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Listed below is a sample sequence of courses. Please meet with an advisor for scheduling options. |
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| Business Management Core | (32 Credits) |
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| 10102101 | Intro to Business | 3 |
| 10102103 | Business Law & Ethics | 3 |
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| 10105160 | Business Law | 3 |
| 10103106 | Microsoft Office-Beginning | 3 |
| 10102147 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| 10102117 | Business Finance | 3 |
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| 10101128 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| 10102180 | International Business | 3 |
| 10101111 | Accounting I | 4 |
| 10104102 | Marketing Principles | 4 |
| 10196191 | Supervision | 3 |
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| 10102199 | Business Internship | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
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| Specializations (Select one of the following) Business Management, Entrpreneurship or Quality Management |
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| Business Management | (15 Credits) |
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| 10102110 | Employment Law | 3 |
| 10102160 | Business Decision Making | 3 |
| 10102120 | Customer Service Management | 3 |
| 10102131 | Entrepreneurial Management | 3 |
| 10196193 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Entrepreneurship | (15 Credits) |
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| 10145185 | Organizing Your Small Business | 3 |
| 10145186 | Financial Management for Your Small Business | 3 |
| 10145187 | Marketing Your Small Business | 3 |
| 10145188 | Entrepreneurial Service Management | 3 |
| 10145189 | Writing a Business Plan for Your Small Business | 3 |
| Quality Management | (15 Credits) |
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| 10196180 | Applied Data Analysis | 3 |
| 10196188 | Project Management | 3 |
| 10196189 | Team Building & Problem Solving | 3 |
| 10196192 | Managing for Quality | 3 |
| 10804189 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
| General Studies | (21 Credits) | |
| 10801195 | Written Communication | 3 |
| 10801198 | Speech | 3 |
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| 10801196 | Oral/Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| 10809198 | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
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| 10809188 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| 10804106 | Intro to College Math | 3 |
| 10809172 | Race, Ethnic & Diversity Studies | 3 |
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| 10809196 | Intro to Sociology | 3 |
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| 10809122 | Intro to American Government | 3 |
| 10809144 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| 10809143 | Microeconomics | 3 |
Total Credits |
68 |
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| Intro to Business - 3 credits An introduction to what a business is, how it operates, and how it is managed. Students will identify forms of ownership and the processes used in production and marketing, finance, personnel and management in business operations. |
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| Business Law & Ethics - 3 credits This course is designed to prepare students to make informed ethical decisions, form legal opinions and values, and work within the legal business framework. Topics will include the attributes of ethical decisions, the basics of our legal system, including its history and court system; crimes and torts; contracts, including types, formation, execution and termination; sales contracts; agency; national employment law; and bailments. Emphasis is given to ethics in all legal topics. |
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| Business Law - 3 credits Examines the classifications of law, elements of legal contracts, and business applications. Negotiable instruments, sales and bailment contracts, principal-agent relations, and real estate law are also explained. Ethical practices are emphasized rather than narrow, legal definitions. |
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| Microsoft Office-Beginning - 3 credits Develops introductory skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Windows Explorer, Internet, and computer concepts through demonstrations and lab exercises. |
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| Principles of Management - 3 credits This course introduces the student to the job of management in organizations. An understanding of the roles and tasks of all levels of management in the functions of organizational planning, controlling, staffing, leading and controlling is developed. |
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| Business Finance - 3 credits This course introduces the basic concepts needed for firms to efficiently control the flow of money within a business to balance profitability with risk. Students will determine the financial impact of quality programs on a company, analyze financial statements using ratio analysis and industry comparison data, determine break-even points and leverage for a company, compare alternatives for short and long-term financing, explore options for global financing, and prepare a cash budget and pro forma financial statements for a firm. Prerequisite: Accounting I 10101111 |
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| Managerial Accounting - 3 credits Develops managerial and finance analytical and decision-making skills. Develops an appreciation of the financial statements as a framework for controlling the activities of a business entity, the ability to do financial statement analysis and forecasting, and make recommendations for appropriate courses of action based on the results. Examines the methodology and develops the skills to manage leverage, working capital, and long-term financing. Examines the American financial system and how the business entity functions within it. Develops an appreciation for the skills needed to determine the time value of money. Prepares cash flow, operating, and capital budgets. Prerequisite: Accounting II 10101113 |
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| International Business - 3 credits This course will introduce topics concerning international business while illustrating its scope and importance. Topics will include the impact of geography, trade protectionism, culture, legal structure, politics, and currency on business dealings. Students will also research a particular country in-depth. |
