Business - General - AS

Accounting fundamentals as applied to single proprietorships including accounting cycle, financial statements, inventory, notes, depreciation and accounting principles and concepts.

Continuation of BU101 Accounting I; principles and problems of business, including partnership, corporations, manufacturing and department cost accounting; financial statement analysis studied from the managerial viewpoint.
Pre-Reqs: BU101 Accounting I with a grade of C or better, or BA101 Accounting I with a grade of C or better, or BU101H Honors Accounting I with a Grade of C or Higher

Economic environment, organization, management, labor, marketing, finance and career opportunities available in business; for both non-business and business majors.

Personal and family financial planning emphasizing budgeting, consumer protection, credit, home buying, income taxes, insurance and investments.

Consumer and business mathematics emphasizing calculations involving banking services, payroll, insurance premiums, taxes, interest, business discounts and markups, inventory control, depreciation and statistics.

Fundamental skills of selling including sales approaches, sales presentations and demonstrations, overcoming objections, suggestive selling and closing sales; personal motivation and human relations as they relate to selling; analysis of the techniques of selling.

Basic facts, principles and problems of economics: determination of supply, demand and price level; the monetary and banking system, inflation and growth; the stock market and principles of economic development; other economic systems.

Experiences designed to help with the transition into college life; exploration of essential techniques for success as a college student.

Essentials of composition. Emphasis is placed on practice in writing expository paragraphs and themes and in using the techniques of research. Selected readings for models and criticism are used.
Pre-Reqs: HS GPA over 3.0, or ACT English Score of 20 or above, or Accuplacer NG Writing Score of 255 or Above

Development of critical reading and writing skills, through the exploration of literary texts in thematic units, with additional emphasis on research and persuasive writing.
Pre-Reqs: EN101 English Composition IA with a grade of C or higher, or EN100 English Comp IB with a grade of C or higher, or EN101H English Comp IA with a grade of C or higher

Microcomputers and various software applications; hardware and software selection, integration, and implementation; fundamentals of operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and computer problem solving.

Theory of equations, functions, inverse functions, complex numbers, determinants and matrices.
Pre-Reqs: HS GPA over 3.5, or Accuplacer NextGen QuantReason, Alg,Stats Score 263 or Above, or ACT Math Score of 21 or higher, or MA105 Intermediate Algebra with a grade of C or higher

Principles and practices of oral communication that will help the student develop skills in communication and acquire an understanding of oral communication as a vital human skill and activity.