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Why Gateway?

WELCOME TO BUS 302 The Gateway Experience Prof Chapman’s Gateway web-site: http://www.csun.edu/~vcecn00a/Gateway/ Generic Gateway web-site: http://www.csun.edu/bus302/. Why Gateway?. Responds to feedback from alumni and employers: Need for better communication skills Ability to work in teams

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Why Gateway?

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  1. WELCOME TO BUS 302The Gateway ExperienceProf Chapman’s Gateway web-site:http://www.csun.edu/~vcecn00a/Gateway/Generic Gateway web-site:http://www.csun.edu/bus302/

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

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