BPA

This course deals with the nature of mathematics, the appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions, and the application of mathematical tools in daily life.

The course begins with an introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns (in nature and in the environment) and as an application of inductive and deductive reasoning. By exploring these topics, students are encouraged to go beyond the typical understanding of mathematics as merely a set of formulas that is a study of mathematical language and symbols but as a source of aesthetics in patterns of nature, for example, and a rich language in solving problem in itself (and of science) governed by logic and reasoning.

The course provides students with a systematic view of human resource management and the functions of recruitment, planning and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, labor-employee relationship, and health and safety. Further, the course will also present comprehensive discussions on the importance of workforce management in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. This course subject is limited to public personnel.

Voluntary Sector Management course focuses in management and leadership in the voluntary sector. The course covers topics such as leadership and management development, managing team performance, service improvement, project management, strategic planning, resource management and working collaboratively.

Contemporary thinking and practice in the domain of public enterprises and social enterprises.

The course will offer a critical overview of current environmental policy, planning, and management in both local and global contexts. Understanding purposeful efforts to apply environmental knowledge to practice in order to accomplish specific objectives in the use and management of landscapes, societies, and/or natural ecosystems is at the core of this course. Also, this course is intended to support and facilitate the development of environmental management system (EMS) among small and medium-sized organizations. It explains how to develop and implement an effective EMS and how it can supports organization’s mission and goals.

Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual and/or web-based output for various purposes.

Local and Regional Governance