BUS 1, Introduction to Business 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course provides the student with an overview of business in an increasingly global society. Students will complete the course with knowledge of the general business environment, economic systems, business ethics, and technology and information systems. In addition, students will learn the fundamentals of economics, business ownership, entrepreneurship, finance, management, and marketing. Key themes woven throughout the course include exploration of career options, and development of business problem-solving skills.
1236 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 144 Shishido L K
1238 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 207 Shishido L K
1239 9:00a-1:15p Sat BUS 252 Rockwell C
Above section 1239 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 22 to Dec 08.
1240 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 144 Singleton L J
1241 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1242 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 207 Shishido L K
1243 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 144 Singleton L J
1244 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1245 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1246 11:15a-12:35p TTh BUS 263 Cannon R L
1247 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1248 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 144 Tucker J L
1249 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 207 Litt A B
1250 2:15p-3:35p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1252 3:45p-5:05p MW BUS 144 Roper-Conley C
1259 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Tucker J L
Above section 1259 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1255 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Clausen A I
Above section 1255 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1254 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Standen K G
Above section 1254 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1256 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Mandelbaum A B
Above section 1256 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1253 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Clausen A I
Above section 1253 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1257 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1257 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1258 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1258 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
NEW 3360 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Standen K
Above section 3360 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4069 6:30p–9:35p T BUNDY 216 Standen K G
Above section 4069 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
4070 6:45p–9:50p M BUS 144 Roper-Conley C
4071 6:45p–9:50p Th BUS 106 Oliveri J S
BUS 5, Business Law 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • CAN: Business 8. • Prerequisite: None.
This course studies the legal rights and responsibilities of individuals, agencies, partnerships, and corporations as they apply to contract law. *Maximum UC credit for Business 5 and 6 is one course (three units).
1260 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 106 Rados-Cloke A
1261 9:00a-1:15p Sat BUS 144 Downs J M
Above section 1261 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 22 to Dec 08.
1262 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 252 Mednick R
1263 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 106 Rados-Cloke A
1264 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 252 Mednick R
1265 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 251 Downs J M
1266 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 251 Nasser D M
1267 3:45p-5:05p MW BUS 106 Klugman E B
1271 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday Robert C E
Above section 1271 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1268 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1268 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1269 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1269 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1270 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1270 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1272 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1272 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4072 5:15p–6:35p MW BUS 106 Klugman E B
4073 6:45p–8:50p T BUS 207 Sindell S M
Arrange-1 Hour ONLINE Sindell S M
Above section 4073 is a hybrid class taught on campus and online via the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4074 6:45p–9:50p M BUS 106 Klugman E B
BUS 6, Advanced Business Law 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: Business 5.
This course covers advanced topics in agency, partnerships, corporations, LLCs, torts, legal procedures, and other advanced topics. *Maximum UC credit for Bus 5 and 6 is one course (three units).
1273 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday Robert C E
Above section 1273 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 20, Principles of Marketing 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course introduces modern business marketing concepts and strategies and familiarizes the student with standards, procedures, and techniques used in marketing. Topics include marketing research, consumer behavior, product and pricing strategies, marketing communications, and distribution.
1274 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 251 Tucker J L
1275 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1276 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1276 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1278 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1278 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1277 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1277 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 21, Merchandising Principles 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course provides an introduction to retailing concepts and strategies used by contemporary merchandisers. Special attention will be given to the theory and practice involved in such merchandising activities as sales transactions, customer services, types of merchandising institutions, store operation and policies, store layout and fixtures, advertising, and display.
1279 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 106 Ivas L
BUS 22, Introduction to Advertising 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
Advertising psychology, strategies, and methods are covered in this introduction to the field. Topics include planning advertising campaigns for all types of media. Class projects give the student practice in creating and communicating ideas using advertising techniques.
1280 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 106 Ivas L
BUS 23, Principles of Selling 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
The nature of selling today is both a business and an art. In this course, we will explore sales as a means for achieving career objectives. Special emphasis will be placed on combining techniques of presentation, poise, and refinement with psychology and marketing fundamentals to assist students in developing a critical understanding of consumer behavior in the sales environment, and gaining confidence in “selling” their career goals.
4075 6:30p–9:35p W BUNDY 216 Oliveri J S
Above section 4075 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
BUS 24, Creative Selling 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course involves the process of analyzing the potential customers’ needs and wants, and assisting them to discover how these needs and wants can be best satisfied. The entire process is done by emphasizing each student’s creative ability. The proper use of merchandising to stimulate customer desire and to overcome customer resistance is included.
1281 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1281 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 26, Marketing Research and Consumer Behavior 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
The marketing research portion of the course includes the allocation and usage of secondary as well as primary data sources, the understanding of basic concepts, the collection of information, the proper analysis of the data acquired, and the screening of sample applications. The consumer behavior section of the course will introduce the student to knowledge, concepts, and models that use consumer behavior to generate explanations for the behavior of individual consumers and groups, the decisions they make, and the culture they live in. The final section of the course focuses on the application of marketing research and consumer behavior. The student will learn how these skills can help them in business, as well as how to build their own research study.
1282 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1282 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 28, Integrated Marketing Communications 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course addresses strategies marketers may use to best communicate with consumers. Integrated Marketing Communications pulls together all aspects of marketing communication, providing a more complete treatment of sales promotion, point-of-purchase communications, advertising media, personal selling, public relations, and publicity.
1283 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1283 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 29, Public Relations and Publicity 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This is a survey course of basic principles and objectives of public relations, including publicity and promotion techniques. Emphasis is on the tools, such as media and publication, in planning public relations programs.
