The courses listed below are courses in Hawkeye's course catalog. Visit the course search to view currently available courses and course sections.
Students who plan to transfer courses back to their current college or university should verify the courses they'd like to take at Hawkeye will transfer. To determine how the course will transfer visit with your advisor at your current college or university and/or if a student at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, or Iowa State University, visit www.TransferinIowa.org.
Business (BUS)
BUS-102 Introduction to Business
3 credits—An introductory survey course which provides an overview of the major functions in business with relation to current social, economic, global, and environmental concerns.
Lecture Hours: 48
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-108 Business College Experience
1 credits—This course is designed to orient technical business students to the college campus, business and general resources, college services, and expectations. This course will provide an introduction to career portfolios and certifications
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: Technical
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$217.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$225.00
BUS-128 Foundation to Entrepreneurship
3 credits—This course is suitable for anyone who dreams of one day becoming his/her own boss. Students will learn how to identify and evaluate opportunities, analyze feasibility, and plan to create and grow successful businesses. The course provides an overview of entrepreneurship and its importance in society and inspires students to recognize entrepreneurial characteristics within themselves.
Lecture Hours: 32
Course Type: Technical
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-180 Business Ethics
3 credits—This course is an introduction to ethical decision making in business. There is an examination of individual, organizational, and macrolevel issues in business ethics. This course does not determine correct ethical action; it is designed to assist the potential businessperson to make more informed ethical decisions on a daily basis. Dilemmas, real life situations and cases provide an opportunity for you to use concepts in the assignments and to resolve ethical issues. Since there is no universal agreement on the correct ethical business norms, critical thinking and informed decision making are emphasized.
Lecture Hours: 48
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-183 Business Law
3 credits—An introduction to the principles of law as they relate to business. This course includes an overview of our court system, sources of law, ethics and social responsibility, contracts, warranties, real property, landlord and tenant, negotiable instruments, and agency. Emphasis is placed on exploring the law as it affects businesses and individuals.
Lecture Hours: 48
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-210 Business Statistics
3 credits—Application and interpretation of probability and statistics as they relate to business problems; design of experiment, descriptive statistics, sampling, estimation, correlation, linear regression, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variances.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): MAT-156 or equivalent or appropriate placement score.
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-220 Introduction to International Business
3 credits—This course focuses on marketing management problems, techniques, and strategies needed within the world marketplace. Understanding a country’s cultural and environmental impact is emphasized. Worldwide consumerism, economic and social development, the spread of multinational corporations, business ethics, cultural diversity, and current economic and marketing issues will be examined.
Lecture Hours: 48
Course Type: Technical
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-230 Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making
3 credits—Quantitative and qualitative aspects of problem solving and decision making in business are covered. Topics include structuring and the basics of decision making, classification theory, functional relationships, marginal analysis, resource allocation, and probability.
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): MAT-156.
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-295 Workplace Professionalism
2 credits—This course is designed to prepare students to enter the workplace with the skills required in a professional setting. This course will cover workplace behaviors such as communicating in a professional manner, conflict resolution, accountability, and business etiquette. This course will also cover career development skills.
Lecture Hours: 32
Course Type: Technical
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$435.00
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$450.00
BUS-903 Business Field Experience
3 credits—This course provides students with the opportunity to gain practical work experience, while applying skills and techniques learned in their program of study, under the supervision of an employer, manager, or supervisor.
Co-op Hours: 192
Prerequisite(s): 2.00 cumulative GPA
Course Type: Technical
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$652.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$675.00
BUS-924 Honors Project
1 credits—This course involves in-depth independent research on an approved topic under supervision of a faculty member. Upon project's completion, results will be shared with community of peers and faculty. This course can be repeated with different content for credit. This course may be taken for 1–3 credits.
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$217.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$225.00
BUS-928 Independent Study
1 credits—This course provides students with an opportunity to pursue or investigate a topic of interest that does not fit within the framework of regular course offerings. An independent study self-directed learning agreement must be discussed with and submitted to a faculty advisor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit with different content. Course can be taken for 1–3 credits.
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$217.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$225.00
BUS-949 Special Topics
1 credits—Special Topics expands the curriculum by allowing students to enroll for up to three credits in a specific course or program area. Subject matter may be an in-depth extension of the particular area and is developed by the teaching faculty to meet unique interests and needs of the students. This course may not duplicate another one already in the catalog. This course may be repeated for credit with different content. This course can be taken for 1–3.
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2023–2024 Course Cost:
$217.50
2024–2025 Course Cost:
$225.00