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Syllabus for EN103
Syllabus for BU 113
Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Web Sites (including Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopedias, Grammar, Writing, etc.)
 

Student Information Sheet
eCollege log-on: http://smcvtonline.org
TEXTBOOK COMPANION WEB SITE (with Study Questions)
 

HOW TO's

• Setting up an e-mail distribution list for your group

• Accessing course materials on the Shared (O:) Drive

• Creating Memos in MS-Word

• Instructions for PowerPoint -- Creating a slide show

• Cynthia Kelley's Basic FrontPage Tutorial
• Creating a Web on the SMC Server
• MS FrontPage--An Introductory Tutorial
• FrontPage 2002--Creating a Course Web Site
• Transferring Course Material to the Web
• Sample Web Site with instructions for creating tables, formatting background, inserting forms, and more (see the Checklist for your BU113 Web Site and Web Site Rubric under Marketing)

FINANCE

U.S. Business System (CBR)
History of American Business (CBR)
Financial Accounting: The Income Statement (CBR)
Online Resources (Investment Analysis & Financial Research)
Financial Accounting: The Balance Sheet  (incl. Market Indexes & Stock Price Performance Graphing) (CBR)
Ratios & Ratio Analysis (CBR)
Risk and Return--Bonds vs. Stock (CBR)

The U.S. Business System
The Income Statement
The Balance Sheet / Market Indexes
Financial Ratio Analysis
Risk vs. Return
Securities and Capital Markets

Sample Income Statement
Finance Memo -- instructions for writing a memo comparing the performance of two companies using online research, ratio analysis, and market indexes (S&P500); Examples of Reference Citations of Online Sources
Preparing the Finance Application Assignment
Financial Application Assignment &
Creating an index and graph
(instructions for creating an Excel spreadsheet to calculate index values and create a graph)
Sample index and graph
(Excel spreadsheet)

Product (CBR)
Pricing (CBR)

Marketing--Concepts & Companies
Wiki for Marketing--Concepts & Companies

Introduction to Marketing (Nelson)
Product and Price

COVER LETTER & RESUME
Writing a resume and cover letter
Writing a cover letter for a job application
(guidelines)
Sample Opening Sentences
See also An Application Letter
Jobs/Roles in BU113 Groups/Teams
Resume Rubric
Cover Letter Rubric
WEB SITE
Checklist for your BU113 Web Site
Web Site Rubric

MANAGEMENT

Stages of Group Development (CBR)
Types of Business Organizations (CBR)
Major U.S. Federal Regulatory Agencies
Organizing
The Business Plan
Site Visit Preparation (CBR)
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (CBR)
Production and Operations Management (Karen Popovich; posted with permission)

Stages of Group Development
Types of Business Organizations /
Forms of Business Ownership
The Structure of Organizations
Human Resources Management  (& laws)

ETHICS MEMO

Assignment for Business Ethics--the Record Store Case
Business Ethics Memo Assignment -- Content
Ethics Memo--Writing Guidelines
Ethics--Key Points
Creating an Ethical Work Place--7
Guidelines for Making Ethical Decisions

SITE VISIT
Site Visit Preparation -- Guidelines

TEAM EVALUATION MEMO
Team Evaluation Memo -- guidelines