53:135:500Foundation of Global Business Economics (3) Basic micro- and macroeconomic analysis topics. Microeconomic topics include supply and demand analysis, pricing policies, competitive and monopolistic markets, and government regulation. Macroeconomic topics are employment, inflation, economic growth, and fiscal and monetary policies. Global perspective of economics emphasized. |
53:135:501Business Communication and Computers (3) Spoken and written communication in business, including audience analysis, formatting information style, readability, and editing techniques; designing documents such as letters, reports, proposals, and manuals; presentations and negotiating. Examines effects of computers on business communication, including email, the World Wide Web, document conferencing, hypertext links, and computer graphics. |
53:135:502Quantitative Tools (3) Basic mathematical and statistical tools needed for the study of many subject areas in business and for business decision making. Topics covered include algebraic functions, differentiation techniques, optimization, integration, probability distributions, nonparametric methods, regression analysis, and time-series forecasting. |
