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Business Management

Associate Degree 10-102-3

www.cvtc.edu
1-800-547-2882

Start Dates: August, January in Eau Claire
August in River Falls

Effective: August 2025

First Semester
Course # Course Title Credits Prerequisites/Comments
102-112 Principles of Management 3   This course explores the four key managerial functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Learners gain personal insights through assessments and feedback, while learning to apply theoretical concepts to their potential managerial practices. The course emphasizes global applicability, preparing learners for diverse leadership roles.
Course #: 102-112
Title: Principles of Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course explores the four key managerial functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Learners gain personal insights through assessments and feedback, while learning to apply theoretical concepts to their potential managerial practices. The course emphasizes global applicability, preparing learners for diverse leadership roles.
102-133 Leadership for Bus Excellence 3   This course fosters self-awareness and personal enhancement, emphasizing core communication and interpersonal skills for professional success. Through self-assessments and reflection, learners identify their strengths and areas for development, interpersonal effectiveness, and personal accountability.
Course #: 102-133
Title: Leadership for Bus Excellence
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course fosters self-awareness and personal enhancement, emphasizing core communication and interpersonal skills for professional success. Through self-assessments and reflection, learners identify their strengths and areas for development, interpersonal effectiveness, and personal accountability.
104-102 Marketing Principles 3   Marketing of products and services. Concentrates on product, price, place, promotion, market segmentation, target marketing, pricing, market research, physical distribution and distribution channels.
Course #: 104-102
Title: Marketing Principles
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Marketing of products and services. Concentrates on product, price, place, promotion, market segmentation, target marketing, pricing, market research, physical distribution and distribution channels.
116-193 Human Resources, Intro 3   In this course, students will examine the role of human resources and goals of human resource management in today's organizations. Students will learn and apply skills related to the various functions within human resources management including equal employment opportunity and diversity, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, performance management, and labor relations. Student will explore the importance and impact of these human resource functions on the overall strategy of organizations.
Course #: 116-193
Title: Human Resources, Intro
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   In this course, students will examine the role of human resources and goals of human resource management in today's organizations. Students will learn and apply skills related to the various functions within human resources management including equal employment opportunity and diversity, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, performance management, and labor relations. Student will explore the importance and impact of these human resource functions on the overall strategy of organizations.
103-102 Microsoft Office Suite 2   The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to Microsoft Office Suite and how it is used in academic, personal, and business environments. The students will become familiar with the Office user interface and use it as they work with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Navigate the Office interface by using tabs, ribbons, and groups.
Course #: 103-102
Title: Microsoft Office Suite
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Comments:   The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to Microsoft Office Suite and how it is used in academic, personal, and business environments. The students will become familiar with the Office user interface and use it as they work with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Navigate the Office interface by using tabs, ribbons, and groups.
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103-170 Microsoft Excel 1   This course incorporates Microsoft Office Excel skills and how it is used in academic and business environments. Students will apply software features to the successful completion of business-related projects and scenarios.
Course #: 103-170
Title: Microsoft Excel
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course incorporates Microsoft Office Excel skills and how it is used in academic and business environments. Students will apply software features to the successful completion of business-related projects and scenarios.
801-136 English Composition 1 3   This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing, and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.
Course #: 801-136
Title: English Composition 1
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing, and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.
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801-219 English Composition 1 3   English Composition 1 develops critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking for both exposition and argumentation. The course emphasizes college-level writing skills supported by reasoning, organization, and language conventions for research, presentations, and other discourse.
Course #: 801-219
Title: English Composition 1
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   English Composition 1 develops critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking for both exposition and argumentation. The course emphasizes college-level writing skills supported by reasoning, organization, and language conventions for research, presentations, and other discourse.
  Total Credits: 16 - 17  
Total Credits: 16 - 17

