Business Management
Program No: 10-102-3
Associate Degree in Applied Science • Degree Completion Time: Four Terms
In general, an academic year consists of two terms; however, degree completion time may vary based on
student scheduling needs and class availability.
2008-2009
Term 1
10101111
10102182
10104102
10105124
10801195
10804123
Accounting I
4.00
Business Operations
3.00
Marketing, Principles of
3.00
Portfolio Introduction
1.00
Written Communication
3.00
Math with Business Applications 3.00
Total
17.00
Term 2
10101113
10104109
10196191
10801198
10809166
10182131
Accounting II
Customer Service Techniques
Supervision
Speech
Introduction to Ethics: Theory &
Application
Supply Chain Management
Total
4.00
2.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
18.00
Term 3
10102104
10105126
10182102
10809195
10196193
10809198
Principles of Finance
3.00
Career Assessment
3.00
Service Operations Management 3.00
Economics
3.00
Human Resource Management
3.00
Introduction to Psychology
3.00
Total
18.00
Term 4
10196134
10105127
10154124
10196189
10809172
10201105
Note:
Legal Issues for Supervisors
Portfolio Assessment
Information Security Principles
Team Building and Problem
Solving
Race, Ethnic and Diversity
Studies
Internship
Total
Program Total
3.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
15.00
68.00
Catalog numbers assigned to
“elective” classes are for
administrative use only. Consult with
program counselor regarding your
elective selection.
Program start dates vary; check with
your counselor for details.
Curriculum and program acceptance
requirements are subject to change.
About the Career
General business managers are found in nearly all
work settings in virtually every sector of the
economy. Business management salaries vary by
company and position. Most graduates begin in
entry-level positions and will advance through the
ranks of the organization.
About the Program
This program provides learners with a broad
background in business management, training
students for a career as an operations assistant or
entry-level manager in a variety of business and
industry organizations. It also broadens
opportunities for those seeking a job change or
advancement and provides the tools needed for
students to successfully manage their own
business.
Entrance Assessment Scores
Accuplacer
Credit(s)
ACT
Class Title
Assessment
Areas
Catalog No.
Math
Read
Write
16
16
16
79
74
88
Careers
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Manager
Entrepreneur
Operations Manager
Office Administrator
Office Coordinator
Admissions Steps
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Application
Application Fee
Entrance Assessment Scores
Transcripts
Program Advising Session
• Microsoft Skills Check (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel)
Program Goals
You'll learn to:
• Take a leadership role in today’s teamoriented workplace culture.
• Utilize skills in human relations.
• Plan, organize, and control management job
functions.
• Resolve conflicts and use problem solving
strategies.
• Multi-task and develop time management
skills.
Approximate Costs
• $92 per credit (resident)
• $563 per credit (out-of-state resident)
• Other fees vary by program (books,
supplies, materials, tools, uniforms, healthrelated exams, etc.)
gotoltc.edu
Lakeshore Technical College
1.888.GO TO LTC
info@gotoltc.edu
1290 North Avenue • Cleveland WI 53015
(1.888.468.6582) • TTY: TTY: 920.693.8956
Transfer agreements are available with the following institutions:
Capella University
Cardinal Stritch University
Lakeland College
Silver Lake College
UW-Stout
IMPORTANT: For more information on these agreements, visit gotoltc.edu/transfer.
10101111 Accounting I
...provides the learner with the skills to understand
accounting principles and procedures useful in any business,
including the accounting cycle for a service enterprise and a
merchandising enterprise, special journals, and ledgers,
accruals and deferrals, depreciation, inventories, the voucher
system, payroll, and accounting principles and concepts.
10101113 Accounting II
...provides the learner with the skills to transition to more
advanced accounting courses with emphasis given to notes
and interest; partnerships; corporations; and manufacturing
accounting with additional accounting reports for
management, creditors, and investors.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
10102104 Principles of Finance
...is a corporate financial management course. Students will
perform financial analysis, make investment and capital
budgeting decisions, and learn techniques for managing debt
and working capital. Spreadsheet skills will be employed to
prepare information for decision making.
110102182 Business Operations
...assesses the role of business, its internal structure and its
relationship to the external environment. Each learner
analyzes the supervisor's role in the functions of business
planning, information systems, operations management,
information technology, marketing and how they interact and
drive business activities.
Marketing, Principles of
...introduces the student to the consumer decision process
model, the bases used to segment a market, basic concepts
about goods, services, and ideas, the nature of supply chain
and distribution, integrated marketing communications, and
the stages of the product life cycle and their impact on the
marketing mix.
COREQUISITE: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint skills
or equivalent or 10103109 Pharmacy Word 2000-Intro
or CONDITION: Adminstrative Assistant requirements
met or Graphic and Web Design requirements met
10104109 Customer Service Techniques
...assess participants' skills in customer relations, judgment
and business development and provides training in
connecting with customers, healing customer relationships,
and dealing with customer needs.
10105120 Internship
...requires students to complete 72 to 216 hours (1 to 3
credits) of performing work in a business/industrial service
setting related to their program objectives. Students are
responsible for seeking and obtaining the internship
workstation position. Course requirements include
maintaining a log of work activities, identifying and
receiving approval from the job supervisor and instructor,
and completing a work-related project. Students meet
periodically at LTC.
