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Days until classes:
Next classes start
Jun 4th
Program Length: 24 months
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Available Online: This program is delivered fully online.
Degree Overview
The Business program prepares students for a variety of responsible managerial positions. Due to the diversity of the program courses, the student will build a strong foundation in accounting, marketing, insurance, finance, electronic commerce, and real estate.
Objectives of the program are as follows: providing the student with an integrated understanding of business and economic concepts and how these concepts relate to business and social systems; the recognition of ethical responsibilities and accountability; the development of planning, decision-making, and other management functions; the capacity to implement and adapt to change; and development of analytic thinking and leadership style.
Graduates are employed in entry-level positions as bookkeepers, clerical assistants, and personal property professionals.
Personal property management is the management of fixed assets, such as desks, hospital beds, airplanes, radar equipment, etc., at local, state, and federal government agencies, colleges, universities, medical facilities, and private industries. The field had its genesis in the defense contracting arena, in the management of government-owned personal property in the possession of defense contractors.
| Program Information | Associate of Science in Business |
|---|---|
| Occupations Degree Prepares For (and SOC code of occupation) |
Administrative Services Managers - 11-3011.00 |
| Business Teachers, Post-secondary - 25-1011.00 | |
| General and Operations Managers - 11-1021.00 | |
| Management Analysts - 13.1111.00 | |
| Managers, All other - 11-9199.00 | |
| Sales Managers - 11-2022.00 | |
| Social and Community Service Managers - 11-9151.00 | |
| Storage and Distribution Managers - 11-3071.02 | |
| Transportation Managers - 11-3071.01 | |
| Transportation, Storage and Distribution Managers - 11-3071.00 | |
| Tuition and Fees | $23,625 |
| Cost of Books | Included |
| Room and Board | N/A |
| Job Placement Rate * | N/A% |
| On-Time Completion Rate | N/A |
| Median Title IV Debt | N/A |
| Median Non-Title IV Debt | N/A |
| Median Loan Debt | N/A |
Course Descriptions
CourseCourse NameCredits
Course Description
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Accounting I
This course provides an introduction to business accounting. Topics include accounting concepts and principles, financial statements, internal control design, and accounting for partnerships.
Credits: 4.5
Accounting II
This course is a continuation of Accounting I. Topics include corporate accounting and financial statements, long-term liabilities, cash flow and financial statement analysis, managerial accounting, budgeting, and using financial data to make business decisions.
Credits: 4.5
Introduction to Business
This course introduces students to the field of business. Topics include economics, ethics, small business, global business, marketing, and accounting.
Credits: 4.5
Business Ethics
This course provides an introduction to business ethics. Part philosophy and part business, the course covers a wide array of ethical issues arising in contemporary business life. Major theoretical perspectives and concepts are presented, including ethical relativism, utilitarianism, and deontology. The lessons explore employee issues and responsibilities, leadership and decision making, morality, diversity, discrimination, and ethics in marketing and advertising. Corporate social responsibility is also examined, as are the topics of environmental responsibilities, global ethics, and regulation concerns in an era of increasing globalization.
Credits: 4.5
Business Communications
This course develops effective communication skills for success in the workplace. Emphasis is on building students? skills in all types of business communication, including letters, memos, electronic communication, written reports, oral presentations, and interpersonal communication. The course also includes coverage of resumes, interviewing tips, and employment follow-up documents.
Credits: 4.5
Business Law
This course introduces the multiple facets of business law including online commerce. Emphasis is placed on the basic concepts of how businesses are organized and operate within a legal environment.
Credits: 4.5
Computer Fundamentals
This course provides students with a foundation in the skills and the knowledge needed for today?s technology-based careers. Students study the CPU and memory, input devises and peripherals and how these components interact with an operating system to perform critical tasks. Emphasis is placed on what can go wrong and how to recover. Learners also explore how computers connect to the Internet, what services can be found online, how they can be used, and what dangers exist in the form of viruses, Trojans, and other malware. Students prepare to work with different types of applications, including spreadsheets, word processors, presentation creation tools, and more.
