Course Descriptions
ACCT | ACNT | BCIS | BMGT | BNKG | BUSA | BUSG | BUSI | HRPO | IBUS | LMGT | MRKG | PBAD | RELE
| ACCT 2301. Financial Accounting |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of department |
| This course covers concepts, principles, and procedures for measuring, processing, and communicating financial information to decision makers. It includes ethics, the accounting cycle, financial statements, merchandising operations, accounting systems, special journals, internal controls, assets, current liabilities, equity, payroll and parternships. |
| ACCT 2302. Managerial Accounting |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: ACCT 2301 |
| This course is a continuation of financial accounting. The major topics covered are: corporations, financial analysis, concepts of management accounting, product costing systems, and decision analysis for planning and controlling operations. |
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| ACNT 2330. Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course covers the basic concepts and techniques of fund accounting, financial reporting for governmental and not-for-profit entities, the accounting cycle for funds and account groups, and governmental and non-profit financial statements. |
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| BCIS 1305. Business Computer Applications |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills |
This course discusses computer terminology, hardware, software, operating systems, and information systems relating to the business environment. The main focus of this course is on business applications of software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, and business-oriented utilization of the Internet. |
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| BMGT 1191,1291,1391. Special Topics in Business Administration and Management, General |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
This course will address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. |
| BMGT 1303. Principles of Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study and analysis of management concepts, terminology, principles, theory, and issues in the field of management. |
| BMGT 1331. Production & Operations Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course emphasizes the fundamentals of the various techniques used in the practice of production management to include location, design, and resource allocation. |
| BMGT 1345. Communication Skills for Managers |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a comprehensive study of advanced communications skills for managers in business and industry, including advanced techniques in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The emphasis is on clear, concise written and spoken communication in terms of business letters, memos, and reports, as well as oral presentations; techniques for time management; prioritizing reading materials; and comprehending the main ideas and salient details of technical materials, including journals and reports, and other work-related materials. |
| BMGT 1382. Cooperative Education - Business Administration and Management, General |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1303 |
In this course career-related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the college, employer, and student. Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. |
| BMGT 2309. Leadership |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course covers concepts of leadership and its relationship to management. It equips the student with leadership and communication skills needed to inspire and influence people. |
| BMGT 2310. Financial Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: ACCT 2301 Financial Accounting recommended and MATH 0301 with a grade of "C" or better or equivalent |
This course will cover the development and use of accounting information to support managerial decision-making processes in manufacturing, service, and for-profit setting. Topics include managerial concepts and systems, various analysis for decision making, and planning and control. |
| BMGT 2331. Principles of Quality Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1331 |
Quality of productivity in organizations is emphasized in this course. Key concepts for this course include planning for quality throughout the organization, analysis of costs of quality, and employee empowerment. |
| BMGT 2341. Strategic Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1303, MRKG 1311, HRPO 2307, and BUSG 1345, or department approval |
This is an integrative course in the strategic management process involving analysis of how organizations develop and implement a strategy for achieving organizational objectives in a changing environment. |
| BMGT 2383. Cooperative Education - Business Administration and Management, General |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1382 and MRKG 1381 |
In this course career-related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement among the college, employer, and student. Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. This course includes a lecture component. |
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| BNKG 1191,1291,1391,1491. Special Topics in Banking & Financial Services |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. |
| BNKG 1303. Principles of Bank Operations |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
Principles of Bank Operations is an overview of the fundamental banking functions, the role of regulation in the banking industry, and an explanation of financial products and services. |
| BNKG 1340. Money & Banking |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite:None |
This course will review monetary policy and its related effects on financial intermediaries. It will include financial markets, regulatory functions, and structures. The course will address investment and funds management. |
| BNKG 1343. Law and Banking |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BNKG 1303 |
This course is an introduction to basic sources of law and banking regulation, and laws relating to contracts, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, and consumer credit. |
| BNKG 1345. Consumer Lending |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BNKG 1303 |
Consumer lending is a study of the different types of consumer loans, federal regulations, and state laws pertaining to collection and servicing of consumer loans and the relating consumer credit to the lending process. |
| BNKG 1349. Commercial Lending |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BNKG 1303 |
Commercial Lending is an overview of the commercial lending market, process, credit analysis, evaluation, federal regulation, and state laws related to business and industrial lending. |
| BNKG 1351. Selling Bank Products and Services |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course examines the characteristics and benefits of bank products. The emphasis is on the personal selling process and quality customer service. The application of personal selling, cross-selling, and related product benefits to individual customer needs are also addressed. |
| BNKG 1353. Mortgage Lending |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BNKG 1303 |
The course is an overview of the mortgage lending market and process with an emphasis on documentation, credit evaluation, federal regulation, and state laws related to mortgage loans. |
