Required Text: Pride/Hughes/Kapoor. Foundations of Business. 2nd Edition. SouthWestern. ISBN: 9780538744515

See District Online Schedule for official list of required and optional textbooks and materials for this class.
Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in Blackboard Vista, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

This introductory course for both business and non-business majors provides a broad understanding of the business community. Topics include business functions and terminology, occupational choices, and economic role.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast private versus public enterprise, including forms of ownership and interrelationships among businesses, government, and society 
2. Differentiate between domestic and global business ethics, including the effect of multicultural environments and the role of law 
3. Evaluate emerging trends in the areas of risk management, Federal Reserve operations, and financing 
4. Illustrate the role of marketing and the role of consumers in more than one business field 
5. Identify management functions, styles, and processes 
6. Analyze the role of organized labor as applied to both public and private organizations 
7. Assess how the Internet, e-commerce, and emerging technologies influence today's business communities.

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your Blackboard Vista Username = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7. If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped.
Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm