AS Business Administration

The curricular experience of English Composition I pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It is designed to develop skills and competence in writing prose compositions, reading, and listening. The student will learn to compose essays and other works using various methods of development.

COURSE TITLE: ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

CODE: ENG0102

The curricular experience of English Composition II pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. Students will learn the conventions of standard edited American English. Students will compose informative and persuasive essays, write responses to a variety of literary genres, and/ or non-fiction, and produce a documented paper based on research.

COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

CODE: PHI2010

The curricular experience of Philosophy pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing reflective, argumentative, and critical skills towards investigation. It comprises contents related to ontology, gnoseology, philosophical anthropology, axiology, epistemology, logic. This course includes a review in the history of Philosophy.

Course title: American Federal Government

CODE: POS2041

The curricular experience of American Federal Government pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. This course focuses in the origins, organization, and policies of the government and political system of the United States of America.

Course title: General Education Biology

CODE: BSC1005

The curricular experience of General Education Biology pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. This course covers the basic concepts in the biological sciences. The course includes evolution, genetics, cellular and molecular biology, and reproduction of living organisms.

Course title: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

CODE: STA2023

The curricular experience of Introduction to Statistics pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at training students in the capacity of approaching and solving problems of investigations and making decisions that contribute to the comprehensive development of the individual and the community using statistical techniques and tools to collect, process, and analyze data. The course is comprised of the following content: investigation foundations and descriptive statistics; techniques applied to scientific investigation and the testing of hypothesis and investigation report.

Course title: COLLEGE ALGEBRA

CODE: MAC1105

The curricular experience of College Algebra belongs to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It comprises the following contents with applications in the business world: functions, graphs, limits, exponential and logarithmic functions, differentiation, integration, inequalities and linear programming.

Course title: Basic Physics

CODE: PHY1025

The curricular experience of Basic Physics pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. This is a general education course in Physics. The course introduces the fundamentals laws of Physics including units of measure, kinematics and dynamic, conservation laws, fluids and temperature.

Course title: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

CODE: ECO2013

The curricular experience of Principles of Macroeconomics belongs to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at the use of the fundamentals the macroeconomic theory in the understanding of the main economic problems that affect organizations. It comprises the following contents: Added supply and demand; Monetary market; Exchange market; Economic policy; Global economy.

Course title: Introduction to Human Nutrition

CODE: HUN1201

The curricular experience of Introduction to Human Nutrition pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. This is a course focused in the student familiarization with the role of the nutrients (vitamins, proteins, minerals, etc.) for humans. This course studies metabolic processes and human health during the various stages of the life cycle.

Course title: Introduction to Physical Science

CODE: PSC1121

The curricular experience of Introduction to Physical Science pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. This course fulfills the fundamental requirements of Physical Sciences and it is an introduction to the major concepts in some of the natural sciences including Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and Meteorology. This course aims to stimulate the interest of students, through rational thinking, in the natural sciences and the deepen their understanding of how nature works.

Course title: Descriptive Astronomy

CODE: AST1002

The curricular experience of Descriptive Astronomy pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. This course is an introduction to Astronomy covering the study of origin, evolution, and description of the major objects in the Universe: galaxies, stars, planets, and minor bodies mainly focused in the Solar System. The course reviews the principal milestones in the history of Astronomy from the ancient times to the present as well as the main instruments used in the field.

Course title: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

CODE: EVR1001

The curricular experience of Introduction to Environmental Science pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. It aims at developing cognitive skills, attitudes and environmental awareness that enable the students to have an active role as responsible citizens, undertaking actions using environmental management tools. It comprises aspects related to environmental impact of human activities, and education for sustainability.

Course title: TECHNOLOGY, HUMANS AND SOCIETY

CODE: EGS1041

The curricular experience of Technology, Humans and Society pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. It explores the interaction between technology, culture and quality of human life. Emphasis will be placed on the impact of technologies to society and the challenges and opportunities offered.

