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An overall view of the business field including the business environment; organization, management, and operating problems of the enterprise; financial management and the risk function; and the marketing function. No prerequisite.

This course is designed to enable the student to understand the importance of ethics in business. Time is spent helping students further develop their own personal value systems and subsequently to see how their worldview impacts organizational values. Special emphasis is placed on application of Biblical principles. No prerequisite.

This course provides students with a foundational understanding of business. The different types of business ownership and operating structures will be addressed. Principles of management and leadership will be examined. Key business operations such as human resources, information and technology, accounting, and financial management will be introduced. The impact of government, global markets, and ethics on business operations will be presented. Students will have the opportunity to review and compare different economic structures. Biblical and ethical principles will be applied to concepts covered in the course.

This course provides students with a personal understanding of temperament, personal skills, and individual gifting. Additionally, the course provides students with actual tools used for employee/client assessment. No prerequisite.

A general course dealing with the techniques of preparing an individual's personal income tax return; a practical study of federal Form 1040, supporting schedules, and related state income tax forms. No prerequisite.

This course will prepare students to understand and execute the home purchasing process to include the need for strong credit, property search, property negotiation, purchase agreements, home warranties, homeowners' insurance, financing, closing, home inspections, construction, and decisions related to the hiring of real estate professionals. Students will also learn how to prepare property for sale as well as implement a program to successfully market their home.

This course focuses on the personal finance challenges of working adults. Students will learn to apply biblical principles to financial decision making through the vehicle of a personal financial plan. Students will assess their existing financial status, determine life goals, and develop a biblically-based plan for budgeting, spending, saving, and giving.