56 courses with the subject BA, 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.
This course provides a foundational overview of various business functions and competencies, such as management, global competition, ethics, marketing, technology, leadership and motivation.
This course presents a survey of basic micro and macro-economic principles and concepts. Reviews the economic dynamics of market forces affecting competition, different economic systems, the role of government in the economy, and economic aspects of international trade. Discusses the labor market, interest rates and the supply of money, and the performance of a national economy. Examines the use of economics in business decisions, considering such principles as opportunity costs, diminishing returns, and the marginal principle.
This course provides introductory aspects of computing, IT infrastructure, software development and database use following CompTIA standards. This course presents basic networking connectivity, installing software, identifying/preventing basic security risks, troubleshooting theory, and preventive maintenance of devices, thereby, preparing the student to gain success in passing the Comp TIA IT Fundamentals certification exam.
An overview and introduction to technology, technology usage and its future, as well as leaders in technology and information literacy. This course provides aspects of hardware, software, and network elements following CompTIA A+ standards. This course presents mobile devices, nerworking, technology, virtualization, cloud computing and network troubleshooting, therby preparing the student to gain success in passing part on of the CompTIA A+ certificate exam. First course for IT majors.
This course introduces the basic structures and practices of media around the world. By learning major globalization and global media and marketing theories, students better understand how media in various countries, regions, and cultures differ, overlap, and mutually influence one another. Also listed as CM306.
This course provides an overview of the role of management information systems in management, including information technology related business initiatives, electronic commerce, database development and analysis, data security, and emerging trends and technologies. These concepts are critical to gaining a competitive edge in today’s global economy.
This course provides an overview of advanced networking protocols, infrastructure, and configuration related to servers. This course is guided by the recommendations and content required to find success in achieving Networking Plus certifications.
An introduction to the theory and practices of public relations and its role in influencing attitudes and actions of both internal and external publics in businesses or other complex social organizations. This course incudes analysis of the policies and actions of organizations with respect to public attitudes and the development of communication programs intended to affect public attitudes.
The first of two accounting courses introduces the student to the collection, recording, summarization, and interpretation of accounting data. Students will learn generally accepted accounting principles and the accounting cycle. Topics include financial statement preparation, assets, accrual-based accounting, internal controls, and revenue and expenses.
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This course develops the students’ understanding of personal finance concepts and ability to assess these concepts critically within a biblical worldview. Topics will include personal budgeting, taxes, sources of financial information, use of credit, compound interest, and personal investing. Students will apply these concepts to their current and future personal financial situations. The course will equip students to become responsible stewards of financial resources, goods savers, and wise users of credit.
This course is an introduction to the design, creation, and maintenance of web pages and websites. Students learn how to critically evaluate website quality, learn how to create and maintain quality web pages, learn about web design standards and why they are important, and learn to create and manipulate images. The course progresses from introductory work on web design to a culminating project in which students design and develop websites for local community organizations.
An examination of the economics of poverty and discrimination set within a holistic, biblical vision for empowering the poor. Alternative methods for measuring poverty and a range of policy options for dealing with poverty and discrimination in both the U.S. and globally are covered.
This course introduces basic marketing principles and concepts, emphasizes the development of marketing strategy and the key components of the marketing mix, and highlights the integration of marketing with other functions in a business organization.
This course examines the fundamental nature and strategies associated with human resources. Students will study the traditional and modern principles of human resources in for-profit and non-profit contexts. Special attention will be given to evaluation of abilities and performance; effective recruitment and selection; motivation techniques; and developing human resources as directed by SHRM guidelines and recommendations.
This course overviews the fundamental principles and processes of the establishment of new ventures and the management of small firms. Student teams will create a business plan from scratch and defend its financial viability.
This course examines the necessity for leaders in organizations to address planning and resource allocation in organizations. This course emphasizes the process and strategy involved in an organization deciding how to make effective and efficient decisions with their scarce resources, as well as the principles supporting effective supply chain management.
This course is an analysis of the dynamics of change and the importance of innovation within modern organizations. Emphasis is on how entrepreneurs and managers can develop a culture receptive to new ideas, products, processes, and systems for improving organizational performance.
The basic principles underlying individual and institutional investment decisions are explored. The structure and operations of the stock exchanges, as well as the functions of securities dealers and brokers, are presented together with a detailed examination of the various types of stocks and bonds. Participation in the National Collegiate Investment competition is the foundation of the course.
The theory and practice of commercial and central banking, with attention to the creation of money and other financial instruments, are studied. Problems encountered by both depository institutions and the economic system are analyzed. The course also explores the policies employed by commercial banks and central banks in dealing with these problems.
This course provides a survey of fundamental management concepts and techniques. It highlights the development of management principles and their integration into contemporary management theory. Emphasis is placed on the role and the primary functions of the manager, as well as the skills and techniques used to perform these functions.
This course overviews the nature of financial decision–making in organizations and the valuation of financial securities such as bonds and stocks. Financial management topics include capital budgeting and capital structure management. It also examines corporate governance and ethics. Prerequisites: BA211, BA212.
