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- Description:
- This course is designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use and integration of various software packages. You will use word processing software for formatting business correspondence, creating tables, multipage document, graphical elements, mail merging, and other features. Spreadsheet software will be used to create formulas, use built-in function for calculations, create charts/graphs, reference other worksheets/cells, and create absolute cell references as well as other formatting and editing features. Presentations software will be use to produce, edit, and create visually compelling presentations for business outcomes. Course Outcomes: 1. Word processing software -- Use the features of a word processing program to produce, edit, and enhance business documents. 2. Spreadsheet software -- Use and understand a spreadsheet software program to create, edit, and format spreadsheets and charts. 3. Presentations software -- Use the features of a presentations program to produce, edit, and make visually appealing presentations.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- You will create and correctly format business documents including memos, letters, tables, and reports using word processing software. Student will also diagnose and correct keying deficiencies through prescribed drills leading to improved speed and accuracy while keying by touch. Student will input by touch 10-key and top-row numeric data. Workstation health and safety will be emphasized. Course Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate proper keyboarding technique and ergonomic principles. 2. Demonstrate improved speed and accuracy of touch typing. 3. Apply proofreading skills and formatting guidelines to produce business documents.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use of database software. You will use database software for creating tables, forms, and reports by manipulating data through various query tools. Course Outcomes: 1. Produce a simple relational database that stores information. 2. Create queries that retrieve specified information. 3. Create forms for entering data into the database. 4. Produce informative reports with the information in the database
- Subject:
- Information Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to prepare you to comprehend, interpret, and respond to legal and ethical situations in the healthcare setting with diverse populations in a culturally competent way. NOTE: This is an ethics class, which inherently requires meaningful conversations with other people. As a student in this class, you will be required to regularly meet with other individuals to discuss ethical questions that occur in healthcare. Be aware that you will be required to facilitate a group discussion for most Modules. Plan ahead as you prepare to take this course, and have a pool of individuals available who are willing to have ethical discussions with you. Class Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate respect for diversity in approaching patients and families. 2. Identify the role of self-boundaries in the healthcare environment. 3. Recognize the role of patient advocacy in the your professional practice. 4. Discuss legal scope of practice for medical assistance and coders. 5. Explore issue of confidentiality as it applies to the medical assistant and to coders. 6. Describe the implications of HIPAA for the medical assistant and the coder in various medical settings. 7. Discuss licensure and certification as it applies to healthcare providers. 8. Describe liability, professional, personal injury, and third party insurance. 9. Compare and contrast physician, medical assistant, and coder roles in terms of standard of care. 10. Compare criminal and civil law as it applies to practicing medical assistant and coders. 11. Provide an example of tort law as it would apply to a medical assistant and coders. 12 Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Negligence. 13. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Malpractice. 14. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Statute of Limitations. 15. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Good Samaritan Act(s). 16. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. 17. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Living Will/Advanced directives. 18. Explain how the following impact the healthcare practice and give examples: Medical durable power of attorney. 19. Identify how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to the medical assisting and coding profession. 20. List and discuss legal and illegal interview questions. 21. Discuss all levels of governmental legislation and regulation as they apply to medical assisting practice, including FDA and DEA regulations. 22. Describe the process to follow if an error is made in patient care Respond to issues of confidentiality. 23. Perform within scope of practice. Apply HIPAA rules in regard to privacy/release of information. 24. Practice within the standard of care for a medical assistant and/or coder. 25. Incorporate the Patient's Bill of Right's into personal practice. and medical office policies and procedures. 26. Complete an incident report. 27. Document accurately in the patient record. 28. Apply local, state and federal healthcare legislation appropriate to the medical assisting and coding practice setting. 29. Demonstrate sensitivity to patient rights. 30. Demonstrate awareness of the consequences of not working within the legal scope of practice. 31. Recognize the importance of local, state and federal legislation and regulations in the practice setting. 32. Differentiate between legal, ethical, and moral issues affecting healthcare. 33. Compare personal, professional and organizational ethics. 34. Discuss the role of cultural, social and ethnic diversity in ethical performance in the healthcare practice. 35. Identify where to report illegal and/or unsafe activities and behaviors that affect health, safety and welfare of others. 36. Identify the effect personal ethics may have on professional performance. 37. Report illegal and/or unsafe activities and behaviors that affect health, safety and welfare of others to proper authorities. 38. Develop a plan for separation of personal and professional ethics. 39. Apply ethical behaviors, including honesty, integrity in the performance of medical assisting and coding practice. 40. Examine the impact personal ethics and morals may have on the individual's practice. 41. Demonstrate awareness of diversity in providing patient care.
