AA in General Business (MyPath)

Demonstrate an understanding of consumer behavior fundamentals (e.g., demographics and purchasing behavior) and promotional practices. The Fundamentals of Consumer Behavior competency gives you a basic understanding of what motivates and influences purchasing behavior, the role of demographics as well as promotional practices that trigger behavior.

Students gain experience using word processing, electronic spreadsheets, and database management software. The use, misuse, and abuse of computers will be discussed with examples from many fields. Different sections of this course may be offered on different hardware platforms, usually IBM-PC compatibles or Macintoshes, but the same concepts will be studied in each section and therefore the course may be taken for credit only once.

This competency focuses on interpersonal communication skills needed to effectively interact with others, particularly in a workplace setting. Interpersonal relationships are framed by basic elements such as types, models, and purposes of communication. Interpersonal skills begin with the self and extend to external influences such as environment, society, and culture. Additionally, many characteristics and behaviors, such as verbal and nonverbal communication contribute to effective interpersonal skills. Ineffective communication skills can result in conflict, so it is important to consider how to address conflict in order to achieve positive results. It is also critical to keep in mind that interpersonal skills are vital to achieving goals in virtual and face-to-face situations.

This course presents contemporary and historical topics in mathematics and discusses their use in modern business, science, social science, and other applications. Students will explore mathematical concepts in a real-world context. These concepts include problem-solving methods, set theory, graph theory, number theory, algebraic modeling, probability, statistics, voting methods, fair division, economics, and finance topics.

Throughout this course, you will read about how humans experience their world through their place in groups in society, their daily life experiences and challenges, the overarching domains in which their lives intersect, and how they express their lives. You will analyze the relationships between individuals or events to historical, social, ethnic, cultural, economic, technological, and/or geographical contexts over time. In addition, you will reflect on how these impact you as an individual.

Inquire into problems and develop possible solutions in such areas as global economics, politics, ecology, and social systems.