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Business
For courses numbered 098, 198, 298, see “Topic Courses” on page 292
BUS 100 Introduction to Business
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to Business Principles of business operations in the private enterprise system. Includes contemporary
business and its environment, structure of American business, management principles of the organization, people, and
production, marketing management, information systems and accounting, and financing the enterprise.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 125 eCommerce
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to conducting business on the Internet. Includes electronic commerce terminology, locating information,
business applications, legal issues and security, and web site components and connectivity. Also includes marketing on the
Internet, career opportunities, future developments, and building and operating a successful e-commerce store.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 148 Ethics in the Workplace
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Ethical principles in decision making applied to the business and industry workplace. Includes ethical issues in decision
making, ethical frameworks for decisions, personal values and ethical priorities, ethics in business and industry, ethical
standards in the workplace, ethical choices, application of ethical principles, social and cultural values applied to decisions,
and workplace culture.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 151 Mathematics of Business
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Applying mathematical procedures, using algebraic techniques, critical thinking, and problem-solving methods for practical
utility in the business environment. Includes math review; bank records; payroll; trade and cash discounts; markup and
markdown; simple and compound interest; present and future value; annuities and sinking funds; consumer credit;
depreciation; inventory, overhead, and turnover; financial statements; insurance; taxes; and stocks and bonds.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 086 or required score on the Mathematics assessment test.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 205 Statistical Methods in Economics and Business
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to statistical concepts and methods of business. Includes statistics, data, and statistical thinking; methods for
describing sets of data, probability, sampling distributions, inferences based on single sample and two samples; estimation
with confidence intervals and tests of hypothesis, correlation and regression, times series, design of experiments and
analysis of variance (ANOVA), and categorical data analysis.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 172 or 173.
Recommendation: CSA 110A.
Information: Basic Excel knowledge is required before enrolling in this course. CSA 110A meets this requirement.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 210 International Business
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to international business, focusing on the importance of cultural, economic, legal, political, sociological, and
strategic complexities that emerge when business activities transcend international borders. Includes the terminology of
international business and the basic dos and don’ts within the various foreign business societies.
Recommendation: Completion of BUS 100 before enrolling in this course.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
BUS 220 Legal Environment of Business
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Overview of the impact of law, ethics and corporate responsibility in business. Includes basic concepts of law, structure,
characteristics, the administration thereof, and continues through the many facets of business and the law including
without limitation, formation, operation, ethics, corporate responsibility, agency, contracts, and government regulation.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUS 250 Entrepreneurship
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to implementing creative ideas for organizations. Includes types of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial mind,
Timmons model of the entrepreneurial process, resource requirements, financing entrepreneurial ventures, and the
business plan.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 100.
Offered: May not be offered this year, check class schedule.
BUSINESS
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