Business Administration
BA062A AMA - Coaching for Top Performance
2.5 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Presents training, communication, and motivational skills to build a solid foundation of coaching techniques. Designed for managers and supervisors. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062B AMA-Managing and Resolving Conflict
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Presents skills to resolve conflicts effectively and develop productive working relationships among staff. Designed for managers and supervisors. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062C AMA-Comminication Skills for Managers
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on effective oral, non-verbal and written communication. Participants will develop techniques to better express themselves in writing reports, conferencing with colleagues and running meetings. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062D AMA-First Line Supervision
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Covers the essential elements of supervising others. Focuses on leadership styles, decision making, rewards, productivity, conflict, grievances and problem employees. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062F AMA-What Managers Do
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on contemporary management skills, including planning, organizing, staffing, motivating and controlling. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062G AMA-Getting Results with Time Management
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on techniques to increase productivity and efficiency by better use of time and organizational skills. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062H AMA-How to Delegate Effectively
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on effective delegation methods. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062I AMA-A Manager's Guide to Human Behavior
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on the skills necessary to inspire employees to high performance, maximize positive impact on others, deal with on-the-job conflict, develop more productive working relationships, establish rapport and mutual trust, and receive performance feedback. Designed for management and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062J AMA-Successful Negotiating
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on negotiation techniques. Topics range from the steps used in pre-negotiation planning to the use of details such as seating arrangements and meeting site selection to determine the results of negotiations. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062K AMA-Leadership Skills for Managers
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Presents methods for enhancing the leadership qualities necessary for managing a diverse and changing workforce. Emphasizes the development of visioning, coaching and empowerment skills. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062M AMA-Writing for Management Success
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on methods to improve writing and grammar skills. Emphasizes writing, letter writing, memos, and reports. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry, and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062N AMA-Total Quality Management
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Reviews the history, concepts, techniques and implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) processes for both manufacturing and service organizations. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062O AMA-How to Make Teams Work
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Presents team-building skills for a changing business environment. In the role of team leader, participants will gain an understanding and management tools to make teams function. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062P AMA-Effective Team Building for Managers
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on methods of team-building: from recruiting the right team members to empowering them with authority and responsibility for their decisions and performance. Covers methods of building trust, confidence and group work skills. Designed for managers and supervisors in business, industry and government. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA062Q AMA-First Level Leadership: Supervisng in the New Organization
1 credit hours, 2.5 Lecture hours
Focuses on the concepts and skills needed to manage the "new" workforce, influence others, and create and foster organizational stewardship. Emphasizes the keys to building strong teams, defining the basics of their businesses, and gaining the tools to manage the change process. Uses case studies, assessments and focused activities to measure progress and gain the tools to lead in the new organization. Class fee $126. Offered as needed.
BA063 Call Center Customer Service Training with Computer Skills
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Provides the necessary customer service, telephone, and computer operation skills for an entry-level call center/customer service representative. Class fee $171. Offered as needed.
BA101 Introduction to Business
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Introduces the inter-relationships of business, government, and society. Examines the defined and/or established roles of the business community. Looks at various aspects of business including emphasis on ethics and social responsibility. Prerequisite: College level reading and writing recommended. F, W, Sp, Su
BA102 Leadership Strategies
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
Covers leadership strategies in communication, facilitating change, developing trust, and coaching and developing others for high performance. Designed for managers and supervisors in mid-level and first-line positions. Offered as needed.
BA106A Business Leadership
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
This course is designed to develop in students leadership qualities, provide opportunities for student community participation, and provide a setting for self-improvement by students in conjunction with business student organizations.
BA106B Business Leadership
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
This course is designed to develop in students leadership qualities, provide opportunities for student community participation, and provide a setting for self-improvement by students in conjunction with business student organizations.
BA106C Business Leadership
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
This course is designed to develop in students leadership qualities, provide opportunities for student community participation, and provide a setting for self-improvement by students in conjunction with business student organizations.
BA121 Project Management 1-Tools & Techniques
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers tools and techniques associated with project management. Focuses on gathering, analyzing, formatting, and presenting specific types of information and data. Offered as needed.
BA122 Project Management 2-Teams and influencing Without Authority
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
Covers team development associated with project management, including application, and how to influence others without authority. Offered as needed.
BA123 Project Management 3-Estimating, Risk, Contracts and Procurement
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers estimating, risk, contracts and procurement. Offered as needed.