| BNKG 1356. Analyzing Financial Statements |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
The course studies the process of evaluating financial statements, cash flow, and ratio analysis of individuals and businesses. The emphasis is on the relationship of comparative analysis and industry standards. |
| BNKG 1359. Loan Servicing |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This is a specialized course which examines how mortgage lenders handle loans from the time a loan is closed until the final payment is made. The course focuses on the legal aspects and actual procedures used in the daily operations in loan servicing. Topics include escrow accounting, contracting servicing, governmental regulations, taxing authorities, establishing tax rates, and the economic impacts of delinquency. |
| BNKG 1391. Special Topics: Qualifying Complex Borrowers |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course addresses specialized situations in generating mortgage loans which are not standardized in industry workplace. In unique situations, the professional will face qualifying a borrower whose information is outside the parameters of common borrowers' applications, to which the professional has not been exposed in the training and educational facilities of the employer. This course will permit exploration of such complex, atypical situations. |
| BNKG 2380. Cooperative Education |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
Career-related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the college, employer, and student. Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience that is directly related to a technical discipline, and specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. |
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| BUSA 1313. Investments |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an overview of the theory and mechanics of business investment decisions and management of business financial assets using quantitative management techniques. Topics in this course include time value of money, cash flow, capital budgeting, sources of funds, break-even analysis, and investment decisions. Moreover, it is an introduction to securities market, money market instruments, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, options, futures, and other securities. |
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| BUSG 1304. Personal Finance |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study of the financial problems which people ordinarily encounter in managing their family affairs. Topics include financial security for the family, financial planning, budgeting, use of credit, income tax, home ownership, insurance planning, and savings and investment planning. |
| BUSG 2307. Legal and Social Environment of Business |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is designed to develop a working knowledge of the role of law in business and society including government regulations of business, legal reasoning, sources of law, social policy, legal institutions, antitrust, security regulations, consumer protection, environmental laws, worker health and safety, employment discrimination, and other laws affecting business. |
| BUSG 2309. Small Business Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This is a course on how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about a small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, financial needs, marketing strategies, and legal issues. |
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| BUSI 1301. Business Principles |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
The course is an introduction to the role of business in modem society. This includes an overview of business operations, analysis of the specialized fields within the business organization, and development of business vocabulary. This course is also offered on the Internet and as a video course. |
| BUSI 1307. Personal Finance |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study of the financial problems which people ordinarily encounter in managing their family affairs. Topics include financial security for the family, financial planning, budgeting, use of credit, income tax, home ownership, insurance planning, and savings and investment planning. |
| BUSI 2301. Business Law I |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Sophmore standing |
This course surveys the legal environment of American business. Major areas of content include the origins of law, government, regulation of business, personal property law, contract law, and domestic and international sales law (with emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code). |
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| HRPO 1191,1291,1391,1491. Special Topics in Human Resource Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Varies with subject being offered |
This course addresses recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. |
| HRPO 1302. Human Resource Training and Development |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
Human Resource Training and Development is an overview of the human resource development function specifically concentrating on the training and development component. Topics include training as related to organizational mission and goals; budgeting; assessment; and design, delivery, evaluation, and justification of training. Included are new trends in training including distance and virtual education. |
| HRPO 1305. Management and Labor Relations |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course presents the development and structure of the labor movement including labor legislation, collective bargaining, societal impact, labor/management relationships, and international aspects. |
| HRPO 1392. Special Topics in Labor/Personnel Relations and Studies |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course explores the topics that address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. |
| HRPO 2301. Human Resources Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course addresses the behavioral and legal approaches to the management of human resources in organizations. |
| HRPO 2302. Trainer Skills for Human Resources |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
Trainer Skills for Human Resources is a study of group and one-on-one training activities focusing on needs analysis, training program design, training evaluation, presentation skills, instructional methods, and media. |
| HRPO 2303. Employment Practices |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study of employment issues including techniques for human resource forecasting, selection, and placement which includes interview techniques, pre-employment testing, and other predictors. Topics include recruitment methods, the selection process, equal employment opportunity (EEO), EEO record keeping, and affirmative action plans. |
| HRPO 2304. Employee Relations |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an examination of employee relations policies, practices, and issues required to build strong employee relations. Topics include communications, employee conduct rules, performance appraisal methods, Title Vll, Federal Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act updates. |
| HRPO 2305. Human Resources Information Systems |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: HRPO 2301 |
