Catalog of Courses for Commerce General Business
This course focuses on the basics of financial reporting, to include key vocabulary & concepts, emphasis on understanding direct impact of recording transactions on financial statements. Students will gain an understanding of how to read, interpret, & analyze the balance sheet, income statement, & statement of cash flows. Students will also be introduced to managerial decision making (fixed vs. variable costs).
This course helps students develop digital skills for the modern workplace. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on instruction, students will learn about foundational and emerging information technologies, organizational value of information technology, management of organizational data and processes, data-driven decision making, business intelligence and analytics, ethical and social issues related to information technology.
This is an introductory course focusing on the "4Ps of marketing" from a marketing strategy perspective. It will encompass decisions regarding Product, Price, Promotion, and Place such that a firm's offerings meet a specific consumer need, demand, or want. This includes a strong consideration of consumer psychology and consumer behavior. This course will address the key questions a marketer must consider for its offerings to be successful.
In this course, students will learn the fundamental building blocks of valuing streams of cash flows whether from a financial asset or investment project. Topics to be covered may include the time value of money, discounting, compounding, investment rules including estimating the net present value of a project, and the basics of capital budgeting.