Gonzaga’s School of Business offers one-credit weekend classes to all students each semester. These classes can often serve as general electives in a student’s pursuit of a degree. Registration is open to ALL MAJORS. The classes are listed on Zagweb. There are three ways to register after the add deadline:

1. Call the Registrar’s office at 313-6592
2. Stop by the Registrar’s office on the second floor of College Hall
3. Email the Registrar at registrar@gonzaga.edu. Include your ID number and the CRN.

BUSN 267 Leadership

Business leaders influence followers to use their skills and abilities to help achieve an organization’s mission. This course provides a case study of the art and science of leadership.

Brian Newberry, CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington Northern Idaho
5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

BUSN 269 Preparing for your Dream Job

Landing the Right Job for YOU. Competition is fierce these days! Gone are the days of a single interview. Nowadays candidates are interviewing 3 to 4 times, hours at a time.  This class will help you prepare your elevator speech, answer today’s most popular interview questions, make sure your resume, Linkedin and social media accounts stand out above the rest.  Let’s polish your professional look so when the Big day comes you have the skills to land your ideal job!   

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

BUSN 260 Introduction to Non-Profits
This class is the first in a three-class series on non-profit management. You can take one, two, or all three classes in the series. This class will provide an introduction to non-profits, covering legal structure, a few regulatory pieces, mission and visioning, basic strategic planning, and a survey of the local non-profit sector. The second class in the series (Fall 2017) will cover non-profit governance and leadership and the third class in the series (Fall 2017) will focus on social enterprise.

Jamie Borgan, Program Director at New Leaf Bakery Cafe
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

Note: Non-Profit Management II will be offered in the spring. Each class stands alone – you do not have to take one to take another and you are not required to take all three.

BUSN 262 Non-Profit Management III
This class is the third in a three-class series on non-profit management. This class will focus on social enterprise. Students can take one, two, or all three classes in the series.

Jamie Borgan, Program Director at New Leaf Bakery Cafe
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2

BUSN 252 Career Formation
This class is designed for first-year and sophomore students. It is taught with community partners and the staff of Career and Professional Development to help students “connect the dots” between their interests, values, skills, and academic and career options. The Ignatian pedagogical paradigm invites Gonzaga University students to experience, reflect, and act on their career formation goals. Exercises will help students think about their career goals in relationship to their academic and co-curricular experience. This course offers students an introduction to the career development process. Through self-assessment, exploration, and reflection, students identify potential career interests and gain an understanding of how their interest, values, skills and major relates to various careers and professions. From career exploration to self-marketing, this course offers students increased awareness of their own knowledge, skills and abilities. At the end of this course, students will be able to fully utilize career resources and services available to integrate their learning and experience.

Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

BUSN 268 Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness: What do forest fires, cyber attacks, pandemics and power outages all have in common? They can take a business, large or small, to its knees without sufficient emergency preparedness plans in place. Human-made and natural emergencies happen, is your business ready? Emergency Preparedness is a back-burner issue for most business managers, until the unthinkable happens they never thought would happen. This class gives a real world overview of why, and more importantly how, strategic business owners keep emergency preparedness on the front burner. Entrepreneurs risk everything to start a new business… but once that business gets rolling, why risk what they’ve created by failing to do a little disaster planning?

John Meekhof, Vice President and Senior Consultant at Capstone Consulting Group
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

BUSN 254 Image & Reputation Management
Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation.

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18

BUSN 253 Career Activation
This class is designed for junior and senior students. It is taught with community partners and the staff of Career and Professional Development to help students prepare to transition into the workplace. It will cover critical skills for a successful college-to-career transition such as office politics, teambuilding, healthy work relationships, salary negotiations, and conflict resolution. At the end of this course, students will have developed a career development plan and be able to effectively articulate their knowledge, skills and abilities as part of the employment process. Emphasis is placed on practical skill development to be applied to the workplace.

Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga.
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1

BUSN 270 Project Management at Boeing
Sept. 9 and Sept. 13-14
This course includes a trip to Boeing in Renton, WA. This one-credit course provides students an introduction to how The Boeing Company executes and manages aerospace projects through an immersive visit to their production facility near Seattle, WA. Students will be provided a one-of-a-kind opportunity to view commercial aircraft being assembled on a production line before they take to the sky. In addition, students will receive a brief introduction of skills necessary to manage a wide range of projects at The Boeing Company including: project planning, task scheduling, and project reporting.
Also included will be a hands-on experience with implementation of a project and a cross-talk with Boeing employees designed to give students a chance to learn from a company filled with inquisitive, energetic, enterprising and talented people.
If you are registered for a class on Friday, Zagweb will not let you register for this course because of the time conflict of your Friday travel to Boeing. You can call the Registrar’s office (313-6592) to have this restriction overwritten. However, it will be up to the instructors of your Friday classes as to whether your absence will be excused.

Dr. Danielle Xu, Professor of Finance and Dr. Tim Olsen, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
6-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 on campus
Bus leaves for Boeing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
Overnight at hotel in Renton.
All day at Boeing factory, back on bus Friday evening.
The course has a $150 fee with it. Scholarships are available for students who need assistance.

BUSN 251 Organizational Communication
Whether you work in a five-person organization or a large corporate company, organizational communication impacts every employee. In this course you’ll learn about informal and formal communication, interpersonal communication as it pertains to work, new employee communication and communication channels. By exploring these topics, you’ll be able to communicate intentionally in your professional endeavors and have tools to better navigate organizational communication.

Cara Hoag, Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist at Gonzaga University
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23

BUSN 254 Image & Reputation Management
Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation.

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30

BUSN 268 Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness: What do forest fires, cyber attacks, pandemics and power outages all have in common? They can take a business, large or small, to its knees without sufficient emergency preparedness plans in place. Human-made and natural emergencies happen, is your business ready? Emergency Preparedness is a back-burner issue for most business managers, until the unthinkable happens they never thought would happen. This class gives a real world overview of why, and more importantly how, strategic business owners keep emergency preparedness on the front burner. Entrepreneurs risk everything to start a new business… but once that business gets rolling, why risk what they’ve created by failing to do a little disaster planning?

John Meekhof, Vice President and Senior Consultant at Capstone Consulting Group
4-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13