This course is an introduction to the pre-packaged Human Resource Information Systems (HRlS) programs available. It identifies issues involved in creating, implementing, and maintaining human resources systems and the benefits of human resources systems. Key models such as staffing, employee development, position management, total compensation, outsourcing options, and professional development are examined. |
| HRPO 2306. Benefits and Compensation |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an overview of employee compensation systems. Topics include compensation systems, direct and indirect compensation, internal and external determination of compensation, benefits administration, management and evaluating for effectiveness, legal and regulatory issues, pay equity, and job analysis affecting job compensation and competencies. |
| HRPO 2307. Organizational Behavior |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course discusses the analysis and application of organizational theory, group dynamics, motivation theory, leadership concepts, and the integration of interdisciplinary concepts from the behavioral sciences. |
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| IBUS 1305. Introduction to International Business and Trade |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course deals with the techniques for entering the international marketplace. The emphasis of the course is on the impact and dynamics of sociocultural, demographic, economic, technological, and political-legal factors in the foreign trade environment. Topics included in this course are patterns of world trade, internationalization of the firm, and operating procedures of the multinational enterprise. |
| IBUS 1354. International Marketing Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course studies the analysis of international marketing strategies using market trends, costs, forecasting, pricing, sourcing, and distribution factors. Development of an international export/import marketing plan is included. |
| IBUS 2335. International Business Law |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This is a course in law as it applies to international business transactions in the global political/legal environment. The study of interrelationship among laws of different countries and the legal effects on individuals and business organizations is included. Specific topics include agency agreements, international transactions, intellectual property, product liability, and legal organization. |
| IBUS 2339. International Banking and Finance |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BNKG 1303 |
The course explores international monetary systems, financial markets, flow of capital, foreign exchange, and financial institutions. Topics include export-import payments and financing the preparation of letters of credit, related shipping documentation, and electronic transfers. It also introduces students to international financial decisions such as financing foreign investment or working capital. |
| IBUS 2341. Intercultural Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study of cross-cultural comparisons of management and communications processes. The emphasis is on cultural geographic distinctions and antecedents that affect individual, group, and organizational behavior. Topics include sociocultural demographic, economic, technological, and political/legal environment of cluster countries and their relationship to organizational communication and decision-making. |
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| LMGT 1319. Introduction to Business Logistics |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1331 |
This course emphasizes a systems approach to managing activities associated with traffic, transportation, inventory management and control, warehousing, packaging, order processing, and materials handling. |
| LMGT 1321. Introduction to Materials Handling |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1331 |
This course introduces the concepts and principles of materials management to include inventory control, scheduling, and forecasting activities. |
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| MRKG 1191,1291,1391. Special Topics: Business Marketing |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course will address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. |
| MRKG 1301. Customer Relations |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
Topics in this course address general principles of customer service including skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors pertinent to the professional development of the student. |
| MRKG 1302. Principles of Retailing |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an introduction to the retailing environment and its relationship to consumer demographics, trends, and traditional/nontraditional retailing markets. It addresses the employment of retailing techniques and the factors that influence modem retailing. |
| MRKG 1311. Principles of Marketing |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: BMGT 1303 |
This is an introductory course that addresses basic marketing functions; identification of consumer and organizational needs; explanation of economic, psychological, sociological, and global issues; and description and analysis of the importance of marketing research. |
| MRKG 2333. Principles of Selling |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an overview of the selling process. It will identify the elements of the communications process between buyers and sellers. Examination of this course will focus on the legal and ethical issues of organizations which affect salespeople. |
| MRKG 2349. Advertising and Sales Promotion |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is a study of integrated marketing communication including advertising principles and practices. It emphasizes multimedia of persuasive communication including buyer behavior, budgeting, and regulatory constraints. |
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| PBAD 1321. Public Administration |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an introduction to the organization and management of the public sector. The local, state, and federal levels of government are explored. Topics include intergovernmental relations, overview of different levels of government program management, and management of non-profit agencies. |
| PBAD1341. Governmental Agencies |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course is an overview of governmental agencies and their interrelationships, goals and objectives, and organizational structure of each agency. Topics include grants-in-aid, revenue and expenditure patterns, and global influence on governmental agencies. |
| PBAD 1392. Special Topics in Public Administration |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
This course examines recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. |
| PBAD 2301. Public Relations for the Public Sector |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course focuses on skill development in dealing with the public and the media for public sector employees, managers, and public relations specialists. Topics include maintaining positive public image, relating organizational policies to the public interest, and conducting public information programs. |
| PBAD 2305. Public Sector Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course emphasis is on general principals of public management and strategies of dealing with internal and external systems. Topics include planning, decision-making and leadership models, organizational behavior, and resource management. |
