Business

Classes

BUS 100 : Introduction to Business

This is a survey course designed to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of American business in a global setting.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 105 : Customer Services

This course presents the foundations required for developing skills and knowledge to work effectively with internal and external customers. The students will gain an understanding of the skills, attitudes, and thinking patterns needed to win customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 146 : Personal Finance

This is a survey course related to managing personal finance. Topics include personal financial planning, money management, taxes, consumer credit, insurance, investments, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 150 : Business Math

This course is a study of practical business mathematics. Topics include fundamental processes of arithmetic with emphasis on decimals and percentages, markup, discounts, bank reconciliation, simple and compound interest discounting notes, depreciation methods, and present value.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 177 : Salesmanship

This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of ethical salesmanship. Topics include industrial and retail selling methods of market analysis, professional salesmanship and sales methods, consumer types, attitudes, and behavior.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 186 : Elements of Supervision

This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of supervision. Topics include the functions of management, responsibilities of the supervisor, management-employee relations, organization structure, project management, and employee training and rating.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 188 : Personal Development

This course provides strategies for personal and professional development. Topics include business etiquette, personal appearance, interviewing techniques, and development of a self-concept necessary for business success.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 189 : Human Relationships

This course enables employees to better understand actions and motivations within the organizational structure. Topics include general principles of human behavior operating in the workplace.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 215 : Business Communication

This course covers written, oral, and nonverbal communications. Topics include the application of communication principles to the production of clear, correct, and logically organized business communications.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 241 : Principles of Accounting I

This course is designed to provide a basic theory of accounting principles and practices used by service and merchandising enterprises. Emphasis is placed on financial accounting, including the accounting cycle and financial statements.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 242 : Principles of Accounting II

This course is a continuation of BUS 241. In addition to a study of financial accounting, this course covers topics in managerial accounting, corporations, and financial statement analysis.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Corequisites

None

BUS 246 : Computerized Accounting

This course utilizes the microcomputer in a study of accounting principles and practices. Emphasis is on the preparation and analysis of financial statements, measuring business activity, and making rational business decisions.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Corequisites

None

BUS 248 : Managerial Accounting

This course is designed to familiarize the student with management concepts and techniques of industrial accounting procedures. Emphasis is placed on cost behavior, contribution approach to decision-making, budgeting, overhead analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, and cost accounting systems.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 263 : The Legal and Social Environment of Business

This course provides an overview of the legal and social environment for business operations. Topics include the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, court systems, alternative dispute resolution, civil and criminal law, administrative agencies, contracts, employment law, property interests and rights, and intellectual property, business organizations, and ethics.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 271 : Business Statistics I

This is an introductory study of basic statistical concepts applied to economic and business problems. Topics include the collection, classification, and presentation of data; statistical description and analysis of data; measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling; interval estimation; and introduction to hypothesis testing.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 272 : Business Statistics II

This course is a continuation of BUS 271. Topics include hypothesis testing; inferences about population means, proportions, and variances; simple linear regression and correlation; multiple regression; chi-square tests; and analysis of variance.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Corequisites

None

BUS 275 : Principles of Management

This course provides a basic study of the principles of management. Topics include planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with emphasis on practical business applications.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 276 : Human Resource Management

This course provides an overview of the responsibilities of the supervisor of human resources. Topics include the selection, placement, testing, orientation, training, rating, promotion, and transfer of employees.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 277 : Current Trends in Business

This course offers study of current problems, issues, and developments in the area of business. Students are guided through individual projects and outside research related to their areas of concentration and employment training.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 279 : Small Business Management

This course provides an overview of the creation and operation of a small business. Topics include buying a franchise, starting a business, identifying capital resources, understanding markets, managing customer credit, managing accounting systems, budgeting systems, inventory systems, purchasing insurance, and the importance of appropriate legal counsel.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 285 : Principles of Marketing

This course provides a general overview of the field of marketing. Topics include marketing strategies, channels of distribution, marketing research, and consumer behavior.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

BUS 296 : Business Internship I

This course allows the student to apply knowledge and skills in a real-world workplace.  Evaluation is based upon a well-developed portfolio, job-site visits by the instructor, the employer's evaluation of the student, and the development and assessment by the student of a learning contract.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Must have completed six (6) credit hours and have a cumulative 2.0 GPA

Corequisites

None

BUS 298 : Directed Studies I

This course offers independent study under faculty supervision. Emphasis is placed on subject relevancy and student interest and need.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Permission of the instructor

Corequisites

None

BUS 299 : Directed Studies II

This course offers independent study under faculty supervision. Emphasis is placed on subject relevancy and student interest and need.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

Permission of the instructor

Corequisites

None