumer choice, marginal analysis, and the allocation of productive resources among alternative uses in a market economy. Other topics may include market power and price discrimination, public finance, the labor market and environmental policy. Course Outcomes: 1. Discuss the role scarcity plays in defining economic choices and how individuals, companies and nations resolve these issues. 2. Describe and apply marginal principle, principle of opportunity cost, principle of diminishing returns, comparative advantage, and elasticity. 3. Analyze the relationships between production costs and cost curves. 4. Explain the mechanics of supply and demand and apply the supply and demand model to evaluate markets. 5. Discuss the efficiency and equity of both competitive and noncompetitive markets and how both are impacted by government intervention. 6. Explain, compare and contrast, and apply in context each of the basic market structures - i.e. perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.
- Subject:
- Economics
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- An analysis of the behavior of humans as actors in a variety or organizational contexts and cultures, including group, inter-group, and individual behavior. A cross cultural perspective of organizational behavior is also examined, including the concepts of time-management, work ethic, teamwork, and verbal and non-verbal communication. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe why managers and entrepreneurs require a knowledge of organizational behavior. 2. Describe characteristics of culture and resulting behavioral tendencies (especially as related to communication, teamwork and leadership, and conflict resolution). 3. Explain the foundations of individual behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 4. Explain the foundations of group behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 5. Discuss inter-group behavior. 6. Identify the rules of organizational design. 7. Describe organizational culture.
- Subject:
- Public Relations
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course focuses on the entrepreneurial phases associated with start-up and management of small business. This course will teach future entrepreneurs and managers to recognize opportunities and to use effective entrepreneurial and small business management practices. Course Outcomes: 1. List and discuss the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. 2. Analyze new business opportunities that exist in the marketplace. 3. Evaluate the feasibility of pursuing an opportunity that you’ve recognized. 4. Develop a business plan that includes both conceptual and technical components. 5. Identify and discuss obstacles to entrepreneurial success. 6. Identify the resources and financing necessary to start an entrepreneurial venture. 7. Discuss organizational characteristics and best management practices for start-up companies.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is an introductory course that gives students an overview of the major social media sites and provides examples as to how individuals are using social media. Social media (Twitter, Facebook, blogging, podcasting, etc.) are relatively accessible technologies that enable individuals, almost instantaneously, to create, publish, edit, and/or access messages intended for audiences; students will learn how to explore the possibilities and limitations of various social media. Social media has profoundly impacted the world of communications both among consumers as well as with businesses. Despite the rapid shift in marketing and communications, many organizations are still learning to adjust to this new paradigm. The purpose of this course is to provide the practical knowledge and insights required to establish objectives and strategies, properly select the social media platforms to engage consumers, and measure these results in a manner that is meaningful for businesses. The class will break down broad concepts about social media into meaningful segments that could be applied to serve strategic priorities for businesses. This includes an overview of the necessary tools, the impact on traditional marketing, quantifying success, and reputation management. These concepts will help provide important insights into sales and marketing, public relations, customer service, and other areas of the organization. Course Outcomes: 1. Build a Professional or Personal Brand and Voice. 2. Define Social Media Communities. 3. Create and manage Social Media accounts and tools. 4. Create Social Media Metric strategies.
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is an introduction to families with application to personal life. It focuses on diversity in family structure, social class, race, gender, work, and its interaction with other social institutions. Course Outcomes: 1. Use theoretical frameworks to interpret the role of the family within social process and institutions. 2. Describe the nature, value, and limitations of the basic methods of studying individuals and families. 3. Using historical and contemporary examples, describe how perceived differences, combined with unequal distribution of power across economic, social, and political institutions, result in inequity. 4. Explain how difference is socially constructed. 5. Analyze current social issues, including the impact of historical and environmental influences, on family development. 6. Analyze ways in which the intersections of social categories such as race, ethnicity, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age, interact with the country’s institutions to contribute to difference, power, and discrimination amongst families. 7. Synthesize multiple viewpoints and sources of evidence to generate reasonable conclusions.
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course