| PBAD 2311. Public Sector Supervision |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course explores skill development in supervisory techniques in public management. Topics include organizational structure, motivation, planning, control, delegation, and leadership. Instructional techniques may include case studies, role playing, and teamwork. |
| PBAD 2331. Budgeting in the Public Sector |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course examines revenue-producing activities and sources of funds; construction and implementation of budgets; and basic terminology, concepts, and mechanics as they relate to fiscal factors. Topics include budget cycle, taxation, bonds, indebtedness, and fund accounting. |
| PBAD 2335. Ethics in the Public Sector |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course examines reconciling the practice of public administration with provisions of law. Topics include codes of conduct, financial disclosure, conflict of interest, nepotism, and ethical problems. |
| PBAD 2339. Human Resource Management in the Public Sector |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course consists of an examination of human resource management in the public sector with an emphasis on civil service, merit systems, and labor law. Topics include recruiting, selecting, training, compensating, and appraising employees. |
| PBAD 2341. Legal Aspects of Public Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course examines a study of the organizational structure of the judicial systems, conducting legal research, and interpreting legal decisions. Topics include administrative law, contract law, civil procedures, and the regulatory process. |
| PBAD 2347. Urban Planning |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course examines urban and regional planning. Topics include environmental analysis, growth and redevelopment strategies, planning, zoning, and subdividing. |
| PBAD 2364. Practicum - Public Administration |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
This course consists of the practical general training and experiences in the workplace. The college with the employer develops and documents an individualized plan for the student. The plan relates the workplace training and experiences to the student's general and technical course of study. The guided external experiences may be paid or unpaid. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. |
| PBAD 2365. Practicum - Public Administration |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
This course consists of the practical general training and experiences in the workplace. The college with the employer develops and documents an individualized plan for the student. The plan relates the workplace training and experiences to the student's general and technical course of study. The guided external experiences may be paid or unpaid. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. |
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| RELE 1303. Real Estate Appraisal |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or advanced placement test |
This course is a study of the central purposes and functions of an appraisal, social and economic determinant of value, appraisal case studies, cost, market data and income approaches to value estimates, final correlations, and reporting. |
| RELE 1307. Real Estate Investments |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or advanced placement test, MATH 0301 with a grade of "C" or better or equivalent |
This course addresses the characteristics of real estate investments. This includes techniques of investment analysis, time-valued money, discounted and non-discounted investment criteria, leverage, tax shelters, depreciation, and applications to property tax. |
| RELE 1309. Real Estate Law |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or advanced placement test |
This course provides a study of legal concepts of real estate, land description, real property rights, estates in land, contracts, conveyances, encumbrances, foreclosures, recording procedures, and evidence of title. |
| RELE 1311. Real Estate-Law of Contracts |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
This course includes the elements of a contract, offer and acceptance, the statute of frauds, specific performance and remedies for breach, unauthorized practice of law, commission rules relating to use of adopted forms, and owner disclosure requirements. |
| RELE 1315. Property Management |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or concurrent enrollment in RELE 1406 |
This course studies the role of the property manager, landlord policies, operational guidelines, leases, lease negotiations, tenant relations, maintenance, reports, habitability laws, and the Fair Housing Act. |
| RELE 1319. Real Estate Finance |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or advanced placement test |
This course presents an overview of monetary systems, primary and secondary money markets, sources of mortgage loans, federal government programs, loan applications, processes and procedures, closing costs, alternative financial instruments, equal credit opportunity laws , affecting mortgage lending, and the state housing agency. |
| RELE 1321. Real Estate Marketing |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or concurrent enrollment in RELE 1406 |
This course is a study of real estate professionalism and ethics, characteristics of successful salespersons, time management, psychology of marketing, listing procedures, advertising, negotiating and closing financing, and the Deceptive Trade Practice Act. |
| RELE 1327. Real Estate Commercial Appraisal |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1303 |
Principles and techniques used in the valuation of commercial property are presented. Topics covered include purposes and functions of an appraisal, social and economic forces affecting value, appraisal case studies, cost, and income approaches to value. |
| RELE 1406. Real Estate Principles |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: None |
The course is an overview of licensing as a broker or salesperson. This includes ethics practice as a license holder, titles to and conveyance of real estate, legal descriptions, deeds, encumbrances and liens, distinctions between personal and real property, appraisal, finance and regulations, closing procedures, and real estate mathematics and housing. This covers at least three hours of classroom instruction on federal, state, and local laws relating to housing, discrimination, housing credit discrimination, and community reinvestment. This course fulfills the 6O-hour requirement for salesperson license. |
| RELE 2301. Law of Agency |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: RELE 1406 or concurrent enrollment in RELE 1406 |
This course studies the principal-agent and master-servant relationships, the authority of an agent, the termination of an agent's authority, the fiduciary and other duties of an agent, employment law, deceptive trade practices, listing or buying procedures, and the disclosure of an agency. |
| RELE 2380. Cooperative Education - Real Estate |
(3-3-0) |
| Prerequisite: Department Approval |
Career-related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the college, employer, and student. Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. |
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