Catalog Home | Fall 2008 Courses
Business– 18 credits
Penn State's basic business certificate provides students with a solid foundation in management, marketing, and written English. It also provides students with a reasonable flexible way to deepen their understanding of management and management-related disciplines. Students who have completed the basic business certificate are eligible to earn the advanced business certificate.
Prescribed Courses (take all):
- ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
- MGMT 100: Survey of Management
- MKTG 221W: Contemporary American Marketing
Additional Courses (select at least 9 credits):
- B A 243 (4cr): Social/Legal/Ethical Environ. Of Bus.
- B A 250: Problems of Small Business
- M I S 103: Microcomputer Applications in Business
- MKTG 220: Personal Selling
Advanced Business—15 credits
Penn State's advanced business certificate can help develop students' skills in spoken communication and quantification. In a very flexible way, students can explore functional fields of business. Students who complete the advanced business certificate will have completed almost half of the credits required for Penn State Altoona's Associate Degree In Business (2BAAL).
Prescribed Courses (6 credits):
- CAS 100A: Effective Speech
- MATH 021: College Algebra
Advanced Courses (select at least 9 additional credits):
- ACCTG 211 (4cr): Financial & Managerial Accounting
- *B A 241 (2cr): Legal Environment of Business
- *B A 242(2cr): Social and Ethical Environment of Business
- *B A 243 (4cr): Social/Legal/Ethical Environ. Of Business
- B A 250: Problems of Small Business
- ECON 004: Intro Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- IST 220: Networking Telecommunications
- IST 250: New Media and the Web
- LER 100: Labor and Industrial Relations
- LER 136: Race, Gender, and Employment
- MIS 103: Microcomputer Applications in Business
- MIS 204: Intro to Business Information Systems
- SCM 200: Introduction to Statistics for Business OR STAT 200 (4cr): Elementary Statistics
- SRA 111: Introduction to Security Risk Analysis
- SRA 211: Threat of Terrorism and Crime
*Please note that B A 241 and 242 are the same as B A 243. Students cannot take B A 241/242 and B A 243.
COURSES OFFERED IN THE FALL 2008 SEMESTER
B A 241: Legal Environment of Business
Examines the legal system's role and impact regarding business transactions, liability issues, and ownership of intellectual property.
B A 242: Social and Ethical Environment of Business
Explores the social and ethical environment of business and ethical decision making in a business context.
B A 250: Small Business Management
Analysis of problems of the small firm, particularly for the student who wishes to venture into business.
CAS 100A: Effective Speech
Principles of communication, implemented through presentation of speeches with some attention to group discussion and message evaluation.
ECON 004: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Policy
National income measurement; aggregate economic models; money and income; policy problems.
IST 250: New Media and the Web
Introduction to how the World Wide Web utilizes emerging technologies. Students acquire conceptual understanding of constructing Web sites.
MATH 021: College Algebra I
Quadratic equations, equations in quadratic form, word problems, graphing, algebraic fractions, negative and rational exponents, and radicals. Prerequisite: MATH 004 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination.
MIS 103: Microcomputer Applications in Business
Introduction to current business sues of the microcomputer, including spreadsheets, database management, word processing, and decision-making models.
MIS 204: Intro to Business Information System
Introduction to the use of information systems in business organizations.
STAT 200 (4cr): Elementary Statistics
Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability, binomial and normal distributions, statistical inference, linear regression, and correlation.
Additional courses being offered at Penn State Altoona in Fall 2008 include ACCTG 211, ENGL015, IST 220, LER 100, MKTG 220, MKTG 221W, MKTG 220, SCM 200, and SRA 111.
[ Back to the Top ]
