# Business Administration (BUAD) courses Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 27 courses Source: https://scmainweb.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/resources/catalog-2026-2027-compressed.pdf#page=127 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### BUAD-6 — Business Law I - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **C-ID:** BUS 120 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This course covers the fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions and is an introduction to the law as an instrument of social and political control in society. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, judicial and administrative processes, employment law, forms of business organizations, and domestic and international governmental regulations. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-10 — Introduction to Business - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Advisory:** English placement level 6 or higher - **C-ID:** BUS 110 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with credit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - UC transfer limit – maximum credit one course between BUAD 10 and BUAD 15 This course is a survey course for both business and non-business majors covering the different disciplines (finance, management, and marketing) of business. The course also covers the complexities of the competitive business world and includes additional disciplines such as international business, forms of business ownership, social responsibility and ethics, and entrepreneurship. This course is designed to provide students familiarity with basic principles and practices of contemporary business, knowledge of business terminology, and an understanding of how business works within the U.S. economic system. Due to its introductory nature, it is recommended that this course be taken as a first business course. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-12 — International Business - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course is an introduction to international business. Emphasis will be on understanding global management, marketing, supply-chain management, and finance while working in an international environment influenced by cultural, legal, political, economic, and social factors. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-14 — Personal Finance - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Prerequisite:** Intermediate Algebra as determined by Multiple Measures or Math Placement Level 4 or higher - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 7 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This course is an introduction to personal finance, providing an in-depth study of time value of money, loan options and savings vehicles, retirement planning, tax strategies, and the implications of inflation. The course will strengthen quantitative reasoning skills including algebraic models and statistical data analysis. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-15 — Business and Society - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with credit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - UC transfer limit – maximum credit one course between BUAD 10 and BUAD 15 The purpose of this course is to increase the student's awareness of ethical issues in business. The course establishes a framework and definition of ethics and the interaction among business, government, and society. Examples from current events and across business disciplines will be used. Opposing points of view will be presented, allowing the student to make individual judgments about ethical behavior in business and what things can and should be done to create a sustainable business model for the future. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-17 — Business Mathematics - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Prerequisite:** Intermediate Algebra as determined by Multiple Measures, or Math Placement Level 4 or higher - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course provides a comprehensive study of mathematical concepts and computational techniques used in business. Topics include the mathematics of bank services; payroll; buying and selling; interest and loans; taxes; insurance; depreciation; and annuities, stocks, and bonds. Students also use descriptive statistics to evaluate business-related data and quantitative reasoning skills to select among different options in business-related decisions. This course is intended for students majoring in business or others who work or intend to work in a business setting such as managers, supervisors, or work-team members. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-30 — Real Estate Principles - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Formerly:** REAL 30 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This is a fundamental real estate course covering the basic laws and principles of California Real Estate. The knowledge, background, and terminology necessary for advanced study in specialized courses are covered. This course is designed to assist those preparing for the real estate salesperson license examination. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-39 — Entrepreneurial Mindset - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) Entrepreneurial skills are increasingly important to personal and economic success, regardless of chosen field or whether working as an employee, contractor, or entrepreneur. This course provides an overview of the entrepreneurial mindset that individuals need in order to succeed in business and can apply to other aspects of their lives. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-40 — Entrepreneurship and Small Business - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course offers an entrepreneurial perspective of starting a small business. The course covers techniques and methods of starting and managing a small business enterprise and incorporates the exploration of a sound business plan that includes a financial, management, and marketing analysis. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-41 — Leadership and Supervision - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This course focuses on the role of the first-line supervisor in the organization. There is particular emphasis on team building, coping with organizational change, leadership styles, motivating employees, and the supervisor’s role in monitoring the primary management functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-42 — Financing a Small Business - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Advisory:** Students will need to have access to and a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course is designed to give an understanding on the various ways of funding a business venture. The course explores how to raise money for growing or starting a small business by reviewing sources of public and private debt, equity capital, Initial Public Offering, commercial loans and SBA-guaranteed programs. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-44 — Investments - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Formerly:** FIN 44 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option The course is designed to help the student gain an understanding of financial markets, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Students will develop their own investment philosophy and create a personal investment portfolio. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-45 — Human Relations on the Job - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This is a course designed to give the student the opportunity to increase interpersonal skills. There is particular emphasis on communication, motivation, leadership, and group decision skills. Emphasis is placed on improved relationships among employees and between employees and employers. Topics include communication processes and styles, attitudes, values, motivation, leadership, valuing diversity, and reinforcement on the job. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-55 — Social Media Marketing - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) The course provides an overview of social media marketing (SMM). This course is designed to build students’ social media marketing skills by utilizing projects that give students hands on experience implementing social media marketing strategies. Topics include integrating different social media technologies into a marketing plan, creating social media marketing campaigns, and applying appropriate social media tools. Upon completion, students should be able to use social media technologies to create and improve marketing efforts for businesses. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-56 — Entrepreneurial Structure - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) The importance of selecting a legal structure is often overlooked when starting a business, and the success of one’s business depends on making the correct choice. This course covers the legal structures of sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations, as well as their subcategories. The pros and cons of each business type will be evaluated. Legal and tax implications will be explored. