BUS2003 is designed to help students build and strengthen the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to succeed in Capella's BS in Business program and in the workplace. Through interactive activities, students develop and demonstrate a business perspective while expanding their organizational, research, and critical-thinking skills — foundational competencies that support success in all subsequent business coursework.
Course topics and competencies
Key areas
- Business ethics: Students examine ethical frameworks and their application to business decision-making, developing the ability to identify ethical dilemmas and evaluate potential courses of action in organizational contexts
- Team relationships: The course explores how effective teams function within organizations, including collaboration strategies, conflict resolution, and the interpersonal skills needed to contribute productively to group efforts
- Project creation: Students develop competencies in project planning and execution, learning to scope, organize, and deliver business projects — skills applicable across all business disciplines
- Writing effectively for business: A significant component of BUS2003 focuses on professional business communication, helping students develop the clear, concise, and persuasive writing skills that are essential in the workplace and throughout their academic program
BUS2003 is restricted to BS in Business students and cannot be fulfilled by transfer credit or credit for prior learning, underscoring its role as a program-specific orientation course that aligns students with Capella's competency-based approach to business education.
BUS2003 assignments include ethics analyses, team collaboration exercises, business writing projects, and research presentations
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BUS2003 and BUS2007 share the same title — Introduction to Business Perspectives — and cover equivalent content. The difference relates to placement: students who have completed ACS1003 (the academic success strategies course) are placed into BUS2003, while students who are not required to take ACS1003 are placed into BUS2007. Students may only earn credit for one of the two courses. Both are 6-credit, program-restricted courses that serve as the foundational business orientation for Capella's BS in Business program.