IUPUC Campus Bulletin 2016-2017

Accounting

• BUS-A 437 Advanced Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS A325. Objective of course is to provide students with advanced managerial accounting knowledge and skills. Emphasis is on strategic decision making and management control systems. Students will provide case analyses and presentations.

• BUS-A 490 Independent Study in Accounting (1-3 cr.) P: consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Supervised individual study and research in 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-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS X100. Provides balanced coverage of the mechanics, measurement theory, and economic context of financial accounting. Strikes a balance between a preparer’s and a user’s orientation, emphasizing that students must understand both how transactions lead to financial statements (preparer’s orientation) as well as how one can infer transactions given a set of financial statements (user’s orientation). Relies on current real-world examples taken from the popular business press. The first part of the course introduces students to the financial accounting environment, financial statements, the accounting cycle, and the theoretical framework of accounting measurement. The second part of the course covers the elements of financial statements, emphasizing mechanics, measurement theory, and the economic environment.

• BUS-A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) P: BUS A201. The course covers the concepts and issues associated with the accounting and the management of business. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the role of accounting in product costing, costing for quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior.

• BUS-A 311 Intermediate Accounting I (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202. Provides students with a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations underlying financial reporting, revenue recognition, and the matching of expenses; financial statement presentation; and accounting for assets. The course’s primary objective is to give students the tools necessary to understand and execute appropriate accounting procedures. Another goal is to help students understand the process through which accounting standards are determined and to evaluate the outcomes of that process from the perspectives of managers, shareholders, auditors, and others. Students will learn to assess competing accounting theories and methods from multiple perspectives.

• BUS-A 312 Intermediate Accounting II (3 cr.) P: Bus A311 Provides students with a thorough understanding of accounting for long-term liabilities and debt investment, stockholders’ equity, and preparation of cash-flow statements. The course’s first objective is to give students the tools necessary to understand and execute appropriate accounting procedures. The course’s second objective is to help students understand the process through which accounting standards are determined and to evaluate the outcomes of that process from the perspectives of managers, shareholders, auditors, and others. Students will learn to assess competing accounting theories and methods from multiple perspectives.

• BUS-A 325 Cost Accounting (3 cr.) P: Bus A202 Conceptual and procedural aspects of management and cost accounting. Product costing, cost control over projects and products, decision making, profit planning, quantitative modeling, activity-based management, and computer applications.

• BUS-A 328 Introduction to Taxation (3 cr.) P: Bus A202. This course examines the fundamentals of federal income taxation. Primary emphasis is on a basic understanding and awareness of the tax law as it applies to individuals. Includes an overview of the taxation of corporations, partnerships, and estates and trusts. The course introduces students to tax research and the various sources of tax law, including the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, administrative pronouncements, and case law.

• BUS-A 335 Accounting for Government and Not-For-Profit Entities (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 311. Financial management and accounting for nonprofit-seeking entities such as municipal and federal governments, schools, and hospitals.

• BUS-A 337 Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 311 and ECON-E 280. Impact of modern computer systems on analysis and design of accounting information systems. Discussion of tools of systems analysis, computer-based systems, and internal controls and applications. Focus on microcomputer use.

• BUS-A 424 Auditing and Assurance Services (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 312. This course provides students with an understanding of (1) the auditing environment and professional ethics, (2) audit reports and the conditions under which alternatives are used, (3) basic auditing concepts, (4) audit evidence and documentation, (5) analytical reviews, (6) the audit risk model, (7) review and documentation of internal controls, (8) audits of cycles, (9) statistical sampling, and (10) audit objectives and audit procedures for mechanized systems. Emphasis is on the conceptual development of the subject matter, the nature of professional practice, and the technology of auditing.

Economics

• BUS-H 310 Health Care in America (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202, W 200, ECON-E 202.

  This course provides an introduction to the U.S. health care system, providing the student with an overview of its overall structure and functions. A goal of the course is to describe and explain the political, economic and social factors that influence the provision of health care in America, a highly complex industry. The history of health care in the United States will be explored and will be used to frame the variety of roles and functions within the different segments of the health care industry.

• BUS-H 321 Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 310.

  This course covers basic epidemiology principles, concepts, and procedures useful in the surveillance and investigation of health-related states or events.  Communicable and chronic disease risk factors will be discussed, along with data acquisition, analysis techniques, and current published epidemiological studies.

• BUS-H 341 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 310.

