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This course shows you how financial and management accounts work. Get the finance and accounting background you need to make well-informed human resources decisions that align closely with your organization. You'll learn about accounting tools, principles and policies, financial ratios, costing, budget preparations, balanced scorecards, ways to assess investment opportunities and more. Understand the foundations of accounting and their relevance to your work. Get tools that help you with your reporting and other financial needs. Know which financial information has the deepest implications for an organization and its strategy. Use financial information to understand and resolve current human resources issues.

This course teaches you how to make better trading and investment decisions through technical analysis. You'll learn about charting patterns, quantitative indicators and risk management techniques and undergo trading or simulation exercises that use real-life examples. You'll apply the techniques you learn using charting tools available on the Internet. If you are pursuing the Certificate in Derivatives Market Strategies administered by the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI), this course will help prepare you to write the Technical Analysis Course Exam. Develop securities-trading strategies through chart construction and pattern recognition.Apply the Dow theory and perform analysis through recognition of trend lines and channels.Determine entry and exit points by using different quantitative indicators.Apply trading tactics and risk management techniques to manage a stock portfolio.

Learn the terminology and principles of accounting and finance in clear, practical terms. Working in a friendly, supportive environment, you'll develop the skills you need to understand financial statements. Once you understand the information in an income statement, balance sheet or cash flow statement, you can analyze your organization's financial performance with confidence. Even if you have no formal accounting training or experience, this course will teach you the language of finance. Read financial statements with confidence and skill. Improve your knowledge of basic accounting terminology and data. Analyze your organization's financial performance.

This course provides a more conscious process for making decisions, whether operational, tactical or strategic, and for communicating with others in your organization. Einstein stated, and we paraphrase, “You cannot resolve an issue using the same thinking that got you here in the first place!”  We must learn how to think our way through decision opportunities and make them work more effectively for us. Better, more creative decisions will improve your organization’s success: The only sustainable competitive advantage is your ability to innovate and implement faster than your competitors can imitate. Over the six sessions you will understand how you currently make, communicate and implement decisions and learn how to do it even better. Determine your decision-making style and the styles of others Discover the pitfalls of some decision making “processes” Determine what stakeholders want to achieve Generate better solutions through the creativity and innovation of the team Evaluate solutions to choose the best possible solution (benefits, costs and risks) Build commitment for the best possible solution Consider how to get the buy-in of others in and outside the organization Implement flawlessly

We continue to follow the characters and story line of the famous Cambridge Latin Course.  The action moves to the city of Rome, and new tenses and uses of cases met in the stories will enable you to read original Latin. We'll have a  brief introduction to a variety of Roman authors, and during each class we'll devote some time to the reading of unadapted Latin.  Understand the ancient Romans in their own words. Build on the grammar components of the prerequisite courses Translate quotations from many sources, such as Roman wisdom in aphorisms, maxims, mottoes, proverbs, and lines attributed to famous Romans such as Caesar, Cicero and Juvenal Translate excerpts from Martial, Petronius, Ovid, Catullus, Vergil and Horace. We will read some passages in English translation in order to get a more complete sample of each author Read poetry aloud with an appreciation for metre Continue to explore the rich influence of Latin vocabulary on the English language

Learn about the exciting field of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) from the ground up. This foundational course introduces such key topics as strategy, Six Sigma quality and lean supply chains. You'll learn key elements of project management, facilities layout, logistics and forecasting. Your instructor and guest speakers, all practising professionals, will keep you up to date on careers, certification and current trends in the field. Know about operations and supply chain management (OSCM) and how it developed over time. List the parameters of a sustainable supply chain strategy. Identify features of Total Quality Management, Six Sigma and lean supply chains. Know the tools and techniques used in forecasting, capacity management, logistics and facilities layout.

