BTE 157

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COURSE SYLLABUS

1.	TITLE OF COURSE:	Business Leadership Activities
	PREFIX/NUMBER:	BTE 157	CREDIT HOURS:	1
2.	PREREQUISITE:	Enrollment in a business or computer course or permission of the Advisor

3.	RESOURCES NEEDED:
	TEXT:
	SUPPLIES:	Notebook paper and pens for note taking. Library resources and Phi Beta Lambda publications
4.	COURSE DESCRIPTION:	PRQ: Enrollment in a business program. Students will study the free-enterprise system, parliamentary procedures, and business reporting in relation to a student organization, Phi Beta Lambda. S/U
5.	COURSE GOAL:	To demonstrate understanding of and to use the free enterprise system, parliamentary procedures, and business reporting in relation to a student organization, Phi Beta Lambda, while developing leadership skills.

6.	COURSE OBJECTIVES:
	By the end of the course, students will
	(A)	Demonstrate knowledge and skills pertaining to parliamentary procedures.
	(B)	Exhibit leadership abilities.
	(C)	Demonstrate an understanding of the free enterprise system.
	(D)	Participate in regular meetings and committee meetings of the student organization, Phi Beta Lambda.
	(E)	Exhibit skills in business reporting.
	(F)	Develop a personal understanding of service through participation in a community service project.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

Grade is determined on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Attendance at a minimum of ten (10) class hours and participation in one third of the club activities or preparation of a written report which is to be presented orally. Participation in club activities will be rated on point system based on the amount of time and effort devoted to the activity. Written report topics must relate to the course objectives and be approved by the instructor.

Special Remarks:
1.	Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
2.	Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these.
3.	Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.

8.	COURSE OUTLINE
	Tentative Schedule
	I.	Three weeks of the fall semester are devoted to campaigning for and election of officers. Emphasis is placed on campaign procedures, election procedures, officer responsibilities, committee functions, characteristics of leaders and their development, and officer installation. If there are resignations or graduates holding office, this procedure is repeated during spring semester.
	II.	Each class period is conducted as a proper business meeting using parliamentary procedures as dictated by Robert's Rules of Order.
	III.	Each student who is not an officer will be assigned to one of the following standing committees - Service, Education, Fundraising, or Social. Committees are required to plan, execute, and report on all committee functions.
	IV.	Students conduct a service-learning experience in a public/human service organization. Through the interaction, the student learns to apply knowledge and skills in the "real" world, exercises critical thinking, develops self-learning and helping skills, develops societal knowledge.
	V.	Students participate in other committee-planned functions such as the following: Fund raising Field trips to business enterprises Having guest speakers or workshops on business topics Attending local, state, and national leadership workshops and competitions sponsored by PBL Service project

	LECTURE OUTLINE
9.	METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
	To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10.	ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
	The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11.	ADA NOTICE:
	Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.