A degree in business management will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to rise to their potential in their chosen careers. Students will develop leadership skills so that students can function effectively and professionally to advance the goals of their employers. Students will learn from experienced professors the values and attitudes of excellence to help students meet challenges at work, at home, and in the community.
APCS 114 – Computer Applications for Business
3 credit hours
Advanced survey of business application software, which includes spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, and file manipulation on networks. Topics with spreadsheets include design and development, advanced formulas and functions, charting and formatting, and the use of business analysis tools. Topics with databases include design and development of tables, queries, forms and reports for business information purposes. Also included is business communication and presentation software with an emphasis on integrating them with the spreadsheets and databases. Lab experience with microcomputer software.
Prerequisite: LDRS 105
BUSI 201 – Principles of Accounting I
3 credit hours
Concepts and issues of financial accounting as a system of recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting business transactions for preparing financial reports.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
BUSI 202 – Principles of Accounting II
3 credit hours
A continuation of Principles of Accounting I with an emphasis on financial analysis and reporting to aid management in decision making.
Prerequisite: BUSI 201
BUSI 230 – Principles of Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to the management discipline designed to provide a basic understanding of both theory and practice encompassing the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling functions.
Prerequisite: LDRS 102; BUSI 130 recommended
BUSI 347 – Business Ethics
3 credit hours
Approaches to ethical issues and problems facing business and society today
Same as SOCI 347
Prerequisite: Junior standing
BUSI 460 – Corporate Strategy
3 credit hours
Examines the total business organization and its environment from the perspective of executive management. Attention given to discerning and framing objectives, strategies, and their implementation; management simulation and analysis of business situations through the case-study method are utilized. In this capstone course, students will integrate concepts learned in previous management courses.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in a Business Administration major
ECON 211 – Principles of Microeconomics
3 credit hours
The market economy functioning through demand and supply; focus on consumer decision making, firm decision making in different market structures, worker decision making, and selected microeconomic issues.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor
ECON 212 – Principles of Macroeconomics
3 credit hours
National income, employment, price level, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policies, international trade and finance, and comparative economic systems.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor
MATH 220 – Statistical Methods
3 credit hours
A study of applied statistics with emphasis on appropriate use of technology. Topics include probability, correlation, regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Students may not receive credit for both MATH 220 and MATH 336. Offered fall and spring semester.
Prerequisites: MATH 102, 120, 210, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
BUSI 332 – Operations Management
3 credit hours
Study of the operations environment including production methods, scheduling, inventory control, facility location and layout, quality concerns, materials management, and JIT philosophies.
Prerequisites: BUSI 230 and junior standing; MATH 303 recommended.
BUSI 334 – Marketing Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to the ways in which companies plan, price, promote, and place their goods and services to present and potential customers.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor
BUSI 336 – Human Resource Management
3 credit hours
Study of the organization, selection, development, compensation, and utilization of the human resources of the firm; also surveys labor-management relations and development.
BUSI 230 recommended
BUSI 338 – Financial Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to corporate financial planning and tools of financial analysis which may be used to manage working capital, administer capital budgeting, and evaluate the capital structure of a profit-oriented firm.
Prerequisites: BUSI 202, and Junior standing; MATH 303 recommended.
BUSI 345 – Organizational Behavior
3 credit hours
Analysis of the behavior of people in organizations, drawing upon the disciplines of Psychology, Sociology, and Business Administration. Applications are studied in the context of effective management of organizational behavior and the important inter-relationships between needs and expectations of the individual, the organization, and society.
Same as SOCI 345
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor
BUSI 349 – International Business
3 credit hours
Study of business in a global economy with the major complexities involved including the effects of different social systems, governmental influences on trade, financial exchange rates, and corporate relationships and policies.
Same as ECON/PLSC 349
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Choose 1 of the following
BUSI 310 – Commercial Law
3 credit hours
Principles and rules of commercial law. Acquaints the student with the legal environment of business; emphasis on contracts, sales, and the Uniform Commercial Code and commercial paper.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
BUSI 311 – Contemporary Business Law
3 credit hours
Principles and rules of commercial law. Acquaints the student with the legal environment of business; emphasis on contracts, sales, and the Uniform Commercial Code and commercial paper.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
BUSI 130 Contemporary Business
3 credit hours
Overview of the foundations of business including, but not limited to, business ethics, terms of ownership, management, organization, production, human resources, finance, and marketing. The case-study method of analysis also will be introduced. Offered every spring.
BUSI 201 – Principles of Accounting I
3 credit hours
Concepts and issues of financial accounting as a system of recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting business transactions for preparing financial reports.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
BUSI 230 – Principles of Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to the management discipline designed to provide a basic understanding of both theory and practice encompassing the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling functions.
Prerequisite: LDRS 102; BUSI 130 recommended
Pick 2 from the following
BUSI 240 – Entrepreneurship & Innovation
3 credit hours
This course is designed to instruct students on the process of formulating, planning, and implementing a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of ‘how to’ embark on a new venture in a logical manner. The final project will be a business plan that could serve a new venture or significant new product line to an existing organization.
Prerequisites: BUSI 230 and Junior standing.
BUSI 332 – Operations Management
3 credit hours
Study of the operations environment including production methods, scheduling, inventory control, facility location and layout, quality concerns, materials management, and JIT philosophies.
Prerequisites: BUSI 230 and junior standing; MATH 303 recommended.
BUSI 334 – Marketing Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to the ways in which companies plan, price, promote, and place their goods and services to present and potential customers.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor
BUSI 336 – Human Resource Management
3 credit hours
Study of the organization, selection, development, compensation, and utilization of the human resources of the firm; also surveys labor-management relations and development.
BUSI 230 recommended
BUSI 338 – Financial Management
3 credit hours
Introduction to corporate financial planning and tools of financial analysis which may be used to manage working capital, administer capital budgeting, and evaluate the capital structure of a profit-oriented firm.
Prerequisites: BUSI 202, and Junior standing; MATH 303 recommended.
BUSI 345 – Organizational Behavior
3 credit hours
Analysis of the behavior of people in organizations, drawing upon the disciplines of Psychology, Sociology, and Business Administration. Applications are studied in the context of effective management of organizational behavior and the important inter-relationships between needs and expectations of the individual, the organization, and society.
Same as SOCI 345
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor
BUSI 349 – International Business
3 credit hours
Study of business in a global economy with the major complexities involved including the effects of different social systems, governmental influences on trade, financial exchange rates, and corporate relationships and policies.
Same as ECON/PLSC 349
Prerequisite: Junior standing