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BU 109-Entrepreneurship & Small
Business Enterprise (3)
Explores starting and successfully managing a
small business. Includes making the decision for
self-employment, getting started (new business,
going concern, franchising), marketing the
product or service, achieving proactive financial
management, a miscellany of management pointers
for small businesses (personnel/inventory/control/
managing risk) and regulations and taxes.
BU 110-Personal Financial Management (3)
Develops a well-rounded approach to managing
personal finances. Includes financial planning,
budgeting, financing consumer purchases, risk
control, investments and retirement planning.
BU 140-Agricultural Business (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Introduces the principles of management
in modern agricultural business and farm
production. Emphasizes small agricultural
businesses including crops, livestock, agritourism,
sustainable agriculture, small acreage operations,
and high value agricultural enterprises (e.g.,
viticulture, organic produce, aquaculture).
The course will cover marketing, operations,
finance, and human resources, as well as general
management issues in an agricultural business.
BU 211-Business Law I (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
Introduces business law and its application to
business activity. Includes contracts, agency and
employment, negotiable instruments and sales.
BU 221-Public Relations (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Introduces basic principles that business and
administrative organizations have found to
be successful in building and maintaining
favorable public relations. Attention to the
various tools of public relations such as the
broadcast media, newspapers, periodicals,
brochures, photographs and exhibits.
BU 223-Human Resource Management (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Introduces basic concepts of Human Resource (HR)
Management in organizations. Provides an overview
of the primary elements of HR management,
including human resource planning, recruitment,
selection, training and development, performance
management and employee motivation/
retention, compensation and benefits, workplace
safety, labor relations, and legal/ethical issues.
BU 225-Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Explores problems and organization of systems
that distribute goods and services in the business
world. Promotion through retail and wholesale
parallels; consumer buying habits; pricing,
budgeting, transportation and warehousing; and
sources and uses of marketing information.
BU 227-Principles of Management (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Provides an introduction to basic principles of
management in business and other organizations.
Emphasizes management functions including
planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling
and coordinating. Explores the role leaders play in
strategic planning, change management, innovation,
decision making, and motivating employees/teams.
BU 273-Business Communications (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Emphasizes the theory and practice of oral,
written, and interpersonal communication
used in the workplace. Classroom activities
and assignments will focus on writing business
correspondence and reports, planning
and delivering effective presentations, and
developing teamwork and collaboration skills.
BU 274-Customer Relations (3)
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Examines the role of customer relations in business
and emphasizes the theory and practice of
developing, fostering and managing relationships
between the company and the customer. The course
will focus on those practices that lead to customer
loyalty and retention. Value equation applications
and a systems approach to service excellence
are introduced in the course. The course will also
address building excellent customer relations into
the mission of the company and committing to
customer service as competitive advantage.
BU 275-Fundamentals of Leadership (3)
Prerequisite: EN 70 or EN 75 or EN 50A
or EN 61 or ESL 95 or ESL 73
Emphasizes the theory and real-time practice of
leadership skills used in the workplace. Classroom
activities and assignments will focus on strategies
for navigating change, leading with priorities in
mind, managing conflict, giving and receiving
constructive feedback, visioning, preparing
mission statements, and setting goals.
BU 281-Global Awareness in the
Work Environment (3)
• Gen Ed Emerging Issues; Cultural Competence
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN 61) and
EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL 72 and ESL 73)
Promotes student awareness of the cultural
diversity in the workplace whether in the US with
multicultural coworkers or abroad. Stresses student
thinking about the global work environment
by analyzing and applying course information.
Utilizes a variety of classroom and Internet
activities and projects to develop an understanding
of the workplace cultural surroundings.
BU 290-Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: CIS 101
Introduces concepts and practices of project
management and their universal application to all
types of organizations. Students will analyze the
roles of the project manager and project team and
utilize techniques for effective project planning,
management, control, closeout, and evaluation.
CAD: Computer Aided
Design
CAD 101-Introduction to AutoCAD I (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EN 52 or EN
70 or EN 75 or ESL 99 or ESL 72
Introduces AutoCAD software and its application
as a drawing tool. Students will utilize basic
AutoCAD commands to create two-dimensional
production and architectural drawings. Students
will use templates, layer control, dimensioning,
editing, text, symbol creation, and blocks to
create and modify geometrical designs and
print/plot drawings for presentation.
CAD 102-Introduction to AutoCAD II (3)
Prerequisite: CAD 101
Continues the study of AutoCAD at an intermediate
level. Students will create pictorial views and
three dimensional drawings. Students will be
introduced to additional CAD systems (Autodesk
Architecture, Revit, Civil 3D, and Microstation).
CAD 130-Introduction to Revit (BIM) (3)
Prerequisite: EN 70 or EN 51 or ESL 97 or ESL 70
Introduces students to Autodesk Revit software,
a Building Information Modeling (BIM) program,
and its application as a design/drawing tool
throughout the design process. Allows students
to design structural components in 3D, annotate
with 2D drafting elements, and access building
information from the building models database.