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Core Curriculum
Economics 210 or
220 partially satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in
Social Sciences, Area F-2.
ACC 210
(3)
Principles
of Financial Accounting.
A user-oriented introduction
to the financial accounting process and the analysis and interpretation
of financial accounting information. Emphasizes the
objectives and format of general purpose financial statements;
the major financing, investing, and operating activities of
the typical firm; and how these activities are reflected in
general
purpose financial statements.
Offered every semester.
ACC 220
(3)
Principles
of Managerial Accounting.
Prerequisite:
ACC 210.
A user-oriented introduction
to traditional and contemporary accounting systems to facilitate
managerial planning
and control. Emphasizes the analysis and interpretation
of internal accounting information to support operational,
tactical, and strategic decision-making.
Offered every semester.
BUA 210
(3)
Business Law.
A study of the legal
environment of business. Emphasizes the study of administrative
law and the agency concept that regulates business.
Exposure to topics such as performance contracts, personal
property law, negotiable instruments, debtor-creditor relationships,
agency law, and employment law.
Offered every semester.
BUA 220
(360) (3)
Principles
of Marketing.
Prerequisite: ACC 210.
Prerequisite or co-requisite:
ECO 220.
An overview of domestic
and international marketing focusing on the marketing mix
system (i.e., product, price, communication, and distribution).
Introduces consumer behavior and marketing research.
Ethical issues are integrated into all phases of the course.
Offered every semester.
BUA 260 (360)
(3)
Principles
of Management.
Prerequisite: Sophomore
standing and ACC 210 or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite or co-requisite:
ECO 220.
An introduction to
the management process of planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling. Includes contemporary topics such as managing
diversity, globalization, and ethical issues.
Offered every semester.
BUA 273,
274. Students in Free Enterprise, I, II. (1, 1)
BUA 273 Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
BUA 274 Prerequisite: BUA 273 and permission of instructor.
An introductory course for the first-year SIFE student. Focuses
on the SIFE mission,
objectives, and programs. Students will assist with SIFE programs
and participate in
community outreach programs.
BUA 273 offered Fall Semester; BUA 274 offered Spring Semester.
BUA 311
(3)
Business Ethics.
Prerequisites: ACC
210 and BUA 210.
A study of the moral
and ethical environment in which businesses operate and its
relationship with the legal environment. Examines the necessity
for firms to develop and abide by an ethic of social responsibility
in addition to traditional profit maximization goals.
Offered Fall Semester.
BUA 341
(3)
Corporate Finance.
Prerequisites:
ACC 210; ECO 220; MAT 200 or SSC 230.
A study of the major
financing investment, and dividend policies adopted by corporations
to maximize shareholder value. Focuses on the financial
environment of the firm, working capital management, capital
budgeting, and other financial policies.
Offered Fall Semester.
BUA 351
(3)
Management
Information Systems.
Prerequisite: ACC 210.
Prerequisite or co-requisite:
BUA 260 (360).
An overview of the
methods organizations use to gather, organize, and disseminate
information to facilitate effective and efficient managerial
decision making. Includes information systems theory
and practices as they relate to prevailing organization theory.
Offered Fall Semester.
BUA 361
(461) (3)
Human Resource
Management.
Prerequisites: ACC
210 and BUA 260 (360).
A study of the management
of the workforce. Includes motivation and job satisfaction
theory, wage and salary administration, incentive plans, manpower
planning, recruiting and hiring, and retirement programs.
Offered Fall Semester.
BUA 362
(3)
Production
and Operations Management .
Prerequisites: ACC
220; ECO 220; MAT 200 or SSC 230.
Prerequisites or co-requisites:
BUA 220 (320); BUA 260 (360).
A study of the management
of the conversion process in manufacturing and service organizations
within a total quality management framework. Includes
inventory and materials management, project planning and management,
process design and management, and capacity management.
Offered Spring Semester.
BUA 373,
374
(1, 1)
Students in
Free Enterprise III, IV.
BUA 373 Prerequisites:
BUA 274 and permission of instructor.
BUA 374 Prerequisites:
BUA 373 and permission of instructor.
A continuation of BUA
274. Students will assume added responsibilities for
developing programs to meet the SIFE mission and objectives
and conduct research necessary to produce teaching programs.
BUA 373 offered Fall
Semester;
BUA 374 offered Spring
Semester.
BUA 432
(3)
International
Business.
Prerequisites: ACC
210; BUA 220 (320); and BUA 260 (360).
Prerequisite or co-requisite:
BUA 341.
