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| COM 270 Business Communication - 3.00 credits |
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| Covers the writing of business letters, resumes, memos, proposals, and reports. This is a writing intensive course. |
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| ENGL 101 Expository Writing and Reading - 3.00 credits |
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| Develops students' abilities to read and write expository academic discourse. Teaches students how to read with understanding; how to access print and technological sources; how to research, plan, draft, revise, and edit academic essays and reports. Requires students to write expository essay and to keep a journal to express their responses to material read and study in the course. |
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| ENGL 102 Persuasive Writing and Reading - 3.00 credits |
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| Develops students' abilities to read and write persuasive academic discourse. Teaches students to think and read critically, to evaluate and use print and technological sources effectively, and to present a written argument effectively. Requires students to write persuasive essays and research papers and to keep a journal to express their responses to material read and studied in the course. |
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| ENGL 103 Analytical Writing and Reading - 3.00 credits |
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| Develops students' skills in critical and analytical reading and writing through a study of literature. Teaches students techniques to help them understand and appreciate literature. Requires students to read, analyze, and write essays and research papers about selected works of poetry, drama, and fiction and to keep a journal to express their responses to the literature studied. |
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| HIST 201 US History to 1815 - 3.00 credits |
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| Examines the political, economic, and social forces that shaped America in the era of its founding. |
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| MATH 181 Mathematical Analysis I - 3.00 credits |
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| Covers set theory, coordinate systems and graphs, functions, linear programming (geometric approach), matrices and linear systems, and linear programming (algebraic approach). Required for architecture, business administration, and construction management students. Non-credit for engineering and science students. Fall, Winter. |
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| MATH 182 Mathematical Analysis II - 3.00 credits |
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| Covers counting techniques, probability, statistics, and probability applications. Non-credit for engineering and science students. All terms. |
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| MATH 183 Mathematical Analysis III - 3.00 credits |
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| Covers limits, rates of change, derivatives, applications of differentiation, exponential and logarithmic functions, integrals, techniques of integration, applications of integration. Non-credit for engineering and science students. All terms. |
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| PHIL 105 Critical Reasoning - 3.00 credits |
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| Introduces and develops the skills involved in reasoning effectively about experience, and being able to distinguish strong arguments form weak ones. |
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| PSY 101 General Psychology I - 3.00 credits |
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| Students are introduced to the scientific study of human behavior. Special attention is given to the biological, psychological, and social processes underlying human behavior within the framework of modern psychological research. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits |
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| BIO 161 General Biology I - 3.00 credits |
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| A continuation of BIO 160. Topics include the endocrine, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, excretory, and reproductive systems. Four credit hours. Prerequisite: BIO 160. Offered as needed. Note: Registration for both the lecture (BIO 161) and the lab (BIO 161L) is required. |
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| CHEM 111 General Chemistry I - 4.00 credits |
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| Not open to engineering or science majors. Introduces the principles of general chemistry. Covers SI units, unit factor calculations, states of matter, elements and compounds, energy, atoms, electronic configurations, ionic and covalent bonds, Lewis dot structures, shapes of molecules, chemical equations, stoichiometry, molarity, gas laws, nuclear chemistry, equilibrium between different states of matter, and some colligative properties of solutions. |
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| ACCT 115 Financial Accounting Foundations - 4.00 credits |
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| Introduces preparation of the income statement and the balance sheet. Covers analysis and recording of business transactions and a detailed study of accounting for assets, liabilities, and equity. |
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| ACCT 116 Managerial Accounting Foundations - 4.00 credits |
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| Introduces the managerial accounting tools and models available for planning, controlling, and decision-making. Covers budgeting, product costing, and analysis of financial statements for internal purposes. |
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| BLAW 201 Business Law I - 4.00 credits |
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| Covers scope and classification of business law and the field of contracts. |
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| BUSN 111 Foundations for Business - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides an integrated foundation for future business courses. Orients transfer and evening students to the main disciplines and functions of business, in both the internal and external environments; enables hands-on analysis of information and decision-making in a competitive arena; and provides an opportunity to develop teamwork and to enhance communication, presentation, and other management skills. |
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| ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics - 4.00 credits |
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| Examines allocation of resources within an economy. Major topics include interaction of supply and demand in markets, consumer choice, cost structure of firms, and profit maximization for competitive forms as well as firms with market power. |
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| ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics - 4.00 credits |
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| Examines measurement, growth, and fluctuation of aggregate economic activity. Includes national income accounting and explains determination of output, employment, and price level. Also provides an introduction to international economics, money and banking, and economic policy. Some or all pre-requisites may be taken as either a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Please see the department for more information. |
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| FIN 301 Introduction to Finance - 4.00 credits |
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| Covers financial structure of a corporation, short-and long-term financial policies, sources and uses of capital funds, asset valuation, capital budgeting, and corporate growth. |
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| INTB 200 International Business - 4.00 credits |
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| This course examines economic, political, legal, and social factors affecting formulation of international business strategy. |
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| MGMT 260 Introduction to Entrepreneurship - 4.00 credits |
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| The course focuses on entrepreneurship as a generic activity, including start-ups and corporate entrepreneurship. It explores the opportunities and challenges faced by individuals starting up new ventures and the probable paths of career development for the students pursuing entrepreneurship. |
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| MGMT 450 Strategy and Competitive Advantage - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides an integrated approach to business planning. Develops strategic analysis and decision-making through examination of an organization's internal and external environment. Requires written and oral case reports. |
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| MIS 300 Management Information Systems - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides a broad overview of computer technologies and issues involved in deploying computers in organizations. Develops functional knowledge of microcomputer use beyond computer literacy, and examines microcomputer hardware and software in detail. Examines networking issues, including the Internet, for their impact on businesses. |
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| MKTG 301 Introduction to Marketing Management - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides a conceptual and applications-oriented framework for marketing decision-making in a dynamic environment. Emphasizes satisfying target customers and achieving organizational objectives through skillful blending of strategies in product development, pricing, promotion, and distribution. This is a writing intensive course. |
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| OPM 300 Operations Management - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides students with an understanding of the transformation process, the primary function of every manufacturing/service organization, and how it adds value to the outputs. Discusses the decision-making process and techniques for planning and controlling the operations function. |
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| ORGB 300 Organizational Behavior - 4.00 credits |
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| Provides conceptual understanding of various principles of management and organizational processes and the opportunity for skill-building in the areas of individual, interpersonal, and intergroup organizational behaviors. This is a writing intensive course. |
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| STAT 201 Introduction to Business Statistics - 4.00 credits |
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| This introductory first course in business statistics focuses on applications of data analysis and statistics to business and economics. Topics covered include descriptive statistics and graphical presentation, probability, statistical inference, and simple regression. Applications to a variety of business settings and economic analysis is covered through practical data analysis examples. |
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