BA124 Project Management 4-Simulation: Controlling the Project
2 credit hours, 2 Lecture hours
Reviews project management techniques from start-up to close-out. Brings together tools learned in the previous Project Management courses through use of a simulation. Offered as needed.
BA160 Purchasing
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Discusses purchasing functions, policies, procedures, manuals, legal considerations, public relations, ethics, quality and sources of supplies, storekeeping and personnel. Offered as needed.
BA161 Prin of Public Contracting
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Covers principles of contract management and administration within the State of Oregon including authority to contract; preparing and awarding contracts for personal/professional services, architects and engineers, goods and services, and public (works) improvements; preparation for audits; and ethical, legal and risk management considerations.
BA161A Prin of Public Contracting 1
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Covers principles of public contracting within the State of Oregon administrative rules that govern public agencies. Focuses on sustainability, ethics, and ORS 190?s. Prepares students for the State Procurement Certification Test.
BA161B Prin of Public Contracting 2
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Covers principles of public contracting within the State of Oregon administrative rules that govern public agencies. Focuses on goods and services and personal services contracts. Prepares students for the State Procurement Certification Test.
BA161C Prin of Public Contracting 3
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Covers principles of public contracting within the State of Oregon administrative rules that govern public agencies. Focuses on public improvements, architects, engineers, and related professional services. Prepares students for the State Procurement Certification Test.
BA161D Prin of Public Contracting 4
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Covers principles of public contracting within the State of Oregon administrative rules that govern public agencies. Focuses on Department of Justice requirements. Prepares students for the State Procurement Certification Test.
BA173 Public Relations in Business
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Explains the basic theories and principles involved in the practice of public relations and provides practical information needed to develop or to implement public relations activities in the business environment. Offered as needed.
BA177 Payroll
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Offers a comprehensive overview to both federal and State of Oregon payroll practices and procedures. Includes computing and recording gross wages, withholding amounts, and net wages. Introduces computerized and manual systems to create and maintain employee earnings records and payroll registers; compute employers taxes and other payroll-related costs; make payroll tax deposits; complete payroll reports and W-2s; and make general journal entries for all payroll transactions. Prerequisite: CS101 Introduction to Microcomputer Applications and; BT090 Bookkeeping; or BA211 Financial Accounting 1; or consent of instructor. F, Sp
BA200K Conflict Resolution at Work
1 credit hours, 1 Lecture hours
Stresses skills and methods which lead to conflict resolution in the workplace. Offered as needed.
BA202 Personal Effectiveness
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Uses individual and small group exercises to improve skills in self-awareness, communication, values clarification, individual problem-solving, and presents strategies to assist the student in maintaining employment and in demonstrating a professional image and work behavior. F, W, Sp
BA203 Organizational Behavior
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers interpersonal relations in an organization. Includes effective verbal and non-verbal communication styles, interviewing skills, coworker relations considering individual and cultural differences, customer relationships, conflict management, and power and politics. BA202 recommended. W,Sp, Su.
BA204 Teamwork Dynamics
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces fundamentals of effective work-team relationships. Covers team-building, group problem solving, self-directed teams, cultural diversity in the Northwest and diversity and team management. BA202 recommended. Sp
BA206 Business Management Principles
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Analyzes and synthesizes historical and current theories in leadership, group processes, organizational structures, personnel policies, motivation and training that allow an individual to plan, organize, control, staff and direct subordinates in an organization. Prerequisites: College level reading and writing recommended. F, W, Sp, Su.
BA210 Professional Dev & Leadership
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers issues related to organizational leadership, including organization structure, culture, funding, performance measures and planning. Emphasizes professional growth planning and development within the organization. Offered as needed.
BA211 Financial Accounting 1
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Covers the complete accounting cycle for service and merchandising firms including recording transactions, adjustments, financial statements, worksheets, closing entries, cash and accounts receivable, notes and interest, and accounting for inventories. Designed for students enrolled in the Accounting program and/or students transferring to four-year institutions. Prerequisite: MTH060 and CS101 skill levels or higher or consent of instructor. F, W, Sp, Su.
BA212 Financial Accounting 2
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Covers accounting theory, capital assets and depreciation, current and long-term liabilities, partnerships, corporations, investments, cash flow statements and ratio analysis. Prerequisite: BA101, grade of C or better in BA211 and MTH062 skill level or higher, or consent of instructor. F, W, Sp, Su.
