Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level, read college-level texts, and have knowledge of elementary algebra concepts.
Transfers to: UC, CSU

This course is designed for the student who has an interest in a career in business. Topics cover business operations, strategies for both, domestic and international markets, economic factor, legal regulations, management, leadership, marketing, financial operations, accounting controls, and e-commerce. This course will count toward a business certificate or degree in business and will transfer to a four-year school.

Advisory:MGMT 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed for the student who is considering a career in management and is seeking an entry-level career position with a company in retailing, industry, or the government. This course examines the role of the first-line manager and/or supervisor within the organization and emphasizes the application of management functions in effective supervision. Topics include an overview of management principles in direct and straightforward terms, critical concepts and insights into real world practice and challenges.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to: UC,CSU

This course examines the legal regulatory, and international environment of business. Included are the topics of alternative dispute resolution, the forms of business organization, regulations affecting employment, and current environmental statutes. Case studies are used to discuss torts, crimes, contracts and sales, warranty and product liability, labor law, employment discrimination, and environmental law.

Advisory:MGMT 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed for the student who is seeking a career in management or is currently in a leadership role and wants a better understanding of human relation skills and techniques. Topics covered in the course include leadership, teamwork, communication, group problem solving, diversity, motivation, and managerial organizations. These topics will apply to both a diverse and competitive environment.

Advisory:MGMT 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed for students seeking a career in management or for students who need to expand their knowledge of management techniques and organizational methods. In this course, students learn the theory and application of managerial functions as it applies to planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizations. Additional topics include the history of management, and practical management techniques, practices, and problem-solving methodologies. The topics of employee empowerment, characteristics and qualities of successful managers, and contemporary trends in management also are explored in the course.

Advisory:MGMT 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed for the student who is interested in a career in marketing or gaining an entry-level marketing position with a retail, industrial, service, or consumer product company. Discussion of marketing concepts, strategies, and techniques will take place in an environment that reflects new technologies and international competitiveness. The topics in the course will include marketing concepts, functions, operations, and organizations of retail and wholesale enterprises; distribution channels; market research; advertising; marketing costs; pricing; cooperative marketing, marketing legislation and regulations and trends.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college level-texts.
Transfers to: CSU

The course covers the principles of effective writing in business. Extensive experience is provided using the different forms of business writing-memorandums, letters, reports, and resumes. Cultural differences and their impact on communicating in business will be studied. This course is designed for students pursuing careers in business.

Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course covers the principles of effective writing in business. The course provides extensive experience using the different forms of business writing: memorandums, letters, reports, and resumes. Cultural differences and their impact on communicating in business are studied. This course satisfies the business communications component for the Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer degree.

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college level-texts.
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed for the student who wants to study employer-employee relationships with particular emphasis on the challenges facing an expanding multicultural workforce in Southern California. Topics include: legal framework; personnel policies and procedures; implementing equal employment and affirmative action; legal aspects of supervision; training and development; interviewing; testing; wage and salary administration, job analysis and description; recruitment; transfers; promotions; and principles of collective bargaining.

Advisory: CIT 051; It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.
Transfers to: UC, CSU

This course is an examination of information systems and their role in business. It will focus on information systems, database management systems, networking, e-commerce, ethics and security, computer systems hardware and software components. It will apply these concepts and methods through hands-on projects developing computer-based solutions to business problems.

Advisory:MGMT 101
Transfers to: CSU

This course is an introduction to computer technology as it applies to the business management environment. The course prepares managers to leverage current technology, in both theory and application, to meet the needs of the global business environment. Managerial issues and ethical standards are explored, and web-based, hands-on modules prepare students to become proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.