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Introduction to Business  GEB1011

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Term Summer 20123 Reference  430500


Course Description

This course provides a basic study of business activity and how it relates to our economic society. Topics covered include how businesses are owned, organized, managed and controlled. Course content emphasizes business vocabulary, areas of business specialization, and career opportunities. For more details visit BC Course Outlines. 

Methods of Instruction

 This is a 3-credit hour course delivered 100% online.  In this class, you will be engaged in structured out-of-class or online activities for the total class time. These online activities will include graded discussions, graded assignments, a final project, and graded online quizzes.  

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students shall be able to


  • Describe the basic environments (legal, social, economic), both domestic and international, in which a business operates
  • Explain the basic concepts of management and recognize problems faced in operating a business enterprise
  • Describe the basic concepts related to the marketing of goods and services
  • Recount basic information with respect to money and banking, financial management, stock and bond markets, and risks involved in business
  • Describe the basic elements of accounting, computers, data processing, and quantitative methods with emphasis on the role these play in business
  • Identify and describe the changing factors that could influence business in the future, and relate how these factors could affect their careers.  For more details visit  BC Course Outlines for this course.

Course Requirements

To complete the online segments of this course, you must have access to computer hardware and software that meets or exceeds BC's minimum hardware and software standards for e-learning courses. It is strongly recommended that you check your computer to verify that its hardware and software configuration meets or exceeds the BC standard.
  • Is your computer ready for online learning? Click here to check it out.
  • Additional Software required for this Course (optional) Assignments that require word processing must be submitted in Microsoft Word format. Documents created using Microsoft Works, or files that have ".txt", ".pdf", or ".asci" extensions will not meet course requirements. If you do not have proper software on your computer, you can use the Microsoft Word program on any of the "open lab" computers at any BC Learning Resource Center or in public libraries.
  • Only word processing documents in Microsoft Word format will be accepted. Please virus check documents before sending them. AVG offers a free online virus check.

Course Materials

Required Text: 
Contemporary Business 14th Edition

Suggested reading

We strongly suggest that you become familiar with the language of business with regular reading of magazines (Money, Fortune or Entrepreneur) newspapers (Investors Business Daily or Wall Street) watching Bloomberg TV, etc ...
We also suggest that you read the following books:
  1. Who moved my cheese by Johnson Spencer
  2. The Fred Factor Mark Sanborn 


Information Contact

Contact me if you have any questions about this course:
Email ljeanfra@broward.edu

Web : http://www.toolsforinspiration.com
Blog : http://www.ljeanfrancois.blogspot.com 

How to Access this Course once you are Enrolled in this Course

Please be aware that only registered students will have access to this course. 
  • Your BConline User Name is the same as your BC email ID.
  • Your BConline password is the same as your BC email PIN code.
  • If you need login information, obtain BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to login to BConline.
  • The BC email address site, click on "ID Lookup", then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 4 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your BConline User Name.
Links to help students get connected to BConline course(s)

To maximize your chances for success in this course, make sure that you meet the following course course prerequisites:
  • Course Prerequisites and Co-requisites: None
  • Computer Knowledge and Skills:
  • Students in this course should be familiar with the following computer skills.
  • File Management - You should be familiar with finding and saving files on your computer.
  • The Internet - You should be familiar with connecting to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider or Network Connection.
  • Web Browser Software - You should be familiar with using web browser software to navigate the Internet and locate information.
  • Email - You should be familiar with sending and receiving email messages.
  • Discussions - You should be familiar with posting and reading discussion messages in a threaded format.
  • Attachments - You should be familiar with sending email messages with attached files.
  • Word Processing - You should be familiar with creating, editing, saving, and printing documents using Microsoft Word.
  • Other Requirements
    • You'll need a BC email address to access the online portion of this course.
    • Obtain a County Library Card or University/College Library Card. You will need either a County Library Card which you may obtain at either North Campus or South Campus Library or a University/College Library Card from the Central Campus Library. These cards will allow you to use select library databases. (optional)

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