Courses

Introduction to the role of accounting numbers in the process of managing a business and in investor decision-making.

Technological and interpersonal skills for the contemporary business professional, stressing collaborative learning, electronic inquiry and communications, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

Effectiveness of the business professional in team settings, especially the capacity to execute both technologically and cooperatively through group exercises.

This course emphasizes effective career planning by closely examining oneself, the business world, and communication styles and strategies.

Introduction to Project Management, covering all phases of a project in proposal development, planning, execution, and closing.

Study of strategic planning and implementation in multi-industry, multicultural, and multi-national settings with emphasis on sustaining competitive advantages.

Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution.

National income measurement; aggregate economic models; money and income; policy problems.

Nature of finance function; risk and return concepts; working capital; dividend policies; mergers; security markets; acquisition and management of corporate capital; analysis of operations; forecasting capital requirements; raising capital; and planning profits. Available to baccalaureate students only.

A survey of the major aspects of international business environment and operations with an emphasis on the cultural dimension.

Examination of fundamental principles and processes applicable to the study of management. Not available to students who have taken BA 304.

Covers terminology and important concepts related to marketing in the business environment. Domestic and international environments that impact marketing are included, with particular emphasis on the marketing environment, segmentation, positioning, and targeting. Not available to students who have taken BA 303.

Provides an overview of the role of information systems in business process design; the current technologies used for obtaining, storing, securing, and communicating information in support of operations and decision-making within a business organization; as well as the concepts and principles for developing and using popular spreadsheet and database tools.

Supply chain management concepts, principles, and methodologies.

Explores the ethical, political, social, legal and regulatory, technological, and demographic diversity environment of business.

Guided professional practicum in business consisting of 3 or 6 credits of supervised fieldwork in business.

Descriptive Statistics, frequency distributions, probability and normal distributions, statistical inference, linear regression, and correlation.

Accounting techniques as planning, control, and motivating devices in business and other organizations; accounting data for decision-making and performance evaluation.

Theory and practice issues in income concepts and value measurement; GAAP; revenues, costs, assets, liabilities, and equities.

Off-balance sheet financing; special issues in cost capitalization, liabilities, and equities; matching; funds flow statements; statement analysis; inflation accounting.

Financial compliance, internal, and operational audits; standards and procedures; sampling; EDP auditing; professional issues; application of concepts through written responses.

Elements of tax policy and tax-planning concepts for personal and business decision-making; with emphasis on taxation of individuals.

Overview of the fundamental principles and processes of entrepreneurship, including idea generation and opportunity analysis.

Explores the process for starting and growing a new venture, including the development of a business plan.

Overview of alternative forms of financing, including seed capital, valuing a company, going public, partnerships, and acquisitions.

Examines the function and structure of communication in both formal and informal situations.

Preparing and editing reports and presentations common to business, industry, and government.

Investment and risk, types of security investments, sources of investment information, the broker, the stock market, portfolio management.

Elements of tax policy and tax-planning concepts for personal and business decision-making; with emphasis on taxation of individuals.

Examination of the social, political, historic, and scientific factors in the development and organization of health services.

This course provides you with an overview of how health care institutions are organized and governed, the role of the management staff, and the management systems designed for their efficient and effective operation.

Examines the function and structure of communication in both formal and informal situations.

Theories and strategies important for conceptualizing, developing, and managing conflict negotiation, mediation, and third-party intervention.

Preparing and editing reports and presentations common to business, industry, and government.

Development and management of employee compensation systems.

Explore the causes and consequences of conflicts between work, family, and other life commitments, and how these may be resolved.

Personnel selection, training, accident prevention, morale, and organizational behavior.

Survey of theory and research with respect to attitudes, morale, and motivation of employees and management.

Review of research and application of behavior principles in the areas of management and supervision.