UNV 504 GRAND CANYON ENTIRE COURSE

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UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Discussion 1

Topic 1 reviews some of the major differences between undergraduate and graduate studies. How do you think your graduate educational experience will differ from your undergraduate experience? How would you describe a graduate learning community? What are the key components of a learning community and how might a graduate learning community differ from an undergraduate learning community?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Discussion 2

This topic discussed the importance of communication. One of the goals of GCU is to help you to effectively communicate throughout your life. Access and review the “Communication Tool.” Why is it important to communicate effectively with others? How will effective communication help students in their academic career? Give examples. Why do you think GCU emphasizes quality discussion posts and proper etiquette in the Discussion Forums?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Discussion 3

Read the GCU Doctrinal Statement, Four Pillars, and Christian Worldview at the following links:

GCU Doctrinal Statement:.gcu.edu/About-Us/Doctrinal-Statement.php”>http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Doctrinal-Statement.php Christian Worldview:.gcu.edu/

Christian-Worldview.php”>http://www.gcu.edu/Christian-Worldview.php

Four Pillars:.gcu.edu/About-Us/Four-Pillars.php”>http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Four-Pillars.php

How do you think GCU’s Christian heritage makes the GCU academic experience different than the experience at a non-faith-based university? What value might this difference add to your educational experience?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 2 Discussion 1

Find a scholarly article in the GCU Library. Copy an excerpt from the article that is at least 4-5 sentences long. Post the excerpt as your initial Discussion Forum post with your paraphrase of this excerpt directly underneath using appropriate APA paraphrased citations. Use the link below to assist you. Review your peers’ paraphrasing and comment on at least two posts regarding what they did well, and what they could work on for a better paraphrase.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 2 Discussion 2

Why is it important to critically analyze sources? Why are scholarly sources more appropriate for academic research?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 2 Discussion 3

Read the “Academic Integrity Scenarios” at.gcu.edu/Academics/Academic-Integrity/Academic-Integrity-Scenarios.php”>http://www.gcu.edu/Academics/Academic-Integrity/Academic-Integrity-Scenarios.php. As you read them, think about how these types of situations might arise in your academic career. How does academic dishonesty undermine the purpose of graduate school?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 1

Colleen Barrett is the former president of Southwest Airlines. She is a proponent of servant leadership and provides a case study of servant leadership in “Southwest Airlines’ Colleen Barrett on ‘Servant Leadership'” and “Servant Leadership.”

Describe the ways Southwest Airlines uses servant leadership. What did you learn about servant leadership from the video? In what ways will you apply servant leadership in your field?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 2

Dr. Clayton Christensen is a Harvard Business School professor, cancer survivor, man of faith, and expert on innovation. As a servant leader, he challenges his students to take a serious look at their lives, relationships, and priorities.

Refer to “How Will You Measure Your Life?” What was the best piece of advice he gave? How will his recommendations help you in your career and personal life? How will you apply these suggestions in your life and career?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 3

Microsoft Excel is a common learning tool in graduate courses. Refer to “Excel Tutorial Links.” If you are unfamiliar with an Excel task, select the corresponding Excel concept video. Learn something new about using Excel and report in the forum on at least three lessons learned from the videos.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 1

After reading “Disruptive Innovation in Health Care Delivery: A Framework For Business-Model Innovation,” describe the process of disruptive innovation. In what ways does disruptive innovation occur? Provide examples of disruptive innovation in the marketplace.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 2

Refer to “Entrepreneurship Versus Intrapreneurship” and answer the following questions. What is entrepreneurship? In what ways are entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship similar? In what ways are they different? Explain which of these options seems most advantageous to you in your career and why.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 3

After reflecting on what you have learned in this course, write a post (250-500 words) in which you address the following:

• Describe your academic background.
• Why did you choose graduate studies at GCU’s College of Business?
• What is your chosen program of study?
• How is this program going to help you reach your goals, what support do you have to help you reach your goals, what are your strength and weaknesses pertaining to graduate school, and how you will overcome your weaknesses?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Assignment 1

Class Wall Biography

Details:

Participating and getting to know other students in your class is important in order to create the online community at GCU. The Class Wall is a place for students to network and get to know one another. Your first post to the Class Wall will be a biography to share information about you with fellow students.

Here are some things to consider including in your biography:

1- Your name

2- Where you are from

3- Your family

4- The degree program you are enrolled in

5- What you currently do for a living

6- Your hobbies or interests

7- Motivation for pursuing a graduate degree

Your biography should be 250-350 words.

