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WELCOME TO BUS 302 The Gateway Experience For more information visit: http://www.csun.edu/bus302/. Why Gateway?. Responds to feedback from alumni and employers: Need for better communication skills Ability to work in teams Think critically and strategically
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WELCOME TO BUS 302The Gateway ExperienceFor more information visit:http://www.csun.edu/bus302/
Why Gateway? • Responds to feedback from alumni and employers: • Need for better communication skills • Ability to work in teams • Think critically and strategically • Responds to university priority of increasing graduation rates by: • Ensuring a common set of skills and knowledge for all (CSUN and transfer) students • Prepare students for upper division work
Gateway Course Objectives • Learn to build and work effectively in teams. • Enhance written and oral communication. • Understand the cross disciplinary nature of business problems and strategies. • Review lower division business core material. • Use ethical thinking in solving business problems.
How Will Gateway be Delivered? • Active Student Learning • Student preparedness is key • Teaching Method • Faculty are coaches not lecturers • Students prepare and present homework • Most assignments require working in teams • Formal and informal oral presentations
Objective 1:Learn to Build and Work Effectively in Teams • Work in teams on: • Teams’ Exercises • Lower Division Core Cases • Ethics Cases • Grade will depend upon: • Instructor Evaluation of Case Analysis and Team Exercises • Peer Evaluation by Team Members
Objective 2:Written and Oral Communication • Written Assignments • Writing grade on four LDC cases • One or two other written assignments • Oral Presentations (Formal and Informal) • As part of your team’s LDC case presentation • As part of a challenge team for LDC case • Contribution to class via class participation • Individual participation in class exercises, readings, activities
Objectives 3 and 4:Understand Cross Disciplinary Nature of Business ProblemsReview Lower Division Business Core Material • Written and oral work on • LDC cases • Integrates material in strategic thinking, ethics, economics, accounting, business law, and statistics
Objective 5:Use Ethical Thinking in Solving Business Problems • Written and oral presentation of ethics cases and ethics material in LDC cases • Individual in-class ethics writing assignment
Tips to Succeed in Gateway • Complete all assignments before class • Invest in your team • Remember you are learning how to build an effective team • Plan ahead and budget time for class • Take LDC exams early and get them out of the way • Learn from each other • Take advantage of LDC subject area expertise within your team
BUS 302L – Gateway Lab • You must take BUS 302L either: • Prior to taking BUS 302 • OR at the same time you take BUS 302 • You will not be able to enroll in 400-level business classes until you pass both BUS 302 and 302L. • Enroll now – all 302L sections are open; there are no class size limits.