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BUS 101US FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
BUS 201 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
BUS 211 BUSINESS SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
BUS 221 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I
BUS 222 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
BUS 301 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
BUS 302 CAREER PERSPECTIVES
BUS 311 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
BUS 331 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
BUS 341 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
BUS 351 FINANCE
BUS 361 INTRODUCTION TO LAW
BUS 474 BUSINESS SENIOR SEMINAR
BUS 101US FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
F 3 cr. SEM 3
-- Introduction to business concepts, careers, and the culture of professionalism. This freshman seminar introduces students to the principal areas of business including accounting, finance, management, and marketing, while emphasizing ethics, written and oral communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills.
BUS 201 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Completion of University Seminar and Writing University Core Requirement.
-- Strategies for written, oral, visual, and nonverbal communications in business organizations.
BUS 211 BUSINESS SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Placement exam or CS 150.
-- Focuses on best business practices with word-processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and database software. Emphasis on producing and evaluating effective and efficient information designs with applications in finance, accounting, marketing, and management.
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 and BUS 211 as pre- or co-requisite.
-- 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 AND ORGANIZATION
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and ECON 102.
-- 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: BUS 201. This course is limited to College of Business students.
-- This highly interactive
course helps students manage
their career planning for
business-related fields with
an emphasis on pro-active
career exploration and planning.
Topics include self-assessment,
researching career information,
understanding the job search
process, interviewing skills,
and professionalism.
BUS 311 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, BUS 211, and BUS 221.
-- A survey of the uses of information in organizational management, with emphasis on strategic systems and 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 and BUS 211.
-- 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 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and ECON 102.
-- 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 and ECON 201; and MATH 170 or STAT 216; and BUS 221 or ACCT 220.
-- 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.
-- 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, employment, agency, and business organizations.
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 BUS 301, BUS 302, BUS 311, BUS 331, BUS 341, BUS 351, and BUS 361. This course is taken the 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.
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