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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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IMAGE EDITING (GD211-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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Westwood College Online |
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This course covers the basics of digital image editing and creating illustrations using Adobe Photoshop. Topics include digital photography, scanning techniques, photo retouching and manipulation, electronic color theory, and special typographic effects. Additional topics touched on include web graphics and basic animated Gives. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to utilize layers, channels, filters, and masks as they apply to photo imagery. |
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INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE (EBM320-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course is designed to prepare students with the skills necessary to support business objectives through web site architecture. Topics include information analysis/breakdown, logical web site design, site maps, site schematics, wire frames, usability and human factor analysis, usability test planning, testing, Unified Modeling Language (UML), use-case scenarios, and navigational design. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to analyze business requirements for a web site; logically structure information to maximize site usability; map a web site?s structure in a sitemap; lay out major areas of information on a site as a site schematic; apply usability and human factor principles to navigational design; use Unified Modeling Language to depict information flow; create use-case scenarios; and conduct usability test planning, testing and analysis. |
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INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING (CS210-OL) |
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Computer Science |
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Westwood College Online |
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This course is a continuation of CS106-OL.Topics include classes, objects, pointers, inheritance, and templates. Upon completion of the course students should be able to design an object-oriented program. |
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (APM461-OL) |
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Business |
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Westwood College Online |
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Introduces the student to the world of international business. It includes trade issues, balance and monetary systems, international financial management, and the global economic environment. |
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (APM462-OL) |
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Business |
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Introduces the student to the laws governing the international business world.Topics include international agreements, multinational enterprises, world trade policies, regulation of competition, litigation and arbitration, international regulatory systems, protection of property rights, and supernationalism. |
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INTERNET SECURITY (NW315-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course covers fundamental network and Internet security concepts in a mixed environment using multiple operating systems. Topics include an introduction to Internet security, concepts and vulnerabilities, foundations of network security, packet analysis, routing and access control lists (ACL), securing computers, Internet security, and attack techniques. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify potential Internet security risks and take countermeasures to safeguard personal computers in a networked environment using multiple operating systems. |
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INTERNETWORKING I (NW254-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course provides instruction on enterprise networking. Topics covered in this course include protocols, topologies, design, and traffic management. Students completing the course should be able to configure and maintain internet works. |
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INTERNETWORKING II (NW255-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course covers methods for designing and administering Internet-based services. Topics include security, interoperability, and server operations across a heterogeneous infrastructure. Students completing this course should be able to manage and configure services in an internet worked environment. |
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS (APM300-OL) |
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Business |
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This course is designed to be an introduction to the operation of various types of businesses including businesses engaging in electronic commerce.Topics covered include an overview of various traditional business and e-business models, building a business, business law, and government regulation. Special emphasis is placed on business in the ?new economy.? |
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INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE (SCI131-OL) |
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Science General |
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Provides a broad overview of many fields of earth science. Topics include geology, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy. |
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INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN (GD100-OL) |
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Art & Design |
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This survey course provides students with a foundation in basic graphic design concepts and skills using a hands-on approach. Topics include drawing, design elements, color theory, typography, illustration, and layout techniques. Upon completion of this course, students should have the ability to demonstrate visual problem solving skills using various graphic tools, techniques, and processes. |
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INTRODUCTION TO HTML (CS107-OL) |
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This course is an introduction to Hypertext Markup Language. Topics include browsers, tags, page design, planning, formatting, linking, media, simple scripts, and style sheets. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to construct web pages that use formatting techniques and simple scripts. |
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INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SECURITY (NW306-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course covers an introduction to network security concepts as they relate to personal computers in a networked environment. Topics include an introduction to security threats to personal computers, countermeasures, local area network (LAN) security topologies, server security services, network security measures, security protocols, types of firewall security, introduction to dial-up security and virtual private networks, and an introduction to public key infrastructure (PKI) and certificate authority functions. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to effectively identify potential security risks and take reasonable countermeasures to safeguard personal computers in a networked environment. |
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INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKS (EBM330-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course covers the administrative tasks required to smoothly and securely maintain a web server. Topics include installing, configuring, securing, and maintaining server software. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to install, implement, troubleshoot, and support components that comprise web server software. |
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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE (SCI121-OL) |
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Science General |
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This course is designed as an introduction to physical science. Topics include motion, conservation laws, gravity, thermal physics, and thermodynamics. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to describe the scientific method, explain and define the principles and terminology of physical science, and use formulas to solve related problems. |
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ISO 9000 STANDARDS (APM382-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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Introduces the student to the selection and use of appropriate international standards. Explains what the series is about, goes into detail on where and when they are best used, and what elements companies should incorporate. |
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JAVA (CS253-OL) |
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This course covers Java programming. Topics include Java applications, Java applets, control structures, graphic objects, and Graphical User Interface (GUI). Upon completion of this course, students should be able to write, compile, and debug Java programs. The students should also be able to implement Java programs and embed them in web pages. |
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JAVASCRIPT (CS240-OL) |
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Computer Science |
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This course is an introduction to JavaScript. Topics include object manipulation and definition, class structures, and applets. Topics also include JavaScript program control, the implementation of text boxes and buttons, cascading style sheets, and animation. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to produce JavaScript code. |
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LAN SECURITY (NW310-OL) |
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Information Technology |
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This course provides an overview, comparison, and analysis of LAN components, and security features and costs including man-hours, product strengths, weaknesses and risks involved. Topics include an introduction to local area networks (LAN) and components; security features of LAN elements; including hardware such as workstations, servers, printers, modems, faxes, scanners, routers; and software such as network service, browsers, protocols, and various operating systems and distributions. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify LAN components, security features of LAN elements, potential security risks, and strengths. |
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LINE SUPERVISION (APM402-OL) |
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Finance |
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Continues APM401-OL and provides the student with knowledge of individual and group performances, conflict and office politics, change and stress, employee discipline, supervision and labor relations. |
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