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Foundations of Business (BUS 101)

Term: 2022-2023 School Year Fall Term

Faculty

Georgina Diane Cavin
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Georgina has 15+ years of professional experience that includes general ledger accounting, payroll and benefits accounting, financial statement preparation, financial statement analysis, bank auditing, internal auditing, external auditing, in addition to teaching in post-secondary education.   

Georgina earned her MBA from the University of Sioux Falls and her Bachelor’s in Accounting from National American University. She holds a post-secondary credential from the South Dakota Board of Education. Georgina teaches Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Financial Management, Managerial Accounting, Individual Income Tax, Payroll Accounting, and Computerized Accounting in addition to various other business courses. Her teaching deliveries include traditional classroom format, hybrid format and online format. 

Georgina’s teaching philosophy inspires her to serve as a guide to students. As students enter their educational journey, she feels it is her responsibility to develop a challenging, engaging, and relevant learning environment to promote their success. At the end of their journey, her students should have gained an appropriate level of competency in the subject matter along with the critical thinking and 
problem-solving skills necessary to have the confidence to apply the processes in an employment 
environment. 

Education: MBA, University of Sioux Falls; BS, National American University

 

Summer Office Hours - Mondays from 1pm to 2pm via Zoom. Email Instructor to set up appointment.

Description

Student will receive an overview of many different elements in the business world. The overview will include the business environment, business ethics, types of ownership structures, management techniques, marketing principles, technological implications, monetary basics and investments.