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186 BUSINESS NOTE: Non-native or ESL students at North Seattle Community College should see an advisor or counselor for prerequisites. BUS 090 (2-5) C,S Foundation in Business Prep Offered as a two quarter course listed as BUS 090a and 090b. Lecture/lab to develop competencies employable in office administration and computation. Includes keyboarding, intro to computers (Windows, Word), and intro to business communications. Prereq: ASSET test scores indicating basic English, reading/writing and math skills or permission. BUS 091 (2-17) N,C,S Foundation in Business Prep II Two quarter course listed as BUS 091a and 091b. Continuation of BUS 090. Lecture/lab to develop competencies employable in office administration and computation. Includes keyboarding, computer software (Excel and Access), and intermediate/advanced business communications. BUS 100 (3) C Fundamentals of Supervision Basic course in first-line supervision, cover ing total responsibilities of a supervisor. Includes the function of management, human relations and motivation, effective communications, systems concepts and problem solving. BUS 101 (5) N,C,S Intro to Business Survey of American business in a global context: business and economic terminology, forms of business ownership, management, accounting, finance, international marketing, and foreign exchange rates. Also covers small businesses, business start-ups, and franchising. BUS 102 (3) C Business Organization Management Development of modern management: organization and operation, division of responsibility, line and staff organizations, executive leadership and management, business control and procedures and basic management problems. BUS 103 (3) N Personnel/Human Resource Management Covers organizational structure of the modern business office; recruitment and training; management of human resources; employee rights and ethical issues; legal responsibilities; and team-oriented collaboration for human relation dynamics. BUS 104 (3) C,S Keyboarding Keyboarding using Word for students with little or no typing experience. Includes alpha/ numeric keyboard, and word processing of correspondence documents. May be taken for S/NC grade. BUS 105 (4) N Keyboarding Beginning keyboarding taught on the computer. Intended for students with no keyboarding experience. Emphasizes touch keyboarding with speed and accuracy on alphabetic and number keys. Introduces basic word processing concepts and letter and memo formatting. BUS 106 (3) N,C,S Keyboarding/Skillbuilding Development of speed and accuracy of letter, symbol, and number keys through drills and timings. May be taken for S/NC or decimal grade and may be repeated for credit. Prereq: Recommended keyboarding of 25 wpm. (C) BUS 104 or BUS 105 (N). BUS 110 (5) S Business Mathematics Mathematical processes and techniques currently used in fields of business and finance. Review basic business math skills with emphasis on percentages, simple/compound interest, discounts, arithmetic of payroll, taxes, bank statements, reconciliation, trade and cash discounts, establishing retail prices, consumer credit, annuities, business and consumer loans. Prereq: Passing scores on ASSET (W R=43, NS=40), SLEP (combined=61, NS=10), or permission. BUS 112 (5) N,C,S Multicultural Issues in the American Workplace Intro to legal, racial and cultural aspects of the American multicultural workplace. Examines diversity, self-exploration as a basis for understanding others, historical overviews of ethnic influences on American business, workforce demographics and cross-cultural communication. BUS 113 (3) N,C,S Diversity Issues in Business Intro to legal, gender, racial, and cultural aspects of business. Examines diversity, selfexploration as a basis for understanding others, historical overviews of ethnic influences on American business, workforce demographics and cross-cultural communication. BUS 114 (5) N Introduction to Marketing Marketing is essential to survival in todays customer-driven business. Marketers must demonstrate value, quality, and service exceeding customer demands while maintaining channel relationships and meeting company goals and objectives. Prereq: Bus 101 or prior business experience. BUS 115 (2) N,S Computational Skillbuilding Intro to basic operation of touch addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on the electronic printing calculator. Use of memory register and applications to solve business math problems. May be taken for S/NC audit or decimal grade. BUS 116 (5) N,C,S Business Math/Spreadsheets Utilize business math applications to work with checking accounts, percentages, invoices, discounts, payroll, insurance and other business applications. Use Excel software to create spreadsheets. Prereq: No math test required (N); Placement at MAT 085 level on COMPASS test (C). BUS 117 (2) N,C,S Records Management Gain an understanding of the components of correct document and information management. Learn the rules as established by the Association of Records Managers (ARMA) for correctly applying filing guidelines to manual, alphabetic, numeric, geographic and subject filing systems. BUS 118 (5) N Project Management Intro Overview Overview project management from a business perspective, including project estimation, feasibility, planning, risk management, contingency planning, scheduling and control. Perform and complete a viability study including alternatives. Prereq: IT 101 or BUS 169; BUS 236. BUS 119 (3) N Leadership and Management Skills Learn to integrate people, projects and sponsors to complete tasks and deliverables on time. Covers effective leadership, leading vs. managing, and styles of each. Includes respon- sibilities, team development and dynamics, personality types, influence without authority, conflict management, and organizational and cultural influence on a project. Prereq: IT 101 or BUS 169; BUS 236.

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