This course focuses on how inventory and information are moved in a global economy. A primary objective of this course is to examine how international logistics decisions are made which have an impact on functional areas of an organization trying to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Discussions will consist of export-import procedures, multinational logistics strategy, international payment processes, review and selection of transportation modes, and risk management will be reviewed.

Everything from the best concert you saw, to your Covid-19 vaccine relies on the existence of effective supply chains. In this course, you’ll learn about the application of supply chain systems to vital real-world functions. By the end of this class, you’ll have a much better understanding of why supply chain management is vitally important, how it intersects with business, national and global interest, and how supply chains literally save the world. This online class has optional live sessions.

This course facilitates the integration of the concepts, processes, and strategies of global supply chain management to ensure the optimization of business practices from the original suppliers through consumer and users. Students learn how to trade off and procurement, inventory, and distribution activities, improve forecasts and develop customer relationships. This course requires student participation in a distribution facility tour or virtual tour and a supply chain simulation.

This culminating course prepares students for the real challenges of working in supply chain management. An internship experience will provide an opportunity to combine actual field experience with classroom knowledge in an area of special interest. The course also provides the opportunity to re-examine learning objectives at the program level. Instructor permission required.

Introduction to the analysis of sociocultural behavior; emphasis is upon the development of the social individual, collective and group behavior, social institutions and culture. The presentation of basic terms, concepts, and theories provide an understanding of the functioning of society and society’s impact on the individual.

This course will explore the different types of trauma, its impact on communities, families, and special populations such as children, transition age youth and criminal justice. Students will gain knowledge on how to beceom a trauma informed care champion as well as learn about evidence based models and community/natural resources that support victims of trauma.

This course examines adolescents struggling with addictions from a biopsychosocial perspective. This serves as the theoretical framework for understanding challenges and various interventions to facilitate recovery. Social institutions that influence the adolescent such as the family, the courts, and education will be dissected and we will explore various treatment issues and recovery models. Socioeconomic factors will also be analyzed.

A broad overview of the operations of the administration of justice and a description of the criminal justice system from arrest to parole, examining the issue of crime and focusing on the specific agencies and actors who constitute the system of criminal justice – police, courts, and correctional agencies.

Therapeutic work with clients dealing with grief and loss will be viewed within a developmental framework for different age groups. Students will learn how grief is influenced by biological, psychological and sociological responses to grief. Topics include ambiguous loss, disenfranchised loss, and spiritual losses in the mourning stages. Developmental issues, coping mechanisms, and identification of poor coping skills and risky behavior during grief and loss stages for each age group will be addressed.