ACC 2101 introduces the student to financial accounting and includes the accounting cycle, fundamental concepts of accounting for business transactions, and preparation and analysis of financial statements.

This course will introduce students to the use of computers and other information systems technologies in organizations. Topics covered include IT strategy, IT infrastructure and emerging technologies, telecommunications, security, privacy,and ethics, analytics, and contemporary applications of technology in organizational environments. The course will also provide students exposure to a computational-thinking approach to problem solving, a fundamental skill for all students, via hands-on experience to basic programming constructs such as control statements. Working individually and in groups, students will apply their knowledge by developing, where appropriate, applications using widely used spreadsheet and database management software. CIS 1357 may not be used in lieu of CIS2200 to satisfy the prerequisite to any intermediate or advanced CIS course. Students may receive credit for both CIS 1357 and CIS 2200.

This course focuses on communication skills expected of college graduates entering business fields. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to produce clear, concise, evidence-based, argumentatively sound, and persuasive professional communication of various types. The course willemphasize the importance of being purpose-oriented and audience-aware. Examples of work to be done include writing e-mails, drafting business memos, creating executive summaries, producing strategic reports, and crafting other types of internal and external business communication. Some assignments maybe related to case studies discussed in introductory business courses. In addition, students will develop good listening skills and proficiency in various interpersonal speech situations, including those involving brief interviews and small group discussions. The course will inculcate the habit of revising and editing thework one produces, while providing all students with copious opportunities for feedback from their instructor and their peers.

The theory of pricing and distribution under various marketing conditions. Government intervention in the market. Comparison of free enterprise with alternative, existing economic systems. The department offers special sections of this course to highly qualified students. Department permission for registration in these special sections is required.

A study of the determinants of aggregate levels of production, employment, and prices. Impact of government spending, taxation, and monetary policy on the level of unemployment and the rate of inflation . Emphasis on the institutional framework within which monetary policy operates. The department offers special sections of this course to highly qualified students. Departmental permission for registration in these special sections is required.

This is an intensive course introducing students to writing as a means of discovery. In Writing I students practice and share their written articulation of ideas as a community of writers. Students read a variety of intellectually challenging and thematically coherent texts in a range of genres. Throughout, the emphasis is on writing and communication skills as processes involving multiple steps, including drafting, discussion, revision, and re-thinking. The work of the class is conducted in classroom, small-group, and one-on-one sessions. This course is required for all undergraduate degrees granted by Baruch College. First and foremost, ENG 2100 will be a course in written composition. The primary purpose of this course will be to enhance students' writing skills and rhetorical sophistication, particularly with regard to argumentative prose. The goal is to prepare students not only for success in academic writing but also for effective participation in and critical understanding of the public and professional discourses of the real world beyond school.

English 2100T is intended for multilingual/ multidialectal speakers of English who have met the University requirements for freshman composition but are in need of additional support in language development. The course is equivalent to English 2100, the first course in Baruch College's composition sequence. Students enrolled in the course complete the writing and composition work required in English 2100 as well as intensive instruction in language features such as sentence structure, usage, and vocabulary. Students are placed in the course on the basis of a writing sample administered at Freshman Orientation and graded by Baruch faculty. The course meets for 6 class hours and receives 3 credits.

Writing II is an intensification of Writing I. This course encourages students to read, reflect on, write about, and synthesize ideas from a range of genres and literary forms. Students examine and learn how to employ different styles, various appropriate uses of evidence and counter-evidence, multiple methods of interpretations, close readings of texts, and, finally, literary-cultural contextualizations. As the course proceeds, students further develop competency in the use and evaluation of multiple external sources as they shape and express their own ideas and cast them into well organized, thoughtful, and persuasive argumentative essays. This course is required for all undergraduate degrees granted by Baruch College. First and foremost, ENG 2150 will be a course in written composition. The primary purpose of this course will be to enhance students' writing skills and rhetorical sophistication, particularly with regard to argumentative prose. The goal is to prepare students not only for success in academic writing but also for effective participation in and critical understanding of the public and professional discourses of the real world beyond school.

This course provides an understanding of the nature of law and its role in business. The law of business contracts will be examined in depth. Other topics include tort liability, employment law, and bankruptcy. The course requires case analysis, problem solving, development of critical thinking skills, and oral and written communication.

The course is designed to provide the student with the background needed for the student of calculus. Algebra topics to be discussed include algebraic functions and equations, exponential and logarithmic functions and equations, systems of linear equations, sequences, and series. Trigonometric topics to be discussed include trigonometric functions, their graphs and applications, identities, equations, and inverse functions. Not open to students who have completed MTH 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2030, or any mathematics course at the 3000 level or above.

This course introduces the student to techniques of algebra, trigonometry, and matrix theory necessary for the study of calculus as well as quantitative courses in allied disciplines. Topics to be covered include advanced topics in algebra, analytic geometry of straight lines and conic sections, analytic trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, theory of algebraic equations, and operations with matrices. Not open to students who have completed MTH 2000, 2002T, 2004, 2005, 2206, 2207, 2610, 2011, 2630, or any mathematics course at the 3000 level or above.

This is an introductory business statistics course that focuses on descriptivestatistics, regression, and inferential statistics. Topics covered include graphicalmethods, descriptive statistics with exploratory data analysis, linear regressionand correlation, the normal distribution and sampling distribution of the mean,estimation for means and proportions, and hypothesis testing for one and two groups. Students will use statistical software for analyzing selected data sets.