Economics

• ECON-E 200 Fundamentals of Economics (3 cr.) Study of the basic institutions of market economy and the role they play in defining and pursuing economic goals in the U.S. economy. Emphasis is placed upon the effects of existing economic institutions; current economic policy alternatives as they affect both the individual and the society. No credit toward a B.S. in Business; no credit for both ECON-E 200 and ECON-E 201.

• ECON-E 201 Introduction of Microeconomics (3 cr.) P: MATH-M 117. Scarcity, opportunity cost, competitive market pricing, and interdependence as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems such as poverty, pollution, excise taxes, rent controls, and farm subsidies.

• ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) P: MATH-M 117. Measuring and explaining total economic performance, money, and monetary and fiscal policy as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and underdeveloped countries.

• ECON-E 270 Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics and Business (3 cr.) P: MATH-M 117. Review of basic probability concepts. Sampling, inference, and testing statistical hypotheses. Applications of regression and correlation theory, analysis of variance, and elementary decision theory. Credit not given for both ECON-E 270, PSY-K 300 and MATH-K 310.

• ECON-E 300 Survey of Economics (3 cr.) Provides the macroeconomic and microeconomic understanding that mangers will use throughout their careers. Microeconomic topics include supply and demand, pricing, production and costs, and applications of microeconomic theory. Macroeconomic topics include international economics, monetary and fiscal policies, aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and models of the macro economy. This course does NOT count towards an undergraduate degree in business.

• ECON-E 307 Current Economic Issues: Game Theory (3 cr.) P: ECON-E 201. Current economic issues, problems, and research methods.  Designed to in depth an economic issue currently before the public or to examine a particular aspect of the methodology of economics.  Examples would be a study of the economic aspects of discrimination, a study of urban economic policy, or a study of simplified models in economics.

• ECON-H 203 Introduction to Microeconomics Honors (3 cr.) For students in the Honors Program.

Business

• BUS-A 200 Foundations of Accounting (3 cr.) Survey of financial and managerial accounting topics that provide a foundation for students who are not pursuing a business concentration. No credit toward a B.S. in Business. Credit not given for both BUS-A 200 and BUS-A 201.

• BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: Completion of 26 credit hours. Concepts and issues of financial reporting for business entities; analysis and recording of economic transactions.

• BUS-A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201. Concepts and issues of management accounting; budgeting; cost determination and analysis.

• BUS-A 311 Intermediate Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202. Theory of asset valuation and income measurement. Principles underlying published financial statements including consideration of enterprise assets and liabilities.

• BUS-A 312 Intermediate Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 311. Application of intermediate accounting theory to problems of accounting for economic activities, including long-term liabilities, corporations, earnings per share, tax allocation, pensions, and leases. Also covered are the statement of changes in financial position, and inflation accounting.

• BUS-A 325 Cost Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202. Conceptual and technical aspects of management and cost accounting. Product costing; cost control over projects and products; profit planning.

• BUS-A 328 Introduction to Taxation (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202 or consent of instructor. Internal Revenue Code and regulations. Emphasis on the philosophy of taxation, including concepts, exclusions from income, deductions, and credits.

• BUS-A 337 Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 201; BUS-A 202 The course's primary objective is to build upon, extend, and facilitate the integration of business and technical knowledge to help students succeed as managers in a technology-intensive, corporate environment. Through the use of readings, lectures, cases, and exercises the course enables students to understand and manage information technology in order to achieve competitive advantage through improved decision making, business processes, operations, and organizational controls.

• BUS-A 339 Advanced Income Tax (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 328. Internal Revenue Code and regulations; advanced aspects of income, deductions, exclusions, and credits, especially as applied to tax problems of partnerships and corporations.

• BUS-A 380 Professional Practice in Accounting (1-9 cr.) P: Junior or senior standing in major area and consent of instructor. Provides work experience in cooperating firms and organizations. Grades of S or F are assigned by faculty.

• BUS-A 491 Internship in Accounting (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office. S/F graded.

• BUS-A 422 Advanced Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 312. Generally accepted accounting principles, as applied to partnerships, business combinations, branches, foreign operations, and nonprofit organizations. Particular emphasis on consolidated financial statements.

• BUS-A 424 Auditing (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 312. Public accounting organization and operation; review of internal control, including EDP system; verification of balance sheet and operating accounts; statistical applications in auditing.

• BUS-A 490 Independent Study in Accounting (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor.

• BUS-D 301 The International Business Environment (3 cr.) P: ECON-E 201, ECON-E 202, 56 credit hours. The national and international environmental aspects of international business. Examines the cultural, political, economic, systemic, legal-regulatory, trade, and financial environments; and how they affect the international business activities of firms in the United States and, selectively, in other countries.

