Business Systems Management (Bachelor's)

Business Management Training in 190 Weeks*

Do you possess a strong self-motivation,good time management skills,and a desire to succeed? There's a good chance you're cut out for a management career!

Our Bachelor of Science Degree program in Business Systems Management prepares students for a career in business, whether that be working for a corporation, startup, or following your own entrepreneurial ambitions.

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Systems Management, students can pursue careers in a number of fields, including:

Business Management
Social Media Marketing
Marketing
Advertising
Banking
Personal Finance
Entrepreneurship

With a program led by experienced professionals from the field, Laurus helps motivated people get the skills and experience to pursue careers in the challenging business world.

*When completed in normal time

The goal of this Bachelor's Degree program is to provide students with an opportunity to develop skills in critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, social responsibility, human relationships, and technological savvy. Students will interact with faculty and peers in a career-oriented business education that emphasizes personal and professional integrity.

The study of life processes ecological factors and the plant and animal kingdoms; biological systems and their control; Human anatomy and physiology; Human Diseases, genetics, inheritance and evolution; the cell as the basic unit of life.
Credits: 5

This course is designed as a survey course that explores the functions of modern business, including an overview of marketing, management, ethics, social responsibility, and human resources management. The course introduces common terminology, concepts, topical readings and current issues in business, while fostering critical and analytical thinking skills.
Credits: 5

In this course students gain an understanding of the word processing software Microsoft Word. Students in this course create numerous Microsoft Word documents, and apply various techniques such as editing and proofing, formatting text, cutting and pasting, saving and deleting. Students use tables, styles, and graphics to build documents such as business letters, letterhead, envelopes, and flyers. Students also learn how to perform a mail merge using Word’s powerful Mail Merge feature. This course gives students the foundation to work effectively with this software and to market their acquired skills to potential employers.
Credits: 5

This course covers the fundamentals of financial accounting, including double-entry accounting and the accounting cycle. Other topics include cash, receivables, inventories, plant assets, liabilities, partnerships, corporation, investments, statement of cash flows, and interpretation of financial statements.
Credits: 5

This course covers basic Microsoft Excel skills that include creating, modifying, and formatting a worksheet, and turning the data into highly functional charts. Students begin to experiment with basic functions and formulas and learn to automate spreadsheet tasks. Students build and edit worksheets, work with cells and cell ranges, format cell contents and values, and manage workbooks.
Credits: 5

Students in this course are exposed to basic issues in starting a business. Topics may include capitalization, staffing, subcontracting, permits, facilities, and basic business planning. The course offers students practical exercises to begin strategic development of a business and offers practical problems and issues in the startup phase of building a successful organization.
Credits: 5

Students in this course gain an understanding for creating electronic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Topics in this course may include working with template slides, formatting slides, working with layouts, working with graphics, creating charts, and adding animation. Students also study methods and techniques for giving presentations using this exciting software.
Credits: 5

Students in this course study the responsibilities for managing a business. Topics studied in this course may include making a business plan, cost planning and budgeting, development of the business and the business accounts, and the basics of buying and selling a business. This course introduces students to the foundations of business management, and how to apply those foundations to open a new business or to improve upon an already existing business.
Credits: 5

In this course, students study the nuances of promotion, advertising, and consumer spending, and how those concepts can be applied to getting the word out about a company, product or service. Students learn about planning effective advertising campaigns by analyzing public demand for a particular product or service, and the products offered by the competition. Students also learn about the different methods of marketing, and how technology has impacted the way marketing is handled for both big and small companies.
Credits: 5

In this course, students study the nature of Human Relationships. This includes group and individual behaviors, improving productivity and quality through correct motivation, developing employees, correctly rewarding employees, and dealing with a variety of job related conflicts. Students learn about the human element related to the work environment and methods to achieve an effective fit between people and the organizational systems.
Credits: 5