Second Semester
Course # Course Title Credits Prerequisites/Comments
102-109 Business Analytics 3 103-170 or 103-102 Students will utilize common business software to analyze datasets present in typical business management situations, translate the analysis into business recommendations that will improve business performance, and effectively create and present analysis recommendations to decision-makers.
Course #: 102-109
Title: Business Analytics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments: 103-170 or 103-102 Students will utilize common business software to analyze datasets present in typical business management situations, translate the analysis into business recommendations that will improve business performance, and effectively create and present analysis recommendations to decision-makers.
102-113 Business Ethics 3   The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to ethical decision-making in business. Topics covered include common myths about business ethics, motivations for being ethical, common ethical problems facing employees, managers, and organizations, prescriptive and psychological approaches to deciding what is right, managing for ethical conduct and managerial approaches to an ethical culture.
Course #: 102-113
Title: Business Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to ethical decision-making in business. Topics covered include common myths about business ethics, motivations for being ethical, common ethical problems facing employees, managers, and organizations, prescriptive and psychological approaches to deciding what is right, managing for ethical conduct and managerial approaches to an ethical culture.
102-130 Innovative Business Mindset 3   In this course, students will explore the traits and mindset of entrepreneurs, examine innovative companies, and distinguish between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. They will evaluate business plans, create a business framework, and understand the role of innovation in business. This course equips students with essential skills for entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial success, developing an innovative mindset and leadership in dynamic business environments.
Course #: 102-130
Title: Innovative Business Mindset
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   In this course, students will explore the traits and mindset of entrepreneurs, examine innovative companies, and distinguish between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. They will evaluate business plans, create a business framework, and understand the role of innovation in business. This course equips students with essential skills for entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial success, developing an innovative mindset and leadership in dynamic business environments.
  Choose 3 credits from the following:  
Choose 3 credits from the following:
804-134 Mathematical Reasoning 3   All college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts. This course may be used as the first of a two part sequence that ends with Quantitative Reasoning as the capstone general education math requirement.
Course #: 804-134
Title: Mathematical Reasoning
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   All college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts. This course may be used as the first of a two part sequence that ends with Quantitative Reasoning as the capstone general education math requirement.
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804-189 Introductory Statistics 3   Students taking this course will learn to display data with graphs, describe distributions with numbers, perform correlation and regression analyses, and design experiments. They will use probability and distributions to make predictions, estimate parameters, and test hypotheses. They will learn to draw inferences about relationships including ANOVA.
Course #: 804-189
Title: Introductory Statistics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Students taking this course will learn to display data with graphs, describe distributions with numbers, perform correlation and regression analyses, and design experiments. They will use probability and distributions to make predictions, estimate parameters, and test hypotheses. They will learn to draw inferences about relationships including ANOVA.
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804-230 Statistics 4 804-118 or TWMM Test Score or ALG2 Test Score This course empowers learners to apply statistical techniques in real-world scenarios, covering the fundamentals of statistics, data collection, data organization, and the art of describing distributions. The learner will delve into discrete and continuous probabilities, master one-sample and two-sample inference methods, explore regression and correlation analysis, and gain proficiency in chi-square and ANOVA for comprehensive data analysis.
Course #: 804-230
Title: Statistics
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Comments: 804-118 or TWMM Test Score or ALG2 Test Score This course empowers learners to apply statistical techniques in real-world scenarios, covering the fundamentals of statistics, data collection, data organization, and the art of describing distributions. The learner will delve into discrete and continuous probabilities, master one-sample and two-sample inference methods, explore regression and correlation analysis, and gain proficiency in chi-square and ANOVA for comprehensive data analysis.
801-196 Oral/Interpersonal Comm 3   Focuses on developing effective listening techniques and verbal and nonverbal communication skills through oral presentation, group activity, and other projects. The study of self, conflict, and cultural contexts will be explored, as well as their impact on communication.
Course #: 801-196
Title: Oral/Interpersonal Comm
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Focuses on developing effective listening techniques and verbal and nonverbal communication skills through oral presentation, group activity, and other projects. The study of self, conflict, and cultural contexts will be explored, as well as their impact on communication.
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801-198 Speech 3   Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.
Course #: 801-198
Title: Speech
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.
  Total Credits: 15 - 16  
Total Credits: 15 - 16