Course title: CRITICAL THINKING

CODE: PHI2604

The curricular experience of Critical Thinking pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. Its goal is that students make valued and critical judgments on the process of development of society, and its diverse aspects: geographic, social, economic, and political. It comprises the following aspects: process of society, morphology of society; population, economic sectors, production, health, education, housing and poverty, the main social, economic, and political issues, Issues of debate in the 21st century.

Course title: FOUNDATION QUANTITATIVE REASONING

CODE: MAT0987

The curricular experience of Foundation Quantitative Reasoning pertains to the area of General Education; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is an elective course. It aims at organizing and developing the logical thought using strategies to apply principles, rules, and procedures from deductive-hypothetical thought, identifying, discriminating, systematizing, modeling, abstracting, and presenting information of the surrounding environment with initiative, criticism, and responsibility. It develops aspects related to inductive and deductive logic, proportionality, and actual functions.

Course title: BUSINESS LAW

CODE: BUL2241

The curricular experience of Business Law pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at directing the knowledge and own procedures of business law in the organizational development. It is comprised of the following content: trading companies, securities, asset crisis, labor legislation of the private sector, and tax administration systems.

Course title: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAN2021

The curricular experience of Principles of Management pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. This course covers the fundamental management principles. It is focused in concepts of planning, organization, and controlling. It covers the management of organizations or businesses in order to obtain the maximum employee satisfaction and optimum performance. Topics such as; business ethics and social responsibility are covered.

Course title: FINANCIAL MATH

CODE: MAT1140

The curricular experience of Financial Math pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing concepts, formulas, proceedings, tools and fundamental methods of financial math in business, optimizing the financial management of business resources over the time. It is comprised of the following content: simple and compound interest, discount, annuities and amortizations, and gradients and depreciations.

Course title: BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS

CODE: QMB2100

The curricular experience of Basic Business Statistics pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It applies quantitative statistic methods to business problems and is an introduction to methods of describing, graphically presenting, measuring and analyzing statistical data. The course emphasizes on the application of various statistical techniques to support business decisions.

Course title: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

CODE: ACG2021

The curricular experience of Financial Accounting pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at identifying, interpreting, and valuing accounting and financial information to make decisions at a managerial level. It is comprised of the following content: accounting concepts and principles; accounting for business operations, financial statements and its relations, records of business operations, the accounting cycle, accounting information systems, and accounting of assets and liabilities.

Course title: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING

CODE: MAR2023

The curricular experience of Marketing pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing the fundamentals and tools of modern Marketing to maximize the economic benefits of the organization in the global and competitive market. It is comprised of the following content: the market, positioning, marketing mix: product, price, distribution, promotion, publicity, staff, process, and perception.

Course title: CORPORATE FINANCE

CODE: ACG2016

The curricular experience of Corporate Finance pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing an understanding and tools for the financial analysis and the making of decisions of investment and financing. It is comprised of the following content: short and long-term planning and financial administration, administration of credits and inventories, company evaluation, internal and external sources of financing, indebtedness policy, and dividends policy.

Course title: MICROECONOMICS

CODE: ECO2023

The curricular experience of Microeconomics pertains to the area of Business Core; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at the use of the fundamentals the macroeconomic theory in the understanding of the main economic problems that affect organizations. It is comprised of the following content: added supply and demand, monetary market, exchange market, economic policy, and global economy.

Course title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP

CODE: ENT4113

The curricular experience of Entrepreneurship pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. Its goal is to promote students to identify and develop the entrepreneurship potential through planning, organization, and implementation of innovative and creative activities; all of them encouraging them to adopt an entrepreneurial attitude of life. The course envisions the entrepreneurial development as a social and economic phenomenon, whose major impact is to transform knowledge in economic growth, being this entrepreneurial spirit, the main vehicle for innovation within a context of technological changes.

