APS-600
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APS-600 Enhancing Performance in Technology OrganizationsThis course provides an overview of the most successful strategies and approaches for achieving performance improvement in technology-based organizations, using the latest research findings and examples of high performing technology organizations. Topics covered include organizational capabilities in managing costs and productivity, performance measurement, leadership system for high performance, enhanced quality in products and services, employee engagement, and enhanced customer engagement and satisfaction as well as performance capabilities (such as organizational values, adaptability, flexibility, agility, responsiveness, and decisiveness) that enable organizations to anticipate and respond to change. The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence are examined as assessment tools for achieving desired organizational capabilities. Discussion also covers specific approaches that contribute to high performance and organizational effectiveness, such as customer relationship management, supply chain management, Six Sigma, lean methodologies, and other process improvement tools. Successful applications of these strategies and approaches are illustrated through practical applications. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Oct 2023, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Enhancing Performance in Technology Organizations | 3 |
APS-601
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APS-601 Technology Innovation and CommercializationThis course examines the relationship between sustainable growth, innovation, and the commercialization process. Particular emphasis is placed on how to drive profitable innovation through a dynamic process of constantly creating new business models, improving customer experiences, opening new markets, and commercializing or launching new products. Students will research innovative technologies; identify processes that transform technology innovations, research, and results from the laboratory to the real marketplace; determine their commercialization potential; and discuss different types of legal protection. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Apr 2023, Oct 2023, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Technology Innovation and Commercialization | 3 |
APS-602
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APS-602 Managing People in Technology-Based OrganizationsRegardless of the size and purpose of the organization and the level of technology involved, people are the common denominator when managing in an information-based global economy. Success or failure hinges on the ability to attract, develop, retain, and motivate a diverse array of appropriately-skilled employees. The purpose of this course is to help students appreciate the value of effective management of people in technology-based organizations as well as to provide the approaches, tools, and methods for doing so. The course will aid students in influencing performance in technological organizations by showing the linkages between contemporary organizational behavior theories and their application. The course has a pragmatic perspective, and the theory-practice link relies on real-life examples, current events, and case studies. Students will both understand organizational behavior concepts and be able to apply them to technology-based organizations. The course focuses on three levels of managing behavior in organizations: managing individual employees; managing groups and relationships effectively; and managing behavior across the organization. In addition, the course will cover emerging organizational behavior topics facing technology-based organizations, such as managing a global workforce, virtual organizations and teams, motivating for creativity/innovation, designing high performance work systems, developing learning organizations, self-efficacy, transformational leadership, work-life balance, the linkage of motivation theory to practice, creating a culture for high performance, and change management. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Jul 2023, Jan 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Managing People in Technology-Based Organizations | 3 |
APS-510
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APS-510 Project Management for TechnologyThis course introduces project management from the standpoint of a manager who must organize, plan, implement, and control tasks to achieve an organization's schedule, budget, and performance objectives. Tools and concepts such as project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, project estimating, and scheduling methodologies are studied. Students will practice with Microsoft Project software to be able to manage a project from start to deployment. What is a project? How is it managed? What is the best approach? This course will answer those questions and many more. This is an opportunity to learn the project management fundamentals that can guide a project through a maze of challenges to successful completion. Successful projects do not occur by luck or by chance. In fact, many projects do not achieve their organization's goals. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Jul 2023, Oct 2023, Jan 2024, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Project Management for Technology | 3 |
APS-610
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APS-610 Cost Estimation and Financial Management For Engineers and TechnologistsDecisions on large and small programs, whether in government or industry, always have a financial component and financial impacts. This course will provide students with an understanding of the financial aspects of decision making. The focus will be on the application of cost estimates and cost benefit analyses to program and financial management, budget preparation and justification, the understanding and use of financial statements, and program control. In addition, the course will help participants to become informed consumers of cost estimates and cost benefit analyses. Being informed includes evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the cost-benefit analysis approach as well as the role of risk and uncertainty, comprehending sensitivity analysis, and knowing the right questions to ask when the individual is the recipient of a cost-benefit analysis. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Jul 2023, Oct 2023, Jan 2024, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Cost Estimation and Financial Management for Engineers and Technologists | 3 |