  This course provides an introduction to the regulatory, legal, and ethical issues related to the U.S. health care industry.  Topics include reimbursement issues, utilization review, HIPAA, patient rights, liability and malpractice, long-term regulatory issues, federal, state, and local statues.

• BUS-H 331 Community Health (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 310.

  Introduction to public health, and services provided to citizens and educators by official and voluntary health agencies.

• BUS-H 431 Health Care Reimbursement (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 310.

  This course covers health insurance products and managed care approaches to the financing and delivery of health care services. Students explore reimbursement and payment methodologies. Students examine forms, processes, practices and the roles of health information professionals. Students discuss concepts in insurance, third-party and prospective payments, and managed care organizations.

• BUS-H 445 Quality Management in Health Care (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 310.

  This course will involve an exploration of the technical, managerial and organizational issues that are important in understanding and implementing quality management systems in health service organizations.

• BUS-H 450 Health System Administration (3 cr.) P: BUS-H 321, H 331, and H 341.

  The purpose of this course is to emphasize the development and execution of key strategic leadership practices required of successful organizational leaders in health care administration, with recognition of the strengths and abilities of each individual student.  The focus of this course is to create opportunities for students to practice their leadership expertise and other acquired skills by promoting an environment that fosters learning from shared experiences and feedback from leaders in the field.

Economics

• ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) An analysis of evolution of market structure using the concepts of supply and demand, opportunity cost, and marginal analysis. Applications include a variety of concurrent microeconomic issues.

• ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.) An introduction to macroeconomics which studies the economy as a whole; the level of output, prices and employment, how they are measured and how they can be changed; money and banking; international trade; and economic growth.

• ECON-E 280 Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I (3 cr.) P: MATH-M 118 or M119, or MATH 15300 or 16500. Summary measures of central tendency and variability. Basic concepts in probability and important probability distributions. Sampling, sampling distributions, and basic estimation concepts such as confidence interval, estimation, and hypothesis testing.

• ECON-E 281 Applied Statistics for Business and Economics II (3 cr.) P: ECON-E 280. Balanced coverage of statistical concepts and methods, along with practical advice on their effective application to real-world problems. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression, time-series analysis, statistical process control and decision making.

Finance

• BUS-F 490 Independent Study in Finance (1-3 cr.) P: consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Supervised individual study and research in 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 255 Business - Variable Title (1-3 cr.) Course is designed to assist students in successfully managing their personal finances through the development of skills and competencies that will enable the student to make good financial decisions. Topics include the four categories of money, personal financial statements, money management tools, and understanding credit.

• BUS-F 301 Financial Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-A 202, W 200, ECON-E 280.

  An overview of the essentials of corporate finance needed to compete effectively in an increasingly global environment. Topics include financial statement analysis, long-term planning, time value of money, discounted cash flow, behavioral finance, risk and cost of capital, capital budgeting, and ethics. Provides an introduction to the practice areas of finance and challenges students to develop a curiosity for how tools of finance are used in business and investments, and in life.
  

• BUS-F 303 Intermediate Investments (3 cr.) P: BUS F301. Provides a rigorous treatment of the core concepts    of investments for finance majors. Covers equity securities, fixed income securities, derivative securities, and international investments. Makes extensive use of spreadsheet modeling to implement financial models. Serves as a foundation for all 400-level finance electives.

• BUS-F 305 Intermediate Corporate Finance (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301. Provides a rigorous treatment of the core concepts of corporate finance. Covers capital budgeting, the valuation of firms, capital structure choices and payout policies. Makes extensive use of spreadsheet modeling to implement financial valuation models. Serves as a foundation for all 400-level finance electives.

• BUS-F 420 Equity and Fixed Income Investments (3 cr.) P: BUS-F301. A detailed examination of the management and valuation of equity and fixed income securities. The analysis of individual securities, the grouping of these securities into portfolios, and the use of derivative securities to modify the return/risk profiles of more traditional stock and bond portfolios will be discussed.

• BUS-F 421 Derivative Securities and Corporate Risk Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-F 301. This course provides an in-depth examination of the institutional details of the derivative security markets and derivative security valuation. Additionally, speculative and risk management uses of derivatives are studied in detail.

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

• BUS-F 151 Personal Finances of the College Student (1 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 152 Basic Financial Planning and Investment (1 cr.)

