Winter 07/Spring 08 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Winter 2007 and Spring 2008; however, some (or all) may not be offered in either term.  The courses that are offered in Spring link to the Schedule of Classes.  Classes with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

NOTE: When registering for a UA South course please be sure to note the location of the course offering.

Regional Nonmetropolitan Commerce (RNCV)  Department Info

RNCV 300 -- The Management Function  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the history and dynamics of the management function as it applies to the administration of agencies. The cognitive roles that make up the management process will be extensively explored and will serve as a foundation for this course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 301A -- Written Argumentation for Commerce  (1 unit)
Description:  Introduces the concepts of effective argumentation skills and business communications. Examines the similarities and differences of writing styles in previous writing courses to the commerce environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 301B -- Oral Argumentation for Commerce  (1 unit)
Description:  The course covers the topics of oral presentation types, presentation style, creating and using effective visual aids, preparation for a presentation, presentation presence, and presentation logic.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 301C -- Etiquette for Commerce  (1 unit)
Description:  This course introduces new employees to the four guiding principles of business etiquette.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 301D -- Written and Oral Argumentation Portfolio Compendium and Career Tools  (1 unit)
Description:  The course helps students develop effective strategies for job searching in today's market. Particular attention will be given to developing and using a network of professional contacts.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 302 -- The Supervisory Function  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the dynamics of the supervisory function in private and public organizational systems. The cognitive roles that make up the supervisory process will be extensively explored and will serve as a foundation for this course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 303 -- Oral and Written Argumentation Skills for the Supervisor  (3 units)
Description:  Development of a working understanding of argumentation as it applies to effective oral and written communication in the supervisory environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 304 -- Personnel Policies and Procedures  (3 units)
Description:  The focus will be on the problems and policies in the procurement, development, compensation, and motivation of personnel that supervisors face in carrying out the supervisory function. The course will also review the use of computer based human resource management systems in organizations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 305 -- Human Behavior and Ethics in the Organizational System  (3 units)
Description:  Integration of classical and current organizational psychosocial theories and theories of organizations that provide an understanding of the effects that an organizational system has on the behavior choices of human beings in the work environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 306 -- The Target Market and Distribution Channels  (3 units)
Description:  The student will explore, in depth, the nature of an enterprise’s potential customer field, including how the target market is defined for a commercial enterprise.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 307 -- Local, National, and Global Economic and Financial Systems  (3 units)
Description:  The course examines how corporate financial managers and investors manage risk using derivative securities, such as options, swaps, futures, and forward contracts. Emphasis is on managing business and financial risk.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 308 -- Sustainable Commerce  (3 units)
Description:  The course explores commerce as part of an indivisible, open system in connection with many other systems that impact on the natural environment and its natural resources.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 309 -- Transportation and Supply Systems in Commerce  (3 units)
Description:  This course explores organization, management and control of material flow processes; logistical strategies and relationships of procurement, handling, warehousing, transportation, and inventory control in the context of transportation and logistics systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 310 -- Manufacturing, Retail, and Service Process Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Product design, process layout, inventory control, production's relationship with the marketing, sustainable production, operational aspect of quality control and improvement are the core themes of this course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 311 -- Market Planning  (3 units)
Description:  The course provides an in depth exploration of the 4 P's of marketing: product, price, place and promotion, i.e., the development of the enterprise's marketing plan.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 312 -- The Organization and Employment Environment  (3 units)
Description:  In depth examination of how the elements of organizational design (Organizational Theory), the employment environment, and individual behavior (Organizational Behavior) within an organization interact and impact on the decision processes within the enterprise.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 313 -- Trade and Business Control Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of business control systems and their value to organizational business decision-making. Control processes that utilize statements of cash flows, financial statement analysis, cost and managerial accounting outputs will be studied.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 314 -- Mathematics for Applied Sciences  (3 units)
Description:  This course will examine applications of probability, statistics, data analysis, hypothesis testing, apportionment and scheduling to the applied sciences. Registration requires a passing grade on the UA South BAS Math Readiness test.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS Program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 316 -- Introductory Methods of Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  This course will introduce quantitative and qualitative analysis and evaluation in real world settings with a focus on evaluating research and program statements, designing evaluation plans and interpreting program evaluation data.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  RNCV 314. Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 319 -- Ethics in Public and Private Sectors  (3 units)
Description:  Ethical issues that arise in relation to work in public and private sectors including: allocation of resources, corporate and social responsibility, discrimination. Students will also gain knowledge of ethical codes related to their professional field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS Degree program and consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RNCV 320 -- Organizational System Design for the Agency Administrator  (3 units)
Description:  Topics will include how organization design effects behavioral choices of agency members, how sub-systems, such as information processes, human resources, control systems, the supervisory process, policies and procedures, planning systems, facility management, and others are integrated into a whole.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 330 -- Oral and Written Argumentation Skills for the Agency Administrator  (3 units)
Description:  Development of a working understanding of argumentation as it applies to effective oral and written communication in the organizational environment. Included will be a review of decision making and the concept of planning as it applies to the management function.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 371 -- Network Security Principles  (3 units)
Description:  In-depth coverage of current risks and threats to an organization’s information including methods of addressing the safeguarding of these critical assets. Coverage includes theoretical and historical background necessary to understand the various risks and hands on techniques for working in the security field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must have been accepted into the UAS BAS program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 372 -- Application and Theory of Network Administration  (3 units)
Description:  Theories and applications of network architecture, switching, routing, algorithms, protocols, infrastructure hardware, cable plant, security, and network management.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must have been accepted into the UAS BAS program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 373 -- Theory of Telephony and Switching Technologies  (3 units)
Description:  Course explores regulation and policy making in telecommunications, the evolution of the industry and industry structure, the roles and relationships of U.S. standards to international telephony, the role of organizations in the telecommunications industry and governmental units, the evolution of international telecommunications organizations and regulatory systems, and examination of current issues.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must have been accepted into the UA South BAS program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 374 -- Routing: Theories and Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Course focuses on both theoretical and application concepts of IP addressing techniques, intermediate routing protocols, command line interface configuration of switches, and VLANS.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must have been accepted into the UA South BAS program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 375 -- Advanced Routing and WAN Technologies  (3 units)
Description:  Course focuses on both theoretical and application concepts advanced IP addressing techniques including Network address translation, port address translation, and DHCP. Wan terminology and technology to include: PPP, ISDN, Frame Relay and overall network management.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  RNCV 374. Students must have been accepted into the UA South BAS program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