• BUS-D 302 International Business: Operations of International Enterprises (3 cr.) P: BUS-D 301. The administration of international aspects of business organizations through an examination of their policy formulation, forms of foreign operations, methods of organization and control, and functional adjustments.

• BUS-D 496 Foreign Study in Business (3 cr.)

• BUS-F 151 Personal Finances of the College Student (3 cr.) Introduction to the basic planning tools and concepts for college-age financial literacy.  Emphasis on financial decisions and challenges facing a typical college student.  Topics include, careers, goal setting, budgeting, tax planning and credit, including options for financing higher education.  Foundation of the Financial Literacy Curriculum.

• BUS-F 301 Financial Management (3 cr.) P: Admission to BUS, 56 credits, BUS-A 202, ECON-E 201, ECON-E 202, ECON-E 270. Conceptual framework of the firm's investment, financing, and dividend decision; includes working capital management, capital budgeting, and capital structure strategies.

• BUS-F 302 Financial Decision Making (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301. Application of financial theory and techniques of analysis in the search of optimal solutions to financial management problems.

• BUS-F 420 Equity and Fixed Income Investment (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301. Conceptual and analytical frameworks for formulating investment policies, analyzing securities, and constructing portfolio strategies for individuals and institutions.

• BUS-F 451 Financial Modeling (3 cr.) This course involves the development and application of computer-based financial models. Models from corporate finance and investments use Microsoft Excel. This course helps students develop advanced spreadsheet skills for financial analysis. These skills include not only "number crunching" techniques, but also "best practices" in constructing models for investment and corporate decisions.

• BUS-F 480 Professional Practice in Finance (3-6 cr.) P: BUS-F 301, junior or senior standing in major area and consent of instructor. Work experience is offered in cooperating firms and agencies. Comprehensive written report required. Grades of S or F are assigned by faculty.

• BUS-F 490 Independent Study in Finance (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Supervised individual study and research in a student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Written report required.

• BUS-F 491 Internship in Finance (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office. S/F graded.

• BUS-F 494 International Finance (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301 or equivalent. Covers the international dimension of both investments and corporate finance. Develop strategies for investing internationally, including lodging exchange rate risk, adjusting to client preferences and home currencies, evaluating performance, estimating a corporation's exposure to real exchange rate risk, strategies to hedge risk or to dynamically adjust to shocks, and reasons for a corporation to hedge. Also covers international capital budgeting, multinational transfer pricing, and international cash management.

• BUS-J 401 Administrative Policy (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301, BUS-M 301, BUS-P 301, BUS-Z 302. Administration of business organizations — policy formulation, organization, methods, and executive control.

• BUS-J 404 Business and Society (3 cr.) P: Senior standing. Intellectual, philosophical, and scientific foundations of business. The business dynamic; its role in the evolution of enterprise and society from the small and simple to the large and complex; structure, discipline, and goals of a business society.

• BUS-K 201 The Computer in Business (3 cr.) Introduction to digital computers and illustrations of their use in business. Stored program concept, types of languages, instruction in a special language, utilization of Business Computing Center. Impact of computers upon business management and organization. Note: Student may receive credit for only one of BUS-K 201, CSCI-C 201, and CSCI-C 301.

• BUS-K 302 Introduction to Management Science (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or equivalent, ECON-E 270, MATH-M 118 or MATH-M 133 and MATH-M 134 or MATH-M 215. An introductory management science course with a forecasting component of approximately 25 percent of the course. Topics covered include multiple regression, smoothing techniques, linear programming, integer programming, statistical decision theory, simulation and network analysis; coverage may also include inventory theory, Markov process, and goal programming. Heavy emphasis on the application of these topics to business decision making using computer.

• BUS-K 353 Business Analytics and Modeling (3 cr.) P: BUS-S 302, ECON-E 270. High quality information is the key to successful management of businesses. Despite large quantity of data that is collected by organizations, managers struggle to obtain information that would help them in decision making. Data mining or predictive analytics is the use of machine learning algorithms to find patterns of relationships between data elements in large and noisy data sets, which can lead to actions that accrue organizational benefits, for example, by reduction of costs, enhancement of revenue and better management of business risks. Compared to traditional statistics, which often provide hindsight, the field of predictive analytics seeks to find patterns and classifications that look toward the future. By finding patterns previously not seen, predictive analytics not only provides a more complete understanding of data but also is the basis for models that predict, thus, enabling managers to make better decisions. This portion of the course will focus primarily on two areas. First, the introduction of data mining techniques appropriate for time series data and second, the integration of data mining techniques into the areas of spreadsheet modeling and optimization. The first portion of the course will utilize chapters 5, and 15-17 of the text. Additional reference materials will be provided for the portion of the course on simulation and optimization.

