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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Introduction to Business

This course will introduce you to the principles and functions of business. Business will be discussed as a part of a total social, political and economic environment. The various functional areas of business will be discussed: economic systems, forms of business ownership, management, human relations, marketing, accounting and finance.

Marketing Essentials

This course is designed to introduce you to the basic marketing concepts. It provides an overview of the marketing functions of selling, promotion, and distribution along with marketing research and strategic marketing process.

Business Communication

This course is designed to give you a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and importance in business, and the role of communication in establishing a favorable outside the firm environment, as well as an effective internal communications program.

Fundamentals of Accounting

The Fundamentals of Accounting course provides you with a solid foundation in the principles and practices of accounting; including Accounting Laws and Processes. This course focuses on user orientation of financial accounting, the uses of financial statements, how to analyze a business entity, and how the accounting system is structured.

Introduction to Finance

Introduction to Finance is a course that introduces basic principles of finance. Through this course, you will be able to develop a fundamental understanding of the finance world, which will help you build a base for pursuing a career in the financial industry.

Management & Administration

The course is designed to discuss management theories, concepts, techniques, and practices in the context of complex, dynamic, changing and globalizing business world. Applying the functional or process approach to the study of management, the discussion will cover all main management functions: planning, organizing, directing and controlling.

E-Business

This course explores what an e-business is and how it is managed. E-Business is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing both business and technology. The major characteristics, opportunities, and limitations of this form of business are explored.

Human Resources

This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today’s organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, appraisal, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and issues such as diversity training etc. are analyzed.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

This course is an introduction to the concept of Entrepreneurship. It examines the factors that lead towards entrepreneurial success as well as the skills and behaviours necessary to be a successful entrepreneur.

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance

This course focuses on the financing decisions of entrepreneurs. The course emphasizes identifying and valuing entrepreneurial business opportunities. It addresses how and from whom entrepreneurs raise funds and how financial contracts are structured to manage risk and align incentives and ways in which entrepreneurs “harvest” success and value.

Entrepreneurship and New Ventures

The purpose of this course is to explore business creation and growth as a multidimensional phenomenon in both independent and corporate (intrapreneurship) settings. By linking theory and practice the course aims to provide you an entrepreneurial perspective and a hands-on experience in the development of new business ventures.

Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment

The course “Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment” covers how to buy or start your own business. It covers the key financial parts of a good business plan.

Entrepreneurs in Innovation

Entrepreneurship and innovation are increasingly important in all areas of business and government. Entrepreneurial start-ups galvanize the economy by identifying new opportunities and redirecting resources to them. The course focuses on the skills necessary for the planning, development and launch of entrepreneurial and innovative ventures.

Introduction to Small Business Management

This course is an overview of the challenges faced by people starting, buying an existing business or buying a franchise. You would be able to learn to construct strategies to successfully develop, market, operate and manage a small business venture by writing their own business plan.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown 1 Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
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Introduction to business

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding the u.s. business system.
    Understanding the environments of business.
    Conducting business ethically and responsibly.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding entrepreneurship and new ventures.
    Understanding the global context of business.
    Managing the business enterprise .
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Organizing the business enterprise .
    Managing human resources and labor relations.
    Motivating and leading employees.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding marketing processes and consumer behavior.
    Developing and pricing products.
    Distributing products.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting products.
    Producing goods and services.
    Managing for productivity and quality.
    Managing information systems and communication technology.
    Understanding principles of accounting.
    Understanding money and banking.
    Understanding securities and investments.
    Understanding financial and risk management.

Marketing Essentials

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Marketing: managing profitable customer relationships
    Company and marketing strategy: partnering to build customer relationships
    The marketing environment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing marketing information
    Consumer markets and consumer buyer behavior
    Business markets and business buyer behavior
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Customer-driven marketing strategy: creativing value for target customers
    Product, services, and branding strategies
    New-product development and life-cycle strategies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pricing products: understanding and capturing customer value
    Pricing products: pricing strategies
    Marketing channels and supply chain management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Retailing and wholesaling
    Communicating customer value: integrated marketing communication strategy
    Advertising and public relations
    Personal selling and sales promotion
    Direct and online marketing: building direct customer relationships
    Creating competitive advantage
    The global marketplace
    Marketing ethics and social responsibility

Business communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding business communication in todays workplace
    Communicating in teams and mastering listening and nonverbal communication
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Planning business messages
    Writing business messages
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Completing business messages
    Choosing and using media for brief messages
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing routine and positive messages
    Writing negative messages
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing persuasive messages
    Understanding and planning reports and proposals
    Writing and completing reports and proposals
    Preparing and giving oral presentations
    Building careers and writing rsums
    Applying and interviewing for employment

