108 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 100INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS3
This is a survey course designed to acquaint the student with American business as a dynamic process in a global setting. Topics include the private enterprise system, forms of business ownership, marketing, factors of production, personnel, labor, finance, and taxation.
Advisory: ENGL C1000 Description: Students will be empowered to create their own business plan. The core concepts of business design is the development of knowledge and hands-on experience to financial growth. Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century are leaders who
This course is designed to teach word processing skills needed in the professional environment and to obtain the Microsoft Word Certification. Students will learn to form
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course provides a survey of the business world. Topics include the basic principles and practices of contemporary business. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of business concepts as a foundation for studying other business subjects. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). 265 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
This course is designed to be an overview of the major functions of management with an emphasis on planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The purpose of this course is to expose the s
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces the student to the legal and ethical framework of business. Contracts, negotiable instruments, the law of sales, 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. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). BUS 116 Business Law II 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course includes the study of the legal and ethical framework of business. Business Organizations, property law, intellectual property law, agency and employment law, consumer law, secured transactions, and bankruptcy 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. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). BUS 121 Business Math 2 2 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course covers fundamental mathematical operations and their application to business problems. Topics include payroll, pricing, interest and discount, commission, taxes, and other pertinent uses of mathematics in the field of business. Upon completion, students should be able to apply mathematical concepts to business. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC).
Course Offering Availability: Spring This course is designed to be an overview of the major functions of management. Emphasis is placed on planning, organizing, controlling, directing, and communicating. Upon completion, students should be able to work as contributing members of a team utilizing these functions of management. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). BUS 153 Human Resource Management 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course introduces the functions of personnel/human resource management within an organization. Topics include equal opportunity and the legal environment, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, employee development, compensation planning, and employee relations. Upon completion, students should be able to anticipate and resolve human resource concerns. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC).
This course is a survey of topics of interest to the consumer. Topics include budgeting, financial institutions, basic income tax, credit, consumer protection, insurance, house purchase, retirement planning, estate planning, investing, and consumer purchases. Southern Union State Community College 2021-22 Catalog
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and importance in business, and its role in today’s workplace. Topics to be covered include organizational and workplace communicati
Business math applications and calculator skills are studied and practiced as they relate to accounting, finance, management, economics, and retailing. S
Advisory: Requires college-level skills in critical thinking and writing. Description: A detailed analysis of leadership theory and practice through lectures, discussions
This course is an introduction to accounting and financial reporting concepts and the use of accounting information for financial and managerial decisions. Information is presented from a financial statement user approach.
This course covers written, oral and nonverbal communications. Topics include the application of communication principles to the production of clear, correct, and logically organized faxes, e-mail, memos, letters, resumes, reports, and other business communications.
Eligible for ENG 101 or OAD 131 with a minimum grade of C.
BUS 217Employment Law and Regulations 3 0 03
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces the principle laws and regulations affecting public and private organizations and their employees or prospective employees. Topics include fair employment practices, EEO, affirmative action, and employee rights and protections. Upon completion, students should be able to evaluate organization policy for compliance and assure that decisions are not contrary to law. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). 266 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Advisory: Requires college-level skills in critical thinking and writing. Description: Learn the Federal tax rules and how to prepare tax returns, supplemental schedules and oth
This course is designed to provide a basic theory of accounting principles and practices used by service and merchandising enterprises. Emphasis is placed on financial accounting, including the accounting cycle, and financial statement preparation analysis.
This course is a continuation of BUS 241. In addition to a study of financial accounting, this course also places emphasis upon managerial accounting, with coverage of corporations, statement analysis introductory cost accounting , and use of information for planning, control, and decision making.
This course will introduce students to computerized accounting systems using QuickBooks. Students will set up and perform routine tasks such as recording business transactions, maintaining customer and vendor files, vouchering, controlling inventory, processing sales, maintaining fixed asset and depreciation schedules, and preparing payroll. Additional procedures covered include setting up accounts, summarizing data, generating financial reports and banking transactions.
This course is designed to familiarize the student with management concepts and techniques of industrial accounting procedures. Emphasis is placed on cost behavior, contribution approach to decision- making, budgeting, overhead analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, and cost accounting system.
