67 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.
Offered: Every year, either fall or spring semester This course is an introductory survey course for non-business majors or business majors designed to show the breadth of knowledge essential to pursuing a career in business.
Offered: Every semester This course offers a basic understanding of marketing goods and services including marketing functions, consumer behavior, merchandising considerations, pricing, and government regulations for commodity and industrial markets. The role of buyers in the purchasing process is studied. A major purpose of the course is to analyze the strategic functions of marketing through exploration of product, price, distribution, and integrated marketing communications decisions.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course is for all students in any major interested in investigating and learning the principles of persona money management. Topics include the management of student debt, budgeting for an individual or family, how to generate saving for important life events including retirement, the use of insurance and the options available for investing.
Offered: Every semester This course is an in-depth study of the use of Microsoft Excel for business-related purposes. It provides students the opportunity to learn this industry standard program by applying real-world data management skills and data analyses techniques. The course offers extensive hands-on training on the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels. General topics included are managing and organizing data using tables, calculating data with formulas and functions, analyzing data using charts and conditional formatting, summarizing data with outlining and pivot tables, validating data and trouble-shooting errors, and automating procedures with macros. This course should accommodate the needs of those desiring to obtain comprehensive knowledge and application of using spreadsheets in any career field and prepare those taking this course for the Excel Certification Exam.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course is an in-depth study of the use of Microsoft Access for business-related purposes. It provides students the opportunity to learn this industry standard program by applying real-world relational database management skills and database design techniques. This course offers extensive hands-on training on the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels. General topics included are understanding the nature and business use of relational databases, effectively planning and designing a database, normalizing data, understanding data types, developing effective entity relationship models and diagrams, understanding the role of primary and foreign keys, creating tables, modifying field properties, enforcing referential integrity, developing sub-datasheets, developing queries, understanding SQL coding and types of joins, and designing basic forms to enter and modify the data, and designing basic reports. This course should accommodate the needs of those desiring to obtain comprehensive knowledge and application of using a relational database in any career field.
Offered: Every spring semester This course offers understanding of data mining, the use of spreadsheets, applicable descriptive statistics, probability and confidence intervals, methods of estimation, and linear regression analysis. The course is Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 305 designed to offer students an introduction to data visualization techniques, such as Tableau, and to focus on learning the statistical analytics in Excel.
Offered: Every spring semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) Training & development are key to building an empowered and motivated workforce. This course will help you build knowledge and skill in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of organizational training. You’ll also learn how to create effective performance improvement programs, a vital resource in talent retention that is often overlooked. Lastly, you’ll get hands on experience, by producing your own sample training plan.
Offered: Every spring semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) Financial modeling is essential to modern corporate finance and investment valuation, helping professionals forecast performance, evaluate decisions, and communicate financial insights. This course trains you to build dynamic models that link financial statements and inform key business choices. You’ll master advanced Excel, multiple valuation methods, and scenario analysis to create models used in investment banking, investment management, corporate development, and strategic planning.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course offers an introduction into the conceptual and empirical aspects of managing human resources within an organization. This class will include the nature, function of hiring and the recruitment of employees to meet the goals of the organization. It will identify and define staff development and why it is
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course examines the management of operating systems in both goods manufacturing and service producing industries. Topics included are: trade-off analysis, process analysis, workplace methods, production and inventory control systems, capacity planning and operations strategies. The course makes extensive use of case studies in operations management while developing a framework for the analysis of operating systems. The course is designed to be an introduction to operations management and should accommodate the needs of those desiring an overview of operations management as well as those who are planning careers in the operations management area.
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Offered: Periodically based on student need While nonprofits share many similarities to businesses, nonprofit leaders are confronted with distinct issues. This course will apply basic business principles to the specific nonprofit setting while introduction future nonprofit leaders to this vibrant environment. Specific topics to be covered include: volunteer recruiting and management, strategic planning within the nonprofit environment, cause and service marketing along with fundraising concepts. The course will involve active learning exercises and is open to all majors. Cross-listed with POL 3250.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course offers an introduction to retail management. Topics to be covered include strategic management, location, pricing and merchandising decisions, and the changing retail environment.
Offered: Periodically based on student need The objective of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of advertising and brand promotion theory and practices, the environment in which they operate, and their role in our society. The course is designed to provide students with a solid background that will enable them to think critically about advertising and promotion, whether they work directly in the field, pursue careers that utilize promotion, or wish to understand it as a force in our society.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course draws upon psychological, sociological, and anthropological theories to promote a better understanding of consumer behavior. Topics to be covered include consumer decision making and the individual characteristics and environmental factors that influence consumers’ beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course will focus on personal selling skills and developing an advantage in today’s global career environment. It combines lecture, role play, and Customer Relationship Management software experiences to allow students to build confidence and understanding of how professional salespersons analyze compelling business needs, create sales strategies and building long term sales relationships in an ethical context. Learning outcomes will be evaluated with quizzes, oral presentations, and role play exercises.
Offered: Every semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) This course will not just teach you about selling, it will teach you how to sell. This experiential learning- based course will provide you with best practice models of selling. It will cover selling from prospecting through relationship building, and through the use of role-plays and other experiential activities it will equi the student with the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to succeed in a professional selling position.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of marketing research, how to use it, and how to conduct it. Students will be introduced to the different methods of marketing research and the application of these methods to real-world problems. Students will learn theoretical and methodological concepts for conducting applied marketing research. The course explores quantitative methods such as surveys, and qualitative methods such as focus groups. Students will learn by conducting marketing research on selected problems. Students will get hands-on experience by developing a research project, collecting and analyzing data, reporting and presenting results, and making recommendations.
prerequisite MAT 1050 Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 307 Offered: Every fall semester This course develops the skill of recognizing and analyzing financial problems. It is an integrated approach to financial management emphasizing basic concepts of valuation, investment and financial structure.
average of 2.5 Offered: Periodically based on student need This course is a continuation of BUS 2401 Advancing with Excel. It will afford students the opportunity to learn the advanced functionality of Microsoft Excel. General topics included are working with financial functions, auditing a workbook and tracing errors, performing what-if analyses using data tables and scenario manager, enabling and using the solver tool, cleaning and visualizing “Big Data” using power query and power pivot, geographically charting data using power maps, collaborating and sharing workbooks, manipulating data using text and database functions, and automating procedures with a more in-depth examination of macros and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). The course will also include an overview and discussion of Power BI.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course surveys the principles of investment and is designed to give the student a broad perspective of investment practice and theory.
Offered: Every fall semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) Investing is about maximizing return per unit of risk, a balance that separates successful investors from the rest. This course teaches you to think like a portfolio manager, blending quantitative analysis with strategic decision-making. You’ll master modern portfolio theory, value securities across asset classes, use derivatives to improve performance, and apply these skills to personal finance, retirement planning, and insurance.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course will enable students to gain confidence in developing and delivering a business presentation using an industry-standard visual aid. Students will learn multimedia presentations that are being used throughout the Internet that are specifically geared to run on devices such as tablets, phablets, and mobile phones. Learn to leverage the multimedia capabilities (video, graphics, pictures, clipart, smart art, etc.) in PowerPoint and other presentation programs such as Prezi, to create stunning presentations that will run well on those devices. A presentation might also need to be used as a visual aid to support a topic being presented to a group. Students will learn to deliver the presentation with professionalism and personality. This course is project-based and includes a self-assessment, along with instructor and peer feedback. Students will create and deliver 5 minor presentations in the classroom setting and 3 major presentations over the course of the semester that will be showcased campus wide.
Offered: Every semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) What happens to your healthcare when policies change? When a single regulation alters how you—or millions—receive treatment? This course explores the real-life impact of healthcare policies—from state regulations to federal laws—on hospitals, patients, and the healthcare we depend on. Whether you’re curious about the rules behind the scenes or gearing up for a career in healthcare, this class uncovers the system that affects every American’s health and wallet.
Offered: Every fall semester p This course prepares the student to the understand the legal and ethical framework of business. Contracts, negotiable instruments, consumer and employment laws, torts, crimes, constitutional law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the court systems are examined. Upon completion the student should be able to identify legal and ethical issues that arise in business decisions and the laws that apply to them.
Offered: Every spring semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) In today’s modern economy, something as simple as a razor might be manufactured in multiple countries with each part coming from a different supplier. This course will teach you how businesses manage this increasing complexity behind the scenes through efficient sourcing of suppliers and operations. You will have the opportunity to apply this knowledge by conducting a real-world case study of a product of your choosing. This online class has optional live sessions.
Offered: Every fall semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from
3400 recommended Offered: Every semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) Corporate finance drives key business decisions, from evaluating investments to choosing the right mix of debt and equity. This course gives you the tools financial managers use to maximize firm value through capital allocation and financing strategy. By the end of this course, you will master the time value of money, analyze investment projects, understand capital structure, and build the skills to make strategic, real-world financial recommendations.
Offered: Every fall semester This course offers understanding of predictive data analysis, multiple regression, demand forecasting, linear and nonlinear optimization models and Monte Carlo simulation. The course enhances student capability in data visualization and oral presentation of predictive business analytics.
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Offered: Every semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) When is someone truly dead? Should an expensive cure be approved if a cheaper option exists? In an emergency, should resources go to neonatal or pediatric care? From genetic engineering to rationing care, healthcare faces some of today’s toughest ethical, legal, and justice challenges. As we work to ensure fairness and uphold patient rights, it’s an exciting time to engage with the tools, concepts, and frameworks that drive life-or-death decision-making.
Offered: Every fall semester This hybrid course develops student resumes and introduces students to online portfolios. Students will be shown resume styles and create their own. Students will learn about career opportunities and select career options that suit their interests and academic experience. Students will begin to create their own online portfolios which will demonstrate their capabilities and interests in academic courses to date.
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Offered: Periodically based on student need This course teaches key areas in which to develop expertise when a person is starting his/her own sole proprietorship. The course covers essential legal, accounting and bookkeeping, and marketing information to successfully launch his/her own business. The goal of the course is to have each student create and operate their own website describing and marketing their business. In particular, the course will illustrate how to tie-in with social media to enhance marketing and to make the one-person business a success in whatever field is chosen. Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2025-2026 305
Offered: Every spring semester This course is a series of case studies in practical artificial intelligence (AI) uses and data analysis found in various business processes. Students will produce portfolios demonstrating responsible AI use within data- driven decision making.
Offered: Every semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) Effective sales leadership requires a mastery of the “hard” analytical skills as well as the “soft” skills for effective management and coaching. This course will explore key sales and management concepts, and give you the opportunity to put them into practice. By the end of this course, you will be able to coach salespeople and excel as a sales leader
average of 2.5 Offered: Every fall semester This course develops the process of how a business functions within the international context and will provide the student with an understanding of major strategic problems management faces in multinational operations. Topics included will be an analysis of competitive forces in a global market, successful international competitive strategies and managerial systems necessary to accomplish organizational goals.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course introduces students, as future managers and entrepreneurs, to topics concerning individual and group behavior in organizations. The course will highlight the important practical implications of the
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Offered: Every fall semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) This course is an overview of laws and regulations that determine the rights and obligations of employees and employers. You’ll learn about the nature of the employment relationship, common law principles, prohibitions against discrimination, wage law, specific governmental acts, and other areas of labor and employment law. By the end of this course you will become familiar with the federal and state laws that govern employment.
Offered: Every spring semester Students will study the creation and advancement of digital marketing campaigns and learn the analytics used to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital marketing campaign. The analytics involve paid advertising, mobile marketing, email marketing and social media marketing. In addition, this course introduces the ethics of information privacy, accessibility and ownership.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course covers the international issues associated with the development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of products. Topics to be covered include the international political, legal, and economic environment, and global marketing strategy.
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Offered: Periodically based on student need This course fosters an understanding of the principles and practices of providing personal, family and organizational security against the risks of loss. The course also covers topics involving insurance products, costs, pricing, settlement options, replacement, premium and costs computations, saving for retirement, annuity products and their costs, and social insurance.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course fosters an understanding of the basic principles and business fundamentals of real estate. The course is organized to help build knowledge of real estate topics such as: leasing, land description methods, rights and interests in land, sales contracts, abstracts, deeds, mortgages, and listings.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course examines the operation of international currency exchange and capital markets and applies financial management principles to the decisions of multinational corporations. Topics, including the source and use of funds, exchange rate forecasting, hedging of exchange and political risk, working capital management, and capital budgeting, are discussed in light of such multinational complexities as foreign exchange risk and multiple legal and political jurisdictions.
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Offered: Periodically based on student need This course presents special topics in business. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times under different topics.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course covers special topics in management, such as current events or managerial topics currently generating a high level of interest from management professionals, researchers, or the public. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times under different topics.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course covers special topics in marketing, such as current events or marketing topics currently generating a high level of interest from consumers, marketing professionals, or society. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times under different topics.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course covers special topics in finance. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times under different topics.
Offered: Every fall semester, online only (Note: This course will be taught online by instructor(s) from another college via a partnership. Please be aware of differences in start and end dates for the course.) How does a hospital go from losing millions a year to setting new standards in patient care? Why does one clinic thrive while another up the street closes? Strategy—which starts by understanding the complex operations that keep healthcare running. In this course, you’ll build practical skills to tackle big problems, optimize resources, and identify and solve critical healthcare challenges from staffing and patient satisfaction to emergency preparedness.
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minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 Offered: Every semester This capstone course develops sound judgment based on current knowledge, the present environment and ethical considerations. Case studies in top managerial decision-making, policy formulation and strategic planning are required. Integration of the various business functions is studied so that the student will becom proficient in solving organizational problems.
Offered: Every fall semester Students will add to their portfolios developed in BUS 3910 and BUS 3920 and refine their resumes. Students will visit or hear from businesses to help them assess their career opportunities and interests. Students will participate in the mentorship program and evaluate their mentorship experience. Students will participate in mock interviews, information interviews, and set up appointments for actual job interviews.
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