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This course will guide students to evaluate themselves and the vocational landscape in order to develop a career and/or career change plan that will lead to career advancement. The course will have the students examine their interests, skills, work history, education, and physical capacities to identify transferrable skills to occupations within their interests, skills, education, and physical capacities. It will also guide the students into how to search the labor market in order to find potential employers. This course will also prepare students to interview for positions. Prerequisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarters hours

Introduces the legal principles underlying standard business transactions and the legal instruments involved: contracts, agencies, partnerships, corporations, property (real and personal), and the Uniform Commercial Code (sales, negotiable instruments, and secured transactions). Prerequisite: MGT101. 4 quarter hours

Studies the concepts and rules that apply to business organizations. Features lectures and cases dealing with commercial transactions, property, documents of title, negotiable instruments, bank items, partnerships and corporations. Prerequisite: MGT204. 4 quarter hours

This course emphasizes the use of spreadsheets as a quantitative Decision Support System that assists managers in the decision making process. The course explores the use of spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel to evaluate data using its powerful quantitative tools. Basic mathematical principals are reviewed and applied to the creation and use of spreadsheets in the decision making process. It continues with advanced spreadsheet concepts, operations, and techniques (i.e., statistics, macros, forecasting, etc.) Prerequisite(s): None 4 quarter hours

Introduces students to the field of management accounting focusing on the development of useful cost information for product costing and management reporting purposes. Develops an understanding of management decision making through the application of cost-volume-profit analysis, capital budgeting techniques, and preparation of master budgets. Prerequisite: MGT122. 4 quarter hours.

Presents basic concepts of US tax laws. Provides students with a knowledge of specific skills in computing gross income and exclusions, adjustments to income, itemized deductions, credits and special taxes, capital gains and losses. Covers the technical areas that are important to tax preparers in filing income tax returns. Prerequisite: MGT122. 4 quarter hours

In this course students will review and practice tools of good writing. These include the foundation skills of clear organization of sentences and paragraphs; appropriate word choice; and correct grammar and punctuation. Students will also learn the basic format of an executive summary. Students enrolled for more than three quarter hours will produce additional business documents including research based business reports. Prerequisite(s):None. 3 quarter hours OR 5 quarter hours

This course begins with an introduction to database management concepts. Using a state-of-the-art relational database, students will learn how to design a database, locate data, edit data, display information, organize data, generate custom design reports, and generate custom labels. The student will learn how to use the database's natural language to act as an intelligent assistant. The overall emphasis of this course is the business use of a database manager as a Decision Support System (DSS) that assists managers in the decision-making process. Prerequisite: MGT150. 4 quarter hours.

Examines office information and decision support systems as emerging and critical elements in business data and information systems. Emphasizes information processing considerations at the systems level, including analysis and management of support activities such as data and records management, electronic filing and retrieving systems, word processing, micro- and reprographics, and (tele) communications. Prerequisite: MGT150. 4 quarter hours.

Exposes students to the interrelationship between international business firms and their international, external, economic, political and cultural environments. Addresses the international adaptations necessary in marketing, finance, and personnel approach, which accompany the lecture format. Prerequisite: MGT101. 4 quarter hours