Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Foundations of Applied Management

 Title Abbreviation:   FOUNDATIONS OF APP MGMT

 Department:    BASAM

 Course #:    301

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    520201

 EPC:    50B

 REV:    2019


 Course Description  

Introduction and orientation to the student-led cohort learning model of the BASAM program. Topics include: Business and contemporary landscapes, professional agency, and equitable business practices.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 and CMST& 210 or 220.

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
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Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Explain and apply the educational principles underlying a course of study for a Bachelor of Applied Science qualification.
  2. Describe the fundamentals of management and contextualize their application to the student�s target profession/ vocation and their professional aspirations.
  3. Develop a personalized catalogue of reading, listening, observation and research strategies and techniques to facilitate efficient assimilation and synthesis of program materials.
  4. Investigate ethnographies in shaping attitudes towards learning, work ethic and professionalism.
  5. Identify and respond to the presence and consequences of bias (implicit and explicit).
  6. Investigate the changing national and local socio-economic, environmental, and technological landscape.
  7. Identify the business and personal impacts of the changing landscape.
  8. Develop personal strategies to build professional agency and successful habits of metacognition, personal motivation, and stress management.
  9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate an understanding of management roles, leadership, and cultural norms and expectations of leadership, including identification and description of human behavior in an organizational setting, with attention to the dynamics of po
  10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Use written & spoken skills & tools, concepts, & models of management applicable to the professional-technical discipline to communicate clearly & create an effective message, while demonstrating a professional presence.
  11. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate ability to assimilate, evaluate, & synthesize information from varying media & formats, including the ability to assess qualitative & quantitative data & to apply critical thinking & knowledge in an industry & managerial funct
  12. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Explore, appreciate, and define the opportunities, challenges, and nuances of operating in an increasingly diverse, interconnected, and complex global community.
  13. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Recognize and challenge culture-bound assumptions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

  1. Educational principles for a Bachelor of Applied Science qualification.
  2. Fundamentals of management and their application to the student�s target profession/vocation and their professional aspirations.
  3. Personalized catalogue of reading, listening, observation and research strategies and techniques to facilitate efficient assimilation and synthesis of program materials.
  4. Ethnographies in shaping attitudes towards learning, work ethic and professionalism.
  5. The presence and consequences of bias (implicit and explicit).
  6. The changing national and local socio-economic, environmental, and technological landscape.
  7. The business and personal impacts of the changing landscapre.
  8. Personal strategies to build professional agency and successful habits of metacognition, personal motivation, and stress management.