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, operations and project management, 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.
1248 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1249 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 207 Shishido L K
1250 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 144 Rockwell C
1251 9:00a-1:15p Sat BUS 144 Byington E
Above section 1251 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 20 to Dec 06.
1252 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 106 Tucker J L
1253 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1254 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 207 Shishido L K
1255 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 144 Chandler F G
1256 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1257 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 207 Shishido L K
1258 11:15a-12:35p TTh BUS 263 Platz W A
1259 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 207 Cannon R L
1260 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 144 Lippman P A
1261 2:15p-3:35p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1262 3:45p-5:05p MW BUS 144 Roper-Conley C
1264 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Clausen A I
Above section 1264 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1265 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1265 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1266 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1266 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1269 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Tucker J L
Above section 1269 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1263 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Chandler F G
Above section 1263 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1267 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Tucker J L
Above section 1267 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1268 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Clausen A I
Above section 1268 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4063 6:45p-9:50p M BUS 144 Roper-Conley C
4064 6:45p-9:50p W BUS 144 Almordaah A Z
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).
1270 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 144 Rados-Cloke A
1271 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 144 Rados-Cloke A
1272 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 106 Rados-Cloke A
1273 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 252 Nasser D M
1274 12:45p-2:05p T BUS 207 Sindell S M
Arrange-1.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1274 is a hybrid class taught on campus and online via the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1276 2:15p-3:35p TTh BUS 106 Downs J M
1277 3:45p-5:05p MW BUS 106 Klugman E B
1281 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday Robert C E
Above section 1281 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1278 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1278 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1279 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1279 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1280 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1280 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1282 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Sindell S M
Above section 1282 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4065 5:15p-6:35p MW BUS 106 Klugman E B
4066 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).
BUS 6 is the same course as ACCTG 26. Students may earn credit for one but not both.
1283 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday Robert C E
Above section 1283 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, 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.
1284 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 144 Kelly Marcella A
1285 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1285 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1286 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1286 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1287 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1287 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
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.
1288 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 251 Ivas L
1289 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1289 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
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.
4067 6:45p-9:50p W BUS 252 Oliveri J S
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.
1290 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1290 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 25 to Oct 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 25, Principles of Merchandising Display 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course surveys the techniques, styles, and variations of presenting tangible merchandise in physical and print formats. Color theory, design principles, and consumer focal interests are incorporated with advertising and sales techniques to detail how and why products are sold in the retail sector.
1291 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 251 Ivas L
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.
1292 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Coplen J S
Above section 1292 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, 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.
1293 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Mandelbaum A B
Above section 1293 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, 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.
4068 6:45p-9:50p W DRSCHR 203 Adelman 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.
1294 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 251 Paik R
4069 6:45p-9:50p T BUS 207 Thomas P D
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.
1295 8:00a-9:20a MW BUS 119 Nasser D M
1296 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 106 Tucker J L
1297 9:30a-10:50a MW BUS 252 Nasser D M
1298 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 251 Rockwell C
1299 11:15a-12:35p MW BUS 106 Tucker J L
1300 11:15a-12:35p TTh BUS 251 Rockwell C
1301 12:45p-2:05p MW BUS 251 Paik R
1302 12:45p-2:05p TTh BUS 252 Finestone A M
1306 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Jung D
Above section 1306 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1307 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Jung D
Above section 1307 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1303 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1303 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1304 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1304 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
1305 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Soucy S H
Above section 1305 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4070 6:45p-9:50p W BUS 263 Thomas P D
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.
4071 6:45p-9:50p Th DRSCHR 204 Adelman A
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.
1308 Arrange-4.5 Hours ONLINE-E Halliday P D
Above section 1308 meets for 12 weeks, Sep 15 to Dec 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4072 6:45p-9:50p M BUS 207 Shishido K M
BUS 46, Introduction to Investments 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.
1309 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Shishido K M
Above section 1309 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4073 6:45p-9:50p W HSS 103 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.
4074 6:45p-9:50p Th BUS 144 Alexander J S
BUS 51, Intercultural Business Communication 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course satisfies Santa Monica College’s Global Citizenship requirement.
This course is designed to heighten awareness of culture and its impact on successful business enterprises. The student will develop skills to identify areas where culture and business intersect by focusing on four subsets of American culture (European Americans, Chicano/Latinos, African Americans and Asian Americans) as well as on international cultures. Emphasis will be placed on how a firm’s success is affected by both domestic and global issues influencing intercultural communication.
4075 6:45p-9:50p M 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.
4076 6:45p-9:50p Th BUS 207 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.
1310 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Babcock L G
Above section 1310 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, 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.
4077 6:45p-9:50p Th BUS 252 O’Hara M F
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.
1311 2:15p-3:35p TTh BUS 207 Veas S
1312 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Babcock L G
Above section 1312 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
BUS 80, Principles of Logistics 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This course provides an overview of how firms use distribution intermediaries to gain a competitive advantage in local and global markets through the integration of logistics and supply chain management. The management of the physical flow of products and information throughout the entire supply chain is examined, including physical distribution, transportation, warehousing, customer service, materials management, third-party and global logistics, systems planning, and operations and management of the supply chain.
4079 6:45p-9:50p Th BUS 106 Buchsbaum R G
9:00a-12:00p Sat BUS 106 Buchsbaum R G
Above section 4079 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 23 to Dec 13.
BUS 83, Operations Management 3 units
Prerequisites: None.
Introduces concepts and techniques related to the design, planning, control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations. The course examines operations and the coordination of product development, process management, and supply chain management. Students are exposed to topics in the areas of process analysis, materials management, production scheduling, quality management, and product design.
1313 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Veas S
Above section 1313 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 20 to Dec 12, 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.
1314 Arrange-1 Hour BUS 220R Chandler F G
BUS 88B, Independent Studies in Business 2 units
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
1315 Arrange-2 Hours BUS 220R Chandler F G