Syllabus

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

 

 

Course title: Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship  

Course prefix, number, and section number: BUSG 2309 0341

Semester/Year of course: Spring 1st 16-Week 2025 Semester

Semester start and end dates: Start date -January 21, 2025 / End date – May 17, 2025

Course Modality: Hybrid (Asynchronous online)

Class meeting location, days, and times: Online via Canvas 

Lab meeting location, days, and times: Not applicable

Semester credit hours: 3

Course description: Starting, operating, and growing a small business. Includes essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, accounting, financial needs, staffing, marketing strategies, and legal issues. 

Required course materials:

Sall Business Management: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage, 8th Edition 

Author: Timothy Hatten Publisher: SAGE Publishing eBook ISBN: 978-1-544-36495-7 Print ISBN: 978-1-544-36591-6

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Name of instructor: Dr. Andre’ Bryant

Office location: Available Via WebEx

Telephone number: 256-457-6065

E-mail address: abryant@nctc.edu; I will respond to emails within 48 hours to your emails.

 

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

 

 

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

 

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

List of graded assignments:

1            Business Ethics Assignment

16          Chapter Quizzes

10          Business Plan Assignments

6            Case Studies

5            Class Discussion Assignments                                           

1            Mid-Term Exam                         

1            Final Exam                                                  

 

Final grade scale: 

A = 90% - 100%

B = 80% - 89%

C = 70% - 79%

D = 60% - 69%

F =    0% - 59%

 

Office hours for students: Available via Webex Meeting; Monday and Wednesday 8am – 10am, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: 5pm – 6pm; Please contact me via email for additional contact opportunities. 

 

 

Late work policy:

To be fair to all students, I DO NOT accept late work except for documented illnesses. You have 7 days to complete assignments. Please take advantage of the time you have. If you have a problem uploading an assignment and choose to email it to me, it must be time as noted within Canvas. All assignments are important so please do not discount them.

 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

 

 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

COLLEGE POLICIES

 

 

 

 

ADA STATEMENT

NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations.  See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.


AI STATEMENT

Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.

 

When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.

 

Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.

 

Encouraged or Permitted

The use of generative AI in this course is encouraged with certain tasks and with attribution. You can choose to use AI tools to help brainstorm assignments or projects or revise existing work you have written. When you submit your assignment, you must clearly attribute what text was generated by the AI tool.

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

 

STUDENT SERVICES

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

 

 

The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class.  If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division.  If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Leman 

Office location: Corinth Campus 

Telephone number: 940-498-6263

E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu 

 

Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman 

Office location: Gainesville Campus 

Telephone number: 940-668-3357

E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu 

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