10105124 Portfolio Introduction
...prepares the student to develop a personal and professional
portfolio, to identify self-awareness through various selfassessments and apply these results to the workplace and
other environments, to write goal statements and understand
their value, to develop an individual history of events and
achievements, and to identify significant learning
experiences throughout the student's life.
10105126 Career Assessment
...prepares the student to develop a career plan, write a
resume, create a cover letter, prepare for an interview, search
for work on the Internet, adapt a resume for an electronic
scan, and post a resume and cover letter on the Internet.
COREQUISITE: 10105124 Portfolio Introduction
10105127 Portfolio Assessment
...prepares the student to identify what they have learned
throughout the program, write career goals, re-examine their
resume, research and collect project samples of their
achievements, and analyze their achievements within the
college core abilities and program outcomes.
PREREQUISITES: 10105124 Portfolio Assessment
and 10105126 Career Assessment.
10154124 Information Security Principles
...introduces the learner to Information Systems Security.
Students will review and analyze the control and security
concerns in the information systems environment; the
security challenges created from the emergence of new
technology and the changing internal and external
environments; and the effect of legal, regulatory, and current
security technology on policy development.
10182102 Service Operations Management
...introduces the student to the basic coverage of the concepts
and current issues in service operation management. Topics
include the value equation in operations management;
understanding services; building the service system;
operating the service system; enterprise resource
management (ERP) and supply chain management concepts
in the service sector.
10182131 Supply Chain Management
...has been developed to provide a basic understanding of the
planning and control of materials into, through, and out of
organizations. In addition, those who want to become
certified by APICS need a fundamentals course to learn
about the material planning and control system. This course
will provide a basis for further study leading to certification.
COREQUISITE: Microsoft Word and Excel skills or
equivalent
10196134 Legal Issues for Supervisors
...applies the skills and tools necessary for a supervisor to
effectively function in today's legal work environment.
Learners will demonstrate the application of legal practices
in both union and nonunion environments, analysis of the
impact of U.S. employment laws, the impact of the global
economy, the appeal process, reacting to legal charges,
documenting the hiring/firing process, dealing with
harassment issues, privacy issues, and summarizing legal
issues facing contemporary supervisors.
10196189 Teambuilding and Problem Solving
...applies the skills and tools necessary to facilitate problem
solving in a team environment. Each learner will
demonstrate the application of the benefits and challenges of
group work, necessary roles in a team, stages of team
development, different approaches to problem solving,
consensus, a systematic process of problem definition, data
acquisition, analysis, developing alternative solutions,
solution implementation, and evaluation.
10196191 Supervision
...allows the learner to apply the skills and tools necessary to
perform the functions of a frontline leader. Students learn
the application of strategies and transition to a contemporary
supervisory role including day-to-day operations, controlling,
staffing, leadership, problem-solving, team skills, motivation,
and training.
COREQUISITE: Microsoft Word skills or equivalent or
10103109 Pharmacy Word 2002-Intro
10196193 Human Resource Management
...applies the skills/tools necessary to effectively value and
apply employees' abilities and needs to organization goals.
Learners will demonstrate the application of the supervisor's
role in contemporary human resources management, impacts
of EEOC, writing job descriptions, recruitment, selection,
conducting job interviews, orientation, developing
policies/procedures, training, performance management,
employee counseling/development, and effective use of
compensation and benefit strategies.
10801195 Written Communication
...teaches the writing process, which includes prewriting,
drafting, revising, and editing. Through a variety of writing
assignments, the student will analyze audience and purpose,
research and organize ideas, and format and design
documents based on subject matter and content.
Keyboarding skills are required for this course. It also
develops critical reading and thinking skills through the
analysis of a variety of written documents.
10801198 Speech
...explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to
small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis,
methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and
support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of
speaking successfully, including the listening process, form
the basis of the course.
10804123 Math w Business Apps
...covers real numbers, basic operations, linear equations,
proportions with one variable, percents, simple interest,
compound interest, annuity, apply math concepts to the
purchasing/buying process, apply math concepts to the
selling process, and basic statistics with business/consumer
applications.
PREREQUISITE: Accuplacer Math minimum score of
79 or Equivalent or 10804100 Math Proficiency
10809166 Introduction to Ethics: Theory and
Application
...provides a basic understanding of the theoretical
foundations of ethical thought. Diverse ethical perspectives
will be used to analyze and compare relevant issues.
Students will critically evaluate individual, social and/or
professional standards of behavior, and apply a systematic
decision-making process to these situations.
10809172 Race, Ethnic, and Diversity Studies
...is a course that draws from several disciplines to reaffirm
the basic American values of justice and equality by teaching
a basic vocabulary, a history of immigration and conquest,
principles of transcultural communication, legal liability and
value of aesthetic production to increase the probability of
respectful encounters among people. In addition to an
analysis of majority/minority relations in a multicultural
context, the topics of ageism, sexism, gender differences,
sexual orientation, the disabled and the American Disability
Act (ADA) are explored. Ethnic relations are studied in
global and comparative perspectives.
10809195 Economics
...provides the participant with an overview of how a marketoriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors
which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts
and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of
contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts
include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems,
growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy,
inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.
10809198 Intro to Psychology
...introduces students to a survey of the multiple aspects of
human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical
foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning,
motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology,
physiological factors, and social influences. It directs the
student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of
human relationships in personal, social, and vocational
settings.
LTC is an equal opportunity/access employer and educator.
Revised
12-1-07