Third Semester
Course # Course Title Credits Prerequisites/Comments
102-117 Business Mgmt Career Planning 2 801-136 or (801-219 or 801-223) To prepare for the business management internship, students produce all documentation related to the job-seeking process and participate in activities with business professional to polish students' job-seeking skills. Students meet once a week with the instructor to discuss techniques for getting and keeping a job and other career-enhancing strategies. Take during the final semester.
Course #: 102-117
Title: Business Mgmt Career Planning
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Comments: 801-136 or (801-219 or 801-223) To prepare for the business management internship, students produce all documentation related to the job-seeking process and participate in activities with business professional to polish students' job-seeking skills. Students meet once a week with the instructor to discuss techniques for getting and keeping a job and other career-enhancing strategies. Take during the final semester.
102-188 Project Management 3   The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to design, implement, and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the role of project management by developing a project proposal, using relevant software, working with project teams, sequencing tasks, charting progress, dealing with variations, budgets and resources, implementing a project, and assessing the outcome.
Course #: 102-188
Title: Project Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to design, implement, and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the role of project management by developing a project proposal, using relevant software, working with project teams, sequencing tasks, charting progress, dealing with variations, budgets and resources, implementing a project, and assessing the outcome.
138-150 Global Business 3   Provides students with a basic understanding of the global economy and how companies do business in it. Areas of study include trends in world trade and investment, economic relationships among nations, international finance and currency exchange, government regulations and tariffs, communications and language barriers, and national customs.
Course #: 138-150
Title: Global Business
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Provides students with a basic understanding of the global economy and how companies do business in it. Areas of study include trends in world trade and investment, economic relationships among nations, international finance and currency exchange, government regulations and tariffs, communications and language barriers, and national customs.
809-198 Intro to Psychology 3   This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors, and social influences. Additional topics include research methods, biological and environmental impacts, development, sensation and perception, consciousness, intelligence and stress. This course directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social, and vocational settings.
Course #: 809-198
Title: Intro to Psychology
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors, and social influences. Additional topics include research methods, biological and environmental impacts, development, sensation and perception, consciousness, intelligence and stress. This course directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social, and vocational settings.
  Choose 3 credits from the following:  
Choose 3 credits from the following:
101-105 Accounting, Intro to 3   This is an introductory course designed to introduce the learner to the basic accounting language and concepts of business entities. Skills such as, analyzing business transactions, applying fundamental accounting concepts, identifying accounting control procedures, and evaluating financial statements will be developed. This course is intended for the non-accounting major.
Course #: 101-105
Title: Accounting, Intro to
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This is an introductory course designed to introduce the learner to the basic accounting language and concepts of business entities. Skills such as, analyzing business transactions, applying fundamental accounting concepts, identifying accounting control procedures, and evaluating financial statements will be developed. This course is intended for the non-accounting major.
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101-111 Accounting I 4   This course prepares the learner to understand and apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to analyze, record, summarize, and interpret accounting information. The course focuses on completing the accounting cycle, including business transactions and preparing financial statements for service and merchandising businesses.
Course #: 101-111
Title: Accounting I
Credits: 4
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course prepares the learner to understand and apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to analyze, record, summarize, and interpret accounting information. The course focuses on completing the accounting cycle, including business transactions and preparing financial statements for service and merchandising businesses.
  Total Credits: 14 - 15  
Total Credits: 14 - 15

