General Business : Indiana University Southeast

General Business

Are you an entrepreneur seeking exposure to all aspects of a business, a non-business student looking to double-major in business or a business student planning to specialize later with a graduate degree?

Our post-baccalaureate certificate in general business gives students a 50,000-foot view of all business disciplines in a format that allows you to create your own program from a comprehensive range of courses, depending on your own needs and goals.

Required Courses

To earn the post-baccalaureate certificate in human resources management, students must take 24 credit hours from the list below, and may also add additional courses depending on their needs and goals.

Courses listed below are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise stated.

Required courses (24 credit hours)
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
BUS-A 201	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
Prerequisites: 12 credit hours, a GPA of 2.0 or higher and completion of MATH-M 102, MATH-M 117, or higher. Concepts and issues of financial reporting for business entities; analysis and recording of economic transactions.
BUS-A 202	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
Prerequisite: BUS-A 201. Concepts and issues of management accounting, budgeting, cost determination and analysis.
BUS-F 301	Financial Management	3
Prerequisites: BUS-A 202, ECON-E 150 or ECON-E 201, SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W-234, and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Pre-Business students cannot register for this course. Corporate finance emphasizing investment, dividend, and financing decisions. Topics include analysis of financial statements, risk and rates of return, discounted cash flow analysis, stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, short-term financial management.
BUS-M 301	Introduction to Marketing Management	3
Prerequisites: ECON-E 200 or ECON-E 202, SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W 234, and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Pre-Business students cannot register for this course. Overview of marketing for all undergraduates. Marketing planning and decision making examined from firm’s point of view; marketing concept and its company-wide implications; integration of marketing with other functions. Market structure and behavior and their relationship to marketing strategy. Marketing system viewed in terms of both public and private policy in a pluralistic society.
BUS-P 301	Operations Management	3
Prerequisites: SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W 234, and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Pre-Business students cannot register for this course. Production and its relationship to marketing, finance, accounting, and human resource functions are described. Forecasting demand, aggregate planning, master scheduling, capacity planning, and material planning provide the basis for linking strategic operations plans. Other topics include facilities design, performance measurement, productivity improvement, quality control, JIT, TOC, and project management.
ECON-E 150	Introduction to Economics	3
Prerequisites: New students must have full admit status or test into MATH-M 102, MATH-M 117 or higher; returning students must have 2.0 GPA or junior standing or minimum math grade of C in MATH-M 101/T101 or completion of MATH-T 102 or higher. First course in a two-semester sequence, including both macro- and microeconomics, and an emphasis on intuition and concepts. Explains macroeconomics issues such as economic growth and government efforts to regulate the business cycle. Explains microeconomic concepts such as demand/supply and market structures. Will cover topics such as pollution, education, poverty, health, and international trade/finance.
ECON-E 200	Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview	3
P: ECON-E 150
ECON-E 280	Applied Statistics for Business & Economics I	3
Prerequisites: MATH-M 122 and BUS-K 201 or equivalent Excel skills. Summary measures of central tendency and variability. Basic concepts in probability and important probability distributions. Sampling, sampling distributions and basic estimation concepts such as confidence interval estimation and hypothesis testing. B.S. in Business students must complete ECON-E 280 and ECON-E 281 in first 80 hours of course work.

Recommended Additional Course Options:*
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
BUS-A 311	Intermediate Accounting I	3
Prerequisite: BUS-A 202. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: BUS-A 301. Theory of asset valuation and income measurement. Principles underlying published financial statements.
BUS-D 300	International Business Administration	3
Prerequisites: ECON-E 200 and junior standing. Foreign environment for overseas operations; U.S. government policies and programs for international business; international economic policies; and management decisions and their implementation in international marketing, management, and finance.
BUS-K 201	The Computer in Business	3
Prerequisites: Either BUS-A 201 or ECON-E 150 or ECON-E 201. Introduction to the role of computers and other information technologies in business. Provides instruction in both functional and conceptual computer literacy. Conceptual computer literacy is the focus of the weekly lecture. After introducing the basic concepts of computer use, these lectures devote special attention to current technological innovation in social and business environments. Topics include technology and organizational change, telecommunications, privacy in the information age, and business security on the Internet. Functional computer literacy includes use of a spreadsheet (Excel), a relational database (Access), and electronic communications software (e-mail and WWW browsers), as well as the applications of these skills to solve a variety of business problems.
BUS-K 321	Management of Information Technology	3
Prerequisites: SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W-234, and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Co-requisites: BUS-K 201. Pre-Business students cannot register for this course. Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS), including the key building blocks of information systems, namely: hardware, software, telecommunications (including the Internet/intranet/extranet), databases and DBMS. The focus of this course is on using and managing information technologies to derive business value.
BUS-L 201	Legal Environment of Business	3
Examines the nature and functions of law as related to business. Specific areas covered include contracts, tort, corporate employment, international, product liability, property, securities, and antitrust.
BUS-P 330	Project Management	3
Prerequisite: BUS-P 301. This course will introduce the student to the full range of project management topics, concerns, problems, solution methods, and decision processes. These areas include: project selection, project organizational structures, negotiation, project planning, project scheduling and resource loading, project budgeting, project monitoring and control, project auditing, and project termination.
BUS-W 301	Principles of Management	3
Designed to synthesize knowledge of principles and functions of management: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and decision making.
BUS-Z 302	Managing and Behavior in Organizations	3
Prerequisites: SPCH-S 121, PSY-P 101 or P102, ENG-W 231 or W 234 and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Pre-Business students cannot register for this course. Integration of behavior and organizational theories. Application of concepts and theories toward improving individual, group, and organizational performance. Builds from a behavioral foundation toward an understanding of managerial processes.
BUS-Z 440	Personnel and Human Resource Management	3
Prerequisites: SPCH-S 121, PSY-P 101 or PSY-P 102, ENG-W 231 or ENG-W 234, and a minimum of 45 credit hours. Nature of human resource development and utilization in modern organizations. Establishment and operation of a total human resource program. Includes recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal, reward systems, benefit programs, role of personnel department, and role of government.

*Another 300-400 level BUS or ECON course may be used in place of a recommended course. Prior to enrolling, see a School of Business academic advisor about this substitution opportunity.

Admission Process

To apply for a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, you must submit the following:

Application for Undergraduate Admission
A one-time, non-refundable application fee of $35. This fee is not required if you have previously applied for undergraduate admission at any Indiana University campus.
Official transcripts from the college/university awarding your bachelor's degree.

Please visit the IU Southeast Office of Admissions website or call (812) 941-2212 or (800) 852-8835 (Ind. or Ky.), or visit in person for application deadlines, reciprocity guidelines, financial aid and other questions.

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Advising

Please contact Kris Bloos, academic advisor in the School of Business at kbloos@ius.edu or (812) 941-2362 for more detailed information on the admissions process and course requirements.

Kris Bloos

Academic Advisor

Hillside Hall 221A
Phone: (812) 941-2362
kbloos@ius.edu

Financial Aid

Students enrolled in this stand-along certificate program are not eligible for financial aid. Students are eligible for certificate courses if they are enrolled in another degree-seeming program.