This is an interactive course that covers concepts such as attributes of inclusive and effective leaders, attributes of effective teams, problem-solving, followership, leadership styles, and ethical decision-making. The class participants will attend a competition one weekend during the course to apply the course concepts in a competitive environment with other collegiate teams.
Meets in the Borisenok House-1020 Madison Ave.
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 the Capstone experience to the BOLD Women’s Leadership Program. The course will expand the introduction and application of skills needed to begin a career or participate in the fellowship program. The course will involve presenting a final project reflective of the cohort’s course work and practical experience. Prerequisite: Senior BOLD Scholars only.
Meets in the Borisenok House-1020 Madison Ave.
Introduction to personal financial planning, including goal-setting, cash management, credit, insurance, taxes, housing, investing, retirement and estate planning.
This course introduces students to the theory and fundamentals of business communication. Communication in a business context is often different than in other context and requires different competencies. This courses helps students develop the basic skills including planning, determining the purpose and audience, grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, the revision process, and presentation of the final communication product. These basic elements are applied in a variety of business settings. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 105 or equivalent.
This course introduces students to the theory and fundamentals of business communication. Communication in a business context is often different than in other context and requires different competencies. This courses helps students develop the basic skills including planning, determining the purpose and audience, grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, the revision process, and presentation of the final communication product. These basic elements are applied in a variety of business settings. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 105 or equivalent.
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.
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.
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.
Online asynchronous.
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 is a series of workshops/events, covering; search, placement, resume writing, interviewing and networking, prior to enrolling in BUS 494 Internship or ACC 494 Internship.
This course covers selected topics and content in sport management that may not be covered by other courses in the Sport Management Track.
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.
Students in this course experience how concepts learned in their marketing and sales courses are put into practice in industry. The class will go on a number of business visits, job shadow professionals in the field, and go on an informational interview. Students will also participate in a sales competition with students from another institution. The course culminates in an all-day event in which students will interact with and get feedback from alumni and other working professionals in series of activities, including the presentation of a marketing case study analysis, vehicle walk-around, mock sales pitch, mock job interview, and speed networking. Prerequisite: BUS 253.
Students will learn how to analyze data from customer, sales force, channel, and promotion databases in order to make business decisions and evaluate the effectiveness of current programs. They will also work with the customer relationship management (CRM) software used by organizations to manage their accounts. This course blends theory and practice as students analyze real data from a variety of sources and learn the software most frequently used in industry. Prerequisite: BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course provides further study of legal terminology, concepts and principles for Accounting majors in the areas of creditor's rights/bankruptcy; agency and employment law; business organizations (partnerships and corporations); government regulation of business; property and wills and estates; and liability of accountants. Prerequisite: BUS 233
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.
This course is a survey of techniques and theory regarding successful groups and teaming strategies in the workplace. Teaming, group problem-solving and decision-making, conflict management, and team performance management strategies will be explored from the perspectives of the individual, group and firm. This course will provide a practice field for group and team-related activities including organizing, chartering, management, support and team development. 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 focuses on how to put into practice the marketing concepts introduced in Principles of Marketing. Students will learn how to analyze the overall market, evaluate competitive position, create a marketing plan, and evaluate the success of that plan. Topics include: operationalizing customer value, market analysis, portfolio analysis, and strategic marketing planning. Students will put marketing theories into practice by creating an actual marketing plan and/or through a computer simulation. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed; BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course focuses on how to put into practice the marketing concepts introduced in Principles of Marketing. Students will learn how to analyze the overall market, evaluate competitive position, create a marketing plan, and evaluate the success of that plan. Topics include: operationalizing customer value, market analysis, portfolio analysis, and strategic marketing planning. Students will put marketing theories into practice by creating an actual marketing plan and/or through a computer simulation. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed; BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
Cross-listed with MBA 635 and follows 11 week schedule.
This course examines the relationship between organized labor and management, collective bargaining, conflict settlement, wages and employment, and a consideration of current/future trends in federal and state labor relations law. Prerequisite: BUS 246.
Marketers must understand consumer behavior in order to develop customer-focused marketing strategies. In this course students learn theories that help explain how people evaluate products and services. Students also learn how marketers use these theories to motivate buying behavior. Topics include: Motivation and values, consumer identity, attitudes and persuasion, and decision making. Fulfills diversity requirement. Prerequisites: 24 credits completed; BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course examines how to build long-term customer relationships and manage a sales force in order to achieve organizational objectives and provide value to customers. Students will learn sales management strategies related to customer relationship management, sales force organization, and decision making. Students will also examine key concept in sales leadership, including recruiting, training, motivating, and evaluating a sales force. This course helps students strengthen their communication and decision-making skills and integrates concepts from management, marketing, and corporate finance. Prerequisite: BUS 253 or COM 205 or COM 227.
This course focuses on detailed legal and practical issues of estate planning. Topics include: estate planning overview, federal gift and estate taxation, liquidity planning, trust, estate planning for marriage and nontraditional relationships, planning for charitable contributions, postmortem planning, and other special topics. Prerequisite: ACC 328.
Cross listed with MBA 646. Follows the 11 week schedule.
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.
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.
This course teaches students to build Excel applications that are used in financial planning, valuation, and decision making. Students will learn how to efficiently manipulate financial data, create graphs and charts, and produce user-friendly interfaces in Excel. Some simple applications of macros and Excel VBA as well as the commonly used financial functions, formulas, and tools will be introduced. Co-requisite: BUS 369 or BUS 486.
ACC 685/MBA 685/BUS 485 (crosslisted) follows undergraduate 15-week schedule The course will be delivered based on Excel on a Windows operating system. Excel on a Mac will have a different interface.Students can download Office 365 ProPlus for free.
This course presents the principles of investments analysis and their application to financial planning. The course examines the theory of portfolio management, including the nature of securities markets, economic analysis, industry analysis, valuation methods, asset allocation techniques, and performance evaluation. Students will also learn about the market mechanism of investing in fixed-income securities, equity securities, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds. Prerequisite: BUS 301. Fulfills writing intensive requirement.
This course presents the principles of investments analysis and their application to financial planning. The course examines the theory of portfolio management, including the nature of securities markets, economic analysis, industry analysis, valuation methods, asset allocation techniques, and performance evaluation. Students will also learn about the market mechanism of investing in fixed-income securities, equity securities, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds. Prerequisite: BUS 301. Fulfills writing intensive requirement.
Open to Financial Planning student only. Cross listed with MBA 641. Follows 11 week MBA schedule.
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.
Must obtain Dr. Avis' signature to register.. Cross listed with MBA 694. Follows the 11 week MBA schedule.
This course is an extension of BUS 488 Investment II. In this course, students continue their role as managers of the simulated or endowed portfolios that they created in BUS 488. This course provides an opportunity for these student managers to deal with uncertainty in the capital markets over a longer investment horizon. Investment and risk management strategies that utilize financial derivatives will be introduced in this course as well. Students will have the opportunities to practice such strategies. Other practical aspects of portfolio management may be introduced through interactions with investment or financial service professionals who serve as mentors or guest speakers. Prerequisite: BUS 488.
Cross listed with MBA 692. Follows the 15 week schedule NOT the 11 week MBA schedule.
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.
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.
$50.00 test fee.
This course provides students with an opportunity to work with a faculty member on a discipline-related project through a field experience in a business organization. Prerequisite: permission of faculty member.
Independent Study Form required