BUSK - Business

This course represents an overview of legal issues faced by managers, as well as fundamental legal principles, including how to understand contracts, workplace law, contract disputes, and intellectual property. Topics covered include the fundamental legal principles in business and commerce; understanding and analyzing business contracts; legal issues in interviewing, hiring, and firing; developing, using, and defending intellectual property; and regulatory context.

These courses enables students to challenge, test, and hone the knowledge and skills that they have acquired and developed in their coursework. Through this experience, students build subject matter expertise while continuing to develop the values, attitudes. and behaviors that will make them successful in the workplace. Students work closely with Kendall's Career Services Department to develop an internship opportunity. Each student must complete this 400-hour supervised internship at an approved internship site and produce and submit an internship term paper. Prerequisite: BUS 126; Co-requisite: BUS 326

This course introduces human resources (HR), highlighting the elements essential for good people management. Analysis of HR needs, recruitment, selection, and evaluation are detailed. Practical examples illustrate the best practices relative to hiring, firing, employee retention, performance reviews, assessing bonuses, and working with different management styles. Prerequisite: BUS 210

This course enables students to prepare for business careers or ownership through analysis of a practical work assignment, personal development, networking, and career planning. Students will apply their knowledge in an actual business environment. By attending various local business networking events, students will begin to gain a broader understanding of contemporary business issues as well as develop confidence in representing themselves in the business community. Under the guidance of the course instructor, students will complete a series of self-reflective exercises and activities designed to plan for their business career. Co-requisite: BUS 302 Internship Practicum (unless previously granted experiential learning credit).

Students are introduced to financial management tools and financial decision-making through an overview of financial economics.Topics presented in the course include financial statement analysis, time-value of money, net-present value, internal rates of return, short-term financial planning, and working-capital management. Emphasis is placed both on accurate calculation of financial data and on understanding the implications of outputs on managing the firm. Prerequisite: ACC 372 or HOS 372 NOTE: This course replaces HOS 470 and BUS 370 in previous curricula.