Organizational Behavior and Psychology
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Instructor: Micheal Townsend, Ph.D.

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Breyer State University offers a complete Certificate program in Organizational Behavior and Psychology. This is a twelve-semester hour course and provides a comprehensive and detailed curriculum in this specialty. The program uses the latest and authoritative texts. The certificate program objective is to prepare a person in a business field such as organizational behavior or HR, or other business field depending on the individual, a competent level of knowledge and skill in organizational behavior and psychology and to provide a vehicle for appropriate credentialing for these persons or persons wanting to work in this field.

Upon successful completion of the certificate program, graduates receive a College Certificate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology, and twelve-semester hours of college credit. CEU certificates are also available for 180 contact hours.

You may enroll at anytime and begin your studies. The Certificate Program is designed to be a self-paced program with one to one faculty mentoring. You are permitted twelve months from the date of enrollment to complete the program. You study and meet the program objectives at your own pace, and are permitted to complete the program in less than the twelve-month allotted time frame.

Once officially enrolled, you are given a security password and directions to accessing the online classroom for the Certificate Program. The classroom contains information about me your course instructor, course assignments, ordering information for textbooks, course objectives, syllabus and information regarding exams. You correspond with me via email, and/or phone.

Courses in the Certificate Program:

You may access the course code links below to view syllabi

1). OPC 400 - Individual and Group Behavior                                      - 4 semester hours
2). OPC 440 - Motivating Employees in the Workplace                        - 4 semester hours
3). OPC 460 - Conflict Management, Resolution and Team Dynamics - 4 semester hours

EXAMS: During your studies, you will use four textbooks and will create a "Learning Portfolio" by moving through the texts and answering questions related to the reading assignments. Following completion of the Learning Portfolio, you will take one final examination, which is open book. You are given a particular time frame in which to complete the final examination.

GRADES: The Learning Portfolio is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The final examination is objective type and you receive a letter grade based on the following scale:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

You must receive a letter grade of C or higher to successfully complete the program.

TEXTS: The following texts are used in the Certificate Program

Book 1: Organizational Behavior. Stephen P. Robbins, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Publishing: 2003.

Book 2: Motivating & Rewarding Employees. Alexander Hiam, Holbrook, MA: Adam's Media Corporation: 1999.

Book 3: Organizational Behavior and Change. Joseph W. Weiss, Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Publishing: 2001.

Book 4: Conflict Resolution: It's Language and Processes. John W. Burton, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc.: 1996.

PREREQUISITE: Open enrollment.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor for this Certificate Program is Micheal Townsend, Ph.D.

Tuition and Fees: See the tuition and fee schedule for Certificate Programs here.

Frequently Asked Questions: See our FAQS on Certificate Programs here.

OPTION: Some students may be interested in taking only one or two of the courses offered within a certificate program. This is acceptable. The price per course will be prorated based on the total tuition cost of the certificate program. Students who elect not to take all three of the courses within the program, however, will not be granted the college certificate. Students must complete all three courses in the certificate program to be awarded the college certificate.

PROGRAM COMPLETION: Upon successful completion of all three courses in the program, you will graduate and receive your College Certificate. You receive official transcripts detailing the courses and semester hours awarded, and receive a beautiful college certificate diploma.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this certificate program, you may contact the instructor at micheal@c-gate.net

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