Course Descriptions

Business Administration(Accounting), AAS

ACC 104 Computerized Accounting 3 Cr Hrs

Emphasizes a fundamental understanding of corporate and cost accounting. Topics include accounting for a corporation, statement of cash flows, cost accounting, budgeting and long-term liabilities. Laboratory work demonstrates theory presented in class.

ACC 130 Managerial Accounting 3 Cr Hrs

Studies management tools for business decision making, including the evaluation of financial condition and performance of business. Emphasis is given to the process of formulating and utilizing sound accounting data to evaluate alternatives involved in managerial decision-making necessary for planning, executing and controlling a business enterprise. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in ACC 170 Principles of Accounting II.

ACC 152 Payroll Accounting 3 Cr Hrs

Provides an understanding of the laws that affect a company’s payroll structure and practical application skills in maintaining payroll records. Topics include payroll tax laws, payroll tax forms, payroll and personnel records, computing wages and salaries, taxes affecting employees and employers and analyzing and journalizing payroll transactions. Provides first-hand experience in calculating payroll, completing payroll taxes and preparing records and reports. Topics include payroll tax entries, preparing payroll registers and maintaining employees’ earnings records using computerized software.

ACC 160 Principles of Accounting I 3 Cr Hrs

Helps students develop a basic understanding of accounting theory, concepts and procedures. It provides a foundation for further study for students seeking a career in accounting or business administration or for students entering the occupational field.

ACC 170 Principles of Accounting II 3 Cr Hrs

A continuation of ACC 160 Principles of Accounting I. Studies corporations including organization and operations; stockholders’ equity, earnings and dividends; long-term assets and liabilities, investments, income tax and their effort on business decisions; and assessing a company’s financial performance.

BAF 103 Finance 3 Cr Hrs

Provides an introduction to financial markets, institutions and management in contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the financial markets in which funds are traded, the financial institutions participating in facilitating the trade of such funds and the financial principles and concepts behind sound financial management. Topics include financial systems of the United States, business financial management and financing other sectors of the economy.

BAF 105 Introduction to US Financial System 3 Cr Hrs

Emphasizes the relevance of monetary instruments, intermediaries and the central banks as they impact local, state, national and international economics. Topics include history and evolution of financial institutions; monetary instruments and flow; and central banking, operation and policies.

BAF 121 Introduction to Bank Management 3 Cr Hrs

Introduces and applies the components of the continuous development in bank structure and changes in the financial services offered to consumers and businesses. This is a study of the factors that must be achieved to compete in today’s marketplace.

BMT 101 Optimize Your Website– Beginning Search Engine Optimization 1 Cr Hr

Provides an understanding of how search engine optimization techniques can be used to improve a Web site and increase its traffic. Emphasis is on understanding how search engines work, the search engine operation (SEO) process, tools and techniques on how you can optimize your Web site.

CED 115 Computer Applications 3 Cr Hrs

Introduces students to the fundamental concepts and operations necessary to use computers. Emphasis is placed on basic functions and familiarity with computer use. Topics include computer terminology, introduction to the Windows environment, networking, word processing, spreadsheets and databases. Prerequisite: Students are encouraged to complete a self-assessment to determine skill set prior to enrolling in this course.

BMT 105 Online Advertising–Beginning Google AdWords 1 Cr Hr

Provides an understanding of how to plan and create a successful online advertising campaign using Google AdWords. Emphasis is on understanding how the AdWords system works, how campaigns should be structured and how keyword lists and ads are developed. Also introduces Google Analytics and conversion tracking and explains the billing cycle.

BMT 110 Blogging for your Business 1 Cr Hr

Provides an understanding of how to plan and create a successful blogging campaign. Promoting your business by delivering marketing messages in the form of a blog can help attract and retain customers. Blogging can be part of an online marketing campaign, which is a critical skill for today’s business owner and business student.

BMT 115 Beginning E-Mail Marketing 1 Cr Hr

Provides an understanding of how to plan an e-mail marketing campaign. Examines best practices for sending e-mail messages; discusses deliverability, tracking, list building and Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) compliance issues.

BMT 120 Social Media Madness 1 Cr Hr

Provides an understanding of what social media is and how it can be used in marketing your business. Examines ways to engage social media to promote a product, brand or identity.

BUS 104 Introduction to Business 3 Cr Hrs

Studies various types of business organizations and the relationships of business to government and management to labor. Management’s perspective of production, marketing, personnel, finance and transportation is a constant consideration.

BUS 125 Business Law 3 Cr Hrs

A basic introductory law course covering the legal and social environment within which business operates, including the structure, processes and procedures of the American legal system. A substantial portion of the course is devoted to contracts.

