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Active as of Summer Session 2021
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Workplace Skills and Professionalism
2. Course Prefix & Number:
BUSN 1132
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course is designed to enhance student technical, vocational, and professional soft skills in the workplace in order to be a highly effective, productive, and ethical 21st century professional.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
BUSN 1132 - Workplace Skills and Professionalism
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
BUSN 1132 - Workplace Skills and Professionalism
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Accountant, AAS
Accountant, Diploma
Bookkeeping, Certificate
Business Management, AAS
Business Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Describe the positive results of a strong work ethic. |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Describe job search methods for professional careers. |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Demonstrate technical proficiency with workplace tools by demonstrating 10-key at a rate of 9,000 keystrokes per hour at 98% quality. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Articulate and inventory their top strengths skills;
- Create a personal financial plan; and
- Demonstrate interpersonal (social) networking skills in a group of 10 or more people.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Job search skills
- Methods to find job opportunities
- How to apply for job openings
- Personal Skills inventory
- Personal Strengths
- How to work with those with similar or different traits
- 21st Century Workplace Productivity
- Technical proficiency training with 10-key
- Being productive using 21st-century tools
- Email etiquette
- Teleconference etiquette
- The Job Search Process
- Job Search Tools
- Constructing a professional application
- Interviewing best practices
- Interpersonal (Social) Networking
- Understanding the basics and purpose of interpersonal (social) networking
- Practice interpersonal (social) networking in a non-structured event
- Work Ethic
- The positive results of a strong work ethic
- Understanding personal motivation and how to motivate yourself
- Ethical perspectives on workplace behavior
- Positivity in the Workplace
- How to create a strong employee culture
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Workplace Skills and Professionalism
2. Course Prefix & Number:
BUSN 1132
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course is designed to enhance student technical, vocational, and professional soft skills in the workplace in order to be a highly effective, productive, and ethical 21st century professional.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
BUSN 1132 - Workplace Skills and Professionalism
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
BUSN 1132 - Workplace Skills and Professionalism
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Accountant, AAS
Accountant, Diploma
Bookkeeping, Certificate
Business Management, AAS
Business Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Describe the positive results of a strong work ethic. |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Describe job search methods for professional careers. |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Demonstrate technical proficiency with workplace tools by demonstrating 10-key at a rate of 9,000 keystrokes per hour at 98% quality. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Articulate and inventory their top strengths skills;
- Create a personal financial plan; and
- Demonstrate interpersonal (social) networking skills in a group of 10 or more people.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Job search skills
- Methods to find job opportunities
- How to apply for job openings
- Personal Skills inventory
- Personal Strengths
- How to work with those with similar or different traits
- 21st Century Workplace Productivity
- Technical proficiency training with 10-key
- Being productive using 21st-century tools
- Email etiquette
- Teleconference etiquette
- The Job Search Process
- Job Search Tools
- Constructing a professional application
- Interviewing best practices
- Interpersonal (Social) Networking
- Understanding the basics and purpose of interpersonal (social) networking
- Practice interpersonal (social) networking in a non-structured event
- Work Ethic
- The positive results of a strong work ethic
- Understanding personal motivation and how to motivate yourself
- Ethical perspectives on workplace behavior
- Positivity in the Workplace
- How to create a strong employee culture