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| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| B-057 | Introduction to the Humanities | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-085 | Social and Cultural Geography | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-158 | English Composition | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-200 | College Algebra | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-336 | World Religions | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-370 | Ethics | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-460 | Art Appreciation | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-584 | Pre-Calculus | 6 Credits | View Details |
| B-825 | Human Biology | 6 Credits | View Details |
| AAS-902 | World History | 6 Credits | View Details |
| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA-031 | Introduction to business | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-064 | Marketing Essentials | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-226 | Business communication | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-375 | Fundamentals of accounting | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-608 | Introduction to finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-686 | Management & administration | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-707 | E-business | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-785 | Human resources | 6 Credits | View Details |
| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMT-029 | Introduction to Retail Supply | 6 Credits | View Details |
| MKT-224 | Marketing and High Technology Products | 6 Credits | View Details |
| RMT-294 | Principles of Finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| RMT-550 | Introduction to Retail Management | 6 Credits | View Details |
| RMT-744 | Introduction to Consumer Behavior | 6 Credits | View Details |
| RMT-881 | Introduction to Retail Marketing | 6 Credits | View Details |
Introduction to the Humanities
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The art of thinking critically.
- Apollonian reason, dionysian intuition.
- Myth.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Literature.
- Art.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Music.
- The theater.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The musical stage.
- Television.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The cinema.
- Religion.
- Happiness.
- Morality.
- Life and death.
Social and Cultural Geography
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Mash-ups using google maps hand-held navigation devices
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Mexican perspectives on undocumented immigration
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Building barriers in the middle east
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Using air photos to make the case for war applying the concept of scale to war in iraq
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Wal-mart in china
- Locating car parts plants
- Market segmentation
English Composition
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Writing to learn
- Critical thinking, reading, and viewing.
- Preparing.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Composing.
- Rewriting.
- Formulating arguments.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Using the internet for research
- Evaluating electronic and print sources.
- Apa documentation format.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Cms and cse formats.
- Writing in the disciplines
- Writing in the humanities
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Writing in the natural sciences.
- Writing in the social sciences
- Design principles
College Algebra
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Review of the real number system
- Linear equations, inequalities, and applications
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Graphs, linear equations, and functions
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Systems of linear equations
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Exponents, polynomials, and polynomial functions
- Factoring
- Rational expressions and functions
- Roots, radicals, and root functions
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Quadratic equations and inequalities
- Additional graphs of functions and relations
- Inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions
- Polynomial and rational functions
- Conic sections and systems of inequalities
- Further topics in algebra
World Religions
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Characteristics of basic religions
- Native american religions
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- African religions
- Hinduism
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Jainism
- Buddhism
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Sikhism
- Chinese religions
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Zoroastrianism
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
Ethics
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- What is morality?
- Consequentialist -teleological- theories of morality
- Nonconsequentialist -deontological- theories of morality
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Virtue ethics
- Absolutism versus relativism
- Freedom versus determinism
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Reward and punishment
- Setting up a moral system: basic assumptions and basic principles
- The taking of human life
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing.
- Abortion
- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality
- Bioethicsethical issues in medicine
- Business and media ethics
- Environmental ethics
Art Appreciation
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Understanding art
- Visual elements
- Organizing principles of design
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Graphic design
- Photography and filmmaking
- Digital art
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Sculpture
- Crafts
- Product and clothing design
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Architecture
- Designed settings
- Historical styles in western art
- Understanding art on all levels
Pre-Calculus
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Graphs
- Function and models
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Polynomial and rational functions
- Exponential and logarithmic function
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Trigonomatic function
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Analytic trigonometry
- Polar coordinates; vectors
- Analytic geometry
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Systems of equations and inequalities
- Sequences; induction; the bionomial theorem
Human Biology
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Why study biology?
- Basics of biology, anatomy, and physiology.
- Determinism, biology, culture, and the ecological perspective.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Biological development and the human lifespan.
- Genetics, evolution, and human behavior.
- Human biology and intellect.
- The human genome project
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The biology of disability, health, illness, and treatment.
- Biology and mental illness
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Biological elements of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
- Human sexuality and sexual orientation.
- The biology of aging.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Public health and biology.
- Critical thinking and human biology
World History
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- From human prehistory to the rise of agriculture
- Early civilization
- Nomadic societies
- Classical civilization: china
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Classical civilization: india
- Classical civilization in the mediterranean: persia, greece and rome
- The classical period: directions, diversities, and declines by 500 c.e.