Credits: 4.5
Business Information Systems
This course introduces the various information and communication technologies and explains how information systems are used to solve problems and to make better business decisions.
Credits: 4.5
Introduction to Economics
This course introduces students to basic economic principles and elements of business from an economic viewpoint. Emphasis is placed on how events and developments in the economy can affect the market and the financial decisions of business.
Credits: 4.5
English Composition
This course focuses on the principles of effective English composition with a comprehensive review and reinforcement of language arts skills. Emphasis is placed on the four essentials of writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. Practice in proofreading, editing, revision, and clear thinking is incorporated throughout the course.
Credits: 4.0
Communication Arts
This course focuses on developing critical thinking and communication skills in both verbal and nonverbal areas. Emphasis is placed on debate, panel discussions, committee work, conflict resolution, interviews, and editorial writing.
Credits: 4.0
Personal Finance
This course focuses on the development of the practical methods of organizing personal financial information, interpreting personal financial position and cash flow, developing achievable and worthwhile goals, and implementing actionable plans and risk management techniques to meet those goals. Topics include money management, insurance, and investing.
Credits: 4.5
American Civilization
This course focuses on the history of the United States from the American Revolution to the present. Emphasis is on the economic, the political, and the social development of our country.
Credits: 4.0
Property Management Fundamentals
This course focuses on the life cycle of property management. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental concepts for each life cycle element to provide a broad introduction to all property topics.
Credits: 4.0
Intermediate Property Management
This course advances the property life cycle concepts of MAN 225 and emphasizes property management standards, risk analysis, auditing, valuation, and appraisal. (Prerequisite: MAN 225)
Credits: 4.0
Federal and Contractor-Focused Property Management
This course focuses on property concepts and issues in the federal government (military and civilian); in companies that do work for the federal government (government contractors); and on property concepts and issues in the state and the local governments, universities, and medical organizations (for profit and not for profit). Each of the fundamental concepts will be studied, and a review of regulations and compliance issues will be covered. (Prerequisites: MAN 225 and MAN 227).
Credits: 4.0
Property Management Applications
This course is a project-oriented course that builds upon the prior property management courses. It is designed to utilize the management and the accounting skills learned in previous courses. The student will select an instructor-approved practical project, then research and present issues related to the project, and develop suggested solutions to the issues. (Prerequisites: MAN 225, MAN 227, and MAN 229)
Credits: 4.0
Business Math
This course focuses on the basic mathematical concepts that can be applied to specific business contexts. Emphasis is placed on developing the skills necessary to analyze business situations critically and to identify the mathematical questions underlying them. Step-by-step methodologies for interpreting business issues and for solving their related mathematical problems are demonstrated.
Credits: 4.5
College Algebra
Designed to improve skills in numbers and algebraic expressions, solving equations, graphing, sets, exponents, radicals, inequalities, formulas, and applications.
Credits: 4.0
Principles of Management
This course introduces students to management philosophies in today's changing world. Topics include globalization, ethics, diversity, customer service, and innovation from a managerial perspective.
Credits: 4.5
Psychology of Motivation
This course focuses on the skills necessary to be successful in college including note taking, study skills, writing, finding and using information on the Internet, and reading/understanding collegelevel text. Students are exposed to basic motivation theories, values clarification, and philosophic principles.
Credits: 4.0
Sociology
This course addresses the relationships among different social institutions. It examines the dynamics of social groups. Topics covered include the concepts of control, inequity, and change within social groups.
Credits: 4.0
Total Courses: 22Total Credits: 94
Admissions Information
Applicants for admission to Independence University must have graduated from an accredited high school, private secondary school, or have completed the equivalent (GED). All students who graduate after January 2006 must provide a high school transcript to check eligibility for the new Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG). In addition, applicants must have Internet access and successfully complete the online readiness test.
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Tuition & Financial Aid
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