ACCC101 Accounting I - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course is designed to give the student a fundamental understanding of accounting principles. It covers the accounting cycle, accounting systems, internal controls, specific journals, receivables and payables, the matching concept and the adjusting process, and accounting for a merchandising business.
ACCC102 Accounting II - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course is designed to strengthen the student’s accounting ability. It covers receivables and temporary investments, inventories, plant and intangible assets, payroll and payroll taxes. (Co/Prerequisite: ACCC101)
ACCC103 Fundamentals of Accounting - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course introduces the student to basic accounting principles – the accounting cycle, financial statements, subsidiary ledgers, banking procedures, payroll procedures, and computerized accounting.
ACCC105 Spreadsheets - 2 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/3 Credits
This course develops student skill in creating and maintaining business-oriented spreadsheets. Advanced topics include formulas, function, graphics, database manipulation, and report generation. Keyboard macros and other productivity enhancements are also presented. (Co/Prerequisite: BCPC101)
ACCC200 Intermediate Accounting - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course covers financial statement analysis, current and plant assets, and other assets. It also covers current, long-term and contingent liabilities, paid-in capital and retained earnings. (Co/Prerequisite: ACCC203)
ACCC203 Accounting III - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course is designed to further the student’s accounting ability. It covers partnership and corporate accounting.It also covers stockholder equity, earnings per share and dividends, long-term liabilities and bonds, and the statement of cash flows. (Co/Prerequisite: ACCC102)
ACCC204 Introduction to Finance - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the manner in which the financial system functions and with the techniques used to reach financial decisions. Major topics to be studied include financial markets, financial performance, securities valuation, capital budgeting, and asset management. A conceptual understanding of the financial decision-making process is developed. The importance of ethical behavior is considered throughout. (Prerequisites: ACCC102, Intro to Business, Economics or Statistics)
ACCC212 Taxes - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course covers the federal income tax laws relating to individuals, proprietorships, partnerships and corporations; tax forms and schedules will also be studied.
ACCC215 Cost Accounting - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course covers the concepts of cost accounting as it relates to job - order systems, and process cost systems as well as profit analysis, budgeting and performance evaluation. (Co/Prerequisite: ACCC102)
ACCC216 Computerized Accounting - 1 Class Hour/2 Lab Hours/2 Credits
This course covers small business accounting using QuickBooks Pro software. Topics include creating and maintaining a chart of accounts, recording customer and vendor transactions, processing payroll, maintaining inventory, recording adjustments and year-end procedures, printing reports and graphs, creating budgets and estimates, and exporting data to Excel. (Co/Prerequisite: ACCC101)
BCPC101 Introduction to Computer Applications
2 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/3 Credits
This course provides the student with an introduction to and working proficiency with microcomputers. Computer literacy and familiarity with common commercial application software will be developed in a laboratory setting. It will feature the use of IBM-compatible hardware, the WindowsXP operating system, Microsoft OfficeXP suite (WindowsXP, Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint 2007), and the Internet.
BCPC104 Word Processing - 2 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/3 Credits
This course provides a conceptual base for understanding the new office technology as advanced by electronic word processing systems and an application base for working on word processing equipment. It examines the kinds of information being processed today and develops analytical skills in the systems approach to communications. The course develops the basic techniques of word processing in the creation, deletion, editing, manipulation, and retrieval of files/documents on the microcomputer. It also introduces advanced printing formats for manuscripts and form letter maintenance and retrieval. (Co/Prerequisite: BUSC106)
BCPC127 Intermediate Windows - 1 Class Hour/3 Lab Hours/2 Credits
This course covers spreadsheet applications and the intermediate level of the Windows operating system. Principles and techniques used in the installation and maintenance of typical application software under the Windows operating system are covered in depth. Students will also learn to create efficient user environments and solve typical Windows problems. (Prerequisites: BCPC101)
BCPC211 Database Design and Management - 3 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/4 Credits
This course established expertise in database analysis, design, and implementation. The Microsoft Access database management system and Microsoft-approved courseware are used throughout the course. Real-life business-oriented databases are designed and created for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of typical business information. The terminology and organizational principles of relational database systems are covered with particular emphasis placed upon the concepts of efficient and uniform data storage. Efficient user operation of a database through macros and switchboards is stressed. This course prepares the student for the Microsoft Office User Specialist Access certification test at the Expert level. (Co/Prerequisite: CPTC125)
BCPC222 Business Systems - 2 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/3 Credits
This course covers the design, installation, and maintenance of business microcomputer systems using the Windows operating system. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to budget, design and assemble a cost-effective microcomputer systems for a variety of business needs, install any necessary software or hardware, and train others in the system’s operation. Network operations are covered in depth, including planning, installing, and maintaining a multi-computer network and e-mail system. Other subjects include MS-DOS legacy operating system commands and macros, mass storage peripherals, and object linking and embedding. E-mail and Internet research is covered in depth. Students will design, create, and maintain their own Internet web sites using both HTML code and web page composition software. System maintenance through documentation and diagnostic software is emphasized, as is a professional attitude. During this semester, students have an internship affiliation either within the college or at local organizations. Presentation graphics are also covered, preparing the student to take the Microsoft Office User PowerPoint certification test at the Expert level. (Prerequisite: BCPC127, BCPC 211)
BUSC101 Introduction to Business - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course provides a framework for understanding business organizations and the relationships that exist in the areas of accounting, management, marketing, human resources, and production and distribution. The course focuses on the inter-relationship of the components and their role in the business process.
