This course aims to provide an elementary understanding of the subjects related to accounting and lay a foundation for further specialization in this field. Topics of the course include Basic accounting terms; Recording transactions preparing financial statements; Adjustments; Capital and revenue expenditures and receipts; Valuation of Inventory; and Preparing multiple-step financial statements with adjusting data.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: BUS 1301
Course Name:
Financial Accounting
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: BUS 201
Course Name:
Introduction to Macro Economics
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Basic concepts, tools, and techniques of economics; National income and other related concepts: measurements and use; Aggregate demand and supply; Consumption, saving and investment; Demand and supply of money; Money, growth, and inflation; Demand and supply of labor; Theories of national income determination; Business cycles; Unemployment and inflation; Fiscal and monetary policies and automatic stabilizer: concepts and applications; Economic growth.
Course Code: BUS 202
Course Name:
Business Statistics I
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Statistics: definition and types; Types of variables; Frequency distributions and graphic presentations; Measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode; Dispersion: measurements, interpretations, and uses; Skewness; Probability concepts; Discrete and normal probability distributions.
Course Code: BUS 203
Course Name:
Principles of Management
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Meaning and importance of management; Evolution of management thoughts; Managerial decision making; Corporate social responsibility; Planning: setting objectives and implementing plans; Organizing; Managing change; Direction; Motivation; Leadership; Group dynamics; Controlling; Managers in the changing environment.
Course Code: BUS 204
Course Name:
Business Statistics II
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Basic concepts of statistics; Sampling methods and central limit theorem; Estimation and confidence interval; One-sample tests of hypothesis; Two-sample tests of hypothesis; Linear regression and correlation; Multiple regression and correlation; Analysis of variance; Non-parametric methods: Chi-square applications; Statistical quality control; Index numbers; Time series and forecasting; Decision theory; Applications of Megastat, SPSS, and MINITAB.
Course Code: BUS 205
Course Name:
Business Communication
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Role of communication in business organization; Communication process; Perception and reality; Filter of the mind; Use of visual aids in communication; Barriers to effective communication; Principles of business writing; Qualities of effective business correspondence; Business letters, e-mails, and memorandum; Job application and résumé writing; Report writing and presentation; Public speaking and oral communication; Listening.
Course Code: BUS 206
Course Name:
Principles of Marketing
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Marketing: definition and theories; Strategic planning and marketing; Information for marketing decisions; Understanding consumers; Target market strategy, Product planning: conception and development of new products, branding, and packaging; Distribution strategies; Promotion Planning: advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, publicity and public relations; Price Planning: strategies and techniques; SWOT analysis and marketing plan; International marketing; Service marketing; Social issues of marketing; Social marketing.
Course Code: BUS 207
Course Name:
Financial Accounting
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Basic concepts of accounting; Accounting for current assets and current liabilities; Accounting for long term assets and long-term liabilities; Accounting for owners’ equity; Partnership accounting; Accounting for VAT; Accounting for leases; Accounting changes and error analysis; Cash flow analysis; Financial statement analysis; Accounting for non-profit organizations.
Course Code: BUS 208
Course Name:
Business & Legal Environment
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Legal environment in Bangladesh including both commercial and industrial law; Law of contract; Sale of goods Act. Law of agencies; Bailment and pledge; Law of carriage of goods; Negotiable instruments Act. Law of insurance; Company law; Labor law.
Course Code: BUS 209
Course Name:
Organizational Behavior
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Nature of organizational behavior; Individual behavior: personality, learning, and perceptions; Individual values and attitudes; Organizational stress: frustration, anxiety, and conflict; Motivation; Group behavior: basic concepts, roles, norms, and status; Group dynamics; Communication; Power, politics, and influence; Leadership; The organizational culture; Change and resistance to change; Group problem solving and decision making.