Course Profile | BUSI 1301 8003
| Semester and year: | Spring 2009 |
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| Course number and section: | Look for BUSI 1301 8003 in the online schedule |
| Course Title: | Introduction to Business |
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| Course Preview: | This course provides an introduction to business operations. Topics include: the business system, legal forms of business, organization and management, business functions (production, marketing, finance, risk management, information systems, accounting) and the environments affecting business (the economy, labor, government regulation, social responsibility, law, international business, and technology). (3 Credit Hours) |
| Textbooks and Other Course Materials: | 1: Business by Pride, Hughes, and Kapoor, published by Cengage Publishing, c 2008, 9th Edition either shrink-wrap or hard-back copy. |
| Learning Outcomes: | 1: Understand the concepts, principles, and operation of the private enterprise. 2: Examine types of businesses that comprise the business scene. 3: Explain the role of business in promoting social responsibility and ethical behvaior. 4: Appreciate the increasing importance of information to business leaders today. 5: Understand the importance of small business to the economy. 6: Recognize the need for management in business organizations. |
| Evaluation Procedures: | Your grade for this course is based on the following:
1. FOUR EXAMS: Each exam contains 50 TO 75 questions and covers three to four chapters in the text. Each exam counts 100 points.
2. ONE STOCK PROJECT that counts 100 points.
3. Short tests taken at the beginning of selected class periods. You will know when we will have a short test and you can earn up to 10 points per short test.
THERE ARE A POSSIBLE 600 POINTS IN THIS COURSE.
Point ranges for each grade:
A = 600-540B = 539-480 C = 479-420 D = 419-360 F = Below 360 |
| Attendance Policy: | ATTENDANCE: You are expected to attend class sessions and there are bonus points and penalty points that can add or subtract from your final course grade--see course syllabus. |
Please note: This course profile is subject to change.