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Business
College of Business
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BUS 101US FIRST YEAR SEMINAR BUS 201 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION BUS 221 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I BUS 222 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING BUS 301 MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION BUS 302 CAREER PERSPECTIVES BUS 311 INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUS 331 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT BUS 341 MARKETING BUS 351 FINANCE BUS 361 INTRODUCTION TO LAW BUS 474 BUSINESS SENIOR SEMINAR
BUS 101US FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
F 3 cr. SEM 3 (mode of instruction change effective Fall 2007)
-- Introduction to the language of business and integration into the culture and expectations of higher education. Through a variety of assignments, readings, and activities in a seminar setting, the course focuses on written and oral communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and issues facing prospective business professionals.
BUS 201 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Completion of University Seminar and Writing University Core Requirement and one of the following: ENGR 100, CS 150, ME 101, MET 101.
-- Strategies for written, oral, graphical, and nonverbal communications in business organizations.
BUS 221 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: MATH 105 or Math Placement Test.
-- An introduction to the principles of financial accounting for students of all business curricula. Specific topics include key accounting concepts, accounting transaction recording, financial statement preparation, accounting systems overview, business entity structures and financial statement analysis.
BUS 222 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: BUS 221, CS 150.
-- An introduction to the area of accounting that provides information to managers for use in planning, control, and decision making. Topics include product costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, variance analysis, and decision analysis tools.
BUS 301 MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, ECON 102, CS 150, and for business majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- Design and control of organizations: work groups, individual behavior, interpersonal relations, communication, leadership, organizational structure, decision making, planning, control, staffing, motivation, and international issues.
BUS 302 CAREER PERSPECTIVES
F,S,Su 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, completion of the Business Pre-Core. For Business Majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- Reinforced are the process of career planning and development through self-assessment, exploration of career options, early planning, and goal setting. Individualized feedback is provided on career-related issues such as internships, interviewing, and self-presentation.
BUS 311 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, CS 150, BUS 221, and for business majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- A survey of the uses of information in organizational management, with emphasis on systems to support managerial decision making. Students apply concepts in practical application projects using currently available software.
BUS 331 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, BUS 311, and for business majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- Introduction to the topics and methods of production and operations management. Emphasis is given to critical thinking, business analyses and computer modeling. Application areas include accounting, finance, marketing, and management.
BUS 341 MARKETING
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, ECON 102, CS 150, and for business majors,
Formal Admission to the College.
-- Marketing management decision-making in the product, price, promotion, and distribution areas. The behavioral, legal, ethical, competitive, technological, and economic environments as they affect decisions in the domestic and international organization.
BUS 351 FINANCE
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, completion of Business Pre-Core, and for business majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- Study of the principles of finance with emphasis on the application and integration of financial concepts in decision making.
BUS 361 INTRODUCTION TO LAW
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, completion of Social Science Core, and for business majors, Formal Admission to the College.
-- American legal institutions, constitutional law, federalism, and roles and processes of the branches of government. Concentration on aspects of contract law and Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Survey of law of torts, product liability, agency, intellectual property, partnerships and corporations.
BUS 474 BUSINESS SENIOR SEMINAR
F,S,Su 4 cr. LEC 1 SEM 3
PREREQUISITE: Senior standing, Formal Admission to the College of Business, and completion of Business Core. Take last or next to last semester prior to graduation.
-- Senior capstone course. Policy, strategy, and ethics will be addressed
in this integrative senior capstone courses.
