Business Courses
For More Information Contact:
Phyllis Sander - Business and Occupational Division Chair
at 1-800-481-2242 ext. 3334 or e-mail
phylliss@shawneecc.edu
A "T" located to the right of the following course descriptions indicates transfer to Murray State University, Southeast Missouri State University, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale as per articulation agreements.
These courses will also transfer to most public four-year institutions in the state of Illinois.
BUS 116 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING T
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: None
  
BUS 120 FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS
Study of hotel/motel front office functions, procedures and management. Includes patron accounts receivable, posting machines, guest registers, guest services, credit information systems, rules and regulations, business ethics, and interpersonal dynamics from reservations through night audit.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 121 BASIC KEYBOARDING
This course introduces the student to data entry fundamentals, including key to diskette stations.
Credit: 1 hour - Two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 122 TOURISM AND TOURIST SERVICES
Study of tourism and tourist services. Includes sources of tourist business; tourism development; modes of travel and accomodations; promotion and marketing services; popular itineraries; functions of hotels and economic, social, and cultural benfits of tourism.
Credit: 2 hours - One lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 124 BOOKKEEPING
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. A practice simulation is incorporated to provide application of the principles learned.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 128 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
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: None
BUS 129 BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
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: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 130 CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT, SATISFACTION, AND
RETENTION
This custom-designed short course will focus on the customer. Techniques for winning new customers and strategies for keeping old ones are studied. Practical advice on building customer loyalty is provided.
Credit: 1 hour - One lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 131 BUILDING SUPERVISORY SKILLS
This custom-designed short course strives to develop supervisory skills for the smooth functioning of a department/unit. Those in supervisory positions or those aspiring for such positions would gain insight into the role of the supervisor. Delegation, assignments, characteristics, leadership styles, organization, evaluation, motivation, authority and responsibility are aspects of this course.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None.
BUS 132 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
This custom-designed short course is designed to develop strategies for handling conflict in the workplace. Technological change, company politics, downsizing, retraining, restructuring, and ethics are topics of study in this course.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 133 EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP
This course looks at the broad area of employer/employee relationships. Attitude, stress, cooperation, interpersonal relations, evaluation, performance, hiring procedures, assertiveness, policy development, and retraining options are specific areas of study.
Credit: 3 hours- Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 134 WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT SKILLS
This custom-designed short course focuses on the skills that must be present in the workplace whether it be a merchandising, manufacturing, or service industry. Teaming, time management, meeting control, committee design, organization, and business etiquette are the designated parts that make up the whole of this course.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 135 PRINCIPLE CENTERED LIVING
This course will provide an overview of Stephen Covey’s work on seven habits of highly effective people and addresses the need to develop self-mastery if we are to function effectively with others in the workplace.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 136 SUCCESSFUL TEAM BUILDING
This course presents a review of the use of teams in business and industry, the roles of team members, how to select and train team members, and how to ascertain the benefit of work teams in an organization.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 137 APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Applications of Technical Information is designed to increase study competence in analyzing the various types of technical information encountered by managers in technical fields.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 138 COMPUTERIZED MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Role and use of computer applications in solving a variety of management decisions. Topics include query writing, forecasting, break-even analysis, decision making under uncertainty, and inventory modeling.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 139 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
This course shows how integrating initiates into a systematic quality improvement process and can benefit every phase of a business.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 140 MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISION OPERATIONS
This course is designed to assist individuals in understanding leadership behavior while making the transition from manager to leader. Train managers to focus on missions and goals, understand accountability, set meaningful, result-oriented expectations, analyze functions and set standards for performance as well as develop steps to address change and improve productivity.
Credit: .5 hours - .5 lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 190 INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES INTERNSHIP
Supervised work experience in an approved training station. Each student is required to complete 150 contact hours at a worksite during the semester.
Credit: 2 hours - Ten lab hours per week.
Prerequisite: Career Development-INT 111 and Instructor's Approval
BUS 195 MID-MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP
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: Career Development-INT 111 and Instructor's Approval
BUS 210 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT T
Fundamental principles and concepts that apply to all management, including functions of planning, organizing, staffing and controlling cost controls; and human relations for improvement of operating efficiency.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 211 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE T
Introduction to business, finance principles and methods, including stocks, bonds, and securities markets; tools for financial analysis and management; and integration of economic theory and accounting.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 212 ADVERTISING: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
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 especially retail.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: None
BUS 213 FACILITY HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT
Study of housekeeping management and the responsibilities of executive housekeeper. Includes development of the profession; structure and responsibilities of the housekeeping department in various types of mass housing establishments; and interrelationships between housekeeping and security, engineering, and "front office" departments.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 214 BUSINESS LAW I T
This course provides an introduction to law: nature, function, and classification, and a general understanding of the reasons for some of our laws governing businesses and people involved in business-related activities.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
BUS 215 BUSINESS LAW II T
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.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: Business Law-BUS 214
BUS 216 RETAILING
Students will be introduced to the nature and scope of retailing as a major economic force in this country. Career opportunities; retail planning and management; competition; the legal environment; buying and handling merchandise; pricing; advertising; store location and design; personal selling; and human resources are major areas of discussion.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: None
BUS 217 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This course is designed to help the student feel confident in establishing, owning, and operating their own small business with success. Students will study the areas of management, marketing, advertising, and sales in relation to a small business. Topics will focus on the small business aspect of ownership.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisites: None
BUS 238 PRINCIPLES OF SALES
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: None
BUS 260 HUMAN RELATIONS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Study of individual and group behavior, relationships, and communications in business and industry. Includes motivation systems; managing change; professional ethics; concepts of status, authority, discipline, and efficiency; and conflict reduction, leadership, and teamwork.
Credit: 2 hours - Two lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite: None
For More Information Contact:
Phyllis Sander - Business and Occupational Division Chair
at 1-800-481-2242 ext. 3334 or e-mail
phylliss@shawneecc.edu
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