Spring: Business and Entrepreneurial

ENTR 205

ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Do you cut corners on a job if it means making payroll next week? Can a small business afford to worry about the size of its carbon footprint if it’s struggling to survive? Is the customer always right? What is a "triple bottom line"? These and other small business start-up questions and challenges in ethics will be considered in this course using case studies.

Fee: $300.00 SS

ENTR 210

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LAB

Create a product or tool designed to help your customer easily understand what your business does whether you plan to make widgets or provide a service. Your product will be a tangible device that your customer can either see, feel, taste, or hear (preferably all four) and will be built on a very small budget.

Fee: $300.00 SS

ENTR 215

PROBLEMS IN BUSINESS PLANNING

Explore common challenges in the start-up phase of a business. How do you deal with time management and loneliness, balance work and family, transition from employee to owner thinking, develop strong business partnerships, and learn to assess opportunities and constraints?

Fee: $100.00 SS

CNTED 018

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS

Always wanted to start your own business, but don't know how to start? You have come to the right place. Learn how to avoid the usual start-up pitfalls, and set yourself up for success.

Fee: $149 SS

ELSEP 100

SPECIAL EVENT PROFESSIONAL

Event planners can make serious money! Get paid for planning weddings, birthdays, fundraisers, conferences, corporate parties and other special events. We’ll give you all of the "how-to"s you’ll need for an Event Management career, or just to take on a leadership or coordination role at work. We’ll talk about vendor coordination and planning, risk management, timelines, themes, decorating, contracts and more. If you plan to pursue a CSEP certification (Certified Special Event Professional), this class is for you! Text included.

Fee: $445.00 SS

RBM 121

SUCCESSFUL CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Participate in self-analysis, goal setting, career exploration, personal appearance, resume writing, application letter writing, interviewing, communication of ideas, and other techniques of successful career development.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 123

CUSTOMER SERVICE STRATEGIES

Gain concepts of effective customer service, step-by-step suggestions for improving your skills, and valuable references for delivering exceptional internal and external customer service skills.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 126

FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAIL MATH

Implement business applications of mathematical concepts. This course includes a brief math review; cash and trade discounts; markups and markdowns; insurance, inventory pricing; bank statements; credit, mortgage loans, statistical techniques, payroll computations; promissory notes; simple interest and discounting; compound interest and present value; annuities; depreciation.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 125

INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET

Utilize the Internet for work, and school applications. Topics include search engines, file transfer protocols, electronic mail, accessing various types of technical information, and strategies for finding and using on-line employment resources.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 128

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

Apply theory and practice to composing and presenting oral business communications, both impromptu and prepared. Instruction emphasizes effective writing of business documents, methods of research, and the actual presentation of oral class reports.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 133

EFFECTIVE SELLING

Learn the nature and scope of selling and understanding buying motives with strong emphasis on the selling process, prospecting, pre-approach, demonstration of products and services and closing. Develop selling skills through role-play, case studies and in class simulations.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 135

WINDOWS APPLICATIONS

Utilize Microsoft Windows graphical user interface to complete step-by-step exercises that include starting Windows applications, maximizing, minimizing and sizing Windows, switching screens, finding files and using other Windows features.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 138

BUSINESS PROMOTIONS

Learn to use a step-by-step desktop publishing program to create professional publications with various design elements.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 140

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Learn essential skills for operating an effective business. Topics include employee productivity, project management, human resources and job design, forecasting, statistical process control, and supply chain management.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 141

FUNDAMENTALS OF SUPERVISION

Explore the job of the supervisor, human relations, leadership, converting policy into action, job analysis and performance, how and when to discipline, and effective supervising techniques.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 142

MARKETING

Discover the methods and techniques of marketing research and the principles on which they are based. Includes the elements of the research process, evaluation, and effective presentation of findings.

Fee: $375.00 SS

RBM 143

PRINCIPLES OF RETAILING

Provides an introduction to retail management operations and merchandising. Covers retail target markets, trading area analysis and site selection, retail organization, buying, handling financial management of merchandise, development of retail image, customer service, and control of retail operations.

Fee: $375.00

RBM 158

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Identify the role of human resource management including its scope and responsibilities. Students will examine the principles and methods used in the recruitment, selection, placement, and training of employees. Major laws, trends, and issues related to human resource administration will be discussed.

Fee: $375.00