42 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 1050Supplemental Accounting Instruction1
This supplemental corequisite course is designed to support students enrolled in BUS 2500 Accounting I by reinforcing key concepts and building foundational skills necessary for success. Through additional instruction, practice problems, and real-world examples, students strengthen their understanding of financial accounting principles, terminology, and procedures. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving, analysis of financial transactions, and preparation of basic financial statements. This course is ideal for students seeking extra support to master the core content of their accounting coursework. It is offered during the second term of the semester. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.
The purpose of this course is to teach an appreciation of the economics of climate change and provide skills to communicate clearly about social and economic impacts. This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment, with a focus on climate change and economic policy and insights. Students select and write about a local topic that examines the economic and social impact of climate change, and they explore possible solutions. Cross-listed with ECO 1100 Climate Change, Economics, and Society. GE: Oral and Written
This course sets a foundation for students in the important life skill of personal finance. All students finish the course with personal financial statements ready for use, and an understanding of their financial goals and ways to achieve them. Students study a variety of topics such as budgeting, credit cards and debt management, and investing. The course focuses on common financial challenges as well as the opportunities that exist for those who understand and are able to manage their finances.
BUS 1300Sullivan Fellow Year 1 – Leadership Literacy1
This course is for Sullivan Fellows in the first year of the fellowship. This course is designed to help students clearly identify their leadership style and explore different ways in which they can enact change in the world. Fellows are introduced to the INSPIRED Leadership Framework which guides fellows toward a greater understanding of themselves, their leadership style, and how to lead right where they are. Fellows work to collaboratively design a Field Trip for the spring semester where they will have a chance to visit different social enterprises and nonprofits to learn how different leaders create change in their community. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. May be repeated up to a maximum of 2 credits.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
This course covers the foundations of the economic system covering both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Specifically, students explore what drives individual choices as well as studying the
BUS 2111Principles and Practices of Contemporary Management4
Through a hands-on project, students apply principles of strategic planning, problem-solving, teamwork, ethics, and inclusion. This course addresses contemporary management challenges stemming from changing organizational structures, environmental conditions, technological advancements, and workforce characteristics. Students learn about the environment managers operate in, develop an understanding of the triple bottom line, and gain an understanding of the different management functions and some of the tools managers use. By understanding why and how managers do what they do, students are better equipped to be successful in an organization as well as decide whether they are interested in a career in management. GE: Society and Human Behavior
This course provides a broad overview of business practices in sustainability and is designed to help students develop a strong foundation in this complex subject. The primary focus is helping students understand the business rationale for sustainability. Students will examine why and how a business is addressing environmental and sustainability issues across sectors and industries. Additionally, the course covers the various principles, models, methodologies, and indicators of sustainability to help students understand how business awareness and practices in the field have evolved.
BUS 2111 Principles and Practices of Contemporary Management.
BUS 2300Design Thinking and Innovation4
This is a hands-on interdisciplinary course that introduces students to a fertile synthesis of Design Thinking, a methodology that draws upon logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning to produce innovation in various organizational and social contexts. Bringing theory and practice together, the course will guide students to tackle a social, business, ecological, or cultural challenge of their choice through application of innovative problem-solving based on the principles of Design Thinking.
This course is an introduction to Financial Accounting using journal entries, financial statement design, and an understanding of the major Balance Sheet accounts. Students are introduced to a range of accounting concepts, with a focus on the fundamental structures, providing them with the capacity to use accounting information in practical applications. Gaining a familiarity with accounting terminology and an understanding of the guiding principles, students are able to interpret financial information and understand the economic events of business. Students can employ this knowledge to shape discussions on community well being, sustainability, and issues of personal concern. Real world examples are incorporated into class assignments.
Current Events in Business is a dynamic and interactive course designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the contemporary business landscape through the lens of real-time events, trends, and global developments. This course bridges the gap between theory and practice by exploring how current events impact various aspects of business, including strategy, management, ethics, innovation, and globalization.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
This is a Study Away course that will focus on a special topic within the discipline, and will include two to three weeks of travel to a domestic or international destination at the culmination of the semester. The topic will be approached through an intercultural lens, and will achieve the following learning outcomes: 1. Students will demonstrate the ability to understand and respect diverse cultural and historical traditions.