Fundamentals of accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting and the business environment
    Recording business transactions
    The adjusting process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Completing the accounting cycle
    Accounting for a retail business
    Internal control and cash
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Receivables
    Inventory
    Long-term assets: plant assets and intangibles
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Current liabilities and payroll
    Corporations and stockholders' equity
    Long-term liabilities
    The statement of cash flows
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial statement analysis.
    Introduction to management accounting
    Job order costing
    Process costing
    Cost-volume-profit analysis
    The master budget and responsibility accounting
    Flexible budgets and standard costs
    Special business decisions and capital budgeting

Introduction to finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to the foundations of financial management - the ties that bind
    The financial markets and interest rates
    Understanding financial statements and cash flows
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Evaluating a firm's financial performance
    The time value of money
    Risk and return
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Bond valuation
    Stock valuation
    Capital-budgeting techniques and practice
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting
    Cost of capital
    Determining the financing mix
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dividend policy and internal financing
    Short-term financial planning
    Working-capital management
    Current asset management
    International business finance

Management & administration

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to management and organizations.
    Management yesterday and today.
    Organizational culture and environment: the constraints.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing in a global environment.
    Social responsibility and managerial ethics.
    Decision-making: the essence of the manager's job.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Foundations of planning.
    Strategic management.
    Planning tools and techniques.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organizational structure and design.
    Communication and information technology.
    Human resource management.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing change and innovation.
    Foundations of behavior.
    Understanding groups and teams.
    Motivating employees.
    Leadership.
    Foundations of control.
    Operations and value chain management

E-business

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Overview of ec.
    E-commerce market mechanisms.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reatailing in e-commerce: products and services.
    Consumer behavior, customer service, and advertising.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Company-centric b2b and collaborative commerce.
    Public b2b exchanges.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Intrabusiness, e-government, c2c, e-learning, and more.
    Mobile commerce.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Laws, ethics, and cyber crime.
    Payments and order fulfillment.
    E-strategy, internet communities, and global ec.
    Infrastructure and application development.

Human resources

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introducing hrm
    Human resource strategy and planning
    Recruitment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Selection: shortlisting and interviews
    The employment relationship
    Introduction to the learning process
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and development programmes
    Performance appraisal and performance management
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Payment systems
    Managing employee welfare
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health and safety
    Partnership, employee involvement and high performance working
    Discipline and grievance
    Dismissal, redundancy and outplacement

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The foundations of entrepreneurship
    Inside the entrepreneurial mind: from ideas to reality
    Designing a competitive business model and building a solid strategic plan
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Conducting a feasibility analysis and crafting a winning business plan
    Forms of business ownership
    Franchising and the entrepreneur
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Buying an existing business
    Building a powerful marketing plan
    E-commerce and the entrepreneur
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pricing strategies
    Creating a successful financial plan
    Managing cash flow
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sources of financing: debt and equity
    Choosing the right location
    Global aspects of entrepreneurship
    Building a new venture team and planning for the next generation

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial and economic concepts
    Financial management and planning
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial statements
    Analysis of financial statements
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Profit, profitability, and break-even analysis
    Forecasting and pro forma financial statements
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Working capital management
    Time value of money: using lump sum
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Time value of money: using annuities
    Capital budgeting
    Personal finance

Entrepreneurship and New Ventures

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to entrepreneurship
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Recognizing opportunities and generating ideas
    Feasibility analysis
    Industry and competitor analysis
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Developing an effective business model
    Building a new venture team
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing a new venture?s financial strength and viability
    Preparing the proper ethical and legal foundation
    Writing a business plan
    Getting financing or funding
    Unique marketing issues
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The importance of intellectual property
    Preparing for and evaluating the challenges of growth
    Strategies for firm growth
    Franchising

Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Entrepreneurs recognize opportunities
    Create business from opportunity: the economics of one unit
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is marketing? analyzing customers and your market
    Developing the right marketing mix
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Smart selling and effective customer service
    Tracking fixed and variable costs
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Using an income statement to guide a business
    Financing strategy: borrow debt or sell equity?
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flow: the lifeblood of a business
    Choosing legal structures and distribution channels
    Effective leadership: managing resources and employees
    Raising capital: tracking debt and equity on the balance sheet
    Replication and harvesting: cashing in on your brand
    Investing for a secure future

Entrepreneurs in Innovation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The context of entrepreneurship.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Researching the venture's feasibility.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Planning the venture.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organizing the venture.
    Launching the venture.
    Managing processes.
    Managing people.

Introduction to Small Business Management

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Entrepreneurs: the driving force behind small business
    Strategic management and the entrepreneur
    Choosing a form of ownership
    Franchising and the entrepreneur
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Buying an existing business
    Crafting a winning business plan
    Building a guerrilla marketing plan
    Creating a solid financial plan
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Managing cash flow
    Pricing and credit strategies
    Integrated marketing communications
    Global marketing strategies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    E-commerce and entrepreneurship
    Sources of equity financing
    Source of debt financing
    Location, layout, and physical facilities
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Purchasing, quality management, and vendor analysis
    Managing inventory
    Staffing and leading a growing company
    Management succession and risk management
    Ethics, social responsibility, and the entrepreneur
    The legal environment: business law and government regulation
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