A study of the international
dimensions of business and how they affect the activities
of the firm. Emphasizes global and domestic factors
affecting management decisions to move domestic operations
abroad or vice versa, as well as the development and management
of multinational corporate strategies.
Offered Spring Semester.
BUA 462
(3)
Organizational
Behavior.
Prerequisite: BUA 260
(360).
An examination of human
behavior in organizations. Emphasizes organizational
culture, performance management systems, leadership, and the
future of human relationships in work environments.
Offered Spring Semester.
BUA 472
(3)
Strategic Management.
Prerequisites:
ACC 210; BUA 220 (320); BUA 260 (360), BUA 341;
and senior standing. A capstone course integrating all
the functional areas of business. Focuses on the ways
in which management strategies and policies affect total enterprise
performance.
Offered Spring Semester.
BUA 473,
474
(1, 1)
Students in
Free Enterprise V, VI.
BUA 473 Prerequisites:
BUA 374 and permission of instructor. BUA 474
prerequisites: BUA 473 and permission of instructor.
A continuation of BUA
374. Students will assume leadership positions and
be responsible for developing the programs for regional and
international competition.
BUA 473 offered Fall
Semester.
BUA 474 offered Spring
Semester.
BUA 480
(3)
Selected Topics
in Business.
Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor.
An in-depth study of
selected contemporary issues of significant import to any
of the various subdisciplines within business.
Offered at departmental
discretion.
BUA 491,
492
(1-3, 1-3)
Independent
Study.
Independent study
in a selected field or problem area of business related fields.
The topic or problem to be studied will be chosen in consultation
with departmental faculty under whose guidance the study will
be conducted.
BUA 495,
496
(1-3, 1-3)
Internships
in Business Administration .
Prerequisite: Permission
of the Instructor and Department Chair.
Students work part
or full time in business and industry applying the concepts
that they have learned in the classroom. Students become familiar
with how the basic managerial functions are applied in a business
or industrial setting.
Limited to majors in
the department, subject to regulations and restrictions on
page 56.
Offered after the
completion of the student's junior year.
BUA 499
(1-3)
Senior Essay.
Prerequisite:
Permission of the instructor and senior standing.
Students undertake
a project requiring scholarly research.
ECO 210 (201)
(3)
Principles
of Macroeconomics.
A study of the basic
facets of demand and supply, national income accounts, business
cycles,
and monetary forces as they affect the U.S. economy. Briefly
examines other major economic
systems.
Accepted as credit for a Political Science major.
Partially meets Core Curriculum requirements in Social Sciences,
Area F-2 (1995) and Area
E-2 (2005).
Offered every semester.
ECO 220
(202) (3)
Principles
of Microeconomics.
Prerequisites: ACC
210, ECO 210.
A study of the basic economic factors relevant to the firm.
Includes various cost and revenue
concepts, demand and supply, utility, and indifference curve
analysis.
Partially meets Core Curriculum requirements in Social Sciences,
Area F-2 (1995) and Area
E-2 (2005).
Offered every semester.
ECO 310
(314) (3)
Intermediate
Microeconomics.
Prerequisites: ACC
210, ECO 210, ECO 220.
Theory of production;
market structures, equilibrium of the firm and the industry;
the pricing of factors of production; analysis of consumer
behavior; general equilibrium analysis; welfare economics.
Offered at departmental
discretion.
ECO 320
(327) (3)
Intermediate
Macroeconomics.
Prerequisites: ACC
210, ECO 210, ECO 220.
Analysis of classical
and Keynesian aggregative systems. Post-Keynesian developments
in the analysis of the consumption, investments, and liquidity
preference functions. Development of growth theories.
Offered at departmental
discretion.
ECO 340 (344)
(3)
Money and Banking.
Prerequisites: ACC
210, ECO 210, ECO 220.
The nature of money,
its functions, and its institutions. The role of money in
the modern economy, the role of the Federal Reserve System,
the IS-LM model, and the difference between monetary and fiscal
policy as they attempt to enable the United States to reach
its economic objectives.
Offered at departmental
discretion.
ECO 410
(3)
Managerial
Economics.
Prerequisites: ACC
210, ECO 210, ECO 220.
This course builds
on the concepts of economics presented at the principles level.
It applies economic theory and methods to business and administrative
decision making. It shows how management decision problems
such as make or buy, inventory level and advertising are combined
with the theories of the firm and market structure and pricing
as well as the decision sciences lead to optimal solutions
for managerial decisions.
Offered at departmental
discretion.
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