This course dives deeper into the concepts of financial statements, investing and financial analysis. Students learn how to apply these concepts to both for profit and not for profit organizations. The information studied in this course serves as a foundation for creating detailed business plans and conducting business analysis in graduate school, as an entrepreneur or as an employee within corporate finance. better in BUS 2500 Accounting I.
BUS 2500 Accounting I and ECO 2030 Survey in Economics. Students must earn a C- or
BUS 3050New Venture Business Plan Development4
Individually or in a team, students write complete business plans for new ventures they originate. Topics covered include research on the target industry and market; analysis of the competition and potential risk; the development of plans for marketing, operations, technology, and management; full pro-forma financial projections and considerations of milestones, exit, and social responsibility.
Minimum of 1 Oral and Written Communication course.
BUS 3100Nonprofit Management4
This course offers students an in-depth exploration of the unique challenges, principles, and practices that drive effective leadership and strategic decision-making within the nonprofit sector. As the nonprofit landscape continues to evolve and grow in importance, this course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in managing and leading mission-driven organizations.
This course stresses how the human resource management function and its contemporary activities contribute to organizational effectiveness and the achievement of strategic organizational objectives. It is grounded in the assumption that traditional human resource management practices need to be reconsidered in light of the transformed employment relationship of the twenty-first century. Students consider human resource management issues from both the employer and employee perspectives (as well as other stakeholders where appropriate). The course delves into the material through experiential opportunities including role plays, exercises, and cases.
Minimum of 1 Oral and Written Communication course.
BUS 3190Housing and Social Enterprise: The Tiny Home Project4
This experiential course explores the intersection of housing inequality, community development, and social enterprise through the lens of a semester-long tiny house build. Students examine the economic, historical, and structural factors shaping housing insecurity in Asheville and the wider US while learning how nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurs, and public-private partnerships work to address these challenges. The course blends academic inquiry with applied project management. In the classroom, students study the economics of poverty, affordable housing models, and the role of business in addressing complex social issues. Outside of the classroom, students collaborate to plan and construct a fully functional tiny home for a local community member. Students take responsibility for obtaining in-kind donations, coordinating timelines, tracking budgets, and engaging with community partners. This course requires a Fall Break immersion for the construction of the tiny home.
This course gives students an appreciation for and applied practice in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. We examine key concepts of the field, including social mission, social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and social value; and we consider the historical perspective of the field to inform our current understanding of the evolution of social problem-solving. The course introduces students to the concepts, strategies, and approaches to social change. Working with an area organization to co-create solutions to a local issue, students learn about and develop the necessary
This course is an overview of marketing from a managerial perspective and is experiential and application-oriented. Emphasis is placed on customer-oriented marketing strategies as well as related product, distribution, promotional, and pricing decisions. Topics include the environment, global marketing, consumer behavior, business-to-business marketing, target market selection, e-business, marketing channels, advertising, marketing management, and marketing research. Social responsibility and ethical decision making is integrated throughout the course, and case studies with local, national, and international perspectives are used. Students immediately apply their marketing knowledge to create a detailed marketing plan for a business of their choice.
BUS 3300Sullivan Fellow Year 2 – Designing Creative Communities Seminar1
This course is for Sullivan Fellows in the second year of the fellowship to identify needs in their community and to design a project or initiative that creatively solves them. The focus of the year is to learn how to rally community support, identify root needs, build prototypes, and build partnerships. By the end of the second year in the fellowship, fellows will have the confidence and groundwork laid to fully launch their project in the third year of the fellowship. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. May be repeated up to a maximum of 2 credits.
This course expands upon the investing topics covered in BUS 1200 Personal Finance. The course offers an in-depth approach to a variety of investing topics, including risk tolerance, sustainable investing, real estate investing, and cryptocurrencies. Students apply this investing knowledge to design a personal investment portfolio and personal investing statement. All topics of the course include practical discussions, analysis of the current market, and direct application of the skills learned.
Through classroom discussion and direct community engagement, this course will explore intersectionalities of community development and land management decisions involved within the greater Outdoor Economic context. Working with different communities and stakeholders around Western North Carolina, students will understand the complexities of social, environmental, and economic decisions involved in using the Outdoor Economy as a driving force behind business decisions.
Minimum of 1 Oral and Written Communication course or permission of insructor.
