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Courses Offered in ACCOUNTING

The following courses are available for your Associate's degree. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Core Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Business

  • This course will introduce you to the principles and functions of business. Business will be discussed as a part of a total social, political and economic environment. The various functional areas of business will be discussed: economic systems, forms of business ownership, management, human relations, marketing, accounting and finance.

  • 6 Credits

  • Marketing Essentials

  • This course is designed to introduce you to the basic marketing concepts. It provides an overview of the marketing functions of selling, promotion, and distribution along with marketing research and strategic marketing process.

  • 6 Credits

  • Business Communication

  • This course is designed to give you a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and importance in business, and the role of communication in establishing a favorable outside the firm environment, as well as an effective internal communications program.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Accounting

  • The Fundamentals of Accounting course provides you with a solid foundation in the principles and practices of accounting; including Accounting Laws and Processes. This course focuses on user orientation of financial accounting, the uses of financial statements, how to analyze a business entity, and how the accounting system is structured.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Finance

  • Introduction to Finance is a course that introduces basic principles of finance. Through this course, you will be able to develop a fundamental understanding of the finance world, which will help you build a base for pursuing a career in the financial industry.

  • 6 Credits

  • Management & Administration

  • The course is designed to discuss management theories, concepts, techniques, and practices in the context of complex, dynamic, changing and globalizing business world. Applying the functional or process approach to the study of management, the discussion will cover all main management functions: planning, organizing, directing and controlling.

  • 6 Credits

  • E-Business

  • This course explores what an e-business is and how it is managed. E-Business is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing both business and technology. The major characteristics, opportunities, and limitations of this form of business are explored.

  • 6 Credits

  • Human Resources

  • This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today’s organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, appraisal, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and issues such as diversity training etc. are analyzed.

  • 6 Credits
Specialized Course

Introduction to business

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding the u.s. business system.
    Understanding the environments of business.
    Conducting business ethically and responsibly.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding entrepreneurship and new ventures.
    Understanding the global context of business.
    Managing the business enterprise .
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Organizing the business enterprise .
    Managing human resources and labor relations.
    Motivating and leading employees.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding marketing processes and consumer behavior.
    Developing and pricing products.
    Distributing products.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting products.
    Producing goods and services.
    Managing for productivity and quality.
    Managing information systems and communication technology.
    Understanding principles of accounting.
    Understanding money and banking.
    Understanding securities and investments.
    Understanding financial and risk management.

Marketing Essentials

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Marketing: managing profitable customer relationships
    Company and marketing strategy: partnering to build customer relationships
    The marketing environment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing marketing information
    Consumer markets and consumer buyer behavior
    Business markets and business buyer behavior
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Customer-driven marketing strategy: creativing value for target customers
    Product, services, and branding strategies
    New-product development and life-cycle strategies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pricing products: understanding and capturing customer value
    Pricing products: pricing strategies
    Marketing channels and supply chain management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Retailing and wholesaling
    Communicating customer value: integrated marketing communication strategy
    Advertising and public relations
    Personal selling and sales promotion
    Direct and online marketing: building direct customer relationships
    Creating competitive advantage
    The global marketplace
    Marketing ethics and social responsibility

Business communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding business communication in todays workplace
    Communicating in teams and mastering listening and nonverbal communication
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Planning business messages
    Writing business messages
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Completing business messages
    Choosing and using media for brief messages
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing routine and positive messages
    Writing negative messages
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing persuasive messages
    Understanding and planning reports and proposals
    Writing and completing reports and proposals
    Preparing and giving oral presentations
    Building careers and writing rsums
    Applying and interviewing for employment

Fundamentals of accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting and the business environment
    Recording business transactions
    The adjusting process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Completing the accounting cycle
    Accounting for a retail business
    Internal control and cash
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Receivables
    Inventory
    Long-term assets: plant assets and intangibles
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Current liabilities and payroll
    Corporations and stockholders' equity
    Long-term liabilities
    The statement of cash flows
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial statement analysis.
    Introduction to management accounting
    Job order costing
    Process costing
    Cost-volume-profit analysis
    The master budget and responsibility accounting
    Flexible budgets and standard costs
    Special business decisions and capital budgeting