BUSC102 Business Correspondence - 2 Class Hours/2 Credits
This course develops and refines the student’s punctuation, grammar, and business writing skills necessary to produce quality business documents.
BUSC104 Principles of Marketing - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
Emphasis on product, price, promotion, and distribution as well as planning, research and organization of the marketing function is covered in this course. Students examine marketing of consumer and industrial products in public and private institutions.
BUSC105 Business Math - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course emphasizes common business math applications used to solve math problems dealing with banking, simple and compound interest, promissory notes, payroll, depreciation, insurance, annuities, inventory and overhead, markup/markdown, discounts, percents, taxes, and business statistics.
BUSC106 Keyboarding - 3 Lab Hours/1 Credit
This course emphasizes the development of typing skills necessary to function in today’s business world. It develops skills in designing, formatting, and typing business letters, memos, short reports, and special information forms. This course will develop touch keyboarding skills and improve accuracy and speed for inputting alphabetic and numeric data.
BUSC110 Principles of Management - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course provides a basis for the understanding and development of the skills needed to function productively as a manager and is intended as a base from which the student will be able to develop his/her own creative initiative with application to the challenges encountered by managers at all levels. Study of the aspects and techniques of planning, organizing and staffing, directing, and controlling is accomplished through lecture, discussion and case studies. Emphasis is placed on the quantitative aspects of management techniques. Other areas covered include: organizational characteristics, staffing, control techniques, total quality management, leadership characteristics. (Prerequisite: BUSC101)
BUSC112 Office Practice I - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course introduces the student to and provides the student with the training necessary to handle the basic manual and computerized administrative duties required for employment in today’s office.(Co/prerequisites: BCPC101, BUSC102, BUSC106)
BUSC113 Office Practice II - 2 Class Hours/3 Lab Hours/3 Credits
This course reinforces and applies the administrative procedures introduced in the student’s Keyboarding, Office Practice I, Introduction to Computers, Business Correspondence, and Word Processing courses. Through a variety of simulated office projects, students complete assigned tasks utilizing current office procedure and computer technology. (Prerequisites: BUSC112)
BUSC201 Human Resources Management - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the scope and content of the personnel function. Through case analyses and lectures, this course studies the relationship between operating and personnel managers in employment planning, staff recruitment and selection, management training and development, performance appraisal and compensation, and the promotion of equal employment opportunities. (Co/Prerequisite: BUSC110)
BUSC204 Small Business Management - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
A study of management techniques as applied to small business is covered in this course. Includes requirements necessary in launching a new venture and managing an ongoing business. Topics covered include business plan development, computer applications, human resources, purchasing, marketing, taxation, and risk management and control procedure. Requires students to develop a comprehensive business plan for a new venture of their choosing which is presented as both an oral and written proposal. (Prerequisites: BUSC101, BUSC110)
BUSC240 Business Law - 3 Class Hours/3 Credits
This course introduces the student to law as it relates to business and to consumers. It covers the federal and state court systems and administrative agencies. Emphasis is on civil law as it relates to contracts; however, crimes and torts, as well as commercial paper and types of business organization, will also be covered.
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