University of Wisconsin Business courses:

Introduction to Management Information Systems – focuses on the study of information system concepts. Those concepts include how an information system functions, how information affects management decisions, user application development, elementary programming, and productivity packages. Here, students gain hands-on experience working in Microsoft Word and Excel and learn terminology associated with information systems.

Operations Management – examines modern concepts and models for producing goods and services in the public and private sectors. Students learn to identify and solve typical problems encountered in producing outputs, use the appropriate terminology, and select and use quantitative techniques when making decisions. Course written assignments require short essays and calculations. 

Principles of Marketing – an introductory course in marketing, a field that directly influences most people’s daily lives. Here you canl learn the basic theory and concept of marketing and its usefulness for individuals and organizations; the methods of research used before marketers take action; the actions marketers take when they choose products, prices, means of distribution, and promotion; and the successes and failures of marketing activities in the United States and in foreign countries. Moreover, you’ll get acquainted with the ways of applying marketing knowledge to everyday life.

Personnel Management. Here you can learn how to manage people to maintain productivity, stay within legal guidelines, and ensure a high-quality work life. Students familiarize themselves with job design, recruitment, placement, performance appraisal, compensation, training and development, career planning, health and safety, equal employment opportunity, and unionization. Course written assignments include short-essay, true-false and multiple-choice questions.

Business Communication – prepares students to thrive in today’s fast-paced business environment. Students learn how to deliver a wide range of business documents, e-mails, and oral presentations in the context of solving realistic business case problems.

Managing the Small Business – explains how to strengthen a small business with organization and planning. Course topics include franchising, business plans, personnel, producing the product or service, marketing, finances, and security. This course is designed for small-business owners and students who want to know how a business works.

Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Dynamics of Leadership (Online course). This is an introductory course in parliamentary procedure designed to assist leaders, managers, and those involved with organizations to have quality meetings that result in decisions rather than more meetings. The course text is the most widely used and authoritative reference in the field of meeting procedure and management. $ 175.

All these courses are either print-based or with some E-mail Options. The Course Guide includes self-tests with answers. 

Course length – 1 year.

Tuition fee – $855 (unless it’s mentioned)