THC-625
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THC-625 Technology and the Human Community: Challenges and ResponsesTechnology and the Human Community: Challenges and Responses looks at technology historically and philosophically. The course focuses on technological issues affecting contemporary and emerging professional, public, and private structures. A central issue is the role of the citizen in dealing with political, economic, and social pressures related to technology. A key purpose of this course is for students to exchange views by engaging in and discussing serious social and technological issues with a view toward their resolution. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Jul 2023, Oct 2023, Jan 2024, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Technology and the Human Community: Challenges and Responses | 3 |
CTM-510
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CTM-510 Introduction to Clinical Trials Research and Drug Development This course introduces students to the field of clinical research and provides an overview of the environment, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval processes and regulations, and various elements involved in the development and conduct of clinical trials. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Jul 2023, Jan 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Introduction to Clinical Trials Research and Drug Development | 3 |
CTM-520
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CTM-520 Clinical Trials Research: Practice to Policy This course provides students with an understanding of clinical research methods as well as current issues concerning drug and device development in the United States. Students will learn how to formulate a scientific literature search to inform their research efforts and will develop the skills that are necessary for critical evaluation of published studies. The design of clinical research will also be discussed in detail so that the student is prepared to recommend what type of study is best suited for answering a particular research question. This will include a discussion about prospective versus retrospective and cross-sectional designs, randomization and blinding methods, and parallel group versus cross-over studies. Next, students will learn about the various approaches for conducting a survey as a part of clinical research, with a discussion about the relative merits of conducting a survey versus using other sources of data. Specific study endpoints will also be discussed in detail, including economic/cost measures, health-related quality of life measures, and work productivity measures. Reliability and validity of study endpoints will be explored so that students are prepared to identify possible sources of error and bias in clinical studies. Finally, students will develop an understanding of current issues related to clinical research, including controversies surrounding the relationship between industry sponsors and researchers as well as the impact of biotechnology and the generics market on product development. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Apr 2023, Oct 2023, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Clinical Trials Research: Practice to Policy | 3 |
CTM-530
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CTM-530 Introduction to Clinical Trials Data ManagementThis course provides an overview of the clinical data management process in pharmaceutical research settings. Introduction to Clinical Trials Data Management is one of four courses in the Clinical Trials Management curriculum. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Jul 2023, Jan 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Introduction to Clinical Trials Data Management | 3 |
CTM-540
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CTM-540 Ethical Issues and Regulatory Principles in Clinical TrialsThe purpose of this course is to gain a better understanding of the ethical issues and regulatory principles in clinical research. Each module has been designed to be a step-wise approach to understanding clinical research and how today's regulations impact tomorrow's drugs. Modules 1 through 3 take students through the basics of regulation. Module 1 discusses the basics of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by exploring the FDA's structure, history, and goals. Module 2 is an introduction to basic guidelines used when conducting clinical trials. Module 3 talks about the primary applications that must be submitted to the FDA for drug approval. All 10 modules discuss ethics in clinical research. Module 4 digs deeper into the realm of ethics by exploring early ethical guidelines, such as the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki. Module 5 then applies these guidelines to current practice. Modules 6 through 8 take the time to explore essential regulatory documents, regulatory inspections, and adverse event and safety monitoring, all essential aspects of running clinical trials. Finally, Modules 9 and 10 explore regulatory guidelines outside of the United States by discussing the basic regulatory guidelines in 21 other countries around the world. Each module has exercises designed to further enhance the student's drug development knowledge through reading, discussion boards, and assignments. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Apr 2023, Oct 2023, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Ethical Issues and Regulatory Principles in Clinical Trials | 3 |
APS-700
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APS-700 Master Project in Applied Science and TechnologyThe Master Project in Applied Science and Technology is designed to provide a guided in-depth experience in defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling a significant opportunity or challenge relevant to the learner's applied science or technology workplace or profession. The learner will be expected to acquire knowledge, apply real-life experience, and conduct research to make recommendations that are based upon solid data and benchmarking. Credits: 6 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Jan 2023, Apr 2023, Jul 2023, Oct 2023, Jan 2024, Apr 2024 Preview the Online Syllabus | Master Project in Applied Science and Technology | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 36