Course Descriptions
BA100 Business Career Exploration
First step in becoming a student of business. Provides a broad introduction to the many different business industries and job opportunities represented within Oregon. Examines the educational requirements, as well as the job experiences needed to enter and advance within the different industries. Covers the earning capacities of specific positions to establish clear expectations of future career goals. Through additional course readings students will be exposed to local business success examples.
3 Credits
BA101 Introduction to Business
Introduces the inter-relationships of business, government, and society. Examines the defined and/or established roles of the business community. Looks at various aspects of business including emphasis on ethics and social responsibility. Recommended: Placement into RD090 and WR121Z.
4 Credits
BA104 Business Applications Using Mathematics
Covers application of mathematics to personal finance and the world of business. Includes applications involving banking, payroll, the mathematics of buying and selling, simple interest, compound interest, annuities, stocks and bonds, business and consumer loans, taxes and insurance, depreciation, financial statement analysis, frequency graphing and calculating mean, median and mode. Uses spreadsheet computational tools and manual, hand-held calculator. Prerequisite: Placement into MTH070 or higher; or completion of MTH060 or higher; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
4 Credits
BA115 Introduction to Accounting
Covers basic accounting principles and procedures to provide familiarity with financial records and current accounting terminology. Includes processing techniques for handling information: special journals and ledgers, controlling accounts, worksheets used in preparation of account statements, purchases, sales, and end-of-the-period procedures.
4 Credits
BA131 Business Computing
Covers computer concepts and the use of information technology in business organizations, including the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Includes introduction to hardware, software, databases, system development, and tools that businesses use for communication and collaboration. Includes appreciating the value of ethical conduct in a business/computer environment and the impact of technology on industry and society.
4 Credits
BA177 Payroll
Provides a comprehensive overview to Federal and State payroll practices and procedures. Includes computing and recording gross wages, withholding amounts, and net wages. Introduces computerized and manual systems to create and maintain employee earnings records and payroll registers; compute employers taxes and other payroll-related costs; make payroll tax deposits; complete payroll reports and W-2s; and make general journal entries for all payroll transactions. Prerequisite: BA115 or BA211, either with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA202 Personal Effectiveness in Business
Emphasizes individual and small group exercises to improve skills in self-awareness, communication, values clarification, individual/group problem-solving and strategies to assist the student in maintaining employment, and demonstrating a professional image and work behavior. Recommended: Placement into RD090 and WR121Z.
3 Credits
BA204 Diversity in the Workplace
Introduces an understanding of cultural differences and managing diversity as a competitive advantage in the work environment. Covers perspectives on race, national origin, gender, age, religion and spirituality, disabilities, and sexual orientation. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z.
3 Credits
BA206 Business Management Principles
Analyzes and synthesizes historical and current theories in leadership, group processes, organizational structures, personnel policies, motivation and training that allow an individual to plan, organize, control, staff and direct subordinates in an organization. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA209 Introduction to Social Media
Introduces the impact and benefits of social media in businesses and organizations. Explores the components and trends of social media. Researches best practices of social networks across organizations. Examines social media marketing tools and strategies for implementation in business. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA210 Professional Development and Leadership
Covers issues related to organizational leadership, including organization structure, culture, funding, performance measures and planning. Emphasizes professional growth planning and development within the organization. Offered as needed.
3 Credits
BA211 Financial Accounting
Covers the complete accounting cycle for service and merchandising firms including recording transactions, adjustments, financial statements, worksheets, closing entries, cash and accounts receivable, notes receivable and interest, and accounting for inventories, long term assets, current and long term liabilities, and stockholders’ equity.
4 Credits
BA213 Managerial Accounting
Covers managers use of accounting. Includes job order and process costing, activity-based costing, variable costing, cost-volume profit analyses, differential analysis and short-term decisions, capital investments, time-value-of-money concepts, master budgeting, and flexible budgets and standard costs, performance measurement in decentralized organization. Prerequisite: BA211 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA214 Business Communications
Applies principles of written, oral, and non-verbal communication. Covers preparation of good news, bad news, and persuasive messages in applied situations using properly formatted letters, memoranda, and reports. Explores the job search process including resumes, cover letters, and interviews. Emphasizes written and oral assignments that may require individual and group work. Prerequisite: BT210 or WR121Z, either with a grade of C or better; touch keyboarding at 30 wpm; or consent of instructor.