This course introduces students to managerial uses of accounting information. Topics include the use of accounting information for planning and control, actual and standard cost systems, budgeting, performance evaluation, decision- making, and financial statement analysis. Prerequisites: BA211, BA212.
This course emphasizes the principles of effective visual communication in theory and practice. Utilizing industry- standard tools and approaches, Communication Design surveys the concepts, layout, composition, and publishing strategies of digital and print media. Students will develop original content according to audience and purpose within authentic design contexts including marketing, social media, literary or journalistic publication, and professional communication. A required course fee is attached for the purchase and download of a one-year Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Students are required to bring a personal laptop to class; tablets, iPads, Chromebooks, or shared devices are not permitted. Computers must utilize current operating systems with robust processing ability and hard drive space to meet minimum system requirements for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Please check Adobe's website for details at https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html.
This course explores principles underlying the business-to-business sales process and practical application of these principles to selling situations. Students will study the role of selling in the total marketing process.
Analysis of the principal internal and external procedures used in collecting, processing, and evaluating both quantitative and qualitative data. Students will apply research and management of information for decision making.
The course examines the relationship between buyer behavior and marketing decision making. Students will develop an awareness of various aspects of consumer motivation and behavior including social, cultural, psychological, and business environments.
This course teaches four basic hands-on cybersecurity defense skills: configuring a firewall, implementing a host-based intrusion detection software tool, using the Metasploit tool to do penetration testing, and implementing a network intrusion detection tool.
This course will examine nonprofit organizations in the context of the nonprofit sector, especially related to nonprofit ministries. The course will focus on various aspects of nonprofit entities including the nonprofit sectors, strategic planning, legal framework, resource development, values and ethics, marketing and communication, and financial and volunteer management.
This course provides students with an introduction to the theory and practice of social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship can be defined as the establishment and management of successful social mission-driven ventures. This course is designed to provide future nonprofit, for-profit, and government managers and leaders with practical knowledge about how to identify potential opportunities; develop skills for developing social entrepreneurship ideas; and examining ways of measuring the success of the activity.
This course discusses the foundational aspects of strategic planning including what it is, why it is important, how it is done, who should do it, and why a vast amount of organizations struggle to do it. This course will also develop a foundation of concepts and solutions that support the planning, development, implementation, controlling, and closure activities required for successful completion of a project. The course will follow guidelines and recommendations from the PMP certification.
This course examines the applications of leadership theory in groups and team dynamics. This course will also examine the factors that influence group membership and how the structure and development of groups progress over time. Social identity, intragroup dynamics, perceptions, ingroup/outgroup membership, attitudes, judgments, and performance will also be discussed within the framework of situational factors and emerging technologies and how they influence both intra- and intergroup behaviors.
This course emphasizes income determination and valuation problems in long-term assets and long-term liabilities; stockholders' equity including earnings per share and partnership equity; accounting for pensions and investments; tax and lease reporting; cash flow statements; as well as special topics of accounting changes, error correction, and interim and segment reporting. Special attention will be given to GAAP and IFRS regulations. Prerequisite: BA211, BA212.
A review of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations from an accounting/law perspective. Topics include determinants of income, deductions, exemptions, and credits. This course focuses on individual returns and sole proprietorship returns. Emphasis will be placed on ethics and professional responsibilities.
The purpose of this course is to provide students in entrepreneurship and non-financial administration an opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the use and interpretation of basic financial concepts and how they relate to administrative decisions.
This course focuses on issues such as continuous improvement, organizational change, teamwork, motivation, and leadership, which support both quality and productivity in organizations.
This course is designed to prepare students to understand issues related to international business practices. Students will examine various countries and regional trading blocks and their absolute and comparative advantages, some of their inherent competitive weaknesses, and the recruiting, hiring, and training of local and expatriate managerial talent necessary for the organization to be successful. Other topics include an overview of some of the strategies necessary to develop long-term relationships within foreign business cultures, and the necessity that multinational organizations understand and adjust to some of the cultural differences of the countries in which they operate, while simultaneously maintaining consistency in their corporate culture and values. This course will use a combination of theory, guiding principles and best practices, simulations and personal experiences to communicate lessons in global management.
This course examines both micro and macro business ethics from a philosophic and theological perspective. The course will also provide a foundational overview of various business law essentials, such as an introduction to law and contracts, business and technology, real property, wills and trusts. Particular attention is paid to the application of differing legal and ethical frameworks and various principles to work-related challenges in contemporary organization.
This course offers an overview of the elements of a successful integrated risk assessment approach by reviewing best practices in risk assessments and internal controls and audits, from the adoption of risk assessments to the review and implementation of standards issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the day-to-day operation of the internal controls and audits. Topics covered include approaches to risk assessment, quality judgements and ethical decisions, the IIA standards to be implemented as best practices, managing the internal control and audit function, risk assessment and evaluation of internal controls design and testing their operating effectiveness. We will also cover in overview the documentation process for conducting internal audit assignments, developing the audit opinion and evidence, and elements to be included in the working papers and how findings are reflected and stated in the audit report.