Once you've completed 2121 - Principles of Operations & Supply Chain Management, this course will teach you advanced concepts and topics such as sustainable strategy, ISO 9000 and 14000 certification, value-stream mapping and lean services. You'll learn about location, process design and analysis, strategic capacity management, logistics and forecasting. Your instructor and guest speakers, all practising professionals, will keep you up to date on careers, certification and current trends in the field. Explain operations and supply chain management strategy implementation, sustainability and associated risks. Describe project management information systems and apply appropriate techniques. Know the Six Sigma approach and the International Standards in Total Quality Management (ISO 9000 and 14000). Use basic techniques and models in logistics, capacity management and distribution. Apply sales and operations planning, inventory control, forecasting and process design and analysis.

Organizations need employees who know how operations and supply chain management (OSCM) works right across the business. This high-level course gives you that knowledge. Advance your career in OSCM by adding global sourcing and procurement, material requirement planning and enterprise resource planning to your skills. You'll learn the theory of constraints as well as advanced applications in inventory management, risk pooling and distribution strategies. Understand the rationale for strategic sourcing and outsourcing. See how an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is used to integrate business units. Know about material requirement planning and the theory of constraints. See how risks in the supply chain can be managed and controlled through distribution strategies.

The content of the course is equivalent to the University of Toronto courses (PSL200 and PSL201). This is a survey course designed to provide a general coverage of all major areas of human physiology. This course is taught by the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and administered through the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. It is intended for any students who require a credit-equivalent course in Human Physiology as a prerequisite for entrance into Health Science professional programs (including medicine, nursing, dentistry, speech and language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, etc...Our online physiology course also counts as one of the two life sciences pre-requisites for admission into Medicine at UofT) and Individuals who simply have an interest in understanding how the body works will also benefit from the course as it provides a working knowledge of various systems in the human body. At the completion of the course, students receive an official Grade Report from the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. Before registering, students should inquire of the institution to which they are applying whether this credit-equivalent course meets the prerequisites of their intended degree program. This course cannot be applied towards any university’s undergraduate bachelor degree, or any degree at the University of Toronto. Although there are no prerequisites for this course, it is recommended that you have successfully completed a first-year university or college level general biology course. This physiology course will introduce the function of the human body according to physiological systems: Cell Physiology and Homeostasis Describe the principles of homeostasis Nervous System Describe nerve impulses and action potentials Describe the mechanism of synaptic transmission Describe the function of the central nervous system Describe the mechanism of sensory systems Endocrine System Describe hormone actions and their receptors Describe the functions of hormones secreted by the glands Describe hormonal regulation and reproduction Musculoskeletal System Describe the generalized functions of skeletal muscle tissue Cardiovascular System Describe the function (and related anatomy) of the cardiovascular system Describe nervous and hormonal control of cardiac function Describe the factors involved in the regulation of arterial blood pressure Blood and Immunity Describe blood composition and function Describe non-specific Immunity Describe specific Immunity and transfusion reactions Respiratory System Describe the principles of gas exchange in the alveoli Describe respiration and exercise Renal System Describe the functions (and related anatomy) of the kidney Describe filtration, reabsorption, and secretion Describe the regulation of fluid and acid-base balance in the body Digestive System Describe the absorption of nutrients from the GI tract Describe the nervous and hormonal regulation of digestion Integrative Physiology Describe integration of various physiological systems  

Milton’s Paradise Lost offers a liberal arts education in miniature. The culmination of the epic tradition of Homer, Virgil and Dante, it contains some of the most moving and majestic poetry in any language. Visit perennial questions about the nature of the Divine, God’s justice, the origin of evil and the salvation of the soul. We’ll examine this masterpiece in its broad literary, intellectual and religious contexts. See how the Christian Milton weaves pagan mythology into the biblical history. Learn about the medieval and Renaissance tradition of the allegorical interpretation of classical myth. Explore Milton's Platonic and other figurative Christian allegorical interpretations of the Fall. Consider whether for Milton the Fall is a theological reality or an ahistorical, psychological ‘event’.