Fourth Semester
Course # Course Title Credits Prerequisites/Comments
101-172 Business Finance 3 101-105 or 101-111 In this course aspects of organizational finance will be explored. Students will learn how to interpret financial statements as well as learning the process of budget analysis. It is imperative that leaders understand how to control and analyze the budgets they are responsible for.
Course #: 101-172
Title: Business Finance
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments: 101-105 or 101-111 In this course aspects of organizational finance will be explored. Students will learn how to interpret financial statements as well as learning the process of budget analysis. It is imperative that leaders understand how to control and analyze the budgets they are responsible for.
102-114 Managing Operations 3   Designed for mid-management careers, this course emphasizes practice of management skills. Topics covered include: strategic process management, manufacturing systems, operations strategy, product design, process technology selection, capacity planning, resource planning and scheduling, inventory control, project management and quality/productivity improvement tools and strategies.
Course #: 102-114
Title: Managing Operations
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Designed for mid-management careers, this course emphasizes practice of management skills. Topics covered include: strategic process management, manufacturing systems, operations strategy, product design, process technology selection, capacity planning, resource planning and scheduling, inventory control, project management and quality/productivity improvement tools and strategies.
102-115 Business Mgmt Internship 1 Program student; 102-109 and 102-112 and 102-113 and 102-133 and 102-188 and 102-116 and 102-117 or concurrent Provides the student with 64 hours of on-site experience completing managerial-type tasks in a professional office. Students may prepare training sessions, analyze budgets and prepare recommendations, draft reports, develop interview questions, screen resumes, complete project management tasks, plan events, or perform other responsibilities typical of business managers. Students coordinate with the instructor to locate an appropriate internship site. Course to be taken during the final semester.
Course #: 102-115
Title: Business Mgmt Internship
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Comments: Program student; 102-109 and 102-112 and 102-113 and 102-133 and 102-188 and 102-116 and 102-117 or concurrent Provides the student with 64 hours of on-site experience completing managerial-type tasks in a professional office. Students may prepare training sessions, analyze budgets and prepare recommendations, draft reports, develop interview questions, screen resumes, complete project management tasks, plan events, or perform other responsibilities typical of business managers. Students coordinate with the instructor to locate an appropriate internship site. Course to be taken during the final semester.
102-116 Strategic Management 3   This course provides an overview of what managers face when formulating and implementing strategic decisions. We will analyze strategic management techniques focusing on the use of corporate planning and budgeting to create value for organizations.
Course #: 102-116
Title: Strategic Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   This course provides an overview of what managers face when formulating and implementing strategic decisions. We will analyze strategic management techniques focusing on the use of corporate planning and budgeting to create value for organizations.
102-160 Business Law 3   Business Law is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the law and the relationship of the legal system to the business world. After consideration of the legal system, the course reviews contracts, sales and lease contracts, warranties, product liability, consumer law, bailments, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy.
Course #: 102-160
Title: Business Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Business Law is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the law and the relationship of the legal system to the business world. After consideration of the legal system, the course reviews contracts, sales and lease contracts, warranties, product liability, consumer law, bailments, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy.
809-195 Economics 3   Designed to give an overview of how a market-oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.
Course #: 809-195
Title: Economics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Designed to give an overview of how a market-oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.
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809-291 Principles of Microeconomics 3   Introduces, describes, and analyzes how markets work and emphasizing what they do well and why they sometimes fail. Students will analyze how individuals, businesses, and governments choose to use scarce resources. Current issues will be discussed using economic concepts such as income distribution, market structure, and efficiency. Business decisions will be examined with regard to cost analysis and output determinations. Topics such as the environment, regulation vs. deregulation, international markets and trade, technology, and economic development will be discussed.
Course #: 809-291
Title: Principles of Microeconomics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites/Comments:   Introduces, describes, and analyzes how markets work and emphasizing what they do well and why they sometimes fail. Students will analyze how individuals, businesses, and governments choose to use scarce resources. Current issues will be discussed using economic concepts such as income distribution, market structure, and efficiency. Business decisions will be examined with regard to cost analysis and output determinations. Topics such as the environment, regulation vs. deregulation, international markets and trade, technology, and economic development will be discussed.
  Total Credits: 16  
Total Credits: 16

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Minimum Program Credits Required: 61

2.0 Minimum Program Cumulative GPA Required for Graduation
If a student does not enroll in any courses at CVTC for two or more consecutive semesters, the student will be required to reapply with Admissions. Students must abide by any changes in admission requirements and degree requirements.

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