Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

This course presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements primarily for users external to a business enterprise organized as a corporation. Students study the forms of business organization and the common transactions entered into by businesses. The emphasis is on understanding and applying basic accounting principles and other concepts that guide the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a corporation. The procedures of how to analyze and interpret historical financial statements as well and the limitations of using these in making forward-looking business decisions is included. The primary content emphasis will be accounting for current assets and liabilities long-term assets and liabilities corporations cash flow statements and financial statement analyses.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 4 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 4 lec/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): BUS 903

Introduction to Business provides a foundation of knowledge in business including an understanding of the basic processes of marketing finance production accounting information technology human resource management and the relationships of business to our society and government and the global economy.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

Entrepreneurship Principles examines the various skills habits and mindset essential for a successful entrepreneurial venture. Real world case studies will provide opportunities to analyze why certain businesses fail while others succeed. Students will also encounter exposure to a variety of entrepreneurship ventures through lectures group discussions and research that support growth in problem recognition solution development and the exploration of career options.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

A survey of macro-economic theory with emphasis on resource allocation in a mixed-enterprise economy. Concentration is on the operation of the market mechanism the role of government and labor international trade national income determination and accounting money and banking monetary and fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3/lec week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): S3 901

This course presents accounting as a system of producing information for use in internally managing a business. The course emphasizes the identification accumulation and interpretation of information for planning controlling and evaluating the performance of the separate components of a business. Included is the identification and measurement of the costs of producing goods or services and how to analyze and control these costs. Decision models commonly used in making specific short-term and long-term business decisions also are included.

Prerequisite: ACC 101
Semester Hour(s): 4 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 4 lec/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): BUS 904

Stresses development of the individual and inter-personal relationships applied to business and industry with emphasis upon values communications problem solving motivation and leadership. In addition human relations skills and organizational behavior concepts are developed within modern organization environments to understand behavior performance learning perception values and diversity. Communications skills conflict resolutions power politics ethics and team dynamics are presented and analyzed within modern organizations. Organizational development principles such as organizational change global diversity productivity participative management and time as well as career management skills are presented and applied.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

Principles of Management analyzes the organizing planning and controlling of business activities and the directing of people to achieve the objectives of business by studying the current management theories.

Prerequisite: None :
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

The legal environment law course is an introductory course to law and the judicial system. Topics covered in the course include federal law securities employment labor relations social environment laws product liability and consumer protection.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

This introductory course consists of the study ofcomputer hardware software operating systems communications networking Internet systems and program development life cycles and their role in business decision making. The use of Internet multimedia security and ethics will be emphasized throughout the course. In addition laboratory experience will be gained with a survey of Microsoft Windows and business computer software applications programs in word processing electronic spreadsheets database management presentation graphics and Internet.

Prerequisite: None. Students having no experience with computers are encouraged to first take CIS 100-Keyboardin
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 2 lec/2 lab/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): BUS 902

This course covers small business accounting using computer software. Topics include creating a chart of accounts recording customer and vendor transactions processing payroll and printing reports. In addition setting up a new company is covered as well as advanced topics such as exporting to spreadsheet software.

Prerequisite: None. (Recommend CIS 109 and ACC 101)
Semester Hour(s): 2 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 2 lec/week

Introduction to price theories the behavior of the firm under varying market conditions and the behavior of the consumer.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): S3 902

An examination of the fundamental principles and functions of marketing with emphasis on the tools and techniques by which goods are transferred from producer to consumer notforprofit marketing consumer behavior organizational buying behavior and the relation of marketing to the economic and business structure.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

This introductory course consists of the study ofcomputer hardware software operating systems communications networking Internet systems and program development life cycles and their role in business decision making. The use of Internet multimedia security and ethics will be emphasized throughout the course. In addition laboratory experience will be gained with a survey of Microsoft Windows and business computer software applications programs in word processing electronic spreadsheets database management presentation graphics and Internet.

Prerequisite: None. Students having no experience with computers are encouraged to first take CIS 100-Keyboardin
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 2 lec/2 lab/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): BUS 902

An overview of the basic concepts of camera control lighting and composition as well as shooting techniques for digital photography will be presented. File management and image manipulation will be included.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 6 lab/week

An overview and application of motion graphics and animation. Industry-standard software will be used to create motion graphics and animation including 2D 3D and practical styles of animation.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 6 lab/week

An overview of the basic concepts of video production including pre-production production and post production. Video editing for movies television and web will be explored. File management and video manipulation will be included.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 6 lab/week

An overview of web and app creation as well as social media. This includes technical visual and social impact and ethics.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 6 lab

This course presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements primarily for users external to a business enterprise organized as a corporation. Students study the forms of business organization and the common transactions entered into by businesses. The emphasis is on understanding and applying basic accounting principles and other concepts that guide the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a corporation. The procedures of how to analyze and interpret historical financial statements as well and the limitations of using these in making forward-looking business decisions is included. The primary content emphasis will be accounting for current assets and liabilities long-term assets and liabilities corporations cash flow statements and financial statement analyses.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 4 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 4 lec/week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): BUS 903

Introduction to Business provides a foundation of knowledge in business including an understanding of the basic processes of marketing finance production accounting information technology human resource management and the relationships of business to our society and government and the global economy.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

Entrepreneurship Principles examines the various skills habits and mindset essential for a successful entrepreneurial venture. Real world case studies will provide opportunities to analyze why certain businesses fail while others succeed. Students will also encounter exposure to a variety of entrepreneurship ventures through lectures group discussions and research that support growth in problem recognition solution development and the exploration of career options.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week

A survey of macro-economic theory with emphasis on resource allocation in a mixed-enterprise economy. Concentration is on the operation of the market mechanism the role of government and labor international trade national income determination and accounting money and banking monetary and fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations.

Prerequisite: Non
Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s)
Lecture / Lab Hours: 3/lec week
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI): S3 901