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

• 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 Problems

Review 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.