Business Mgmt & Administration (BUS) at Camp Community College
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- BUS 95 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 100 - Introduction to Business
- Exposes students to the functions and topics of modern business, including economics, management, finance, accounting, marketing, production, international business, small business, and other areas of general business interest. Guides students in establishing a viable business vocabulary, fostering critical and analytical thinking, and refining business decision-making skills.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 108 - Business Etiquette
- Presents basic etiquette for individuals desiring to succeed in a business environment. Topics include manners, business attire, networking, socializing, and meeting protocol. Includes tips on how to handle basic issues associated with diversity, plurality, and cultural and family values. Discusses how contemporary displays of personal expressions may impact business relationships.Lecture 1 hour per week.
1 credits - BUS 110 - Business Protocol
- Presents basic business etiquette, customs and protocol for individuals desiring to succeed in the global business environment. Presents information on new manners relating to diversity, plurality, family values, sexual freedom, substance abuse, hiring and firing practices. Discusses dress, language, communication traditions, socializing, traveling and meeting protocol.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 111 - Principles of Supervision I
- Teaches the fundamentals of supervision, including the primary responsibilities of the supervisor. Introduces factors relating to the work of supervisor and subordinates. Covers aspects of leadership, job management, work improvement, training and orientation, performance evaluation, and effective employee/ supervisor relationships.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - BUS 112 - Principles of Supervision II
- Develops skills in carrying out the responsibilities of a supervisor including interviewing, evaluating and disciplining, and problem-solving techniques.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: BUS 111.3-4 credits - BUS 116 - Entrepreneurship
- Presents the various steps considered necessary when going into business. Includes areas such as product-service analysis, market research evaluation, setting up books, ways to finance startup, operations of the business, development of business plans, buyouts versus starting from scratch, and franchising. Uses problems and cases to demonstrate implementation of these techniques. This course applies to career/technical education (CTE) programs.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 117 - Leadership Development
- Covers interpersonal relations in hierarchical structures. Examines the dynamics of teamwork, motivation, handling change and conflict and how to achieve positive results through others.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 121 - Business Mathematics I
- Applies mathematical operations to business processes and problems. Reviews operations, equations, percents, sales and property taxes, insurance, checkbook and cash records, wage and payroll computations, depreciation, overhead, inventory turnover and valuation, financial statements, ratio analysis, commercial discounts, markup, and markdown.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 125 - Applied Business Mathematics
- Applies mathematical operations to business process and problems such as wages and payroll, sales and property taxes, checkbook records and bank reconciliation, depreciation, overhead, distribution of profit and loss in partnerships, distribution of corporate dividends, commercial discounts, markup, markdown, simple interest, present values, bank discount notes, multiple payment plans, compound interest annuities, sinking funds, and amortization.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 149 - Workplace Ethics
- Provides a broad overview of ethics in the modern day business world including workforce skill building and self awareness through group discussions. Discusses workplace topics such as diversity, substance abuse, hiring and firing and workplace practices, appropriate dress, communication, business ethics, and interviewing.Lecture 1 hour per week.
1 credits - BUS 165 - Small Business Management
- Identifies management concerns unique to small businesses. Introduces the requirements necessary to initiate a small business, and identifies the elements comprising a business plan. Presents information establishing financial and administrative controls, developing a marketing strategy, managing business operations, and the legal and government relationships specific to small businesses.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 193 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - BUS 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 197 - Cooperative Education
- Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 198 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 200 - Principles of Management
- Teaches management and the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Focuses on application of management principles to realistic situations managers encounter as they attempt to achieve organizational objectives.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 201 - Organizational Behavior
- Presents a behaviorally oriented course combining the functions of management with the psychology of leading and managing people. Focuses on the effective use of human resources through understanding human motivation and behavior patterns, conflict management and resolution, group functioning and process, the psychology of decision-making, and the importance of recognizing and managing change.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 205 - Human Resource Management
- Introduces employment, selection, and placement of personnel, forecasting, job analysis, job descriptions, training methods and programs, employee evaluation systems, compensation, benefits, and labor relations.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 208 - Quality and Productivity Management
- Focuses on the key quality improvement concepts regarding products and services, customers and suppliers, and systems and processes that make quality a part of the work life of an organization. Emphasizes the role of teams and a variety of quality improvement tools, charts, matrices, and diagrams.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 209 - Continuous Quality Improvement
- Presents the different philosophies in Quality Control. Introduces students to Process Improvement, Team Development, Consensus Building, and Problem-Solving strategies. Identifies methods for Process Improvement in manufacturing and service organizations which includes Statistical Process Control when used in the quality control function of business and industry.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 215 - Purchasing and Materials Management
- Teaches the principles of effective purchasing and management of materials and equipment. Includes determination of requirements, source selection, pricing, value analysis, contracting, inventory management, and equipment requisition decisions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 220 - Introduction to Business Statistics
- Introduces statistics as a tool in decision-making. Emphasizes ability to collect, present, and analyze data. Employs measures of central tendency and dispersion, statistical inference, index numbers, probability theory, and time series analysis.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 221 - Business Statistics I
