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Career-Building Courses
This article by Teena Chandy was published in U.S. 1 Newspaper on
May 5, 1999. All rights reserved.
Five recently announced postgraduate programs —
at Rutgers, Rider, Stevens, Princeton University, and New York
University
— cater to full-time employees who want to attend classes at night
or on weekends. Two new undergraduate degrees — one for service
personnel offered through Thomas Edison State College, and one that
guarantees transfer from a two-year to a four-year college — are
also new, as are various certificates at Mercer County College.
Top Of PageRutgers CMD:Career Workshops
Rutgers University’s Center for Management Development
(CMD) offers career development workshops and certificate programs
for organizations and professionals. These workshops are held three
to four times a year at the New Brunswick campus and at other
locations.
Continuing Education Units are awarded upon request. To register,
call 732-445-5526. For information call Bonnie Westbrook at
732-445-5448
or visit the CMD website at
https://www.cmd.rutgers.edu/cmd/.
Labor Management Relations Workshop Series and CertificateProgram. Sixteen workshops include such subjects as”Introductionto Labor Law,” “Employee Discipline and GrievanceHandling,””Negotiation: Strategies for Mutual Gain,” “AdvancedTopicsin Arbitration,” and “Conflict Resolution.” Attend nineworkshops for certificate.Rutgers Leadership Development Series and Certificate Program1999. Eleven workshops for supervisors, team/work group leaders,and organizations. “From Follower to Leader: Mastering theTransitionto Supervisory and Team Leadership” is held eight times a year,next on June 4.Equal Employment Opportunity Workshop Series and CertificateProgram. Nine workshops are offered three to four times a year,including “Equal Opportunity Law and Lawful EmploymentPrograms,”covering the fundamentals of EEO law; “EEO and the Disabled;””How to Develop an Acceptable Affirmative Action Plan;””SexualHarassment on the Job;” “Lawful Performance Appraisal inWorkforce2000;” and “Managing Cultural Diversity in the Workplace.”Attend five workshops for certificate.The Human Resource Management Workshop Series and CertificateProgram. Topics include an introductory “Overview of HumanResource Management,” “Recruitment Principles andTechniques,””Human Resource Management and the Law,” and “AvoidingLitigation for Employee Discipline and Discharge.”The cost of attending these all-day workshops, including coursematerials, lunch and refreshments, ranges from $295 to $375 perworkshop.Team discounts, and discounts for government employees and non-profitemployees are available. The CMD also offers on-site programs forgroups of people in an organization, which can be held either at theorganization or on campus. CMD also designs and implements programsto meet the specific management needs of specific organizations. CallClaudia G. Meer, director, at 732-445-5590.Top Of PageRider’s New MBARider University’s College of Business Administration(CBA) has redesigned its Master of Business Administration program.Unlike traditional MBA programs that offer the generalist a genericbusiness knowledge, this new program is integrative, cross-functional,and provides team oriented experiences.”For many years most MBA students held non-business undergraduatedegrees and were moving into career paths that required businessskills,”says Mark Sandberg, CBA dean. “Now two-thirds of thestudentshave undergraduate business degrees. These students expect the MBAprogram to provide advanced, leading-edge knowledge and theopportunityto specialize.”Beginning September 1, the program revisions feature a reduction inmaximum credits from 57 to 51, a new core of 24 credits, a significantlevel of course integration in the advanced core, an expansion inthe number of elective credits from 12 to 15, and the addition ofdistinctively defined concentration options. The program minimum is30 credit hours for students with recent undergraduate degrees inbusiness.A six-credit module, customer focused management, integratesmanagement,marketing, and selected team and interpersonal skills. Anothersix-creditmodule will combine contemporary accounting, economics, and financetheory and practice into two integrated courses.Part-time tuition costs $420 per credit. Application deadline forfall is August 1. For more information contact John Carpenterat 609-896-5036.Top Of PageStevens Institute:Managing TechnologyThe Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management atStevens Institute offers a variety of programs — standard andexecutive master’s programs, doctoral programs, short courses, andexecutive seminars.Programs such as Technology Management, Information Management,TelecommunicationsManagement, Management, and Information Systems cater to professionalsin the field aspiring to enhance their careers. Admission requiresa bachelor’s degree and relevant industry experience.Most on-campus classes are held in the evenings, and are scheduledonce per week. Tuition costs about $675 per credit hour. Call201-216-5384or visit https://www.stevens-tech.edu.Stevens also offers off-campus graduate programs at Rider University(M.S. in Chemistry with Chemical Biology concentration); AT&T LocalServices, Dayton (Graduate Certificate/M.S. in Telecom Management);Brookdale Community College, Lincroft (Concurrent Design Management);and Lucent Technologies, Piscataway (Master of Technology Management).For information on off-campus programs, contact the Graduate Schoolat 201-216-5234.Top Of PageNYU: MBA UpdateThe Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New YorkUniversity is offering a two week intensive program “An MBA Updatefor Experienced Professionals: Insights on Competition andInnovation,”from June 7 to June 18. The program is designed to provide businessprofessionals with a concentrated update and analysis of the issuesthat are driving change, performance, decision making, and planning.The cost for attending is $7,600, including program materials,breakfast,lunch, and refreshments. Contact the Stern School of Business at212-998-0600.Raritan ValleyRaritan Valley Community College (RVCC) is offeringa new Associate of Arts General Business degree option in LiberalArts this fall. Courses are in the areas of business, accounting,science, communications, mathematics, history, humanities, and socialsciences.The program allows students to transfer to American Assembly ofCollegiateSchools of Business (AACSB) accredited colleges and universities.RVCC students with a 3.2 GPA can automatically transfer to RutgersUniversity.Tuition is $60 per credit. For more information contact Patricia Davisat 908-526-1200 or visit https://www.raritanval.edu.Top Of PageThomas EdisonThomas Edison State College has announced a newpartnershipwith Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC) to create the SOC DegreeBuilder Program. Under this program service members can convertspecializedmilitary training, including the basic non-commissioned officercourse,into credits towards a college degree.”This program is ideal for military personnel who have transferredfrom base to base over the years,” says Patricia Sparks,academic dean and vice provost at Thomas Edison. The program helpsservice-members match degrees with their areas of specialization,such as aviation maintenance, and offers optimum credit for militarytraining and education. “The Degree Builder includes theirmilitaryeducation, other college credits, licenses and certificates, and othercredit-bearing elements. It’s a clearly defined path to a relevantdegree,” says Sparks. For more information call 609-984-1150 orvisit https://www.tesc.edu.Top Of PageMercer CollegeNew certificate programs at Mercer County College serveto widen job career opportunities in five areas — for travelagents,office managers, bookkeepers, pharmacy assistants, and clinicalresearchspecialists.Payroll administrators can take an eight-session certificate coursefor a Certificate in Advanced Payroll Skills that costs $450 andstartsWednesday, June 2, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Taught by DennisDanilewicz,director of payroll shared services for Bristol-Myers Squibb, thecourse will help you administer complex benefits and tax applications,among other skills.The Computer Reservation System proficiency certificate can be takenon your own time. For $150 you get a 60-hour account for self-pacedinteractive on-line SABRE training to learn reservations, ticketing,and fares. Register by Friday, May 14, but before you start, you aresupposed to have taken two prerequisites — a two-sessionintroductionto the travel industry, starting Tuesday, June 8, for $54, and thefive-session introductory classroom course, which starts Tuesday,June 24, at 6:30 p.m. and costs $210. The complete certificate costs$660.An Office Management & Technology certificate costs $560 for a seriesof seven workshops or $90 for each full-day workshop. You also needto take one intermediate course in an MS Office application such asExcel or Access.The New Jersey Pharmacists Association hosts a 50-hour course forprospective pharmacy technicians at its headquarters at 3B MarlenDrive on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 to 9 p.m., from June 1 to August12. Graduates will be able to work under the supervision of aregisteredpharmacist in various settings and to take a certification exam.Cost: $849 including materials.A clinical research and drug development certificate, announced lastspring, will start a new session with a 10-session”foundations”course that meets Friday evenings and all day Saturdays startingFriday,May 7. Cost $900.Top Of PagePU: Engineering Masters with Real-World TrainingThe School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton Universityoffers real-world oriented instruction in technical and businessaspectsof engineering. This one-year program does not require a thesis andallows students to choose between a more technical track focused ona particular aspect of engineering, and an entrepreneurial managementtrack that mixes technical classes with business-oriented studiessuch as entrepreneurship, public policy, and international economics.Students may choose a “home base” in any one of fivedepartments– chemical engineering, civil engineering and operations research,computer science, electrical engineering, or mechanical and aerospaceengineering. For students with a managerial or entrepreneurial bent,four courses in the home department can be taken with fournon-technicalclasses throughout the university.The goal is to impart management and leadership skills along withadvanced training in applied technology, says Stuart Schwartz,director,who believes the program will benefit students interested in atechnicalconsulting position with a management consulting company or a jobwith an engineering firm. Tuition for one year costs approximately$25,000. Call graduate admissions at 609-258-3034.Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
