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2023 Fall
WI 0041 Marketing Wine
In the fast-paced world of media and marketing, wineries must be current on the latest trends and adept at time-tested strategies for success. Following an overview of the intrinsic elements of marketing -- research, targeting, positioning, and branding -- we'll explore the major tenets of wine marketing including locating and working with distributors, portfolio placement, promotions/incentives, and pricing structures. We'll also look at how to build your customer base on-premise, off-premise, and direct-to-consumer using traditional -- public relations, websites, blogs, and emails -- as well as unique forms of marketing.
Course Date(s)October 18 - November 15
2024 Spring
MP 0216 The Art of Selling
Selling and persuasion are critical skills to business success. Whether you're on the sales or operations side of the meeting and event industry, you need to know how to sell something - an idea, a point of view, a product or service.
Course Date(s)In this six-hour course, you’ll learn the art of selling in the hospitality industry. We’ll cover:
- The different types of sales positions and structures in our industry, both internal and external, and property level versus general and national sales office levels.
- How to prospect, how to convey a unique value proposition, and how to close a deal. You’ll also learn how to craft and present a sales proposal.
- How to understand your competition and differentiate your product or service.
- How to sell to other meeting markets, including the SMERF groups: Social, Military/Other Reunions, Educational, Religious & Fraternal.
April 23 - April 25
ENGR 0047 Construction Project Management
This course provides a framework for understanding the project manager's role, responsibilities, processes, and procedures. Students will learn the stages of the project, scheduling, feasibility, bidding and contracting, contracts, risk, claims, maintenance, warranties, and more. This is a paced, asynchronous online course. The course features a high level of student to student and student to instructor interaction.
Course Date(s)Format: Online
2018 Summer
ED 0997.37 App Creators
SDSU: App Creators introduces students to the field of computer science and the concepts of computational thinking, through the creation of mobile apps. Students are challenged to be creative and innovative, as they collaboratively design and develop mobile solutions to engaging, authentic problems. Students experience the positive impact of the application of computer science to society as well as other disciplines, particularly biomedical science.
Course Date(s)July 15 - July 20
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2024 Spring
CM 0016 Financial Management of Government Contracts
What you need to know to establish an accounting system that can be audited for a government contract and financially manage the contract once it is awarded. This course presents an overview of government cost accounting practices, concepts and controls; government audit and contractor interface relationships, FAR cost principles, TINA, role of DCAA/DCMA, and emerging patterns of government financial policy. The course examines financial and administrative issues related to management of government contracts and funding government contracts including various types of direct and indirect costs for different forms of organizations and operations; elements of indirect rates, billing, fee recovery and final settlement; contract cost principles of allowability, advanced agreements, and disallowance of costs; cost accounting standards, rules, regulations, and contract provisions, including administration of accounting changes and noncompliance actions.
Course Date(s)April 4 - May 9
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PM 0004 Introduction to Project Management: Framework and Integration
This course is designed for those who have already been introduced to project management, but are looking to gain more understanding about the project management framework, project management standards, and the project management knowledge areas. Some of the topics covered will include: terminology and definitions, the role of a project manager, benefits of project management, project life cycle and organization, project management processes, and the project management knowledge areas. A focus on project integration management will cover the development of a project charter, project scope statement, and project management plans.
Course Date(s) NC 0310 Global Fieldwork for Global Competence
The fieldwork includes domestic or international fieldwork experiences lasting 2-3 weeks in which participants are placed in schools and/or community organizations to integrate and implement learning in the classroom. The fieldwork component of the Global Competency Certification Program provides a critical and immersive element to the online coursework leading up to the experience. Fieldwork provides a critical and real culmination to coursework and provides the necessary foundation for coalescence with collaborative practice group work. You will work together within country groups to prepare for, participate in, and reflect upon the immersive fieldwork experience.
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2024 Spring
CB 0002 Beer Styles I
This eight-week course is designed to give students a comprehensive overview of the key characteristics of beer based on style. Students will strengthen their perceptive and descriptive abilities for assessing and communicating the specific attributes of each beer. We will walk through several flights of beer through each class as we discuss the history, brewing process, and key attributes for each style. Our end goal is to become more effective at sharing our passion for craft beer with our customers, friends, family, and colleagues.
Prerequisite: Exploring Craft Beer
March 21 - May 16
INT S 0799C Comprehensive Examination
Enrollment in 799C (0 units) is intended solely for those graduate students who have completed all degree requirements except for the comprehensive examination (Plan B) option. Enrollment in 799C is not necessary if a student is enrolled in other coursework during the semester they take the comprehensive examination. Enrollment in 799C is limited to two semesters.
Course Date(s)Format: Online
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2023 Fall
LS 0008 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Get your Green Belt if you are going to be involved with any kind of process improvement project.
Green Belt Training & Certificate is an online, in-depth course that enables you to complete Lean Six Sigma process improvement projects from start to finish. Green Belts carry more recognition and can deliver measurable, sustainable improvement by finding the root causes of problems and streamlining processes.
Learning Objectives
After completing Green Belt Training you will be able to:
- Define what Lean Six Sigma is, where it came from and why organizations benefit from it
- List and describe the Lean Six Sigma Roles
- List and define each of the 8 Wastes
- Describe how to find and select a worthwhile Lean Six Sigma Project
- Summarize the Lean Six Sigma Improvement method known as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control)
- Describe how to create a project charter, gather the voice of the customer and build a high-level map of the process
- Describe how to select measures, plan for data collection and collect baseline data about a process
- Describe how to conduct process analysis, conduct data analysis and then brainstorm and validate root causes of process problems
- Describe how to craft, filter and determine solutions to process problems and then mitigate the risks of process change
- Describe how to create monitoring plans, develop response plans and document the project
Learn more about Green Belt Training.
Students receive 6 months of access upon registration.
August 7 - December 17
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