Business Administration

ACC 140 Accounting I

This course introduces basic financial accounting principles. Topics covered include balance sheets, accounting techniques and cycles, billings, income statements and financial statements.

Prerequisite:
MTH 090 or placement

ACC 141 Accounting II

This course provides an introduction to managerial accounting concepts. Topics include the use of accounting information for decision-making and planning, cost-volume-profit analysis, operating and capital budgets, and cost variance analysis.

Prerequisite:
ACC 140

ACC 160 Computerized Accounting

This course is designed to provide the application and use of computerized accounting programs. The step-by-step computer lab approach allows for interaction and comprehension when entering data, analyzing information and making decisions.

Prerequisite:
ACC 140

ACC 300 Managerial Accounting

This course is designed to provide exposure to a broad range of economic decision problems that arise in a variety of organization contexts and with various types of accounting and other information. The course includes recognizing complex accounting issues and achieving solutions.

Prerequisite:
ACC 160, MGT 203

BUS 101 Introduction to Business

This course provides a current view of the business world, with emphasis on small business management and entrepreneurial skills. Current trends in business in the students’ career fields are explored.

BUS 115 Business Communications

This course addresses the importance of effective written and oral communication for success in today’s business environment. The course includes discussion, memo writing, nonverbal messages, report writing, and letter writing. The technological, ethical, multicultural and legal aspects of business communications are also addressed.

Prerequisite:
ENG 111

BUS 120 E-Commerce

This course provides students with a thorough understanding of electronic commerce. The course traces the history of electronic commerce, from Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to today’s Internet marketplace, and covers the future of e-commerce. Security, promotion, sales and customer service are covered. Case studies and practical exercises help to teach students to implement a successful e-commerce site.

Prerequisite:
BUS 101

BUS 130 Marketing

This course provides students an analysis of consumer needs, distribution and pricing strategies, positioning, and advertising. Marketing functions, marketing organizations, marketing research and other key dimensions of marketing are discussed.

Prerequisite:
BUS 101

BUS 150 Salesmanship

This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation to develop professional/relationship selling skills. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of personal selling, initiating customer relationships, developing customer relationships, and enhancing those relationships.

Prerequisite:
BUS 101

BUS 170 Business Law

An introduction to business law and the primary principles of law as these apply to business transactions. Topics include employer-employee relationships, consumer protection, negotiable instruments, and special laws.

Prerequisite:
BUS 101

BUS 310 Entrepreneurship

This course provides a view of entrepreneurship as an ongoing process, emphasizing such distinct phases as generation of an idea, recognition of an opportunity, launching a new venture, managing the rewards. The course examines the roles of individual variables, group or interpersonal variables, societal variables, the marketing process in a new company, protecting intellectual property, and the impact of entrepreneurship on family members.

Prerequisite:
MGT 205

BUS 370 Business Ethics

This course is designed to develop the skills needed to deal with ethical issues. It will provide an understanding of appropriate values, ethical pitfalls, applicable codes of conduct, and sound ethical reasons where codes do not apply.

Prerequisite:
HUM 101

BUS 380 International Business Trade

This course is a study of the characteristics of a global economy and its impact in developing various business strategies. The course covers such topics as foreign environment for overseas operations, the cultural environment, U.S. government trade policies and programs for international business, importing, exporting, international economic policies, global market expansion, global management decisions and their implementation in international marketing, management and finance.

Prerequisite:
ECN 201

BUS 415 Stock Market, Money & Risk

This course is a study of the characteristics of a global economy and its impact in developing various business strategies. The course covers such topics as foreign environment for overseas operations, the cultural environment, U.S. government trade policies and programs for international business, importing, exporting, international economic policies, global market expansion, global management decisions and their implementation in international marketing, management and finance.

Prerequisite:
ECN 201

CAP 111 Keyboarding and Word Processing I

This course introduces the student to word processing concepts and terminology. Topics and hands-on activities include performing such applications as creating, formatting and editing documents and tables, merging documents and working with templates. A brief introduction to the keyboard and proper typing techniques will be covered, including an emphasis on speed- building and efficiency.

