Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
This course is designed to give the non-Business major an overview of basic business concepts such as marketing, finance, management, globalization, and human resource management. Also covered are problems of managing in a rapidly changing business environment, social responsibilities, environmental issues and ethics. This course cannot be applied towards the business core or business concentration.
This course is designed to give the non-Business major an overview of basic business concepts such as marketing, finance, management, globalization, and human resource management. Also covered are problems of managing in a rapidly changing business environment, social responsibilities, environmental issues and ethics. This course cannot be applied towards the business core or business concentration.
This course is designed to introduce business students to the complex nature of today's rapidly changing business environment. This overview course will also serve as an orientation to the wide array of career opportunities in business and how they relate to the curriculum offered by the School of Business. Business majors only.
This course is designed to introduce business students to the complex nature of today's rapidly changing business environment. This overview course will also serve as an orientation to the wide array of career opportunities in business and how they relate to the curriculum offered by the School of Business. Business majors only.
This course is designed to introduce business students to the complex nature of today's rapidly changing business environment. This overview course will also serve as an orientation to the wide array of career opportunities in business and how they relate to the curriculum offered by the School of Business. Business majors only.
This course is designed to introduce business students to the complex nature of today's rapidly changing business environment. This overview course will also serve as an orientation to the wide array of career opportunities in business and how they relate to the curriculum offered by the School of Business. Business majors only.
This course must be taken concurrently with BUS 111.
Session # 1 - Assessment exams 9/2/15 and 9/9/15 4:15PM - 5:45PM in computer Lab Session #2 9/30/15, 4:15PM - 5:45PM Session #3 Meet the Majors Huether 10/7/15 4:15PM - 5:45PM Session #4 Academic Advising 11/4/15, 4:15PM - 5:45PM Poster Presentations 12/2/15 - 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Introduction to personal financial planning, including goal-setting, cash management, credit, insurance, taxes, housing, investing, retirement and estate planning.
This course is an introduction to the concepts and components of computer-based management information systems and their integration into organizational processes to gain competitive advantage. Topics include hardware, software, internet applications, elements of the system design life cycle, and database concepts. Students build systems using spreadsheet and database packages to support business processes and decision making. Prerequisites: CSC 111 or CSC 114; computer literacy assumed.
This course is an introduction to the concepts and components of computer-based management information systems and their integration into organizational processes to gain competitive advantage. Topics include hardware, software, internet applications, elements of the system design life cycle, and database concepts. Students build systems using spreadsheet and database packages to support business processes and decision making. Prerequisites: CSC 111 or CSC 114; computer literacy assumed.
This course introduces fundamental legal terminology, concepts and principles in the area of court procedures and jurisdiction, torts in the business environment and criminal law. Emphasis will be placed on the general laws of contracts, U.C.C. (sale of goods, product liability, and negotiable instruments). Current court decisions and statutes, particularly those dealing with business transactions and relationships, will be included.
This course introduces fundamental legal terminology, concepts and principles in the area of court procedures and jurisdiction, torts in the business environment and criminal law. Emphasis will be placed on the general laws of contracts, U.C.C. (sale of goods, product liability, and negotiable instruments). Current court decisions and statutes, particularly those dealing with business transactions and relationships, will be included.
This course introduces fundamental legal terminology, concepts and principles in the area of court procedures and jurisdiction, torts in the business environment and criminal law. Emphasis will be placed on the general laws of contracts, U.C.C. (sale of goods, product liability, and negotiable instruments). Current court decisions and statutes, particularly those dealing with business transactions and relationships, will be included.
The course studies individuals and groups within an organizational context, focusing on the effect of organizational processes and practices on human behavior. Major topics include: individual characteristics such as beliefs, values and personality; individual processes such as perception, motivation, decision-making, judgment, commitment and control; group characteristics such as size, composition and structural properties; group processes such as decision-making and leadership; organizational processes and practices such as goal setting, appraisal, feedback, rewards and behavioral aspects of task design; and the influences of all these on individual, group and organizational outcomes such as performance, turnover, absenteeism and stress. The emphasis of this course is on the application of current research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and other related fields of the behavioral sciences. Must have earned at least 24 credits to take this course.
