This course will cover the concepts and techniques required for successful implementation of business strategies with a particular focus on the role of effective leadership in leading strategic change.

This course provides an introduction to several quantitative methods used to facilitate complex decision-making in business, with applications in many different industries, at different levels in the organization, and with different scopes of decisions. The power of the methods covered in this class is further enhanced by implementing them in spreadsheet software, which allows complex problems to be approached and solved in a straightforward and understandable manner.

Theory and practice of effective communication in a business environment. Students practice what they learn with oral presentations and written assignments that model real-life business situations.

Economic analysis applicable to the problems of business enterprises with emphasis on the determination of the level of prices, outputs, and inputs; effects of the state of the competitive environment on business and government policies.

The identification, measurement, and reporting of financial effects of events on enterprises, with a particular emphasis on business organization. Preparation and interpretation of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.

The uses of accounting systems and their outputs in the process of management of an enterprise. Classification of costs and revenue on several bases for various uses; budgeting and standard cost accounting; analyses of relevant costs and other data for decision making.

The evolution of markets and marketing; market structure; marketing cost and efficiency; public and private regulation; the development of marketing programs including decisions involving products, price, promotional distribution.

A general descriptive and analytical study of organizations from the behavioral science point of view. Problems of motivation, leadership, morale, social structure, groups, communications, hierarchy, and control in complex organizations are addressed. The interaction among technology, environment, and human behavior are considered. Alternate theoretical models are discussed.

This course is essentially a course on strategy. You can think of it as Business Strategy for Lawyers and IP Strategy for Entrepreneurship rolled into one. The overarching objective is to learn to match your intellectual property (IP) strategy to your business strategy. We’ll cover how entrepreneurs can best develop and manage IP assets and integrate them into a successful business.

An introduction to programming and computer science focused on abstraction techniques as means to manage program complexity. Techniques include procedural abstraction; control abstraction using recursion, higher-order functions, generators, and streams; data abstraction using interfaces, objects, classes, and generic operators; and language abstraction using interpreters and macros. The course exposes students to programming paradigms, including functional, object-oriented, and declarative approaches. It includes an introduction to asymptotic analysis of algorithms. There are several significant programming projects.

This course will provide advanced students in cognitive science and computer science with the skills to develop computational models of human cognition, giving insight into how people solve challenging computational problems, as well as how to bring computers closer to human performance. The course will explore three ways in which researchers have attempted to formalize cognition -- symbolic approaches, neural networks, and probability and statistics -- considering the strengths and weaknesses of each.

By the end of the semester, you will have built a website using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/jQuery. Along the way, you’ll pick up on web design philosophies and recreate modern design trends like responsive design, material design, etc.

This course teaches graphic design through the use of Photoshop and Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CC will be taught in a series of tutorials complemented with exercises to perform during class and at home. These exercises give students the opportunity to practice the tools, create designs, and exercise their creativity. We will also explore graphic design trends and their applications, and learn to receive and give critiques in order to improve your design work.

This course is designed for wilderness educators, outdoor leaders, and enthusiasts who need wilderness medical skills where prolonged patient care/evacuation may be required before professional emergency medical care personnel arrive on scene. Emphasis will be placed on severe and extreme environments using improvised equipment is required. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, the student will be eligible for a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certificate from LTCC and a CPR/AHD certificate from the American Heart Association (AHA).

This field-based course is designed to provide students with the necessary beginning skills to travel safely and efficiently in an alpine environment. Students will learn basic mountaineering skills including decision-making and risk management, off-trail travel, and route finding. The course will cover basic mountaineering techniques and technical systems for steep snow, moderate alpine ice and 3rd, 4th, and easy 5th class rock. This course is designed for students to be able to successfully complete the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Alpine Skills Course.

This course is designed to provide students with necessary intermediate skills to lead groups and travel safely and efficiently in an alpine environment. Students will enhance the skills learned in the Beginning Mountaineering class and be introduced to intermediate alpine mountaineering skills. Topics include decision-making and risk management, intermediate snow, rock and ice climbing techniques, glacier travel and glissading techniques, crevasse rescue, mechanical advantage raising systems, and expedition planning. This course is designed for students to be able to successfully complete the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Alpine Guides Course.

Students will learn how to travel in the back country and cope with wilderness emergencies. Topics covered will include wilderness survival, land navigation, food storage, cold injury, shelter and clothing, and wilderness travel with an emphasis on self-reliance, improvisation and environmental awareness.

This course builds upon self-rescue techniques for climbers by introducing practices common to organized Search and Rescue groups and Ski Patrols. The course will cover equipment, rigging systems, raising and lowering.

This course is for students already well versed in the use of art and design computer applications. The course covers basic components of digital design tools including vector, raster, modeling language and animation, culminating in the completion of a final project. Following an overview of HTML and webpage design, students create their own home pages.

Knowledge of business fundamentals is essential for careers in the creative industries. Covering topics such as finance, organizational structure, creative management, professional communication, marketing, ethics and leadership, this course prepares students for success in a business environment.