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| Accounting I - 4 credits A beginning course designed especially for majors or those who need a strong foundation in accounting principles. Develops the accounting cycle of journalizing, posting, adjusting, closing and reporting. It emphasizes service and merchandising sole proprietorships in developing the accounting cycle. Explores issues for accounting for cash, accounts and notes receivable, inventories, fixed assets and liabilities. |
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| Marketing Principles - 4 credits Students study the practices and methods of manufacturers and distributors in the marketing of goods and services. Product planning, pricing strategies, distribution systems, channel activities, and the role of government, as well as other factors influencing marketing today are emphasized. |
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| Supervision - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a contemporary frontline leader. Students engage in operational planning, analyze organizational structures, review the staffing process, employ techniques to enhance employee personal and group effectiveness, and develop control techniques to measure effectiveness in the above areas. |
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| Business Internship - 3 credits This course integrates Business Management classroom study with specific off-campus occupational experiences at selected training sites. An organized plan of experiences built around business management competencies is planned, supervised, and evaluated by the instructor and cooperating business trainer. Prerequisite: 12 Business Management or Supervisory Management credits |
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| Employment Law - 3 credits Introduces a broad scope of employment laws and provides the opportunity to apply these laws to the employment arena. Laws relating to anti-discrimination, including the Civil Rights Act, ADEA, and ADA; wage and hour regulation, including FLSA; employer provided pensions, including ERISA; health insurance, including COBRA; and unemployment and worker's compensation insurance will be covered. |
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| Business Decision Making - 3 credits This course develops skill to enable students to make individual decisions and participate in and facilitate group decisions in pursuit of the goals and objectives of an organization. Students will analyze decision making environments; employ a systematic decision making process; use creative and analytic thinking tools for information gathering and analysis; employ ethical and social standards; contribute in group decision making; and facilitate the group decision making process. Prerequisite: 12 Business Management or Supervisory Management credits |
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| Customer Service Management - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to manage and measure the customer service function. Learners will practice quality customer service, develop customer service plans, train and develop staff in quality customer service, measure the effectiveness of customer service and lead continuous improvement of customer service. |
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| Entrepreneurial Management - 3 credits This course is designed to introduce students to the concept of entrepreneurship. Students will study entrepreneurial practices primarily by developing a business plan for a venture of their choice. This will include comparing ways of going into business, and developing marketing, legal, financial, products/services, management and operations plan for a small business of their choice. Entrepreneurial behavior within companies will also be examined. Prerequisite: 12 Business Management or Supervisory Management credits |
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| Human Resource Management - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform human resource functions in an organization. Each learner will demonstrate skill in following EEOC laws; writing job descriptions; recruiting, selecting and orienting employees; developing policies and procedures; developing and conducting training; designing performance appraisal plans; developing employee development plans; and selecting compensation and benefit strategies. |
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| Organizing Your Small Business - 3 credits Explores the components of small business ownership by examining a variety of small business startup and operation scenarios. Students will begin to assess their own readiness to begin the entrepreneurial adventure. |
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| Financial Management for Your Small Business - 3 credits Emphasizes the importance of good record keeping systems, reports and the records necessary for a small business. Financial analysis techniques are explored through hands-on Income Statements and Cash Flow projections for the small business. Financial and other technical support resources are identified throughout the course. |
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| Marketing Your Small Business - 3 credits Enables prospective or existing business owners/managers to implement and evaluate a marketing plan for their small business. Students will develop a marketing plan for a selected small business. Components of the plan will include market research, customer focus, quality, pricing, and advertising. |
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| Entrepreneurial Service Management - 3 credits Brings together the elements of a successful business with a strategic plan that focuses on servicing customers with a winning attitude, performance, teamwork, and competition. |
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| Writing a Business Plan for Your Small Business - 3 credits Focuses on the business plan as a necessary component to beginning a small business. It addresses facets of the business plan from observing various types of plans to realizing readiness to begin one. Preparation of a business plan, as well as presentation of the plan, is required for this course. Prerequisites: Organizing Your Small Business 10145185, Financial Management for Your Small Business 10145186, Marketing Your Small Business 10145187, Entrepreneurial Service Management 10145188 |
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| Applied Data Analysis - 3 credits This course provides the student with the tools and skills to collect and analyze data allowing them to solve problems and improve processes. An emphasis will be placed on the use of statistical techniques to create and implement a data collection plan. Statistical techniques emphasized will be process mapping, failure mode and effects analysis, probability, confidence intervals, measurement systems analysis, and hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: Introductory Statistics 10804189 |
