Section Info: EOS-239-01

Course Title: Fundamentals of Business Organizations and Finance
Start Date: 08/24/2020 End Date: 10/15/2020
Term: Fall Semester 2020
Description: Students will create and manage organizations, learn from topical lectures, readings and case studies, and hear from guest speakers. The course will cover core organizations: not-for-profits, "C" corporations, "S" corporations, partnerships, and the LLC (limited liability company) plus special variations like workers cooperatives and social venture variations known as benefit corporations and L3C companies. Students will also learn how to analyze and present financial information and gain competency with basic spreadsheets and analytical tools. Finally, students will consider organizations in their social contexts, discussing the relationship of organization types to social issues at global and local scales.
Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , CBL - Community-Based Learning , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Rick Feldman             feldman@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Monday   07:00PM - 08:15PM   TBA   TBA   Weekly
08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   07:00PM - 08:00PM       Weekly
08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Wednesday and Friday   07:00PM - 08:45PM       Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
EOS0004   EOS-4: Financial Analysis   This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Financial Analysis subject area  
EOS-2   EOS-2: Organizations, Law, & Power   This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in Area 2: Organizations, Law, and Power  
NXGBL0001   NXGBL: Nexus in Global Business   This course is approved for the Global Business Nexus track.  
NXNPO0001   NXNPO: Nexus in Nonprofit Organizations   This course is approved for the Nonprofit Organizations Nexus track.  
MOD0001   MOD-1: Courses meeting in Module 1   This course meets in Module 1.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Open     Capacity: 28     Enrollment: 27     Available: 1     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.