The course studies individuals and groups within an organizational context, focusing on the effect of organizational processes and practices on human behavior. Major topics include: individual characteristics such as beliefs, values and personality; individual processes such as perception, motivation, decision-making, judgment, commitment and control; group characteristics such as size, composition and structural properties; group processes such as decision-making and leadership; organizational processes and practices such as goal setting, appraisal, feedback, rewards and behavioral aspects of task design; and the influences of all these on individual, group and organizational outcomes such as performance, turnover, absenteeism and stress. The emphasis of this course is on the application of current research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and other related fields of the behavioral sciences. Must have earned at least 24 credits to take this course.
The course studies individuals and groups within an organizational context, focusing on the effect of organizational processes and practices on human behavior. Major topics include: individual characteristics such as beliefs, values and personality; individual processes such as perception, motivation, decision-making, judgment, commitment and control; group characteristics such as size, composition and structural properties; group processes such as decision-making and leadership; organizational processes and practices such as goal setting, appraisal, feedback, rewards and behavioral aspects of task design; and the influences of all these on individual, group and organizational outcomes such as performance, turnover, absenteeism and stress. The emphasis of this course is on the application of current research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and other related fields of the behavioral sciences. Must have earned at least 24 credits to take this course.
The course studies individuals and groups within an organizational context, focusing on the effect of organizational processes and practices on human behavior. Major topics include: individual characteristics such as beliefs, values and personality; individual processes such as perception, motivation, decision-making, judgment, commitment and control; group characteristics such as size, composition and structural properties; group processes such as decision-making and leadership; organizational processes and practices such as goal setting, appraisal, feedback, rewards and behavioral aspects of task design; and the influences of all these on individual, group and organizational outcomes such as performance, turnover, absenteeism and stress. The emphasis of this course is on the application of current research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and other related fields of the behavioral sciences. Must have earned at least 24 credits to take this course.
This course is an overview of the nature and scope of sport management. The course is designed to expand students' understanding of basic principles and issues in sport management and provide information about the career opportunities in the sport management industry.
Through this course students learn how marketers create, communicate, and deliver goods and services that have value for their customers. By the end of the course students should be able to define core marketing concepts. Additionally, students will learn to apply these concepts through a variety of hands-on activities. Topics include: product development, pricing strategies, distribution strategies, marketing communications, marketing research, and consumer behavior. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed.
Through this course students learn how marketers create, communicate, and deliver goods and services that have value for their customers. By the end of the course students should be able to define core marketing concepts. Additionally, students will learn to apply these concepts through a variety of hands-on activities. Topics include: product development, pricing strategies, distribution strategies, marketing communications, marketing research, and consumer behavior. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed.
Through this course students learn how marketers create, communicate, and deliver goods and services that have value for their customers. By the end of the course students should be able to define core marketing concepts. Additionally, students will learn to apply these concepts through a variety of hands-on activities. Topics include: product development, pricing strategies, distribution strategies, marketing communications, marketing research, and consumer behavior. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed.
Through this course students learn how marketers create, communicate, and deliver goods and services that have value for their customers. By the end of the course students should be able to define core marketing concepts. Additionally, students will learn to apply these concepts through a variety of hands-on activities. Topics include: product development, pricing strategies, distribution strategies, marketing communications, marketing research, and consumer behavior. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed.
This course addresses the collection, analysis and use of business data in a technologically advanced setting. Technology presents new opportunities to managers, but without skills in using technology, they will be presented with more data than they can interpret, with more analysis than they can assimilate, and more alternatives than they can evaluate. This course will have a focus on problem formulation, recognition of data requirements, and interpretation of results while using software to complete the appropriate analysis. The objectives of this course are (1) to help the student become proficient in basic statistical reasoning, and (2) to provide the student with fundamentals required for more advanced management courses.
