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.

This course introduces the fundamental principles of management including the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The course includes an overview of theory and history of management as well as an introduction to the various roles of management within an organization.

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

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. This course satisfies the computer proficiency requirement.

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

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the service management field. Areas of discussion will be service trends, safety, employee relations, industry outlooks and business development.

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

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

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

Business Communication is a survey course of communication skills needed in the business environment. Course content includes business writing such as e-mail, memos, letters, reports, employment communication, and other types of digital media; delivering oral presentations; and developing interpersonal soft skills. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are emphasized. Development of these skills is integrated with the use of technology. This course satisfies the computer proficiency requirement.

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.

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.

A continuation of ACCT 2113. Students will demonstrate an understanding of managerial accounting concepts by properly classifying basic cost elements, allocating these costs to the manufacturing processes of a product, performing cost-volume-profit analysis, preparing operating and capital budgets, analyzing the decision-making process, and making business decisions.

Completion of ACCT 2113 with a grade of “C” or better.

Select 9 hours from the following faculty approved support electives: (C) AT 1153, (C) AT 1733 (C) AT 1753, or (C) AT 1773).

None

Students will study the American Legal System and how it applies to the workplace. Students will demonstrate knowledge in court systems, legal reasoning, law and ethics, civil procedure, agency, torts, negligence, labor law, and employment discrimination.

ENGL 1113 and POLSC 1113.

The student will study general concepts relating to small business ownership, financing, organization, and management. After exploring these concepts, the student will develop a detailed plan for establishing and operating a small business.

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

Select 9 hours from the following faculty approved support electives: (C) AT 1153, (C) AT 1733 (C) AT 1753, or (C) AT 1773).

None

Student should select one course from this list: ECON 1013 or ECON 2143 or FIN 1013.

None

The student will use role playing and videotaping exercises to demonstrate the ability to deal effectively with simulated situations in communication, listening, behavior analysis, human sensitivity and group behavior as they are encountered in the supervisory position.

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

Select 9 hours from the following faculty approved support electives: (C) AT 1153, (C) AT 1733 (C) AT 1753, or (C) AT 1773).

None

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.

The purpose of this course is to provide an application component to the holistic knowledge acquired in the AAS management degree program. The course curriculum is designed to correlate classroom training and work experience. The course requirements can be met by one or a combination of the following activities: case studies, internship, study abroad, research paper or project. This course should be taken during the student’s last semester, preferably after all the management courses required by the degree program have been completed.

By evaluation