| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|
| BA150 | Principles of Business Mgmt This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts and techniques they will need as managers in today\'s new organizations. The sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Throughout the course, the manager\'s role in leading and accommodating change is emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered extensively. | 3 |
| BA201 | Microeconomics This course provides the undergraduate student with an introduction to microeconomics. It provides the student with a sound foundation in economic thinking that is central to business. Topics that are covered include supply and demand, opportunity costs, elasticities, utility theory, the economic concept of the firm, the relationship between costs and capital in the short-run and in the long-run, competition, monopoly, anti-trust laws, and public and private goods. | 3 |
| BA250 | Personal Finance This introductory course provides the student with a basic understanding of personal financial planning. The course is designed to help students understand how to plan for a successful financial future for themselves and their families. The course offers a comprehensive treatment of financial planning to help students understand the complexities of today's financial world and evaluate their financial options through a formal decision-making approach. | 3 |
| CS101 | CompConcepts and Office Apps Students explore the fundamentals of Microsoft Office 2010 including a broad understanding of the theories behind the applications. Students gain skills in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Access 2010 and Microsoft
PowerPoint 2010. Students achieve an appreciation for the application of these tools and develop a skill set in using the applications. | 4 |
| CS165 | Adv Microcomputer Apps This course provides the student with coverage of advanced topics related to microcomputer applications. It extends the student\'s basic knowledge of the Microsoft® Office software suite with various readings, hands on activities, and a final integration project. Topics studied include word processing (Word),
spreadsheets (Excel), database (Access), and graphic presentations (PowerPoint). | 4 |
| EN101 | English Composition I This course develops written communication skills with emphasis on understanding the writing process, analyzing readings and practicing writing for personal and professional applications. | 3 |
| EN102 | English Composition II This is a freshman college-level writing course designed to build on skills learned in EN101. The student is expected to complete writing assignments that spring from assigned reading material, which clearly evince an awareness of social issues. Upon successful completion of EN102, students should be competent in reading, reflecting on, and responding to literature using scholarly analysis, organizing clear and effective writing with a thesis statement, anticipating bias by viewing all sides of an issue, performing effective research using library resources, monitoring tone and using appropriate argumentative skills when pursuing a thesis, using MLA formatting guidelines for research papers, and avoiding plagiarism with careful documentation. | 3 |
| GP210 | American Government I This undergraduate course provides an introduction to American government and politics. Topics include the concept of a constitutional democracy, federalism, first amendment rights, equal rights under the law, political culture, political ideology, interest groups, lobbying, and political campaigns and elections. | 3 |
| GS103 | Intro to Physical Science This course gives the student a broad overview of the following physical processes and topics: units and measures, motion, energy, momentum, atoms and molecules, inorganic chemistry, geology, and astronomy. This course attempts to relate the subject matter to everyday occurrences. | 3 |
| GU100 | Student Success This required one-credit hour course introduces Grantham students to various strategies for learning and helps develop skills essential for succeeding in an online education program. Students complete selfassessments to become familiar with their learning styles and how to use their learning styles in online studies. Students successfully completing this course are more proficient in time management, reading skills, writing techniques, memory abilities, and test-taking strategies. Students learn how to navigate within Grantham University's online course learning environment, submit assignments, and where to go for academic assistance. GU100 is normally taken with level 100 or 200 courses that offer the most common challenges in working in an online learning environment. Students complete assignments in both courses simultaneously as a learning strategy for general education and entry-level knowledge acquisition while developing successful online study skills. Successful completion of G | 1 |
| HS101 | World Hist:Ancient to Renaissa This introductory undergraduate course in world civilization covers the history of mankind from antiquity to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It provides a thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. | 3 |
| MA105 | College Algebra An introductory level course on the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics include equations, polynomial and rational functions and graphing, and exponential and logarithmic functions. | 3 |
| PS240 | Fundamentals of Psychology Fundamentals of Psychology presents an introductory overview of the basics of psychology. The focus of this course is to guide your thinking critically and imaginatively about psychological issues, and to help you apply what you learn to your own daily life and the world around you. | 3 |
| SO101 | Introduction to Sociology I This course offers a global perspective to help students understand their own lives as well as presenting the most current research in the field of sociology. Students will explore social diversity while critically examining the issues and challenges facing society. Topics covered include the theoretical and empirical foundations of sociology, the major themes of sociological research, and the techniques employed. | 3 |
| SO106 | Introduction to Sociology II This undergraduate course continues the introduction to sociology begun in SO101. Like the previous course, this course continues to provide a global perspective to enable students to better understand their own lives and presents the most current research in the field of sociology. Finally, students will explore social diversity while critically examining the issues and challenges facing society. Topics covered include a wide range of social institutions and social change. | 3 |
| Program and core: | 45 |
| Electives (6): | 18 |
| Total: | 63 |
