This is an essential course for Business and Accounting majors and utilizes mathematical operations to solve practical business problems. The topics include whole numbers, fractions, decimals, solving equations, percentages with applications, simple interest, compound interest, percent value, annuities and sinking funds, sales, excise and property taxes, business statistics and reading and analyzing financial statements. The primary objective of this class is to ensure that business majors have the essential math skills to be successful in the Business and Accounting majors. This compliments the college core math classes. The math core is conceptual whereas this new class is totally focused on applications to business and word problems.
Prerequisite: WRT 102, WRT 105, WRT 105A, WRT 106, or WRT 106A with a C- or higher. Introduction to the world of a manager, the knowledge needed, the process of managing, the actual practice of managing, and the adjustments to change that are important in the modern world.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 125, MTH 140, MTH 141, MTH 160, MTH 161, or MTH 131; may be taken concurrently. This course is an introductory statistics course, applying a hands-on approach to business problems, using Microsoft Excel. Topics include the, organization and presentation of data, measures of, central tendency and dispersion, basic concepts of, probability theory, sampling theory, statistical, estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression, analysis.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. Introduction to the dynamic field of international business. Students will learn the basics of international business transactions, with particular regard to the differences between international and domestic transactions. Students will also be introduced to the range of career opportunities available in international business and in related fields such as international law and civil service. Topics to be covered will include: international business contracts; international business negotiations; international marketing; international public affairs and lobbying; international arbitration and litigation; international transport; multicultural management; and international electronic commerce.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. Fundamental principles of business law and practice and the Constitutional setting in which they are implemented. Structure of the law and the state and federal court systems, contract law, agency law, and the law of sales.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. A study of a major business issue, person or activity occurring in the contemporary business world. Possible topics include government deregulation; environment; social responsibilities; mergers; conglomerates; world trade; etc. May be repeated for credit as topics change.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200; and MTH 140, MTH 141, MTH 160, or MTH 161. Managing projects introduces new challenges to professionals and managers. This course examines the environmental factors which affect project management, and provides an exposure to the key tools and techniques which have been developed for this unique type of management.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. Information requirements, planning, design, implementation, facilities, equipment, replacement of equipment, and control. Analysis of cost/benefit relationships to the total management effort.
Corequisite(s): MTH 200. Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. Techniques and strategies for managing manufacturing and service sectors. Provides perspectives for the production areas which include product planning, product/process design, facility layout, capacity planning, aggregate planning, materials, inventory control, scheduling and quality control.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 314; and PSY 245 or MTH 200. Basic concepts needed for marketing research. Students will study problem formulation, research design, data collection, questionnaire construction sampling techniques, analysis and reporting. Students will design and implement a marketing research project.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 314. Principles of behavioral and social science concepts applied to marketing situations. The importance of understanding consumer behavior in demand, brand, pricing, advertising, motivation and positioning decisions will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 314. Application of marketing principles to industrial (Business-to-business) situations. Students will study the unique marketing situations found in non-consumer product, price, distribution and promotional decisions. Demand for industrial products will be studied. Intermediaries and distribution channels will be evaluated.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. Teamwork has become a solution to many problems within organizations. This course will explore diversity, and how leaders can maximize team performance, innovation, and creativity. The intent is to gain an understanding of diversity, as it applies to developing and implementing team initiatives within an organization.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 200. This course focuses on the nature and processes of organizational change, and how to be an effective leader. change agent, and recipient of change. It emphasizes forces of change, change implementation process, qualities and skills of successful change leaders, and theories and management practices of how individuals and organizations change.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 215, BUS 312A, and BUS 314B; and ECN 210 and ECN 211 with a minimum grade of C or higher; and BUS 353 may be taken concurrently; or consent of the Business PAL. A capstone course which stresses the basic concepts of strategic planning and strategic management, the strategic planning process, and why it is necessary. Students will analyze situations from a top management viewpoint and determine recommended solutions to organization- wide problems through the use of actual company cases and a simulation game.
Prerequisite(s): Second Semester Junior standing with a GPA of at least 2.5. A combined work-study experience in which students work in an approved business organization while also attending weekly classes in which they report on their work assignments and receive counsel, advice and appropriate academic learning.