BUS 501 - INTRO QUAN DECISION-MAKING BUS

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Business

Description:

This course will provide students entering the Business Decision-making Graduate Certificate without an undergraduate Business degree (or who completed their undergraduate Business degree in the distant past) with preparation in the fundamental concepts of business, enabling their success in the Certificate (or, MBA core) courses. The primary areas of focus are financial accounting, finance, and economics. The Financial Accounting module will cover interpretation and utilization of the three primary financial statements, the difference between cash and accrual accounting, and basic double entry procedures for recording transactions. The Finance module will cover the fundamentals of Time Value of Money, including the Present Value of future cash flows (Discounted Cash Flow analysis), the calculation of Net Present Value used in Capital Budgeting, and the valuation of the Capital Structure components stocks and bonds. The Economics module will cover the basics of the capitalism model, the fundamental relationships between supply and demand, and the key concepts of cost, scarcity and efficiency.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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