Post your biography to the Class Wall by the end of Day 2 of Topic 1.

Submit your biography to the appropriate assignment drop box as well as posting it to the Class Wall.

Once other students have posted their bios, go back to the Class Wall and read them, as well as your instructor’s bio.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Assignment 2

Time Monitoring Worksheet

Details:

This assignment will help you develop an important skill for college and everyday life – time management. For this assignment, you will keep an informal time log in which you note all your activities for 3 days, from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Then, you will review your activities to identify times when you were not productive. You should use this information for planning ways to make better use your time.

Part 1: Monitor your time in hourly increments.

1-    Use “Time Monitoring Worksheet” to write down what you did each hour of the day, starting at 5 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. Even if you do not get up until 10 a.m., you still need to record 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. as “sleep.”

2-    Do not overdo the recording; record the primary activity for the hour. At most, record two activities per hour.

Part 2: Reflection

On day four, review your completed Time Monitoring Worksheet in order to take a serious look at how you use your time each day.

Write a 250-500-word reflection on how you manage your time. Include the following in your reflection:

1- What are some things you can do more efficiently?

2- What are the main items/tasks that take up most of your time?

3- Do you see areas in your daily routine where you can make adjustments to become more productive?

4- Do you have any “black holes” that unnecessarily suck up a lot of your time?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 1 Assignment 3

Navigating the Online Environment Scavenger Hunt

Details:

Learning how to navigate the online classroom environment is essential to your academic success.

1. Review “Navigating the Online Scavenger Hunt” and search LoudCloud to find the answers.
2. Complete the scavenger hunt while navigating LoudCloud.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Online Learning Environment Scavenger Hunt

Introduction

Learning how to navigate the online classroom environment is essential to your academic success. GCU’s Learning Management System (LMS) LoudCloud has many resources to help you become a successful graduate student.

Directions

View the LoudCloud Walk to Class Tutorial as well as search LoudCloud to find answers to the questions below. You should complete the guide while navigating the LoudCloud environment.

Part A: Answer each prompt

1. List the tabs and other items on the screen when you first enter a course in LoudCloud.
2. From the course home page in LoudCloud, click on the “Resources” tab and then click on “Classroom Policies. “What do you need to do to make sure you are properly participating in the online classroom?
3. Under the “Resources” Tab in LoudCloud, click on the “Student Success Center; “under the “Writing Center” tab click on the “Style Guides and Templates” link. Read through the APA 6th Edition Style Guide and APA 6th Edition Template (without Abstract) documents. Why do you think academic writing requires such strict formatting?
4. Under the “Resources” Tab in LoudCloud, click on the “Student Success Center.” Under which tab in the Student Success Center can you find official Microsoft Tutorials for their software products?
5. Under the “Resources” Tab in LoudCloud, inside the “Student Success Center,” click on the “Tools for Success “tab at the top. What video might be most helpful to you under the “Success Webinars” section?
6. From the course home page in LoudCloud, find where you can see your current grade in the course.
7. Click on the “Resources” Tab in the classroom. Click on “Syllabus.” What are all the different sections found in the Syllabus? Look at the “Overall” and “Current” sections of the syllabus. (Hint: they might be the orange sections on the left of the screen.)
8. Click on “Library” under the “Resources” tab. Go to the Library website and find a time that a GCU Library Introduction webinar tour is available. Write down a time and date that one is offered.

Part B: Highlight the correct response

9. Where are the topic lectures found?
10. a) The Syllabus
11. b) Course Materials
12. c) Main Forum
13. d) Both A and B
14. In the Student Success Center located under the Resources Tab in Loud Cloud, which of the following is not found under the “Tools for Success” tab:
15. a) The Writing Center
16. b) The Basics
17. c) First Year Experience
18. d) Success Webinars
19. What do Course Materials in Loud Cloud consist of?
20. a) Lecture Notes, Electronic Resources, and Other instructional Media
21. b) Computer, Internet, and Software
22. c) Pens, Paper, and Books
23. d) The Syllabus, Discussion Forum, and Student Success Center
24. Where do you find the “Announcements” tab for a course in LoudCloud?
25. a) In the LoudCloud tool bar at the top of the classroom
26. b) The Calendar
27. c) The Syllabus
28. d) The instructor emails them to you at the start of each week.
29. What would you do if you wanted to ask your instructor a question in which you felt your classmates could benefit from the answer as well?
30. a) Send him or her a personal email
31. b) Post the question in the Main Forum
32. c) Post the question in the Individual Forum
33. d) Post the question in the Questions to Instructor Forum
34. Looking at the Forum Section under the Tasks tab, which section is not listed in Loud Cloud?
35. a) Main Forum
36. b) Question to Instructor Forum
37. c) Assignment Forum
38. d) Individual Forum
39. Where are the weekly topic learning objectives found?
40. a) On the Calendar
41. b) In the Syllabus
42. c) In the Main Forum
43. d) Under the Tasks Tab
44. Where is the syllabus found in Loud Cloud?
45. a) Under the Calendar tab
46. b) Under the Resources tab
47. c) In the Main Forum
48. d) Under the Tasks Tab