- The rise of islam: civilization in the middle east
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- India and southeast asia under the impact of islam
- Africa and islam
- East european civilization: byzantium and russia
- Western civilization: the middle ages
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The spread of east asian civilization
- Centers of civilization in the americas
- The mongol interlude and the end of the postclassical period
- The west and the world: discovery, colonization, and trade
- Western civilization changes shape in the early modern centuries
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The rise of eastern europe
- The ottoman and mughal empires
- East asia: vital trends in politics and trade
- The first industrial revolution: western society, 17801914
- World economy and western imperialism: africa and south asia
- The settler societies: the west on frontiers
- The development of latin american civilization
- The middle east and china in the imperialist century
- Russia and japan: industrialization outside the west
- World war i and the end of an era
- The west in the contemporary period
- Eastern european civilization
- East asia in the 20th- 22nd centuries
- India and southeast asia
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
Introduction to Retail Supply
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Legal heritage and critical legal thinking
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Constitutional law for business and online commerce
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Traditional, alternative, and e-commerce dispute resolution
- Torts and privacy
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Business and cyber crimes
- Agreement and consideration
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Capacity and legality
Marketing and High Technology Products
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introduction to high-technology.
- Strategy and corporate culture in high-tech firms.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Relationship marketing: partnerships and alliances.
- Market orientation and r and d?marketing interaction in high-technology firms
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Marketing research tools in high-tech markets.
- Understanding high-tech customers.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Product development and management issues in high-tech markets.
- Distribution channels and supply chain management in high-tech markets.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Pricing considerations in high-tech markets.
- Advertising and promotion in high-tech markets: tools to build and maintain customer relationships.
- E-business, e-commerce and the internet.
- Realizing the promise of technology.
Principles of Finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The financial environment: firms, investors and markets.
- Financial institutions and markets.
- Corporate securities: bonds and stocks.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Interest rate fundamentals.
- Time value of money.
- Risk and return.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Valuation.
- Financial statements and analysis.
- The firm and its financial environment.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Capital budgeting: cash flow principles.
- Capital budgeting techniques: certainty and risk.
- Cost of capital.
- Capital structure and dividends.
- Financial planning.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Short-term financial management.
- Investment information and transactions.
- How external forces affect firm's value.
- Investing in stocks.
- Investing in bonds.
- Mutual funds and asset allocation.
- Derivative securities.
- Corporate control and governance.
Introduction to Retail Management
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The retail context: an overview -steve burt and leigh sparks-
- The internationalisation of retailing -steve burt-
- Commercial activities and the airport sector: current issues and future threats -frank o?connell and paul freathy-
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Managing the strategic environment -paul freathy-
- Ethical standards in business -paul whysall-
- Undersatnding finance -paul freathy and ian spencer-
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The retail development process: an overview -cliff guy-
- The impact of retail planning and city centre development -allan hawsworth-
- Revitalising the town centre: the example of achmore -andrew paddison-
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Retail marketing -paul freathy-
- Using information to understand the customer -eric calderwood-
- Fast retailing: we won?t tell you what to wear -keri davies-
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Human resource management issues in retailing -adelina broadbridge-
- Labour turnover in the retail industry -jim hendrie-
- Superquinn: the specialists in fresh food -gordon o?connor-
- Retail buying and merchandising -susan fiorito and paul freathy-
- Buying and merchandising in the retail fashion industry -grete birtwistle-
- Relationships in a complex supply chain: the growing, exporting, importing and retailing of fresh vegetables -mike pretious and jill ritchie-
- Retail logistics -leigh sparks-
- Online shopping: the logistics issue -john fernie and alan mckinnon-
- Internationalising through strategic alliances: the swedish food retailer ica -ulf johannson-
- Retailing and the millennium -nicholas alexander and paul freathy-
- E-commerce and the future of retail delivery -jonathan reynolds-
Introduction to Consumer Behavior
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introduction: diversity in the marketplace
- Consumer research
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Market segmentation
- Consumer motivations
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Personality and consumer behavior
- Consumer perception
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Consumer learning
- Consumer attitudeformation and change
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Communication and consumer behavior
- Reference groups and family influences
- Social class and consumer behavior
- The influence of culture on consumer behavior
- Subcultures and consumer behavior
- Cross-cultural consumer behavior: an international perspective
- Consumer influence and the diffusion of innovations
- Consumer decision making
Introduction to Retail Marketing
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introduction.
- Consumer behavior.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Planning and budgeting.
- Dramatizing the fashion merchandise: using art elements and principles.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Visual merchandising-display.
- Merchandise presentation: tools and techniques.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Media mix.
- Advertising principles: print media
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Mechanics of building an ad: print media.
- Advertising principles: broadcast media.
- Mechanics of building an ad: broadcast media.
- Publicity and special events.
- The fashion show.
- Personal selling.
- Synergism in promotion and advertising.