In this course, students study the nuances of the legal environments including law, business strategy, and business ethics. Topics covered in this course include administrative law, international law, business crime, torts, contracts, and business related legal issues. Students also learn about antitrust law, intellectual property, agency law, employee regulations, business associations, and securities law that apply to small and big business alike.
Credits: 5

This course prepares students to develop and implement project plans when working to complete assigned projects. Topics in this course may include defining project goals and objectives, specifying tasks or how goals will be achieved, establishing needed resources for project completion, and associating budgets and completion timelines. Students study the major phases of project management including project feasibility, planning, implementation, evaluation, and support. Project management software will be used by students to gain an understanding of how to best organize and delegate their project. Students gain an understanding of how to manage projects and how these skills may be applied to an individual project or a group project.
Credits: 5

This course focuses on the management of personal finance. Broad coverage of personal financial decisions, including basic financial planning, use of credit, purchasing an automobile and home, insurance, tax issues, investing, retirement, and estate planning.
Credits: 5

Students in this course study international business markets and through the analysis of case studies learn how trade, investments, law, politics, and culture drive the global financial market and open opportunity for emerging markets.
Credits: 5

This course covers both personal selling and branding. Participants will learn how to create their personal brand, define their target audience and use role playing and video presentations to master sales techniques and enhance interpersonal communication skills.
Credits: 5

This course examines the psychology of the consumer decision-making process and the influence of social media in the purchase of goods and services.
Credits: 5

This course examines the evolution of electronic transaction processing technologies in the buying and selling of goods. Topics include the basic understanding of the ecommerce system, the advent of ecommerce in the consumer’s daily life, the underlying economic structure of the ecommerce system, transactional models with little or no human interaction and navigational technologies in the ecommerce cycle.
Credits: 5

This course is comprehensive survey of the functional areas of business: management and organization, human resource management, marketing, information systems and accounting, and finance and investment. Core topics include ethics and social responsibility, small business concerns and entrepreneurship, and global issues. This Course will also examine topics like the impact of social media on business, the economic crisis, green and socially responsible business, and sustainability.
Credits: 5

This course examines the impact of new information technologies in marketing and the industries undergoing high levels of change. Topics include database marketing, business-to-business marketing, customer contact management systems and the innovative development of new technologies to keep up with changes in innovative industry settings
Credits: 5

Students in this course study the responsibilities for managing a small business. Topics studied in this course may include making a business plan, cost planning and budgeting, development of the business and the business accounts, and the basics of buying and selling a small business. This course introduces students to the foundations of small business management, and how to apply those foundations to open a new business or to improve upon an already existing business
Credits: 5

Students in this class will learn the process of new product development from the inception of brainstorming and ideation to building a prototype and launching a product or service into the marketplace. New product development also includes screening, concept development, and commercialization.
Credits: 5

Social media is a cornerstone of the modern workplace and increasingly more companies are in need of social media managers to monitor and promote their brand, while managing public commentary and customer experience. This course utilizes popular online social media tools and platforms to master engagement and lessen disruptive public response.
Credits: 5

In this course, students will explore the various styles and functions of leadership. Topics studied in this course include, effective communication, and effective leadership skills needed to engage with others across all industries. Students will learn how to motivate and influence individuals and groups in a diverse workforce.
Credits: 5

Ethics and Law in Media Communications: In this course, students will explore the legal issues surrounding mass media. Topics covered in this class include, copyright laws, contracts, distribution agreements, music licensing, and other business media communication laws. This class focuses on the ethical decisions that people in mass media face each day. Students study the fundamental principles of ethics and how to apply them to their daily lives.
Credits: 5

This course serves as an introduction to the necessary core skills needed to be successful at an academic, professional and personal level. Students will identify core skills, values and interest to assist in their path to success. Topics covered in this course may include time management, effective study skills, written and oral communication, improving critical thinking to enhance problem-solving skills. Other topics may include job search techniques and job etiquette, and on-the-job behavior. Students will work towards building their professional development through various assignments and topics throughout the course. Students will explore Laurus College resources for success inside and outside the classroom.
Credits: 5

