Business Administration (BUA)
A survey of business-application software with emphasis on the personal computer. The student learns word processing, electronic spreadsheets, data management, business graphics, and Internet concepts.
This course provides an in depth overview of the field of business administration and an orientation to the School of Business. Students learn essential skills for success in their career of choice within the profession of business. Department major should complete this course in their sophomore year.
Application of communication theory to business writings and oral presentations.
This course focuses on numerical data analysis and interpretation. Topics include: measures of central tendency, probability, Test of Hypothesis, Regression, Correlation, ANOVA, Sample Survey and how these concepts are applied in business and related areas
A study of the American legal system; basic legal rules relating to torts, crimes, and contracts; and the regulatory environment in which businesses operate. Attention is given to ethical considerations affecting business and law.
A study of the law relating to sales, negotiable instruments, real and personal property, agency, partnerships, and corporations. Attention is given to ethical considerations affecting business and law.
Discussions of philosophies, recent research, concepts, and tools of Lean. Credit: 3 semester hours.
Open sourced; group based; conceptual-tool development focused. Covers performance metrics students may utilize in all areas of business.
Discussions of philosophies, recent research, concepts, and tools of Quality Management. Credit: 3 semester hours
A study of the international business arena, including environmental forces (economic, cultural, technological, political, legal, physical) and their implications for development effective business strategies.
Prequisites: MGT 301, MKT 301, Acc 202. This course explores ethical issues that arise in the context of doing business and leading organizations. Specifically, this course helps students explore how leaders with the many dilemmas they face when making business and organizational decisions and apply moral reasoning to speciific situations.
This is the final course in the 3-part seminar series required for all undergraduate business students. In this course students will finalize their electronic professional portfolio and review business topics and principles on a comprehensive and integratvie basis to prepare graduating seniors for a capstone assessment. The course also administers a standardized assessment. (1 credit)
Off-campus on-the-job employment related to the discipline of business management.
Research and in-depth study of a particular business administration concept or problem under the guidance of a faculty member.