- Subject:
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- A comprehensive introduction to the art, history and workings of the theater. Students will be given a broad and general background in theater including production elements (lights, sound, sets, costumes, make-up, etc...) of acting, theater history and criticism. Students will attend live performances, view videos of plays and write reviews of live and filmed theater. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Develop a working definition of theatre. Identify the roles of theatre practitioners. Identify the basic structure of a play script. Apply the basic criteria for theatre criticism. Identify the various theatre genres. Identify and describe the functions and use of different lighting, sound and other stage equipment. Examine the values within the range of the human experience and its impact in the expression of Theater.
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Tinamarie Ivey and Dan Stone
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces the field of computer science and programming for students interested in careers in related fields. Covers digital logic, binary and hexadecimal encoding of data, computer organization, operating systems, algorithms, control structures, and an overview of programming languages and pseudo-code. Computing's impact on culture and society is a recurring theme throughout this course.
- Keyword:
- Robotics, LBCC OER Grant, and Python
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak
- Contributor:
- Alexander Buck
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Activity/Lab, Reading, Interactive, Assessment, Data Set, Lesson, and Module
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- Description:
- This course is designed to teach, reinforce and supplement payroll skills in both manual and computerized formats. Course Outcomes: 1. Compute the income tax withholding from employee wages. 2. Calculate employee's withholding allowances for IRS Form W-4. 3. Determine employer's quarterly estimated payments. 4. Describe how the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) is applied by employers. 5. Describe the federal deposit system and how the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System is used by employers. 6. Describe the difference between employees and independent contractors.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces web design through an examination of (X)HTML, CSS and relevant computer graphic file formats. Students will learn to create standards-compliant, accessible web pages using modern design techniques and technologies. Emphasis will be placed on learning to write (X)HTML and CSS script without the help of advanced web design software; writing accessible, standards compliant code; and separating content, presentation and action. and For access to instructor-only resources, contact LBCC's OER librarian ( willihm@linnbenton.edu).
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Lister, Frank
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course prepares the student to function in the administrative outpatient setting. Course Outcomes: 1. Operate EMR systems 2. Effectively communicate in a professional environment 3. Work effectively in a medical office environment 4. Perform basic medical office accounting.
- Subject:
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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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:
- 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
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- Description:
- This course provides an overview of the United States from pre-Columbian North American and European antecedents to colonization, Colonial America, Revolutionary America; development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840. Course Outcomes: 1. Articulate an understanding of key historical events from pre-Columbian North America and European antecedents to colonization, the development of slavery, Native American history, Colonial America, Revolutionary America and the development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840. 2. Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues. 3. Construct an historical argument integrating both primary documents and secondary sources.
- Subject:
- U.S. History
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course introduces the determination of levels of national income, employment and prices, and the basic causes of fluctuations in the business cycle, the banking system, monetary policy and financial intermediation. Other topics may include international trade and international finance. Course Outcomes: 1. Discuss the role scarcity plays in defining economic choices and how individuals, companies and nations resolve these issues. 2. Describe and use economic data to evaluate the three basic macroeconomic problems: recession, unemployment, and inflation. 3. Discuss and apply the concepts of economic growth and business cycles to the macro economy. 4. Demonstrate how Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Real GDP are calculated and explain the uses and limits of both. 5. Discuss and apply the aggregate-demand and aggregate-supply model to analyze short run and long run national economic conditions and the effectiveness of macroeconomic policy. 6. Apply the concepts of comparative and absolute advantage to explain the benefits of trade.
