Course Syllabus

Introduction to Business

IBP 069 B

Fall Quarter 2015

Room T106

9:30-10:20 M-F

 

Instructor:        Fiona Jackson

Office Hours:   R 230 9:00-9:20 and  11:30-12:00 M-Th or by appointment

Phone:              206-300-1283 (leave messages)

email: fiona.jackson@bellevuecollege.edu

 

Required Textbook: Nickels, 11th edition Understanding Business, McGraw-Hill.

 

Course Description:

This course improves understanding of business trends including sustainability, technology and corporate social responsibility.

 

Course outcomes:

With the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand world economic systems and key economic indicators
• Compare and evaluate business ethics, sustainability and social responsibility
• Think critically about a variety of business subjects including management, human resources and operations
• Plan and execute a group presentation using the elements of the marketing mix and a SWOT analysis

 

Grades

Midterm and Final grades for IBP courses are as follows:

 

94-100%                A         77-79    C+     60-63                D-          

90-93                     A-        74-76    C       59 and below   F

87-89                     B+       70-73    C- 

84-86                     B         67-69    D+ 

80-83                     B-        64-66    D

 

 

Grading will be based on the following:

In class exams                              40%

Take home exams/assignments   30%

Final presentation                          20%

Attendance and participation         10%

 

Affirmation of Inclusion

Bellevue College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and discrimination.

We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect.  For more information, go to: http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/policies/id-4000/

 

Student Code of Conduct and Academic Integrity

Any act of academic dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source), and fabrication and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College.  Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to, talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates.  The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Dean of Student Success for investigation.  Specific student rights, responsibilities, and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct at: Student Code

 

College Anti-Discrimination Statement (Title IX)

Bellevue College does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity; color; creed; national origin; sex; marital status; sexual orientation; age; religion; genetic information; the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability; gender identity or veteran status in educational programs and activities which it operates.

 

For further information and contacts, please consult College Anti-Discrimination Statements.

 

Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting

As an instructor, one of my responsibilities is to help create a safe learning environment on our campus. It is my goal that you feel able to share information related to your life experiences in classroom discussions, in your written work, and in our one-on-one meetings. I will seek to keep information you share private to the greatest extent possible. However, I am required to share information regarding sexual assault and other forms of sexual misconduct (e.g. dating violence, domestic violence, stalking) that may have occurred on campus or that may impact someone on campus with the Title IX Coordinator. Students may speak to someone confidentially by contacting the BC Counseling Center at (425) 564-2212. The Title IX Office can be contacted at 425-564-2441 and more information can be found at www.bellevuecollege.edu/titleix/.

 

Plagiarism and Cheating

Plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas as your own on assignments.  It is cheating and is not acceptable in American classes.

 

There are different kinds of cheating: plagiarism, “borrowing” a classmate’s homework (partially or wholly), using an essay or a presentation from a previous quarter, using “cheat notes,” and copying answers from classmates’ papers during tests.

 

Examples of plagiarism are:

 

Copying from a Web page, book or article

Buying papers

Copying from another student

Using a friend’s paper from a previous quarter

 

If you plagiarize:

 

First time: your teacher will work with you so that you understand what not to do

Second time:  Fail the assignment

Third time:  Fail the class and be reported to the Associate Dean of Student Services.  Possibly be asked to leave the school

 

This link provides a good, short summary of how to avoid plagiarism:

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

 

Student Absence

If you miss more than 10% of the total hours in any single class during a quarter, you will receive a warning letter from the IBP Program.  If you are absent more than 15% of the total hours in a single class, YOU MAY BE DISMISSED FROM THE PROGRAM.

3 tardies of 5 minutes or more (per hour) = 1 absence

Missing 10 minutes or more of any hour of class = 1 absence (in a 2 hr. class = ½ absence)

 

Help with CANVAS

Please click on the link below for help with CANVAS for students.

http://depts.bellevuecollege.edu/helpdesk/students/canvas/

Bellevue College E-mail and Access to MyBC

All students registered for classes at Bellevue College are entitled to a network and e-mail account.  Your student network account can be used to access your student e-mail, log in to computers in labs and classrooms, connect to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC. To create your account, go to: Create Email

 

BC offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and student success. Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting the Technology Help Desk

 

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

The Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge for which you have documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible. 

 

If you are a person who requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire, earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a safety plan within the first week of the quarter.

 

If you are a student with a documented autism spectrum disorder, there is an additional access program available to you. Contact Autism Spectrum Navigators  Email and phone number is on the web page. ASN is located in the Library Media Center in D125.   

