Students will learn best practices for academic, career, and personal success. Students will discover their individual strengths, interests, and values to create a personalized plan; select and utilize resources that are applicable to their growth and success; and engage as active and responsible members of the academic community. This course should be taken during a student’s first semester of college work at Oklahoma City Community College and is a required course in degree plans to satisfy the Life Skills requirement.

ENGL 0106 or adequate reading/writing assessment scores

The student will write well-developed compositions which demonstrate the principles of unity, coherence, and organization and which contain specific details and vivid language. The students will locate library material and incorporate researched materials into compositions.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures

The student will become familiar with the economic and social setting of business in the world and the structure of business and management of human and fiscal resources. The student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of these concepts as they are related to American business operations and public policy.

MATH 0103 or adequate math placement and ENGL 0203 or adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures.

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

In this advanced writing course, students will create essays that explore and evaluate a variety of issues and perspectives suggested by fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and other types of cultural texts. Students will refine and augment the writing techniques they learned in ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1103 to develop well- reasoned, well-structured arguments in a clear, fluid, and engaging prose style.

ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1113 taken within the last year, with strong encouragement for immediate continuation.

This course will expose students to technical communication and will allow students to practice professional methods of writing in the workplace. In addition to constructing technical documents appropriate for use in professional and job-related environments, students will learn about rhetorical methods for presenting technical information in ethical and formal prose designed for clear and effective communication with employers and colleagues. This course will equip the student with written and oral communication skills necessary for sharing information and discussing content in professional settings; developing an awareness of technical genres; utilizing technological platforms for constructing documents; using visuals and graphics professionally; writing professional correspondence; constructing reports; designing project proposals; and composing instructions.

ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1103; MATH 0203 College Prep Math II or adequate Math Placement Test Score

The student will be able to identify why certain things happen as they do when two or more individuals come together to communicate for a specific purpose. The student must attest to his or her ability to understand the principles of interpersonal communication with emphasis on dyads, small groups, analysis of communication models and nonverbal communication, applying understanding to the major types of interpersonal communication problems in the work environment and in daily human relations.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures

Given the principles of effective listening and speaking, the student will assimilate those skills into his or her physical and psychological worlds. After being exposed to public, business and professional speaking, the student will apply the principles of invention, organization, style, and delivery through practical exercises and will use the principles of rhetorical criticism in discussing speeches delivered in class.

ENGL 0106 or adequate placement score

9 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Major Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493 or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

General Education elective

The student will apply microeconomic theories in analyzing concepts by which business maximizes profit, consumers maximize satisfaction, government allocates goods and services, and international trade affects the domestic economy.

MATH 0313 or adequate math placement and ENGL 0203 or adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures.

Business Communication is a survey course of communication skills needed in the business environment. Course content includes writing memoranda, letters, reports, resumes, and electronic messages; creating an analytical report; delivering oral presentations; and developing interpersonal skills. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are emphasized. Development of these skills is integrated with the use of technology.

ENGL 1113 or by evaluation. Criteria for evaluation is in division office.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic accounting concepts, theories, and procedures and their effects on the financial reporting and analysis of a business.

MATH 0313 or adequate math placement and ENGL 0203 or adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures.

9 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Major Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493 or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

9 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Major Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493 or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

Student will explore standards of honesty and honorable human conduct in the world of business, focusing on how people’s plans and intentions affect others.

ENGL 0203 or adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures.

After analyzing events in American history from 1400 to 1877 in such areas as revolution, geographic and social mobility, political reform, government precedents and war, students will be able to identify patterns of present day mobility, describe governmental operations in their society and help resolve conflict in society based on the student’s search for change, precedents, and conflict in the American past. A general education requirement.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures

After analyzing events in American history from 1877 to the present in such areas as geographic and social mobility, political reform, government precedents and war, students will be able to identify patterns of present day mobility, describe governmental operations in their society and help resolve conflict in society based on the student’s search for change, precedents, and conflict in the American past. A general education requirement.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

The student will develop ten-key by touch skills. Students will format spreadsheets using effective design principles, enter common spreadsheet formulas and functions, sort data, and use graphic/chart features to solve business problems. Appropriate industry standard spreadsheet software programs will be used.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures; MATH 0203, or adequate math placement.

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.

A study of the principles, structure, processes and functions of the United States federal government.

ENGL 0203, adequate placement score, or by meeting determined placement measures

18 credit hours of Faculty Pre-Approved Electives:
ACCT 2003, ACCT 2123, ACCT 2403, BUS 1113, BUS 1713, BUS 2313, BF 1303, BUS 1323, BUS 1083, BUS 2003, BUS 2073, CS 1103, ECON 2023, FIN 1013, FIN 2023, FIN 2503, MGMT 1533, MGMT 2003, MGMT 2013, MGMT 2023, MGMT 2053, MATH 2013, MKT 2043, BUS 2493, SPAN 1115, SPAN 1013, or any other ACCT, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MKT course.