We offer a variety of courses and weekend seminars. Course duration is 10 to 15 weeks. Seminars may be conducted over a weekend. Note: some classes are offered concurrently at Santa Monica College.

Weekend Seminars:

Introduction to Investments:


Investment securities and markets; Techniques.

Learn how to protect your identity on-line:


Tailored towards the average non-technical computer user. Types of identity theft schemes, protecting your information, what do you do if you're a victim.

Microsoft Office Fundamentals:


Introduction to concepts in document preparation using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook.

Start a small business:


Evaluating opportunities, writing a business plan, estimating financials, forecasting sales, exit strategy.

Incorporating and Funding a Small Business:


Evaluating types of corporations, creating a corporation, determining financial requirements, raising start-up funds, debt vs equity capital.

Marketing & Sales for Small Business:


Market potential, forecasting, positioning products/services, pricing, competitor analysis, customers’ needs, keys to selling successfully.

Human Resources for Small Business:


Leadership attributes, recruiting top employees, performance reviews, compensation structures, delegating and motivating others, managing conflict and change.

Courses:

Economics - Macro:


Economic models; economic policy; GDP, the unemployment rate, the GDP Deflator, Consumer Price Index. Tools of fiscal and monetary policy and impact on aggregate demand, prices, income and interest rates; Models: Classical, Keynesian, Monetarist, Supply Side.

Economics - Micro:


Supply and demand, elasticity, productivity, cost structures, alternative market structures; consumer and producer surplus; Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, and Oligopoly; Prices, efficiency, and the role of the government.

Entrepreneurship:


Business plan; Product development and positioning, competitive pricing, management of distribution channels; promotion and communication; Legal, financial, accounting issues; Marketing; Human relations.

Finance:


Basic concepts and tools of finance; Balance sheet, income statement; Time value of money, present value calculations, opportunity cost of capital, valuation of simple securities, evaluating investment opportunities in a capital budgeting system.

Introduction to Business:


An introduction to the principles and practices governing the operation of modern business; Overview of management, human resources, marketing, finance, operations, international business, and world economic systems.

Introduction to International Business:


Patterns of world trade, internationalization of the firm, operating procedures of the multinational enterprise; Sociocultural, demographic, economic, technological, and political-legal factors in the foreign trade environment.

Investment Strategy:


Investment securities and markets; Techniques, valuation tools; Portfolio construction; Risk management.

Marketing Fundamentals:


Modern business marketing concepts and strategies; Standards, procedures, and techniques used in marketing including marketing research, consumer behavior, product and pricing strategies, marketing communications, distribution, electronic commerce.

Management Concepts:


Standards, procedures, techniques employed by corporate, business, and functional level managers; Role of management, Organizational goals.

Microsoft Office Fundamentals:


Beginning to advanced concepts in document preparation using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook.