| Course Title: Fundamentals of Business Organizations and Finance |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| 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 |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | DWGT - Dwight Hall | 202 | Weekly |
| 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. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | 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. |