This course provides a survey of the principles of advertising and sales promotion management as critical components of marketing. It is an overview of the use and integration of various advertising techniques and the relative advantages of different media. Students will also review the social significance of advertising and sales promotions, ethical considerations and how advertising and sales promotions influence consumer behavior. Prerequisite: BA220.
Social media technologies are continuously transforming the ways consumers interact with each other and firms. These changes constitute a fundamental shift in the marketplace: consumers have greater opportunities to voice their opinions and connect with other consumers as well as an increased influence over marketers and brands. As a result, the conventional approaches to marketing communications have become more and more challenged. This puts an added emphasis on leveraging social media to engage consumers and propagate ideas, messages, products, and behaviors. This course takes an in-depth look at the relationship between media and human behavior and examines how organizations capitalize on social media, and these consumer-to-consumer interactions, to support their marketing efforts. Students will get hands-on experience creating comprehensive social media strategies for active brands.
This studio course teaches fundamental data-driven cybersecurity analytics skills using programming skills acquired in earlier courses.
Understanding concepts relating to managerial accounting, as well as mergers and acquisitions, consolidation of domestic and international entities, foreign currency transactions, not-for-profits, and governments is a critical aspect of this course. A component of this course is dedicated to working within groups and learning skills necessary for effective communication within a business context while preparing for the CMA exam.
This culminating course is designed for business administration degree students to gain valuable experience with on- the-job training in real-world vocational and/or ministry settings. The internship will complete the students’ total academic preparation for their profession by allowing them to apply classroom knowledge in actual work situations.
This is the capstone course for the business program. It is designed to integrate the knowledge and techniques studied in other courses as a tool to examining the processes by which organizations formulate strategy, implement policy and evaluate outcomes in a competitive and global environment. The ethical implications of strategic choices are a key concern of this course. Integrative, analytical and decision–making skills will be exercised through the use of case analyses and business games. Prerequisites: BA220, BA301.
This seminar will provide qualified candidates an opportunity to work closely with a mentoring professor in the field of the student’s study. Prerequisite: invitation by professor.
This course incorporates learning experiences in contrasting economies and integrates opportunities to explore today’s marketing, human resources, accounting, financial management, project management and operations management trends. Managers must understand these functional areas and the relationships between them to competently lead their team within the organization. In addition, Students will be challenged to identify their God-given gifts and talents that can make an effective contribution to the Kingdom of Christ in the global marketplace. This foundational course in the MBA program provides this necessary context and sets the stage for students to delve deeper into these concepts throughout their program.
This course gives students the opportunity to explore the subject of leadership through a value-focused, narrative approach, emphasizing the leader’s responsibility to provoke and manage change within organizations and individuals in a manner that captures the organizational benefits of diversity, transformational leadership, servant and authentic leadership, as well as other influential theories and approaches to contemporary business issues. Students will apply these ideas, theories, and strategies to analyses of case studies and to examples from their own professional lives and spiritual journey.
The course addresses the strategic and analytical roles of practitioners in the modern organization. Emphasizes human resources strategy, metrics and measurements of human resources, human resources information systems, and change management. Explores career paths in human resources.
This course will enable students to create quantitative models using spreadsheet applications, as supporting tools for decision-making. The course will follow the case study method, exposing students to business situations typically encountered by business managers. Students will learn how to select the applicable tool to address the situation described in every case, create the corresponding quantitative model. Students will write objective recommendations derived from the analysis, and present these in a simulated virtual boardroom meeting environment.
Understanding the theories behind organizations and organizational design is essential for any leader. This course provides an understanding of organizational innovation and structure as well as organizational lifecycle development and entrepreneurial and design thinking mindset. Students examine the role of the leader as an organizational architect evaluating both the social and technical systems of organizations.
This course focuses on the major decisions that marketing managers and top management face in their efforts to mesh the objectives, core competencies and resources of an organization with the opportunities and threats in an increasingly global marketplace. Students apply marketing thinking to products and services for any profit or not-for-profit organization.
This course overviews the processes of financial reporting, summation, and analysis. Students will learn how to prepare and interpret financial statements, evaluate an organization’s financial health, and forecast future financial decisions. The emphasis of this course will be on the managerial insights of financial accounting rather than day-to-day accounting practices. Students will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to manage the financial aspects of their teams, departments, and organizations effectively and responsibly.
An analysis and comparison of the various techniques that aid in the decision-making process. Major themes stressed include shareholder wealth maximization, cash flow management, the international aspects of financial management and the standards of ethical behavior adopted by managers and Certified Kingdom Advisors.
A comprehensive analysis and comparison of the various techniques that can increase productivity for manufacturing and service operations. Provides an opportunity to assess the methods used in striving for long-term strength and growth in economic enterprises.
In this capstone seminar for the MBA program, students demonstrate their ability to integrate and apply theory to practice in case studies and experiential exercises that require the mastery of strategic thinking. NOTE: Must be completed in the last term, or with advisor’s approval may be completed in the next-to-last term of study if available.
Source: Clarks Summit University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
