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Curriculum

The courses listed are taught at Foothill College at Los Altos Hills or Middlefield campus, and are designed to give students a foundation in general business leadership and management.

FEC and Foothill Business and Economics Club seminars are open for our students and the community at large. No matter where you are with your education or career, we are offering timely events and courses to assist you with your goals for a successful business.

The Business and Social Sciences (BSS) Division of Foothill College also offers Associate Degrees (A.A.), Certificates and Transfer Programs. The full Program Curriculum descriptions are published in the Foothill Online College Course Catalog. For the most up to date information about course offerings, visit the Schedule. You can also view the Certificates offered by Foothill College and the BSS Division.

Program Curriculum Information sheets provide the Program Title and Description as well as Career Opportunities, Units required for Major and Units required for Certificate. Additional information can include: Associate Degree Requirements, Program Type(s), Core Course titles and units, Elective Course titles and units, Certificate information titles and units, Academic Year, and Program Status. For more information, contact the Division Office at Room 3007, Tel. (650) 949-7322, Fax (650) 948-2845.

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Courses Offered

Scheduled for Winter 2009 under the Business Department:

  • BUSI 18 BUSINESS LAW I - Introduction to law applicable to business. Social forces and the law; source of law; agencies for enforcement; and court systems and procedures. California law applicable to contracts, tort negligence, agency, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Contemporary Legal Issues.
  • BUSI 22 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS - Examination of the principles and functions of business and the objectives and operations of the corporate and small business managerial decision-making process; its relations to consumers and stakeholders and its global orientation. Includes focus on the economic, political, legal, social environments of business and corporate ethics and social responsibility.
  • BUSI 57 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - Introduction to the relationship between advertising and society, and consumer and business. Analysis of markets and direction of advertising campaigns toward them. Selection of media. Evaluation and proper use of the creative aspects of advertising. Budgets. Actual creation of an advertising campaign.
  • BUSI 59 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - Contemporary marketing developments and applications relative to business activities that determine customer demand for products and services. Focus on market planning strategy, determining the right product, price, distribution and promotion elements and evaluating the results of effective marketing decision-making from both a marketer's and a consumer's perspective.
  • BUSI 70 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS - Social and moral dilemmas encountered in business and professional lives. Exploration and analysis of the ongoing conflicts between personal value systems, expected codes of behavior, and standard operating procedure in the work place. Special attention given to an examination of the major philosophical schools of ethics and how their specific theories may be applied to the concrete business cases and contemporary management issues.
  • BUSI 91L INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INFORMATION PROCESSING - Knowledge and understanding of business uses of computer and information processing. Introduction to computer hardware and software and popular operating systems. Hands-on experience in the use of word processing software, spreadsheet software, presentation graphics software, database software and communications software.
  • BUSI 95 ENTREPRENEURSHIP - SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Creating, managing and profiting from a small business. For potential or present entrepreneurs. Emphasis on organization and operation of a small business including problems of raising capital, establishing an effective marketing plan, and directing and motivating employees.
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Certificates Offered

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