41 courses with the subject BUSN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
BUSN 1000Keyboarding and Essential Computer
Skills (3 cr) Mastery of computer keyboarding and other fundamental computer skills, as well as introductory word processing, are essential in most occupations. Computer keyboarding includes keying by touch no less than 30 words a minute with emphasis on proofreading and accuracy. Essential computer skills include file management, creating and editing documents, and effectively utilizing Normandale's learning management system (D2L). Students apply their skills to create and format multiple documents in a Windows environment. BUSN 1000 is recommended as a first-year course so that skills and knowledge can be applied to other Normandale courses. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Gain a competitive edge in today's digital landscape by exploring how businesses effectively utilize social media platforms to connect with their target audience, enhance brand value, and drive customer engagement. Learn strategies for using blogs, social networks, video, and image-sharing platforms to create effective marketing campaigns. Gain practical skills for analyzing consumer behavior and uncovering career opportunities in social media marketing. Hands-on practical projects prepare you for success in this growing field.
Everything we do, whether as a consumer, a worker, a business owner, or even an activist for a cause, involves multiple elements of the economic environment we call business. At its core, business is simply the process of
Every organization requires leadership to attain its mission and goals, but leadership is more than just giving instructions. It provides a vision about where to go and what to do that motivates others to follow. Leadership includes elements like styles, traits, philosophies and cultural intelligence that create a constructive climate. The development of a leadership style, professionalism and ethics promotes communication and motivation to handle crises and conflict. Through readings, discussions, assignments, quizzes/exams, and projects or papers, students expand their understanding of these leadership topics and how they are connected.
Entrepreneurship is much more than starting your own business; it is a way of thinking and navigating the world differently than others. Whether you want to start your own business or work for others, having an entrepreneurial mindset and using entrepreneurial tools will benefit you. Students will evaluate the basics of being an entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial mindset. Students will evaluate their own entrepreneurial mindset through self-analysis and learn how to apply entrepreneurial tools to start a business to further develop that mindset. Offered: Fall, Spring.
BUSN 1130Introduction to International Business (3
cr) The world is an interconnected business environment requiring the international manager to have a broad understanding of what is changing in that environment and then develops strategies to react to those changes. The process of globalization and its implication for business firms and managers is significant. Students study the dynamics of the institutions, environments, forces, and problems that are involved when businesses operate in foreign economies. Topics include forms of foreign involvement, international trade theory, governmental influences on trade and strategies, international Courses| 163 organizations, multinational corporations, personnel management, and international marketing.
Tourism is an ever-evolving industry. Destinations, products, and services that are popular today, can quickly become trends of the past. Through the utilization of a life- cycle framework, assigned readings, research, and discussion, students examine current trends impacting tourism regionally, domestically, and internationally. Offered: Spring.
cr) Sustainable tourism considers its economic, environmental and socio-cultural effects on the host community. Case studies will be used to highlight successful examples of sustainable tourism initiatives that have helped preserve the tourism industry for current and future generations. Offered: Spring.
Supervising people for the first time can be extremely challenging. Moving from an employee who executes the decisions of others, to being the one who must make decisions and manage those who implement them, is a significant leap in responsibility. Students will explore the core theories that guide the interactions between supervisor and subordinate in terms of performance, discipline, and motivation. Through case studies and discussion using real-world examples, students will examine the impact of various skills and techniques on successful interactions and motivation of their teams. These skills form the foundation to be effective managers as first-time supervisors. Offered: Fall, Spring.
The lodging sector of tourism provides travelers with a safe, clean, and welcoming place to stay while traveling away from home. Through assigned readings, discussions, guest lectures and assignments, students will develop an understanding of the organizational structure, and revenue and cost centers of a full-service hotel. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Sanitation (4 cr) Proper storing, handling, preparation, and production of food assists operators with providing customers with safe and appetizing food. Through assigned readings and hands-on laboratory experiences, students will bridge the gap of food safety and production with operating profitable food service businesses. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Cost Control (4 cr) The food and beverage sector is the largest sector in the tourism industry, providing services to both tourists and locals alike. Through assigned readings, research, discussions, and assignments, students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of food, beverage, labor, cost control, and management functions for restaurants and food service operations. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Management (4 cr) Meetings, Expositions, Events, and Conventions (MEEC) provide opportunities for groups of people with similar interests to come together for business and social events. Through assigned readings, research, and discussion, students investigate the planning, execution, and evaluation of successful MEEC events. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Management (4 cr) With the increase in worldwide travel, tourists have a variety of options when considering how to spend their tourism dollars. This increase in choices means that hospitality and tourism businesses need to invest in sales and marketing efforts that help to attract and retain travelers. Through assigned readings, research, discussions, and assignments, students investigate the total marketing process from a strategic view, emphasizing managerial implications for product, promotion, price and distribution strategies in the hospitality and tourism industry. Offered: Fall, Spring.
