Because of our dedication to providing our students with a high quality, high-caliber education, Columbia Southern University continues to implement Quality Matters (QM) standards into our online courses.
Quality Matters is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer-review process that certifies the quality of online courses. Quality Matters has developed a widely respected set of Standards for the design of effective online courses and a rigorous, faculty peer review process for applying these Standards to existing courses. Through this process, reviewers provide instructors and instructional design teams with insights and recommendations that increase learner engagement, retention and satisfaction, and, ultimately, learner achievement.
CSU is committed to implement the QM standards for the design of online courses, and we are systematically building and evaluating our courses based on these rigorous, research-supported standards. The QM standards assure that the online components of these courses promote learner engagement and provide students with all the tools and information they need to be successful learners. For more information about the Quality Matters Program, visit www.qualitymatters.org.
The following courses have been reviewed and meet Quality Matters course design standards:
- ART 1301 – Art Appreciation I
- BBA 3221 – Sales Management
- BBA 3651 – Leadership
- BBA 4851 – Production Management
- BCJ 3453 – Court Security Supervision
- BEM 4301 – Environmental Strategies
- BHA 3002 – Health Care Management
- BIO 1030 – General Biology I
- BIO 1302 – Ecology and the Environment
- BOS 3551 – Environmental Issues
- BOS 3651 – Total Environmental Health and Safety Management
- BSL 4000 – Managing Diversity in Organizations
- BSL 4080 – Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
- BSL 4160 – Negotiation/Conflict Resolution
- BUS 6320 – Global Strategic Management
- CHE 6304 – Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Assessment
- EH 1020 – English Composition II
- EMS 4301 – Finance of EMS Systems
- EMS 4302 – Leadership in EMS Systems
- EMS 4305 – EMS Public Information and Community Relations
- EMS 4320 – EMS System Design
- FIN 3301 – Financial Management
- FIR 3306 – Fire Prevention Organization and Management
- FIR 3307 – Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
- FIR 3312 – Fire Ground Tactics I
- FIR 4302 – Fire Service Personnel Management
- FIR 4304 – Fire Dynamics
- FIR 4308 – Applications in Fire Research
- FRN 4303 – Pathology of Death
- HIS 1301 – American History I
- HIS 1303 – United States Military History I
- ITC 3306 – Operations Systems
- LSS 1300 – Learning Strategies for Success
- MAR 3231 – Marketing Research
- MAT 2301 – Elementary Statistics
- MBA 5501 – Advanced Marketing
- MBA 5652 – Research Methods
- MBA 6053 – Economics for Managers
- MEE 5801 – Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management
- MHR 6451 – Human Resource Management Methods
- MKT 5306 – Entrepreneurial Marketing
- MOS 6301 – Advanced Industrial Hygiene
- MSL 6000 – Psychological Foundations of Leadership
- OSH 2301 – Introduction to Workplace Safety
- OSH 3304 – Construction Safety
- PHI 1301 – Critical Thinking
- PHS 1120 – Principles of Modern Physical Science
- POL 1301 – Introduction to Political Science
- POL 2301 – United States Government
- PSY 1010 – General Psychology
- PSY 2010 – Abnormal Psychology
- PSY 3140 – Social Psychology
- PSY 3301 – History and Systems of Psychology
- SEC 3302 – Advanced IS Security
- SEC 4302 – Planning and Audits
- SOC 2010 – Cultural Geography
