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Course Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Course Catalog 2025-2026

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business


Credits: 3

Description: BUS 101, Introduction to Business provides an overview of the American business enterprise, and includes such topics as business ethics, operating a business in a global environment, forms of business ownership, micro- and macroeconomics, business startups, teamwork and communication, marketing, finance, and the legal regulatory environment of business.

Transferable
Transferable to both UC and CSU

General Education:
Not approved for General Education

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate management functions, styles and processes.
  2. Describe the various types of business ownerships and the appropriateness of each type of ownership in different business situations.
  3. Demonstrate the chief features of marketing, finance, organization, and ethics as they apply to a business enterprise.


Total Course In-Class (Contact) Hours: 54
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Weekly Student Hours (In-Class) Lecture Hours: 3