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 1

APA Activities

Details:

Complete “APA Activities 1” and “APA Activities 2” by the end of Topic 2. Upload to the appropriate drop box by the end of Topic 2.

APA Activity 1

1. Correct the in-text citation in the sentence below.
2. Correctly format the reference below.
3. Correctly format the reference below.
4. What is the correct way to format quotations longer than 40 words?
5. Compose a direct quotation using only the underlined information from the sentence below. The quotation should be grammatically and APA stylistically correct.

“Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen that deals with issues of class, gender, and social status, in addition to being a love story.”

6. Rewrite the quote below so that it includes an explanation in your own words to the reader that Mr. Johnson is the founder of the Eat More Oreos Foundation.
7. Does the sentence below need to be cited? Why or why not?

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 2

Article Summary

Details:

Refer to “Are Writing Deficiencies Creating a Lost Generation of Business Writers?”

Write a 250-500-word summary of the article.

Refer to the guidelines for writing an effective summary presented in the Topic 2 lecture for use as a guide. Review the assignment rubric as well prior to beginning the assignment.

Be sure to include a discussion of the research problem, questions, method, findings, and implications discussed by the authors.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

UNV 504 Grand Canyon Week 3 Assignment 1

Excel Worksheet

Details:

Refer to “Excel Worksheet Instructions” to complete the “Excel Worksheet” assignment.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Excel Assignment Instructions

Sheet 1

3. Open the Excel Workbook found with these instructions in “Excel Assignment” in Topic 3.
4. Type your first and last name in cell A1.
5. Type “UNV-504” in cell A2.
6. Type “Topic 3 Excel Assignment” in cell A3.
7. Activate the Data Analysis Add-in.
8. Use the “Activating the Data Analysis Add-in” video link in cell B6 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with these steps.
9. Double click Sheet 1 in the bottom left corner and rename Sheet 1 as “Title Sheet.” Sheet 2
10. Open Sheet 2 by clicking the Sheet 2 tab at the bottom of the Excel Workbook.
11. In cell D1 type “Total Unit Sales.”
12. Using the basic calculation functionality of Excel, find the total unit sales (Price per unit time the units sold) for each product. Do not use a separate calculator to find the results. Include the result in column D.
13. Use the “Basic Calculations” video link in cell B10 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with these steps.
14. Type “Average” in cell A12.
15. In cell B12, insert a function to find the average price per unit.
16. For help with this, view the Basic Functions tutorial video in cell B11 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials.
17. In cell C12, insert a function to find the average number of units sold.
18. Change the price per unit of weed spray to $26.06.
19. Change the plastic buckets units sold to 359.
20. Type Total Sales in cell F4.
21. Insert a function in cell G4 for the sum of all Total Unit Sales.
22. Rename Sheet2 “Garden Store.”

Sheet 3

1. Create a Pie Chart using the data in columns D and E.
2. Add data labels so that each slice of the pie shows the corresponding percentage and instrument family.
3. Use the “Pie Chart Labeling Data” video link in cell B15 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with these steps.
4. Rename Sheet3 “Symphony.”

Sheet 4

1. Create a line graph for Northeast Sales and Southeast Sales using the data provided.
2. Create a second line graph for Northwest Sales and Southwest Sales using the data provided.
3. Refer to the “Line Graph” video link in cell B16 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with this step.
4. Rename Sheet4 “Division Sales.”

Sheet 5

1. Create a scatter plot using the data provided.
2. Refer to the “XY Scatterplot” video link in cell B17 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with this step.
3. Label Sheet5 “Drinks.”

Sheet 6

1. Create a new tab.
2. Click the “Use of Tabs” resource video link in cell B5 of the Excel Tutorial Links from the Topic 3 Materials for help with these steps.
3. In cell A1 type the most challenging part of this assignment.
4. In cell A2 write something new that you learned.
5. Label Sheet6 “Last.”
6. Save the Excel Workbook and upload to your Topic 3 Excel Assignment drop box.

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