This course will provide an introduction to exploring fundamental business principles with an emphasis on a practical approach to the entrepreneurial process and the skills for starting a small business. The course will include studying ethics, the global environment, forms of business ownership, starting a small business, an entrepreneur’s acquisition of capital, small business management, networking, and managing financial resources. The course further explores issues with franchising and other business opportunities.

This course exposes the student to the vocabulary of marketing and introduces many of the major principles and theories of the discipline. The focus of the course is on marketing’s relationship to the other business functions and on marketing function management as opposed to day-to-day marketing operations.

This course will provide students an overview of the basic principles of healthy living. Topics include personal fitness and care, the use of drugs (legal and illicit), diet and nutrition, consumer health, psychological health, and several other topics related to the development and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. Throughout the course, selected, practical experiences and the review of current research related to health and wellness will be provided to guide the learning process. Personal health evaluation in various areas will be available through the completion of laboratory assessments.

An introduction to psychology as a behavioral science, including historical background, human development (genetic and physical) from birth through death, the senses and perception, intelligence and creativity, and the principles of conditioning, learning, memory, and forgetting.