• BUS-L 200 Elements of Business Law (3 cr.) This course introduces various legal rules governing contracts, their formation, performance, breach, and legal and equitable remedies. The primary focus will be on legal and equitable remedies. The primary focus will be on legal rules applicable to business. No credit toward a B.S.in Business; no credit for both BUS-L 200 or BUS-L 201.

• BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.) P: Sophomore standing. Emphasis on the nature of law by examining a few areas of general interest: duty to avoid harming others (torts), duty to keep promises (contracts), and government regulation of business (trade regulation). Credit not given for both BUS-L 201 and BUS-L 302.

• BUS-L 406 Employment Problems and the Law (3 cr.) P: BUS-L 201. Current legal problems in the area of employment. Topics include race and sex discrimination, harassment, the American with Disabilities Act, employment at ill, privacy issues such as drug testing, and limits on monitoring and testing.

• BUS-M 300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) Examination of the market economy and marketing institutions in the U.S.  Decision making and planning from the manager's point of view; impact of marketing actions from the consumer's point of view.

• BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management (3 cr.) P: Admission to BUS, junior standing, ECON-E 201, ECON-E 202, BUS-A 201, BUS-A 202. Overview of marketing for all undergraduates. Marketing planning and decision making, examined from firm's and consumer's points of view; marketing concept and its company-wide implications; integration of marketing with other functions. Market structure and behavior and their relationship to marketing strategy. Marketing systems viewed in terms of both public and private policy in a pluralistic society.

• BUS-M 405 Buyer Behavior (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301. Description and explanation of consumer behavior in retail markets. Topics include demographic, socioeconomic, psychographic, attitudinal, and group influences on consumer decision making. Applications to promotion, product design, distribution, pricing, and segmentation strategies.

• BUS-M 415 Advertising and Promotion Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301. Basic advertising and sales-promotion concepts. The design, management, and integration of a firm's promotional strategy. Public policy aspects and the role of advertising in marketing communications in different cultures.

• BUS-M 450 Marketing Strategy (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301 BUS-M 405, and senior standing with a marketing concentration. Ideally taken in student's last semester. Elective capstone course for marketing majors. Draws on and integrates materials previously taken. Focuses on decision problems in marketing strategy and policy design, and application of analytical tools for marketing and decision making.

• BUS-M 455 Topics in Marketing: Customer Relationship Marketing (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301 and BUS-S 302. Managing customer life cycle, customer retention, understanding relationships, strategic customer relationship management, customer service, social media, and social customer relationship management.

• BUS-M 460 Digital Marketing (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301 and consent of instructor. In the digital age of marketing, social networks and mobile applications have revolutionized how firms and consumers interact along the customer journey. This course provides a comprehensive survey of digital marketing approaches used by firms to achieve overall marketing goals. Students will get hands-on experience with social and digital marketing tools. Through a combination of lecture, case studies, and course projects students will learn to create and evaluate digital marketing strategies. 

• BUS-M 480 Professional Practice in Marketing (3-6 cr.) P: BUS-M 301, junior or senior standing with a concentraton in marketing and permission of instructor. Work experience is provided in cooperating firms and agencies. Comprehensive written report required. Grades of S or F are assigned by the faculty.

• BUS-M 490 Special Studies in Marketing (3-6 cr.) P: BUS-M 301 and permission of instructor. Offers supervised individual study and research in the student's field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, will develop the scope of the work to be completed. Comprehensive written report required.

• BUS-M 491 Internship in Marketing (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office. S/F Graded.

• BUS-P 301 Operations Management (3 cr.) P: Admission to BUS, junior standing, BUS-K 201, ECON-E 201, ECON-E 202, ECON-E 270. Analysis of planning and control decisions made by the operations manager of any enterprise. Topics include forecasting, production and capacity planning, project planning, operations scheduling, inventory control, work measurement, and productivity improvement.

• BUS-P 421 Supply Chain Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-P 301. This course focuses on the strategic design of supply chains with a particular focus on understanding customer value.  Supply chain strategy examines how companies can use the supply chain to gain a competitive advantage.  Students develop the ability to conceptualize, design, and implement supply chains aligned with product, market, and customer characteristics.  The course approaches supply chain management from a managerial perspective and introduces concepts in a format useful for management decision making including using case analysis, team-based learning and business presentations.  Topics include: Supply chain mapping; Supply chains and new products; Customer relationship management; Sustainability and SCM; Performance metrics; Collaboration; Customer service; and Supply chain risk management.

• BUS-P 491 Internship in Operations Management (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office.

• BUS-S 302 Management Information Systems (3 cr.) P: junior standing, BUS-K 201 or consent of instructor. Overview of management information systems (MIS) within a business context, MIS theory and practice as they relate to management and organization theories; current trends in MIS; managerial usage of information systems; computer hardware, software, and telecommunications; functional information systems; systems development process; the role of microcomputers. Experiential learning with widely used software packages.

