BUS-100-70478 - Introduction to Business - Joan Washington
| Course: | Introduction to Business |
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| Professor: | Joan Washington |
| Email: | joan.washington@canyons.edu |
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Introduction
Welcome to Business-100-70478
My name is Joan Washington, and I am your instructor for this course. This is a 16-week course therefore for 16 weeks you will be exposed to student learning outcomes from the textbook that are essential to your exposure to the world of Business.
Instructor Background
I am currently a civil servant. I have been employed with the City of Los Angeles for 35 years. I have 35 years of combined work experience in the fields of accounting, finance, purchasing services and materials management, personnel management, business tax collection, and pension fund administration. Prior to beginning my career in civil service, I was employed in the fields of retail management and banking. As you can see my business background is broad and varied. I look forward to getting to know you all in the weeks to come.
Course Description
This course is a 16-week course, and the textbook is, "Business Essentials, 13th Edition, Robert J. Ebert and Ricky W. Griffin". There are 17 chapters in the text therefore we will cover one chapter per week.
This course introduces the field of business administration, primarily found in the United States, including topics of economic systems, strategic management, marketing, entrepreneurship, accounting, finance, operations, management information systems, human resources, ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and globalization. In this course your will be assigned a Business Case Analysis Project (Required) upon which I will go over in detail in week two or week three.
How to get started in this course:
1. Read the Syllabus
2. The modality of this course is in-person on Campus. Attendance is required each week.
3. Each week check the Announcements link for assignments and other information
4. Each week your assignments and quizzes will be in the "MyLab and Mastering" link and your Modules.
What to Expect in this Course
Summary of the Course
The assignments will be outlined in the course syllabus and weekly modules. Each week two to three of you will be assigned opening statements regarding topics covered in the chapter. Your opening statements will be two to three minutes long. This assignment is to kick start the class discussion topic for the day.
The weekly discussion questions are required course work and they will be posted on the weekly module. If three or more discussion questions and weekly assignments are not submitted each week by the assigned due date, the student will be dropped from the course. If you have extenuating circumstances that may result in late assignments, please contact me via email immediately.
In addition, you will have weekly warm-up and other assignments through the course text, Pearson MyLab and Mastering, and weekly case study assignment taken from the textbook and a final case study assignment and a final exam. There are 16 chapters to the text and there are 16 weeks in the semester, therefore we will review one chapter per week. Week one will be an easy week in order for you to acclimate to the course.
On each weekly module you will see a list of Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's). After reading the assigned chapter of the text you will be able to define, describe, show and explain the weekly objectives after reading the text.
Class begins: Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Class ends: Saturday, December 9, 2023
Types of Assessments
You will have weekly discussion questions, quizzes and short class presentations based upon case studies from the textbook.
Textbook Information
Business Essentials and MyLab, 13th edition by Ebert Griffin
Here is the contact link for the COC bookstore: https://coc.bncollege.com/shop/coc/home
Additional Resources
Canvas
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- CanyonsID Password is your COC student email password
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Online Education
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Last updated: 08/24/2023 Sub#: 1652