This course covers the basic concepts and techniques employed by financial managers. Topics include: the environment in which financial decisions are made; time value of money; the concept of value versus price, bond and stock valuation, risk and return, the capital asset pricing model; financial ratios calculation, and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: ACC 121; and Co-requisite: ACC 122.
This course covers the basic concepts and techniques employed by financial managers. Topics include: the environment in which financial decisions are made; time value of money; the concept of value versus price, bond and stock valuation, risk and return, the capital asset pricing model; financial ratios calculation, and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: ACC 121; and Co-requisite: ACC 122.
This course covers the basic concepts and techniques employed by financial managers. Topics include: the environment in which financial decisions are made; time value of money; the concept of value versus price, bond and stock valuation, risk and return, the capital asset pricing model; financial ratios calculation, and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: ACC 121; and Co-requisite: ACC 122.
This course covers strategic analysis and practical applications of insurance planning. Topics include: principles of insurance; identification of life, health, homeowners, and other property and liability risk exposure; legal aspects of insurance; insurance industry regulation; property and liability policy analysis; life insurance policy analysis; annuity policy analysis; health insurance policy analysis; taxation of insurance products; and selecting insurance companies and agencies. The course also includes an introduction to the personal, or family, financial planning process and standards of professional ethics.
This course is cross-listed with MBA 644. It follows the MBA schedule and will meet 11 weeks 9/9/15 - 12/02/15
This course covers employee benefits and retirement plans and strategies. Topics include: life, medical and disability plans in employee benefit programs; business applications of individual life and disability insurance; other employee benefits; social security, Medicare, and Medicaid; ethical considerations in retirement planning and employee benefits; types of retirement plans; qualified plan characteristics; distributions and distribution options; retirement needs analysis; recommendation of the most appropriate type of qualified retirement plan; and suitability of an investment portfolio for a qualified plan situation.
Course follows MBA Schedule--meets 9/10/15-12/3/15
This course is designed to equip students with an understanding of the ethical challenges faced by businesses in today's global economy. Students will gain practical knowledge and skills necessary to resolve ethical issues, and learn about how businesses can proactively improve the world through corporate social responsibility initiatives. Upon completion of the course, students will be better prepared to make informed and responsible decisions in their future careers. Topics include: behavioral ethics, human rights in the international supply chain, ethical leadership, moral principles, and the role of business in addressing social issues.
This course is designed to equip students with an understanding of the ethical challenges faced by businesses in today's global economy. Students will gain practical knowledge and skills necessary to resolve ethical issues, and learn about how businesses can proactively improve the world through corporate social responsibility initiatives. Upon completion of the course, students will be better prepared to make informed and responsible decisions in their future careers. Topics include: behavioral ethics, human rights in the international supply chain, ethical leadership, moral principles, and the role of business in addressing social issues.
This course is designed to equip students with an understanding of the ethical challenges faced by businesses in today's global economy. Students will gain practical knowledge and skills necessary to resolve ethical issues, and learn about how businesses can proactively improve the world through corporate social responsibility initiatives. Upon completion of the course, students will be better prepared to make informed and responsible decisions in their future careers. Topics include: behavioral ethics, human rights in the international supply chain, ethical leadership, moral principles, and the role of business in addressing social issues.
In this course students learn how organizations use marketing research data to inform business decisions. Through readings, lectures, and hand-on activities, they learn how to create research proposals, gather data, and conduct basic analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Additionally, they learn to make recommendations based on research results. Topics include: defining the research problem, research methods, sampling design, data collection, and data analysis. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed; BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course is designed to introduce students to the wide, complex, and sometimes confusing practice of managing people. Management is half practice and half art, and requires practitioners to build a toolbox of approaches that are based upon a portfolio of experiences. This course takes a hands-on approach, introducing the practice of management skills and techniques through cases, role-plays, and simulations that are designed to provide students with both skills and experiences in the management of people. Theory discussion will be an emergent outcome of casework and reflection. Prerequisite: BUS 246.
