| BUS 100 |
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS |
3 credits / 3 hours |
(Formerly BUS 1802)
Prerequisite: MAT 1604 or higher
Co-requisites: For sections in Spanish: Exempt from or passed SPA 121. For sections in English: ESL 091 or above. For sections in Spanish, ESL 035 or above.
The student will discuss and analyze problems relating to financing and operating a business, and will demonstrate knowledge of the functions of a business including terms, such as human resources and market management. The student will explain the principles of business management, such as planning, staffing, organizing, directing, and decision making. The student will participate in individual and group written analysis and oral presentation of cases. The student will also apply analytical thinking by solving business problems using microcomputers in a laboratory setting. Offered in English and Spanish. |
| BUS 110 |
BUSINESS ETHICS |
3 credits / 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: BUS 100 and ENG 091 or ESL 091
This course examines the origins, principles, and
practices of business ethics within the context of the
work environment. Students will examine, analyze, and
discuss ethical issues concerning consumerism, civil
rights, ecology, technological change (cyberethics), and
social responsibility from a moral and philosophical
perspective. Topics will include: contemporary
conceptual frameworks for business ethics, the
corporation in society, business in its diverse moral
contexts, marketplace and workplace issues, and the
moral manager. Both descriptive and case studies of
unethical decision making in business will be analyzed. |
| BUS 201 |
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT |
3 credits / 3 hours |
(Formerly BUS 1813)
Prerequisite: BUS 100, ACC 102
Co-requisites: MAT 1628
The student will examine the historical, developmental,
and contemporary aspect of management. The student
will be introduced to qualitative as well as quantitative
tools and techniques, and to management case
materials. In addition, the student will study the role of
the manager as a decision maker in a dynamic
environment. |
| BUS 210 |
BUSINESS LAW I |
3 credits / 3 hours |
| (Formerly BUS 1809)
Prerequisite: BUS 100
This course begins with an introduction to the American
legal system, court system, common law, and statutory
law as they relate to contracts. The course examines
the essential principles of the law of business contracts
in depth. Through the use of cases, the principles are
applied to typical modern business transactions. Heavy
emphasis is placed on case analysis and student
participation. Particular reference is made to New York
law. |
| BUS 212 |
BUSINESS LAW II |
3 credits / 3 hours |
| (Formerly BUS 1811)
Prerequisite: BUS 210
The student will be introduced to the law of agency,
partnerships, and corporations. Particular emphasis
will be placed on the analysis of business transactions
in recent New York cases. |
| BUS 220 |
PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING |
3 credits / 3 hours |
(Formerly BUS 1815)
Prerequisite: BUS 100 ; MAT 1604 or higher
The student will undertake a basic survey of marketing
focusing on the methods, policies, and institutions
involved in the flow of goods and services from the
conception of the product to the adoption of the product
by the consumer. The social and legal environment in
which marketing operates will be analyzed. Other
topics include consumer behavior, marketing
organization, product planning, pricing, promotion, and
channels of distribution. |
| BUS 230 |
E-COMMERCE |
3 credits / 3 hours |
| (Formerly BUS 1820)
Prerequisite: BUS 100
This course introduces students to the rapidly evolving
concepts of e-commerce. Students will analyze the estrategies
of various firms and examine how companies
are using the Internet to solve business problems.
Topics to be covered include marketing, sales
procurement, managerial decision making, supply chain
management, and on-line financial investment
decisions. |
| BUS 240 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
3 credits / 3 hours |
(Formerly BUS 1822)
Prerequisite: BUS 100
This course examines the fundamentals of how to start
and operate a small business. Students are introduced
to the importance of small business, its status,
problems, and requirements for success. Students are
also introduced to the various methods of how a
successful entrepreneur functions in today's competitive
business world. Students will learn the steps leading to
the establishment of an independent business involving
the choice of the form of business structure, financial
needs and cash flow management, startup, marketing
strategies and market research, legal and tax issues,
and management practices. Preparing and presenting
a usable Business Plan is a term requirement and the
culmination of this course. |
| BUS 1805 |
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING |
3 credits / 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: ACC 1841 (or former ACC 1852)
The student will learn the skills needed by a personal
financial counselor. Topics will include consumer credit,
budgets, home ownership, insurance, pensions,
investing, taxes, and wills and trusts. Computer
spreadsheets and case studies will be used.
|
| BUS 1812 |
PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE |
3 credits / 3 hours |
Prerequisite: ACC 101
The student will be introduced to the principles of
corporate financial analysis and management. Starting
with an examination of tax factors in financial decision
making, the student will examine the concepts of
financial statements analysis and planning, capital
budgeting, and long term financing of a company's
growth through the use of debt and equity securities.
The course emphasizes quantitative analysis. |
