Course Catalog

BUS 111 Fundamentals of Finance

Study of basic methods and quantitative tools of Business Finance. Short and long term investment decision making for businesses and individuals.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness AND ACC 110 or higher ACC course

Typically Offered: Offered fall only

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 113 Human Resource Management

This course provides a broad overview of relevant human resource management concepts, incorporating legal and ethical issues. Topics include staffing, hiring, training and development, performance evaluation, employee terminations, compensation and benefits, union versus non-union workforces, and workforce diversity issues.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 115 Elements of Supervision

This course introduces the role of the supervisor and how it fits in the overall management of an organization. Emphasis is on how the supervisor can impact a department's productivity. Topics will include: supervisory planning, time management, organizing and delegating tasks, training and coaching employees, Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines, labor relations, managing conflict and stress in the work environment, creating a safe and healthy work environment, and productivity improvement.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 119 Personal Finance

This course covers the basics of financial planning, including budgeting, managing expenses, investments, insurance, estate planning, retirement planning and tax planning. Basic investment principles, such as forms of risk, historical returns, and risk/return tradeoff are explored. The major investment alternatives, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate, are examined.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 121 Introduction to Business

This course provides a broad overview of the principles, functions and careers in business. Topics included are: economics, global business, ethics, business structures, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, accounting, finance and operations management.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 131 Entrepreneurship

This course focuses on the entrepreneurial process and prepares students for developing a mindset for thinking creatively. The course examines the concepts and tools related to the development of new entrepreneurial ventures, including developing an idea, starting a new venture, growing the venture, successfully harvesting (selling) it and starting again. In a pragmatic way, students are engaged to discover critical aspects of entrepreneurship and what level of competencies, experience, attitudes, resources, and networks are required to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness Recommended: BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 132 Business Ethics

This course introduces students to the principal ethical theories and concepts of human conduct and character and will provide a critical evaluation of these theories and concepts as they apply to particular moral problems and business decision making and policy. The class will evaluate the principles, values and standards that guide behavior in the business world. Students will study and analyze various business scenarios to determine ethical and non-ethical behavior. This course will include a large amount of case study work to aid students in identifying ethical behavior in the current business environment and provide opportunities to practice sound ethical decision making.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness Recommended: BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 213 Principles of Professional Selling

An efficient, skilled sales force can positively impact every organization. Principles of Professional Selling provides students with the skills to efficiently and effectively communicate value and develop long-term relationships with customers and prospects. Students will see how a win-win customer relationship develops. They will learn to recognize a problem, develop solutions, and provide the important post-sale service and support.

Prerequisite: BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 215 Operations Management

This class will give students a broad, practical perspective towards the field of Operations Management, a core business function. Students will examine concepts and problems encountered in planning, operating and controlling the production of goods and services. Topics include scheduling, inventory management, logistics, quality assurance, supply chain management, facility location and the use of state of the art computer systems to better manage operations.
BUS 215 and SCM 215 are cross-listed.

Prerequisite: Basic Algebra Readiness and BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 219 Small Business Management

This course is focused on the role of small business in our society, the problems and opportunities connected with starting a new venture, and the management skills required to successfully operate the on-going business. Students will explore the strategic and organizational factors that lead to profitability and growth. The course is intended to meet the needs of those now managing a small business, those considering the possibilities of entrepreneurship and those who wish to learn more about how small businesses operate.

Prerequisite: BUS 121 or Department Consent

Typically Offered: Offered fall and spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 221 Business Law I

This course introduces principles of American law governing business and personal transactions. Areas covered include contracts, torts, agency, employment, and business structures. The course also introduces the American legal environment: the court system, the lawmaking process, and government regulation. Note: BUS 221 and LGL 221 are cross-listed

Prerequisite: LGL 110 or BUS 121 or Department Consent

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 222 Business Law II/Corporate and Securities Law

his course provides an overview of various forms of business structures, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations as well as other forms of business. Additional topics covered include the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), leases, secured transactions and the laws administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The student will learn how to draft documents that are important to these fields of law. Note: BUS 222 and LGL 222 are cross-listed.

Prerequisite: LGL 110 or LGL 221 or BUS 221

Typically Offered: Offered spring and summer only

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 223 Principles of Management

This course is a study of management theories and practices, emphasizing key concepts and skills needed to execute the classic management functions of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling. Emphasis is on theories, concepts, and models related to these key management functions with the intent to better understand the manager's role and responsibilities in contributing to an organization's desired objectives.

Prerequisite: BUS 121 or Department Consent

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 227 Principles of Marketing

(Formerly BUS 122) This course provides students with the elements and best practices of the marketing world and the application of those practices. Students will explore the basic fundamentals of market research through situation analysis of an industry’s environment, examination of a business’s strengths and weaknesses and insights into target marketing. Students will then analyze the situation and learn to develop product, price, distribution and promotion strategies accordingly. Emphasis is on basic marketing principles and solving business problems through a formal written marketing plan.

Prerequisite: BUS 121 or Department Consent

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: Yes

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 234 Principles of Retailing

This course is focused on the world of retailing from a managerial viewpoint. Students will explore the different types of retailers, multichannel retailing, consumer buying behavior, retail marketing strategies, selecting retail site locations, supply chain management, effective merchandising, pricing, store layout/design, store management and customer service. The course is intended to meet the needs of those now working in a retail environment and those wishing to learn more about how retail businesses operate.

Prerequisite: BUS 121 or Department Consent

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 237 Managerial Communication

This course will guide students in developing the communication skills needed to be successful as a manager. The course is organized in a workshop format, in which students develop, refine and practice communication skills used by successful managers. The course includes a focus on both oral and written skills used in business at a management level. The content of the course will also include a focus on organization, non-verbal (both delivery and listening) and presentation skills. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to prepare written business documents such as proposals, memos, and emails; organize and conduct meetings and write meeting minutes; and make formal and informal business presentations. Students will have developed communication skills that effectively inform and persuade their audience in addition to enhancing their credibility as managers.
AMT 237 and BUS 237 are cross-listed.

Prerequisite: AMT 111 or ENG 121

Typically Offered: Offered fall and spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 238 Project Management

This course will focus on the concepts and tools related to the management of projects within organizations. Students will examine all phases of project management including planning, scheduling, control, and termination. Topics include writing project plans, developing work breakdown structures, project scheduling, resource management, earned value analysis, and project risk management.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness AND Basic Algebra Readiness Recommended: BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered fall and spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 239 Social Media Marketing

This course provides an introduction to the use of social media marketing within a business context. The course provides an overview of the role of social media in building and managing customer relationships as a component of the larger marketing program. Students will develop the tools to communicate with customers using the major social network platforms and analyze platform specific metrics to measure media effectiveness.

AMT 239 and BUS 239 are cross-listed.

Prerequisite: College Reading and Writing Readiness

Typically Offered: Offered spring only.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 270 Introduction to Global Business

This course provides students with a broad overview of the field of international business, with an emphasis on international marketing, cultural diversity, economic systems and political environments. Students will compare and contrast methods of marketing in diverse cultures and explore how to deliver goods and services in international markets. Focus is on the global environment (political, cultural and economic) and various strategies for delivering value to customers across the globe.

Prerequisite: BUS 121

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00

BUS 299 Selected Topics in Business

This course is designed to provide students with more information about specialized areas of business. These areas may be current issues that are of a career or management development nature.
NOTE: Topics will be identified for each section of the course; prerequisite depends upon the selected topic.

Typically Offered: Offered summer, fall & spring.

Offered Summer 2023: No

• Subject:
  BUS
• Units:
  3.00