This class will examine the different theories and perspectives on organizational leadership, from traits and behaviors to more contemporary views of leadership. Personal leadership development will also be a focus of this class. Prerequisite: BUS 246.
Introduction to managerial decision analysis using quantitative tools. Topics include a general framework for decision analysis, decision tables and trees, simulation, linear programming and related techniques, classical optimization, forecasting, and probabilistic and statistical techniques. Use applicable decision-support software. Emphasis is on applications of quantitative tools rather than quantitative theory. Major emphasis will be placed on the conceptual understanding rather than memorization. Prerequisite: MAT 180, MAT 184 or BUS 280.
Introduction to managerial decision analysis using quantitative tools. Topics include a general framework for decision analysis, decision tables and trees, simulation, linear programming and related techniques, classical optimization, forecasting, and probabilistic and statistical techniques. Use applicable decision-support software. Emphasis is on applications of quantitative tools rather than quantitative theory. Major emphasis will be placed on the conceptual understanding rather than memorization. Prerequisite: MAT 180, MAT 184 or BUS 280.
This course analyzes the problems, strategies and procedures used to assess and manage human resources in contemporary organizations. Special attention will be given to: problems in evaluating abilities and performance; effective recruitment and selection; motivation techniques; developing the organization's human resources. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic environment of employment law and the quantitative models used to assist the manager in the decision process. Prerequisite: BUS 246.
This course provides students with an understanding of the many issues involved in strategic staffing. Topics include: job analysis, planning, recruitment, selection, and placement. Prerequisite: BUS 362.
ONLINE course Course follows 11 week MBA schedule Course is crossed with MBA 580
This course focuses on advanced application of financial management techniques and involves an integration of financial concepts through the use of case studies to simulate the actual business situations and problems. An emphasis on strategic financial management is given to topics including financial statement analysis, financial forecasting,, and corporate valuation. Other topics include cash flow analysis, cost of capital analysis, capital budgeting, corporate capital structure and leverage, and dividend policy. Prerequisite: BUS 301.
This course is designed to prepare students for the current and future directions of the advertising and promotion field. Several events have led corporate decision-makers to become more accountable for how they spend their advertising and promotion dollars. This course will place emphasis on understanding and developing Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) campaigns for identified target audiences to achieve advertising objectives. The various promotion mix elements, including social media, will be considered and evaluated to prepare the IMC. A major portion of the class will be devoted to developing an understanding of advertising theory, message strategies, appeals, execution, and media evaluation and selection. Students will be required to prepare an IMC campaign for the course. Prerequisite: BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course explores issues critical to the success of small business. The course stresses the development of business strategies and business plans. Major topics are examined from the distinctive perspective of small businesses, ranging from production to finance, and from marketing to working capital management. The course addresses special problems of capital leverage, the potential and limits of growth, and strategies for sustainable expansion. Prerequisites: BUS 253, BUS 301.
This course is designed to apply marketing principles to the area of sport, sport events and sport products. Sport marketing presents an overview of the various techniques and strategies used in meeting the wants and needs of consumers in the sport industry as well as understanding how sport can be used to assist in the marketing of other companies and products. Marketing strategies included sales, promotions and advertising of sport will be emphasized. Prerequisites: BUS 253 or BUS 247.
This course explores issues facing managers and firms involved in the international production, promotion and distribution of goods and services. It provides the foundation for understanding the factors affecting the conduct of international business, with a specific focus on selected areas and countries. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement and diversity requirement. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business School Seniors only; all 300 level business core courses successfully completed or taken concurrently; all 100-200 level business core courses successfully completed.
Restricted to Business School Seniors with at least 75 credits
This course explores issues facing managers and firms involved in the international production, promotion and distribution of goods and services. It provides the foundation for understanding the factors affecting the conduct of international business, with a specific focus on selected areas and countries. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement and diversity requirement. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business School Seniors only; all 300 level business core courses successfully completed or taken concurrently; all 100-200 level business core courses successfully completed.