RNCV 376 -- Mathematics for Applied Technology  (3 units)
Description:  Basic probability inc. permutations, combinations, and counting theory; number systems: binary and hexadecimal; converting between number bases; solving application problems; using Excel with statistical functions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Acceptance into UA South BAS Program and Network Administration Concentration. Must have passed an intermediate Algebra or higher course with a C or better.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 399 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RNCV 400 -- Developing and Maintaining Work Teams  (3 units)
Description:  An emphasis on the development of the skills needed by supervisors in creating, developing, and maintaining high performance work teams in the organizational environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 401 -- Supervision in a Diverse Work Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of topics that explain the effects that differences in socioeconomic background, race, national origin, age, and gender have on behavioral decisions in the workplace environment, including a historical review of diversity in the organizational environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS Program or have instructor permission.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 404 -- Agency Budgeting and Financial Management  (3 units)
Description:  Theories, issues and techniques of budgeting and financial management will be explored, with an emphasis on how the agency administrator can maximize the output of the budgeting and financial management sub-systems in the agency.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 407 -- Marketing for Agencies  (3 units)
Description:  The focus will be on the agency administrator acquiring skill in developing an effective marketing plan for the agency and developing the ability to make good marketing decisions about advertising, promotion, and public relations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 412 -- Data, Information, and Knowledge Integration Systems  (3 units)
Description:  In this course the general business student will explore the concepts involved in promoting an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, sharing and evaluating an enterprise's information and knowledge assets.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 413 -- Use and Maintenance of Technology Decision Support  (3 units)
Description:  This course covers technology decision support systems for commerce and what is required to maintain those technology systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 414 -- The Management/Supervision Functions  (3 units)
Description:  From the perspective of the organizational member the course will define the functions of management and supervision on the business decision processes within an enterprise.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to UA South Commerce Progam.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 415 -- Legal Foundation for Governance of the Enterprise  (3 units)
Description:  An analysis of how fundamentals of economics, finance, accounting, marketing, management and information technology each raise ethical and legal considerations in the commerce environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to UA South Commerce Program.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 417 -- The Global Community of Commerce  (3 units)
Description:  This course deals with the relationship of international trade and the social responsibility in contributing to the economic development of developing countries
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to UA South Commerce Program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 418 -- The Socio-Political Environment of Commerce  (3 units)
Description:  This course will review the socio-political forces that impact on commerce and how commerce impacts the socio-political state in the United States and the world.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 419 -- Strategic Initiative and Tactical Planning  (3 units)
Description:  This course reviews the development of strategic initiatives in the competitive environment of commerce and the development of tactical for competing effectively.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce Program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 425 -- The Politics of Agency Administration  (3 units)
Description:  Theories from Political Science are used to develop knowledge of the political arena and the processes the agency administrator may use to achieve the agency’s goals. A historical perspective of the political landscape of agency administration will be explored. A focus will be on developing the skills needed by an agency administrator in carrying out the management function for the agency.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 433 -- The Legal and Ethical Environment of Agency Administration  (3 units)
Description:  The legal and ethical environment of agency administration will be analyzed from the historical perspective and in the context of modern society to create a breadth of understanding of agency administration’s legal foundation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

RNCV 450 -- Supervisory Assessment Center  (3 units)
Description:  Students will participate in assessment center activities that include evaluation of and feedback on their supervisory approach in work situations; these may include filmed scenarios, direct observation, or portfolios.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program and consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 455 -- Agency Administrator Assessment Center  (3 units)
Description:  Students will participate in assessment center activities that include evaluation of and feedback on their agency administrator approach in work situations; these may include filmed scenarios, direct observation, or portfolios.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program and consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 460 -- Decision Making in Regional Commerce Environment  (3 units)
Description:  This course explores theoretical approaches and models of the decision-making processes of human beings and how they apply to decision making in the regional commerce environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce program.
Usually offered:  Summer.

RNCV 461 -- Quantitative Tools to Assist Reg Commerce Decision Processes  (3 units)
Description:  Focus on quantitative tools available for aided-analytic decision-making and problem solving in the commerce environment. The students will learn the necessary skills to competently use these quantitative tools for practical applications in making business decisions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce program.
Usually offered:  Summer.

RNCV 467 -- Social Aspects of Entrepreneurship In Commerce  (3 units)
Description:  Social entrepreneurship is the application of the skills required to be effective in commerce to ameliorating social/environmental ills of society.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admitted to the UA South Commerce program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

RNCV 493 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Admission into UA South Commerce or UA South BAS Degree Programs.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

RNCV 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  RNCV 375, RNCV 404; Admission into UA South Commerce or UA South BAS Degree Programs.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

RNCV 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  Students must be admitted to the UA South BAS program or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.