Business Courses
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A survey and orientation of basic terminology and principles of accounting. Emphasis is given to procedures involved in data accumulation, preparation of financial statements, communication, and use of financial information.
Pre-Req: ACC 211
Co-Req: None
A continuation of Accounting 211 with emphasis on corporate entity accounting, cost accounting, and accounting analysis for managerial decision making.
Pre-Req: ACC 211, CIS 101 or CIS 122, or permission of the Business Dept. Chair
Co-Req: None
A course designed to provide experience in applying accounting principles to microcomputers. Areas of emphasis are the following computerized functions: integrated general ledger, financial statements, accounts receivable, accounts payable, depreciation, payroll, and accounting spreadsheet applications.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
Introductory course for students who plan to use keyboarding skills for text input, emphasizing the basic keyboard, personal and business letters, memorandums, and reports. Note: This course will not be accepted as part of the CIS degree.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to develop skills in using a microcomputer for document formatting of business letters, tables, reports, business forms, and other business documents.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
This is a study of the principles and practices of effective records management including creation, classification, storage, retrieval, retention, maintenance, and disposal. Manual, mechanical, and electronic systems will be studied.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to develop a complete understanding of the machine logic and to develop a student?s ability to apply this logic by using state-of-the-art microcomputers, laser printers, and desktop publishing software. Emphasis will be placed on skill development in the preparation of newsletters, business forms and presentations.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to prepare, edit and format a presentation. Students will gain experience in adding animation, using WordArt, and creating organizational charts for use in presentations.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
This course is a study of the practices and procedures of current office concepts with emphasis given to the electronic office.
Pre-Req: AOM 103 or minimum speed of 40 cwam or permission of instructor.
Co-Req: None
A course designed to develop skill in the use of transcription equipment to produce medical documents. Emphasis will be placed on vocabulary building, proper punctuation, spelling, proofreading, grammar, and definitions of medical terms.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A supervised work program designed to provide students with a variety of practical on-the-job experiences. This will allow students to apply their knowledge to real world situations. This will also allow relationships to be built between companies and students prior to graduation. This course should be taken in the last semester of enrollment before graduation.
Pre-Req: DSPW 0700, DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800
Co-Req: None
An introductory survey course designed to give the student a working knowledge of basic business operations and real-world applications. Topics to be covered include the foundations of business, management, marketing, finance, economics, management information systems, and current events that affect business today.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-6, 9 and DSPR 0800
Co-Req: None
A course that emphasizes basic applications of mathematics in the business world. Topics include operation of the electronic calculator, accounting mathematics, mathematics of retailing, and mathematics of finance.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-5
Co-Req: None
A course designed to provide the student with a basic confidence and competence at managing their personal finances. An emphasis will be placed on financial planning, money management, income and asset protection, investments, and retirement estate planning.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800, DSPM Mods. 1-5
Co-Req: None
This course will focus on using spreadsheets to make business decisions, developing professional-looking spreadsheets and charts, integrating spreadsheets with other programs and the World Wide Web, importing and exporting data, and developing a spreadsheet application using Visual Basic control structures to customize the spreadsheet application. The objectives of this course will be met using problem-based learning techniques.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800 and DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A study of the legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Emphasis on introduction to the nature of the legal system, the basic law of contracts, and business organizations.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to provide business and industry with seminars, workshops and special course offerings.
Pre-Req: BUS 111
Co-Req: None
An introduction to the five functions of modern management. A decision-making, problem-solving approach will be utilized giving special emphasis to the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. Special attention will be given to the decision-making approach which managers must use in order to make the organization productive in today?s business.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, 9, 10
Co-Req: None
A study of statistical methodology and techniques used in describing, interpreting and evaluating statistical data for computer information in business. Attention is given to computer usage and calculating the principal measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability relationships and distribution sampling procedures, tests for significance of sampling inferences, and correlation and regression analysis.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800 and DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A performance based course that emphasizes effective written and oral business communications in formal and informal business experiences. Technology and research will be used to create and deliver presentations.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800, DSPM Mods. 1-5
Co-Req: None
A course designed to direct students into general and specific sources of multimedia in business. Students will be exposed to real business files that meet professional standards. These standards will provide a useful reference that can also be used in other business classes. Students will be presented how to use Microsoft Office as a tool to accomplish business goals and will cover the Microsoft Office skills needed in the business world.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800, DSPM Mods. 1-7
Co-Req: None
A course providing for an investigation of macroeconomic principles and policies. Following an introductory overview of the U.S. market economy, emphasis is placed upon analysis of the national income accounts; the principles of modern employment theory; the principles of money and banking; and the fiscal, monetary, and supply side policies that evolve from the application of these concepts.
Pre-Req: DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800, DSPM Mods. 1-7
Co-Req: None
A course providing for an investigation of microeconomic principles and policies. Emphasis is placed upon analysis of the forces of supply and demand, theories of consumer behavior, production costs, application of marginal analysis and equilibrium theory to price and output decisions of the firm in competitive and noncompetitive markets, resource allocation and principles of international trade and finance.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800. Department Chair approval.
Co-Req: None
An on-the-job training program designed to provide the student with practical career experience while concurrently being enrolled for a minimum of six additional hours.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800. Department Chair approval.
Co-Req: None
An on-the-job training program designed to provide the student with practical career experience while concurrently being enrolled for a minimum of six additional hours.
Pre-Req: BUS 111
Co-Req: None
An introduction to the five functions of modern management. A decision-making, problem solving approach wil be utilized, giving special emphasis to the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and control. Special attention will be given to the decision-making approach which managers must use in order to make the organization productive in today?s business.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to provide business and industry with seminars, workshops and special course offerings.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A study of employer-employee relationships, with special emphasis on the function of staffing a productive organization and dealing with the five functions of the staffing process: recruiting, selecting, training, appraising/developing and rewarding employees.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A study of industrial safety and health standards, methods, and procedures and how they relate to the industrial manager. Major emphasis will be placed on the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to formulate an effective in-plant safety program.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A course designed to give the student a working knowledge of major quality concepts and an overview of the policies, procedures, and problem-solving techniques in quality management.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods 1-7, DSPR 0800, DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
An introduction to various techniques used to facilitate solutions to productivity and quality issues in both manufacturing and service industries.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, and DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A survey of the role of marketing in society and within the firm, with emphasis on the strategic implications of the four P?s of marketing: the product, place, promotion, and price variables of the marketing mix. Attention will be given to the management of the marketing program and its implementation.
Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
A course designed to provide business and industry with seminars, workshops and special course offerings.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-4, DSPR 0800, and DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
A study of the role of selling in the marketing strategy, including the activities of prospecting for customers, buying motives, the persuasion process, the steps in the sales presentation, and the sales communication process. Attention will be given to ethics, professionalism, and creativity in the selling field.
Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-7, DSPR 0800, and DSPW 0800
Co-Req: None
Students will learn some of the most important topics about Electronic Commerce, including Web Marketing practices, Web security issues, electronic payment issues, legal issues, and creating a functioning online store. It is expected that the student will have a basic knowledge of the use of a PC, file management skills, Web navigation skills, as well as fundamental Internet concepts.