  Introduction to the basic planning tools and concepts for financial literacy into adulthood and retirement.  Emphasis on analyzing, selecting and managing investments over a lifetime.  Topics include, time value of money, financial statements, retirement objectives, and investing in various financial assets.  Part of the Financial Literacy Curriculum.
  

General Business

• BUS-D 301 The International Business Environment (3 cr.) P: BUS-W 200, ECON-E 201 and E202. Economic environment for overseas operations. Governmental policies and programs that affect international business. Economic and political philosophies around the world; patterns of government-business relationships.

• BUS-D 302 International Business: Operations of International Enterprises (3 cr.) P: BUS-D 301. International dimensions of marketing, finance, accounting, taxation, and personnel, with an emphasis on management decisions and implementation. Analytical framework for decision making in a multinational context.

• BUS-J 401 Administrative Policy (3 cr.) P: BUS-X 390. P or C: Experiential Learning course. Spring/summer grads must take J401 during final semester, fall grads may take in summer or fall of final year. Strategic planning; environmental analysis; internal analysis; policy formulation; organization methods; and executive control. Contemporary case studies are used to develop action-oriented plans affecting long-run consequences of both national and international operations of the firm.

• BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction (3 cr.) Business administration from the standpoint of the manager of a business firm operating in the contemporary economic, political, and social environment.

• BUS-J 404 Business and Society (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302, senior standing. Major ethical theories are examined in order to provide a basis for analyzing ethical behavior in the business environment. Such issues as economic competition, discriminatory practices, manipulation of power, environmental conservation, and organizational cultures are investigated.

• BUS-X 390 Integrative Experience (3 cr.) P: BUS-F301, BUS-M301, and BUS-P301. Integrative Experience is a unique learning experience that integrates knowledge and skills from three critical functions of the business enterprise: finance, marketing and operations. Managers of firms and organizations big and small need to understand the interrelated dynamics of all three functions in order to be successful, highly valued managers (and for their firms to be successful, highly valued enterprises). An integrated business simulation is the primary tool used to analyze, integrate, and synthesize the management of a business in a team environment.

• BUS-X 483 Undergraduate Internship in Business (1-6 cr.) P: prerequisite course is dependent on category of internship: BUS-A 311 for accounting, BUS-F 301 for finance, BUS-H 310 for health services administration, BUS-M 301 for marketing, BUS-Z 302 for management. Permission required. Professional practice internship focused on one or more business concentration areas. Students must submit internship proposal form to Division office at least three weeks prior to planned start date. To be considered for the current semester, proposal forms must be received by midterm for spring/fall and by end of session 1 for summer. Students receive work experience in cooperating firms or agencies. Comprehensive written reports required.

• BUS-D 101 Introduction to International Relations (3 cr.) Introduces the practice and study of international relations. Topics covered include history and diverse theoretical perspectives on international relations and basic concepts like anarchy, sovereignty and balance of power. Course will also examine a variety of perspectives from Economics, Film, Literature, Political Science, among others. No prior knowledge is assumed.

• BUS-X 405 Topical Explorations in Business (2-3 cr.) P: dependent on specific course offering. Specific topic announced as the course is offered. Typically used for Overseas Study Tours.

• BUS-X 497 Undergraduate Research Project in Business (1-3 cr.) Supervised student research project in one or more business concentration areas. Application is filed through the Division office. Students collaborate with a faculty mentor to define, propose and complete a research project with potential opportunities to exhibit or present their work on campus, at a conference, and/or via publication in a professional business journal. Formal proposal and permission required.

Management

• BUS-Z 443 Developing Employee Skills (3 cr.) P:  or C: BUS Z440 . Focuses on skills that relate to the acquisition and/or identification of knowledge, skills, and abilities among job applicants or current employees. Students will learn how to identify individuals who currently possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) required to be effective members of contemporary organizations and how to identify specific training needs and formulate and implement programs designed to address observed KSA deficiencies.

• BUS-W 200 Business Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-X 100. Business administration and management from the standpoint of a business firm operating in the contemporary economic, political, and social environment.

• BUS-P 301 Operations Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-W 200 and ECON-E 281.

  A survey course concerned with the production and distribution of goods and services. Topics include: inventory management, demand forecasting, aggregate production planning, materials requirements planning, shop scheduling, project management, quality control, and layout and process design.

• BUS-X 103 Business Learning Community (1 cr.) This course is designed to assist students to be successful at the university and to develop skills and competencies that will enable them to perform well in courses offered by the Division of Business.