Business 29 is the same course as Journalism 43. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
4076 6:45p–9:50p W DRSCHR 204 Scripps V A
BUS 31, Business English Fundamentals 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This practical application of business words and procedures places emphasis on use of business terms, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence, and paragraph structure. This course is recommended instead of English 1 for Business and CIS majors.
1284 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 144 Paik R
4077 6:30p–9:35p M BUNDY 127 Thomas P D
Above section 4077 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
BUS 32, Business Communications 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: English 1 or Business 31.
This course will survey the principles and techniques of business communication as a tool for business decision–making. Methods of investigating, organizing and presenting business data and ideas are covered. Ethical and legal implications as well as other critical thinking techniques are emphasized. Focus is on effective oral and written business communications.
NEW 3321 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 252 Nasser D M
1285 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 251 Rockwell C
1286 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 251 Nasser D M
1287 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 106 Tucker J L
1288 11:15a-12:35p TTh BUS 106 Paik R
1289 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 106 Tucker J L
1292 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Jung D
Above section 1292 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1293 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Jung D
Above section 1293 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1290 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1290 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1291 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1291 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1294 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1294 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4078 6:30p–9:35p W BUNDY 127 Thomas P D
Above section 4078 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
BUS 33, Broadcast Advertising 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course examines advertising as an economic support for commercial broadcast, cable, and related telecommunications media. Audience surveys, rate structures, client, ad rep firms and advertising agency relationships are discussed and explored.
Business 33 is the same course as Broadcasting 8. Students may receive credit for one, but not both.
NEW 4586 6:45p–9:50p MW LS 110 Staff
Above section 4586 will meet Oct 22-Dec 12.
BUS 45, Individual Financial Planning 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course provides students with the tools to achieve their personal financial goals. It will help them make informed decisions related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing. Topics covered include personal financial planning; money management; tax strategy; consumer credit; purchasing decisions; insurance; investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate; and estate planning.
Business 45 is the same class as Accounting 45. Students may earn credit for one, but not for both.
1295 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday P D
Above section 1295 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 17 to Dec 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4080 6:45p–9:50p M BUS 207 Shishido K M
BUS 46, Stock Market Investing 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course provides a comprehensive view of securities, markets, and investment techniques, ranging from simple investment programs to advanced speculative market techniques.
4081 6:45p–9:50p W BUS 144 Shishido K M
BUS 50, Introduction to International Business 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course focuses on general business problems, techniques, and strategies necessary in the development of business activities in the world marketplace. The course is designed to promote an understanding of the impact that a country’s culture and environment has on a firm’s international operations. The course also covers present trends in management, finance, communications, marketing, and ethics.
4082 6:45p–9:50p Th BUS 251 Panossian V
BUS 51, Intercultural Business Communications 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course is designed to increase students’ awareness and understanding of how cultural differences impact interpersonal communication in the workplace, and to develop students’ skill in effectively dealing with such differences. Particular emphasis is placed on how a firm’s productivity is affected by (a) domestic and global issues influencing intercultural communications, (b) gender and social role expectancies as these relate to interpersonal relationships, and (c) cultural membership and the impact of value systems on the decision-making and communicative processes within organizations.
4083 6:45p–9:50p T BUS 252 Welton M
BUS 53, Importing and Exporting 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course presents an overview of importing and exporting terms and techniques. Topics include letters of credit, marketing, organization, regulation, terms of access, documentation, shipment, financing, trade patterns by country and commodity, and cross-cultural differences. This course introduces the United States Customs Service and explains the role of customs brokers. Duty rate structure and determination, laws affecting imports and exports, currency exchange, and storage and transportation of goods after they have cleared customs are also discussed.
4084 6:45p–9:50p T BUS 144 Panossian V
BUS 62, Human Relations and Ethical Issues in Business 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course provides concrete guidance in using human relations skills in the workplace that will promote working effectively with others. Strategies are integrated throughout the course that will enable students to apply human relations theories and applications to the real world of work. Ethical issues in business are addressed where students will learn an explicit process of ethical reasoning that will aid in defining and dealing with dilemmas in the workplace. Current events and case studies will be used to develop critical skills as students apply theories and principles.
1296 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Babcock L G
Above section 1296 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 27 to Oct 19, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 63, Principles of Entrepreneurship 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course covers the principles of organizing and operating a small business. Topics to be covered include developing a business plan, franchising, legal aspects, financial and accounting, marketing, human relations, and social responsibility.
4085 6:45p–9:50p Th BUS 144 O’Hara M F
BUS 64, Business Protocol and Professionalism 1 unit
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
To become successful and competitive in an ever-changing business environment, individuals must be proficient in business etiquette and protocol. Through lecture, role-playing and participation, students will become proficient in the basics of business interaction. Topics covered include introductions and handshakes, conversational skills, telephone manners, nonverbal communication, business dress, workplace relationships, cross-cultural understanding, and dining manners.
4086 6:00p–9:05p W BUS 252 Schapa E J
Above section 4086 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 24 to Dec 12.
BUS 65, Management Principles 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course presents an introduction of management concepts and strategies used by modern businesses. The course is designed to familiarize students with the accepted standards, procedures, and techniques employed by corporate, business, and functional level managers. Further, the course provides students with an understanding of the role of management and how to develop plans and execute strategies in pursuit of organizational goals.
1298 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 254 Rockwell C
1299 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Babcock L G
Above section 1299 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 22 to Dec 14, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 88A, Independent Studies in Business 1 unit
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1300 Arrange-1 Hour BUS 220R Chandler F G
BUS 88B, Independent Studies in Business 2 units
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1301 Arrange-2 Hours BUS 220R Chandler F G