2013 – 2014 - Barton College

220 BusinessBUS 479. Internship Experience. 15.Experience working within an agency related to the student’s career goals. Each student will select afaculty sponsor, identify an agency supervisor, and formulate internship objectives. Both the agencysupervisor and faculty sponsor will evaluate the student. The student will complete a self evaluationand goals assessment, a reflection of experience, and other academic requirements (as assigned).(Minimum of 600 placement hours required.)Prerequisites: Junior or Senior status within the School of Business; minimum 2.5 gradepoint average.Corequisite: BUS 475.BUS 480. Individual Research Problems in Business. 3.Individual research problems in business applications and methods chosen by the student withapproval of the instructor.Note: Also listed as BUS 481 for one semester hour, and as BUS 482 for two semester hours.BUS 490. Business Policy and Strategy. 3.Integrates prior studies in Management, Marketing, Accounting, Economics, and Finance. Viewsthe organization from the vantage point of top management. Focuses on the processes of strategyformulation and execution. Fall, Spring.Prerequisites: MGT 350 and two of the following: FNC 330, MGT 301, MGT 305.Note: Research paper required.Courses of Instruction: Computer Information SystemsCIS 110. Information and Communication Technology. 3.Provides an opportunity to use the computer as a problem-solving tool to enrich one’s personaland professional life. Laboratory exercises furnish hands-on experience with general-purposesoftware applications such as word processing, spread sheets, graphics, database, and the Internet.Lectures focus on computer functions, hardware and software issues, and the role of computers insociety. Fall, Spring.CIS 201. Computer Programming I. 3.An introduction to structured programming techniques using a high-level programming language,such as Visual Basic. The course emphasizes the development of practical problem-solving skills,algorithm design, structured programming paradigms, coding skills and documentation. Thestudent is introduced to data representations, conditional, sequential and iterative execution,arrays, structures and unions, and basic sorting/searching techniques.Prerequisite: CIS 110.