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• BUSM 255: Macroeconomics

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  Macroeconomics examines the aggregate economy, with specific focus on unemployment, inflation, business cycles, and growth. Topics include economic reasoning, the economic organization of society, supply and demand, U.S. economic institutions, the world economy, national income accounting, money, banking, and the financial sector, the modern macro debate in reference to the aggregate production/aggregate expenditures model, demand management and fiscal policy, monetary policy, the debate about macro policy, the relationship between inflation, unemployment, and growth, international dimensions of monetary and fiscal policies, exchange rate and trade policy, traditional macro policy, supply-side macro policy, deficits and debt, and transitional economies. 3-0-3
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• BUSM 256: Microeconomics

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  Microeconomics is the study of individual choice, and how that choice is influenced by economic forces. It considers economic reasoning from the viewpoint of the individual. Microeconomics focuses on the pricing policies of firms, households' decisions on what to buy, and how markets allocate resources among alternative ends. Topics include supply and demand elasticities, individual choice and the foundation of supply and demand, production and cost analysis, perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly strategic pricing, competition in the real world, politics and economics and the case of agricultural markets, microeconomics policy and economic reasoning, government's role in the economy, economic impact on the environment, antitrust and industrial policy, the distribution of income, the labor market, nonwage and asset income, international trade restrictions, growth and the microeconomics of developing countries, and socialist economies in transition. Prerequisite: BUSM255 or ECON255. 3-0-3
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• BUSM 260: Project Management

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course covers the topics of contemporary project management utilizing contemporary project management methods. There are a variety of project types and sizes used to support learning that came from several companies, of various sizes, in many industries, to promote scalability and universality. Regardless of project, company, or industry size, project management techniques can be applied to any project. The topics covered include: project selection and prioritization, organizational capability (structure and culture), chartering, stakeholder analysis and planning, defining project scope, constructing work breakdown structures, scheduling, resourcing, and budgeting projects, project risk and quality planning, project kickoff, as well as leading and managing project teams and determining project progress and results. 3-0-3
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• BUSM 270: Business Internship

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is designed by the Business faculty to give second-year students supervised, on-the-job experience in various aspects of the business environment. Students can enroll in this class as a business elective in any business-related program that offers the Business Internship course option. All students will be required to spend a minimum of 135 hours at the firm where they intern. Each student will meet with a faculty member to discuss the internship requirements. The student and firms' supervisor will determine the student's schedule. Prerequisites: Successfully completed 30 credits in their major course of study, a G.P.A. of at least 3.0, or recommendation from the faculty. Business faculty written approval is required prior to registration. 0-9-3
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• CHEM 101: General Chemistry I

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course involves an understanding of the principles of measurement, chemical equations, stoichiometry, atomic structure, chemical bonding, periodic relationships, and the chemistry of the common elements. Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or 1 year high school chemistry with the appropriate letter grade or Corequiste: MATH129 or MATH130. 3-2-4
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• CHEM 102: General Chemistry II

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is a continuation of CHEM101 with special emphasis on chemical reaction, chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, electro chemistry, acid base chemistry, and reduction oxidation reactions. General concepts of organic chemistry will also be reviewed. Prerequisite: CHEM101 3-2-4
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• CHEM 106: Principles of Chemistry

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course examines the structure and reactivity of matter. Topics of study will include measurements, atomic structure, chemical bonding, chemical reactions and the phases of matter. This course is intended for students who are majoring in a non-science discipline. 3-2-4
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• CHEM 201: Organic Chemistry I

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course examines the structure, reactivity and chemical properties of organic molecules. Specific topics of study include nomenclature, of functional groups, conformational analysis of acyclic and cyclic molecules, stereochemistry, as well as mechanistic and chemical reactions for various classes of organic molecules (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes). This course is intended for students who are majoring in science or health-related disciplines and are intending to transfer to a 4 year institution. Prerequisite CHEM102. 4-4-4
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• CHEM 202: Organic Chemistry II

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course continues to describe the structures, reactivity and chemical properties of organic molecules. Specific topics of study include nomenclature of complex molecules, analysis of spectroscopic data, and description of aromatic molecules using molecular orbital theory, describing multistep syntheses and predicting products of chemical reactions and relating organic chemistry to biomolecular systems. This course is intended for students who are majoring in science or health-related disciplines and are intending to transfer to a 4 year institution. Prerequisite CHEM201. 4-4-4
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• CISF 120: Computer Forensics & Investigation

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course teaches students the fundamentals of digital forensics and investigation. Topics include principles of digital investigations, current forensics software tools, digital evidence controls, computer forensic analysis, email investigations, recovering image files, writing investigation reports, and becoming an expert witness. (3-0-3)
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