- Focuses on statistical methodology in the collection, organization, presentation, and analysis of data; concentrates on measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability concepts and distribution, sampling, statistical estimation, normal and T distribution and hypotheses for means and proportions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: MTH 161 or division approval.3 credits - BUS 222 - Business Statistics II
- Continues study of inferential statistics and application of statistical techniques and methodology in business. Includes analysis of variance, regression and correlation measurement of business and economic activity through the use of index numbers, trend, cyclical, and seasonal effects and the Chi-Square distribution and other non-parametric techniques.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: BUS 221 or division approval.3 credits - BUS 223 - Distribution and Transportation
- Examines the background and history of transportation, emphasizing the fundamental role and importance the industry plays in companies, society, and the environment in which transportation service is provided. Provides an overview of carrier operations, management, technology, and strategies including transportation regulations and public policy.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 224 - Business Statistics
- Introduces methods of probability assessment and statistical inference. Includes data presentation; descriptive statistics; basic probability concepts; discrete and continuous probability distributions; decision theory; estimation and sampling distributions; Central Limit Theorem; simple linear regression and hypothesis testing for a single sample or population. Emphasizes business and economic applications. Utilizes computer software as a tool for problem-solving.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: MTH 1613 credits - BUS 225 - Applied Business Statistics
- Introduces statistics as a tool in decision making. Emphasizes ability to collect, present, and analyze data. Employs measures of central tendency and dispersion, statistical inference, index number, and time series analysis.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 226 - Computer Business Applications
- Provides a practical application of software packages, including spreadsheets, word processing, database management, and presentation graphics. Includes the use of programs in accounting techniques, word processing, and management science application.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: keyboarding competence.3 credits - BUS 234 - Supply Chain Management
- Examines the process of planning, organizing, and controlling the flow of materials and services from supplier to end users/ customers. Focuses on coordinating supply management, operations and integrated logistics into a seamless pipeline to maintain a continual flow of products and services.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 235 - Business Letter Writing
- Applies composition principles to business correspondence, employment documents, and reports (including presentation of data in various chart formats). Focuses on preparing effective communications with customers, suppliers, employees, the public, and other business contacts.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 236 - Communication in Management
- Introduces the functions of communication in management with emphasis on gathering, organizing, and transmitting facts and ideas. Teaches the basic techniques of effective oral and written communication.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 240 - Introduction to Business Law
- Provides an introduction to the American legal system and the use of law to achieve economic and social goals. Highlights ethical principles and legal reasoning underlying the rights and obligations of business relationships and their effect on business decision-making. Emphasizes fundamental principles of government regulation and the court system, constitutional law, torts, criminal law, contracts, agency, employment, and property law.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 241 - Business Law I
- Develops a basic understanding of the US business legal environment. Introduces property and contract law, agency and partnership liability, and government regulatory law. Students will be able to apply these legal principles to landlord/tenant disputes, consumer rights issues, employment relationships, and other business transactions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 242 - Business Law II
- Focuses on business organization and dissolution, bankruptcy and Uniform Commercial Code. Introduces international law and the emerging fields of E-Commerce and Internet Law.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 255 - Inventory and Warehouse Management
- Emphasizes the relationships of inventory and warehouse management to customer service and profitability of the wholesale distributor. Focuses on the role of computerized systems and resulting information for effective management of inventory and the warehouse under various conditions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 265 - Ethical Issues in Management
- Examines the legal, ethical, and social responsibilities of management. May use cases to develop the ability to think and act responsibly.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 266 - Production and Operations Management
- Examines the process by which both goods and services- producing businesses, many not-for-profit institutions, and governmental agencies transform resources into an end product to meet the demands of customers or clients. Includes a survey of some of the quantitative methods involved in the process.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 270 - Interpersonal Dynamics
- Focuses on intra- and interpersonal communication effectiveness in the business organization. Includes topics such as planning and running effective meetings, networking and politicking, coaching and mentoring, making effectual and ethical decisions, developing team-building strategies, and practicing proficient skills in verbal, non-verbal, and written communications.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 274 - Foundations of Entrepreneurship
- Introduces students to the principles of entrepreneurship, covering business models, responsibilities, and successful practices. BUS 274 serves both transfer and CTE programs.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 280 - Introduction to International Business
- Provides an introduction to the theoretical principles and practices of the global business environment. Examines the functions of international business in the economy, international and transnational marketing, production, and financial operations.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: BUS 100 or departmental approval3 credits - BUS 285 - Current Issues in Management
- Designed as a capstone course for management majors, the course is designed to provide an integrated perspective of the current issues and trends in business management. Contemporary issues will be explored in a highly participatory class environment.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - BUS 293 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - BUS 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - BUS 297 - Cooperative Education
- Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-6 credits - BUS 298 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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