Introduction to finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to the foundations of financial management - the ties that bind
    The financial markets and interest rates
    Understanding financial statements and cash flows
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Evaluating a firm's financial performance
    The time value of money
    Risk and return
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Bond valuation
    Stock valuation
    Capital-budgeting techniques and practice
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting
    Cost of capital
    Determining the financing mix
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dividend policy and internal financing
    Short-term financial planning
    Working-capital management
    Current asset management
    International business finance

Management & administration

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to management and organizations.
    Management yesterday and today.
    Organizational culture and environment: the constraints.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing in a global environment.
    Social responsibility and managerial ethics.
    Decision-making: the essence of the manager's job.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Foundations of planning.
    Strategic management.
    Planning tools and techniques.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organizational structure and design.
    Communication and information technology.
    Human resource management.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing change and innovation.
    Foundations of behavior.
    Understanding groups and teams.
    Motivating employees.
    Leadership.
    Foundations of control.
    Operations and value chain management

E-business

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Overview of ec.
    E-commerce market mechanisms.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reatailing in e-commerce: products and services.
    Consumer behavior, customer service, and advertising.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Company-centric b2b and collaborative commerce.
    Public b2b exchanges.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Intrabusiness, e-government, c2c, e-learning, and more.
    Mobile commerce.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Laws, ethics, and cyber crime.
    Payments and order fulfillment.
    E-strategy, internet communities, and global ec.
    Infrastructure and application development.

Human resources

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introducing hrm
    Human resource strategy and planning
    Recruitment
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Selection: shortlisting and interviews
    The employment relationship
    Introduction to the learning process
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and development programmes
    Performance appraisal and performance management
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Payment systems
    Managing employee welfare
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health and safety
    Partnership, employee involvement and high performance working
    Discipline and grievance
    Dismissal, redundancy and outplacement

Principles of taxation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to taxation.
    The tax practice environment.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Determining gross income.
    Employee compensation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Business expenses.
    Property acquisitions and cost recovery deductions.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Property dispositions.
    Tax-deferred exchanges.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Taxation of corporations.
    Sole proprietorships and flow-through entities.
    Income taxation of individuals.
    Wealth transfer taxes.

Introduction to financial accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting: the language of business
    Measuring income to assess performance
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Recording transactions
    Accrual accounting and financial statements
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Statement of cash flows
    Accounting for sales
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inventories and cost of goods sold
    Long-lived assets and depreciation
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Liabilities and interest
    Stockholder's equity
    Intercorporate investments and consolidations
    Financial statement analysis

Introduction to cost accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
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Principles of accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting and the business environment
    Recording business transactions
    The adjusting process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Completing the accounting cycle
    Merchandising operations
    Merchandise inventory
    Accounting information systems
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Internal control and cash
    Receivables
    Plant assets and intangibles
    Current liabilities and payroll
    Partnerships
    Corporations: paid-in capital and the balance sheet
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Corporations: retained earnings and the income statement
    Long-term liabilities
    The statement of cash flows
    Financial statement analysis
    Introduction to management accounting
    Job order costing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Process costing
    Cost-volume-profit analysis
    The master budget and responsibility accounting
    Flexible budgets and standard costs
    Activity-based costing and other cost management tools
    Special decisions and capital budgeting

Special Topics in Accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The business environment.
    Basic concepts of accounting financial reporting.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organizing a business: equity and debt financing.
    Planning for and predicting performance.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Recording accounting data.
    Completing the accounting cycle and preparing financial statements.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Using analytical data review for internal financial decisions and planning for cash.
    Analyzing financial statements for profitability, liquidity, and solvency.
    Using relevant information for internal operational decisions.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Internal planning and measuring tools.
    Internal allocation of scarce resources.
    External reporting issues.
    Using information for external decisions and comparison of companies.

Financial statement analysis

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The economic and institutional setting for financial reporting.
    Accrual accounting and income determination.
    Additional topics in income determination.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Structure of balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
    Essentials of financial statement analysis.
    Role of financial information in valuation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Contracting.
    Receivables.
    Inventories.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Long-lived assets and depreciation.
    Liabilities.
    Leases.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Income tax reporting.
    Pensions and postretirement benefits.
    Owners' equity.
    Inter-corporate equity investments.
    Cash flow statement.
    Overview of international financial reporting differences and inflation.
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