Business Administration

This course is a comprehensive overview of business principles, practices, and trends that are influencing today's business and affecting tomorrows competitive environment. The impact of globalization, technology, ethics, diversity, and culture, in addition to various emerging issues, is studied in application or relation to all business disciplines. This course provides a general orientation to business organizations for students who plan to pursue a bachelor's degree. Also, it is useful to individuals who desire a basic understanding of the business community for occupational or personal reasons.
Offered: Fall or Spring or Summer
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate - AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

This course introduces the business activities involved in planning, pricing, promoting, and distributing want-satisfying goods and services to present and potential customers.
Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: BUS.100
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

This course presents the basic principles underlying the sales process. The basic philosophy is to promote an understanding of the salespersons' obligation to themselves, the company, the customer, and society.
Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: BUS.100
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course is designed for students with an interest in business who want to integrate business capabilities with available Internet technology. Students will learn performance, management and support functions of a business as related to the use of the Internet. Students who take this course may be working for a business looking to establish an online presence, an online business, or looking to create their own online business.
Offered: Fall
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS,AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course provides a background for students who look to use technology to the fullest in their business careers. This introduction to technological mediums will allow the student to not only understand the function of each medium, but feel well versed in each to communicate needs to those specializing in each medium. The course will include topics such as data knowledge and management, information security, social networks and computing at the enterprise level.
Offered: Fall
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course presents a general survey of the field of advertising and is designed for students seeking initial or improved employment opportunities. Concepts included are those which relate to three basic questions: 1) What is advertising? 2) Why is advertising used? and 3) How can advertising be used effectively?
Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: BUS.101
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course provides a basic study of the field of management for individuals preparing for initial or improved employment. Several streams of management theory are reviewed. The basic functions of the business manager (planning, organizing, leading and controlling) are considered. Management in a global business environment and current management technologies and processes are stressed.
Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: BUS.100 or equivalent background as evaluated by instructor
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course introduces philosophical ethical theory and its application to business decisions. It considers theories of economic justice, social responsibility of corporations, regulation, conflict of interest and obligation, ethics of advertising, product quality and safety, environmental responsibility, hiring practices, and rights of employees and employers.
Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BUS.100
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS,AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

Students who are currently employed will perform a business-related research project on a topic of interest to the student and his/her firm. The project will be supervised by the supervising instructor and a job site supervisor. Permission of the supervising instructor, program Coordinator, or Associate Dean of Social and Behavioral Science.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

The objective of this course is to integrate classroom theory with business practice. Students will receive on-the-job training with selected area businesses in the public and private sectors. All internship positions will be supervised by the supervising instructor and a job site supervisor. The positions associated with this internship will be non-paying positions. Courses applicable toward the chosen curriculum and permission of supervising instructor, Program Coordinator or Associate Dean of Social and Behavioral Science programs. Applicable towards graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

Students who are currently employed will perform a research project on a topic of interest to the student and his/her firm. The project will be supervised by the supervising instructor and a job site supervisor.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificate where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable

The objective of this course is to integrate classroom theory with business practice. Students will receive on-the-job training with selected area businesses in the public and/or private sectors. All internship positions will be supervised by the supervising instructor and a job site supervisor. The positions associated with this internship will be non-paying positions.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable