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Click on the name of an online course offered at Westwood College Online to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the course by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTS (HUM410-OL) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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This course exposes students to the contemporary world of fine arts. Topics covered in the course include the visual arts, music, dance, and film. Stylistic trends and historical developments are examined. |
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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY (HUM420-OL) |
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History |
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This course provides an overview of the major events in contemporary history. Topics include technological, political, economic, and social developments. Special emphasis is placed on the impact of technological innovations on contemporary politics, economics, and military power. |
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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE (HUM413-OL) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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This course provides an overview of contemporary short stories, novels, and poetry. Topics include techniques in the use of language, structure, and characterization. |
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CONTRACT LAW (APM331-OL) |
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Law & Criminal Justice |
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Introduces the student to basic law of contracts, Uniform Commercial Codes, commercial paper, agency and employment law, and business regulations. |
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CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING (HUM400-OL) |
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Humanities & Liberal Arts |
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Introduces the students to critical thinking, problem solving, perception, language, forming and applying concepts, argumentation, and critical reasoning. |
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DATA STRUCTURES (CS220-OL) |
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Computer Science |
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This course covers data structures. Topics include nodes, linked links, stacks, queues, and trees. Upon completion of this course students should be able to write, compile and debug programs containing data structures. |
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DATABASE APPLICATIONS (CS224-OL) |
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Computer Science |
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In this course, students design and build databases using a database application. Topics include database creation/manipulation, normalization, entity relationships, creating keys, table relationships, and reports and forms. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to describe database design concepts and methodologies, develop a database, establish relationships between tables, and design user-friendly views and reports. |
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DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (NW332-OL) |
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Computer Science |
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This course provides students with the technical skills required to implement a database solution in a client/server database management system, based on a case-study design. The three fundamental models - hierarchical, network, and relational - will be examined. |
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DESIGNING DIRECTORY SERVICES (NW407-OL) |
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Business |
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This course covers network directory design concepts. Topics covered in the course include designing a directory services infrastructure, creating a domain plan, creating an organizational unit plan, creating a site topology plan, and creating an active directory implementation plan. At completion of the course, students should be able to assess the impact of Active Directory on systems and processes, create a modification plan, define and name domains, design the site topology, and develop the structure of organizational units. |
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DESIGNING GRAPHICS FOR THE WEB (GD435-OL) |
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Web Development |
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This course covers the basics of digital image editing and creating illustrations using Adobe Photoshop. Topics including digital photography, scanning techniques, photo retouching and manipulation, electronic color theory, and special effects. The emphasis will be on the use of digital tools in the creation of interactive web sites for use in e-business. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to utilize layers, channels, filters, and masks as they apply to photo imagery and create web sites using appropriate software and effectively utilize principles of digital Internet graphic design. |
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DESIGNING SECURITY (NW405-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course introduces students to the concepts and application of network security. Topics covered in this course include designing security requirements, designing authentication, planning an administrative structure, designing group security, securing file resources, and designing group policy. At completion of the course, students should be able to analyze business requirements including strategies, structures, and processes to identify security risks and design strategies to protect the business from intruders. |
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DESIGNING WEB SOLUTIONS (NW409-OL) |
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Web Development |
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This course covers the design of web solutions. Topics covered in the course include cluster and server architectures, network load balancing, data storage, disaster recovery, planning capacity, and security strategies for web solutions. At completion of the course, students should be able to design and implement n-tier web sites. |
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DESKTOP COMPUTING (NW106-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course provides an overview of computer hardware, software and computer terminology. Topics include hardware architecture, component installation, operating system installation, desktop components, and troubleshooting methodologies. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify and install various computer components; build a computer; install, configure and support desktop operating systems; and perform basic troubleshooting. |
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DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION (GD121-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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In this class students develop electronic illustration skills using Adobe Illustrator. Emphasis is placed on conceptual thinking, composition, creative type effects, and design campaigns. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to create effective layouts and illustrations through the use of Illustrator?s tools and menu items. |
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DIGITAL LAYOUT (GD131-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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This course will assist students in developing skills to combine imagery and typography in the production of effective layouts using QuarkXPress. Topics covered will include the function of type in design, pagination, paragraph formatting, layout, and the fundamentals of prepress. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to import images and format text to create multi-page documents. |
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DIGITAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR PRINT (GD311-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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In this course, students will be introduced to various advanced typographic styles and design elements, advanced layout, and prepress techniques. Topics covered include designing with type, forming concepts that produce layouts with impact, creating a visual hierarchy, and identifying current production and pre-press standards. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to create, layout, and bring through to production projects utilizing advanced typographic and design theory. |
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DIGITAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR SCREEN (GD312-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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This course reviews advanced digital content development. Topics covered are optimization and formatting of content for digital production including text, images, still images, vector animation, digital sound, and video. Upon successful completion of this course, students should demonstrate extensive knowledge of development of graphic content for a wide set of electronic media applications. |
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EARTH SCIENCE (SCI311-OL) |
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Science General |
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Provides a broad overview of many fields of Earth Sciences. Areas covered include geology, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy. This course requires an additional research project or paper. |
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ECONOMICS (SOC440-OL) |
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Economics |
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Introduces students to the realm of economics and its importance in the capitalistic system. Topics include supply and demand, consumerism, business and investments, economic fluctuations, fiscal policy and national debt, money and banking, the Federal Reserve System, monetary system, and international trade and finance. |
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ELECTRONIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (EBM400-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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In this course, students will work in teams to design and build an n-tiered e-business application. Topics include the architecture of e-business, server services, best practices, validation, and benchmarks. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to install and implement an e-business platform, evaluate e-business solutions, define the technical components and uses of an e-business platform, and access these components using ASPs. |
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