3 Credits
BA216 Small Business Financial Management
Explores the financial processes necessary to manage a new or continuing small business. Includes tax, cash management, financial planning, funding, reporting, community resources, and financial responsibility. Recommended: Placement into WR122; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA218 Personal Finance
Examines the principles and concepts of personal finance. Reviews personal financial planning in the areas of money management, budgeting, career planning, taxes, consumer credit, housing decisions, legal protection, insurance, investments, retirement, and estate planning.
4 Credits
BA222 Financial Management
Explores principles of planning, acquiring, and using funds in an organization. Includes investment analysis, budgeting, ratio analysis, capital investments (using present value and internal rate of return), cost of capital, cash and credit management. Recommended: Placement WR121Z; and completion of BA211 and MTH070 or higher.
4 Credits
BA223 Principles of Marketing
Surveys all functions of marketing from research and product development to the sale of a product or service and feedback regarding consumer acceptance. Emphasizes marketing planning and strategy as dictated by the consumer through marketing research. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101, BA211, and CIS125E (with a grade of C or better).
4 Credits
BA224 Human Resource Management
Studies the principles and functions of the human resource department as it specifically relates to supervision. Includes policy formulation, employee selection and placement, interviewing and counseling, discipline, labor-management relations, wage and salary administration, human resource development, and employee health and safety. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA225 Excel for Accounting
Presents the use of basic and advanced functions of electronic spreadsheets as they relate to the accounting profession and to financial applications. Includes review of Excel formulas and formatting using templates and using spreadsheet applications to compute financial outcomes. Relates spreadsheet applications to financial accounting, managerial accounting, budgeting, and audit activities. Prerequisite: Placement into MTH070 or higher; or completion of MTH060 or higher; and BA211; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
4 Credits
BA226 Business Law 1
Introduces the nature and function of the law in society. Covers common law and basic legal requirements, and constitutional, tort, criminal, employment, and contract law. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA227 Business Law 2
Covers legal aspects of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), property, business entities, agency and partnership law. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 and BA226, each with a grade of C or better.
3 Credits
BA228 Computerized Accounting 1
Introduces computer-based accounting for small businesses and provides hands-on experience with business applications including general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory management processing, sales invoicing, check reconciliation, financial statements, budgeting, analysis, and reports. Prerequisite: BA115 or BA211, either with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA231 Fundamentals of Transportation and Logistics Management
Examines logistics as a key part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between points of origin and points of consumption. Recommended: BA234 and BA236, each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA234 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management
Provides the fundamentals of purchasing. Covers the purchasing function, purchasing policies, procedures and manuals, legal aspects of purchasing, public relations and purchasing ethics, supply quality and sources, storekeeping, and personnel. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA235 Procurement for State and Local Governments
Provides a basic understanding of pertinent topics and influences that shape the public procurement profession. Includes fundamentals of public procurement: competition, impartiality and openness, effective use of public funds, innovation, and flexibility. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA236 Contract Management
Introduces administration and management of contracts developed and established through the procurement process. Covers administration of contract activities, ethics in contract administration, inspection and acceptance of goods and services, delays in contract process, contract disputes and appeals, and termination of contracts. Recommended: Placement in WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA240 Governmental/Non-Profit Accounting 1
Considers budgets, accounting for general funds, special revenue funds, revenue accounting, expenditure accounting, capital projects funds, debt service funds, special assessment funds, enterprise funds, capital assets, and summary of funds and groups. Includes comprehensive study of accounting for state and local governmental and non-profit entities. Prerequisite: BA211 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA250 Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Covers foundation of entrepreneurship and small business management. Explores challenges facing entrepreneurship and small business today, business management strategies, financing, various forms of business ownership, opportunity assessment, business plan, and feasibility analysis. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA256 Income Tax 1
Presents the first of two courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA256 and BA257 meets the educational requirements to take the Oregon Licensed Tax Preparer’s exam and the IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer exam.