BA213 Managerial Accounting
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Covers the accountant's role in an organization, cost terms and purposes, cost-volume-profit relationships, budgeting, systems design, standard costs, flexible budgets and overhead control, joint costing, cost allocation, income effects of alternative product-costing methods and relevant costs, and the contribution approach to decisions. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA212, CS125E, MTH070 skill level or higher, or consent of instructor. F, W, Sp, Su.
BA214 Business Communications
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Applies principles of written, oral and non-verbal communication. Covers preparation of good news, bad news and persuasive messages in applied situations using properly formatted letters, memoranda and reports. Includes development of resumes, job application letters and job interviews. Emphasizes written and oral assignments that require individual and group work. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CA121 or equivalent skill, and grade of C or better in BT120 or WR121 or consent of instructor. F, W, Sp, Su
BA215 Cost Accounting
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Analyzes methods of detailed and specific identification of cost elements within the business enterprise. Focuses on job order, process and standard cost accounting systems, and their related theory. Emphasizes principles, techniques and managerial use of cost accounting data, and the use of budget and performance reports as they relate to cost accounting. Prerequisite: BA213. F, W.
BA222 Financial Management
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers the principles of planning, acquiring, and using funds in an organization. Includes investment analysis, budgeting, ratio analysis, capital investments (using present value and internal rate of return), cost of capital, and cash and credit management. Prerequisite: BA212 Financial Accounting 2; CS125E Excel - Workbooks; MTH062 Business Applications Using Mathematics or higher. W, Sp.
BA223 Principles of Marketing
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Surveys all functions of marketing from research and product development to the sale of a product or service and feedback of consumer acceptance. Emphasizes marketing planning and strategy as dictated by the consumer through marketing research. Prerequisite: BA101. F, Sp
BA224 Human Resource Management
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Studies the principles and functions of the human resource department as it specifically relates to supervision. Includes policy formulation, employee selection and placement, interviewing and counseling, discipline, labor-management relations wage and salary administration, human resource development, and employee health and safety. F, W, Sp
BA226 Business Law 1
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces the nature and function of the law in society. Covers contracts, employment, tort, criminal and constitutional law. F, W, Sp, Su
BA227 Business Law 2
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers legal aspects of personal property, sales, and commercial paper. Prerequisite: BA226. F, W, Sp.
BA228 Computer Accounting Applications
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces computer-based accounting for small businesses and provides hands-on experience with business applications including general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory management processing, sales invoicing, check reconciliation, and financial statements. Prerequisite: BA213 and CS125E or equivalent microcomputer experience; or CA091 and CS125E or equivalent microcomputer experience. F, Sp
BA238 Sales and Persuasion
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Emphasizes behavioral sciences, sales psychology and techniques, and communication. Attention is given to sales of ideas and attitudes internal to the firm, as well as a product or service to the customer. F, W.
BA240 Governmental/Non-Profit Accounting 1
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Considers budgets, accounting for general funds, special revenue funds, revenue accounting, expenditure accounting, capital projects funds, debt service funds, special assessment funds, enterprise funds, fixed assets, and summary of funds and groups. Includes comprehensive study of accounting for governmental and non-profit entities. Prerequisite: BA211 or consent of instructor. F
BA242 Investments
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Explains the individual investment opportunities as part of an investor's portfolio. How investors may consolidate and coordinate previous experiences with basic information and data in order to survive in the marketplace. Offered as needed.
BA249 Retailing
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces students to retailing and provides an understanding of the types of businesses, strategies, operation, formats and environments through which retailing is carried out. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to consider the process and structure of retailing. Retailing topics to be covered will include: planning, research, consumers behavior, store design, merchandising strategy, management strategy, promotional strategy and pricing strategy. The global dimensions of retailing as well as the relationship between retailing and our society will be stressed throughout the course. Prerequisite: BA101. Offered as needed.
BA250 Small Business Management
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces basic aspects of managing a small business, including planning, organizing, staffing, actuating and controlling. General functions and procedures used in the operation of a small business. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Offered as needed.
