Department of Business & Economics

Course Descriptions 2007 - 2009

BUS101
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS (f)
Study of business enterprise including descriptive introductions to accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing, human resource management, international business, and self-owned small business. 3 credits

BUS103
PERSONAL FINANCE AND CONSUMER ECONOMICS (s)
Basic financial planning for individuals; cash management and budgeting, use of credit, investment, insurance, personal accounting, retirement planning and taxes. 3 credits

BUS211
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I (f)
Study of generally accepted accounting principles and methods of preparing and analyzing financial statements. Use and interpretation of balance sheet, income statement, statement of owner’s equity, and statement of cash flow. Ethical and global issues in accounting. 3 credits

BUS212
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II (s)
Prerequisite: BUS211
Study of methods used in preparing, interpreting, analyzing, and understanding accounting data for the purposes of goal setting, planning, controlling, evaluating decisions involving business enterprises. Ethical and global issues in accounting. 3 credits

ECO201
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I: MACROECONOMICS (f)
Basic concepts of macroeconomics including scarcity and choice, markets and prices, inflation, employment, growth, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade. 3 credits

ECO202
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II: MICROECONOMICS (s)
Basic concepts of microeconomics including scarcity and choice, markets and prices, elasticity, externalities and common resources, costs of production, product markets, factor markets, and selected issues topics. 3 credits

CSC100
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
See Computer Science for description.

MAT112
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
See Mathematics for description.

ENG210
BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
See English for description.

Current Special Topics include:

BUS291
Principles of Marketing

BUS295
Legal Environment of Business

Department Of Business & Economics

Dr. Gary Lunkenheimer

Course Descriptions

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