4 Credits
BA257 Income Tax 2
Presents the second of two courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA256 and BA257 meets the educational requirements to take the Oregon Licensed Tax Preparer’s exam.
4 Credits
BA261 Leadership in Organizations and Business
Explores the principles and practices of effective leadership as applicable to organizations and business activities. Develops strategies for developing leadership skills relating to self, others, organizations and community. Discusses empowerment, integrity, responsibility and use of vision as leadership values. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy.
4 Credits
BA275 Quantitative Business Methods
Presents management decision processes utilizing statistical methods. Includes use and application of probability concepts, sampling procedures, statistical estimation, and regression. Prerequisite: MTH095 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA276 Advanced Payroll
Expands student’s current knowledge of payroll to include advanced payroll accounting, internal controls, and ethics. Prerequisite: BA177; and BA228 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA277 Business Ethics
A comparative study of ethical and economic systems designed to increase decision-making capabilities. Emphasizes issues and policy formation in varied business settings. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
3 Credits
BA279 Computerized Accounting 2
Continues computer-based accounting for small businesses , preparing students to complete the Intuit Certified Bookkeeping Professional exam. Includes start-up of a new company, building a chart of accounts, completing the accounting cycle, processing payroll, reconciling accounts, preparing financial statements, and general bookkeeping best practices. Prerequisite: BA 211 with a grade of C or better; and computer literacy; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA280A Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
1 Credits
BA280B Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
2 Credits
BA280C Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
3 Credits
BA280D Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
4 Credits
BA280E Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
5 Credits
BA280F Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
6 Credits
BA280G Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
7 Credits
BA280H Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
8 Credits
BA280I Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
9 Credits
BA280J Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
10 Credits
BA280L Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
12 Credits
BA282 Applied Accounting Capstone
Serves as a capstone assessment course for review and application of accounting skills previously studied in the Accounting program. Includes: completion of a year-end closing and analysis using accounting software, the preparation of a business tax return, and analyzing accounting best practices. Designed to prepare the student for the professional practice in an accounting career. Prerequisite: BA177; BA256; and BA228, and computer literacy; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
4 Credits
BA285 Organizational Behavior
Explores interpersonal relations in an organizational setting. Topics include: interpersonal communications, individual and group behavior, leadership, forms and sources of power, organizational politics, organizational culture, conflict management, and change management. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA286 Negotiations
Introduces the fundamentals and phases of negotiations, tools to use during negotiations, and ways to find win-win solutions. Covers preparing for negotiations, developing a negotiation style, building trust and relationships, and bargaining strategies. Addresses use of power and persuasion; the role of ethics; and the dynamics of multiple parties, coalitions, and teams in negotiations. Introduces cross-cultural negotiations and use of technology. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and completion of BA101 and COMM115, each with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA287 Principles of Project Management
Explores the various facets of project management. Covers the fundamentals, core concepts, techniques, and skills needed for success. Identifies the management skills needed for projects, goals, activities, resources, team development, risks, budgets, and controls from start to finish. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101, and MTH095 or higher. (All recommended courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
4 Credits
BA288 Sustainability in Business
Introduces the three areas of management: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics as they relate to business, government, and society as a whole. Provides an understanding of the triple bottom line (ecologic performance, social performance, and economic performance) utilizing the four functions (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) of management. Recommended: Placement into WR121Z; and BA101 with a grade of C or better.
4 Credits
BA290 Accounting Information Systems
Prepares students to meet the needs of contemporary business professionals to identify and monitor enterprise risks and to provide quality assurance for a company's information systems. Prerequisite: CIS101 or CIS120 (or concurrently enrolled); and BA211 (or concurrently enrolled) both with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
4 Credits
BA291 Data Analytics for Accounting
Prepares students to successfully perform data analytics to provide data-driven insights and recommendations. Students will conduct data analysis using Excel, Access (including SQL), Tableau, and Power BI. Prerequisite: CIS121; CIS125A (or concurrently enrolled); CIS125E or BA225 (or concurrently enrolled); and BA213; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
4 Credits