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Business Division
ACC 1213 Principles of Accounting I
This course is
designed to develop in students a realization of the
meaning and purpose of accounting. Emphasis is
placed on the basic concepts of accounting and use of
accounting systems. Upon successful completion of
this course, the student should have a basic
understanding of the concepts of introductory
accounting; be able to analyze, record, and
summarize the effects of transactions on financial
statements; journalize adjusting entries;
prepare financial statements from a trial balance;
have a basic understanding of extensions of the
accounting model; and apply financial statement
analysis. Four major tests are administered during
the semester. Requirements also include a
comprehensive final exam. Three hours of lecture
per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
ACC 1223 Principles of Accounting II
Prerequisite:
ACC 1213. This course is
designed to teach accounting for corporations and the
basic concepts of managerial accounting. Upon
successful completion of this course, the student should
have a basic understanding of the accounting for
corporations, concepts of managerial accounting, product
cost systems, and decision analysis for planning and
control. Five or six objective tests are
administered during the semester. Three hours of
lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
BAD 2413 Legal Environment of Business
This course
provides students with a basic understanding of the
rules of law related to business transactions.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student
will demonstrate knowledge of criminal law, torts,
contracts, agency, real property, personal property,
bailments, partnerships, and corporations.
Assessment methods include periodic objective and
subjective exams. Oral reports are required.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
ECO 2113 Principles of Economics I
This course is
designed to teach an introduction to economics,
fundamentals of macroeconomics, fiscal policy, monetary
policy, and international trade. Upon successful
completion of this course, a student should have a basic
understanding of the fundamentals of macroeconomics,
fiscal policy, monetary policy, and international trade.
Students will complete a minimum of four major
subjective tests, and oral and/or written reports as
assigned. Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
ECO 2123 Principles of Economics II
This course is
designed to teach an introduction to microeconomics,
elasticity of demand and supply, production and cost in
the firm, market structure and pricing, and resource
markets. Upon successful completion of this
course, a student should have a basic understanding of
the market system; costs, price, and output under
varying degrees of completion; and resource
allocation. Students will complete a minimum of
four major subjective tests, and oral and/or written
reports as assigned. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
Social Sciences Division
GEO 1113 World Geography
This is a survey
course of the basic geographic concepts, features and
major new developments of the nations of the world.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student
will be able to identify topographical and geographical
features of world areas; economic and political
characteristics of various world nations; and
recent developments within these nations. Testing
will consist of unit exams and a comprehensive final
exam. Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
HIS 1113 Western Civilization I
The student will
receive a general survey of European history from
ancient times to A.D. 1660. Included in this will
be the study of man and the four factors-political,
social, economic, and geographic-that influenced history
from the earliest times to the middle of the seventeenth
century. Upon successful completion of this
course, the student will demonstrate a knowledge of man
and the four factors that have influenced history
through periodic objective and subjective tests, map
work, outside readings, research, oral reports, and
class discussion pertaining to lecutre and current
events. Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
HIS 1123 Western Civilization II
The student will
continue a general survey of European history.
This sequel will be an overview of European
colonizations and imperialism in Asia, Africa, and the
Americas; revolutionary movements of the 18th and
19th centuries; the movements leading to WWI;
the Great War; the aftermath of the war; the
global results of WWII; and recent current events
including changes in Europe and international
developments. Upon successful completion of this
course, the student will demonstrate a knowledge of the
above through periodic objective and subjective tests,
map work, outside readings, research, oral reports, and
class discussion pertaining to lecture and current
events. Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
HIS 2213 American History I
The student will
receive a general survey of American history from the
pre-Columbian Era to the conclusion of the Civil War.
This study will include the Colonial Era with special
emphasis on the English, the American Revolution, the
forming of a new government, and the social and economic
aspects of American life from 1783 to 1865. Upon
successful completion of this course, the student will
demonstate a knowledge of the above through periodic
objective and subjective tests, map work, outside
readings, research, oral reports, and class discussion
pertaining to lecture and current events. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
HIS 2223 American History II
In this sequel to
American History 2213, the student will receive a
general survey of the Reconstruction Period; the
conquest of the Great West; the rise of
industrialism and its effects on U.S. society and
economy; the Great War; the Jazz Age;
the Depression and the New Deal; WWII; the
post war social changes; the Cold War Era;
and the post Cold War Era - domestic and foreign.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student
will demonstate a knowledge of the above through
periodic objective and subjective tests, map work,
outside readings, research, oral reports, and class
discussion pertaining to lecture and current events.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
HUM 1913 Honors Forum
Prerequisite:
By Invitation. This course
has as its central focus the developoment of leadership
skills. It is designed to provide a basic
understanding of leadership and group dynamics theory
and to assist the student in developing a personal
philosophy of leadership, an awareness of the moral and
ethical responsibilities of leadership, and an awareness
of none's own style of leadership. This program
integrates readings from the humanities, classic works
of literature, and experimental learning exercises with
readings and discussions of traditional theories.
(Phi Theta Kappa/Phil Hardin Foundation Leadership
Development Program).
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
PSC 1113 Federal Government
The student will
become familiar with the Constitution of the United
States, its roots, and the changes that have affected
it. In addition, the student will become familiar
with specific provisions respecting personal and
property rights, the rights of the accused and equal
protection, the relationship between federal and state
governments, the power of public opinion, and the
electoral process. some time is spent discussing
the national institutions, which include Congress, the
Presidency, and Judiciary. Finally, the student
will become proficient with regard to the formulation of
contemporary American foreign policy, its various trends
historically, and the geopolitical factors affecting the
formulation of present day foreign policy. Active
discussion is expected. Written reports are
required. By passing periodic objective and
subjective tests, the student will demonstrate a basic
knowledge of governmental principles covered in this
course. Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
PSY 1513 General Psychology
This course is
designed to teach fundamental processes and concepts of
human behavior. Upon successful competion of this
course, the student will demonstrate an understanding of
these basic psychological areas: physiological
foundations, influence of heredity and environment,
learning, cognitive processes, individuality and social
influences, motivation, emotion, intelligence, learning,
personality, social psychology, psychopathology, and
psychotherapy. Objective and subjective tests are
given periodically during the semester, oral and written
reports are required. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
SOC 2113 Introduction to Sociology
The student will
become acquainted with the scope and content of the
discipline of sociology, as well as the methods used by
sociologists in arriving at their various theories on
how society functions and is organized. The
student will become aware of the contributions made by
early sociologists and how those same contributions
relate to present-day sociology. Additionally, the
student will be able to understand various aspects of
our own culture as it relates to other cultures.
He/she will become aware of the importance of the
acquisition of culture and its influence on personality
development and socialization. The various
institutions are discussed, including family, religion,
education, politics, and economics. The student
becomes aware of the similarities and differences which
exist in various cultures respecting these institutions.
By the end of the semester, the student will be able to
perceive problems relating to such things as aging,
poverty, population pressures, mortality, and
urbanization. Five tests are administered over the
course of the semester. Reports are required.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
SOC 2143 Marriage and Family Living
This course is
designed to teach the student about the sociology and
history of the family as an institution and about topics
concerning marriage and parenthood. Areas covered
will include dating and mate selection, marriage
success, resolving marital conflict, communication
skills, traits of the healthy family, family law,
financial management, pregnancy and birth, early
childhood development, parenting and discipline, and the
families of the future. Four objective tests will
be given. Several reports/projects are required.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Credit:
3 Semester Hours
Southwest Mississippi Community College
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