Spring 2008 Course Catalog Homepage
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 SPRING 2008 SEMESTER
CAS 100A: Effective Speech
See description under half-semester courses.
ECON 002: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution.
ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
Instruction and practice in writing expository prose that shows sensitivity to audience and purpose. Prerequisite: ENGL 004 or satisfactory performance on the English proficiency examination
FIN 301: Corporation Finance
Nature of finance function; risk and return concepts; working capital; dividend policies; mergers; security markets; acquisition and management of corporate capital; analysis of operations, forecasting capital requirements; raising capital; and planning profits. May not be used to satisfy Smeal College baccalaureate degree requirements. Not available to students who have completed B A 301. Prerequisite: ACCTG 211 ; ECON 004 ; MGMT 301 ; SCM 200 or STAT 200
LER 100: Industrial Relations
Introductory analysis of the employment relationship and of the interrelated interests of managements, workers, unions, and the public.
MKTG 220: Introduction to Selling Techniques
Principles underlying the sales process and practical application of these principles to selling situations. Studies role of selling in total marketing process. Prerequisite: third-semester standing
MATH 021: College Algebra I
See description under weekend courses.
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
See description under criminal justice courses.