 

The DRC office is located in B132 or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach us by Skype: the address is DRCatBC (NOTE: There is no @ sign...it is actually DRCatBC).  Please visit our website at Disability Resource Center for application information into our program and other helpful links.

 

Public Safety and Emergencies

Public Safety is located in the K building and can be reached at 425-564-2400 (easy to remember because it’s the only office on campus open 24 hours a day—2400).  Among other things, Public Safety serves as our Parking Permits, Lost and Found, and Emergency Notification center.  Please ensure you are signed up to receive alerts through our campus alerting system by registering at RAVE Alert Registration

 

If you work late and are uneasy about going to your car, Public Safety will escort you to your vehicle. To coordinate this, please phone ahead and let Public Safety know when and where you will need an escort.

 

Please familiarize yourself with the emergency postings by the door of every classroom and know where to go in the event of an evacuation.  Your instructor will be asked if anyone might still be in the building, so check in before you do anything else.  Emergency responders will search for anyone unaccounted for.

 

If a major emergency occurs, please follow these three rules:

1) Take directions from those in charge of the response  -We all need to be working together.

2) Do not get in your car and leave campus (unless directed to) - Doing so will clog streets and prevent emergency vehicles from entering the scene.  Instead, follow directions from those in charge.

3) In an emergency, call 911 first, then Public Safety.

 

Please do not hesitate to call Public Safety if you have safety questions or concerns at any time. You may also visit the Public Safety web page for answers to your questions.

 

Religious Holidays

Students who expect to miss classes, examinations, or any other assignments as a consequence of their religious observance should be provided with a reasonable alternative opportunity to complete such academic responsibilities. It is the obligation of students to provide faculty with reasonable notice of the dates of religious holidays on which they will be absent, preferably at the beginning of the term. Students who are absent on days of examinations or class assignments should be offered an opportunity to make up the work without penalty (if they have previously arranged to be absent), unless it can be demonstrated that a makeup opportunity would constitute an unreasonable burden on a member of the faculty. Should disagreement arise over what constitutes an unreasonable burden or any element of this policy, parties involved should consult the department chair, or Dean.

 

Student Concerns

Should you have concerns about any part of the class, please come to me with them.  If for any reason you don’t feel comfortable coming to me, the usual next step would be to speak with the ELI Department Chair, Ivan Breen <ibreen@bellevuecollege.edu>.  You can also refer concerns to the Arts and Humanities Division Associate Dean, Tuan Dang <tuan.dang@bellevuecollege.edu> or the Assistant Dean, Scott Bessho <scott.bessho@bellevuecollege.edu>.   An additional resource for concerns you find aren’t being addressed by faculty or administration is the Ombuds Office

<http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/ombuds/default.html>.

Accessibility

 

The online elements of this course are designed to be welcoming to, accessible to, and usable by everyone, including students who are English-language learners, have a variety of learning styles, have disabilities, or are new to online learning. Be sure to let me know immediately if you encounter a required element or resource in the course that is not accessible to you. Also, let me know of changes I can make to the course so that it is more welcoming to, accessible to, or usable by students who take this course in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• CLASS SCHEDULE

 

This schedule is a guide and might be changed to more fully and imaginatively facilitate the learning process.   Reading material needs to be completed by each MONDAY. 

 

Week 1           September 21st      Introductions and Course Overview

                                                       Ch1&2 Intro to Business and Economics

                                                           

                                                               

Week 2           Sept 28th             International Business

                                                    Ch 3 &4 International Business

                                                     Ethics and Social Responsibility     

                                               

                                                               

Week 3           Oct 5th            Exam #1

                                               Ch 5 Forms of Business ownership

                                                                                               

 

Week 4          Oct 12th          Ch 7 management and leadership

                                                Ch 9 Operations management

                               

Week 5           Oct 19th           Ch 11 Human Resources                                          

                                                 Exam #2

                                                 No class Oct 20th, College Issues Day 

                                              

Week 6          October 26th         Marketing Ch 13& 14

                                               

 

Week 7           Nov 2nd           Marketing

                                                Ch15&16

                                                                                              

 

Week 8          Nov 9th           No class Nov 11th, holiday

                                                TOEFL Nov 12th

                                                 Financial Statements Ch 17

                                                

Week 9            Nov 16th       Exam #3

                                               Financial Statements Con’t

                                                 Ch 17, 18 and 19

 

Week 10         Nov 23rd        Thanksgiving holiday, no class 11/26 and 11/27

 

Week 11         Nov30th         Final presentations    

                                               EOQ party-last day 12/2