Basic Business Financial Practices Certificate of Completion
Today’s business environment is increasingly dominated by data driven business decisions that influence consumer, business, and government actions. Successful managers possess an understanding of the key accounting and financial drivers of success within their organization and the competitive market in which they operate. This certificate is intended to build confidence in managers, providing insight into how and why businesses make decisions and developing their confidence in working with and leveraging data to support improved decision-making in their business/department.
You can build credit and add Certificates of Completion to your credentials as part of an undergraduate degree program -- such as in the Associate of Science in Business or Multidisciplinary Studies (AS) degrees or any bachelor's degree program.
Note: Courses taken with an approved degree program are financial aid eligible.
Curriculum
What You'll Learn
- Discuss the relationship between market economics and how it affects a firm’s business.
- Describe the role of financial accounting and key financial statements for a business.
- Demonstrate the ability to acquire, manage, and analyze data to support business decision-making.
- Apply appropriate data visualizations to properly communicate an unbiased message about what the data conveys.
Certificate of Completion Courses: (12 credit hours)
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This course is an introduction to accounting concepts and the elements of financial statements including basic accounting vocabulary and analysis of business transactions from an accounting viewpoint. Students will be required to recognize, record, and classify new accounting data. Emphasis is placed on corporate accounting. Introductory financial statement analysis and interpretation are also covered. Prerequisite: none
This course provides an introduction to the basic financial, accounting, and data skills necessary for managers in a modern business environment. Students will apply basic data analysis techniques using financial and accounting data to inform common business decisions facing managers, including budgeting versus actual performance, gross profit analysis, pricing analysis, and ad-hoc data-informed decision-making. Students will gain an appreciation of how financial reporting influences their roles as managers.
This course is designed for College of Business students who have basic file management and office software skills. Course projects are designed for business problem solving and include document management, using spreadsheets for information processing, design and management of personal databases for automated data management, presentation, and integrating business communications. Recommend prior computer knowledge. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Recommend prior computer knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint before taking BA 222, also MA 101 is a prerequisite.
This course provides an introduction to the area of Microeconomics. This introduction assists students in achieving a practical understanding and ability to apply economic concepts, theories, and practices relevant to the understanding of our economy. The course investigates the economic behavior of consumers, businesses and government. Emphasis is placed on price and output determination under various market structures and on the entrepreneurial competitive process. Prerequisites: Basic college level ability in English, logic, and mathematics
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