BA251 Office Management
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Presents the broad scope of responsibilities of the administrative office manager. Includes planning, organizing and controlling of business services, systems and procedures. W, Sp
BA256 Income Tax Accounting 1
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Presents the first of two introductory courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA256 and BA257 meets the Board of Tax Service Examiners educational requirements to take the Oregon Tax Preparer's Licensing Examination. Prerequisite: BA211or consent of instructor. F, Sp, Su
BA257 Income Tax Accounting 2
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Offers the second of two introductory courses in preparing Federal and Oregon individual income tax returns. Completing BA256 and BA257 meets the Board of Tax Service Examiners educational requirements to take the Oregon Tax Preparer's Licensing Examination. Prerequisite: BA256 or consent of instructor. F
BA258 Budgeting in the Public Sector
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Provides an overview of the techniques and politics of budget preparation, modification and implementation in the public sector. Includes the budget plan, budget process, budget approval process and budgeting control. Prerequisite: Knowledge of fund accounting and spreadsheets; BA240 or equivalent experience; and CS125E or equivalent experience. Offered as needed.
BA263 Real Estate Law
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Offers a survey of Oregon real estate law as it applies to the ownership, use, and transfer of real property. Emphasizes basic real property law, legal descriptions, landlord/tenant relationships, transfer of title, real estate contracts, encumbrances, title insurance, recordation, taxes, assessments, and land use controls. Prerequisite: BA260, or consent of instructor
BA264 Real Estate Finance
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Offers a survey of the methods of financing the acquisition of real property. Emphasizes lending laws, the mortgage market, financing documents, foreclosures, governmental loan programs, non-governmental loan programs, appraisals, mathematical calculations, taxation, and other methods of financing. Prerequisite: BA260, or consent of instructor.
BA266 Intermediate Financial Accounting 1
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Studies the environment and development of accounting principles, basic theory, accounting process, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of financial position, cash flow statments and present value. Prerequisite: BA213 or concurrent enrollment in BA213 or consent of instructor. F
BA267 Intermediate Financial Accounting 2
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Studies monetary assets, valuation of inventories, plant assets, depreciation, depletion, intangible assets, accounting changes, error analysis, financial statement analysis, and cash flow statements. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA266 or consent of instructor. W
BA268 Intermediate Financial Accounting 3
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Offers a comprehensive study of revenue recognition, income taxes, pension plans, leases and long-term liabilities, issuance and reacquisition of capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings, dilutive securities and earnings per share claculations, and long-term investments in securities and funds. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA267 or consent of instructor. Sp
BA271A Info Technology in Business
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers application of information technology as a personal productivity tool within a business environment. Presents integrative use of application programs including database management systems, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, and Internet usage. Prerequisite: CS125A, CS125E. Offered as needed.
BA272 Analyzing Financial Statements
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Techniques necessary for the evaluation of financial conditions and operating performance of a business enterprise. Includes financial statement analysis and accounting, business funds flow, tools and techniques for the analysis of financial statements. Prerequisite: BA212
BA275 Quantitative Business Methods
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Presents management decision processes utilizing statistical methods. Includes use and application of probability concepts, sampling procedures, statistical estimation and regression. Prerequisite: MTH111, CS125E. Offered as needed.
BA277 Business Ethics
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Includes a comparative study of ethical and economic systems designed to increase decision-making capabilities. Emphasizes issues and policy formation in varied business settings. F, W, Sp, Su.
BA280A-L Cooperative Work Experience
1-12 credit hours, 0-34 CWE hours
Places students in a business, industry or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction. Field experience supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. Offered as needed.
BA281 Consumer Lending
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers consumer lending, including the many types of credit arrangements in which a financial charge is paid for the privilege of repaying debts in delayed payments. Includes credit evaluation, consumer credit policy, the requirements of making credit decisions, and loan documentation and closing. Prerequisite: Current employment in a financial institution. Offered as needed.
BA284 Law & Banking-Applications
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
An introduction to laws pertaining to secured transactions, letters of credit, and the bank collection process; discusses check losses and a broad range of legal issues related to processing checks; and includes up-to-date summaries of the laws related to collateral, perfection and default. Case studies are used to illustrate important legal points related to banking practices. Prerequisite: BA269
BA299F Human Relations/Global Economy
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Examines culture and cultural diversity and their impact on organizations. Examines issues such as motivation, communication, values development, prejudice, and discrimination. Focuses on understanding how and why cultures develop differently, including the impact of economic and political influences on culture. Also focuses on helping students develop an understanding of their own culture and gain an appreciation for and understanding of other cultures.
Updated October 28, 2007 by Marketing and Student Recruitment.