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| Project Management - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to design, implement, and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will write a project proposal, work with project teams, sequence project tasks, develop project budgets, identify project resources, implement the project, chart project progress, deal with variations, evaluate the project, and use various technology in these processes. |
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| Team Building & Problem Solving - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to facilitate problem solving in a team environment. Each learner will assume the roles and responsibilities of team leadership in the stages of team development, use a systematic problem solving process and employ consensus building and conflict management strategies. |
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| Managing for Quality - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a continuous improvement environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of a personal philosophy of quality, identify stakeholder relationships, identify ways to meet/exceed customer expectations, apply a systems-focused approach, use quality models and tools, manage a quality improvement project, and measure effectiveness of continuous improvement activities. |
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| Introductory Statistics - 3 credits Students taking Intro Statistics display data with graphs, describe distributions with numbers perform correlation and regression analyses, and design experiments. They use probability and distributions to make predictions, estimate parameters, and test hypotheses. They draw inferences about relationships including ANOVA. |
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| Written Communication - 3 credits Develops writing skills which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments are designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents. Note: It is recommended that students enrolling in this course possess word processing skills. |
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| Speech - 3 credits Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of this course. |
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| Oral/Interpersonal Communication - 3 credits Focuses upon developing speaking, verbal and non-verbal communication and listening skills through individual presentations, group activities and other projects. |
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| Intro to Psychology - 3 credits This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors and social influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social and vocational settings. |
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| Developmental Psychology - 3 credits Developmental Psychology is the study of human development throughout the lifespan. This course explores developmental theory and research with an emphasis on the interactive nature of the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that affect the individual from conception to death. Application activities and critical thinking skills will enable students to gain an increased knowledge and understanding of themselves and others. |
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| Intro to College Math - 3 credits This is an introductory level course designed to review and develop fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Emphasis will be placed on computational skills and applications of rational numbers; problem solving skills with ratios, proportions, and percent; basic principles and application of algebra, geometry, graphing, and statistics; measurement skills in U.S. Customary and Metric Systems; and the use of calculators as a tool. Prerequisite: Accuplacer Arithmetic score of 65 or equivalent or ASC Math Prep V 77854783 |
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| Race, Ethnic & Diversity Studies - 3 credits Race, Ethnic, & Diversity is a course that draws from several disciplines to reaffirm the basic American values of justice and equality by teaching a basic vocabulary, a history of immigrants and conquest, principles of transcultural communication, legal liability and the value of aesthetic production to increase the probability of respectful encounters among people. In addition to an analysis of majority/minority relations in a multicultural context, the topics of ageism, sexism, gender differences, sexual orientation, the disabled and the American Disability Act (ADA) are explored. Ethnic relations are studied in global and comparative perspectives. |
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| Intro to Sociology - 3 credits Introduces students to the basic concepts of Sociology: culture, socialization, social stratification, multi-culturalism, and the five institutions including family, politics, economics, religion and education. Other topics include: demography, deviance, technology, environment, social issues, social change and social organization. |
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| Intro to American Government - 3 credits Introduces American political processes and institutions. Focuses on rights and responsibilities of citizens and the process of participatory democracy. Learners examine the complexity of the separation of powers and checks and balances. Explores the role of the media, interest groups, political parties and public opinion in the political process. Also explores the role of state and national government in our federal system. |
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| Macroeconomics - 3 credits Macroeconomics is an introductory course. Basic social choices regarding economic systems, basic economic aggregates, fiscal policy, the banking system, monetary policy, and international trade are the principle topics discussed in the course. A balance is drawn between description, theory, analysis, and a critique of the institutions that characterize modern mixed-capitalist economies. Conflicting social goals, economic constraints, and environmental concerns provide the framework through which the macroeconomy is analyzed. |
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| Microeconomics - 3 credits This course examines the behavior of individual decision makers, primarily consumers and firms. Topics include choices of how much to consume and to produce, the functioning of perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets, the conditions under which markets may fail, and arguments for and against government intervention. The student applies the fundamental tools of economics to real world problems. |
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