8 courses with the subject BUS, 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.
BUS 120Personal Finance — Spring3
This course provides students with a comprehensive knowledge base in various aspects of personal finance. It is designed to develop techniques for planning, budgeting, spending and saving in order to achieve personal goals. Students will develop their conceptual understanding of personal finance topics and the mathematics skills necessary in order to apply the concepts to real-life situations. Topics include budgeting, developing a savings plan, minimizing taxes, controlling spending and credit use, purchasing strategies, owning and financing a home, determining insurance needs, investment goals and strategies and planning for retirement. Modeling and analysis of real-world problems are emphasized. Assignments will include assessments of personal finance concepts, applying mathematical solutions to personal finance problems, analyzing and evaluating real-world problems and crafting suitable solutions.
This course introduces the student to the hyper-growth, highly-specialized entrepreneurship industry, including generating business ideas, starting the company, building the team, writing a business plan, funding sales and marketing, as well developing presentation skills. The focus will be on designing and writing a business plan. (This course also serves as the capstone for the required business core.)
