B U S I N E S S D I V I S I O N
Current Semester
Spring 2012
Syllabi
BUS 17
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BUS 22
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BUS 24
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BUS 27
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CIS 13
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Business A.S. Degree and Certificates of Achievement
2009-2010
Business Students:
WebSites of Interest
* Hybrid, a combination of an online and a traditional face-to-face class
DOVARD ROSS, MBA
Instructor of Business and CIS
Contact Information:
Phone: 310.900.1600
Ext 2459
Email: dross@elcamino.edu
Office and Professional Obligations:
Building: Vocational Technology
Room: 114
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Instructor's Bio:
Briefly, I served in many Information Technology and managerial business positions for over 40 years in both the private and public sectors. Some of the positions served were Data Processing Manager at Long Beach Community Hospital; Sales Manager for National Accounts, District Sales Manager for Vertical Markets, Tech Support Manager, and EDI/SCM and Enterprise Systems Business Consultant for General Electric Information Services. In the public sector I served as Director of MIS/Research and Planning, Director of Information Technology and for seven years, the Associate Dean of Information Technology at Compton Community College. I have taught Computer Information Systems and Microsoft Office certification, Business and Management classes in higher education as an adjunct and tenured faculty member for more than 25 years. I have a Bachelor of Arts in History with an East Asian Studies concentration from California State University at Dominguez Hills and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
Courses Taught:
- BUS 15 Business Mathematics
- BUS 17 Personal Finance
- BUS 19 Principles of Retail Management
- BUS 20 Business Management
- BUS 21 Personnel Management
- BUS 22 Human Relations in Business
- BUS 24 Introduction to Small Business Entrepreneurship
- BUS 27 Effective English for Business
- BUS 28 Written Business Communications
- BUS 29 Oral Business Communications
- BUS 54 Microsoft Office – Integrated Software Applications
- BUS 55 Advanced Microsoft Office –Integrated Applications
- CIS 3 Introduction to Microcomputer and Software Applications
- CIS 13 Computer Information Systems
- CIS 18 Systems Analysis and Design
- CIS 26 Using Spreadsheets
- CIS 28 Using Database Applications
Asynchronous Learning:
* Considering an online or "hybrid" course for the first time? Please consider enrolling in AS 60, the 1 unit 6 week, Strategies for Success in Distance Education @ Compton
The goal of this course is to prepare students for taking distance education classes. This course covers the basics of taking an interactive, asynchronous distance education course via the internet or other computer instructional television based systems. Use of e-mail, online class interactions such as groups, world wide web access, equipment needs and differences between online and onsite courses will be covered. For more information visit the Compton Distance Education website at:
http://www.compton.edu/academics/distance-ed/index.aspx
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