Take My Liberty BUSI 101 Class

BUSI 101 surveys how a modern business runs, with examples from small firms and large corporations alike.

Nickels and colleagues' chapters set a quick pace. Weeks one and two cover the business environment, economics, global business and ethics; weeks three and four cover ownership, entrepreneurship, management, structure and operations; weeks five and six cover motivation, human resources, labor relations and marketing; weeks seven and eight cover accounting, finance, securities and banking, with a bonus chapter at the end.

Each week has a short recorded presentation and a Connect assignment worth 25 points.

Forums alternate: Forum 1 thread in week one and replies in week two, Forum 2 in weeks three and four, Forum 3 in weeks five and six and Forum 4 in weeks seven and eight. Each thread is worth 40 points and each set of replies 30.

The Group Research Paper starts with a topic in week one, worth 10, moves to an outline and references in week three, worth 50, and ends with the final paper in week seven, worth 140.

Exams worth 80 points each fall in weeks two, four, six and eight.

In the published guide the 1,010 points split into 280 for forums, 200 for the group paper, 200 for Connect, 320 for exams and 10 for the checklist.

BUSI 101 is taken around its two writing tracks. The forums are prepared as the threads open, and the group paper is planned with your group's topic in mind from the first week.

Each forum thread answers the prompt with Nickels' chapters and a real company example, such as how a local coffee shop and a national chain differ in ownership and financing, or how a manufacturer manages its supply chain. Threads are written at a first-year level, clear and well organized.

Replies follow classmates' threads, adding an example or a question that advances the talk.

For the group paper, your group chooses its topic and divides the work. Your share of the outline and references is prepared in week three, and your section of the final paper before week seven, in the group's format.

Connect assignments are yours. They are graded inside McGraw Hill's system and measure your own reading.

The four exams are yours as well.

Every thread, reply and paper section reaches you before its due date, and you post or submit it from your own account.

If a prompt asks about your own experience, a fitting general example is used, ready for your details.

A business graduate with management, small business, marketing or finance experience takes BUSI 101.

An introductory course benefits from someone who has seen business from the inside. Examples are specific: how a franchise agreement shares costs, why a startup chose an LLC, how a retailer plans for the holiday season.

The writer keeps the language accessible, since first-year forums are graded on clear thinking and use of the chapter, not jargon.

A second reviewer reads every thread and paper section for accuracy and APA 7.

Your name stays with the coordinator, and the writer never sees your account.

If a chapter concept is unclear before an exam, such as the difference between a sole proprietorship and a partnership, the coordinator can send back a short plain explanation.

Faith elements in forum prompts are handled by writers comfortable connecting Scripture to business, such as stewardship or honesty in trade.

The first difficulty is volume. Twenty chapters in eight weeks means two or three chapters a week, plus a Connect assignment every week and an exam every other week.

The second is the alternating forum schedule. Students who post a thread and forget the replies the following week lose 30 points each time.

The third is the group paper. Coordinating with classmates you have never met, in different time zones, while the topic, outline and final are due weeks apart, is new to most first-year students.

The fourth is APA. Many students meet APA 7 for the first time in this course, and both the forums and the group paper are graded on it.

The fifth is breadth. Each week jumps to a new field, from economics to HR to accounting, so there is little time to settle into any topic.

Returning students often find the reading pace the biggest change.

Biblical worldview prompts are another new element for students who have not yet taken Liberty's theology courses.

If you hand BUSI 101 over before it opens, the Forum 1 thread is ready on the first day and your share of the topic proposal soon after your group forms.

Later threads land ahead of their opening dates; replies are written once classmates have posted, in the week that follows.

Your share of the outline and references arrives a few days before week three ends, and your section of the final paper about five days before week seven ends, leaving time for the group to assemble it.

The quote lists four threads, four sets of replies and your group shares, each with its own figure. Connect, exams, the checklist and your introduction are never on it.

A late start is priced on what is left.

BUSI 101 has less writing than most business courses, so it is often the lightest course to hand over.

Students taking BUSI 101 alongside a math or writing course often hand over just the forums.