Course Offering Availability: Course offered at the discretion of the Dean This course includes a study of the qualities, behaviors, and personal styles exhibited by leaders. Emphasis is placed on coaching, counseling, team building, and employee involvement. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and exhibit the behaviors needed for organizational effectiveness. BUS 260 Business Communication 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course is designed to develop skills in writing business communications. Emphasis is placed on business reports, correspondence, and professional presentations. Upon completion, students should be able to communicate effectively in the work place. This course is also available through the Virtual Learning Community (VLC). BUS 270 Professional Development 3 0 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course provides basic knowledge of self-improvement techniques as related to success in the professional world. Topics include positive human relations, job-seeking skills, and projecting positive self-image. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate competent personal and professional skills necessary to get and keep a job. CAR 111 Carpentry I 3 15 0 8 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course introduces the theory and construction methods associated with the building industry, including framing, materials, tools, and equipment. Topics include safety, hand/power tool use, site preparation, measurement and layout, footings and foundations, construction framing, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to safely lay out and perform basic framing skills with supervision. CAR 112 Carpentry II 3 15 0 8 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers the advanced theory and construction methods associated with the building industry including framing and exterior finishes. Topics include safety, hand/power tool use, measurement and layout, construction framing, exterior trim and finish, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to safely frame and apply exterior finishes to a residential building with supervision. 267 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
None State, Take One: ENG 110 or ENG 111* None None State, CAR 111
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BUS 253Individual Income Tax3
This course is intended to familiarize students with fundamentals of the federal income tax laws with the primary emphasis on those affecting individuals. Emphasis is placed on gross income determination, adjustments to income, business expenses, itemized deductions, exemptions, capital gains/losses, depreciation, and tax credits. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply fundamentals of the federal income tax laws affecting the individual. Credits 3
BUS 261Spreadsheet Applications Using Microsoft Excel
This course is designed to teach spreadsheet skills needed in the professional environment and to obtain Microsoft Excel Certification. Students will edit and format data,
This course is designed to teach software skills to enhance productivity, communication, and collaboration in the office environment. Topics include thing
This is an introductory study of basic statistical concepts applied to economic and business problems. Topics include the collection, classification, and presentation of data, statistical description and analysis of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, elementary probability, sampling, estimation and introduction to hypothesis testing.
This course is a continuation of BUS 271. Topics include sampling theory, statistical interference, regression and correlation, chi square, analysis of variance, time series index numbers, and decision theory.
This course provides a basic study of the principles of management. Topics include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling with emphasis on practical business applications.
This course provides an overview of the responsibilities of the supervisor of human resources. Topics include the selection, placement, testing, orientation, training, rating, promotion, and transfer of employees. Southern Union State Community College 2021-22 Catalog
This course provides an overview of the creation and operation of a small business. Topics include buying a franchise, starting a business, identifying capital resources understanding markets, managing customer credit, managing accounting systems, budgeting systems, inventory systems, purchasing insurance, and the importance of appropriate legal counsel.
This course provides a general overview of the field of marketing. Topics include marketing strategies, channels of distribution, marketing research, and consumer behavior.
The purpose of this capstone course is to train the student in general office procedures, encourage professional behavior, and develop decision making abilities. Students will complete integration projects using Microsoft Word,
This course is designed to provide students real life work experiences through on the job training with a field related cooperating employer in the student’s declared major. Students will be supervised by the business/
This course allows the student to apply knowledge and skills in a real-world work place. Evaluation is based upon a well-developed portfolio, job-site visits by the instructor, the employer's evaluation of the student, and the development and assessment by the student of a learning contract.
BUS 206 Principles of Management with a grade of C- or higher.
BUS 312Global Logistics3
This course examines the global transportation of goods with an emphasis on analyzing, forwarding and selecting the proper mode of transportation consistent with the goods being tr
This course focuses on sound financial management practices showing how and where to obtain the financial capital necessary to run and grow a venture. The most important financial issues that entrepreneurs face, particu
BUS 483Logistics and Supply Chain Management Capstone3
This course integrates various logistics and business disciplines to help seniors develop an understanding of logistics and supp Writing and Presentation Intensive
This course provides a strategic, managerial and cross-functional view of supply management. Students will understand the issues with acquiring goods and services from external prov
BUS 694Graduate Practicum - Applied Learning *taken at least 3 times for3-5
Students completing the Executive Residency Master in Business Administration must complete at least three semester hours of internship/practicum experience in BUS 694 . This supervised practicu
BUS 705Leading Through Collaboration and Conflict3
This course will provide a critical review of creating a collaborative culture to assure alignment, commitment, and support from colleagues, team members
This course will examine the crisis management life-cycle from prevention and preparedness through response, recovery and mitigation. Students will identify and use the k