BUS 3500Internship Preparation2
Finding the right job or internship takes strategic planning. In this course, students learn to identify and present themselves to others through reviewing interest and skills inventories; analyzing their cultural and ethical influences; reframing their life experiences to date; reflecting on their values and priorities; and preparing their marketing materials such as resumes and cover letters. Students discover what is possible and what they want by networking with alumni working in business; interviewing business professionals; evaluating their values and; setting personal and professional goals.
This course encourages students to actively reflect on leadership practice by viewing cinematic portrayals that could potentially mirror or challenge their own personal values, attitudes, and behaviors. Films are used to illustrate a variety of situations and personalities through which students will be able to
This course explores several dimensions of organizational behavior in depth including the dynamics of successful and high performing teams and tools to successfully lead and grow teams within existing or new organizations. Students will learn how to engage more effectively personally, as entrepreneurs, as members of any team, and as employees at any organization.
Minimum of 1 Oral and Written Communication course.
BUS 3620Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior2
This course addresses the opportunities and dilemmas that managers face when working in diverse and global environments. The course is designed to increase managers' effectiveness in identifying, understanding, and managing the cultural components of management, recognizing cultural differences in managerial style, communicating across cultures, creating cultural synergy, managing globally competent people, managing ethically across cultures, and understanding, managing, and valuing diversity. Teaching methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group discussions, and cases.
This course provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their internship experience, to analyze and identify which components from their internship work, environmental, and professional relationships energized them, and which core career competencies they developed or strengthened. Students will integrate their internship with course work, theories, and conceptual frameworks in their discipline. Students will intentionally examine multiple perspectives to crystallize their values, interests, and strengths, and create next steps for their career and life. Through this process, students will practice leveraging their internship experience for upcoming opportunities.
Prior completion of or current engagement in an internship.
BUS 3800Environmental and Ecological Economics4
In this course, students explore the relationship between human social and economic systems and the environment. We analyze how markets fail, causing many environmental problems, how markets can be harnessed, and how various government strategies can lead to better management of environmental resources and ecosystem services. Topics such as resource valuation, cost-benefit analysis, and multi-criteria analysis are discussed as well as alternative government policy approaches. Students complete a major class project on an issue selected in coordination with the instructor. Cross-listed with
This Sports Management course offers an overview of the sports business industry, and examines the principles of sport business and entertainment management in professional, collegiate and Olympic sport. A primary focus of the course is the business of collegiate and professional sports with an additional focus on leadership in sport and diversity and ethical issues in sports. In this course, students apply the topics discussed in class and content from assigned readings and complete assignments that develop communication and presentation skills that contribute to future academic and career success.
Minimum of 1 Oral and Written Communication course.
BUS 3908Social Media Marketing2
This course takes an in-depth look at Internet social networks, social media platforms and online advertising. Topics include an exploration of the theory of online marketing, social media technologies, and applications such as Facebook, blogs, Twitter, wikis, and YouTube.
This course is based on the premise that the marketing of services has a separate and distinct corpus of knowledge and management/operational challenges that differ from traditional goods marketing practices. The course clarifies these differences and focuses on the marketing objectives and strategies employed by companies in the services sector.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
This course introduces students to the principles underlying effective project management, providing the knowledge, skills, and framework necessary to manage a real project in the workplace. Topics covered include the project life cycle, stakeholder identification, resource allocation, cost management, scheduling techniques, and human resource aspects of project management. This course teaches conceptual and practical skills that include the essential language, tools, and applications of project management. It is designed to provide basic skills for students prior to being immersed in the Applied Business and Consulting Capstone Project.
BUS 4300Sullivan Fellow Year 3 – Changemaking After College1
This course is for Sullivan Fellows in their third and final year of the fellowship. The course is designed to help students plan how they will use the knowledge and skills they have developed as a Sullivan Fellow as changemakers. Fellows will delve deeply into the power of storytelling through developing their TED style talk and a personal E-portfolio. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. May be repeated up to a maximum of 2 credits.
This course synthesizes the knowledge gained in the business discipline by combining all core competencies from marketing to management to finance. Students step out of the classroom and into the business world and act as consultants for a community organization. Each project team tests their core competencies by addressing a specific problem or area of growth for their assigned community partner. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating competence in oral and written communication, thinking critically and culminating with a comprehensive project presentation.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
Topics courses are 2- or 4-credit, in-depth, thematic courses that may be repeated for credit under a different theme. May be repeated up to a maximum of 12 credits.
Subject
BUS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
cr
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for credit under a different theme.