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-66 — Business Communications - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Prerequisite:** English Placement Level 6 or higher - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Note: Student must complete all assignments using a computer. Handwritten assignments will not be accepted. This course applies the principles of ethical and effective communication to the creation of letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports for a variety of business situations. The course emphasizes planning, organizing, composing, and revising business documents using word processing software for written documents and presentation-graphics software to create and deliver professional-level oral reports. This course is designed for students who already have college-level writing skills. This is a required course for many major and certificate programs and an alternate requirement or suggested elective in others. This course also satisfies the A.S. General Education requirement in English. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-71 — Introduction to E-Commerce - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 54) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course is an introduction to e-commerce principles. Topics include an overview of where e-commerce fits into the business, e-commerce basics, cost-benefit of e-commerce solutions, planning and development. This course offers practical suggestions to individuals involved in or planning an e-commerce business or business component. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-72 — E-Commerce Marketing - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 54) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option E-Commerce Marketing (electronic commerce) is the study of all the online or electronic-based activities that facilitate manufacturing goods and services by the producer to satisfy the wants and needs of the consumer. Electronic marketing draws heavily on professional networks and technology to coordinate market research, aid product development, develop strategies and tactics to persuade consumers to buy, provide for online distribution, maintain customer records, conduct customer satisfaction surveys, and gather consumer feedback. Electronic marketing advances the overall marketing program that in turn supports the company’s overall marketing business objectives. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-77 — Principles of Marketing - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Advisory:** BUAD 166 or Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition Course - **Formerly:** MKTG 74, BUSI 74 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course is designed to help the student understand everyday marketing problems in organizations. Topics include changing roles of marketing, the marketing mix, consumer behavior, sales, advertising, market research, middlemen, retailing, product development, and marketing plans. Additionally, the writing and presentation of a marketing plan is required. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-80 — Principles of Customer Service - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding and knowledge of the importance of meeting the needs of customers in a service economy. Students will gain insight into employer and customer expectations of service levels. Emphasis will be placed on developing specific skills and abilities critical to providing excellent customer service. In addition, the student will be introduced to the concepts of internal and external customers, customer satisfaction, and customer retention. Other topics covered are attitude in the workplace, communicating with customers, decision-making and problem-solving, conflict resolution, and dealing with change in the workplace. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-91 — Principles of Management - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This is a basic course to broaden the student’s knowledge of the business organization, emphasizing how the organizational structure can affect personnel, productivity, and ultimately the success of the firm. This course is required for the Business Management Program and is designed to assist any student who is wishing to become more knowledgeable about organization and management theory and promote in management. The course should stimulate thought and discussion of several aspects of management and provide a limited opportunity for public speaking. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-94 — Business Work Experience Education - **Units:** 1-14 - **Hours:** 54-756 Work Experience Education hours - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Limitation on Enrollment: Financial aid students must maintain concurrent enrollment in seven (7) units which include work experience education units. Students not receiving financial aid do not need to enroll in other courses in order to participate in Work Experience Education. - Repetition: up to 14 units/semester The Business Work Experience Education course allows the student to gain on-the-job experience through employment/volunteerism at an approved business job site that is acquired by the student and related to the student’s major. A faculty member supervises all WEE courses to ensure that the work experience is of educational value. The course stresses good work habits and meeting competencies through actual on-the-job performance. A student may repeat this course since course content varies and skills are enhanced by supervised repetition and practice. A maximum of 14 units may be earned in a single semester. ### BUAD-120 — Starting a Small Business – the Entrepreneur - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 54) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This is a survey course that explores various components that need to be considered for anyone contemplating or currently operating a small business – the Entrepreneur. The major class project will be the development of a basic executive summary of the student’s business of choice. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-166 — Business English - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Prerequisite:** English Placement Level 5 or higher - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) This course provides an effective command of written English for transaction of business. Emphasis is given to grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation, and the format of the business letter, including expository and argumentative writing as well as the necessary information competency skills to select and incorporate reliable data in support of an argument. This is a required course for many majors and certificate programs and an alternative requirement or suggested elective in others. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-176 — Principles of Retailing - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162) - **Formerly:** MKTG 176, BUSI 176 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Option This course is a course designed to develop student proficiency in the diverse aspects of retailing. The course includes specific areas of study, such as: store site location, store layout, product line selection, buying, pricing, selling, advertising, and financial management. This class is designed for those going into retail as well as those students planning to enter businesses that deal with retail merchants, i.e., wholesalers, advertising media, insurance agencies, accounting firms, and other service areas. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-301A — Launching Your Business - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 9-27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 9-27) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Only This course is designed to give students the necessary knowledge and skills to explore, plan and develop a business. The business entrepreneur utilizes the understanding of business concepts, strategies, and technology to shape ideas into opportunities supported by research, data, and business models. This course may be offered in a distance education format. ### BUAD-301B — Developing Your Business Model - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 9-27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 9-27) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/buad.md) - Grading: Pass/No Pass Only This course is designed to build on the business plan, research, and strategies that were developed in BUAD 301A. This course sequence can also be taken independently from BUAD 301A. Students will explore financing, bookkeeping, budgeting, legal/business law, and leadership when launching and owning a business. This course may be offered in a distance education format.