CAP 115 Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications

This course is a study of the characteristics of a global economy and its impact in developing various business strategies. The course covers such topics as foreign environment for overseas operations, the cultural environment, U.S. government trade policies and programs for international business, importing, exporting, international economic policies, global market expansion, global management decisions and their implementation in international marketing, management and finance.

COM 105 Speech Communication

This course is designed to develop an understanding of the oral communication process. The focus is on improving oral communication skills, idea and message development, and the effective presentation of ideas.

Prerequisite:
ENG 111

ECN 101 Macroeconomics

This course provides instruction on the principles and procedures required for the understanding of macroeconomics. Topics covered include analysis, income and prices, monetary and fiscal policies, and human wants and scarcity.

ECN 201 Microeconomics

This course provides instruction on the principles and procedures required for understanding microeconomics. Topics covered include revenue and cost projections, elasticity, market structure, pricing, supply and demand, income distribution, efficiency and profit.

Prerequisite:
ECN 101

ENG 301 American Literature

This course is a survey of American literature spanning the 19th and the 20th centuries. Literature, speech, and writing are assimilated into course experiences. Students are exposed to a variety of literary genres (novels, short stories, dramas, poetry, and essays). Students learn to interpret selected works, maintain writing journals, and continue to develop their reading and writing skills.

Prerequisite:
ENG 112

MGT 102 Management Principles

This course provides instruction in general management theories and in the application of those theories to real-world situations. Topics covered include planning and organizing, managing and coordinating, and recruiting and staffing. Business-related decision making processes and problem solving strategies are addressed.

MGT 104 Retail Management

This course addresses retail store management. Topics covered include financing, warehousing, pricing, displaying, personnel issues, cash handling, and marketing.

Prerequisite:
MGT 102

MGT 120 First Line Supervision

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to help organizations meet today’s challenges, and to adapt to the internally and externally changing environments. The course discusses important supervisory concepts and how to apply management principles in today’s rapidly changing world.

Prerequisite:
MGT 102

MGT 203 Human Resource Management

This course addresses all aspects of personnel management, to include recruiting, advertising, interviewing, selection, training, salary negotiations, employee performance reviews, and promotion. Students also receive instruction on labor disputes and the legal aspects of personnel management.

Prerequisite:
MGT 102 or SOC 105

MGT 205 Small Business Management

This course provides instruction on the processes involved in starting and maintaining a small business. Topics covered include market research, finances, organizational planning, controlling inventory, staffing, and the legal issues involved in small business management.

Prerequisite:
MGT 102

MGT 305 Leadership

This course addresses the qualities and skills that leaders need in a rapidly changing world. The class covers such topics as courage, moral leadership, developing personal potential (personal leadership qualities) sources of power, building a community of followers, emotional intelligence, leading from the heart and mind, independent thinking, problem solving, personality and leadership styles, comparing management and leadership, valuing change, collaboration, relationships, and diversity.

Prerequisite:
SOC 105

MGT 350 Strategic Planning

This course is designed to teach the skills of strategic thinking and analysis. The course will focus on building abilities to apply appropriate strategic theories and models to reach meaningful conclusions along the way, strengthening critical thinking skills, analytical skills, and the ability to make defensible decisions and generate persuasive arguments.

Prerequisite:
ACC 300, BUS 140

MGT 405 Organizational Behavior

This course focuses on the integration of contemporary thinking about organizational design with the classic ideas and theories. Concepts and models from organizational theory will be integrated with the changing events in the real world to provide the most up-to-date view of organization design available. The concept of leading by design is used to focus on the case studies of current companies that are successfully using organization design concepts to compete in today’s complex and uncertain business world.

Prerequisite:
MGT 305, SOC 105

MGT 415 Production and Inventory Management

This course is based on the principles of production and inventory management as recognized and certified by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). The course addresses the heightened intensity of global competition and the need for manufacturing and merchandising organizations to continuously improve production flexibility, product quality, delivery, and cost.

Prerequisite:
ACC 300, HUM 315

MGT 425 Labor and Employment Law

This course focuses on the dynamics of the modern employment relationship. The participant should be competent to identify and understand legal and ethical issues well enough to know when to seek professional services, not to presume to perform them. Students will finish the course with a clear understanding of the law in general, agency and contracts of employment, their regulation by the government, and ethical considerations for corporate leaders. The focus of the course will be multidisciplinary and both theoretical and practical.

