GEB 2860 - Business Administration Capstone

College of Business

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2024 (640)

Requisites

Permission of the Program

Course Description

This course is designed as the capstone for the A.S. Business Administration degree program. This course will assess the knowledge learned throughout the program and will cover aspects from marketing, management, accounting, international relations, economics, business law, and ethical decision-making. Students will be required to apply this knowledge to develop, complete, and present a business case project using qualitative and quantitative data derived from a real-world business situation. Successful completion of the course is measured by demonstrated mastery of the program’s learning outcomes. This course is designed to be completed in the last semester before graduation.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will develop financial business concepts by:
    1. observing a financial strategy meeting within a business organization.
    2. describing the financial concerns within a business organization.
    3. translating the impact of financial and non-financial decisions on an organization.
  2. The student will apply business skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom to a real-world business setting by:
    1. observing company meetings within an organization.
    2. interviewing business professional(s) within an organization.
    3. summarizing and presenting business literature relevant to the organization.
  3. The student will analyze the impact managerial decision-making has on the organizational culture of an organization by:
    1. identifying the current business culture within an organization.
    2. listing the decision-making styles after interviewing a manager within an organization.
    3. comparing goals outlined in the mission and vision of an organization.
    4. deconstructing strategies for handling and resolving conflict within an organization.
    5. discerning the general ethical approaches for dealing with business issues within an organization.
  4. The students will evaluate the strategic marketing position for an organization by:
    1. assessing an organization’s current marketing plan.
    2. revising a S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis for an organization.
    3. choosing one strategic issue to address.
    4. recommending a potential short-term solution to address the strategic issue presented for an organization,
  5. The student will prepare and present a business report and/or business presentation that is concise, logical, and represents their experience with an organization by:
    1. using appropriate technology and software to present the data.
    2. reframing business language gained in the degree program.
    3. elaborating a list of action steps required to initiate the execution of a plan to address the strategic issue presented for an organization.
    4. producing a short-term solution from the action steps to address the strategic issue presented for an organization.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2024 (640)

Related Programs

  1. Business Administration (BUS-AS) (670) (Active)