Business students, regardless of their chosen fields of specialization/area of concentration, are required to complete a mandatory set of business courses referred to as "core courses" (also known as "business foundation classes"). These courses are foundational pre-requisites to higher-level courses in a business diploma and to the areas of specialization.
Since several core competencies are considered essential for business students, and every student who graduates from a 2-yr business program, through successful completion of the core classes, is able to demonstrate:
a clear understanding of the role that business plays in the development of the economic structures of the United States and international markets;
a fundamental knowledge of the principles involved in some of the main business disciplines, such as accounting, economics, finance, management, management information systems, and marketing;
effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Below is a list of the most common core classes you might find in a Business diploma program in the USA.
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Business Environment
Business Law
Business Management
Business Writing
Career Skills and Management
Financial Management
Introductory Accounting
Mathematics of Finance
Organizational Behavior
Introduction to Computing for Business
International Business
Principles of Accounting
Principles of Marketing Management
Quantitative Methods for Business
Statistics
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