Trident Learning

This course focuses on the adaptation of populations to their physical environments.  Its main concern is social organization of human beings, how they form and develop territorially based social systems and the changes within the physical, demographic and social aspects of communities and urban areas.

This is a lecture discussion course in which there is the investigation of the concepts of Urban Geography. These will include: the nature and origins of urban areas, their classification, site, situation rank size and hierarchies, functions and spheres of influence; nature, causes, modifications and models of urban morphology, causes and problems of urban growth and urbanization in developed and developing countries.

This is a lecture discussion course in which there is further development of the knowledge and understanding of some of the concepts of population dynamics and distribution. The areas to be examined include: the major demographic characteristics of population; features of population distribution and density world-wide and by country; factors influencing distribution and density; features and factors influencing change through time and over space; problems and impact of population on the environment. 

This course is designed to explore the human life-span in order to analyze factors that may impact on adaptation and change.  The course aims to integrate knowledge of the behavioral sciences into community practice.  The course is divided into two units: Adulthood and Aging.

Human Resource management has grown in importance because of a shift to a services –oriented global economy.  Human capital plays a key role in creating and sustaining competitive advantage for business organizations.  As a result, this course will expose students to the important activities of people management such as the evolution and stages of human resource management, strategic human resource planning, recruitment and selection, training and development recruitment and selection, compensation management, performance appraisal, job analysis and job evaluation and industrial relations.