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  • BUS 275: Organizational Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course is designed to examine behavior modeling in the work environment. Topics include: leadership, the motivation of employees and the understanding of organizational cultures. Students will gain an understanding of the behavioral parameters of organizations that compete in both domestic and international markets. Knowledge of workforce diversity will be emphasized as a key to improving workplace performance through effective pluralistic organizational work teams. Special emphasis will be placed on conflict in negotiations, communicating through influence, power and politics, and the management of organizational change.
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  • BUS 278: Data Analytics

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Introduce the fundamental concepts necessary for the design and use of a database. The course will provide practical experience in applying these concepts using commercial database management systems. Students will perform identifications, analysis, and interpretation of volumes of data that are collected from a wide variety of sources. Students will learn to identify patterns and relationships in large data sets, to resolve business questions and make data-driven decisions, and effectively communicate informed tactical and strategic business objectives. Prerequisite(s): BUS 244
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  • BUS 285: Compensation Management

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course is designed to show students how to create fairness and equity when building a sound and equitable wage structure. Wage and salary administration is developed to enhance employee motivation. Job analysis, job evaluation and performance appraisal are presented as vehicles for advancing the understanding of fairness as it applies to both internal and external wage equity. Pay models are designed to be consistent with the legal framework as it applies to the job market. Competitiveness in performing a job is explored when considering a merit or seniority pay system.
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  • BUS 288: Business Analytics

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Business analytics focuses on decision-making enhanced by electronic spreadsheets. It introduces students to a collection of quantitative tools designed to enhance managerial decision-making. Topics to be covered include financial statement analysis, financial and capital budgeting, forecasting, inventory control models and linear programming. Extensive use of an electronic spreadsheet will be used in this course. This is a capstone course in the Business Administration option AAS degree program. Prerequisite(s): FIN 220.
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  • BUS 296: Business Strategy

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This is a capstone course in business that integrates managerial, financial, marketing, and accounting principles in strategic decision making. The case method/simulation method of instruction will be used for problem identification, analysis, and solution. Prerequisite(s): 45 credits in business courses
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  • BUS 299: Business Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A coordinated period of supervised work experience in organizations that will offer students the opportunity to acquire competence in their chosen area of specialization.
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  • CHM 107: Introductory Concepts in Chemistry I

    4.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A study of the basic concepts in chemistry. Basic atomic and molecular structure are explored with emphasis on vocabulary, periodic properties, chemical reactions, nomenclature, stoichiometry, solutions and problem solving while stressing the applications of chemistry. No prior knowledge of chemistry is assumed. While this course does not have the mathematical rigor of General Chemistry, it does involve calculations and data handling. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052 or placement
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  • CHM 108: Introductory Concepts in Chemistry II

    4.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A study of the basic concepts in organic and biochemistry is presented without the emphasis on the theoretical models that are found in the organic chemistry courses. Basic organic chemistry is presented with organic family relationships stressed. Prerequisite(s): CHM 107
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  • CHM 120: Chemistry & Laboratory Safety

    2.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The course provides an introduction to the principles of laboratory safety in biological and chemical laboratories. Topics include safe lab practices; regulatory agencies; Safety Data Sheets (SDS); handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals; protective equipment; emergency response; and chemical and biological hazards. This is a required course for students of the various Laboratory Technician programs.
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  • CHM 150: General Chemistry I Lecture

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    CHM 150 is the first semester of a two-semester general chemistry lecture course that introduces the student to the study of chemistry, focusing on the relationship between the microscopic structure of matter and the chemical and physical properties of matter, including applications to the real world. CHM 150 studies the concepts of atomic structure, chemical periodicity, bonding, naming of molecules and ionic compounds and principles of chemical reactivity. Measurements and problem solving, stoichiometry, solution chemistry, gas laws, thermodynamics and quantum chemistry are presented using a quantitative approach. Conceptual understanding of gasses, the structure of solids and liquids and chemical periodicity are also studied. Course Prerequisite(s): High school chemistry (C or better) or CHM 107, MTH 052 or placement.
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