Prerequisite:
BUS 170, MGT 203

MGT 450 Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Mgt.

This course focuses on an increasingly vital part of today’s global business operations: purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. The course will examine in detail the processes of procurement and managing the issues surrounding the flow of materials from raw material supplier to the end-user. The primary focus will be on the processes typically associated with a product-based manufacturer; however, commercial retailing will also be included. The integration and use of Just-in-Time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technologies will also be introduced.

Prerequisite:
MGT 350

MGT 470 Senior Seminar: Issues in Management

This course addresses real management solutions for today’s turbulent times, from ethical scandals and continuing layoffs to increased global competition. This course will identify issues faced by today’s managers. Prerequisite: Senior Status and Departmental Approval.

MTH 305 Statistics

This course is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, with an emphasis on the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. The student will learn to interpret statistical information, to discriminate between sound and unsound statistical methods and results, and to make more rational decisions when confronted by statistical data.

Prerequisite:
MTH 120

PRD 100 Strategies for Success

This course provides information and resources which promote students’ academic and professional development. The course introduces students to results of research into cognitive psychology and social learning theory which assist students in engaging the expectations of their academic and professional environments.

POL 101 The American Political System

This course presents a broad overview of the American national government and its various institutions. Topics covered include the Constitution, the legislative, executive and judicial branches, civil liberties, political parties and interest groups. The functions and relationships of state and local governments are also addressed.

PSY 211 Developmental Psychology

This course is an introduction and survey of theories on the growth and development of the human being from conception to maturity and into old age. Topics include the special problems of the young child, emotional and social adjustment of the adolescent and young adult, marriage and the family, and issues unique to the elderly.

Prerequisite:
PSY 101

ENG 111 Composition I

Composition I is a course in expository writing, emphasizing those methods which are most frequently used in analysis, evaluation, and argument. Though the course assumes competence in grammar, usage, and mechanics, appropriate review in these skills will be provided as the need arises.

Prerequisite:
ENG 090 or placement

ENG 112 Composition II

This course is a continuation of ENG 111 and is designed to teach students to compose effective argumentative essays, including a researched essay. Emphasis is placed on selection and restriction of topics, thesis statements, organization, development, coherence, clarity, and style. Adherence to the conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics is required.

Prerequisite:
ENG 111 or placement

HUM 101 Ethics

This course introduces students to ethical theories, human conscience and the process of moral decision-making. Morality and immorality, natural law, values and ideals are addressed. Philosophical views are applied to contemporary settings

HUM 315 Critical Thinking

This course is an exploration of the essential characteristics of good arguments. Emphasis is placed on the identification, interpretation, and evaluation of written arguments as well as on the ability to justify interpretative and evaluative judgments. Central to the course is the ability to recognize why a good argument persuades and why a misleading or fallacious argument does not.

Prerequisite:
ENG 112

MTH 120 Quantitative Reasoning

This course provides instruction in mathematical problem solving skills and concepts. Topics include the use of logic and critical thinking in solving problems, analysis of information suggested by statistical data, determination of probability, solution by means of geometry, and other applications of mathematical analysis.

Prerequisite:
MTH 090 or Placement

PSY 101 Principles of Psychology

This course is an introduction to fundamental concepts in psychology. Topics include theoretical bases, perception, learning, motivation, personality, and the relationship of biology to psychological illness and treatment.

SOC 101 Principles of Sociology

This course is an introduction to basic sociological concepts and the principles and methods employed in the scientific study of human societies. Topics include the socialization of individuals and groups, social stratification, social organization, deviant behavior, and the influences leading to social change.

SOC 105 Interpersonal Communication

This course introduces the practices and principles of interpersonal communication. Emphasis is placed on the communication process, perception, listening, self-disclosure, speech apprehension, ethics, nonverbal communication, conflict, power, and dysfunctional communication relationships.

Four Year Bachelors of Business Administration

2 Year Associate of Applied Science Degree

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