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GBS - General Business
| Why should I take General Business classes? |
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The reasons for taking General Business course(s) at Glendale Community College depend upon your needs. 1. Essential Knowledge
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| General Business Faculty |
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| At Glendale Community College, the following people are the full-time faculty that teach General Business classes: |
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| GBS131 | Business Calculations | 3 Credits |
| Review of basic arithmetic and application of mathematics to business problems, includes percentage, interest, discount, and markups. Prerequisites: None. | ||
| GBS132 | Personal and Family Financial Security | 3 Credits |
| Principles and practices of personal and family financial planning, includes savings, budgeting, credit, buying versus renting and general principles of consumerism. Prerequisites: None. | ||
| GBS151 | Introduction to Business | 3 Credits |
| Characteristics and activities of current local, national, and international business. An overview of economics, marketing, management and finance. Prerequisites: None. | ||
| GBS161 | Mathematics of Business | 3 Credits |
| Applications of basic financial mathematics; includes interest, financial statement, stocks and bonds, and international business. Prerequisites: GBS131, or MAT102, or permission of department/division. | ||
| GBS205 | Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Business | 3 Credits |
| Legal theories,
ethical issues and regulatory climate affecting business policies and decisions.
Prerequisites:
None.
This course fulfills the LES305 requirement at ASU. This course is a required course for business students who intend to transfer to any state university in Arizona. |
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| GBS206 | Business Law (UCC) | 3 Credits |
| Legal and ethical aspects of contracts, sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, documents of title, letter of credit, bank deposits, and collections. Prerequisites: None. | ||
| GBS207 | Business Law (General Corporate) | 3 Credits |
| Legal and ethical aspects of agency, partnerships, corporations, bankruptcy, antitrust, securities, and other regulations of business. Prerequisites: None. | ||
| GBS220 | Quantitative Methods in Business | 3 Credits |
| Business applications
of quantitative optimization methods in operations management decisions.
Prerequisites:
(Grade of "C" or better in MAT150, or MAT151, or MAT152) or equivalent,
or satisfactory score on district placement exam.
This course can be taken in lieu of finite math for business students who intend to transfer to any state university in Arizona. |
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| GBS221 | Business Statistics | 3 Credits |
| Business applications of descriptive and inferential statistics, measurement of relationships, and statistical process management. Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in GBS220 or MAT172. | ||
| GBS233 | Business Communication | 3 Credits |
| Internal and external business communications, including verbal and nonverbal techniques. Prerequisites: ENG101 or ENG107 with grade of "C" or better, or permission of department/division. | ||
| GBS261 | Investments I | 3 Credits |
| Evaluation of various investment forms including study of inflation, taxation, government securities, stocks and bonds, real estate and retirement plans. Prerequisites: None. | ||