Business

Accounting concepts and procedures for service and merchandising businesses owned by a single proprietor. Basic accounting principles including analyzing business transactions, T-accounts, journal entries, ledger accounts, posting and closing entries, accounts receivable and payable, payroll computations, and taxes. Includes recognizing accounting requirements and preparing financial statements.

Introduction to consumer financial issues including balancing a checkbook, creating a personal budget and savings plan, and methods of setting and obtaining personal financial goals. Opportunities and requirements for professional business careers are also discussed.

Details of taxable income, deductions, credits and exemptions, and forms. New tax law changes are emphasized. Record-keeping requirements and suggestions are given. Use of computer software in determining taxes, completing proper forms, and electronic filing are also covered. Students may receive assistance in completing their own taxes as time permits.

Review and application of math skills as they apply to various areas of business including retail applications and finance. Designed to provide the skills necessary to make better business decisions.

Effective time management is essential to every employee’s job. Completing tasks on time and remaining productive throughout the day are essential to job advancement. This course is designed to give employees the skills to effectively manage their time in order to maximize efficiency. Includes learning to set boundaries, organize and prioritize, and design action plans to achieve personal and professional goals.

Provides instruction and practice in finding, marking and correcting errors commonly made, but often overlooked in business communication. Provides practice using special symbols to highlight errors and corrections to be made.

Develop proficient operating skills for the ten-key machine for such applications as discounting amount and percent change, prorating interest, commissions, and payroll.

Participants will develop skills in English fundamentals with an emphasis on language usage. Intensive study on grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, word usage, and sentence structure. Also, participants will develop skills in writing business documents with emphasis on e-mails, letters, memos, reports, and other business documents.

Methods to compile and calculate payroll information, earnings, deductions, and net wages. Includes payroll records and city, state, and federal tax report forms and laws.

Introduction to keeping business records and banking procedures as they relate to general office transactions. Language and documents of banking, including check processing, deposits, credits, payment functions, and reconciling bank statements.

The study of the economic decisions faced by the firm and the individual. Discussions and reading materials cover scarcity, opportunity costs, supply, demand, utility, pricing, cost, production, and consumer choice.

This course teaches students to write a business plan, focusing on telling a story about the business, explaining who, what, when, where, and why. This course will focus on small and home-based businesses and will define specific business objectives and goals with parameters to assist students through the writing process.

Business organization and structure, major business functions, business ownership, management, marketing, human resources, economics, production, and finance. Opportunities and requirement for professional business careers are also discussed.

A survey of human relations to include attitudes, selfconcepts, personal communication styles, motivation, goal setting, ethics, and managing change as applied to the business environment.

Practices and concepts which enhance tourism to include hospitality, recreation, and leisure travel both domestic and international. Methods of developing, organizing, funding, and planning a successful tourism economy. North Slope tourism opportunities are emphasized.

Course presents service to both internal and external customers as integral to the success of any organization. Includes empowering service providers, dealing with difficult people, building customer retention and satisfaction in the context of performance enhancement.

Duties and responsibilities of general office employees including filing, processing mail, telephone communication, office supplies, employment procedures, basic requisitioning, office technology, tracking logs and travel arrangements, timesheets, reimbursement procedures, scheduling, and planning meetings.

Project will include learning and applying business concepts to significant problems and demonstrating the result to others.

For the student who is working in a business field who can apply and relate the impact of that experience on his/her academic coursework. Requires supervised training and work experience. The student and instructor together will analyze the student’s work experience and relationship of the job to career and academic goals. Written report and student contract required.

Accounting concepts and procedures for businesses which are organized as partnerships or corporations and perform manufacturing operations. Accounting principles include notes payable and receivable, merchandise inventory, long-term bonds, statement analysis, corporate transactions, capital stock transactions, and property, plant, and equipment.

Managerial accounting covers the internal use of financial information for decision-making, cost measurement and management, and performance evaluation.

Instruction in basic alphabetic storage with filing rules and cross-reference and procedures for retrieving records manually. Includes adaptations of alphabetic storage methods including geographic, numeric, and subject; storage and retrieving special records (card files, visible records, micro recorders); organizations and operations of records management programs and control of record systems.

Students will become acquainted with the process and conventions of business and technical communication. Emphasis will be placed on creating, designing, and formatting business documents and conveying technical information in a manner that is easy to read and understand.

Concepts and measurements of income, aggregate demand and supply, price levels, employment, and economic growth are covered in this course. As relevant, these concepts will be used to examine the economic development of the North Slope.

Explores management functions, which include planning, organizing, motivating, directing, monitoring, problemsolving, and decision making. This course identifies how values, character, and trust are a necessary foundation for effective management and leadership. Iñupiaq values fit naturally into the concepts, discussions, and assignments of this class.

Corporate financial planning and control, asset management, capital budgeting, financial markets, and instruments.