- Subject:
- Economics
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- The key decision-making role of managers in modern organizations. Includes the study of organizations, management styles, and selected administrative problems. An overview of the processes involved in managing a business, including business planning, organizing, controlling, staffing and leading. Covers various theories of management with emphasis on managing a business in the local, national or international marketplace.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Presents financial accounting concepts and the use of accounting information in decision making. Includes an overview of the accounting cycle. Course Outcomes: 1. Use the accounting cycle to develop financial statements from business transactions. 2. Analyze basic business economic events to determine their effect on accounts and financial statements. 3. Interpret and analyze financial statements to aid in decision making. 4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of internal control and apply them to relatively straight-forward situations to identify strengths and weaknesses. 5. Interpret and analyze accrual and cash flow information presented in accounts. 6. Analyze issues relating to inventory, receivables, long-lived assets, liabilities and stockholder’s equity and recommend appropriate accounting treatment. 7. Describe basic generally-accepted accounting principles.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course demonstrates the use of accounting information to meet organization goals. Methods of extracting accounting information for decision making, management of resources, planning, and product and service costing are covered. Course Outcomes: 1. Explain the interrelationship of the accounting systems to all areas of business and business decision making. 2. Understand cost behavior and predict break-even points. 3. Recognize the components and processes related to various cost accounting systems. 4. Analyze the performance of the organization and organizational sub-units. 5. Use the budgeting process to prepare budgets and pro forma financial statements. 6. Utilize the time-value-of-money concept to analyze capital investment projects.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course introduces financial accounting techniques, measuring and recording transactions, preparing financial statements, managerial decision making, and planning and control devices, such as budgeting, cost accounting, variance analysis, and break-even analysis. Includes assessment of financial information from managers, lenders, and investors perspective to understand and evaluate business operations. Emphasizes ethical decision-making in the work environment. Course Outcomes: 1. Gain understanding of the accounting cycle and evaluate business transactions using the accounting equation. 2. Demonstrate the communication of accounting information by the use of commercially available spreadsheet software. 3. Describe the four basic financial statements: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows, and Statement of Retained Earnings. 4. Describe the need for internal control procedures in an organization, and demonstrate an understanding of ethics in accounting. 5. Use Cost-Profit-Volume analysis to calculate break-even points. 6. Describe the purpose of budgeting in an organization. 7. Calculate cost and efficiency variances using standard cost information.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers topics dealing with financing a business, analysis of financial statements, working capital management, short-and long-term financial planning, budgeting and control. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe and interpret the four standard financial statements. 2. Describe the importance of current assets and liabilities. 3. Calculate and interpret standard business ratios including: current, inventory turnover, gross margin (profit), ROA, ROE, EPS, and A/R Days. 4. Discuss the difference between markup and margin. 5. Calculate break-even points and units needed to make profit levels. 6. Calculate working capital and estimate minimum cash reserves. 7. Track cash flows for an organization.
- Subject:
- Finance
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course will provide you with a general survey of the nature significance of scope of marketing. It emphasizes customers (marketing analysis and strategy); business marketing decisions in promotion, distribution and pricing; and control of marketing programs. Course Outcomes: 1. Employ the basics of marketing, from identifying audience, market segments and value propositions, to product development and research, marketing strategies and advertising/public relations. 2. Recognize consumer behavior and demand and be able to prepare and execute a marketing solution. 3. Master business marketing tools necessary to execute a marketing plan for a client, including social media. 4. Identify trends and new developments in business and employ soft skills and marketing techniques to adapt to market demands. 5. Compile a portfolio of work that can be shared with colleagues, network connections and future clients and employers.
- Subject:
- Marketing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course explores the basics of human resource management including selection and hiring, performance appraisal, compensation, staff planning and job analysis. This course also addresses current HR issues such as job search in a difficult economy, discrimination and harassment, workplace violence and on-the-job drug abuse. Course Outcomes: 1. Upon completion of the course, students will have working knowledge of the role and human resources in the management of a business organization. 2. Students will understand the basic functions of human resource management and how the HR department interacts with the organization and with the individual employee.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course