Course title: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

CODE: ACG2071

The curricular experience of Management Accounting pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at analyzing and evaluating the models of strategic management for an appropriate decision making at management level. It is comprised of the following content: approaches and models of strategic management of costs, cost systems and model of costing based on activities.

Course title: COSTUMER AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAR4860

Customer Relationship Management is a fundamental strategic tool in consumer general services. This course is focused in the development and implementation of different relationship marketing strategies in a global environment and cultural diversity of costumers.

Course title: TRADE POLICY AND BUSINESS

CODE: MAN4673

This course provides the students with the rules of the multilateral trading system focused on the political dynamics of international trade policy rules and its application in different contexts.

Course title: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

CODE: FIN3403

The curricular experience of Financial Management pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing understanding, tools, techniques and methods for financial assessment in the organizations to maximize the value of the capital of shareholders or partners. It is comprised of the following content: financial administration: tools, techniques and methods for the financial analysis and planning, valuation, investment in capital assets, cost of capital, and long-term financing.

Course title: LOGISTICS STRATEGY

CODE: TRA4214

The curricular experience of Logistics Strategy pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course aims to provide students with the conceptual framework to organize the logistics system, properly manage the suppliers, control inventory, handle storage and transportation of a company in the current context of globalization and competitive markets; valuing the importance of ensuring the sound management of materials and an adequate level of service that contributes to the success of business goals.

Course title: BUSINESS CALCULUS

CODE: MAC2233

This course is an introduction to college-level skills of calculus (limits, differentiation, integration, rates of change) and their application to business.

Course title: APPLIED BUSINESS STATISTICS

CODE: QMB3200

This course applies statistics methods (probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, and simple and multiple regression analysis) to business problems and interpreting the solution with attention in the use of statistics methods in managerial decision making.

Course title: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAN4600

The curricular experience of International Finance pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course will enable students to understand concepts and tools of international finance, their current importance, and future perspectives. It comprises contents related to the international monetary system, the origin of the current financial system, its evolution until the unification of the European Monetary Union, and its current situation. Likewise, it includes the financial instruments of currency risk hedging.

Course title: COSTS AND BUDGET

CODE: BUS4351

The curricular experience of Costs and Budget pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. Its goal is that the student continues to develop abilities on the administrative management of businesses. Business management requires assessment of the quality of approach and administration of financial resources; therefore, it demands abilities to elaborate budgets and determine the costs of approach, contrasting the investment made with the production obtained.

Course title: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAN4720

The curricular experience of this course pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at managing the strategic tools and plans to make decisions in the competitive development of an organization. It is comprised of the following content: strategic direction, strategic planning and analysis, action strategies, selection of Strategies, implementation, evaluation and strategic control.

Course title: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAN4301

The curricular experience of Human Resource Management pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing an understanding of the knowledge and procedures of administration of the human capital of the organization. It is comprised of the following content: administration of human capital, training, and development.

Course title: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CODE: BUS5030

This course is focused on the uncertainties that can lead to undesirable project outcomes. This course analyses the risks that can result in failure to reach the projected project goals. The course includes the study and identification of that risks during project planning and during the project execution.

Course title: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

CODE: MAN4151

The curricular experience of Organizational Behavior pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at analyzing the factors of organizational behavior in three dimensions: individual, group and structure of organizational behavior. It is comprised of the following content: individual, group, and organization, and culture and coaching.

Course title: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAN4600

The curricular experience of Strategic International Management pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course aims at understanding business objectives, international market and internal analysis, competitive advantage, competitive strategies, structure according to strategy, executive management, and strategic decisions.

Course title: LEADERSHIP AND PROBLEM SOLVING

CODE: MSL3201

The curricular experience of this course pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing knowledge, techniques, and procedures of quantitative analysis for business decisions. It is comprised of the following: probability and decision making, linear programming, and project programming.

Course title: MARKETING STRATEGY

CODE: MAR4804

The curricular experience of this course pertains to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. Its goal is to design marketing strategies of the organization that enable to connect with the market and satisfy the necessities of individuals and organizations. It is comprised of the following content: product management, price decisions, distribution channels, retail, integrated communications, sale promotions, public relations and direct marketing, sales management, and marketing plan.

