Management - Nonprofit Management
Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)

Examines operational theories of management under the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Emphasizes the manager’s role in creating and maintaining an internal environment for performance. Students discuss cases in detail.

Prerequisite: BUS100 or prior approval

Provides an overview of customer relations from an integrated viewpoint with a focus on customer satisfaction. Includes the functional operations needed to optimize the total internal and external customer satisfaction experience.

Prerequisite: MGT220

Examines organizational theory and development, corporate culture, factors facilitating or inhibiting organizational change, power, and politics. Students develop an understanding of how these components of organizational behavior may be directed in order to maximize organizational effectiveness.

Prerequisite: MGT220

Introduction to the strategic planning and implementation of human resources management. Topics include staffing, development, appraisal, and rewards.

Prerequisite: MGT220

An introduction to the theory and practice of management within various nonprofit organizations. Students will consider best practices in managing various components of nonprofit organizations. They examine the varying perspectives of nonprofit managers, volunteers, board members, policymakers, donors, and clients/customers.

Prerequisite: MGT220

Explores the production and operations management system from the perspective of its ability to enhance value. Topics include the issues of performance, cost, competition, and customer expectations. 

Prerequisites: MAT215, MGT220

An introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of managing. Stresses a hands-on approach to improving a student’s ability to manage people.

Prerequisite: MGT220

These simulation exercises place students, often working in teams, in the position of managing a company. By analyzing a company’s history, financial reports, and other information provided, students make decisions on hiring, forecasting, suppliers to use, costs, and marketing. 

Prerequisites: FIN300, MGT220, MKT220

An introduction to computer-based applications and simulations in business. Students will learn the concepts and software used by business organizations in order to simulate real-life problem solving.

Prerequisites: BUS100, CIS115

An overview of the most recent theories and the current practices in strategic management. Examines the development and implementation of strategies in various areas of business activity (finance, sourcing, production, human resource management, marketing, and international business).

Prerequisites: FIN301, IBS201, MGT220, MKT220

Focuses on the theory and practice of philanthropy. Students are exposed to various methods of resource acquisition through ethical fundraising practices and innovative income-producing approaches.

Prerequisite: MGT250

Focuses on financial management practices relevant to the nonprofit sector including budgeting, financial analysis, financial controls, and managing risk. Governance issues including relations with governmental and private funding sources are examined.

Prerequisite: MGT250

Examines various legal and regulatory issues that nonprofit organizations must manage. Topics such as legal formation, governance, reporting requirements, disclosure requirements, and fundraising are discussed.

Prerequisite: MGT250

Examines the special challenges for successful promotion of the nonprofit organization. Students are exposed to the marketing concepts relevant to nonprofit organizations.

Prerequisites: MGT250, MKT220

Covers basic financial accounting elements, definitions, and statements. Students learn how to read and understand financial statements and how to use them in making financial business decisions.

An introduction to the use of accounting information for management planning, control in budget preparation, and the evaluation of cost behavior. Students learn how to prepare and interpret cash flow statements and make managerial decisions based on financial statement analyses.

Prerequisite: ACC110 or ACC112

Explores the nature and scope of business, examines its component parts, and describes how businesses are organized and managed. Students will learn about the various internal and external forces that comprise our business and economic system.

Explores career development opportunities and strategies. Stresses entry-level job requirements and upward career paths. Covers resume writing skills, interviewing techniques, and the importance of professionalism. Continues the student's orientation to Berkeley College’s computer framework, which includes content collection and compiling a professional e-portfolio.

Provides students with detailed knowledge of the laws relating to contracts, commerce, property, sales, negotiable instruments, and employment. Students develop an awareness of business situations requiring legal counsel and a familiarization with the overall structure of the legal system.

Allows students to work in a position related to their course of study. Students integrate the skills and knowledge learned through their academic experiences and participate in focused online discussions and special online projects.

Prerequisites: BUS226 and departmental approval

Provides an overview of the fundamental principles of financial theory and practice. Students become familiar with the financial organization and operation of a business. Topics include financial analysis, planning and control, budgeting and forecasting, and short- and long-term financing.

Prerequisites: ACC113, MAT212

Explores the diverse environments, management concerns, financial issues, and marketing questions faced by international business organizations. Students gain a heightened global awareness as they seek the knowledge and skills needed to function competitively in an increasingly interdependent world.

Prerequisite: BUS100

Provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and practices in the marketing process. Provides a detailed study of each marketing mix tool (product, price, place, promotion) along with introduction to marketing research and consumer behavior.

An introduction to computer technology with an emphasis on applications. Students learn how to use software packages, such as Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Includes an orientation to Berkeley College’s computer framework, which includes Blackboard, content collection, and portfolio development.

An introduction to expository writing through a comprehensive survey of forms of composition. Students are taught to use words with precision and strengthen their understanding and application of grammatical and rhetorical principles. Students are encouraged to appreciate and incorporate the principles of academic and professional writing.

Strengthens the writing, reading, and interpretive abilities introduced in ENG105. Encourages students to develop an appreciation and understanding of various works of literature and utilize literature to enhance critical thinking and writing.

Prerequisite: ENG105

Designed to help students improve oral communication skills. Emphasis is placed on identifying good and poor speech habits, techniques for improving speech, oral interpretation, effective speech planning and delivery, and interpersonal communication.

Prerequisite: ENG106

Explores the communication strategies and techniques needed for success in the workplace. Students write, revise, and edit business documents, learn techniques for organizing information, and practice the effective use of oral communication skills in business and professional settings.

Prerequisite: ENG106

Introduces students to solving problems by using geometric and algebraic approaches and appropriate technology. Topics include the Cartesian Coordinate System, Linear Equations, Absolute Value, Rational and Exponential Functions, Systems of Linear Equations, and Linear Inequalities.

Prerequisite: CSK099 or placement

Introduces students to the personal use of mathematics and the applications for various business disciplines including accounting, fashion marketing and management, financial services, and marketing. Explores the business applications of linear functions, quadratics functions, and systems of linear equations. Emphasis will be placed on the use of Excel to solve real world business problems.

Prerequisites: CSK099 or placement

An introduction to statistical methods and procedures. Students become acquainted with the collection, analysis, and presentation of quantitative data. Topics include basic concepts of probability, frequency distributions, binomial distributions, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and regression and correlation.

Prerequisite: MAT211

An introduction to the study of macroeconomics. Provides a brief history of economics, from Adam Smith to the present. Students will learn the theories of contemporary macroeconomics, as well as their application and impact in today’s world.

An introduction to the study of microeconomics. Focuses on individual markets and the personal choices concerning those markets. Students gain an understanding of what determines the prices of particular goods and services, as well as what determines the output and profits of individual firms and wages of individual workers.

Prerequisites: SOC201

An introduction to the basic principles of psychology and their direct application to the understanding of human behavior. Topics include human development, learning, memory, thinking, intelligence, creativity, motivation, emotion, adjustment, perception, abnormal behavior, and therapy.