• BUS-W 430 Organizations and Organizational Change (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302. The objective of this class is to introduce the principles of organization design, the blueprint by which different parts of the organization (e.g., production, marketing, financial, accounting, and MIS systems) fit together to create an effective organization. Organization design provides the means by which strategy and goals are implemented so it is as important to a firm's overall performance as financial perfomance, operational efficiencies or market share.

• BUS-W 490 Independent Study in Business Administration (1-3 cr.) P: consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Supervised individual study and research in 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. Comprehensive written report required.

• BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.) P: BUS W200. 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.

• 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 445 Human Resources Selection (3 cr.) P: or C: Z440 The ability to evaluate applicants and predict their future performance is a critical function in any organization that wishes to have a competitive edge over other firms. This course will provide students with an understanding of the technical components of selection, including how to determine which applicant characteristics should be examined, what procedures should be used to gather information, and how that information should be combined to identify qualified job applicants.

• 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.

• BUS-Z 447 Leadership, Teamwork, and Diversity (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302 In this course, students develop a "toolkit" of leadership behaviors to use in a variety of situations, when those working with and/or for them need to be motivated toward a common good, particularly when that work involves the use of teams made up of diverse individuals.

• BUS-P 330 Project Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-P 301.

  This course will introduce the student to the full range of project management topics, concerns, problems, solution methods and decision processes. These areas include: project selection, project organizational structures, negotiation, project planning, project scheduling and resource loading, project budgeting, project monitoring and control project auditing, and project termination.

• BUS-S 302 Management Information Systems (3 cr.) P: BUS-Z 302.

  This course provides a comprehensive overview of information systems (IS) within a business context from information technology (IT) operations to strategy. We will focus on two broad areas; how organizations should manage their IT functions and how IT enables business processes.  Some of the topics we will cover include: enterprise architecture, IT management frameworks, technology case analysis, emerging technologies, IT implementation processes, and enterprise systems.

Marketing

• BUS-M 300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) P: 26 credit hours. Examination of the market economy and marketing institutions in the United States. Decision making and planning from the manager’s point of view; impact of marketing actions from the consumer’s point of view. No credit toward a degree in business.

• BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management (3 cr.) P: BUS W200 and ENG W231. Marketing planning and decision making examined from firm’s and consumer’s points of view; marketing concept and its company-wide implications  and integration of marketing with other functions. Market structure and behavior and their relationship to marketing strategy and implementation.

• BUS-M 303 Marketing Research (3 cr.) P: Bus M301 Focuses on the role of research in marketing decision making. Defining research objectives, syndicated and secondary data sources of marketing information, exploratory research methods, survey research design, experimental design, and data analysis.

• BUS-M 405 Consumer Behavior (3 cr.) P: BUS M301. Description and explanation of consumer behavior. 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 M301. 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 419 Retail Management (3 cr.) P: BUS M301. Major management problems in retail institutions. Treatment of retail/marketing strategy design and problems related to financial requirements, buying, inventory, pricing, promotion, merchandising, physical facilities, location, and personnel.

• BUS-M 426 Sales Management (3 cr.) P: BUS M301. Emphasizes the activities and problems of field sales management. Includes organizing the sales force, recruiting, training, compensation, motivation, sales techniques, forecasting, territory design, evaluation, and control. Lectures and case studies.

• BUS-M 450 Marketing Strategy (3 cr.) P: Bus M405, P or C: BUS M303. Ideally taken in the student’s last semester. Capstone course for marketing majors. Draws on and integrates courses previously taken. Focuses on decision problems in marketing strategy and policy design, as well as and application of analytical tools for marketing and decision making.

• BUS-M 490 Independent Study in Marketing (1-3 cr.) P: consent of undergraduate program chairperson and instructor. Supervised individual study and research in 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-M 401 International Marketing (3 cr.) P: BUS M301. Covers world markets, their respective consumers, and their political/economic marketing environments. Examines the marketing issues required to meet the product, promotion, price, and distribution demands of a world market. Although the course has a global orientation, issues specific to exporting are discussed.

• BUS-M 345 Introduction to Franchising (3 cr.) P: BUS-M 301.

  Course deals with the important aspects of starting and managing a franchise business. Specific attention is placed on the characteristics of the franchisor and franchisee; evaluation of franchising opportunities; legal concerns of franchising; the development of appropriate strategies and the successful planning, implementation and launching of a business.