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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
COURSES
| BUS 220. Management Thought, Principles
and Practice |
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3 hours |
The purpose of this course is to provide a conceptual framework of fundamental
knowledge in management thought, functions and processes. Such topics
as motivation, leadership, communication and decision-making are included.
| BUS 300. Accounting for Managers |
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3 hours |
This course is designed to explain how accounting data can be interpreted
and used by managers in making decisions. This course may not be taken
by Accounting majors to meet major requirements.
Prerequisite: MTH 160 or MTH 103.
| BUS 320. Human Resources in Management |
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3 hours |
The dynamic interactions of the personnel functions with each other and
with the objectives of the organization are considered within the context
of the behavioral sciences. The relationship of human resources planning
with the organization's strategic and related planning is also considered.
Prerequisite: BUS 220.
| BUS 330. Law and The Manager I |
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3 hours |
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the role of law in
society and in business specifically. Areas of study include contracts,
personal property, bailments and the legal environment of business. Cross-listed:
ACC 332, CRJ 333, and PAR 331
| BUS 331. Law and The Manager II |
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3 hours |
This course is designed to acquaint the student with law in the areas
of commercial paper, debtors' and creditors’ rights, agency, legal forms
of organization, real property, estates and sales. Cross-listed: ACC 333,
CRJ 334, PAR 332
| BUS 360. Business Communications |
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3 hours |
Written and oral communication skills are developed through the study
of communication theory and its practical application in the preparation
of correspondence, reports, and oral presentations in organizations. Prerequisite:
Sophomore Standing.
| BUS 375. Business and Professional
Ethics |
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3 hours |
This course will investigate some of the major social and ethical issues
associated with business and the professions. Topics to be covered included
theories of right and wrong, relativism, the justification of moral judgements,
the social responsibilities of business employers to their employees,
obligations of employees to their employers, bluffing in negotiations,
deception in advertising extortion, decision-making role of the professional,
and professional responsibility.
Cross-listed: PHL 375
| BUS 378. Supervision |
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3 hours |
This course explores the role of supervisors in modern organizations.
Key skills such as goal-setting, delegating, interviewing, negotiating,
coaching, counseling, and handling grievances are covered, along with
management functions of planning, organizing, directing and monitoring.
This course can satisfy an elective requirement for the management major.
Prerequisite: BUS 220.
| BUS 379. Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship |
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3 hours |
This course deals with the organization and management of a small business.
Among the topics covered are entrepreneurship, financing, marketing, location,
accounting, human resources, and developing a business plan.
Prerequisite: BUS 220
| BUS 400. Marketing Management |
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3 hours |
This is a study of the principles, concepts, institutions, and activities
involved in the flow of goods and services from producer to consumer or
user. The managerial approach is emphasized.
Prerequisites: BUS 220 and either MTH 160 or MTH 103-104.
| BUS 440. Financial Management |
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3 hours |
The content of this course covers actual analysis of financial problems
involved in the formation and management of organizations, especially
businesses. The course includes study of the financial aspects of promotion,
securing of capital, effective utilization of funds, capitalization, dividend
policies, financial analysis, current financing, bankruptcy and related
issues.
Prerequisites: BUS 220, either BUS 300 or ACC 210-211, and either MTH
160 or MTH 103-104.
| BUS 489. Strategic Management and
Decision Making |
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3 hours |
This capstone course is designed to present an organized and integrated
approach to strategic management and business policy. Decision-making
aids and tools are utilized in the process. A broad spectrum of problems
will be presented to students for study and for solving.
Prerequisites: This course must be taken in the student’s last semester.
| BUS 496. Topics in Business Management |
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1-3 hours |
This course will examine topics of special interest in the management
field. Topics courses (but not specific topics) may be repeated for a
total of 6 hours.
| BUS 497. Research in Business Management |
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3 hours |
By participating in a semester-long research program, students can earn
credit for their degree. Training in research methodology provides students
with the opportunity to pursue Management from an empirical point of view.
Students will design, implement, and construct a formal report on a research
topic. This course requires senior status, a cumulative 3.25 index in
the major, and the approval of the program director.
| BUS 499. Senior Seminar in Business
Management |
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3 hours |
This capstone course is designed to assist students in the integration
and critical examination of the various concepts, theories, and methods
of inquiry presented both in general education and the major. Learning
outcomes for both the general education program and the major are reviewed.
Course assignments assist students in assessing the degree for which learning
outcomes have been mastered. Senior standing is required.
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