NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Introduction to Business Logistics
Course prefix, number, and section number: LMGT 1319 0380
Semester/Year of course: Fall1st 8-Week 2025 Semester
Semester start and end dates: Start date - August 18, 2023 / End date – October 18, 2025
Course Modality: Hybrid (Asynchronous online)
Class meeting location, days, and times: Online via Canvas
Lab meeting location, days, and times: Not applicable
Semester credit hours: 3
Course description: A systems approach to managing activities associated with traffic, transportation, inventory management, warehousing, packaging, order processing, and materials handling. Upon course completion, students will be able to explain the terms and how they relate to the overall concept of logistics; explain the legal aspects and regulatory agencies as they relate to logistics management; and demonstrate ability to apply decision making techniques based on time, materials, and space.
Course prerequisites: None
Required course materials: (Included with tuition for course) Supply Chain Management (Connect Access Card), 6th Edition; McGraw-Hill. Most of your assignments will require Connect Access).
Name of instructor: Dr. Andre’ Bryant
Office location: Available Via WebEx
Telephone number: 256-457-6065
E-mail address: abryant@nctc.edu; I will respond to emails within 48 hours to your emails.
Office hours for students: Available via Webex Meeting; Monday and Thursday 8am – 10am, Tuesday - Friday: 5pm – 7pm; Please contact me via email for additional contact opportunities.
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments:
14 Chapter Reading
14 Chapter Quizzes
4 Case Studies
3 Discussion Questions
1 Final Exam
Final grade scale:
A = 90% - 100%
B = 80% - 89%
C = 70% - 79%
D = 60% - 69%
F = 0% - 59%
Late work policy:
To be fair to all students, I DO NOT accept late work except for documented illnesses. You have 7 days to complete assignments. Please take advantage of the time you have. If you have a problem uploading an assignment and choose to email it to me, it must be time stamped before 11:00 p.m. on Sunday or whatever the due date is. All assignments are important so please do not discount them.
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy:
Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected of being engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct”.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance will be taken from assignment participation. Weekly module, completion of the chapter quiz will be used for attendance verification.
Students must participate in more than 75% of all classroom sessions to successfully complete this course. There are 8 class sessions this semester.
Withdrawal Policy
A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: September 29, 2025
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to: Explain the terms and how they relate to the overall concept of logistics. Explain the legal aspects and regulatory agencies as they relate to logistics management. Demonstrate ability to apply decision-making techniques based on time, materials, and space
Core Objectives:
Critical Thinking
Communication
COLLEGE POLICIES
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
AI STATEMENT
Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI by citing their resources (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.
When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.
Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.
Encouraged or Permitted
The use of generative AI in this course is encouraged with certain tasks and with attribution. You can choose to use AI tools to help brainstorm assignments or projects or revise existing work you have written. When you submit your assignment, you must clearly attribute what text was generated by the AI tool. If you utilize ChatGPT for any part of the assignment (from idea generation to text creation to text editing), you must properly cite the source.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Leman
Office location: Corinth Campus
Telephone number: 940-498-6263
E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman
Office location: Gainesville Campus
Telephone number: 940-668-3357
E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu