BUS 112 LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES I
By Request
This course is expected to provide individuals with an understanding of
leadership behavior, how to be a visionary, how to be a pace setter and a
person who takes initiative. Individuals will also develop an understanding
of goal setting, gain knowledge on how to develop a purpose statement and
relating it to a mission.
Credit: 2 hours – Two lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 116 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
T Fall /Spring/Summer
An introduction to the marketing structure as it exists and functions.
Emphasis is placed upon the manager's and consumer's influence in marketing
functions. The product, packaging and branding, industrial and consumer products,
product planning and development are also discussed.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 124 BOOKKEEPING
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course is designed for students who would like to learn basic skills
in keeping financial records. Journalizing transactions, petty cash, payroll,
and related topics are introduced in this course. Students will complete
several comprehensive problems to demonstrate text material understanding.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 125 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PROCEDURES
Spring
Communication in today’s fast–paced, competitive workplace
requires a solid understanding of effective communication principles, as
well as knowledge of the jargon of the workplace. Focus is given to communication,
distance learning, research, e-mail, reports, customer service, multi-tasking,
and other contemporary business issues. With a focus on SCANS skills, this
course addresses the essential writing, speaking, and listening skills needed
to excel in today’s business environment. The course provides hands-on
experience with a variety of workplace documents – control sheets,
bidder sheets, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, and credit
reports.
Credit: 2 hours – 2 lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None.
BUS 128 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
T Fall /Spring/Summer
Principles and practices of establishing and operating a business are presented,
including opportunities, hazards, and problems which might be encountered.
Fundamental considerations, planning, organizing, actuating and controlling
management application of principles and techniques to all activities.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 129 BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
T Fall
A study of organization structure; problems of organizing a business; business
opportunities; locating, housing, equipping, laying out production facilities;
financing; personnel organization, and government business relations are
presented in this course.
Credit: 2 hours - Two lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 154 SALES PROMO ESSENTIALS
By Request
Students are introduced to practical, tested techniques on
how to create high-impact advertising utilizing such forms as newspaper and
magazine ads, flyers, brochures for direct mail, radio, catalogs, and e-mail.
Internet and desktop publishing techniques are emphasized.
Credit: 3 hours – Two lecture and two lab hours per
week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 155 PERSONAL FINANCE
Spring
This course is designed to assist the student in evaluating personal financial
issues like credit cards, insurance, retirement, estate planning, and investments.
Stock market information is thoroughly discussed, and stock investment practices
are simulated through an online portfolio.
Credit: 3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 195 MID-MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position
that will utilize the specialized skills of the student enrolled in the mid-management
program. Each student is required to complete 150 contact hours at a worksite
during the semester.
Credit: 2 hours - Ten lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Career Development-INT 111 and Instructor's Approval
BUS 210 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
T Fall /Spring
Fundamental principles and concepts that apply to all management,
including the four managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading,
and controlling are discussed. Students learn how to apply these four functions
in all types of businesses-sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 211 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
T Spring
This course introduces the students to the world of business through financial
principles and methods. Integration of economic theories and accounting;
financial analysis and management; and financial markets-stocks, bonds, and
other securities are thoroughly discussed.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS 212 ADVERTISING: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
Spring
This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic concepts in
advertising goods and services as well as develop skills in planning and
implementing advertising techniques. Emphasis is placed on what, why, to
whom, when, where, and how to advertise in all forms of business-service,
industrial, and especi all y retail.
Credit: 2 hours - Two lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s)s: None
BUS 215 LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
T Fall /Spring/Summer
The significant phases of law dealing with partnerships, corporations,
unincorporated associations, and related topics are covered in this course.
Emphasis is placed on laws which regulate the business enterprise. Employment,
environmental, securities, consumer protection, and labor laws are covered
in detail. Business ethics and social responsibilities of business are topics
which run throughout the course.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None.
BUS 217 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Fall
This course is designed to help students feel confident in establishing,
owning, and operating their own sm all business with success. Students will
study the areas of management, marketing, advertising, and sales in relation
to a sm all business. Topics will focus on the sm all business aspect of
ownership.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s)s: None
BUS 230 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Spring
This course emphasizes the strategic role of human resources in the business
environment. This course covers global human resource management issues,
diversity, in the workplace, performance management, self-directed work teams,
shamrock organization, broad banding, competency-based pay systems, job security,
violence in the workplace, and how organizational commitment affects production,
quality, and service. All major topics identified on the Human Resource Certification
Institutes Content Outline are included.
Credit: 3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s)s: None
BUS 232 SUPERVISION
Fall
This course is designed to provide practical skills to those
in an administrative-type position. Motivational principles and the art of
empowering and developing people are crucial skills for the supervisor and
are covered in this course. Decision making, managing time and stress, labor
unions, performance appraisals, coaching, work groups, diversity, employment
legislation, safe work environment, troubled employees, and conflict resolution
are topics studied by students who aspire to be successful supervisors.
Credit: 3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s)s: None
BUS 238 PRINCIPLES OF SALES
Spring
Basic principles underlying the sales process are covered. The course is
designed to promote an understanding of the salesperson's obligation to self,
the company, and the customer.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
