Coursework
Spring 2022 Coursework
Web Application Development – I learn how to apply the basic principles common to all programming languages such as variables, algebraic expressions, logical expressions, if/else statements, loops, functions, arrays, and objects using JavaScript while growing familiar with the HTTP protocol necessary to send and retrieve data from an API. I learn how to build an application that takes advantage of an existing CSS theme.
Data and Analytics – I learn how to articulate the key components of an organizations’ information infrastructure, create data models based on business rules, and create a transactional database from a model using SQL. I also perform extract, transform, load (ETL) functions such as data sourcing, pre-processing, and cleansing and discover trends in analytical data stores using the data mining techniques of clustering, segmentation, association, and decision trees.
Technology Transformations – I expand my knowledge of technology by looking at how various technologies such as electricity, automobiles, airplanes, telephones, bridges, highways, electronics, computers, and information technology have transformed the world.
Financial Accounting – I learn the basic concepts and principles underlying the preparation and use of financial statements. Among the topics studied are basic accounting theory, transactional analysis, income determination, asset and liability valuation, and the preparation of financial statements.
Marketing Management – I study the role of marketing in the U.S. economy and within the firm, including the interaction of marketing with other business functions, as well as with society. I learn the concepts, methods, and activities that comprise modern marketing management.
Fall 2021 Coursework
Digital Systems – I learned the role of information systems and digital platforms in business and how digital products are conceived, designed, secured and deployed, and learned component-based software architectures and APIs.
Data Science – I learned how to harness the power of data by mastering the ways it is stored, organized, and analyzed to enable better decisions. I solved problems using a variety of powerful, computer-based data tools virtually every organization uses. I learned to make more impactful and persuasive presentations by learning the key principles of presenting data visually.
Legal Environment of Business – I learned essential aspects of law with an emphasis on the legal environment of business and the basics of contract, tort, property, and administrative law as well as international law.
Intellectual Heritage II – I read important works of social, political, and scientific thought, with a focus on well-being for societies.
Professional Development Strategies – I prepared to enter the internship and permanent job marketplace with an emphasis on career planning, interview preparation (including behavioral event interviewing), expected behaviors and legal issues.
Leadership and Organizational Management – I learned to address the challenges of leading high performing organizations and examined the enablers of principled organizational leadership and performance.
Selected Topics in Statistical Analysis – I learned how to understand, evaluate, and criticize information from surveys and scientific studies encountered in newspapers, magazines, textbooks, and scholarly journals, how to distinguish between informative and misleading uses of statistics in the popular media, and how to make informed decisions in the face of complexity and uncertainty.