Restricted to Business School Seniors with at least 75 credits.
This course explores issues facing managers and firms involved in the international production, promotion and distribution of goods and services. It provides the foundation for understanding the factors affecting the conduct of international business, with a specific focus on selected areas and countries. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement and diversity requirement. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business School Seniors only; all 300 level business core courses successfully completed or taken concurrently; all 100-200 level business core courses successfully completed.
ONLINE component to course Follows MBA schedule: 9/8/15 - 12/030/15; Meets in class: 9/14, 9/21, 10/5, 10/25, 11/16, 11/30 Meets ONLINE: 9/28, 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/23
This course explores the global issues of finance through interactive and hands-on learning activities. The topics may vary from semester to semester. Examples of the activities may include visiting with different financial institutions, participating in the management of an endowed portfolio, and surveying documentaries and creating video presentations on recent or historical events relating to the global issues of finance. Examples of the topics include financial innovation and ethics, the credit crisis and its history, the theory and application of the speculative markets, and the special issues of entrepreneurial finance. The course may be cross-listed with a graduate course and follow the MBA schedule. Prerequisites: ECO 105, ECO 106, and BUS301.
Fulfills diversity requirement.
Cross listed w/MBA 650 - Follows MBA 11 week 09/08/2015- 12/03/2015
This course presents the principles and applications of investing with complex financial instruments as well as investing through traditional vehicles. On the theory side, a focus is placed on introducing derivative instruments, such as options, futures, and swaps. Other topics included are fixed-income portfolio management and risk management. On the application side, students will participate in the securities selection, maintenance, and/or management of simulated or endowed portfolios. Prerequisite: BUS 486; and Co-requisite: BUS 369. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Cross listed with MBA 688
This course is the Capstone experience to the financial planning program. The course will integrate the many facets required in developing, writing, and presenting a compressive financial plan. The course will involve case study and significant interaction with practicing financial planning professionals. Prerequisites or concurrent: ACC 328, BUS 302, BUS 305, BUS 406, BUS 486 or permission of instructor.
Students enrolling in course must obtain the signature of Dr. Avis to register
This course is a series of workshops/events, covering; search, placement, resume writing, interviewing and networking, prior to enrolling in BUS 494 Internship.
9/11/2015- 1:00PM - 2:00PM, in Huether 200 9/18/2015 - 1:00PM- 2:00PM, Carondelet Sumposium 9/25/2015 - 1:00PM-3:30PM Heuther 200 10/25/2015- 1:00PM -3:30PM Heuther 200
A supervised business internship in organizations in the private and public sectors, this course provides students with the opportunity to gain valuable field experience in performing business/administration functions while developing their networking skills and cultivating their own network of professional contacts. Application and screening interviews must be completed, contact the Huether School of Business Internship Director for further information. (3-6 credits) Prerequisites: BUS 293, Permission of Internship Director.
Class meets in Huether 200 8/28/2015 - 2:00PM - 3:00PM Class meets in Huether 200 12/4/2015 - 1:00PM - 3:00PM
This course develops an overall management perspective by integrating knowledge from the business core and concentrations by stressing the strategic application of this knowledge to contemporary business situations. In depth case analysis will be utilized to assist students in developing an integrated strategic management plan for the firm's long term survival. Students are expected to use the latest available multimedia approaches in presenting professional quality oral and written presentations. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business School Seniors only; all 300 business core courses successfully completed or taken concurrently; all 100-200 business core courses successfully completed.
This course develops an overall management perspective by integrating knowledge from the business core and concentrations by stressing the strategic application of this knowledge to contemporary business situations. In depth case analysis will be utilized to assist students in developing an integrated strategic management plan for the firm's long term survival. Students are expected to use the latest available multimedia approaches in presenting professional quality oral and written presentations. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business School Seniors only; all 300 business core courses successfully completed or taken concurrently; all 100-200 business core courses successfully completed.
Independent Study form required