The ability to plan, organize, and execute projects is an essential skill with real market value. Using MS Project, Project Management introduces key principles and methods used in project management and builds skills in creating and editing project schedules, working with charts, resources and filters, tracking progress and costs, and closing a project. Offered: Fall, Spring.
An examination of a special topic in business; intended for all interested students. Topics may include public administration, supervision, and others. Topics courses do not satisfy goals of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.
Practicum (3 cr) A capstone course designed to be taken by students in their final semester of the Business Software and Administrative Management AAS degree. Tying together key learning objectives students are expected to master during the program, the practicum serves as a training and development experience to reinforce computer applications skills and knowledge. Students will practice problem- solving skills by tutoring computer users and responding to typical "Help Desk” requests in a pre-assigned computer application course. or higher) and keyboarding skills of at least 35 words per minute and consent of instructor. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Employers seek out candidates who can meet their needs through a combination of learned skills and practical work experience. An internship provides an opportunity to apply your academic knowledge in a real-world, supervised setting. It bridges theory and practice, offering valuable field experience within a controlled business environment. Students may earn 2 to 4 credits per semester, and must complete 45 hours of on-the-job internship work, academic work, and faculty meetings per requested credit. A maximum of 8 credits in any one discipline is allowed. Instructor permission and Dean approval is required to enroll. Business, Social Sciences, and Education.
Tourism (4 cr) Revenue Management provides a foundation for managing revenues and costs in the hospitality and tourism industry. Students will learn the historical development of yield management (YM) and its formation into modern day revenue management (RM). The course will rely upon cases and articles to analyze trends and develop effective revenue management strategies in the accommodations, food and beverage, attractions, and transportation sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Management of human resources is one of the most critical aspects of an efficient and successful organization. Human Resources is responsible for all components of talent management (e.g., recruitment, selection, retention, training, performance evaluation, discipline, compensation, and benefits), which must be aligned to achieve an organization's objectives. Students will use analysis, discussion, and research to explore the principles, laws, and regulations guiding the management of an increasingly diverse workforce. Offered: Fall, Spring.
cr) Basic statistics of business, economics, and public administration. Descriptive statistics, probability, and statistical inference. Understanding statistical methods as tools of decision-making. Spring.
Analyze successful sales practices. Develop need satisfaction selling skills through skill practice that may apply to both selling and non-selling. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Note: BUSN 1000 Keyboard and Essential Computer Skills is required if keyboarding speed is less than 35 wpm with accuracy; skill will be measured in BUSN 2000. Three certificates are still available which include room for a student to take BUSN 1000. Complete one of the following two courses:
All phases of setting up a small business: management, marketing, and financial operations. The final project is the development of a business plan. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Insurance (3 cr) This course presents an overview of insurance, the major insurer functional areas, insurance regulation, insurance policies, and personal and commercial insurance with the goal of providing the learner with foundational knowledge and a familiarity with property-casualty insurance terminology.
This course presents an overview of personal loss exposures and a in-depth description of property-casualty personal insurance policies, including personal auto, homeowners, and others. Additionally, this course describes the loss exposures and planning needed to deal with premature death, retirement, disability, and illness.
This course provides an in-depth examination of property- liability commercial insurance policies, including commercial property, business income, commercial crime, equipment breakdown, inland and ocean marine, general liability, commercial auto, workers compensation and employers’ liability, business owners, farm and specialty coverages.
An examination of a special topic in business; intended for all interested students. Topics may include public administration, supervision, and others. Topics courses do not satisfy goals of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. Courses| 167