BUS 130 Personal Finance 3 Cr Hrs

Designed for non-business majors as well as for business majors. Course concerned with efficient management of money as a primary requirement for successful personal life. Aids individuals in establishing and maintaining credit, using a budget, safeguarding and investing savings and arranging personal insurance.

BUS 140 Principles of Marketing 3 Cr Hrs

Production and marketing of goods and services are the essence of economic life in any society. All organizations perform these two basic functions to satisfy their commitments to society, their customers and their owners. Marketing examines the problems of transferring title and moving goods from producer to consumer, buying, selling, storing, transporting, standardizing, financing, risk-bearing and supplying market information. The free enterprise and the government’s contribution, retailing and international marketing are discussed at length.

BUS 200 Principles of Management 3 Cr Hrs

Explores the basic management functions of planning and controlling that pertain to the type of business for which student is preparing to work on a career basis. The basic management theories, functions and aspects of various types of business are studied.

ECO 105 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Cr Hrs

Explores the fundamental aspects of the United States economy including growth, fiscal and monetary policies, unemployment, inflation, national debt, money and the Federal Reserve System. National and international policy topics are discussed.

ECO 110 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Cr Hrs

Attention is given to the methods of producing the goods and services that the economy provides. The following areas are explored: supply, demand, pricing, scarcity, business firms, business anti-trust and public interest, incomes, wages and salaries, income distribution, taxes and tax reform.

LEN 100 Lean for Operations 3 Cr Hrs

Familiarizes students with the concepts and practices of lean manufacturing as applied in industry today. Students begin with a discussion of lean manufacturing’s place in the overall process of continuous improvement. Students then move on to learning to apply basic elements of lean, lean system design, lean tools and measurement methods to industrybased scenarios.

OPM 100 Lean Sigma 3 Cr Hrs

Teach students the basics of both Lean and Six Sigma and how these problem-solving methodologies apply to manufacturing and service organizations. Students completing this course are better prepared for real-world business issues and have the ability to apply these concepts and tools at a basic level.

OPM 105 Operations Management for Organizational Success 3 Cr Hrs

Introduces and applies the components of the continuous improvement philosophy and process to the operations of organizations. The study of dynamic management involvement and the use of continuous evaluation tools are reviewed and applied. These include applied management techniques and statistical measures of business processes.

OPM 110 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 3 Cr Hrs

Introduces the building blocks of supply chain (SC) strategy and the relationship with SC corporate strategy. Defines the elements of supply chain management (SCM), including the importance of collaborating and partnering in a competitive business environment. Discusses the need for measures to manage the business and how the financial aspects are affected by SCM. Discusses outsourcing and why companies outsource to remain competitive.

OPM 115 Introduction to Project Management 3 Cr Hrs

Focuses on a holistic approach to project management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing and controlling projects such as product development, construction, information systems, new businesses and special events. The course includes major topics of strategy, priorities, organization, project tools and leadership. Primary emphasis is on the project management process and tools, which is becoming more important in today’s world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give students a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

PHR 105 Negotiations & Relationship Management 3 Cr Hrs

Helps students understand the principles, strategies and tactics of effective negotiation and relationship management. Students learn to identify and assess negotiation variables, develop an effective negotiation plan and implement various strategies and tactics to ethically resolve conflicts and interpersonal differences.

PSS 100 Six Sigma Yellow Belt 1 Cr Hr

Introduces the fundamentals of Six Sigma to individual process owners and operators who can then act as team members on Six Sigma projects. Not only do these Yellow Belts gain the skills necessary to identify, monitor and control profit-eating practices in their own processes, but they are also prepared to feed that information to Green Belts and Black Belts working on larger system projects.

PSS 101 Six Sigma Green Belt Methods 3 Cr Hrs

Designed to help adult learners understand Six Sigma concepts and be able to apply their knowledge to real problems. It also addresses the challenges of change management and data management.

PSS 105 Six Sigma Green Belt Statistics 3 Cr Hrs

Students develop an in-depth understanding of how computers and statistical software are essential components in the business world and society in general for exploring data in-depth, using data simulation, screening data for errors, manipulating data, performing transformations and focusing on the use of the computer and statistical software as a valuable productivity and data analysis tool.

PSS 115 Six Sigma Black Belt Methods 3 Cr Hrs

Incorporates data and statistical analysis into a project-based workflow that allows businesses to make intelligent decisions about where and how to incorporate improvements.

PSS 120 Six Sigma Black Belt Experimentation & Transfer Function 3 Cr Hrs

Students will learn how to manipulate data with statistical tools to transform it into valuable information (numeric and/ or graphic). This data will be incorporated into a project.