• BUS-S 491 Internship in Management Information Systems (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office.

• BUS-W 100 Business Administration: Introduction (3 cr.) Business administration from the standpoint of a manager of a business firm operating in the contemporary economic, political, and social environment. No credit if taken in the junior or senior year.

• BUS-W 311 New Venture Creation (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. Primarily for those interested in creating a new business venture.  Emphasis is on personal, rather than corporate goals and strategy; and on problems of creation, rather than management of an enterprise.  Each student develops an investment feasibility study for a new company he would like to create.

• BUS-W 430 Organizations and Organizational Change (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. Analysis and development of organizational theories, with emphasis on environmental dependencies, socio-technical systems, structural design, and control of the performance of complex systems. Issues in organizational change such as barriers to change, appropriateness of intervention strategies and techniques, organizational analysis, and evaluation of formal change programs.

• BUS-W 480 Professional Practice in Management (3-6 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302, junior or senior standing with a concentration in management and consent of instructor. Application filed through Professional Practice Programs office. Provides work experience in cooperating firm or agency. Comprehensive written report required. Grades of S or F are assigned by faculty.

• BUS-W 490 Independent Study in Business Administration (1-6 cr.) P: Consent of instructor.

• BUS-W 491 Internship in Management (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office.

• BUS-X 107 Freshman Seminar in Business (3 cr.)

  The Freshman Seminar in Business course is designed to assist freshman in their transition into college. This course provides students with the essential skills needed to succeed in college. Module I of this course focuses on student success; during the first 5 weeks, students will focus on study skills, team building, peer leadership, and interpersonal skills. Module II focuses on financial planning; students will focus on goal setting, budgeting, financial planning, cash management, and credit management. Module III focuses on career exploration; this final module allows students to begin thinking about their concentrations, their future, and what it will take to properly prepare themselves for their future careers.

• BUS-X 293 Honors Seminar in Business (1-3 cr.) For student in the Business Honors Program. May be taken twice for credit.

• BUS-X 410 Business Career Planning and Placement (1 cr.)

• BUS-X 487 Seminar in Business Administration (3-6 cr.) Instruction of an interdisciplinary nature for student groups involved in university-related, nonprofit ventures. Interested groups must be sponsored by a School of Business faculty member, as approved by the Curriculum Management and Assurance of Learning Committee (CMALC). May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credits. Students must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0 to enroll in the course.

• BUS-X 493 Honors Seminar in Business (1-3 cr.) For students in the Business Honors Program. May be repeated twice for credit.

• BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.) P: Admission to BUS, SOC-S 100, PSY-P 103, and junior standing. Integration of behavior and organizational theories. Application of concepts and theories toward improving individual, group, and organizational performance. Builds from a behavioral foundation toward an understanding of managerial processes. Credit given for only one of BUS-Z 300, BUS-Z 301, or BUS-Z 302.

• BUS-Z 344 Introduction to Human Resource Managment (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. Introductory overview of human resources management. Special emphasis will be given to legal issues, diversity in the work force, and contemporary practices. Note: Credit not given for both BUS-Z 440 Personnel-Human Resource Management and BUS-Z 344.

• BUS-Z 440 Personnel-Human Resource Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. Nature of human resource development and utilization in American society and organizations. Government programs and policies, labor force statistics, organizational personnel departments, personnel planning, forecasting, selection, training and development. Integration of government and organizational human resource programs.

• BUS-Z 460 Organizational Culture and Engagement Best Practices (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302 and consent of instructor. This course addresses various aspects of human resources management as it relates to diagnosing and designing an intentional culture and best practices in employee engagement. The focus of the course is to understand how effective and aligned HR practices contribute to sustaining the organizational culture and exceeding stakeholder expectations.

• BUS-Z 470 Issues in Human Resources Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302 This course examines in depth selected topics in human resource management, such as HRIS, strategic human resource planning, recruitment, selection, engagement, culture, performance appraisal, compensation, training, employee rights, or health and safety.

• BUS-Z 480 Professional Practice in Human Resource Management (3-6 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302, junior or senior standing with a concentration in management and consent of instructor. Application filed through Professional Practice Programs office. Provides work experience in cooperating firm or agency. Comprehensive written report required. Grades of S or F assigned by faculty.

• BUS-Z 490 Independent Study in Personnel Management and Organizational Behavior (1-3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. For senior-year students with consent of instructor. Research, analysis, and discussion of current topics. Written report required.

• BUS-Z 491 Internship in Human Resources Management (3 cr.) P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of supervising faculty member. Work experience in cooperating firm or organization. Forty (40) hours of work related to the academic discipline must be completed per credit hour earned. Internship should be coordinated with the supervising faculty member and the application should be completed and turned in to the School of Business office.