English provides students with the basic rhetorical foundations to prepare them for the demands of academic and professional writing. Students in this course will learn and practice the strategies and processes that successful writers employ when communicating information. These strategies include reading analytically and strategically, improving reading comprehension, writing persuasively, writing for investigative purposes, problem-resolution, evaluation, explanation, and refutation.
Credits: 5

English provides students with the basic research foundations and skills to prepare them for the demands of academic and professional writing. Students in this course will learn and practice the strategies and processes that successful writers employ when researching topics and information to prepare reports and arguments. The course will culminate with a written research paper and the presentation of the student’s research for peer response.
Credits: 5

This course builds on the foundation of ENG100 (English Composition I) and ENG 200 (English Composition II) by introducing students to effective rhetorical concepts—both classical and modern—and to apply relevant analysis. Understanding classical rhetorical devices—logos, pathos, and ethos—and how writer’s effectively use them to sway opinion provides students with a methodology of being able to appropriately judge the information they encounter in both the academic and professional arena. Additionally, this course will help students hone their skills in argumentation and presentation.
Credits: 5

This course introduces tools used by sociologists to explore and understand society. Social relationships, social structures and processes are explored.
Credits: 5

Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes. In this class, students will dive into what makes themselves and others behave the way they do. Topics covered in this class include Neuroscience, Sensation and Perception, Learning, Memory, Thinking and Intelligence, Developmental Psychology, Personality Theories and Assessment, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Workplace Psychology. This class will be focused more on behavior as it pertains to the workplace rather than the clinical side of Psychology.
Credits: 5

Students will explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time. This overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history in a chronological story that will help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society.
Credits: 5

This course provides students with a conceptual understanding of algebra by using problem solving applications in context to real-world application. Students will integrate meaningful applications with relevant data, graphs, tables, charts, colors, and diagrams.
Credits: 5

This course covers descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with relevant applications to solving real-world problems, hypothesis testing and decision-making. Important statistical models and distributions will be discussed.
Credits: 5

This course introduces students to physical science. Students will learn about physics, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, and geology. This will give students the ability to understand and interact with their physical environment in a more engaging way. Some of the knowledge students gain include Newton’s Laws, chemical elements, the universe, and geologic concepts.
Credits: 5

This course focuses on professional communication in the 21st workplace. Students in this course will hone their communication skills by working on various assignments and projects, including: face-to-face conversations, collaborative work groups, presentations, and interviews. Lectures include topics in nonverbal communication, cultural differences, organizational fit, and networking within specific industries through face-to-face interactions and via social networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. By the end of the course, students will have prepared industry specific portfolios and taken part in mock interviews specific to their field of study.
Credits: 5

This course introduces students to the World Wide Web. Students examine the history of the web and how its development has shaped the ways people do business and advertise. Students gain an understanding for the complexity of the web and how servers, users, and databases all work, search, access information, and download simultaneously. Topics in this course may include the basics of HTTP, FTP, HTML language and tags, coding styles, links, image placement, and image maps. Students learn the importance of web page appearance and navigation. Students are introduced to the basics of initial web page planning and production, and learn key terminology applied to web page creation and implementation.
Credits: 5

This course teaches common traditional and modern marketing theories. It focuses on consumer behavior, sales management, and basic marketing principles and research. This course also examines marketing strategies for specific audiences. In addition, this course focuses on email marketing, growing an email list, and the in and out of managing email mailers. It also focuses on creation and management of pay per click ads and other types of online advertising as well as the creation, execution, and maintenance of an online ad campaign.
Credits: 5

* General Education Course

Managerial courses emphasize human values and techniques for establishing a sense of responsibility to employers,employees,and other stakeholders while building strong relationships.