Introduction to management principles and personnel practices in industry; analysis of labor-management problems; methods of recruiting; selecting; training and compensating employees; employee supervision, and labor laws and their applications.

Course explores methods and strategies for integrating Iñupiaq values into team building, daily supervision, managerial processes, and leadership roles. A range of research demonstrate how values are an important foundation for improving organizational effectiveness and dealing with conflict and change.

Emphasizes the use of computerized accounting software and spreadsheets to perform basic accounting functions. Using automated software, students set up company accounts, analyze and input transactions, generate and customize financial reports, and complete end-of-period closing transactions. Spreadsheet applications are also used to create, enhance, and present financial information.

This course teaches the basics of grant writing and creating budgets. Students will develop abstracts, program descriptions, budgets, and budget narratives. Effective proposal management skills and program development will also be taught.

Methods of creating proper attitudes, communication styles, motivation, interactions, positive reinforcement, team building, and leadership skills. Evaluating and monitoring employees.

This course provides a strong foundation in monitoring activities and requirements of grant agreements to ensure program/project and financial compliance. Office of Management and Budget Circulars for Administrative Requirements and Cost Principles will be studied. Topics will include reducing the risk of mismanagement of grant funds, interagency agreements, and program compliance.

This course emphasizes the management and coordination of all marketing and promotional elements, such as advertising, sales promotion, branding, public relations, and more. Students will learn how to build a brand that attracts long-term loyalty from customers.

Introduces the student to public relations and the role it plays in our world and society. Public relations involves image-making, repair and promotion. PR involves promotion, selling, advertising, and creating public, corporate, government, church, and other institutional images. Public relations professionals need skills in psychology, writing, mass media theory, image construction, persuasion, and audience analysis.

The process of starting, managing or owning a small business. Includes the development of a business plan, budgeting, operations, and management.

Course explores past and current economic development activities on the North Slope. Topics include: sharing and exchanging goods; early development; small business and entrepreneurship development; workforce development; balancing subsistence with cash economy and impacts of existing and future industry development.

Students will advance their knowledge of the processes and conventions of business communications. This course focuses on the theory and practice of effective oral, written, and electronic communications in the business environment.

This course teaches how managers use financial management techniques to assess the financial health of a company, maximize return on investments, and make better management decisions.

This course focuses on how human resource managers develop employees into a source of competitive advantage. The implications of global economics, technology changes, workforce diversity, skill requirements, continuous improvement initiatives, decentralization, and employee involvement will be examined.

This course presents explanations and examples of essential business law subjects including introduction to law, crimes and torts, contracts, business organization, commercial paper, agency, property, creditors, and Uniform Commercial Code. Iñupiaq cultural values are pertinent to many of the subjects discussed.

This course teaches how information technology can be used to achieve competitive advantage and to improve decision-making, business processes, operations, and organizational design. Students will study analysis concepts and computer-based tools used in business information systems and understand principles of database management.

This course offers an introduction to quantitative reasoning methods used for business applications. Content explores algebraic and statistical concepts that promote effective problem solving and managerial decision making in a business world.

The course covers key components of project management including project integration, project scope management, project time and cost management, quality management, human resource considerations, communications, risk management, and procurement management.

This course explores how managerial processes are used to build effective operations in both goods-producing and service-rendering organizations and strengthen internal and external relationships. Topics include operations strategy, process design, capacity planning, facilities location and design, production scheduling, inventory control, quality assurance, and project management. This course also assesses a firm’s competitive position through cost, quality, and innovativeness.

This course explores how entrepreneurs develop, launch, and manage small business ventures. Topics include growth stages, preliminary research, business plan, financing, management factors, marketing, customer relations, vendor relations, and technology applications.

A discussion of Iñupiaq and other cultural values, ethical theories, and issues of moral thought, with examples that highlight potential ethical dilemmas managers are likely to face. Examines how organization structure and management processes can be designed to promote ethical behavior.

This course will examine the variety of challenges that business leaders and managers face in both the for-profit and not-for-profits sectors. May be taken multiple times with different topic names.

In this course, students will learn how managers establish and achieve organizational goals through a strategic decision-making process, capitalizing on short-term and long-term perspectives and effectiveness and efficiency tradeoffs. Students will study and demonstrate the process of strategic analysis, strategy formulation, and strategic leadership. The case study method is used throughout this course.

Using Iñupiaq culture and values as a reference point, this course explores how understanding cultural differences and behavioral responses can help managers address the challenges that face modern, diverse organizations.

Using leadership strategies, students gain skills in resolving disputes, managing diversity, and building productive teams. Using case studies and small-group discussions, students explore issues such as organizational conflict and power, management development, interpersonal influence, and participative management.

A supervised practical work experience to enable students to apply their course work in a business environment. Sponsored arrangements must be approved by faculty supervisor. Can be repeated for a maximum of six credits.