Business

Introduction to personal budgeting, including budget preparation and analysis, understanding credit reporting agency procedures and credit reports, overview of what types of credit, effective credit card use, and establishing financial goals.

Effective techniques for oral and written communications. Analyzing and writing letters, memos, and business reports. Proficiency in language mechanics will be assessed.

The four arithmetic processes and the algebra of business. Application of mathematics to typical business problems. Taxes, insurance, payroll, depreciation, trade and cash discounts, markup, simple interest and bank discounts, and financial statement analysis. Prerequisites: Placement in MATH 1110 or higher.

Survey of and introduction to economics, marketing, management, labor relations, finance, accounting, business law and related topics. Nature of organization and operation of American business.

Understanding of individual and workplace needs as they relate to professionalism, team building, and career growth. Topic areas include human relations, business ethics, business etiquette, team building concepts, and career enrichment.

Helps students define customer service standards for the organization and the individual, develop skills for listening and calming oneself and others, explore options for resolving issues with realistic expectations and gain techniques to maintain perspective and equilibrium.

Communication, decision making, and critical thinking facilitated by the use of software using online tools and word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and databases in a simulated business environment to support other required business courses.

Introduction to the American legal system and specific topics that affect business conduct. Includes legal terminology, the court systems and civil procedures, business ethic, tort law, criminal law, intellectual property and computer law, common law contract, and other topic as time permits. Prerequisites: Eligible to take ENGL 1010.

Upper-level course covering the modern statutory and common law regulation of business relationships and transactions. Includes the Uniform Commercial Code topics of sales, secured transactions, commercial paper/banking, business organizations, bankruptcy, agency and accountant liability. Prerequisites: Eligible to take ENGL 1010.

Basic areas of personal finance, such as banking, home financing, insurance, investments, credit financing, and retirement planning.

Securities as they impact the financial marketplace. General securities, fixed income investments, municipals, mutual funds, options, margins, the Federal Reserve, and taxation of investments.

Introduction to the international perspective of business. Designed to give students the tools needed to succeed in world markets. Topics covered in global business include management, marketing, finance, strategic decision-making, laws and regulations, as well as the cultural component of international business.

The application of basic statistical methods to business problems. Studies include the assembling of statistical data, sampling techniques, measures of central tendency, dispersion, regression and correlation analysis, hypothesis testing, and probability theory. A statistical software package for data analysis will be utilized throughout the course for presentation and student project work. Prerequisites: Successful completion of MATH 0980 or eligible to enroll in MATH 1150 or higher.

An in-depth examination of a significant aspect of Business, Management or Marketing Themes, not covered by any other existing course. Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010.

Supervised work program in business or industry. The work assignment selected according to the student's vocational goals. The student attends one class per week and submits a final report indicating the application of classroom learning to on-the-job experiences. Student will be evaluated by his or her employer. Prerequisite: Associate Dean's or instructor's consent.