Marketing and social entrepreneurship courses demonstrate the role of marketing in business and provide students with adaptive skills and tools to think creatively and develop innovative business ideas and solutions.

Finance and accounting courses equip business students with the primary concepts and skills necessary to understand budgeting and funding and to evaluate the cash flow within an enterprise.

Where You Could Be After Completing This Program

Business Systems professionals plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, human resources, accounting, marketing, facilities planning and maintenance, purchasing and event planning.

Grads with Business training may find careers in a wide range of interesting and rewarding positions, including:

Administrative Manager
Market Research Analyst
Office Manager
Project Coordinator
Entrepreneur
...and more!

Career Opportunities

The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is used by Federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. The Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program offered at Laurus College can help prepare graduates for a variety of careers that include, but are not limited to the list of careers that may be listed under the following SOC codes (for more information on a particular SOC code, visit www.onetonline.org).

With so many professional opportunities available to people with the right qualifications, Laurus can prepare you for a career that will take you to that next level in life.

Meet the Business Systems Faculty

Dennis Bagay

Instructor

Dr. Constance Leyland

Instructor

Dr. Karen Edwards

Instructor

Dr. Shanna Miller

Instructor

Issy Graham

Instructor

Jesse Bates

Interim Director of Business

Kasey MacNair

Instructor

Laurie Manibusan

Instructor

Lyn Stangeland

Instructor

Melanie Bryant

Director of Education

Nancy Munkres

Instructor

Sylvia Lloyd

Instructor

Traci Henderson

Instructor

Wendy Flores

Director

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As part of the curriculum, students will have the opportunity to develop skills in

Management
Marketing
Social Media Management
Economics
Personal Selling and Branding
Human Relationships
Business Law
New Product Development
Technology and Marketing
Small Business Management
Consumer Behavior
Business Start-up Strategies
Accounting

With so many professional opportunities available to people with the right qualifications, Laurus can prepare you for a career that will take you to that next level in life.

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Learning Goals

Communication: Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills; communicate concisely, professionally, and accurately in various professional modes, including emails and presentations.
Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills by formulating problems and developing achievable solutions; create, analyze and evaluate appropriate solutions, including those for ambiguous problems; streamline information for relevancy; effectively articulate their thinking processes throughout the problem-solving process.
Management: Demonstrate an understanding of sound management skills, including the effective management of groups and processes, the ability to appraise and evaluate both people and situations, and formulate solutions to common workplace problems; demonstrate knowledge and application of common leadership skills.
Marketing: Exhibit a strong understanding of personal branding, selling, and promotional techniques and the ability to create compelling advertisements and pitches for goods and services, including product, price, place, and promotional strategy; demonstrate an understanding of the legalities of marketing and intellectual property and the effective use of technology for marketing purposes, and to generate presence, connectivity, and relationships.
Financial Knowledge: Demonstrate mathematical and problem-solving skills in relation to financial management, including economics, personal finance, math, statistics, and accounting; use financial tools to collect and analyze data and to keep track of monetary trends.
Business Tools: Effectively use a variety of business and accounting tools, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, QuickBooks, and available online platforms, to more efficiently and effectively run the day-to-day business operations of an enterprise or organization. Career Opportunities

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Program Information

Program Length

The Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program is 190 quarter credits and can be completed in four (4) years if the student attends all terms consecutively.

Instructional Methods

The Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program is practical application and involves intense online interactive learning. All classes are lecture based with learning activities and practical application laboratory for students to enhance their skills and abilities. Interactive virtual classrooms are part of the instructional process at Laurus College. Instruction may be supplemented with guest speakers in class.

Communication and Critical Thinking Skills

Students in the Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program complete challenging projects and assignments by using creative problem solving skills. Students communicate ideas through written and oral presentations in various courses throughout the program.

Completion Requirements

Students wishing to obtain the Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Laurus College need to meet all program completion requirements. Students must have completed a minimum of 190 quarter credits, and be in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better to be eligible for the Business Systems Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.).

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