This course includes methods and practices in the business world, business terminology, opportunities in business, contributions of business to our society, and provides a foundation for more specialized study. This is a three credit hour course.

This course provides a foundation for more specialized study in business. Three lecture hours per week. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Transferability: Students should check with their advisor / counselor to ensure that courses are transferable to other institutions.

Required:

Understanding Business, 9th ed.

Nickels, McHugh, & McHugh

ISBN: 0-07-351170-6

Suggested:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition.

ISBN: 1-43-380561-8

You can buy your books online at the NMJC Bookstore.

Retrieving Grades from Banner System
Go to the New Mexico Junior College Banner login page. Please enter your User Identification Number (ID), which is your Banner ID or your Social Security Number without hyphens, and your Personal Identification Number (PIN). When finished, click Login.

Tips for Success in Online Courses:
1. Log in to class regularly.
2. Pay attention.
3. Take notes.
4. Keep up with readings and assignments.
5. Ask questions when you do not understand something.
6. Utilize your professor’s office hours and e-mail.
7. Read the text.
8. Adhere to the deadlines posted in the course outline.

The objective of the Business program is to prepare students for entry-level employment in the emphasis areas of Accounting, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Executive Assistant/Office Manager. Students who successfully complete the program should be able to utilize various application and system software programs, apply generally accepted accounting principles, practice the fundamentals of business communication, and demonstrate an understanding of basic business concepts.

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to business concepts. Business is fundamental to the American way of life. Offering an understanding of the elements of business is thus central to the university and college task of training students for good citizenship. It is, in fact, vital to the ultimate preservation of our economic system.



Upon completion of this class, students should be able to:

• Explain how business affects the quality of life and the world around us.
  Explain the characteristics of the different business ownership forms (corporation, partnership, etc.)


• Perform basic stakeholder analysis concerning accountability, ethics and social responsibility of business.


• Demonstrate knowledge of the various dimensions of the business environment including political and legal, socio-cultural, environment issues, diversity, financial and economic, and use of common business terminology.


• Describe the purpose and content of the business plan including fundamentals of the financial plan, the operations plan, the marketing plan and the management plan, including the impact of technology.


• Demonstrate basic skills such as information search skills, presentation and writing skills and team skills.
  
  

Student Requirements
If you have not already received login information for Blackboard/Banner/E-mail, you will need to contact the Enrollment Management office at (575) 492-2546.

Check first-time login page for instructions at www.nmjc.edu/distancelearning/coursescourseschedules/blackboardinstructions.aspx.

Blackboard Assistance

• Call the Blackboard helpdesk at (575) 399-2199 to gain an understanding of the software environment for your class.

You must have access, on a regular basis, to a computer that supports the Blackboard minimum specifications and has an active connection to the Internet. See the minimum computer specification requirements at www.nmjc.edu/distancelearning/coursescourseschedules/blackboardinstructions.aspx.

This course is presented 100% online. Asignments, quizzes, and exams will be submitted through Blackboard Vista. Students must have access to a computer with reliable internet access.

Students will be held responsible for the information on these pages.

Attendance Policy and Participation Expectations
It is expected that you regularly log into class at least three times weekly and check your Blackboard mail to ensure you have not missed any changes/updates. Students are expected to complete discussions/quizzes/tests/ assignments before deadlines expire.

Online Learning Environment
By participating in an online class, you undertake responsibility for your own progress and time management.

• Pay attention to deadlines and do not forget them (keep a calendar if it helps).
• Carefully read and understand all assignments.
• Complete assignments according to posted instructions and notes. Do not just glance at an assignment before attempting to complete it (this is likely to result in a poor grade).
• Questions may be posed for clarification in the class discussion area or by sending an e-mail to your instructor.

Academic Honesty
Each student is expected to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity in online academic and professional matters. The College reserves the right to take disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, against any student who is found guilty of academic dishonesty or otherwise fails to meet these standards. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, dishonesty in quizzes, tests, or assignments; claiming credit for work not done or done by others; and nondisclosure or misrepresentation in filling out applications or other College records. Cheating or gaining illegal information for any type of graded work is considered dishonest and will be dealt with accordingly.

Plagiarism
Offering the work of another as one’s own, without proper acknowledgment, is plagiarism; therefore, any student who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical expression of material taken from books, encyclopedias, magazines and other reference works, or from the themes, reports, or other writings of a fellow student, is guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism violates the academic honesty policy and is considered cheating.

Withdrawal Policy
The instructor has the right to drop any student who has failed to log on to Blackboard for two weeks or more, but it is not guaranteed that the instructor will drop you. If you choose to stop participating in an online class, you should withdraw yourself from the class by contacting the Enrollment Management Office (575-492-2546 or 800-657-6260), completing the proper paperwork by 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2010, and notifying your instructor. Failure to withdraw yourself from a course by this date may result in your receiving an “F” in the course.

Late Assignments
Assignments must be submitted by the date and time listed. It is not possible to make-up any assignments without prior approval from the professor.

Blackboard Help
If you experience difficulty with Blackboard you may reach the Blackboard Helpdesk at Bbhelpdesk@nmjc.edu, or by calling the 24 hour helpdesk phone at (575) 399-2199.

Online Tutoring Assistance
Free online tutoring services are available to all NMJC students (after the third week of class) through Smarthinking.com. If you experience difficulty utilizing Smarthinking, please contact the Blackboard Helpdesk at Bbhelpdesk@nmjc.edu, or by calling the 24 hour helpdesk phone at (575) 399-2199.

ADA Information
Any student requiring special accommodations should contact the Special Needs Student Services Coordinator at (575) 492-2576 or by e-mail at specialneeds@nmjc.edu.

Netiquette
The professor is responsible for monitoring and evaluating student conduct and student behavior within the Blackboard course. By registering for this class, the student is assumed to have entered into an agreement with New Mexico Junior College and the professor to log into the class regularly and to behave in an appropriate manner at all times. Disruptive behavior may result in the student being removed from the class and dropped for the semester. For comprehensive information on the common rules of netiquette and other online issues, please review the NMJC Online Student Handbook.