Business

This is an introductory course that will expose the student to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Students will gain the ability to analyse transactions, apply approaches to the general ledger, and report the results through the preparation of financial statements to be used by internal and external decision makers. The fundamentals of the accounting cycle, accounts receivable, fixed assets, longterm liabilities, payroll and petty cash will be examined.

This course is an introductory level managerial accounting course designed to give students a fundamental understanding of accounting as a decision making tool within an organization. Emphasis will be placed on the identification and assignment of product costs, operation budgeting and planning, costs control, and management decision making

A foundation course on the role and function of a business enterprise. Includes organization, finance, marketing, administration, human resources, customer service, data management, international business, small business and economic tools. Designed primarily to help students describe basic environments in which a business operates. Explain basic concepts of management and recognize problems faced in operating a business. Describes basic concepts related to the marketing of goods and services. Provide information with respect to money and banking, financial management, accounting, law, ethics and the role these play in business.  Describes how these factors could affect their careers.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of ethics in business. It explores the ethical responsibilities of organizations to employees and employees to the organization. Students will learn the important role ethics plays when making business decisions.

Principles of Microeconomics is an introductory course that teaches the fundamentals of microeconomics. This course introduces microeconomic concepts and analysis, supply and demand analysis, and gives students an understanding about how the economy functions as it relates to individuals and businesses. This introductory course also explores the principles of production and consumption–and the exchange of goods and services–in a market economy

This course examines the role of human resources in align employees with the companies strategic objectives. Key functions such as recruitment and selection, onboarding, staff development and coaching, motivation, employee engagement and retention, compensation and benefits, labour relations, social media and leadership roles are examined. Implications of legal and global environment issues such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and benefit costs are analysed. Best practices in the workplace are considered.

The course is designed to give students an understanding of the various leadership styles that exist within an organization and to develop strategies when interacting.  Students would be able to identify the strengths and weakens of their own style so that they would be able to communicate more effectively.

This course is intended to prepare students to communicate effectively in any business environment. Students will learn the fundamentals of good business writing, including protocols for business letters, memoranda, electronic mail, good and bad messages, persuasive messages and formal reports and proposals.

This course introduces the student to the legal framework of business. Contracts, the law of sales, torts, crimes, constitutional law, and the court systems in the Bahamas will be examined. A number of examples and case studies will be used throughout the course to better enable understanding of various topics in a practical situation.