Courses

Explores the essential requirements for starting and operating a business. This course covers basic concepts of business law, marketing, finance and operations. It guides the development of an effective business plan and prepares students to launch and sustain their own businesses.

Explores the essential requirements for starting and operating a business. This course covers basic concepts of business law, marketing, finance and operations. It guides the development of an effective business plan and prepares students to launch and sustain their own businesses.

Teaches entrepreneurs planning skills from business concept development to the actual development of a comprehensive business plan. This practical approach includes one-on-one counseling with the instructor and professional volunteer counselors. Guest speakers are an integral part of the course. Topics include marketing strategies and tactics, profitability, human resource management, financial management and projections, innovations, and loan negotiations.

Teaches entrepreneurs planning skills, from the development of a conceptual business to the actual comprehensive plan for their business. This practical approach emphasizes the need for entrepreneurs to validate their ideas and assumptions and to establish mentoring relationships with experts in their chosen business field.

Teaches entrepreneurs planning skills, from the development of a conceptual business to the actual comprehensive plan for their business. This practical approach emphasizes the need for entrepreneurs to validate their ideas and assumptions and to establish mentoring relationships with experts in their chosen business field.

Will cover topics such as financial planning for entrepreneurs, understanding tax considerations, understanding financial documents, financial ratio analysis, cash flow management, cost of capital and budgeting, raising capital, valuation, risk assessment, and venture exits.

Will cover topics such as financial planning for entrepreneurs, understanding tax considerations, understanding financial documents, financial ratio analysis, cash flow management, cost of capital and budgeting, raising capital, valuation, risk assessment, and venture exits.

Explores the essential requirements for starting and operating a business. This course covers basic concepts of business law, marketing, finance and operations. It guides the development of an effective business plan and prepares students to launch and sustain their own businesses.

Investigates human-environment interactions, including cultural constructions of nature, sociocultural adaptations to various environments, and transformation of the environment both in the past and the present. Also considers human relationships with global climate, and attempts to mitigate human impacts on the environment.

Introduces contemporary environmental issues and policies meant to reduce environmental degradation. It introduces the concept of market failure due to pollution. The course covers government pollution reduction policies for air, water, and natural environments. It also covers analytical tools that are used to analyze the effectiveness of these policies. This is a statewide