Course title: MARKETING MANAGEMENT

CODE: MAR3023

The curricular experience of this course to the area of Management; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at developing knowledge and procedures of market investigation as an important discipline for business management that enables to connect with the market and satisfy the necessities of individuals and organizations. It is comprised of the following content: marketing information systems, investigation plans, sources of investigation, sampling, analysis and provision of data, applications, and new products.

Course title: DECISION MAKING AND NEGOTIATIONS

CODE: MAR4643

The curricular experience of Decision Making and Negotiations pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It provides the student with the conceptual framework and the methodological tools to face planning, development, and execution of international negotiations to do business and commercial operations in the framework of pre-established objectives within the situational context and focused on viable agreements. >

Course title: OPERATION ANALYSIS

CODE: QMB4680

The curricular experience of Operation Analysis pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It is comprised of the following content that focus on the international logistical management; functions of international logistic operations, management of International Physical Distribution (IPD), analysis of the components, analysis of costing parameters, times, and costs of linguistic services, and a logistic plan for international commercialization of a product.

Course title: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE

CODE: IBU1306

The curricular experience of International Business and Trade pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course provides the student with the tools, principles and fundamentals of international trade given by the World Trade Organization through the implementation of techniques and procedures of the customs and commercial operations. Likewise, the course goal is that the student gets involved in the appropriate identification and implementation of Incoterms. The course will enable students to understand conventions of harmonized systems, tariff nomenclature of the national tariff; auxiliary instruments, and support tools for classification; interpretative general regulations; and the study of marketing subjects.

Course title: INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

CODE: ECO2482

The curricular experience of Economic Integration and Cooperation Agreements pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course covers fundamental issues of analysis that enable the student to understand the economic integration as a process of union of markets. Their objective is to create more competitive and efficient supranational integrated economic areas than the ones from origin. This way, students know the experiences of regional and sub-regional integration as to the European Union, Andean Community, MERCOSUR and Free Trade Agreements (FTA) as legal instruments of international business negotiations.

Course title: EXPORT AND IMPORT REGULATIONS

CODE: BUL2345

This curricular experience of Export and Import Regulations pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. The course will enable the students to have an understanding and apply the regulations of entry and issue of goods, tariff treatment of goods, as well as audit of the claim process and customs offences, applications on customs valuation, process of export and import, analysis of tariff regulations of promotion to export, and analysis of court cases on tax and on tariff claims.

Course title: GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURE

CODE: SOC3001

The curricular experience of Global Business Culture pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at valuing aspects such as cultural awareness, identification and dynamics of the cultures at international level, cultural behaviors that affect global business, strategies to handle cultural differences in the context of globalization, clusters of regional integration, and the trends of countries in international commerce.

Course title: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

CODE: INT3022

The curricular experience of International Competitive Strategies pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. It aims at guiding, generating a conceptual and practical grounding and teaching the future professional to discern competitive strategies in international business, through planning, direction and control of strategies in an international context.

Course title: INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

CODE: INT1241

The curricular experience of International Trade Law pertains to the area of International Business; its nature is theoretical and practical, and it is a required course. Its goal is that students have a specialized understanding to interpret and apply the legal framework that regulates international business. The student will identify contractual arrangements that are required in the relations of labor intermediation, identifying the legal aspects of brokerage contracts, agency, and international distribution. Finally, students will both have an understanding and they will apply the regulations related to the international sale and purchase of goods, contract of international transportation of goods and simplification and harmonization of the customs procedures through the study of agreements in the Vienna and Kyoto Conventions.

Course title: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CODE: BUS5030

This course is focused on the uncertainties that can lead to undesirable project outcomes. This course analyses the risks that can result in failure to reach the projected project goals. The course includes the study and identification of that risks during project planning and during the project execution.