| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| BUS-142 | Introduction to Business BUS-142Covers the objectives, organization, and role of business in the free-enterprise system. The course is designed to provide an overview of the field of business and to provide a framework into which specialized fields may be studied. | 3.0 |
| CIS-160 | Practical Software Applications CIS-160Provides an opportunity for students to learn computer concepts and to use word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and presentation software. (Repeatable 3 Times) | 3.0 |
| BUS-095 | Fundamentals of Accounting ORBUS-095An introduction to basic accounting principles and techniques designed to give the student a general knowledge of accounting practices and terminology. Students will work through the accounting cycle for both a service and retail business. | |
| BUS-151 | Financial Accounting *BUS-151A study of the financial statements, the accounting process and the principles and procedures underlying items on the financial statements. | 3.0 |
| BUS-141 | Business Communications ORBUS-141Provides students practical strategies for improving written and oral communication, including employment communication, in business settings. | |
| BUS-120 | Business Career Development BUS-120This course covers career development from targeting and researching a business career to preparing employment communications and interviewing. The course also covers business writing techniques, e-mail and memorandum communication, teamwork, professional development, and business etiquette. | 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
12.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| BUS-251 | Principles of Management BUS-251Provides an overview of how managers utilize planning, organization, leadership, and control in order to ensure that a firm achieves its goals in the most efficient way possible. | 3.0 |
| BUS-247 | Principles of Marketing BUS-247Covers the selection of target markets; the controllable variables of the marketing mix including product, place, price and promotion; and the uncontrollable variables including legal environment, economic environment and cultural environment. | 3.0 |
| --- --- | Marketing Elective **--- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
| --- --- | Management Elective **--- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
| CIS-099 | Introduction to Web Technology ORCIS-099This introductory course teaches web page design principles, including proper use of HTML5 and CSS3 and introductory JavaScript. | |
| --- --- | IT Elective **--- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
Total Program Hours | 27.0 |
| Suggested Electives | ||
| BUS-134 | Principles of E-Marketing BUS-134This course is a study of how an organization develops and uses its website, e-mail, wireless communication, and social media efforts as part of an effective integrated marketing communication strategy. | 3.0 |
| BUS-090 | Prin of Retailing BUS-090Designed for those owning or planning to become owners of a retail business, those involved or planning to become involved in the management function of a retail business, and/or those desiring a general knowledge of retailing as an institution. | 3.0 |
| BUS-092 | Principles of Selling BUS-092Covers the various aspects of the personal selling process including organizational buying motives, consumer behavior, approaching the customer, making the presentation, handling objections, techniques for closing the sale, and managing the salesforce. | 3.0 |
| BUS-290 | Human Resource Management BUS-290Examines the managerial processes of planning, developing, and controlling human resources within the organization. Special emphasis will be placed on the areas of recruiting, selection, training, labor relations, salary, and benefit administration. Transfers as elective credit only. | 3.0 |
| BUS-200 | Legal Environ/Business BUS-200An introduction to legal systems and law, especially the U.S. legal system. Business-legal relationships in the areas of criminal law, torts, product liability, and contracts are examined. Consumer, labor, and environmental law are studied. | 3.0 |
| BUS-089 | Small Business Management BUS-089Covers entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges facing small business managers including how to conceptualize a feasible business concept, develop a comprehensive business plan, obtain start-up capital, execute the firm's strategy, and maintain financial and inventory control. | 3.0 |